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quis_fw-la habuerit_fw-la boscum_fw-la iuxta_fw-la dominicum_fw-la boscum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la 13_o assisa_n forestae_fw-la cap_n 13_o licitum_fw-la est_fw-la ei_fw-la postquam_fw-la dominice_a hay_o agitate_v sunt_fw-la habere_fw-la in_o bosco_fw-la svo_fw-la tempore_fw-la paunagij_fw-la tot_fw-la porcos_fw-la quot_fw-la boscus_fw-la per_fw-la visum_fw-la forestariorum_fw-la viridariorum_fw-la regardatorum_fw-la agistatorum_fw-la et_fw-la aliorum_fw-la proborum_fw-la hominum_fw-la possit_fw-la pati_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la fiat_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o so_o it_o do_v appear_v that_o the_o agi_v of_o the_o hog_n of_o any_o man_n at_o this_o day_n within_o his_o own_o demesne_fw-la wood_n within_o the_o forest_n can_v lawful_o be_v do_v until_o the_o demean_v hedge-rowe_n and_o hedge_n of_o the_o king_n be_v agi_v and_o then_o he_o shall_v have_v the_o agistment_n for_o hog_n during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o pawnage_n yearly_a agistment_n what_o be_v agistment_n by_o the_o 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praedictus_fw-la prio_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la virtute_fw-la cartarum_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la factar_n '_o predecessoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la debent_fw-la agistare_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la praedicto_fw-la et_fw-fr petit_fw-fr quod_fw-la possit_fw-la admitti_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la faciend'cum_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la pro_fw-la clameo_fw-la svo_fw-la faciendo_fw-la licet_fw-la primo_fw-la die_fw-la itineris_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la et_fw-la admittitur_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la xiij_o s._n iiij_o d._n per_fw-la plegios_fw-la a._n &_o b._n item_n if_o a_o man_n do_v make_v charecoale_n of_o brouse_n wood_n within_o the_o forest_n melsa_fw-la pickering_n f._n 10_o in_o casu_fw-la melsa_fw-la it_o be_v finable_a and_o if_o he_o will_v make_v title_n so_o to_o do_v by_o prescription_n and_o do_v not_o make_v his_o claim_n thereunto_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o justice_n seat_n he_o shall_v then_o answer_v for_o the_o value_n of_o the_o coal_n to_o the_o king_n item_n it_o belong_v to_o the_o justice_n seat_n to_o inquire_v who_o ought_v to_o repair_v bridge_n decay_v within_o the_o forest_n and_o to_o punish_v the_o offender_n item_n a_o parson_n of_o a_o church_n be_v indict_v for_o that_o his_o dog_n be_v not_o expeditate_v or_o law_v the_o prior_n of_o bridlington_n parson_n of_o skalby_n plead_v 1._o ibidem_fw-la the_o parson_n of_o skalbies_n case_n foe_z 11._o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la cap._n 1._o that_o by_o the_o great_a charter_n of_o england_n he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o expeditate_v his_o dog_n for_o there_o be_v one_o article_n therein_o quod_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la anglicana_n sit_fw-la libera_fw-la &_o habeat_fw-la omnes_fw-la libertates_fw-la svas_fw-la integras_fw-la &_o illesas_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o by_o this_o plea_n he_o be_v discharge_v of_o the_o indictment_n eborum_fw-la foe_fw-mi 37._o item_n there_o may_v no_o man_n fish_n in_o any_o ryver_n that_o be_v aboundarie_n of_o a_o forest_n unless_o 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shall_v be_v answer_v for_o the_o trespass_n by_o his_o heir_n or_o land_n tenant_n per_fw-la assisam_fw-la forestae_fw-la placita_fw-la forestae_fw-la de_fw-la pickering_n coram_fw-la justiciar_n '_o itinerantibus_fw-la anno_fw-la viij_o domini_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la iij._n bernardus_n de_fw-fr berghe_n viridar_fw-mi '_o venit_fw-la et_fw-la reddidit_fw-la rotulos_fw-la suos_fw-la tam_fw-la de_fw-la viride_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la venatione_fw-la tangent_fw-la '_o istam_fw-la forestam_fw-la etc._n etc._n guillielmus_fw-la ward_n viridar_n '_o non_fw-la venit_fw-la ad_fw-la rotulos_fw-la suos_fw-la reddideo_fw-la preceptum_fw-la est_fw-la vicecom_v seisire_fw-la omnes_fw-la terras_fw-la &_o tenementa_fw-la eius_fw-la etc._n etc._n postea_fw-la venit_fw-la predictus_fw-la guilliellimus_fw-la et_fw-la petit_fw-la admitti_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la faciendum_fw-la cum_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la pro_fw-la defalta_fw-la primi_fw-la diei_fw-la et_fw-la admittitur_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la dij_fw-la marcij_n et_fw-la quoad_fw-la rotulos_fw-la suos_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la furati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la per_fw-la quosdam_fw-la malefactores_fw-la et_fw-la petit_fw-la quod_fw-la possit_fw-la admitti_fw-la ad_fw-la sinem_fw-la faciend'cum_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la et_fw-la admittitur_fw-la pro_fw-la fine_fw-la 100_o s._n presentatum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la forestarios_fw-la et_fw-la convictum_fw-la per_fw-la viridarios_fw-la quod_fw-la nich_n '_o mevil_n &_o alij_fw-la &c._n &c._n venerunt_fw-la in_o forestam_fw-la istam_fw-la etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la arcubus_fw-la sagittis_fw-la et_fw-la leporar_fw-la '_o et_fw-fr ibi_fw-la ceperunt_fw-la iij._n ceruos_fw-la etc._n etc._n item_n quod_fw-la guillielmus_fw-la fishborne_n est_fw-la communis_fw-la malefactor_n venationis_fw-la domini_fw-la ubique_fw-la in_o foresta_n ista_fw-la et_fw-la malefactoribus_fw-la consentiens_fw-la etc._n etc._n compartum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la viridarium_fw-la rotulos_fw-la istius_fw-la forestae_fw-la quod_fw-la edmundus_n hastings_n postquam_fw-la transgressus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la venatione_fw-la in_o foresta_n ista_fw-la dimissus_fw-la fuit_fw-la coram_fw-la eye_n per_fw-la manucaptor_n '_o etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la manu_fw-la ceperunt_fw-la hadendi_fw-la eum_fw-la hic_fw-la etc._n etc._n primo_fw-la die_fw-la itineris_fw-la qui_fw-la modo_fw-la eum_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la etc._n etc._n johannes_n kilmington_n nuper_fw-la custos_fw-la istius_fw-la forestae_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la praedictae_fw-la ferae_fw-la acciderunt_fw-la in_o morina_fw-la quorum_fw-la corpora_fw-la putrida_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la suspense_n super_fw-la quercos_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la vocat_fw-la recordum_fw-la rotulorum_fw-la viridariorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n ministri_fw-la forestae_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la consuetum_fw-la est_fw-la ante_fw-la haec_fw-la tempora_fw-la praesentare_fw-la quolibet_fw-la tertio_fw-la anno_fw-la de_fw-la canibus_fw-la non_fw-la expeditatis_fw-la item_n presentant_fw-la quod_fw-la johannes_n de_fw-fr aslaby_n cepit_fw-la infra_fw-la dominicum_fw-la quatuor_fw-la quercus_fw-la precij_fw-la iiii_o d_o et_fw-la dimissus_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la viridat_n '_o manucaptor_n '_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la istam_fw-la assisam_fw-la qui_fw-la modo_fw-la non_fw-la venit_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la ad_fw-la iudicium_fw-la de_fw-la manucaptoribus_fw-la et_fw-la praedictus_fw-la johannes_n respondeat_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la de_fw-la pretio_fw-la praedicto_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la forisfactur_n '_o eiusdem_fw-la iiii.s._fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quod_fw-la humfridus_n tober_n cepit_fw-la xi_o quercos_fw-la virides_fw-la infra_fw-la dominicum_fw-la pretij_fw-la cuiuslibet_fw-la j.d._n et_fw-la carriavit_fw-la illos_fw-la cum_fw-la uno_fw-la plaustro_fw-la &_o vi_fw-la bobis_fw-la quae_fw-la appretionetur_fw-la viz_o plaustrum_fw-la ad_fw-la uj.d._n et_fw-la boves_fw-la ad_fw-la xuj.s._fw-la pretij_fw-la cuiuslibet_fw-la ij.s._fw-la viij_o d._n unde_fw-la tenant_n '_o terrae_fw-la &_o tenementorum_fw-la richardi_fw-la de_fw-la s._n viridar_n '_o istius_fw-la forestae_fw-la ad_fw-la cvius_fw-la manus_fw-la pertin_n '_o praedictum_fw-la devenit_fw-la respondeant_fw-la et_fw-la similiter_fw-la pro_fw-la forisfactura_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la xj.s._n item_n presentant_fw-la quod_fw-la prio_fw-la de_fw-fr maldon_n cepit_fw-la ix_o plaustra_fw-la spineti_n in_o a._n infra_fw-la dominicum_fw-la pretij_fw-la ix_o d_o et_fw-la per_fw-la viridar_n '_o dimissus_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la manucaptor_n '_o usquam_fw-la ad_fw-la assisam_fw-la istam_fw-la etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la modo_fw-la venit_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la convictus_fw-la oneratur_fw-la erga_fw-la dominum_fw-la regen_n de_fw-la pretio_fw-la praedicto_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la forisfactur_n '_o eiusdem_fw-la ix.s._fw-la item_n quod_fw-la rogerus_fw-la scalby_n cepit_fw-la unum_fw-la viriden_v quercum_fw-la etc._n etc._n pretij_fw-la i.d._n unde_fw-la tenant_n '_o viridar_n '_o respond'de_v pretio_fw-la predicto_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la forisfactur_n '_o vi_fw-la d_o ad_fw-la quorum_fw-la manus_fw-la pretium_fw-la &_o forisfactur_n '_o predict_v '_o de_fw-la venerunt_fw-la item_n present_v '_o quoth_v x._o stirke_n qui_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la johannis_n rouseby_n inventi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la in_o haia_fw-la de_fw-fr d._n per_fw-la wardam_fw-la factam_fw-la &_o non_fw-la agistati_fw-la qui_fw-la capti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la tanquam_fw-la forisfacti_fw-la per_fw-la assisam_fw-la forestae_fw-la et_fw-la appretiantur_fw-la ad_fw-la xx_o s_o et_fw-la retraditi_fw-la per_fw-la viridarios_fw-la eidem_fw-la johanui_n per_fw-la plegios_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la dictos_fw-la stirke_v habendos_fw-la ad_fw-la istam_fw-la assisam_fw-la quimodo_fw-la non_fw-la venit_fw-la ideo_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la et_fw-la nihil_fw-la omninus_fw-la idem_fw-la johannes_n oneretur_fw-la de_fw-la pretio_fw-la praedicto_fw-la ministri_fw-la forestae_fw-la dicunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la a_o tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la extat_fw-la memoriam_fw-la hominum_fw-la etc._n etc._n presentatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la forestarios_fw-la ad_fw-la attachiamenta_fw-la istius_fw-la forestae_fw-la de_fw-la canibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la abbatis_n de_fw-fr rival_n &c_n &c_n in_o manner_n '_o suis_fw-fr praedictis_fw-la non_fw-la expeditatis_fw-la foe_fw-mi 16._o ministri_fw-la forestae_fw-la dicunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la cum_fw-la contigerit_fw-la quod_fw-la woodwardus_fw-la predict_v '_o prioris_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_n jerusalem_fw-la non_fw-la venet_fw-la ad_fw-la attachiament_n '_o forestae_fw-la prout_fw-la alij_fw-la woodwardi_fw-la diversorum_fw-la dominorum_fw-la in_fw-la foresta_fw-mi veniant_fw-la tunc_fw-la ipse_fw-la woodwardus_fw-la semper_fw-la consuetus_fw-la est_fw-la ibidem_fw-la amerciati_n et_fw-la amerciamentum_fw-la inde_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la levare_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o de_fw-la alijs_fw-la woodwardis_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la veniunt_fw-la &_o fuerunt_fw-la amerciati_fw-la ministri_fw-la forestae_fw-la
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