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 8o Stat. i< Anno declmo tertio Edwardi I. A, D. 1285. ' Place touching Alienation of Land contrary to the ' extend to Gifts made before. (3) And if a Fine be ' levied hereafter upon fuch Lands, it fhall be void in A Tine lhall not ' the Law ; (4) neither fhall the Heirs, or fuch as the bi, the f-ieit in c R eV eifion belongeth unto, though they be of full Age, 8 Ha f 8 ' within England, and out of Prifon, need to make yx t. continual ' their .Claim. Altered by 32 H. 8. c. 36/ Claim, 9. Ex Rot. in Tun. Lond. nementi contra formam doni impofterum faciendam locum habet & ad dona prius fadta non extenditur. Et fi finis fuper hujufmodi tenemento impofterum levetur ipfo jure fit nullus nee habeant heredes aut illi ad quos fpeftat reverfio licet plene fint etatis in Anglia & extra prifonam neceffe apponere clameum fuum. CAP. II. A Recordare to remove a Plaint. Pledges to profecute a Suit. Second Deliverance. The Mifchiefs it which Lords tt di ft raining their Tenants it aid fuffer. ft it a •* ~ it a A Recordare to remove a Plaint < out of the c County. 4 16 H. 7. f. I. Regift. 83. read wherefore. rie^ges to pro- fecute the Suit, ' arjd to make < Return. c Dyer 18S. 2H. 6. 15. 8 Ed. 3. T- ' 9 H. 6. 4.2. <■ Fuz. Return d*s t A-crs, 35. c Cro. Car. 5.94.
 * Form of the Gift hereafter to be made, and fhall not
 * .For becaufe,
 * Orafmuch as Lords of Fees diftraining their Te-

__* nants for Services and Cuftoms due unto them, are many times grieved, becaufe their Tenants do replevy the Diftrefs by Writ, or without Writ : (z) And when the Lords, at the Complaint of their Tenants, do come by Attachment into the County, or unto another Court, having Power to hold Pleas of Withernam, and do avow the taking good and lawful, by reafon that the Tenants difavow to hold ought, nor do claim to hold any thing of him which took the diftrefs and avowed it, he that diftrained is amerced, and the Tenants go quit ; (3) to whom Punifhment cannot be affigned for fuch difavowing by Record of the County, or of other Courts having no Record." ' II. It is provided and ordained from henceforth, That where fuch Lords cannot obtain Juftice in Counties and fuch manner of Courts againft their Tenants, as foon as they fhall be attached at the Suit of their Tenants, a Writ fhall be granted to them to remove the Plea before the Juftices, afore whom, and none otherwhere, Juftice may be mi- niftred unto fuch Lords ; and the Caufe fhall be put in the Writ, * becaufe fuch a Man diftrained in his Fee for Services and Cuftoms to him due. (3.) Nei- ther is this Aft prejudicial to the Law commonly ufed, which did not permit that any Plea fhould be moved before Juftices at the Suit of the Defendant. (4) For though it appear at the firft Shew that the Tenant is Plaintiff, and the Lord Defendant, never- thelefs, having refpedt to that, that the Lord hath diftrained, and fueth for Services and Cuftoms being behind, he appeareth indeed to be rather Acvtor, or Plaintiff, than Defendant. (5-) And to the intent the Juftices may know upon what frefh Seifin the Lords may avow the Diftrefs reafonable upon their Tenants ; (6) from henceforth it is agreed and enarfled, That a reafonable Diftrefs may be avowed upon the Seifin of any Anceftor or Predeceffor fince the Time that a Writ of Novel diffeiftn hath run. (7) And becaufe itchanceth fometimes that the Tenant, after that he hath replevied his Beafts, doth fell or alien them, whereby Return cannot be made unto the Lord that diftrained, if it be adjudged : ' III. It is provided, That Sheriffs or Bailiffs from henceforth fhall not only receive of the Plaintiffs Pledges for the purfuing of the Suit, before they make Deliverance of the Diftrefs, but alfo for the Return of the Beafts, if Return be awarded. (2) And if any take Pledges otherwife, he fhall anfwer for the Price of the Beafts, and the Lord that di- ftraineth fhall have his Recovery by Writ, that he fhall reftore unto him fo many Beafts or Cattle ; (3) and if the Bailiff be not able to reftore, his Su- QUia domini feodorum diftringentes tenentes- fuos pro ferviciis fibi debitis multotiens gra- vantur per hoc quod cum tenentes fui diftridrionem fuam per breve vel fine brevi replegiaverint ac ipfi domini cum ad querimoniam tenendum fuorum ad comitatum vel ad aliam curiam habentem potefta- tem placitandi placita de vetito namio per attachia- mentum venerint & rationabilem & juftam diftric- tionem advocaverint per hoc quod tenentes dead- vocant nichil tenere nee clamant tenere de eo qui diftrirStionem fecit & advocavit remanfit qui di- ftrinxit in mifericordia & tenentes fui quieti quibus pro ilia deadvocatione per recordum comitatus five aliarum curiarum que recordum non habent pena infligi non poteft. • • Decetero provifum eft & ftatutum quod cum hu- jufmodi domini in com' vel hujufmodi cur'jufti- tiam de hujufmodi tenentibus fuis confequi non poffint quam cito attachiati fuerunt ad ferStam te- nendum fuorum concedatur eis breve ad ponen- dum loquelam illam coram Jufticiariis coram qui- bus & non alibi juftitia hujufmodi dominis exhiberi poterit Et inferatur caufa in brevi quia talis di- ftrinxit in feodo fuo pro ferviciis & confuetudinibus fibi debitis nee per iftud ftatutum derogatur legi communi ufitate que non permifit placitum aliquod poni coram Juffic' ad petitionem defendentis. Quia licet prima facie videbatur tenens adtor & dominus defendens habito tamen refpedtu ad hoc quod dominus diftringit & fequitur pro ferviciis & confuetudinibus fibi a retro exiftentibus realiter potius apparebit aftor five querens quam defen-i dens. Et ut in certo fint Jufticiarii de qua re- centi feifina poterunt domini advocare rationabilem diftrirStionem fuper tenentes fuos decetero concor- datum eft quod rationabilis diftrirStio advocari po- terit de feifina antecefforum fuorum vel predecef- forum a tempore quo breve nove diffeifine currit. Et quia aliquando contingit quod cum tenens poft- quam replegiaverit averia fua averia ilia vendit vel elongat quo minus returnum fieri poftit domino diftringenti fi adjudicetur. Provifum eft quod vie' aut ballivi de cetero non recipiant a conquerentibus folummodo pleg' de pro-- fequendo antequam deliberationem faciant de ave- riis fet etiam de averiis retornandis fi adjudicetur returnum. Et fi quis alio modo pleg' receperit re- fpondeat ipfe de pretio averiorum &c habeat domi- nus diftringens recuperare per breve quod reddat ei ' tot averia vel tot catalla & fi non habeat ballivus unde reddat reddat fuperior fuus. Et quia aliquan- do contingit quod poftquam adjudicatum fuerit diftringenti