done they fled And the same Thomas Berd them speedily followed from Town to Town unto the four next adjoyning Villages And with or untill c. And if the same Felons who now appear the Felonie aforesaid of the Robbery aforesaid upon them above put will denie the same Thomas Berd is here ready to prove this against them as the Court c. And the aforesaid Joan and some of the Defendants in their proper persons came and defended the force and injury when and all Felony and whatsoever c. Not guilty for some of the Defendants And say that they are not guilty And of this they put themselves c. And the aforesaid Thomas Berd in like manner c. Therefore the Jury thereupon is to come before our Lord the King in eight dayes of the Purification of the blessed Virgin Mary And who neither c. to Recognize c. Because aswell c. The same day is given to the parties now appearing And upon this the same Joan Bayl for some of the Defendants and Thomas Ireland and others are delivered over in Bayl unto Iohn Methole of c. and three other Manucaptors c. before our Lord the King at the aforesaid Town c. At which day before Default after Issue by one c. the aforesaid Thomas Berd solemnly called to appear came not And the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others in their proper persons came And the aforesaid Ioan Govor and Thomas Ireland although solemnly called the fourth day of the Plea came not upon which the aforesaid Iohn Methole one of the Pledges of the aforesaid Thomas Ireland in his proper person came And said that the same Thomas Ireland is dead One of the Defendants dead and dyed at Huish neer Highbrigs in the said County of Somerset long before the said eight dayes of the Purification c. to wit such a day and this he is ready to avow whereupon he presumeth our Lord the King him upon the aforesaid occasion would acquit c. And upon this for that that it is sufficiently here in Court by credible men of the aforesaid Country testified that the aforesaid Thomas Ireland is dead and dyed in the form which is by the aforesaid Iohn Methole above alleged Cease of Process as to one and his Bayl by death Exigent against one who makes default after Issue which Thomas Croswell who prosecutes for our Lord the King on that behalf denyeth not It is considered that the process against the aforesaid Thomas Ireland and his pledges aforesaid on that behalf should cease c. And that the Manucaptors of the aforesaid Ioan Govor be taken c. And command is given to the Sheriff that he cause to be required the aforesaid Ioan from County to County untill c. she be wayved if not c. And if c. then he take her and her safely c. So that he have her body before our Lord the King from the day of Easter in one month wheresoever c. And upon this for that the aforesaid Thomas Berd the appeal aforesaid against the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others in form aforesaid prosecuteth not Judgement against the Plaintiff by default It is considered that the same Thomas Berd be taken c. And his pledges aforesaid of prosecuting be in mony c. And that the aforesaid Iohn Glovor of c. and others who above appeared as to the Sute of the aforesaid Thomas Berd go without day c. But as to the satisfying of our Lord the King being instantly spoken to in what manner of the premises upon them above put they would acquit themselves they say severally they are not guilty c. Not guilty as to the King And thereof of good or ill severally put themselves upon the Country Therefore the Jury thereupon is to come before our Lord the King in eight dayes of St. Hillary wheresoever c. And who neither c. to Recognize c. because aswell c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. Bayl for those that are acquit by default And upon this the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others are delivered unto Bayl unto William Trigo and three other Manucaptors untill the aforesaid Term c. And so from day to day untill c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the aforesaid Iohn Govor Venirefacias and others in their proper persons and the Sheriff returns the names of 24. Jurors whereof none c. Distringas Jur ' Therefore command is given to the Sheriff that he should not omit c. but destroy c. by all the Lands And that of the issues c. And that he have the bodies of them before our Lord the King from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes wheresoever Ni. pri c. or before the beloved and faithfull of our Lord the King R. N. Knight chief Justice of our Lord the King of his Bench if before on Thursday next after c. at c. by form of the Statute c. come to make the Jury aforesaid c. The same day is given to the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others c. Continuance of the Jurat ' And the Process thereupon continued by the Jury thereupon put It is put in respite before our Lord the King untill from the day c. Unless the Iustices of our Lord the King at the Assizes c. first such a day c. at c. by the form of the Statute c. comes for default of Jurors c. At which said fifteen dayes from the day of Easter before our Lord the King at Westminster came the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others c. in their proper persons And the aforesaid Iustices at the Assizes c. before whom c. sent the Record c. in those words afterwards the day and place within conteined before c. came the aforesaid Iohn Govor c. in their proper persons and the Iurors c. being called in like manner came And upon this Proclamation being made as the manner as if any for the Lord the King could enform the Jurors of the Jury whereof within is made mention of the within-contained he should come and he should be heard But none appeared to do this Whereupon it was proceeded into the taking of the Jury aforesaid by the oath of the twelve who to speak to the truth of the within-contained being chosen Verdict for the Defendants tryed and sworn say upon their oaths that the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others c. are in nothing guilty of the Robbery of the within written Thomas Berd as the aforesaid Iohn Govor c. within by pleading have alleged nor upon that occasion ever withdrew themselves nor any of them ever withdrew himself and they Assess the Damages of each the aforesaid Iohn Govor c. having respect aswell to the Imprisonment
the Justices aforesaid that the aforesaid Plaintiff should goe quit without day c. By reason of which said premises the aforesaid Plaintiff hath been enforced and compelled to expend and lay out great sums of mony and been at very great trouble and loss about the cleering of himself and the restitution of his good name fame and reputation and the evacuating and making voyd of the aforesaid Indictment To the damage of him the said Plaintiff of 100. l. And thereupon he brings his Sute c. Not guilty pleaded to this T. Farrer Attorney for the Plaintiff I. Wem Attorney for the Defendant ACTIONS OF CONTINUANCE CONTINUANCES AFterwards the Processe being thereupon continued between the parties aforesaid Continuance of a Decem tales upon the Roll. of the aforesaid Plea put here between them in respite before the Lord the King at VVestminster untill Tuesday next after fifteen dayes from the day of Easter from thence next following for default of Jurors c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the Jurors of that Jury being called some of them came and some of them came not And because the residue of the Jurors of the aforesaid Jury appeared not Therefore the Jury aforesaid is further put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill Friday next after the morrow of the holy Trinitie for want of Jurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have their bodies c. And he is to put ten others c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid there c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the Sheriff retorns the names of the ten others of which now c. And as to the further Execution if the Writ aforesaid the Sheriff retorns that the Writ aforesaid was so lately delivered unto him that for the shortnesse of time he could not make any further Execution Therefore the Jury is further put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill Friday next after fifteen dayes of St. Michael for want of Jurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have the bodies c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid here c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid and the Jurors of that Jury some of them came and some of them came not Therefore the Jury aforesaid is further put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill Thursday next after from the day of St. Michael in three weeks for want of Jurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have their bodies c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. At which day before Continuance upon a Summons ad Auxiliand c. came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the Sheriff sent not thereupon the Writ Therefore it is commanded him as otherwise that he Summon by good Summoners the aforesaid W. that he be before c. such a day wheresoever c. to joyn himself in aid to the foresaid L. to expect and maintain that issue with the aforesaid L. if c. And further c. And as to the trying of those issues above joyned The Jury is thereupon to come before our Lord the King at the same Term wheresoever c. And who neither c. to Recognize c. Continuance of a Demurrer in Law and an Issue AT which day here came the parties aforesaid c. And because the Justices will advise themselves of and in the aforesaid Plea whereupon the parties aforesaid have above demurred in Law before they thereupon render Judgement Therefore day is given to the parties aforesaid here until eight daies of St. Hillary of hearing thereupon this judgement Because the Justices here have not as yet c. And as to the trying of the issue aforesaid between the same parties by the Countrey to be tried above joyned The Sheriff hath not sent the Writ Therefore as formerly Command is to the Sheriff that he cause to come at the same Term twelve c. To Recognize in form aforesaid c. Continuance of Scire facias in a Writ of Error AT which day before our Lord he King at Westminster came the aforesaid Plaintif in a Writ of Errour in his proper person And the Sheriff sent not the Writ thereupon c. Therefore as otherwise it is Commanded the Sheriff that by honest men c. he make known to the aforesaid Defendant that he be before our Lord the King such a day wheresoever c. To hear the Record and Processe aforesaid And further c. The same day is given to the aforesaid Plaintif by the aforesaid Manuceptors c. Continuance of a Judgement after Verdict AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And because the Court of our Lord the King here of their judgement to be rendred of and upon the Premisses are not as yet advised Therefore day is given to him the said Plaintif in the same state c. is now in before our Lord the King untill such a day wheresoever c. of hearing thereupon their judgement c. AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster Continuance of an Exigent came the aforesaid Plaintif by his Attorney aforesaid And the aforesaid Defendant came not nor the Sheriff thereupon sent the Writ Therefore Command is to the Sheriff that if now he cause him to be called from County to County untill he shall be Outlawed if not c. And if c. then he shall take him and safely keep him so that he may have his body before our Lord the King such a day wheresoever c. AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster Continuance of a Distringas in Attaint came aswell the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid as the aforesaid three Jurors of the first inquisition formerly appearing in their proper persons And the Sheriff hath not sent the Writ Therefore the Jury of the tweny four Knights aforesaid remains to be taken before our Lord the King on the Morrow c. wheresoever c. for default of Jurors of the same Jury of 24. Knights c. And Command is to the Sheriff that he distrein the Jurors of the same Jury of 24. Knights by all their lands c. And that of the issues c. So that he may have their bodyes before our Lord the King at the same Term The same day is given aswell to the parties aforesaid as to the aforesaid three Jurors of the first inquisition aforesaid now appearing c. THe Jury between C. S. by his Attorney Plaintif Continuanceâ— of a Jurata for want of Juror and a Decem Tales awarded and E. R. of
An exact Collection of choice DECLARATIONS WITH Pleas Replications Rejoynders Demurrers Assignement of Errours AND THE ENTRIES OF JUDGments thereupon affirmed Collected by VV. S. one of the Clerks of the Vpper Bench Office In the Reignes of Queene ELIZABETH King JAMES and the late King CHARLES DILIGENTLY PERUSED AND TRANslated into English for the benefit and helpe of young Clerkes With an exact TABLE wherein may be found the Principall matters contained in the whole Book LONDON Printed by T. W. and T. R. for John Place and are to be sold at his Shop at Furnivalls Inne Gate in Holborne 1653. TO THE READER Courteous Reader I Know that this painefull Worke by the Authors own hand was diligently composed not imagining that these ensuing Presidents collected for his private use should ever have worn an English Garment or be seen without a Court-Character but being very aged and knowing that the Ports and safe Harbors of good Declarations Pleadings Replications Rejoynders Sur-rejoynders Demurrers Assigning of Errours with divers other matters incident appertinent to an Vpper Bench Clerk an Index whereof in this little of great you may finde and more particularly knowing with what ardency and fervour of affection the Author by these his practical observations for wel nigh 60 years past have by his cautious Marginal Notes in this Book comprised prevented the many irrevocable downefals of Causes that young Clerks to their owne dishonour and the ruine sometimes of their Clyents for want of good and learned Presidents have suffered a miserable shipwrack and for that the Author during all the time aforesaid have had and as yet hath the favourable aspect of the Judges in the upper Bench and the approbation of the lest Clerks in the said Court now living and is reputed for a good Just learned and painfull Attorney and that in his old age he might live in his Works and be some help and furtherance to young Clerks who intend to be Attorneys and declare themselves in English as they are and shall be obliged by the late Act of Parliament and the Supream Authority of this Nation he doth lovingly admonish them to make use of these if they cannot frame better which I think impossible I am confident the Author if God permit will recollect some other scattered Papers which have layn a long time in darknesse but will without doubt when they come forth illuminate their Judgements and abolish some Errors which are daily committed for want of well declaring and pleading Some ancient Clerkes may be offended but I care not Non nobis solum nati sumus c. The few Vitia Scriptor ' in the Author are amended what oversights or neglects you may impose upon the Printers you shall have thankes to amend which is all that I expect and more then the Collector of these Presidents hath yet had And so I conclude in the words of a grave Lawyer Nihil aliud in his reportare cupio quam ut eruditior quispiam istis provocatus doctiora scriberet promulgetque Farewell J. W. ACTIONS OF ABATEMENT ABATEMENT AND the aforesaid I. T. and I. D. by R. D. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury The Defendants plead in Abatement to the Writ that the Plaintif and another Stranger are Tenants in Common and the other not named in the Writ when c. and pray Judgement of the Writ aforesaid because they say that the aforesaid T. G. the aforesaid fourteenth day of August whereon as is supposed the Entrie aforesaid to be made had nothing in the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances unlesse in common and undivided with â—ne W. C. Esquire which said W. as yet is alive and remains in perfect Health and is not named in the Writ aforesaid And this they are ready to averre whereupon they pray Judgement of this Writ AND the aforesaid T. G. saith that his Writ aforesaid The Defendant pleads the sole seisin in himself and traverses c. for the reason prealleged ought not to be abated because he saith that long before the aforesaid fourteenth day of August wherein the Entrie aforesaid was made one I. G. Father of him the said T. whose Heir he is was seized of the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee and so being thereof seized of such his Estate died seized After whose death the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances did descend to him the said T. G. as to the Son and Heir of him the said I. G. by vertue whereof the same T. into that Mannor with the appurtenances after the death of the aforesaid I. G. as Son and Heir of the aforesaid I. did Enter and was thereof sole seized in his Demesn as of Fee at the time of the Entrie aforesaid made and afterwards Without that that the same T. G. the same fourteenth day of August Traverse the Tenute in Common held the Mannor aforesaid in common and undivided with W. C. aforesaid in the form wherein the aforesaid I. and I. above have alleged And this c. whereupon he prayes Judgement whether his Writ aforesaid for the reason before alleged ought to be abated c. Issue upon the Traverse And the aforesaid I. and I. say that the aforesaid T. G. the aforesaid fourteenth day of August held the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances in common and undivided with the aforesaid W. C. in the form wherein the same I. and I. have above alleged And of this they put themselves upon the Country And the aforesaid T. G. in like manner c. Misnomer of the Town wherein the Entrie and Trespass is supposed to be Committed pleaded in Abatement AND the aforesaid I.F.I.W. and I.P. by W.F. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And all contempt and whatsoever c. And pray Judgement of the Originall Writ of the Plaint aforesaid Because whereas the aforesaid T. L. by the same Writ supposeth that the aforesaid I.F. I.W. and I.P. into the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances in F. O. and other Villages as in the Writ c. were entred The same I. F. I.VV. and I. P. say that within the County of N. aforesaid there is not had nor at the time of the obtaining the aforesaid Writ was there had any Town any Hamlet or place known out of any Town and any Hamlet known or called by the name of Odnoggo And this c. Whereupon they pray Judgement of that Writ c. The Plaintif replies that there is no Misnomer and thereupon takes issue And the aforesaid I.VV. sayes that his Writ aforesaid for the Reason prealleged ought not to abate because he sayes that at the aforesaid time of the obteining of the Originall Writ of the Plaint aforesaid to wit the twelfth day of in the twenty fourth year of the Reign of our Lord the King that now is within the City aforesaid was had and as yet is had a certain Town known and
called by the name of Ognoggo as by the VVrit aforesaid is supposed And this he prayes may be Enquired of by the Countrey And the aforesaid Defendants in like manner c. Therefore Command is given unto the Sheriff of N. that he cause to come before our Lord the King such a day wheresoever c. twenty four aswell Knights c. of the body of the County of N. by whom c. And who neither c. Misnomer of the Addition pleaded in Abatement ANd the foresaid VV. P. in his proper person comes and defends the force and injury when c. And all contenpt and whatsoever c. And sayes that be at the time of the obtaining of the Originall VVrit of the Plaint aforesaid was of the Societie of Clements Inne in the Parish of St. Clements Danes without the Barres a Member of the middle Temple London which said Societie is and at the time of the obtaining of the same VVrit and long before was a certain Societie of Men Expert in the Temporall Lawes Traverse and practising the same as also of Counsellours of the same Law VVithout that that the same VV. at the time of the obtaining the same Writ was VV.P. of London Mercer or by that name known or called as by the same Writ is supposed and this c. VVhereupon he prayes Judgement of that VVrit c. And the aforesaid I. sayes that his VVrit aforesaid Issue upon the Traverse for the reason aforesaid ought not to abate because he saith that the aforesaid VV. at the time of the obtaining the same VVrit to wit the sixteenth day of June in the eighteenth year of our Lord the King was W. P. of London Mercer and by that name known and called as by the same Writ is supposed And this he prayes may be inquired of by the Countrey And the aforesaid W. in like manner c. ss WIlliam Pole of London Smith Misnomer in the Surname pleaded in Abatement was Attached to answer I. W. of a Plea of Trespass And the same person which by the name of W. P. of London Smith by the Sheriffs of London is taken and by the same Sheriffs brought to the Bar in his proper person comes and sayes that he at the time of the obtaining of the Originall Writ of the Plaint aforesaid and alwayes afterwards was known and called by the name of William Cuason of London Smith Without that that he at the obtaining of the same Writ Traverse or ever afterwards was known or called by the name of W. P. of London Smith as by the same Writ is supposed And this c. whereupon he prayes Judgement of that Writ c. AND the aforesaid I. C. sayes The Plaintif replies that he is known and called aswell by the one as by the other that his Writ aforesaid for the reason c. ought not to abate because he saith that at the time of the obtaining of the same Writ that is to say such a day and year the same W. was indifferently known and called aswell by the name of VV. P. of L. S. as by the name of VV. C. of L. S. And this c. VVhereupon he prayes Judgement whether his VVrit aforesaid ought to abate c. AND the aforesaid VV. sayes Issue upon the Misnomer that he as the time of the obtaining of the aforesaid VVrit and ever afterwards was known and called by the name of VV. Cursen of London Smith as he above hath alleged without that the same VV. at the same time or ever afterwards was indifferently known and called aswell by the name of VV. P. of L. Smith as by the name of VV. C. of London Smith And of this he puts himself upon the Country and the aforesaid Plaintif in like manner c. Therefore the Jury is to come out of the body of the County c. Note It is to be known if the party come freely out of Prison then the Entrie ought to be thus And thereupon he bring his Sute c. And VV. C. of London Smith in his proper person comes and sayes that he is the same person against whom by the name of W. P. of L. Smith the aforesaid I. brought his Originall VVrit aforesaid And defends the force and injury when c. and sayes that he c. as before c. And the aforesaid I.C. sayes that it is well and true that the same person which now appears by the name of VV.C. of London Smith is the same person against whom the same I.C. by the name of W. P. of London Smith brought his VVrit aforesaid And sayes further that his same VVrit for the reason prealleged ought not to abate because he sayes as before c. Note Note where the partie comes in by Cepi Corpus there the Entrie must be made as before in the other Plea aforesaid c. ACTIONS OF APPEAL APPEAL ss IOan Govor of c. John Govor of Appeal of Robbery against the Principals and Abettors Trin. 24. Hen. 6. Roll. the 25. c. Richard Hopkins of c. Thomas Ireland of c. and William Quick of c. were attached by their bodies c. to answer Thomas Berd together with William Podie of c. and others of a Robbery and breach of the Peace of our Lord the King that now is whereof they are Appealed And there are Pledges c. to will c. And whereupon the same Thomas Berd in his proper person instantly Appeales the aforesaid Joan and others for that where as the aforesaid Thomas Berd was in the peace of God and of our Lord the King that now is at Huish neer Highbrig on Wednesday next after the Feast of the Invention of the holy Cross in the 24. year of the Reign of our Lord the King that now is about the hour of ten before noon of the same day where came aswell the aforesaid Joan and others who now appear as the aforesaid William Podie Some of the Defendants appear and others do not appear c. who now appear not whom the aforesaid Thomas Berd of the Robbery aforesaid might appeal if they were present to be Felon and Felons of our Lord the King that now is lying in wait and premeditating the assault against the peace of our Lord the King that now is his Crown and dignities the day year hour place and County of Somerset aforesaid And the aforesaid Thomas Ireland and others the aforesaid Thomas Berd of forty Sheep eight pair of Sheets and other Goods c. of the Goods and Chattels of the aforesaid Thomas Berd then and there found feloniously did rob take and carry away And the aforesaid Joan and others then and there were present comforting and helping the aforesaid Thomas Ireland and others to make the aforesaid felony in form aforesaid And so soon as they the said Felons the Felonie and Robbery aforesaid in form aforesaid had
have alleged and that the aforesaid I. R. and H. were of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances seised in their Demesn as of Fee untill the aforesaid G. W. and R. them the said I. and H. thereof unjustly and without judgement but not by force nor Arms they did disseize and they Assess the damages of them the said I. and H. by occasion of the premises aforesaid above their expences and costs by them about the prosecution of this Assize layd out to thirteen shillings and four pence Judgement upon the verdict and for those expences and costs to twenty shillings Therefore it is considered that the aforesaid I. R. and H. shall recover the seisin of the Tenements aforesaid in the Plaint aforesaid specified by the view of the Reviewers of the Assize aforesaid and their damages and costs aforesaid above assessed which said damages in the whole amount unto thirty three shillings and four pence and the aforesaid G.VV. and R. in mony c. Mony c. SIr Iohn Knill and Hugh Lochard have arraigned an Assize of novell disseisin against G. H. and others The charge given to the Jury upon the foregoing assize and supposeth them to be disseised of their Free-hold in H. and have made their claim for a Messuage and eighteen Acres of Land with the appurtenances thereunto hath come the same G. by his Attorney and saith that the Assize thereof between him and the said I. R. and H. L. ought not to be for that he saith as in his Plea and the aforesaid W. and others Defendants say that they have done no wrong nor no disseisin unto the said Plaintiff of the aforesaid Tenements and of that they have put them upon the Assize and the Plaintiff also and then rehearse further the title of the Plaintiff in his reputation and the issue that is joyned thereupon and then thus so your charge is whether that W. B. dyed seised in his Demesn as of Fee of the Messuage and eighteen acres of Land put in view and specified in the Plaint as the said G. H. hath alleged in his Bar or not and also whether the said W. H. and other Defendants disseised the Plaintiffs of the Tenements aforesaid or not if you find that the same W. B. dyed not seised as the Plaintiff hath alleged you shall enquire whether the Plaintiffs were seised of the Tenements put in view and specified in the Plaint in their Demesn as of Freehold and disseised by all the Defendants or any of them and whether the disseisin was done with force or not and if you find the said A.B. dyed not seised and that the Plaintffs were seised of the Tenements and disseised by the Defendants or some or any of them you shall enquire what damage the Plaintiff hath sustained by reason of the disseisin and also for the costs about the sute of this Assize and if you find that W. B. dyed seised in his Demesn as of Fee and that the Defendant disseised not the Plaintiff you shall enquire no further and this is your charge c. ACTIONS OF AUDITA QUERELA AUDITA QUERELA ss THE Lady the Queen hath sent to her Justices of the Pleas assigned to be held before her Audita Querela upon an Escape by a Bailiff of a Libertie her Writ in these words ss Ellzabeth c. To our Justices of Pleas in our Court before us assigned to be held Greeting Wee have received by the grievous complaint of Thomas Boyton of c. in the County of Suffolk Clerk otherwise called c. That whereas one William Andrews Citizen c. and Lewis Simpson Citizen c. London lately in our Court before us at Westminster by Bill without our Writ and by the judgement of the same Court had recovered against him the said Thomas aswell a certain debt of 100. pounds as 10. pounds for their Damages which they susteined aswell by occasion of the detention of that debt as for their Expences and costs c. layd out whereof he is Convict And although after the rendring of that Judgement to wit the second day of July in the the 31. year of our Reign at Saint Edmonds Burie in the County of Suffolk that is to say within the Libertie and Franchise then of Roger Townsend Knight and Willam Drue Esquire of St. Edmonds Bury in the aforesaid County of Suffolk the same Thomas by John Pridie and Henry Doy by vertue of a certain Warrant lately before to the aforesaid John Pridie and Henry by the aforesaid Roger Townsend and William Drue made and directed by vertue of a certain Warrant to them the said Roger and William Dixie by one Philip Tilvey Esquire then Sheriff of the aforesaid County of Suffolk under the Seal of his Office made of and upon a certain VVrit of Capias ad fatisfaciendum o' the aforesaid William Andrews and Lewis Sympson of the Debt and Damages aforesaid lately before at the prosecution of them the said W. A. and L. from our said Court before us issued and to the Sheriff of the aforesaid County of Suffolk lately before directed and delivered VVhich said Roger Townsend and William Dixie then that is to say the aforesaid second day of July in the aforesaid 31. year of our Reign and before and after had full Retorn of all and all manner of Writs and Warrants within the Libertie aforesaid to be Executed and the Execution of them In Execution of and for the Debt and Damages aforesaid was then taken and arrested And in Execution deteined untill afterwards to wit the third day of November in the 31 year aforesaid the aforesaid K. T. and W D. the same T. B. at Lamby hath in this County of Surrey the Debt and Damages aforesaid to the aforesaid William Andrews and Lewis Sympson being in no wise satisfied permitted him to goe whether he would at large As the same Thomas by divers wayes and means which are convenient is ready to make appear yet the same W. and L. by reason of the judgement aforesaid for the Debt and Damages aforesaid against him the said Thomas in our said Court before us now lately prosecuteth And him upon that occasion to take and in our Prison under the Custodie of our Marshall of our Marshalsees before us to be deteined most unjustly have procured to his the said T. B. no little loss and grievance and against the Law of our Realm of England Whereupon he hath humbly implored us to provide for him in that behalf a fit remedie And because we would not that the aforesaid T. B. should in that behalf be in any manner injured and being willing to doe what is just VVee Command you that having heard the Complaint of the aforesaid T. B. in this behalf and calling before you the parties aforesaid and hearing hereto thereupon their severall reasons to him the said T. B. you should cause to be had full and speedy Justice as of right and according to the Law
a Plea of Debt put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill such day c. unless c. first c. at such a place c. by the form of the Statute c. Come for default of Jurors At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorney aforesaid And the aforesaid Justices before whom c. have sent here the Record of the Jury aforesaid before them had in these words Afterwards at the day and place aforesaid reciting the Record untill came as well the within named c. as the within written c. And the Jury likewise called some of them came and some of them came not as appears in the Panell c. Therefore as formerly the Jury aforesaid is put in respite before our Lord the King c. untill c. Therefore the Sheriff c. is to put ten such c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid here c AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster Continuance upon a matter in Law and Verdict came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And because the Court of our Lord the King here aswell of their judgement upon the Verdict aforesaid as of their judgement of the matter in Law above pleaded to be rendred are not as yet advised Day is thereupon further given to the said parties in the state wherein they are now before the Lord the King at Westminster untill eight dayes of St. Hillary wheresoever c. of hearing thereupon their judgement c. for that the Court of our Lord the King here is not as yet c. Continuance in Attaine where the Sheriff Retoâ—â—s not the Writ and out of the assent of the parties the Jury is not taken AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came as well the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid as the aforesaid seven Jurors of the first Inquisition aforesaid formerly appearing in proper person And the Sheriff Retorns the Writ to our Lord the King thereupon in all things prepared and executed But the Jurors of those twenty four Knights aswell of the assent of the parties aforesaid and the aforesaid seven Jurors of the former Inquisition aforesaid as of the Jurors aforesaid of the twenty four Knights remains to be taken before our Lord the King untill the Morrow c. wheresoever c. And Command is to the Sheriff that he distrein the Jurors of the same Jury of twenty four Knights by all their lands c. And that of the Issues c. And that he have their bodies c. before our Lord the King at the same Term c. the same day is given aswell to the parties aforesaid as to the aforesaid seven Jurors of the first Inquisition aforesaid now appearing c. Continuance by a Writ of adjournment BEfore which day the Plaint aforesaid was adjourned by the Writ of our Lord the King of Common adjournment untill eight dayes of St. Hillary then next following wheresoever c. At which said eight dayes of St. Hillary the Plaint aforesaid was further adjourned by the Writ of our Lord the King of Common adjournment untill from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes unto the Castle of Hertford At which day c. Continuance of the Jurata where the Plaintif acknowledgeth one of the Defendants to be dead AT which day came aswell the aforesaid P. as the aforesaid R. by their Attorneys aforesaid And the aforesaid P. sayes that the aforesaid A. is dead c. Therefore against him nothing is further thereupon to be done c. And thereupon the parties aforesaid now appearing The Sheriff thereupon sent not the Writ c. Therefore as formerly the Jury aforesaid is put in respite before our Lord the King untill in eight daies c. wheresoever c. for default of Jurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have their bodies c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid now appearing c. Continuance of a Jurata by the assent of the parties THe Jury between I. S. Esquire Plaintif and T. W. of c. of a Plea of Trespass put in respite here untill such a day c. aswell of the assent of the parties aforesaid as of the Iurors of the same Iury now here at this day to wit from the day of Easter c. appearing Therefore the Sheriff is to have their bodies c. THe Iury between T. W. Gent. by his Attorney Plaintif Jurata which serves either for debt trespass or Ejectione firme And G.D. of c. of such a Plea put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill Tuesday next after Eight dayes of Saint Michael unlesse the Iustices of the Assizes of our Lord the King in the County aforesaid assigned to be taken first on Monday the eighth day of August at Newark upon Trent in the County aforesaid by the form of the Statute c. Come for default of Iurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have the bodies c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid here c. And it is to be known that the Writ of our Lord the King thereupon the fourth day of July in this self-same Term before our Lord the King at Westminster is delivered of Record to the Deputie of the Sheriff of the County aforesaid in form of Law to be Executed under a penaltie c. UNless the beloved and faithfull c. John Popham Knight This difference in Guild-hall London before the Chief Justice Chief Iustice of our Lord the King of the Pleas in the Court of him the said Lord the King before him the said King assigned to be held first on Saturday next after c. at Gild-hall London by form of the Statute c. as in the next before ACTIONS of COMMITTITVR COMMITTITUR Committitur of a Prisoner to the Marshall being under the Custodie of the Sheriff by a Case AFterwards to wit the twenty fifth day of May then next following before our Lord the King at Westminster came W. R. in his proper person under the Custody of the Sheriff of the County aforesaid in Execution for the damages aforesaid by vertue of the Writ of our Lord the King of Capias ad satisfaciendum to him the said Sheriff of and upon the Premisses directed which said R. is committed to the Marshall c. there to remain untill c. according to the form of the judgement aforesaid c. Committitur of a Prisoner upon a Case COmmand was to the Sheriff that he should take c. Whereof he is Convict And now here know aswell the aforesaid A. by his Attorney aforesaid as the aforesaid Defendant in his proper person by the Sheriff of the County aforesaid brought to the Bar And the Sheriff now retorns that he took the bodies of him the said Defendant And
that he had him now here ready upon which the same Defendant is Committed to the Prison c. by occasion of the Premisses to stay untill c. Commitment after Iudgement AFterwards to wit such a day then next following before c. Came the aforesaid I. in his proper person and rendred himself to the person of the Marshall of the Marshallsee of our Lord the King for the debt and damages aforesaid Upon which the same I. is committed to the Marshall of the Marshalsee c. in Execution for the debt and damages aforesaid There to remain untill c. ACTIONS OF ERROR ERROR AFterwards to wit such a day c. Error alleged in assault and batterie in the judgement that the Entrie was that the partie be taken when the cause of action was before a general Pardon in this self-same Term before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the aforesaid Nicholas Stoddard by William Man his Attorney And sayes that in the Record and Processe aforesaid as also in the rendring of the judgement aforesaid it is manifestly Erroneous in this That whereas in every judgement Entred or to be Entred in Trespass and Assault after the generall pardon of our Lady the Queen that now is by Act of Parliament of Trespass and assault made before the same act of Parliament the judgements so Entred and to be Entred ought to be Entred And nothing of fine of the aforesaid Defendant because he is pardoned and not that he should be taken yet after the generall Pardon of our Lady the Queen that now is had and Enacted in the Parliament of our Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the twenty fifth day of October in the thirty ninth year of the Reign of our Lady the Queen that now is the Judgement aforesaid was Entred against the aforesaid Nicholas in the Plea aforesaid that he the said Nicholas should be taken for the Trespass and Assault aforesaid made the aforesaid tenth day of September in the thirty seventh year aforesaid in the Record aforesaid specified which was long before the aforesaid act of Parliament of the generall Pardon aforesaid And so that Judgement is void in Law Also it is Erronious in this for that whereas the aforesaid John S. the aforesaid Term of Easter Error also for want of admission by Procâ—â—in amy the partie being within age in the aforesaid forty first year of the Reign of the Queen had prosecuted by John Mallows and William Evoring as the next kinsmen of him the said John yet there is not had any Record of the admission of the aforesaid I. S. being an Infant in form aforesaid to prosecute the Plea aforesaid by his next kinsmen aforesaid under the names of any of the Prothonotaries of the Common Bench Entred as by the Law and Custom of the Court of our Lady the Queen of Common Bench aforesaid it ought to be Entred And prayes a Writ of our Lady the Queen to the aforesaid Edmond Anderson Knight Chief Justice of our Lady the Queen of the Common to whom it belongs to make Certificates in that behalf to certifie our Lady the Queen thereupon more fully the truth And it is granted unto him c. By which it is Commanded the aforesaid E. Anderson Chief Justice of the Bench aforesaid That having searched the Rolls Certiorare to the Chief Justice awarded to certifie c. under the names in the Offices of the Prothonotaries aforesaid of the admission of Infants to prosecute by their next kinsmen of the Term and year aforesaid And what of the admission aforesaid in the same he shall find he should certifie forthwith to our Lady the Queen wheresoever c. together with the Writ to him directed The Certificate of the Chief Justice c. Which said Chief Iustice of our Lady the Queen of the Bench aforesaid by vertue of the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon directed certified to her the said Lady the Queen that having searched the Rolls of the Entries of every of the Prothonotaries aforesaid in the aforesaid County of Suffolk of the Term and year aforesaid in his Custody of Record remaining he found not in the same any Entrie of the admission of the aforesaid I. S. to prosecute by I. M. and W. E. the next kinsmen of him the said I. being within age against the aforesaid N. S. of the aforesaid Plea as by the aforesaid Writ it was Commanded unto him which said Writ is Filed amongst the Records without day of this Term Upon which the aforesaid N. S. prayes a Writ of our Lady the Queen to warn the aforesaid I. S. of being before our Lady the Queen to hear the Record and Processe aforesaid And it is granted unto him c. By which it is Commanded to the Sheriff that by honest men c. he make known to the aforesaid I. S. that he be before our Lady the Queen from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. to hear the Record and Processe aforesaid if c. And further c. The same day is given to the aforesaid N. S. c. Denâ—rrer in Law to the first matter of the Errors And the aforesaid I. S. by T. Bland his Attorney comes and as to the aforesaid first matter by the aforesaid Nicholas above for Error in form aforesaid assigned For that that after the Generall Pardon of our said Lady the Queen that now is had and enacted in the aforesaid Parliament of our Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster aforesaid the aforesaid twenty fifth day of October in the thirty ninth year of her Reign aforesaid the judgement aforesaid was entred against the aforesaid N. in the Plea aforesaid that he the same N. should be taken for the Trespass and Assault aforesaid made the aforesaid tenth day of September in the thirty seventh year aforesaid which was long before the aforesaid Act of Parliament of Generall pardon aforesaid The same I. by Protestation that that matter for that Error in form aforesaid assigned is insufficient in the Law to maintain the aforesaid Writ of Error of him the said N. in that behalfe To the which he the said I. hath no necessitie nor by the Law of the Land is bound in any manner to rejoyn for Plea yet he saith that in the aforesaid Court of Bench aforesaid there is had The Custom of the Common Bench alleged for the manner of Entring judgment in the Case and time out of mind there hath been had such a Custom used and approved That is to say that the Clerks of the same Court who for the time being are assigned and allowed to enter and Record any Iudgements in the same Court from time to time rendred and to be rendred were used and accustomed in the Entries of the Rolls and Records of the same Court of the Judgements rendred in the same Court upon any action of Trespass against the Defendant
in the same action named for any Trespass committed before any Generall Pardon to Enter aswell in the end of such Judgement And nothing of Fine of the aforesaid Defendant because he is pardoned As in the End of such Judgement And the aforesaid Defendant is to be taken and to note in the Margent of the same Rolls directly opposite to the word Capiatur in the 〈◊〉 Judgement this word Pardoned by that means giving direction 〈◊〉 the Clerk of the Estreats of the same Court where he may find them amongst the Rolls of the same Court against whom he the said Clerk doth send out and direct Writs of our Lord the King of Capias pro fine to compell them to render themselves and come under their Fines in the same Court for their Trespasses and other causes fineable according to the Custom and Law of the Land of this Kingdom of England And against whom he should omit and forbear to send forth the like Writs And that the same Entrie of Pardon in the Margent of the Record aforesaid is and for the whole time aforesaid was as sufficient a discharge of the aforesaid partie against whom the Judgement in the same Record is rendred that he should be taken as if within the same Record it had been Entred nothing of the Fine of that partie because he is pardoned And the aforesaid I. S. in fact saith that in the Record aforesaid sent before our Lady the Queen the aforesaid word Pardon'd in the Margent of the same Record is entred and noted according to the Custom aforesaid as by that Record above appeareth And as for the other matter by the aforesaid N. for his last Error in form aforesaid assigned the same I. S. sayes that in the aforesaid Court of the Bench aforesaid there is had and time out of mind there hath been had such a Custome used and approved The Plaintif sets form the Custom to Enter the admâ—ssion upon the Roll wherein the Declaration is Entred that is to say that every admission of any Infant to prosecute in the same Court of Bench aforesaid by his next kindred in any Plea to be entred and inrolled were used to be Entred and inrolled in the Roll wherein the Declaration in that Plea was Entred and inrolled And the same I. further faith that the Declaration aforesaid of him the said I. in the Plea aforesaid against him the said N. was Entred amongst the Rolls of Robert Bernors Gent. Phillizer of the County of Suffolk to wit in the Roll 386. as in the Record aforesaid sent here to the Court of our Lady the Queen more fully appears And the same I. S. further saith that although the aforesaid Chief Justice of the Common Bench hath certified to the Lady the Queen that having searched the Rolls of the Entries of every the Prothonotaries of the aforesaid County of S. of the Term and year aforesaid in his Custodie remaining of Record he had not found in the same any Entrie of the admission of the aforesaid I. S. to prosecute by the aforesaid I. M. and W. E. next of kindred to him the said I. S. being within age against the aforesaid N. S. of the aforesaid Plea yet there is had such a Record of the admission of the aforesaid I. S. so being within age to prosecute in the aforesaid Court of Bench by the aforesaid I. M. and W. E. his next kindred against the aforesaid N.S. of the aforesaid Plea Entred in the same Bench in the aforesaid Roll 386. on which the Declaration aforesaid as is aforesaid remains Entred â—â—â—ording to the Law and Custom of the said Court of Bench aâ—â—â—â—said Which said Record as yet remains before the aforesaid Justices of the Common Bench under the Custodie of the aforesaid Chief Justice omitted as yet to be certified to our Lady the Queen Certiâ—rare awarded to Certifie the full truth And the same I. S. prayes a Writ of Certiorare of our Lady the Queen to the aforesaid Chief Justice of the Common Bench to be directed to whom the certifying aswell of the omission aforesaid as of the Customs aforesaid rests to be made to Certifie our Lady the Queen more fully of the truth thereof and it is granted unto him c. By which it is Commanded to the aforesaid Chief Justice of the Common Bench that searching the Rolls of the Entries of the aforesaid Phillâ—zor of the aforesaid County of Suffolk of the aforesaid Term of Easter in the sixteenth year aforesaid And what in the same Rolls of the omission aforesaid he shall find as also the whole and full certaintie and truth of the aforesaid severall Customs of the said Court of our Lady the Queen of the Bench from the day of the holy Trinity in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. he do certifie together with the Writ of our Lady the Queen to him thereupon directed The same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster aforesaid came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the aforesaid chief Justice of our Lady the Queen of her Bench aforesaid by vertue of the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon in form aforesaid directed certified to her the said Lady the Queen at Westminster at the same day That in the Court of the Lady the Queen of Common Bench There is had such a custom used and approved that the Clarks of the same Court who for the time being are assigned and allowed to enter and Record in the Rols and Records of the same Court any judgements in the same Court from time to time rendred and to be rendred were used and accustomed in the entry in the Rolls and Records of the same Court the judgements rendred in the same Court in and upon any action of Trespass against the Defendant in the same action named for any Trespass committed before any generall pardon to enter aswell in the end of such judgement And nothing of Fine of the aforesaid Defendant because he is pardoned as in the end of such judgement And the aforesaid Defendant is to be taken And to note in the Margent of the same Roll direct opposite to those words in the judgement this word pardon for that reason to give direction to the Clark of the Extreats of the same Court where he shall find amongst the same Rolls of the same Court against whom he the said Clark doth send or direct Writs of our Lord the King of Capias pro fine to compell them to render themselves and to undergoe their fines in the same Court for their Trespasses and other causes fineable according to the custom and Laws of this Kingdom of England And against whom he is to omit and forbear to send forth and direct such Writs And that such entry of pardon in the Margent of the Record aforesaid is and by the whole time aforesaid was as sufficient a discharge of the party aforesaid against whom
the judgement in the same Record was rendred that he should be taken as if it were entred in the same Record within And nothing of Fine of that party because he is pardoned as the aforesaid I.S. by his Plea aforesaid above hath alleged And further the aforesaid chief Justice of our Lady the Queen of her Bench aforesaid by vertue of the aforesaid Writ of our Lady the Queen further certifies that having serched the Rolls of Robert Berners Phillizer of the County of S. of the Term of Easter in the 41. year of the Reign of our Lady the Queen that now is he finds as within in these words appears That is say Pleas at Westminster before Edmund Anderson Knight and his fellows Justices of our Lady the Queen of her Bench here of the Term of Easter in the Reign of our Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God c. the 41. Roll 386. The Entry of the Warrant of admission with the Phillizer ss IOhn Mallows and W. E. are admitted by the Court of our Lady the Queen here to prosecute for I. S. who is within age as the next of Kindred of him the said I. S. against N. S. lately of c. Gentleman of a Plea of Trespass and assault Which said Writ so as aforesaid returned amongst the Records of this Court is filed Upon which the aforesaid I. S. sayes that in the Record and Process aforesaid nor in the rendring of the judgement aforesaid there is nothing erroniouâ— and prayes that the Court of our Lady the Queen here may proceed unto examination aswell of the Record and Process aforesaid as of the matters aforesaid above for errors assigned and that the judgement aforesaid may be affirmed And because the Court of our the Lady the Queen here of their judgement of and in the premises to be rendred are not as yet advised day thereupon is given to the parties aforesaid before our Lady the Queen untill eight dayes of St. Michael wheresoever c. of hearing thereupon their judgement for that the Court of our Lady the Queen here thereupon are not as yet At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid and upon this all and singular the premises being by the Court of our Lady the Queen here seen and fully understood and mature deliberation thereupon had for that that it seems to the Court of the Lady the Queen here that aswell the aforesaid Writ of Certiorare to the aforesaid chief Justice of the Common Bench in form aforesaid issued and directed as the aforesaid answer of the same chief Justice of the Bench unto that Writ as now it remains filed upon Record before our Lady the Queen does not sufficiently and fully agree and answer the aforesaid allegation of the aforesaid I. S. as to the aforesaid custom oâ— the said Court of Bench for the entring of an admission of an Inâ—ant to prosecute by his next of Kindred in any his Pleas in the Rolls of the same Court where the Declaration of such infant is entred and enrolled by the aforesaid I. S. above a leged so that the same Court of our Lady the Queen before her the said Queen here for the incertaintie of the truth of such custom of the said Court of Bench in that behalf in form aforesaid alleged to their judgement of and upon the premises aswel on the part of the aforesaid N. S. in deniall as on the part of the aforesaid I. S. in affirmation to the judgement aforesaid above alleged cannot proceed Without more full information of the consciences of the Justices And that the Court of our Lady the Queen here before her the said Queen of the truth of the custom of the said Court of Bench in that behalf above alleged An Alias Cerâ—orare warded Therefore it is commanded the aforesaid chief Justice of the Bench aforesaid that he the full and whole certaintie and truth of the aforesaid custom of the said Court or Bench of the entrie of the admission of Infants to prosecute by their next of Kindred in personall Pleas in the same Court by the aforesaid I. S. above alleged to our Lady the Queen aforesaid from the day of St. Hilary in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. doe certifie together with the Writ thereupon to him directed c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster aforesaid came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the aforesaid Chief Justice of our Lady the Queen of the Bench aforesaid by vertue of the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon in form aforesaid directed to her the said Lady the Queen at Westminster aforesaid at the same day certified The Return of the Cerâ—â—rare that in the said Court of our Lady the Queen of the Bench is had and from the time out of mind there hath been had such a custom used and approved in the same Court of Bench that every admission of any Infant to prosecute in the same Court of Bench aforesaid by his next of Kindred in any Plea entred and inrolled and to be entred and inrolled have been used and accustomed in the Roll where the Declaration in that Plea is entred and inrolled Which said Writ so as aforesaid returned together with the return thereupon amongst the Records of this Court is filed And upon this the aforesaid I. S. further prayes that the Court of our said Lady the Queen here may proceed to the Examination aswell or the Record and Process aforesaid as of the aforesaid matters above for errors assigned and that the judgement aforesaid may be affirmed and because the Court of our said Lady the Queen here are not as yet advised of and upon the rendring their judgement of and upon the premises day is thereupon further given to the parties aforesaid before our Lady the Queen Mich. Term 41. 42. Judgement was affirmed in this cause Roll. 417. untill from the day of Easter in fiftteen dayes wheresoever c. of hearing thereupon their judgement For that the Court of our said Lady the Queen here thereupon as yet have not c. ss AFterwards to wit on Saturday the 9. The affirmation of a judgment upon a Wâ—t of Error out of the Kings Bâ—â—ch into the Exchequer Chamber day of February in the 2. year of the Reign of our Lord the King that now is The transcript of the Record and Process aforesaid between the parties aforesaid with all things touching them by reason of a certain Writ of our Lord the King of correcting error by them the said Thomas Scot Elizabeth and Thomas Forn of and upon the premises prosecuted before the Iustices of our said Lord the King of his Common Bench and the Barons of the Exchequer of our said Lord the King in the Exchequer Chamber aforesaid according to the form of the Statute in the Parliament of the
Lady Elizabeth are Queen of England at Westminster the 23. day of November in the 27. year of her Reign held and published from the aforesaid Court of our Lord the King that now is here before him the said King were transmitted And the aforesaid T. S. E. and T. Fen in the same Court of the Exchequer Chamber aforesaid have assigned divers matters for Errors in the Record and Process aforesaid for revoking and annihilating of the judgement aforesaid to which the same E. and R. in the same Court appearing pleaded that neither in the Record nor Process aforesaid nor in the rendring the judgment aforesaid there was in any thing Error Afterwards to wit on Saturday the 9. day of Pebruary in the aforesaid second year of our said Lord the King in the same Court of Exchequer Chamber aforesaid the premises being seen and by the Court of our Lord the King here diligently examined and fully understood Aswell the Record and Process aforesaid and the judgement aforesaid upon the same rendred as the aforesaid causes of Errors aforesaid by the aforesaid T. S. E. and T. F. above alleged and assigned For that that it seems to the Court here that the Record aforesaid is in nothing vitious and defective And that the Record aforesaid was in nothing Erronious Therefore it was considered if that the judgement aforesaid in all things be affirmed and continue in all his force strength and effect notwithstanding in any thing the said causes of Error above assigned and alleged And further it was considered of in the Exchequer Chamber aforesaid that the aforesaid E. R. should recover against the aforesaid T. S. E. and T. F. 100. s. to them the said E. and R. of their assent by the Exchequer Chamber aforesaid adjudged according to the form of the Statute thereupon published and provided for the damages costs and charges which they had by delay of the Execution of the judgement aforesaid by reason of the prosecution of the aforesaid Writ of Error And thereupon the Record and Process before the aforesaid Justices of the common Bench and Barons of the Exchequer aforesaid in the premises had They the same Justices of the Common Bench and Barons of the Exchequer aforesaid before our said Lord the King wheresoever c. they remit according to the form of the Statute aforesaid which to the said Court of our Lord the King now reciding c. ACTIONS OF ESCAPE ESCAPE R L. Executrix of the testament Escape against a Sheriff upon an Arrest upon a Bill of Middlesex c. complains of S. S. and H. C. lately Sheriffs of the County of Middlesex in the Custodie of the Marshall c. For that that is to say whereas one G. S. of c. such a day and year at London in the Parish c. by his certain writing obligatory with the Seal of him the said G. sealed and in due manner made bearing date the same day and year acknowledged himself to be bound and firmly obliged to the aforesaid I. in his life time in 20. s. of lawfull mony of England to be payd to him the said I. when he should be thereunto required with a condition thereupon indorsed for true payment of 12. s. of like mony c. upon the day of the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord then next following which said 12. s. the aforesaid G. to the aforesaid I. in his life time or to the aforesaid R. after his the said I. his death he hath not paye but the aforesaid G. forfeited the aforesaid 20. s. to the aforesaid I. in the writing obligatory conteined For the more speedy recovery of which said sum of 20. â— the aforesaid R. after the death of the aforesaid I. her Husband to wit in the Term of Easter in the 27. year of the Reign of our Lady the Queen that now is before her the said Lady the Queen at Westminster had come and obteined out of the same Court of the Lady the Queen before her the said Queen a certain precept of her the said Lady the Queen directed to the then Sheriffs of the aforesaid County of Middlesex By which it was commanded to them the said then Sheriffs that they should take the aforesaid G. if c. And safely c. So that they might have his body before our Lady the Queen at Westminster on Friday next after the morrow of the holy Trinity then next following to answer the aforesaid R. of a Plea of Trespass And that they should have there then that Precept to that intent that the same R. as executrix of the testament of the aforesaid l. in the same Court of our Lady the Queen here might declare and prosecute her Bill against the aforesaid G. for the debt aforesaid by the aforesaid writing obligatory done which said Precept the aforesaid R. afterwards to wit such a day and year and place delivered the aforesaid Sheriffs in form of Law to be executed by force of which said precept the aforesaid S. S. and H. B. then Sheriffs of the aforesaid County of Middlesex afterwards and before the return of the same to wit such a day and year at I. in the aforesaid County of Middlesex took and arrested the aforesaid G. And him the said G. under their safe custodie then and there had and deteyned And he the said G. being so in custody of them the said late Sheriffs They the said late Sheriffs afterwards to wit the aforesaid such a day and year led the aforesaid G. unto the City of London And him there so negligently kept that the same G. afterwards to wit the same such a day and year at London in the Parish and Ward aforesaid from the custody of them the said late Sheriffs did goe away and Escape And they the said late Sheriffs him the said G. to go at large whithersoever he would they did permit the aforesaid R. of the aforesaid 20. s. then and as yet being in no wise satisfied And the said G. being so gone away Escaped and permitted to goe at large from the custody of them the aforesaid late Sheriffs as aforesaid the same G. kept himself so secretly and privately that she the said R. could not procure any Writs or precepts to be served upon the aforesaid G. for the recovery of her debt aforesaid By which the same R. sayes that she hath not only Expended lost and let goe divers great Expences and Charges in and about the aforesaid Arrest of the aforesaid G. but also remains totally frustrate of all other remedy for the recovery of the debt aforesaid whereupon she saith that she is worsted and hath damage to the value of 40. s. And thereupon she brings her sute c. And she brings here into Court the Letters testamentary c. The Defendants plead they did make the Arrest And the aforesaid S. H. by T.B. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And say that the
knowing the aforesaid T. to be a fugitive and deceiptfull person and plotting and intending him the said H.C. to hinder from the recoverie of his debt aforesaid and to cause him the said H.C. what in him lay wholly to lose his debt aforesaid the aforesaid T. before the aforesaid Justices of our Lady the Queen here at or ever after the aforesaid day of Wednesday c. according to the purport of the aforesaid Writ he had not but the same T. he the said H. C. of his said debt aforesaid being in no wise satisfied or in any manner contented before the retorn of the same Writ to wit such a day and year at London c. in the Parish c. he suffered to go at large whithersoever he would in the danger of the losse of the debt of the aforesaid H. C. For that if the aforesaid H. A. had had the aforesaid T. before the Justices of our Lady the Queen here at the aforesaid day of Wednesday c. according to the purport of the Writ aforesaid and the aforesaid Arrest then the same T. ought to have found in the Court here to him the said H. C. sufficient Manucaptors who must have undertaken for the aforesaid T. that if the same T. should be Convict in the Debt aforesaid that then he the said T. should pay the debt aforesaid to him the said H.C. or should render himself to the Prison of our Lady the Queen of the Fleet by occasion of the Judgement of and upon the Premisses to be rendred or that they the said Manucaptors the debt aforesaid for the aforesaid T should pay to him the said H. C. And if the same T. did not find such Manucaptors that then he should be committed to the Prison of our Lady the Queen of the Fleet there to stay untill he should do it To the damage of him the said H. C. a hundred pounds And thereupon he brings his Sure c. And the aforesaid H. A. by Thomas Foster his Attorney comes and defends the force and injurie when c. Not guilty pleaded And sayes that he is in nothing guilty of the Premisses above imposed upon him And of this he puts himself upon the Countrey And the aforesaid I. C. in like manner Therefore Command is given to the Sheriff that he cause to come here in eight dayes of the Purification of the blessed Virgin Mary and c. By whom c. And who neither c. To Recognize c. Because aswell c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid here c. This was tried in London and a Verdict and Judgement for the Plaintif And a Writ of Error was brought and assigned for Error For that it appears not in what place the Bailiff of the Libertie delivered the Prisoner to the aforesaid F. the under-Sheriff nor whether he was delivered in the County of Essex or no. Error also for that he said not in his Declaration that the Defendant took no securitie for the appearance aforesaid for it might be that the Sheriff delivered him up upon Bayl according to the form of of the Statute Error also for that the Plaintif said not that the aforesaid T. appeared not in the Bench. Afterwards the Defendant after he had pleaded in nullo est Erratum died And then was made this Entrie following as yet c. Afterwards to wit the fifth day of May in the Four and thirtieth year of the reign of our Lady the Queen that now is before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the aforesaid H. A. by his Attorney aforesaid And sayes that the aforesaid H. C. is dead and prayes licence to purchase a new Writ of Error c. And it is granted unto him c. And afterwards to wit the sixt day of May then next following before our Lady the Queen at Wistminster came the aforesaid H. A. by his Attorney aforesaid And brought before our Lady the Queen a certain new Writ of Error of our Lady the Queens directed to the Justices of our Lady the Queen of the Pleas before her the said Queen assigned to be held which said Writ follows in these words Elizabeth c. And so recite the Writ of Error And upon this the same H.A. says that in the Record and Processe aforesaid as also in the rendring of the Judgement aforesaid it is manifestly Erronious alleging for Errors the severall matters above assigned And the same H.A. sayes further that the aforesaid H.C. before his death to wit at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid made his last VVill and Testament in writing And thereby Constituted and ordeined Elizabeth his then wife Executrix of his Testament aforesaid and there afterwards died And the same H. A. prayes a VVrit of our Lady the Queen to warn the aforesaid Executrix of being here c. retornable on the morrow of the holy Trinitie c. wheresoever c. At which day came the aforesaid H. A. by his Attorney And the aforesaid Defendant by John Williams her Attorney came And upon this the aforesaid H. A. as formerly sayes That in the Record and Premisses aforesaid c. it is manifestly Erronious And the Executrix pleads that it is in nothing Erronious and so they continue it for argument And afterwards upon full debate judgement was affirmed ACTIONS OF DEBT AND DIVERS OTHER Actions and Pleas. DEBT ss W C. Complaineth of I.H. in the Custody of the Marshall c. of a plea A Declaration in Debt upon a Bill to be paid at the day of Marriage of the Defendant that he render unto him 20 l. of good and lawfull c. which c. for that to wit that whereas the aforesaid I. in such a day and year at c. by his certain Bill Obligatory sealed with the Seal of him the said I and unto the Court c. whose date c. acknowledged himself to owe unto the said W. the aforesaid 20. l. to be paid unto the said W. at the day of the Marriage of him the said I and the said W. in fact saith that the said I. afterwards that is to say in such a day and year c. married to wife one M.A. by which an Action did accrue unto the said W to require c. ss W. B. next of Kin of R.B. deceased Declaration in Debt for an Administrator against an Administrator Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattels rights and Credits which where of R.B. late of H. in the County of Middlesex Yeoman otherwise called c. deceased which dyed intestate complaineth of A.N. Widow Administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of R.N. late of F. in the County of Middlesex Yeoman deceased in the custody of the Marshall c. of a Plea that he render unto him 60. l. of lawfull c. which c. for that to wit that whereas the aforesaid R.N. in his life that is
the said T. late Prior and all his Predecessors heretofore Priors of the said Church from the time of which c. in the Right of that Church distreined and used to distrein for the said Rent and the Arrerages of the same in the said twenty acres of Land with th' appurtenances and in every parcell thereof when that Rent or any parcell thereof unto the Prior of the said Church for the time being by any Feast in which as is premised ought to be paid should happen to be behind unpaid and the Distresses so taken to lead chase carry away and wholly to retein them untill that Rent and the Arrerages of the same unto the Prior of the said Church for the time being should be fully satisfied and paid which said T. the late Prior afterward dyed The death of one of the Priors the Choosing of another after whose death the said now Prior was elected and made Prior of the said Church And because the said Rent at the time of the said taking supposed to be done was behind for two years next before the day of the said taking done unto the said now Prior unpaid the said R.B. as Bailiff of the said now Prior for thirteen shillings four pence of that Rent of those two years so being behind doth well acknowledge the taking of the said Cattell and Chattels in the said place in which c. And justly c. as in parcell of the said twenty acres with th' appurtenances unto the Distresse of him the said Prior of that Rent in form aforesaid charged And justly c. And this he is ready to prove c. whereupon he prayeth Judgement and the Retorn of the said Cattell and Chattells to be adjudged unto him c. ACTIONS OF TRESPASS upon the CASE TRESPAS UPON THE CASE Declaration for scandall of a Tytle ss R Stevens otherwise Walker complaineth of Thomas Gittens in the Custody of the Marshall c. for that namely that whereas the eighth day of October in the eleventh year of the Reign of the said Lady the now Queen one I. E. was seized in his Demesn as of Fee of and in one Messuage a hundred acres of Land fourty acres of Meadow two hundred acres of Pasture and twenty acres of Wood with th' appurtenances in H. in the said County and so being thereof seized the same I. afterwards that is to say the 22. day of October in the sayd eleventh year infeoffed the said R. of the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances to have to the said R. to him and his Assigns for ever by virtue of which the said R. into the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances entred and was and yet is thereof seized in his Demesn as of Fee which said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances being desirous to sell to pay divers sums of money unto divers persons unto whom he was indebted the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances unto one G. P. and divers other subjects of the Lady the now Queen after the said 22. day of October in the eleventh sent aforesaid and before the 20. day of March in the twenty third year of the Reign of the said Lady the now Queen for one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England could have bargained and aliened the said Thomas well knowing of the Premisses craftily and deceiptfully imagining and intending the said R. of the Sale of the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances for a good value of the same maliciously to hinder and the right and Title of the said R. of in the said R. and the rest of the Premisses unjustly and untruly to extenuate scandalize and to bring into obloquy Afterwards that is to say the 22. day of March in the twenty third year abovesaid at H. aforesaid in the said County by colour of a certein Deed indented by one W.E. unto the said T. of and in the Premisses made in the presence and hearing of divers Venerable and of other worthy people of Credit subjects of the now Lady the Queen then and there being and hearing did speak these false feigned and scandalous English words and plainly with a loud voice pronounced and published that is to say I himself the said T. B. meaning have better right to half the Lands meaning the half of the said Messuages and Tenements above specified than he the meaning the same R. now Plaintif hath Which said W. E. had no right to sell the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses where in truth the said R. S. purchased the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances of the said I. E. who at the time of that purchase had right to sell the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances and where in truth the said T. E. nothing of right or lawfull claim of to or in the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances then had or as yet hath or in any manner whatsoever was able or is able lawfully to sell or demand by pretence of which said speech publication and claim aforesaid the said R. at any time after the 20. day of March in the twenty third year above said the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses Enquire whether these words are sufficient to maintain the said Action because the Defendant spoke the words in his proper right and tytle with th' appurtenances unto any person in no wise could bargain or sell by reason of which the said R. was not onely constreined to his great charges and costs to borrow of divers persons divers sums of money to be paid at the debt of him the said R. and also true it is the same R. for clearing of the said Title and Claym by the said T.G. in form aforesaid made and for the manifestation and proof of the right and title of him the said R. aforesaid of and in the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances he took upon him and underwent divers grievous Labours of his body and hath divers wayes spent vast sums of money and also certain other great dutifull Affairs of him the said R. doe remain undone and neglected Whereupon the said I. saith that he is the worse and hath Damage to the value c. Justification of the speaking of the scandalous words by reason of a Feoffment ss AND the said T. E. by E. B. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and Injury when c. And saith that he ought not to maintain an Action because he saith that the said W. E. tenth day of August in the eleventh year of the Reign of the now Lady the Queen was seized in his Demesn as of Fee of and in the Moitie of the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances in H. aforesaid
were the customary Lands and parcell of the Mannor aforesaid and Demised and Demiseable by the Lord of that Mannor and by the Steward of the Court of the same Mannor for the time being to whatsoever person or persons were willing to take the same in Fee-simple Fee-tayl for term of life or years or otherwise at the Will of the Lord according to the Custom of the said Mannor aforesaid and that he the said Plaintif of the Mannor aforesaid with th' appurtenances whereof c. so being seized before the said time of the foresaid Trespass done at his the said Court of the Plaintif of his said Mannor holden the said twelfth day of October in the thirty fift year abovesaid by the aforesaid I. W. at that time his Steward of his Mannor aforesaid granted the aforesaid Tenements with th' appurtenances unto the foresaid Defendant to have and to hold to the said Defendant and his Heirs by a Rod at the Will of the Lord according to the Custom of the said Mannor by vertue of which said Grant the said Defendant into the aforesaid Tenements with th' appurtenances entred and was thereof seized in his Demesn as of Fee at the Will of the Lord according to the Custom of the said Mannor in manner and form as the said Defendant above in pleading hath alleged And that the said Defendant being so thereof seized before the time of the said Trespass done that is to say the tenth day of November in the first and second year of the Reign of the now Lord the King and the now Lady the Queen made waste in the said Tenements with th' appurtenances in felling and cutting down one Oak of the age of Ten years and more and by Destroying the branches of the stem of the same Oak thereout growing with his Cattell under pretence of which the said Plaintif before the said time in which the said Trespass was done into the Tenements aforesaid with th' appurtenances in which c. entred as into the Tenements unto him the Plaintif by the said Defendant forfeited and was thereof seized in his Demesn as of Fee untill the said Defendant the said first day of October in the second and third year abovesaid with force and arms c. the Close and House aforesaid at F. aforesaid brake and the aforesaid Oak to the value c. there lately growing cut down and carried away against the peace of the said now King and Queen as he above against him complaineth and this he is ready to prove whereof from which the said Defendant the said Trespass aforesaid above acknowledging the said Plaintif prayeth Judgement and his Damages by reason of that Trespass to be adjudged unto him c. Defendant pleads the Custome of the Mannor to give the customary Tenants liberty to cut down Trees growing upon their Tenements ss AND the said Defendant by Protestation not acknowledging any matters in the said Replication above to be true for Plea saith that within the Mannor aforesaid it hath from the time of which the memory of men is not to the contrary it had such a Custom that is to say that every Costomary Tenant of the Mannor aforesaid who held any Customary Tenements within that Mannor unto him and his heirs at the Will of the Lord of the Mannor by Copy of Court-Roll of that Mannor according to the Custome of the same Mannor could and might cut down whatsoever Trees and Wood growing in or upon the Customary Tenements without forfeiture of such Customary Tenements unto the Lord of that Mannor for the time being for such waste by which the said Defendant being seized of the Tenements aforesaid with th' appurtenances in which c. in his Demesn as of Fee at the will of the Lord of the said Mannor that Oak the said first day of October in the years of the Reign of the now King and Queen the second and third abovesaid then and there growing did cut down as to him it was lawfull and this he is ready to prove whereof as before he prayeth Judgement and that the said Plaintif from his action aforesaid against him the Defendant had may be precluded c. ss AND the said Plaintif as formerly he saith Plaintif maintains the Replication without this that there is such a Custom as the Defendant in his Rejoynder allegeth c. that he the said Plaintif is and at the time of the said Trespass done and long before was seized of the said Mannor with th' appurtenances whereof c. in his Demesn as of Fee and that the said Messuage and two acres of Land with th' appurtenances are and at the time in which c. and also from the time c. were Customary Lands and parcell of the said Mannor and Demiseable and demised by the Lord of that Mannor and by the Steward of the Court of the same Mannor for the time being unto whatsoever person or persons is or are willing to take them in Fee-simple Fee-tayl for term of life or years or otherwise at the will of the Lord according to the Custom of the said Mannor And that the Plaintif of the said Mannor with th' appurtenances whereof c. before the said time of the said Trespass done that is to say at the said Court of him the Plaintif of his said Mannor holden the twelfth day of October in the thirty fift year abovesaid by the aforesaid I. W. then his Steward of his said Mannor granted the said Tenements with th' appurtenances unto the foresaid Defendant to have and to hold unto the said Defendant and his Heirs by a rod at the will of the Lord according to the Custom of the said Mannor by vertue of which said grant the said Defendant into the said Tenements with the appurtenances entred and was thereof seised in his demesn as of Fee at the Will of the Lord according to the Custom of the said Mannor in manner and form as the said Defendant above in pleading hath alleleged and that the said Defendant so being thereof seized before the said time of the said Trespass done that is to say the tenth day of November in the years 1. 2. abovesaid he made waste in the same Tenements with th' appurtenances that is to say in cutting and felling down one Oak of the age of ten years and more by destroying the branches of the stem of the same Oak thenceforth growing with his Cattell under pretence of which before the said time in which the said Trespass was done into the Tenements aforesaid with th' appurtenances in which c. he entred as into the Tenements unto him the Plaintif by the said Defendant forfeited and was thereof seized in his Demesn as of Fee untill the said Defendant the said first day of October in the years second and third abovesaid with force and arms c. the said Close and House at Foxley aforesaid did break and the Oak aforesaid to the value c. there lately growing
B. the Brother the said Moity of the said Tenements which was of his the said G. B. according to the said Custom of Gavelkind descended unto the said I. B. and unto one R. B. as Kin and Heirs of the whole bloud of the said G. B. c. namely as Sons of H. B. Brother of T. B. Father of the said T. Father of the said T. B. the Son and G. B. by which they the said I. B. and R. B. before the said time in which c. into the said Moity of the said Tenements entred and thereof were seized in their Demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seized before the said time in which c. thereof Infeoffed the said I. M. To have to him and his Heirs for ever by vertue of which said Feoffement the said I. M before the said time in which c. demised the said Moity unto the said I. B. for the said Term of two years yet in being as the same I. B. before hath alleged by vertue of which said demise the said I. B. of that Moity was possessed untill the said I.C. at the said time in which c. chased the said Horse out of the 20. Acres of Land as the said I. B. before complaineth Without this that it hath or from the time of which memory is not it had any such Custom in the said County of Kent that whensoever two Heirs Males Coparceners of the half bloud of whatsoever Parent begotten should be inheritable of any Lands or Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind in the said County and either of those Heirs should dye without Heir of his body seized of his purpart of such like Inheritance that then the other Heir Coparcener of the same Heir surviving might inherit and by all the said time was inheritable and hath inherited and ought to inherit according to that Custom that purpart of all the Lands and Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind aforesaid of the other Heir so without Heir of his body dying before any other Kin of the same Heir of the whole bloud so dying without Heir of his body as the said H.C. before in pleading hath alleged And this c. whereupon from which the said H. C. the said Trespass being acknowledged prayeth judgement and his damages by reason of the said Trespass before acknowledged prayeth judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespass to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon Custom And the said H. C. as before saith that it hath and from the time which memory doth not remain it had such Custom in the said County of Kent that whensoever two Heirs Males Coparceners of the half bloud of whomsoever begotten were inheritable of any Lands or Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind in the same County and either of those Heirs should dye without Heir of his body seized of his put part of such like inheritance that then the other Heir Coparcener of the same Heir superviving might inherit and by all the time aforesaid was inheritable and hath inherited and ought to inherit according to that Custom the purpartie of all the Lands and Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind of the said other Heir so without Heir of his body dying before any other Kin of the same Heir of the whole bloud so without Heir of his body dying as the said H. before in pleading hath alleged Enter the Court will advise before the Ven ' fac ' adjudged and a speciall rendting of his Judgement thereupon in which they were before to confer with the Justices of the Bench and a Writ of Ven ' fac ' of the body of the County of Kent should be awarded And of this he putteth himself upon the Country and the said I. B. likewise And because the Court of the Lady the Queen hereof c. issues aforesaid between the said parties before joyned will advise before any Writ of Venir fac ' to the Jury to try the issue should be adjudged day is given to the said parties before the Lady the Queen in what State now untill in 8. days of St. Hillary whensoever c. then to attend and hear the Order or Judgement of the said Court of and upon the premises for that that the Court of the Lady the Queen thereof c. At which day before the Lady the Queen at Westminster commeth the said parties by their said Attorneys And c. And so it was continued by 10. Terms then next following c. And in this thing the inspection and view diligently aswell the said issues as in all and singular the premises by the Court of the Lady the Queen of the Bench is to be had and consulted with for that the Tryall of the said Issue doth touch and concern the Comunalty of the said County and it is the Custom that a Writ to call a Jury to try that Issue of the body of the said County of Kent should Issue forth and should be directed to the Sheriff of the same County by which the command is to the Sheriff of the same County that he should cause to come before the Lord the King in 8. dayes of St. Hillary wheresoever Ven ' fac ' of the body of the County of Kent awarded c. 24. aswell Knights c. of the body of the said County by whom c. And who neither c. to recognize c. because aswell c. the same day is given to the said parties there c. AND the said W. saith Plaintif saith that he held the said twenty acres of Land of the said Prior by Fealty Sure of Court and the rent of four shillings and for that rent behind the said Priaccustomed to distrain Without this that the Prior was seized of the Rent-charge as c. that the said R. B. the taking of the said Cattell and Chattells in the said place in which c. ought not to acknowledge just c. because he saith that he himself was seized of the said Ten acres of Land with th' appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee and so thereof seized the same twenty acres of Land with th'appurtenance held of the aforesaid T. late Prior of the said Church by Fealty and Sute to the Court of him the said late Prior of his Mannor of I. in C. aforesaid to be held from three weeks to three weeks and by the Rent of four shillings unto the said late Prior at the Feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angell yearly to be paid And the said W. M. and all those whose estate he hath in those twenty acres of Land held those twenty acres of Land with th' appurtenances of the said late Prior and his Predecessors heretofore Priors of the said Church by that Service and Rent in the right of the said Church from time out of mind held and by all the said time the said late Prior and all
to say the first day of August in the first year of the Reign of the said now King Edward the sixth at Alhallowes aforesaid demised the moiety of the said Tenements with the appurtenances unto the said John Wood to have and to hold the same moiety of the said Tenements with the appurtenances unto the said J.W. and his Executors from the said first day of August untill the end and tearm and for the Tearm of twelve yeares from thence forth next ensuing and fully to be compleated by vertue of which said demise the said J.W. into the moiety of the said Tenements with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed untill the said S. him the said J. W of the moiety of those Tenements with the appurtenances thrust out and the said A. B. of the same unjustly and without judgement disseised upon the possession of which said S. thereupon the said J. Wood before the said time of the said Trespasse done claiming his said tearm of and in the same into those Tenements with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed by virtue of the said Demise untill the said S. afterwards that is to say at the said time of the said Trespasse done the said Close did break Without this and the said Cattell then and there did take and the same in form aforesaid impounded in manner and form as the same J. Wood before against him himselfe complaineth without this that the said R S. was seized of the said whole tenements with the appurtenances in manner and form as the said S. above in his said Barr hath alleadged and this c. whereupon from which the same S. the said trespasse before acknowledging prayeth judgement and his damages by occasion of that trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. ANd the said S. as before saith that the said R.W. was seized of the said whole tenements with the appurtenances in manner and form as the same S. before in pleading hath alledged and of this he putteth himself upon the Country c. Justification of Trespasse for Lands in Gavel-kinde AND the said G. W. by R.H. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and wrong when Kent Justification in Trespasse for that that the Tenements were of nature of Gavel-kind in the County of Kent c. and as to the coming with force and armes c. not guilty and as to the residue of the said Trespass before supposed to be done the same G. saith that the said E. and A. no action because he saith that the said Close called R. otherwise B. doth contain and at the said time of the said Trespasse before supposed to be done did contain eighteen acres of land and wood with the appurtenances of which said Tenements with the appurtenances long before the said time in which c. one E.W. the Elder Grand-Father of the said G.W. the now defendant was seized in his demesne as of fee and him the said G.W. the grand-father of those Tenements with the appurtenances so being seized the same G.W. the Grand-Father before the said time in which c. died thereof by protestation seized after th death of whichsaid G.W. the G-F those Tenements w th the appurtenances for that they are of the tenure and nature of gavelkind in the said county and that all Lands and tenements of the same Tenure and nature in the same county from the time the contrary of which memory c. were parted and partable between the heirs males did discend to T W. as Son and Co-heir of the said G. the Grand Father and unto the aforesaid G. the now Defendant and R.W. his Brother and Margery Bedell as Kinne and Co-heir aforesaid of the said G. W. their Grand-Father that is to say unto the aforesaid G. the now Defendants and to the said R. his Brother as Sonnes and heirs of one R.W. one of the Sons and Co-heirs of the said G. W. the elder and unto the aforesaid T.W. as another of the sons and Co-heirs of the said G. the said G.W. the now Defendants Grand-Father and unto the said Margery as the Son of A. another of the Sons and Co-heirs of the same G.VV. the Grand-Father Discent By vertue of which the said G.VV. the now Defendant and the said R. VV. his Brother into the said Tenements with the appurtenances before the said time in which c. entred and were and as yet do thereof remain thereof seized in their demesne as of Fee and the same Tenements with the appurtenances do hold In common and undivided and at the time of the said Trespasse supposed to be done and at the day of the filing of the said Bill that is to say the tenth day of October in the sixth year of the Reign of the said now King held in common and undivided with the said Edward and Alice who the pur-party of the said Margery of and in the said Tenements do hold from the said Day of filing of the said Bill they have holden for tearm of years then during from the demise of the said Margery and one John Bedell her husband And this c. Whereupon he prayeth Judgment if an Action c. NOt to be precluded because he saith Plaintiff saith that the said G.W. the Grand-Father infeossed one A.W. his Sonne which said A. had issuee Margery W. and dyed unto which said Margery the Tenements discended in the right of an heir and the same Margery tooke to husband one J.B. and the said J.B. and M. demised the Tesements unto S.S. and A. his wife now one of the Defendants and afterwards the same S.S. dyed and the same A took to husbanb the said E. now one of the plaintiffs by vertue of which said demise they the said E. entred that well and true it is that the said G.VV. the Grand-Father in the said Barr before named was seized of the said Tenements with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee in manner and form as the said G. the now Df. before in pleading hath alleadged and that the same G.VV. the Grand-Father so thereof being seized before the said time of the said trespas done of the said tenements with the appurtenances infeoffed the said A.VV. his Son to have the same Tenements with the appurtenances unto the same A. and his heirs for ever by vertue of which said Feoffment the same A.VV. was seized of the said Tenements with the appurtenances in his Demesne as of Fee and him the said A. of the said Tenements with the appurtenances so being seized the same A. of those Tenements with the appurtenances died seized after the death of which said A. the said Tenements with the appurtenances discended unto Margery VVallis Daughter and heir of the same A. by vertue of which the same M. into the said Tenements with the appurtenances long before the said time of the said trespas done entred and was thereof seized in her demesne as of fee and she the said
paid that horse to him the said A. hee sold And the same horse to him the said A. then and there delivered By vertue of which said sale and delivery of that horse as of his proper horse was possessed and as yet is And the aforesaid C. the horse aforesaid out of the possession of him the said B. took and was thereof possessed untill the same A. the same horse as his proper horse at S. aforesaid at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made out of the possession of the aforesaid B. by means of the sale and delivery aforesaid he againe took and led away as it was lawfull for him to do And this c. Whereupon hee demands judgement c. AND the aforesaid C. sayes that he by any thing before alleadged The Plaintiffe pleads the property in another stranger who sold to him and traverses the sale made to the Defendant ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him c. because by protestation that the aforesaid propriety of the horse aforesaid was never the aforesaid B. for Plea he saith that long before the time of the Trespasse aforesaid made the propriety of the horse aforesaid was one T.H. which said T. of that horse as of his proper horse then being possessed that horse to him the said C. long before the said time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was made to wit such a day and yeare and place and County for a 100 s. to him the said T. in hand paid sold to him the said C. the horse aforesaid And that horse to him the said C. then and there delivered By vertue of which said sale and delivery the same C. of that horse as of his proper horse was possessed untill the aforesaid A. the horse aforesaid at S. aforesaid at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid made by force and arms out of the possession of him the said C. he took and led away as he by his aforesaid Writ and declaration above against him complaineth Without that A Traverse of the sale to the Defendant that the aforesaid B. the horse aforesaid to the aforesaid A. at D. aforesaid the aforesaid such a day and yeare sold in manner and forme as the aforesaid A. above alleadgeth And this c. Whereupon for that the aforesaid A. the Trespasse aforesaid above acknowledgeth hee prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of the Trespasse aforesaid to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the aforesaid A. sayes that the aforesaid B. the horse aforesaid to the aforesaid A. at D. aforesaid the day and year aforesaid sold in manner and form as he above hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid C. in like manner c. Therefore the Jury is to come c. Institutions in trespasse for want of reparation of the hedges by the Plaintiffs Trin. 22. Hen. 6. Rol. 89. AND the aforesaid T. and I. by I.H. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury where c. And as to the coming by force and armes c. not guilty And as to the breaking of the close aforesaid and the eating up treading downe and consuming of the grasse aforesaid the same T. and I. say that the aforesaid N. ought not to have his action aforesaid against them because they say that they at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made were and are seized of a certain close of pasture near adjoyning to the said close of the aforesaid N. in which the grasse aforesaid grew in K. aforesaid in their demesne as of Fee Between which said closes there is a certaine hedge separating each from other the aforesaid closes Which said hedge the aforesaid N. and all they whose estate the same N. hath in the close aforesaid from time out of minde were accustomed to make repaire and sustaine and say that that hedge for want of reparation and sustaining of the same was at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made broken downe and laid prostrate to the ground and that the Cattell of them the said T. and I. in their close aforesaid put to depasture into the said close of the aforesaid N. by the breach and decay of the said hedge did enter against the will of them the said T. and I. and the grasse aforesaid did eat up tread downe and consume the same T. and I. their Cattell aforesaid freshly pursuing into the said close of the said N. by the breach and decay aforesaid did enter to drive backe their cattell into the said close of them the said T. and I. and into that close speedily drove them as it was lawfull for them to doe which is the same Trespasse and breach of close and feeding treading downe and consuming the grasse aforesaid whereof the aforesaid N. above against them complaineth And this they are ready to aver c. whereupon c. The Defendants plead that the Vicar was seized in right of his Vicaridge and justifie as his servants Essex AND the aforesaid H.T.R. and VV. by T. G. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes as also the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the breaking of the close and how aforesaid say that they are not guilty c. And as to the breaking of the close and house aforesaid they the same H.R. and VV. say that the aforesaid C. ought not to have thereof his action aforesaid against them because they say that the close and house aforesaid and also the place in which it was supposed the same Trespasse to be made The form of pleading where the quantity of the close is not ascertained in the Declaration was one house acre of Land with the appurtenances in Eastham aforesaid which are and the aforesaid time wherein c. were parcel of the Mannor of Eastham in the County aforesaid whereof before the said time wherein c. one I.R. Vicar of the Church of Eastham aforesaid was seized in his demesne as of Fee in right of his Vicaridge aforesaid by which the same H. R. and W. as the servants of him the said I. R. and by his command the aforesaid time wherein c. the close and house aforesaid did break as it was lawfull for them to doe And this c. Whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid C. ought to have or maintaine his action aforesaid against them c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes The plaintiffe replies that the Vicar demised to him c. that he by any thing before pre-alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against them of the breach of the close and house aforesaid because he saith that it is well and true that before the said time of the Trespasse aforesaid made the aforesaid I.R. was seized of the aforesaid house and one
And the same B. so being thereof possessed the Falcon aforesaid with the Belles and Varvils aforesaid out of his hands and possession did casually lose which said Falcon afterwards that is to say such a day year and place to the hands and possession of the aforesaid J.G. by finding came Judgement had for the Plaintiffe and damages 18 l. 16 s. and 8 d. And the aforesaid J.G. knowing the Falcon aforesaid to be the proper Falcon of the aforesaid B. to him the said B. of right to belong and pertain that Falcon although often required c. to render or deliver hath wholly refused And that Falcon voluntarily hath used and handled so ill so that that Falcon by the ill usage and handling aforesaid afterwards to wit such a day year and place dyed to the damage of him the said B. 40 l. And thereupon he brings his suit c. Ss A B. complaines of W. B. in the custody of the Marshall Declaration for keeping a dog accustomed to bite sheep c. for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid W. did knowingly keep and retaine a certaine Dog accustomed to bite sheep at M. in the County aforesaid which said Dog ten Ew-sheep and ten lambs of him the said A. to the price of 4 l. at M. aforesaid found such a day and yeare and place did so grievously bite that those sheep and lambs by the biting of the Dog aforesaid then and there dyed Whereupon the same A. saith that he is worse and hath damage to the value of 10 l. And thereupon he brings his suit The like with some addition Ss B. F. complaines of R. W. in the custody of the Marshall c. for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid R. such a day yeare and place a certaine Dog accustomed to bite sheep he knowingly retained which said Dog the day and year aforesaid at H. aforesaid the sheep that is to say a hundred and fifteen Ewes and eighty Weathers of him the said B. did chase and bite so that by the chasing and biting eighty of the Ewe sheep of the sheep aforesaid of the price of 40 l. dyed and forty of the Weathers aforesaid of the price of 30 l. dyed in like manner And the residue of the aforesaid Ewe sheep great with young cast their lambs abortive And the residue of the Weather sheep were much worsted And other harmes c. Norfolk HEnry Darcy Knight complaines of Iohn Leigh Gentleman in the custody of the Marshall Declaration upon warranty of a Hawk c. for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid I. such a day yeare and place in the County aforesaid in consideration of 5 l 2 s. and 6 d. of lawfull money of England to him the said I. by the aforesaid H. before hand payed had bargained and sold to the aforesaid H. a certaine Hawk called a Gos-hawk the same I. in consideration thereof then and there warranted the Gos-hawk aforesaid to him the said H. to be sound and in good health whereas in truth that Gos-hawke then and there was troubled with divers great infirmities and much grieved of which said infirmities the Hawke aforesaid such a day then next following at O. aforesaid dyed By which the same I. at O. aforesaid the aforesaid H. of the Hawk aforesaid and of the aforesaid 5 l. 2 s. and 6 d. against the forme of the Warrant aforesaid falsely and fraudulently deceived to the damage of him the said H. twenty Marks And thereupon he brings his suit c. A B. complains of I.P. the elder and I.P. the younger in the custody of the Marshall Declaration for making of a banke by which the Plaintiffes land was downed c. of a plea wherefore whereas a certain course of water called C. ought to run in a certaine stream at C. in the County aforesaid for the serving of the Lands and Tenements near the Water-course aforesaid the aforesaid I. and I. not ignorant of the premises plotting the aforesaid A. to worse and hurt in his Lands and Tenements goods and chattels a certaine banke on crosse the Water-course aforesaid at C. aforesaid they made by reason of which the water aforesaid was hindered of his course aforesaid By which six hundred acres of Pasture of his the said A. neer adjoying to the VVater-course aforesaid was so extraordinarily drowned that the same A. the profit of that his pasture for a great time he lost VVhereby he sayes he is worsted and hath damage c. SS W. J. Mercer complaines of T. B. in the custody of the Marshall Declaration against an Inne-keeper for selling his guests horse c. for that whereas the same T. such a day year and place a certaine horse of his the said W. of the prâ—ce of 15 l. to have kept in the Stable of the aforesaid T. and there to be fed and dressed and that horse safely and soundly to be kept and to him the said W. when he should be thereunto required to be redelivered and in consideration of a certaine summe of money between them agreed upon that is to say for every day and night as long as the horse aforesaid with the aforesaid T. as is aforesaid should happen to be three pence at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid had assumed upon himselfe yet the aforesaid T. plotting the aforesaid W. falsely deceitfully and fraudulently in that behalfe to deceive and defraud the horse aforesaid although often required c. to the aforesaid W. he hath not re-delivered but that horse afterwards to wit such a day and year and place to a certaine unknowne man for 24. s. to him the said T. in hand payed falsely craftily and deceitfully he there sold and the money thereof comming to his own proper use he there converted disposed to his damage 30 s. c. Ebor. ss T. F. was attached to answer A. F. of a plea wherefore whereas the same A. had bargained to buy twenty Oxen of the aforesaid B.T. at B. the same T. knowing these Oxen to be fallen into divers diseases and infirmities Declaration upon warranty of cattell these Oxen by warranting them to be sound and in good health for a great sum of money the Oxen aforesaid to the aforesaid A. he falsely and fraudulently here sold to the damage of him the said A. 40. l. as he sayes And whereupon the same A. by S. L. his Attorney complaines that whereas the same A. such a day and yeare had bargained to buy of the aforesaid T. twenty Oxen at B. the same T. knowing these Oxen to be fallen into divers diseases and infirmities that is to say of such a disease those Oxen for a great summe of money that is to say for 60 l. warranting them to be sound and in health then and there sold falsely and fraudulently whereupon hee saith that hee is worsted and hath damage to the value c. AND the aforesaid T. by W.
a Bayliff of a liberty in the nature of Escape title Trespas upon the Case 80 Case against one for disturbance of a Steward in keeping of a Court title Trespas upon the Case 82 Case for Cancelling of a Bond title Trespas upon the Case 82 Case against an Inne-keeper for a Horse lost title Trespas upon the Case 83 Case against an Executrix upon the promise of the testator title Trespasse upon the Case 84 Case by way of deceipt in a Bargain title Trespasse upon the Case 85 Case against one for scandalous words of an Alderman of London title Trespasse upon the Case 86 Case against one for frequenting Company in a dishonest manner with another mans Wife title Trespasse upon the Case 87 Case against one for negligent keeping of his fire whereby another mans house was burnt title Trespasse upon the Case 88 Continuance of a Decem tales title of Continuance ibid. Continuance upon a Summons ad auxiliandum title Continuance ibid. Continuance of a Demurrer in Law and an issue title Continuance Conspiracy Declaration in it upon the Statute of 8. Hen. the 6. title Conspiracie 25 Conspiracie for indicting of one as a common Baretter title Conspiracy 31 In Conspiracie the Defendant justifies what he did as a Juror with others c. title Conspiracie 29 Conspiracie Action upon it brought by the Man and the Wife for Felony supposed to be done by the Wife title Conspiracie 27 Continuance of a Scire facias in a Writ of Error title Continuance 34 Continuance of a Judgement after a verdict title Continuance 34 Continuance of an Exigent title Continuance 35 Continuance of a Distringas title Continuance 35 Continuance of a Jurata for want of Jurors and a Decem tales awarded title Continuance 35 Continuance of a matter in Law title Continuance 35 Continuance of a Writ of adjournment title Continuance 36 Continuance of a Jurata where the Plaintife acknowledges one of the Defendants to be dead title Continuance 36 Continuance of a Jurata by consent of the parties title Continuance 36 Committitur of a Prisoner to the Marshall being in the custody of a Sherife by vertue of a Case 38 Committitur of a Prisoner upon a Capias ad satisfaciend title Commititur 38 Committitur after judgement title Committitur 38 Certiorare to the chiefe Justice title Error 40 Certificate of the chiefe Justice title Error 40 Custom of the Common Bench alleadged for the Mannor of entring of judgement title Error 41 D. DEclaration in Debt upon a Bill to be paid at the day of Marriage title Debt 1 Debt for an Administrator against an Administrator title Debt 1 Debt upon the Statute of Mayntenance title Debt 1 Debt upon the Statute of Perjury title Debt 3 Debt upon a Judgment title Debt 5 Debt upon the Statute for Costs for not prosecuting title Debt 6 Debt upon an escape made by a Sherife title Debt 8 Debt in Accompt after Auditors assigned title Debt 10 Demurrer adjudged good and a Writ of Enquire of Damages in Trespasse and Batterie title Trespasse 111 Demurrer in Law to matter of Error title Error ibid. E. ENtrie of a Recognizance after issue joyned Title Debt 5 Essoyne cast Title Replevin 39 Entrie of an Essoyne and joyning in ayde Title Trespas 99 Escape pleaded in Audita querela and issue thereupon Title Audita querela 18 Error in assault and Batterie the especiall matter of Error alleadged and pleaded to Title Error 39 Error for want of admission by prochainamie the party Plaintiff being within age Title Error 40 Escape against a Sheriff Title Error 40 Escape upon a Bill of Middlesex against the Sheriffs Title Escape 47 Escape against a Sheriff for not having the body of one arrested at the returne of the Writ Title Escape 50 F. FIne pleaded Title Replevyn 42 Forme of pleading of an Outlawrie after Judgment Title Trespasse upon the Case 79 Forme of pleading where Land is granted by Copy of Court Roll. Title Trespas 110 Forme of pleading where the Lands accrued to the Husband under the Wifes title Title Trespas 40 Feoffement pleaded Title Trespas 41 Feoffement pleaded Title Assize 12 I. JVdgement by nihil dicit in Debt Title Debt 9 Judgement and verdict in Appeale Title Appeale 8 Incursion and issue upon it Title Replevyn 27 Issue in ayde Prayer Title Replevyn 34 Joynder in Ayde Title Replevyn 37 Issue upon a Traverse of Disseisin Title Replevyn 37 Issue upon a Traverse of Prescription Title Replevyn 39 Issue upon the Tenure Title Replevyn 41 Issue upon the seisin of Rent Title Replevyn 44 Judgement of a Playnt returned by the Sheriff upon Recordare Title Replevyn 44 Issue upon the taking of the Cattell out of his fee c. Title Replevyn 45 Justification of taking Cattell as servant to another the Cattell doing damage to the Master Title Replevyn 46 Justification of the taking of Cattell as Bayliff to another in the name of Distresse for parcell of a Rent Charge Title Replevyn 52 Issue taken upon a Prescription title Replevin 55 Justification ibid. Inrollment that the Defendant secure Delivery of the Cattell Title Replevyn 69 Imparlance in Replevyn Title Replevyn â—â— Justification of taking of Cattell as Bayliff to another for arreares of a Rent charge title Replevyn 71 Justification Especiall in an Action of the Case for standing of a Title with a Replication thereto Title Trespas upon the Case 74 Justification in trespas as servant to one that had the freehold title Trespas 83 Issue upon a Custome in Gavel-kinde and a Venire facias awarded out of the bodie of the County title Trespas 98 Justification in trespas by vertue of a Demise title Trespas 101 Judgment after a verdict in Assize title Assize 13 Jurie put in respite in Audita querela title Audita querela 18 Jurata either in Debt Trespas or Ejectione firmae title Continuance ibid. L. LEtters Patents pleaded title Trespas 71 Licence pleaded by the Defendant in Trespas title Trespas 48 N. NOnage pleaded in Barre to an Avowry title Replevyn 50 Not guilty pleaded to an Action of the Case title Trespas upon the Case 82 P. PRohibition where the Plaintiffe suggests the Lands out of which Tithes are required to be Priorie Lands title Prohibition 11 Prohibition a Declaration for prosecuting in the Court Christian after the Prohibition delivered 14 In Prohibition the Defendant pleads he did not prosecute after the Prohibition to him delivered title Prohibition 21 Prohibition to the Court of Admiralty upon the Statute of 13 of Richard the second title Prohibition 22 Prescription to Destrain for Rent title Replevyn 27 Prayer in Ayde by the Plaintiffe in title Replevyn 28 Prayer in Ayde and joynder in Ayde upon Summons title Replevin 33 Prayer in ayde and Summons upon it title Replevin 36 Prescription for common of Pasture title replevyn 39 Playntiff in mercy and the Defendant without day c. title Replevyn 44 Plea as to taking part of the cattell and Chattells that he did not