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Fol. 2 b. An enactment that if any person shall curse any one of the jurats,
and lay hands upon him, against the peace of our lord the king, the bailiff shall
have power to imprison him, and keep him in prison until he shall have paid
a fine, by assessment of the other jurats, to the jurat so offended by him. The
jurats are empowered to imprison notorious offenders, the bailiff to keep them
there. Freemen, in absence of the bailiff, may distrain upon foreign debtors,
but must deliver the distress to the bailiff, who will name a day to hear the
plaint.
Fol. 3«. The King’s mandate, addressed to the Bailiff and Barons, “not to
be opened by the one but in presence of the other.” In case of a royal command
(charge) being given, the “common horn” is to be sounded at each corner of the
town three times, and the letter to be read in the place where the bailiff holds
his courts. (A very ancient horn is still preserved at New Romney.) “Chattels
of heirs” form the next subject.
Fol. 3 A Appointment of new Bailiffs: the same to be under the seal of the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Fol. 4 b. Recovery of rent. Precautions against strangers staying in suspected
places. Redemption of pledges.
Fol. 5 a. Recognizances in Court.
Fol. 5 b. Neither fealty, suit, nor relief, due from freeholders, but only rent-
seck. Every stranger in the town to pay double escot, when assessed upon the
town as compared with the freemen. The freedom to be purchaseable by a
person then residing in the town.
Fol. 6a. Letters, to last two years, to be granted, testifying to the holder
being of the franchise. The form of the Letter is given in Latin.
Fol. 6 A Regulations as to the King’s purveyors of victuals, and carriage.
Common letters to be granted to the freemen, in cases of action for debt,
covenant, or trespass, in any other borough or town.
Fol. 7 A The Common Clerk only to write letters under the Common Seal.
Challenge of proof by the “Com-Barons,” when buying or selling in fair or
markets, in strange places. No “withirname” [reprisal or distress made] to be
taken before judgment given.
Fol. 8 a. A freeman may claim to buy a share in all kinds of merchandize
landed upon the quay, belonging to a non-freeman. No Fleming, or other alien,
to be taken by his host to buy or sell merchandize, without leave of the bailiff,
and then only in presence of his host.
Fol. 8 A The common horn to be sounded twice at least, in the Market-place
and at the Cross, when the bailiff holds his Court. Three days’ warning to be
given to all who are to appear in Court, save in pleas of trespass and account.
Orders as to alienation of tenements or chattels during plea pending.
Fol. 9 a. On withdrawal by an appealer of his appeal, imprisonment, in
certain cases, to ensue. Mode of proof of goods, as those of a good and loyal
man, when in the hands of a felon. If a person be found cutting wood within
the franchise, he is to have the pillory the first time, to have his ear cut off, and
be taken to the other end of the town, and made to abjure it. On a second
occasion, he is to lose the other ear; and on the third offence, to be punished
with death.
Fol. 9 A As to inquests upon sudden death, between the town and haven and
the boundary “called Rendehol, near Apuldre”; the Bailiff to be the only
coroner.
Fol. 10 a. Appointment of a new Warden of the Cinque Ports, and his oath.
At inquisition to be made at the Court of Schepweie, the Warden to be there in
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Fol. 2 b. An enactment that if any person shall curse any one of the jurats,
and lay hands upon him, against the peace of our lord the king, the bailiff shall
have power to imprison him, and keep him in prison until he shall have paid
a fine, by assessment of the other jurats, to the jurat so offended by him. The
jurats are empowered to imprison notorious offenders, the bailiff to keep them
there. Freemen, in absence of the bailiff, may distrain upon foreign debtors,
but must deliver the distress to the bailiff, who will name a day to hear the
plaint.
Fol. 3«. The King’s mandate, addressed to the Bailiff and Barons, “not to
be opened by the one but in presence of the other.” In case of a royal command
(charge) being given, the “common horn” is to be sounded at each corner of the
town three times, and the letter to be read in the place where the bailiff holds
his courts. (A very ancient horn is still preserved at New Romney.) “Chattels
of heirs” form the next subject.
Fol. 3 A Appointment of new Bailiffs: the same to be under the seal of the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Fol. 4 b. Recovery of rent. Precautions against strangers staying in suspected
places. Redemption of pledges.
Fol. 5 a. Recognizances in Court.
Fol. 5 b. Neither fealty, suit, nor relief, due from freeholders, but only rent-
seck. Every stranger in the town to pay double escot, when assessed upon the
town as compared with the freemen. The freedom to be purchaseable by a
person then residing in the town.
Fol. 6a. Letters, to last two years, to be granted, testifying to the holder
being of the franchise. The form of the Letter is given in Latin.
Fol. 6 A Regulations as to the King’s purveyors of victuals, and carriage.
Common letters to be granted to the freemen, in cases of action for debt,
covenant, or trespass, in any other borough or town.
Fol. 7 A The Common Clerk only to write letters under the Common Seal.
Challenge of proof by the “Com-Barons,” when buying or selling in fair or
markets, in strange places. No “withirname” [reprisal or distress made] to be
taken before judgment given.
Fol. 8 a. A freeman may claim to buy a share in all kinds of merchandize
landed upon the quay, belonging to a non-freeman. No Fleming, or other alien,
to be taken by his host to buy or sell merchandize, without leave of the bailiff,
and then only in presence of his host.
Fol. 8 A The common horn to be sounded twice at least, in the Market-place
and at the Cross, when the bailiff holds his Court. Three days’ warning to be
given to all who are to appear in Court, save in pleas of trespass and account.
Orders as to alienation of tenements or chattels during plea pending.
Fol. 9 a. On withdrawal by an appealer of his appeal, imprisonment, in
certain cases, to ensue. Mode of proof of goods, as those of a good and loyal
man, when in the hands of a felon. If a person be found cutting wood within
the franchise, he is to have the pillory the first time, to have his ear cut off, and
be taken to the other end of the town, and made to abjure it. On a second
occasion, he is to lose the other ear; and on the third offence, to be punished
with death.
Fol. 9 A As to inquests upon sudden death, between the town and haven and
the boundary “called Rendehol, near Apuldre”; the Bailiff to be the only
coroner.
Fol. 10 a. Appointment of a new Warden of the Cinque Ports, and his oath.
At inquisition to be made at the Court of Schepweie, the Warden to be there in
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