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work_n be_v finish_v and_o if_o any_o one_o be_v convince_v thereof_o by_o testimony_n of_o the_o bailiff_n and_o juror_n in_o common_a assembly_n he_o shall_v be_v amerce_v of_o ten_o shilling_n which_o must_v be_v levy_v forthwith_o by_o the_o say_a bailiff_n to_o the_o common_a profit_n as_o above_o etc._n etc._n also_o they_o ordain_v and_o establish_v that_o all_o the_o conduit_n within_o the_o say_a marsh_n through_o all_o the_o land_n and_o tenement_n in_o every_o watergage_n keep_v be_v so_o keep_v that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o water_n run_v not_o down_o out_o of_o the_o right_a course_n to_o the_o damage_n of_o any_o body_n under_o pain_n of_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o offence_n to_o be_v levy_v by_o the_o bailiff_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o communality_n when_o any_o one_o be_v thereupon_o convict_v by_o testimony_n of_o the_o bailiff_n and_o vi_o of_o the_o juror_n in_o a_o common_a assembly_n and_o because_o of_o old_a it_o be_v grant_v by_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n that_o all_o the_o land_n near_o to_o the_o sea_n coast_n be_v keep_v by_o law_n ordinance_n statute_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o say_a marsh_n of_o romney_n from_o the_o isle_n of_o thanet_n unto_o penensis_fw-la as_o well_o in_o the_o county_n of_o kent_n as_o in_o the_o county_n of_o sus_n it_o may_v be_v lawful_a for_o the_o say_a bailiff_n and_o four_o and_o twenty_o juror_n to_o ask_v and_o have_v their_o reasonable_a cost_v coast_n of_o those_o which_o will_v bring_v they_o to_o place_n whether_o they_o be_v lord_n or_o of_o the_o communality_n where_o they_o ought_v to_o make_v their_o ordinance_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o sea_n coast_n as_o well_o in_o wall_n as_o in_o watergage_n gutter_n sewer_n fishing_n and_o other_o thing_n whatsoever_o touch_v the_o same_o law_n also_o they_o have_v ordain_v and_o establish_v that_o if_o any_o make_v reskue_n upon_o the_o bailiff_n of_o the_o marsh_n or_o his_o minister_n for_o any_o distress_n whatsoever_o take_v upon_o whosoever_o by_o occasion_n of_o the_o same_o article_n or_o of_o any_o ordinance_n make_v or_o to_o be_v make_v for_o s._n the_o benefit_n of_o the_o say_a marsh_n and_o thereupon_o by_o testimony_n of_o the_o say_a bailiff_n and_o six_o or_o eight_o of_o the_o juror_n of_o the_o say_v four_o and_o twenty_o or_o of_o the_o conduit_n where_o the_o distress_n shall_v happen_v to_o be_v take_v he_o be_v convict_v let_v he_o be_v pain_v by_o amerciament_n of_o twenty_o shilling_n to_o be_v levy_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o communality_n by_o the_o bailiff_n as_o aforesaid_a in_o like_a manner_n let_v be_v do_v in_o place_n where_o the_o law_n of_o the_o sea_n border_n extend_v run_v betwixt_o the_o isle_n of_o thanet_n and_o penensis_n or_o in_o the_o county_n of_o kent_n or_o in_o the_o county_n of_o sussex_n finis_fw-la 6_o h._n 6._o cap._n 5._o 4_o inst_n cap._n 62._o foe_n 276._o 23_o h._n 8._o cap._n 5._o calais_n his_o readins_n 15_o car._n 2._o cap._n 2._o sect._n 5._o charta_fw-la henrici_fw-la tertii_fw-la regis_fw-la concessio_fw-la 24._o 〈◊〉_d '_o quod_fw-la instrictiones_fw-la â—â—â—ri_fw-la faciant_fw-la nullus_fw-la vicecome_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquis_fw-la balliorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la cum_fw-la districtionibus_fw-la illis_fw-la se_fw-la intromittant_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la henrici_fw-la de_fw-la bathonia_n châ—rta_fw-la h._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d calais_n lect._n fol._n 155._o juratores_fw-la propter_fw-la resistentiam_fw-la hominum_fw-la marisci_fw-la dictas_fw-la districtiones_fw-la facere_fw-la nequeant_fw-la rex_fw-la constituit_fw-la henricum_fw-la de_fw-la bathonio_n ad_fw-la audiend_n '_o &_o 〈◊〉_d '_z contentiones_fw-la inter_fw-la praedictâ—s_fw-la 〈◊〉_d jurat_fw-la '_o &_o 〈…〉_z ordinatio_fw-la henrici_fw-la de_fw-la bathonia_n justiciarij_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la h._n 3._o quod_fw-la 12._o homines_fw-la eligantur_fw-la per_fw-la totam_fw-la communitatem_fw-la viz._n 6._o the_o food_n '_o archiepiscopi_fw-la et_fw-la 6._o de_fw-la baronia_fw-la qui_fw-la mensurabunt_fw-la wallias_n et_fw-la terras_fw-la quae_fw-la infradictum_fw-la mariscum_fw-la periculo_fw-la subjacent_a calais_n lect._n fol._n 158._o jarat_n '_o proportione_fw-la acrarum_fw-la terrarum_fw-la periculo_fw-la singulis_fw-la assignetur_fw-la sua_fw-la portio_fw-la perticarum_fw-la per_fw-la loca_fw-la certa_fw-la ballivus_fw-la illis_fw-la quibus_fw-la loca_fw-la assignata_fw-la fuerint_fw-la defendenda_fw-la scire_fw-la faciet_fw-la quod_fw-la reparare_fw-la faciant_fw-la infra_fw-la terminum_fw-la assignat_fw-la '_o per_fw-la jurat_fw-la '_o si_fw-mi ipsi_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la neglexerint_fw-la ballivum_fw-la tale_n reparationes_fw-la facere_fw-la et_fw-la idem_fw-la negligens_fw-la ballivo_fw-la duplum_fw-la reddere_fw-la et_fw-la distringi_fw-la possit_fw-la per_fw-la terras_fw-la svas_fw-la de_fw-fr terris_fw-la tentis_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la jurat_fw-la '_o ordinabit_fw-la quantum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la eorum_fw-la defendere_fw-la debet_fw-la si_fw-mi aliquis_fw-la participum_fw-la neglexit_fw-la pars_fw-la sua_fw-la aliis_fw-la participibus_fw-la assignetur_fw-la qui_fw-la defensionem_fw-la facient_fw-la et_fw-la illi_fw-la tenent_fw-la donec_fw-la ipsâ—_fw-la duplum_fw-la solverint_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la omnes_fw-la participes_fw-la neglexerint_fw-la ballivum_fw-la defensionem_fw-la facere_fw-la et_fw-la distringere_fw-la duplum_fw-la super_fw-la participes_fw-la salvo_n capital_n '_o dominis_n feodi_fw-la svo_fw-la jure_fw-la salvo_n communitati_fw-la dicti_fw-la marisci_fw-la tenore_fw-la chartae_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la eisdem_fw-la concessae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d domini_fw-la regis_fw-la vicecomite_n kanciae_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la distructionibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la in_o nullo_n se_fw-la introâ—â—â—tat_fw-la hamo_fw-la pit_n &_o al'_n attach_v '_o fuer_o '_o add_v respond_v '_o godfr_n '_o fauconer_n in_o placito_fw-la transgr_n '_o quare_fw-la venerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la manerium_fw-la suum_fw-la de_fw-la hurst_n &_o bona_n &_o catalla_n sua_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ceperunt_fw-la &_o aspertaverunt_fw-la &c_n &c_n calais_n lect._n foe_n 〈…〉_z placitum_fw-la defeadentis_fw-la replicatio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d rejungen_n '_o defendentum_n ordinatio_fw-la henrici_fw-la de_fw-la bathonia_n placitata_fw-la surrejungen_n '_o quer_v '_o quod_fw-la ille_fw-la nunquam_fw-la eidem_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la consentit_fw-la nec_fw-la summonitus_fw-la fuit_fw-la def_n '_o respond_v '_o quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la quer_v habuit_fw-la communem_fw-la summonitionem_fw-la sicut_fw-la reliqui_fw-la marisci_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la exit_fw-la ven._n fac_fw-la agard_fw-fr '_o quer_fw-fr '_o subtraxit_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la brevi_fw-la svo_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la calli._n lect_n 150._o ordinatio_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr lovetot_n &_o hen._n apulderfield_n justice_n de_fw-fr omnibus_fw-la mariscis_fw-la in_o rornney_n &_o oxney_n 16_o e._n 1._o commissio_fw-la regis_fw-la e._n 1._o jo._n lovetot_n &_o hen._n apuldrefeild_n ad_fw-la super_fw-la videndum_fw-la wallias_n per_fw-la costeram_fw-la maris_fw-la mandatum_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la juratores_fw-la placitant_fw-la cartam_fw-la h._n 8._o eisdem_fw-la concessâ—m_fw-la placitant_fw-la etiam_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la henrici_fw-la de_fw-la bathonia_n praed_fw-we confirmatio_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la henrici_fw-la de_fw-la bathonia_n ad_fw-la quam_fw-la modus_fw-la eligendi_fw-la communis_fw-la ballivi_fw-la additur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la duplum_fw-la levetur_fw-la &_o approprietur_fw-la quod_fw-la singuli_fw-la terras_fw-la &_o tenementa_fw-la habenres_fw-la quae_fw-la periculo_fw-la maris_fw-la subjacent_a aut_fw-la salvationem_fw-la habent_fw-la pro_fw-la eadem_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la distringantur_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o marisco_fw-la ultra_fw-la portum_fw-la usque_fw-la sussex_n juratores_fw-la statuantur_fw-la electi_fw-la pro_fw-la securitate_fw-la partium_fw-la illarum_fw-la pro_fw-la ut_fw-la continetur_fw-la in_o ordinatione_fw-la praedicti_fw-la henrici_fw-la de_fw-la bathonia_n calli._n lect._n 39_o quod_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la eligatur_fw-la ballivus_fw-la in_o mariscis_fw-la ultra_fw-la cursum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la versus_fw-la suffex_fw-la officium_fw-la ballivi_fw-la ballivus_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o marisco_n de_fw-fr de_fw-fr roman_a sit_v supervisor_n ballivorum_fw-la &_o jurat_fw-la in_o marisco_fw-la ultra_fw-la cursum_fw-la aquae_fw-la versus_fw-la sussex_n omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la &_o considerationem_fw-la jurat_fw-la '_o stare_n 〈…〉_z appunctâ—â—â—_n supervisorâ—â—_n walliarum_n etc._n etc._n in_o com._n 〈◊〉_d an._n 2_o e._n 2._o ordinatum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la communis_fw-la ballivus_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o marisco_n de_fw-fr roman_a supervideaâ—_n &_o summâ—neâ—â—_n ballivos_fw-la
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bailiff_n or_o minister_n make_v any_o distress_n within_o the_o same_o marsh_n by_o occasion_n of_o any_o the_o say_a article_n as_o in_o the_o say_a charter_n be_v contain_v which_o charter_n this_o ordinance_n notwithstanding_o shall_v continue_v in_o his_o perpetual_a force_n etc._n etc._n the_o king_n to_o the_o sheriff_n of_o kent_n jurate_n greeting_n whereas_o we_o late_o appoint_v our_o belove_a and_o faithful_a henry_n de_fw-fr bathonia_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v variance_n depend_v between_o four_o and_o twenty_o lawful_a man_n of_o romney-marsh_n by_o who_o consideration_n the_o wall_n and_o watergage_n of_o the_o same_o marsh_n against_o the_o force_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o peril_n of_o other_o water_n there_o overflow_a 155._o aught_o to_o be_v repair_v and_o such_o as_o have_v other_o land_n and_o tenement_n in_o the_o same_o marsh_n which_o ought_v and_o be_v wont_a to_o repair_v those_o wall_n and_o watergage_n and_o the_o say_v henry_n go_v in_o person_n to_o 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thereof_o come_v to_o we_o for_o which_o we_o may_v be_v displease_v with_o you_o witness_v myself_o at_o westminster_n the_o twenty_o day_n of_o april_n in_o the_o three_o and_o forty_o year_n of_o our_o reign_n by_o henry_n de_fw-fr bathonia_n etc._n etc._n then_o follow_v the_o number_n of_o all_o the_o acre_n within_o the_o same_o marsh_n as_o be_v find_v by_o measure_n take_v in_o the_o two_o and_o forty_o year_n of_o king_n henry_n and_o also_o the_o agistation_n as_o well_o in_o the_o great_a wall_n of_o apuldre_n as_o in_o the_o little_a wall_n to_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o land_n hold_v within_o etc._n etc._n hamo_fw-la pit_n john_n cobbe_n henry_n chattel_n le_fw-fr long_n and_o john_n ermynard_n be_v attach_v to_o answer_v unto_o godfrey_n le_fw-fr fauconer_n for_o that_o they_o with_o other_o late_o come_v to_o the_o manor_n of_o the_o say_v godfrey_n in_o hurst_n and_o his_o good_n and_o chattel_n there_o find_v to_o the_o value_n of_o twenty_o pound_n take_v and_o 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