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A12924	An exposicion of the kinges prerogatiue collected out of the great abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert and other olde writers of the lawes of Englande by the right woorshipfull sir William Staunford Knight, lately one of the iustices of the Queenes maiesties court of comon pleas: whereunto is annexed the proces to the same prerogatiue appertaining. 1567	Staunford, William, Sir, 1509-1558.; Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir, 1470-1538. Graunde abridgement.	1567 (1567)	STC 23213; ESTC S117783	123,769	174

¶ An exposicion of the kinges prerogatiue collected out of the great abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert and other olde writers of the lawes of Englande by the right woorshipfull sir William Staunford Knight lately one of the Iustices of the Queenes maiesties court of comon pleas Whereunto is annexed the Proces to the same Prerogatiue appertaining 1567. To the right honorable sir Nicholas Bacon knight lord keeper of the great seale of Englande Richard Tottel wisheth health and long lyfe with encrease of honour NOt long sythens right honorable and my especiall good Lord there was deliuered to mee A collection of the kinges prerogatiue whiche Maister Staunforde had gathered and dedicated vnto your honour which woorke bycause it is thought well of by the Sages of the lawe and well worthy to be printed I am therefore the bolder to put it in print and publishe the same And although the saide Maister Staunforde verie shortlye after that hee hadd dedicated the same booke vnto your Lordship were for his wisedome grauitie learning integritie syncere dealinge aduaunced to be a Iudge in the chiefe Court of this Realme for common plees and for his good seruice therein was by iust desert made knight and albeit that your Lordship also sythens that tyme haue achieued the place title and degree of high honour by the iudgemēt calling of the Queenes most excellent maiesty Yet I haue printed the Epistle dedicatorie of the said woork in the same termes that the Authour thereof vsed and with the same stile that your honour and he both then had when he dedicated the said woorke vnto your Lordship as a Monument and token of the mutuall long continued amitie betwene you moste humbly praieng your Lordship to accept in good parte accordinge to your accustomed goodnes this my boldnes with your honour and to pardon the same This 20. day of Nouember Your honours most bounden Richard Tottell ¶ Guilielmus Staunfordus Nicholao Bacono Regie Maiestati a Tutelarum procuratione S. D. P. QVanquam Anglicanae leges amice singularis haud minorem merentur laudem quā Iudex Fortescueus libro de earum laudibus conscripto eis tribuere videtur tamen quoniam earum cognitio tam procul nobis dissita sit profectio ad eam tam supra modum longa ac operosa tū viae et semitae tam asperae tā salabrosae tam inamaenae sint vt ad sui aditum paucissimos inuitet quā plurimos ab sterreat vel potius auertat Optarem in tanta iurisperitorum turba quam Anglia nunc habet aliquid excogitari posse leuandis legum Studiosis prolongo isto ac molesto itinere Vt propiore ac commodiore via ducti valerent et proficiscēdo absoluto itinere alias degustare literas quibus non solum legalem scientiam multum illustrarent sed et munia eis a Regia Maiestate mandata tum pulchriûs tum honorificentiús administrarent Id quod meo iudicio cōmodissimê fieri possit si tituli in magna quā vocant Fitzherberti Epitome vel a Iudicibus nostris vel ab aliis legum peritis sedulo forent euoluti atque elaborati hoc est omni titulo in classes ac ordines distributo singulis eorum actis ac causis certae legum regulae ac Maximae presiderent Exempli gratia In Breuis titulū cadere possunt hec videlicet Forma vitiosa Nomendatura seu ꝑsonae seu vici Eadē res bis petita Obitus vel actoris vel rei Nominis alterutrius partis pēdente lite mutatio ceteraque huiusmodi quae nunc nimis longo titulo spersa tam tumultuarie reperiuntur vt multo maiorem tum eruditionem tum sudores tum vigilias exigat eorū distributio quā rectê distributa ediscere Et tamen non possum committere quin tantae epitomes scriptorem vel amplissimis laudibus veham qui súma sua doctrina exactissimo iudicio immensis ac pene dixerim exanclatis laboribus tam numerosam voluminum multitudinem quibus vel legendis vix vnius hominis aetas quantumlibet viuacis sufficeret in vnū dūtaxat volumen atque adeo epitomen contraxit vt nunc nostratibus iurisperitis modo volentibus minima opera componere liceat quippiam tam facile tam vtile tam frugiferū vnde studiosi dimidiato tempore quo antehac legibus obdormire sint visi cum maturiorē tum certiorem noticiam assequerentur Quo nomine rei mihi tam vehementer expetitae typum quendam pro posui ac quasi primas inde lineas duxi Recipiens ad me huiusmodi p̄dictorum titulos qui Regiam prerogatiuam spectant non quod sum aliqua ex parte dignus rem tam eximiam tamque sublimem tractare nec quod eruditione id prestare valeam Siquidem de meo nihilo plus hic est quā collectio ac dispositio tantum earum rerum quae eisdem titulis includuntur Sed magis quod istud meum commentitium qualecunque sit tibi semper destinaueram id quod in nullum alium preter hunc titulum cōmodè experiri potui tum quod ad magistra tum tuum Regij procuratoris tutelarum maxime partinere videbatur tum quod cōpertum habeo te iurisprudentiae incūbentem hūc quem proposui morem hactenus obtinuisse quod fecit vt reliquos tuos contemporaneos eruditione multis stadijs precurras tum denique quod tuum iudicium super hisce rebus in quibus assiduè versaris ac exercitaris requiro Certus me hic rem habere cum homine tam amico vt si quid lectione dignum inuenerit id pergratè sit accepturus sin minus certè aequi bonique consulturus reliquum quod habet vitij emendaturus aut saltem ad id coniuere velle cōfido Proinde istud quicquid est tibi nuncupo lege ac pro tua voluntate fruere Vale. To the right woorshipfull and his singuler frinde Nicholas Bacon the kinges Attourney of his court of wardes and Liuereys William Staunford wisheth helth long lyfe and prosperous successe ALbeit the lawes of Englande right singuler frinde are worthye no lesse honour praise and commendacion then Iustice Fortescue in his booke written of the praises thereof dooth attribute and geue vnto them yet forasmuch as the knowledge of the said lawes is placed so farre of the iourney thereunto so exceading long and painefull the waies and pathes so rugged and vnpleasant I would wish that amonges such plenty of learned men as be at this day some thing were deuised to help the studēts of their lōg iorney that they being led a more nere plesant way might both as they went and after they came to theire iorneis end gather some other knowledge not onely therewith to garnish theire owne science but also the better to serue in such honorable rome as they be called to serue the kinge and soueraigne lord in which thing might well come to passe after my poore mynde if such

default passed against an Ideot but execucion of the iudgement was stayed because of the kynges possessiō which proues that notwithstanding the kinge haue the possession durynge the Ideots life yet his highnes hathe noe freehold therby but onely a bare custody for the freeholde remaines in the heire And therewythe agrees 17 Edwarde the thirde H. 17. E. 3. 11 But what than this recouerye is not lyke to this alyenacion for by the recouerye the Ideottes heire is not dysherited by thact of his auncestoure yf so bee that the recouerye weare vppon a good title And it appeares in .33 P. 33. H. 6. f Henrye sixte that an Ideot shall not bee receaued to pleade by gardeyne or Procheyne amye but he hym selfe shall appeare in proper persone in euerye accyon broughte agaynste hym and whosoeuer wyll pleade beste for hym shall bee admytted and learne and enquire yf the Ideot bee but tenaunte for terme of lyfe or yeares yf the kynge shall haue hys prerogatiue therein or not beecause the Ideot cannot alien that lande to the disherison of hys heire and yf hee shall howe the lessour shall ponishe the waste doone in the kynges tyme. And learne allso whether the kynge shall haue the goodes of an Ideot as wel as lande thenne laste of all yf one bee founde Ideot whiche is none in deede The manner howe hee shall auoyde this office appeares in the newe Natura breuium folio 233 that is to saye hee that is falslye founde to bee an Ideot eyther by him selfe or his frinds shall come in to the chaūcerye or beefore the chauncelloure of Englande and the kynges counsell and praye to bee examyned of hys ideocye or hee maye sue a writte out of the chauncerye to hym that hathe the keepynge of hym to brynge hym beefore the kynge and hys counsell to be examined and if he be found vpon hys examination to be noe Ideot then by that is thoffice and all the reste of the proces auoyded wythoute anye farther trauerse howebeit where a Scire facias is awarded agaynste the feffee of the Ideot there the feffee appearing vppon the Scire facias maye trauerse the Ideocye as it appeares he dyd in the booke before of .18 Edward the third And note that by a statut made in the .32 of Henry the eight the xlvi chapiter Ideottes and theire landes bee in the surueye of the courte of wardes and the same courte maye let and set theire landes but not to graunt the custody of their bodyes for anye woordes that I can perceaue in the same statute The tenthe chapiter ITem rex prouidebit quando aliquis qui prius habuerit memoriam intellectum non fuerit compos mentis sue sicut quidam sunt per lucida interualla quod terre et tenementa eiusdem saluo custodiantur sine vasto destructione qd ' ipse familia sua de exitibus eorundem viuant sustineantur competenter residuum vltra sustentacionem eorundem rationabiliter custodiatur ad opus ipsorum liberand ' eisdem quando memoriam recuperauerint ita qd ' predicta terre et tenementa infra predictum tempus nullatenus alienentur nec rex aliquid de exitibus percipiat ad opus suum Et si obierit in tali statu tunc illud residuum distribuatur pro anima eiusdem per consilium ordinarij It appearethe bye Bracton in hys fifthe booke amonge thexceptions to the persone of the playnetyfe that it is a good exception to saye that hee that ys demaundaunt or plainetife is of Non sane memorie For these bee hys woordes Competit etiam tenenti exceptio peremptoria ex persona petentis si petens furiosus fuerit vel non sane mentis quod discere nesciat vel quod omnino nullam habeant discretionem tales non multum distant a brutis que ratione carent nec valet quod cum talibus agitur du rante furore Possunt enim quidam aliquando dilucidis gau dere interuallis quidam habent furorem perpetuum quod autem actum fuerit cum talibus tempore quo dilucidis gaudent interuallis ratum erit ac si cum alijs ageretur siue furorem suū simulauerint siue nō acquirere quidem non poterunt in ipso furore vel cum non fuerint sane mentis aliqui qui consentire non possunt nec adquisita alienare vel dare quia alienacioni non magis consentire possuut quam adquitsiioni sed seisinam retinent quia animum mutare non possunt quē acquirendo cum essēt sane mentis habuerunt furor superueniens nichil adimit non maius quam morbus incurabilis sicut lepra secundum quod dicitur quod multa impediunt contrahendo que non dirimunt contractum ita sunt multa que impediunt promotionem que non deiciuntiam promotum Et talibus de necessitate dandus est tutor vel curator So it appearethe by Bracton that in his tyme yt was thought● expediente that folkes that weare destraughte shoulde haue a tutoure or one that shoulde take the charge of them whyche offyce sens is reuolued vnto the kynge and made parcell of his prerogatiue For as Fitsherbert in hys Natura breuium folio 252. verye well sayethe The kynge ys the protectoure of all hys subiectes and of all theire goodes landes and tenementes and therefore of suche as cannot gouerne them selues nor order theire landes and tenementes hys grace as a father muste take vppon hym to prouyde for them that theye them selues and theire thinges maye bee preserued And beecause that Lunacye or madnes ys not frome the tyme of ones byrthe as Ideocye is M. 3. E. 2. in Fits ti Gard P. 5. butte commeth sometymes bys fytes or courses hys grace therefore can clayme no certayne intereste in the lunatike persone lyke as hee maye doe in the Ideot and therefore it ys ordeyned that his booke f. 27. which nowe this statut hath made clere and without question The twelfthe chapiter ITem habebit escaet ' de terris Normanorū cuiuscūque feo di fuerint saluo seruicio quod pertinet ad capitales dominos feodi illius et hoc similiter intelligendum est si aliqua hereditas descendat alicui nato in partibus transmarinis cuius antecessores fuerunt ad fidem regis Francie de tempore regis Iohannis non ad fidē regis Angliae sicut con tingit de baronia Monumete postmortē Iohannis de Monumeta cuius heredes fuerūt de Britan̄ alibi de feodis aliorū recuperauerit Henricus plures escaetas de terris Normānorū occasione predicta eas contulit tenēdas de capitalibus do minis feodi per seruitia inde debita consueta It Appereth by the Cronicles that king Ihon was the last duke of Normandie that in his time Normandy was lost wherupon king Henry his sonne as it may appeare by the later clause of this chapiter recouered diuers escheates of