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
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
E. who prosecutes for our Lord the King in that behalfe for the same Lord the King sayes that Whereas in the Statute in the Parliament of our Lord King Henry the 6th late King of England held at Westminster in the 23th yeare of his Raign amongst other things it is ordained and established that no Sherife undersherife Baylife of any Liberty or franchise or any other Baylife by occasion or colour of his Office should take any other thing by them c. and so recite the Statute And that all Sherifes under-Sherifes Bayliffs of liberties or other Bayliffes or any other Officers or Ministers who should do contrary to the Ordinance aforesaid or any the Articles in the same should loose to the party grieved in that behalfe his damages to the trouble and should forfeit the summe of fortie pound each Sherife wherein he or any of them should do contrary to the Ordinance aforesaid Whereof the Lord the King was to have one Moyetie to the use of his houshold and no other wayes and to him who in that behalfe will prosecute another moyetie thereof as in the same Statute more fully is contained yet the aforesaid Defendant little weighing the aforesaid Statute such a day and yeare then being under-Sherife of the County aforesaid at such a place by colour of his Office aforesaid took Extortiously of one I. D. by the hands of one R. W. for the making and returning of a certaine pannell upon a Writ of Venire facias at the Suit of the aforesaid I. D. against R. H. and others in the same Writ contained in a Plea of trespasse prosecuted thirteen shillings and foure pence against the forme and effect of the Statute aforesaid by which the Action accrued to the said Lord the King to require and have of the aforesaid Defendant the aforesaid forty pound yet the aforesaid Defendant allthough often required c. the aforesaid forty pounds to the said Lord the King he hath not as yet rendered it but the same to him hitherto to render he hath denyed and as yet doth denie Whereupon c. The Defendant pleads that he took not against the form of the Statute AND the aforesaid Defendant by W.C. his Attorney comes c. and sayes our aforesaid Lord the King him the said Defendant by occasion of the premises in an thing to impeach or trouble ought not because he saith that he took not of the aforesaid I. D. the aforesaid thirteen shillings and foure pence against the forme of the Statute aforesaid as the aforesaid I. C. for our Lord the King aforesaid above hath alleaged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Countrey And the aforesaid I. which c. for our Lord the King in like manner c. Therefore c. VVITHERNAM WIlts ss Command was to the Sheriffe as it was often commanded him Entries of a Plure Replegiare that instantly and without delay he should cause to be replevyed to R. D. his cattell which E.P. I. D.W.S. and W. W. took and unjustly detained or that he should be before our Lady the Queen in eight dayes of Saint Hillary last past wheresoever The Sherife returnes the cattell were so farre off remved c. c. to shew wherefore the command of our Lady the Queen so oftentimes thereupon to him directed he had contemned and the same Sherife to her the said Lady the Queen at that day returned that the Cattell aforesaid were removed afarr off to a place unknown unto him by the aforesaid E.P. others so that he could not have the view of them Therefore command was to the same Sherife The entrie of a Withernam and Pone that of the cattell of the aforesaid E P. and others in his Bailywick he should take in Withernam and the same to the aforesaid R.D. he should cause to be delivered to be held to him untill the aforesaid E. and others would deliver the cattell aforesaid and in what manner he should have executed the same precept he should make known to our Lady the Queen from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. The returne of the Writ Command was also to the same Sherife that if the aforesaid R.D. should make him secure of prosecuting his Complaint as also of returning the cattell aforesaid if the returne thereupon should be adjudged then he should put by sure and safe pledges the aforesaid E.P. and others that they should be before our Lady the Queen at the aforesaid Term to answer the aforesaid R. D. of the taking and detaining of the cattell aforesaid At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the aforesaid R. D. by M. Moseley his Attorney And the Sherife returned that the aforesaid R. D. had made him the said Sherife secure of prosecuting his Complaint aforesaid and of the returne of the cattell aforesaid if the returne hereupon should be adjudged and that the aforesaid E.P. is attached by Pledges of W.P. and G.G. as also that the aforesaid I.T. W.S. and W.W. hath nothing within his Baily-wick whereby they can be attached The same Sherife also returnes that he the 24th of March in the one and twentieth year of the Raign of our Lady E. now Quen of England took in Withernam two horses whereof one is of Colour white and the oâ—her very gray and three Maâ—â—s whereof one is of a bay Colour another of a Gray colour and another of a daple Gray and eighteen Sheep of the Cattell of the aforesaid E.F. and others and the same to the aforesaid R. D. he hath caused to be delivered to be held unto him untill the said E. and others the cattell aforesaid formerly taken they will deliver as it was commanded unto him and the aforesaid E. P. and others the fourth day of the plea being solemnly called by R. Best their Attorney in like manner came upon which the aforesaid D. declaring aganst the aforesaid E. P. and others complaines that they such a day and yeare at Lockeridge in the Parish of Fifeeld in the County aforesaid in a certaine place there called the Common Field took the cattell of him the said Robert that is to say six Geldings of the price of 24. l. and them unjustly detained against Sureties and Pledges c. Whereupon he saith he is worsted and hath damage to the value of forty pounds And thereupon he brings his Suit c. Judgement for the Plaintiff in a Replevin upon a Demurrer in Law Easter 30. Eliz Rot. 196. THE Plaintiff declares and the Defendant pleads in acknowledgment c. and the Plaintiff pleads in Bar and the Defendants rejoines to the Bar and thereupon the Plaintiff demurs in Law and they join in Demurrer and Judgment was had for the Plaintiff as followes Because as yet c. at which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid Vpon which all and singular the premises being seen
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
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
any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments or in any Courts of Record or in any Leet or View of Frank-pledge in a Court day called Law-day or in any Court in antient Demesn Hundred Court Court Barron or in the Court or Courts of the Stannery in the County of Devon and Cornwall or being examined to the perpetuall memory of a thing that then whatsoever person and persons so offending and being duly convicted or attainted by the Laws of this Kingdome of England for his or their said offences shall lose and forfeit unto the said Lady the Queen 20. pounds and should have Imprisonment by the space of six moneths without Bail or Mainprise and that the Oath of such person or persons so offending from thenceforth afterwards in any Court of Record should not be taken within this Kingdom of England or Wales or Marches of the same till what time the Judgement given against the said person or persons should be made void or revoked by Attainder or otherwise that upon every such kind of Revocation the parties grieved shall recover his or their Dammage against all and singular such person and persons as should procure the said Judgement so revoked to be rendered against him or them or any of them by Action or Actions to be prosecuted upon his or their Case or cases according to the course of the Common Lawes of this Kingdome of England and if it should happen the said offendor or offendors not to have any goods or chattells to the value of 20. pounds that then he or they should be put upon the Pillory in any Market place within the County City or Burrough where the said offence should be committed by the Sheriff or his Officers if they should happen to be without any City or Town Corporate then by the chief Officer or Officers of such City or Town Corporate or by his or their Officers And there should have both his ears nayled and from thenceforth should be discredited and disabled for ever to be sworn in any the Kings Courts of Record aforesaid untill the Judgement should be reversed and thereupon to recover his Damages in manner and form before mentioned one Moity of which said sum of Money to be forfeited in manner and form aforesaid should be to the said Lady the now Queen her Heirs and Successors and the other Moity thereof unto such person or persons as should be grieved hindred or molested by reason of the offence or offences before mentioned who therefore would prosecute by action of Debt Bill Plaint Information or otherwise in any the Kings Courts of Record in which no Wager of Law Essoin Protection or Injunction should be allowed as in the said Statute amongst other things more fully it is manifested and it appeareth And where also c. ss A. B. Late of London Taylor Declaration in Debt after Verdict and Judgement in Trespas in the Kings Bench upon Recognizance there against one of the Bayl. Easter 6. H. 8. Roll. 432. was Summoned to answer R.H. of a Plea that he render unto him 100. pounds of lawfull money of England which c. And thereupon the said R. by R. I. his Attorney saith that whereas he the Monday next after fifteen dayes of the holy Trinity in the fourth year of the Reign of the now King before him the said Lord the King at Westminster in his proper Person came and appeared and then and there in the Court of the said King brought his Bill against one W.G. Mercer in the Custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsea of the Lord the King before him the King then and there being of a Plea of Trespass and the Pledges to prosecute are Philip Mason and John Wicham by which said Bill the said R. Complained of the said W. of that that he the second day of July in the third year of the said now King with force and arms that is to say with Swords c. the house of him the said R. at London in the Parish c. had broke and other wrongs to him had done against the Peace c. to the damage c. and the aforesaid W. by T.C. his Attorney appearing commeth and defendeth the force and Injury when c. and saith that he in no wise was thereof guilty concerning the Trespass aforesaid as the said R. above against him Complained And of this he put himself upon the Countrey And the aforesaid R. likewise c. therefore thereupon commeth the Jury before the Lord the King at Westminster the Monday next after eight c. of St. Michael And who neither c. to Recognize Entrie of Recognizance after Issue ioyned c. because aswell c. the same day was given to the parties aforesaid there c. And upon this before the said Lord the King at Westminster in the said County of Middlesex personally then and there commeth I.G. of London Gent. and L.G. of London Gent. and the aforesaid A. the Manucaptors for the said W.G. that is to say under the pain of 100. pounds which they acknowledged and every of them for himself acknowledged of his Lands and Chattels and of every of them to be done And to the use of the said R. to be levyed and likewise the said W.G. assumed for himself under the pain of 100. pounds which he acknowledged of his Lands and Chattels to be executed and to the use of the said R. to be levyed if the said W. all such Damages Costs and charges in which it should happen him the said W. in the Plea aforesaid in any manner lawfully to be overthrown doth neither pay or himself to the Prison of the Marshall of the Lord the King before him the King in that occasion not to render c. At which said day of Monday next after eight c. of St. Michael before him the Lord the King at Westminster commeth aswell the aforesaid R. in his own person as the said W.G. by his foresaid Attorney And the Sheriff then sendeth a Writ of Venir ' fac ' 24. c. in all Services and Executions together with the Pannell of the names of the Jurors thereupon impannelled upon which the Jurors of that Jury being called likewise come who being chosen tryed and sworn to speak to the truth of the Premisses Say upon their Oath that the said W. was guilty of the Trespass aforesaid even as the said R. had above Complained And they Assessed the Damage of him the said R. by reason of the Trespass as in the Verdict for which it was considered at that time in the same Court before him the Lord the King that the said R. should recover against the said W c. as in the Record even as in that Record it more fully appeareth And the said R. saith that afterwards the said W.G. in Damage Costs and charges aforesaid was convicted and after Judgement was thereupon given hitherto the said W.G. the Damage Cost and Charges unto the said R. hath not paid
thereupon c. Declaration upon an Escape made by the Sheriff Surrey ss A. B. Complaineth of C.D. Esquire late Sheriff of the County of E. in the Custody of the Marshall c. of a Plea that he render unto him 101. pounds of lawfull money of England In the like manner the Plaintiff declares in debt upon Judgement which unto him he oweth and unjustly detaineth for that that is to say that whereas the said A. formerly that is to say in the Term of St. Michael in the 28. and 29. years of the Reign of E. now Queen of England at VVestminster in the County of Middlesex before her the said Queen at VV. by F.G. his Attorney came and brought then there in the said Court his certain Bill against H.I. in the Custody of the Marshall c. of a Plea of Debt Declaration in Debt upon Obligation And there were Pledges to that Bill that is to say I. Doo and R. Roo which said Bill so by him brought followeth in these words ss London ss A.B. otherwise A.B. of c. complaineth of H.I. of c. otherwise called c. in the Custody of the Marshall of the Marshalsey c. of a Plea that he render unto him one hundred pounds of lawfull c. which to him he oweth and unjustly deteyneth for that namely that whereas the said H. the 20th day of M. in the said 28. eight year of the reign of the said E. now Queen of England at L. that is to say in the Parish of the blessed Mary of the Arches c. by his certain Writing Obligatory with his Seal c. and unto the Court c. whose Date c. to be paid c. and so repeat the whole Declaration untill And thereupon then he brought his Sute c. Afterwards that is to say Tuesday next after eight dayes of St. Hillary The Importance from thence forth next following untill which day the said H. had Licence to impart to the said Bill and then to answer c. before the said Queen at VVestminster came the said A. by his said Attorney Saith nothing in Debt And the said H. although solemnly called came not nor any for the said H. said any thing in barre or preclusion of the Action of the said A. by which the said A. then remained thereupon against him undefended Judgement upon saith nothing in Debt And that then in the same Court it was considered that the said A. should recover against the said H. his said Debt and also 20. shillings for his Damages which he had susteyned aswell by occasion of the deteining of that Debt as for his Charges and Costs by him about his Sute in that behalf put to And that the said H. should be in mercy c. as by Record thereof in Court of the said Queen here remaining more fully appeareth And afterwards that is to say the fifth day of July in the 29th year of the Reign of the said Queen for that the said H. the said Debt and Damages unto him the said A. had not paid the said A. sued forth out of the Court of the said Queen here at Westminster aforesaid a certain Writ of the said Queen to take the said H. to satisfie him the said A. of and for the said Debt and Damages directed to the said Sheriff of the County of E. and retornable before the said Queen at Westminster in the County of Middlesex Monday next after three weeks of St. Michael from thenceforth next following which said Writ the said A. afterwards and before the retorn of the same that is to say the tenth day of S. then next following at Westminster aforesaid delivered to the said C.D. the Sheriff of the said County of E. then being in form of Law to be executed by pretence of which said Writ the said C. afterwards that is to say the 13th day of October in the 29th year abovesaid at K. in the County of E. aforesaid took and arrested the said H. and him so arrested did lead to the prison of her the said Queens Gaol of E. called E. Gaol within the Town of E. in the said County of E. in his Custody and the same H. in the Prison of her the said Queens Gaol of E. aforesaid in the said County of E. in his Custody had in Execution of and for the said Debt and Damages untill the Tenth day of November in the 29th year abovesaid and him the said H. so in Execution for the said Debt and Damages under the Custody of the said C. then Sheriff of the said County of E. being the same C. afterwards that is to say the same Tenth day of November in the 29th year abovesaid at Southwark in the County of Surrey aforesaid the same H. without leave and against the will of him the said A. out of the Custody of him the said A. suffered to escape and to go at large whither he would the said A. for the said Debt and Damages or any penny thereof then being altogether unsatisfied by which an Action did accrew unto the said A. to require and have of the said C. the said 101. pounds Notwithstanding the said C. although often required c. the said 101. pounds unto the said A. hath not as yet paid but the same to him hitherto hath altogether denyed to pay and as yet doth deny to the Damage of him c. Protestation he did not suffer to go at large And the said C. by N.O. his Attorney commeth and defendeth the force and Injury when c. because protesting that the said C. did not take and arrest him the said H. by virtue of the said Writ as the said A. above against him Complaineth for Plea the said C. saith that he the said C. did not suffer the said H. to escape and to goe at large whither he would in manner and form as the said A. before against him declared And of this c. And the said c. therefore c. Declaration upon Accompt after Auditors assigned when the Defendant is found in arrears ss T. S. Complaineth of A.B. in the Custody of the said Marshall c. of a Plea that he render unto him 6. pounds of good and lawfull money c. which c. for that to wit whereas the said A. B. such a day and year at c. with the aforesaid T. before I. and F. Auditors assigned by the said T. to hear the Accompt of him the said A.B. had accompted concerning divers sums of money of his the said T. by the aforesaid A. to the Accompt of the said T. when he was thereunto required before that time received and upon that Accompt the said A. was found in arrerages towards him the said T. in the aforesaid 6. pounds by which an Action did accrew unto the said T. to require and have of the said A. the aforesaid six pounds the said A. notwithstanding although often c.
the Sea in his Voyage towards London aforesaid with the said Wine And further the said I. N. in fact saith that after the said lading of the said thirty two Pipes of Canary Wines of the said I. N. in the said Ship in form aforesaid done to be transported from the said Isle of Teneriff up to London aforesaid and after the said departing of the said Ship from the said Port of the Isle of Teneriff aforesaid in his said Voyage towards London aforesaid the same Ship bâ—ing laden with the said thirty two Pipe of Canary Wines of him the said I. N. in saying upon the main Sea from the Isle of Teneriff aforesaid towards London aforesaid that is to say the twenty eighth day of I in the fortieth year of the Reign of the said now Queen aforesaid by the boisterousness of Winds and great Tempests in the main 〈◊〉 was overwhelmed and there was cast away and the said thirty two Pipes of the Canary Wines of him the said I. there then and in the main Sea were altogether lost that the said I. N. afterwards that is to say the Tenth day of A. in the fortieth year aforesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and c. gave Notice to the said 8. of the said losse Notwithstanding which the said E. his promise and Assumption aforesaid nothing regarding but imagining and fraudulently intending the said I. N. of the said twenty five pounds or any parcell thereof unto the said I. N. hath not as yet paid or in any manner for the same hath satisfied although afterwards that is to say such a day and year at L. aforesaid in the Parish and c. was required by the said I. to doe this whereupon the said I. faith that he is the worse and hath Damage to the value of ten pounds And thereupon he bringeth his Sute c. ss EDward Ayscoughe Esquire complaineth of Thomas Pelhum Esquire late Sheriff of the said County Surrey Declaration against a Sheriff for that he did not arrest one in exccution upon a Cap. utl after Judgement being in his presence Enquire if the Plaintif ought not declare who aswell for the Queen as for himself A Cap ' to satisfie to the Sheriff of London and that he was not to be found ret ' thereupon for that that the Originall Writ there had issued in the Custody of the Marshall c. for that that whereas the said E. formerly that is to say in the Term of St. Michael in the 28. and 29th years of the Reign of the now Queen before Edmond Anderson Knight and his fellows then Justices of the Queens Bench at Westminster in the County of Middlesex by Consideration of the same Court had recovered against one W. Howard late of c. sixty five pounds three shillings four pence which was adjudged unto the said E. in the Court of the said Queens Bench for his Damages which he had by occasion of a certain Trespas upon the Case unto him by the aforesaid W. done as it had been said whereupon he was convicted upon which said Judgement the said E. for the more speedy obtaining of the said Damages afterwards that is to say the nineteenth day of J. in the thirtieth year of the said now Queen shed forth out of the Court of the said Queens Bench a certain Writ of the same Queen to satisfie against the said W. directed to the then Sheriffs of London where his Originall Writ in the said Plea had formerly issued by which said Writ the said Queen had commanded them the said then Sheriffs of London that they should take the said W. if he should be found in their Bayliwick and him safely to keep so that they should have his body before the Justices of the said Queen at Westminster from the day of the holy Trinitie in fifteen dayes then next following to satisfie unto the said E. of the said 65. pound 3. shillings four pence which unto the said E. in the same Queens Court were adjudged for his said Damage whereof he was Convicted At which day before the said E. Anderson and his fellows then Justices of the said Queens Bench at Westminster aforesaid came the same Edward by his Attorney and T. Skinner and I. Catcher then Sheriffs of London sent to the then Justices of the said Queen at Westminster that the said W. was not found in their Bayliwick by which then and there a Command was to the same then Sheriffs of London Exigent to the Sheriffs of London that they should cause to be called the said W. from Husting to Husting until according to the Law and Custom of the Kingdom of the said Q. of England he should be Outlawed if he should not appear and if he should appear then they should take him and cause safely to be kept so that they should have his Body before the Justices of the said Queen at Westminst aforesaid on the Morrow of all Souls then next following to satisfie unto the said Edward of the said Damages At which day before the aforesaid Justices of the said Queen at Westminster came the said E. by his said Attorney Exigent retorned by the new Sheriffs which was executed by the Sheriffs of London their Predecessors and H. Offeley and R. Saltenstall then Sheriffs of London then and there retorned the said Writ unto them by the said T. Skinner and I. C. late Sheriffs of London their Predecessors in going out from their Office delivered unto them and in form following retorned and executed that is to say at the Husting of a Plea of the Land held in Guild-hall of the City of London on Monday next after the Feast of the Apostles of Peter and Paul in the thirtieth year abovesaid the said W. the first time was called and did not appear At the Husting of a Plea of the Land held in the Guild-hall of the said City on Monday next after the end of St. Mildred the Virgin in the thirtieth year abovesaid the said W. was the second time called and did not appear At the Husting of a Plea of the Land held in Guild-hall of the said City on Monday next after the end of St. James the Apostle in the thirtieth year abovesaid the said W. was the third time called and did not appear At the Husting c. held c. on Monday next afor the end of St. Faiths the Virgin in the year c. the said W. was the fourth time called and did not appear At the Husting c. held c. on Monday next after the end of St. Luke the Evangelist in the thirtieth year abovesaid the said W. was the fift time called and did not appear therefore he was Outlawed Outlawed Upon which the said E. afterwards that is to say in the Term of St. Hilary in the thirty second year of the Reign of the said now Queen he Sued forth out of the said Court of the Queens Bench aforesaid at Westminster aforesaid a certain Writ
heer and by the Court here fully understood and mature deliberation being thereupon had for that that it seemes to the Court of our Lady the Queen here that the Plea aforesaid by the aforesaid Defendants above pleaded and the matter in the same contained are not sufficient in the Law to have returne of the cattell aforesaid or to debarre him the said Plaintife from having his Action aforesaid against the aforesaid Defendants It is considered that the aforesaid Plaintife ought to recover his damages against the same Defendants by occasion aforesaid But because it is not known to the Court of our Lady the Queen here what damages the aforesaid Plaintife hath sustained by occasion of he premises therefore it is commanded to the Sherife that by the Oath of honest and lawfull men of his County he diligently enquire what damages the aforesaid Plaintife hath sustained as well by occasion of the premises as for his Costs and Charges A writ of Enquiry of Damages awarded by him about his Suit in that behalfe layd out And the Inquisition which he shall thereupon make to our Lady the Queen from the day of Easter in fifteen daies wheresoever c. under the Scale c. and Seales c. he shall send together with the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon directed The same day is given to the aforesaid Plaintiff here c. At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the aforesaid Plaintiff by his Attorney aforesaid and the Sheriff to wit P. T. Esquire returned a certain Inquisition taken before him at G. in the County aforesaid the tenth day of Aprill in the thirtieth yeare of our Lady the Queen that now is by which it is found that the aforesaid Plaintiff had sustained Damages by occasion of the Premisses besides his Cost and Charges c. to six and twenty shillings and eight pence and for those Costs c. unto twelve pence therefore it is considered that the aforesaid Plaintiff should recover against the afore-Defendant his Damages aforesaid by the Inquisition aforesaid The Judgment for the recovery of the damages in form aforesaid assessed as also sixteen pounds for his Costs and Charges aforesaid to him the said Plaintiff by the Court of our Lady the Queen here of his assent of increase adjudged which Damages in the whole amount unto seventeen pounds seven shillings and eight pence And the aforesaid Defendants in mercy c. E. D. by his Attorney Withernam and Retorno Habendo in one writ offereth himselfe the fourth day against I. M. Gentleman of a Plea wherefore he took the Cattell of him the said E. and them unjustly detained against Sureties and Pledges and he came not and was sought for Therefore it is considered of that the aforesaid I. should go without day and the aforesaid E. and his Pledges of prosecuting to wit John Doe and Richard Roe should be in mercy and the aforesaid I. should have returne of his Cattell aforesaid c. and in what manner that Writ should be executed he should make known to the Keepers c. from the day of Saint Martin in fifteen daies At which day before the Keepers c. at Westminster came the aforesaid I.M. in his proper person And the Sheriff to wit W. N. Esquire returned the Writ aforesaid in all things served and executed in these words The Cattell formerly taken and in this Writ mentioned to the within named I. M. I could not return therefore by virtue of the same Writ I have taken in Withernam of the Cattell of the within named E. that is to say six and twenty Ewes to the value of the Cattell within mentioned formerly taken and the same to the within named I. M. I have caused to be delivered to be held untill the same I. should have return of the Cattell aforesaid by him formerly taken and the aforesaid E. is attached by the Pledges I. D. and I. F. afterwards to wit on Friday next after fifteen daies of the holy Trinity then next following before c. at Westminster came the aforesaid E. in his proper person and rendred himselfe to the Prison c. who by occasion of the Premises is committed to the Marshall c. and he praies that he may be admitted to the making of his Fine with the Keepers c. by occasion of the contempt aforesaid And he is fined by the Court of the Keepers c. to three shillings and foure pence which by commandement of the Court here he payed to D. W. Coroner and Attorney of the Keepers c. in the Court of the Keepers c. before c. for necessary Reparations in the Court here to be made and done therefore the same E. is to be thereof quit And upon this before c. at VV. came S. C. and R. S. and became Pledges and each of them became Pledge for the aforesaid E. as well for the Prosecuting his Complaint as of the Cattell aforesaid which to the aforesaid I. M. in the Court here before c. were adjudged by the default of him the said E. to be returned if the return of them should be adjudged each of the Pledges aforesaid under the pain of ten pounds which said Sum of ten Pounds the Pledges aforesaid and either of them by himselfe acknowledges to be made of his Lands and Chattels and to the use of the aforesaid I. to be levied if it shall happen that the aforesaid E shall not deliver the Cattell aforesaid to the aforesaid I. c. upon which the same E. by the Statute praies the Writ of the Keepers Second Deliverance granted c. of second deliverance and it is granted unto him c. By which Command was given to the Sheriff that the Cattell aforesaid to the aforesaid E. without delay he should cause to be delivered and that he should put by sure and safe Pledges the aforesaid I. M. that he be before c. in eight daies of Saint Michaell c. to answer the aforesaid E. of the aforesaid taking and detaining of the Cattell aforesaid the same day is given to the aforesaid E. c. at which day the Plaint aforesaid was adjourned by the Writ of the Keepers c. of common adjournment before c. at W. unto the Morrow of all soules At which day before c. at W. aforesaid came the aforesaid E. in his proper person And the Sherife returnes that before the comming of the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon directed those Cattell by him in Withernam taken were removed afarre of to places unknown unto him by the aforesaid I. M. And therefore after the receipt and before the returne of that Writ the Cattell aforesaid to the aforesaid E.D. he could not cause to be delivered according to the purport of the Writ aforesaid And that the aforesaid I. is attached by pledges to wit I. D. and R.R. And upon this Command is given to the Sheriff that he take in