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 172- Stat, 2. Annonono EdwardtII. A. D. 1 3iS« Who fhall ifiign Skenft's. 2$ Erf. 1. fiat. 3. c.-S & 13. By 34. Ed. 3. flat. 1. c. 7. Sheriff pall con- tinue in his Office hut otic Year. Who fhall be Sheriffs, and of what Eftate, fhey dial! be. 4 Ed. 3. 0. 9. 5 Ed. 3. c.4. 33 & i^Car. 2. c. J 1. Who fha 1 ! have the keeping of Hundreds. Regifr. 178. 2 Ed. 3. c. 4. •which conjirmi this Statute, Hy whom Exe- cution of Writs iball be done. 33 Ed. I. fiat, 1. c.39, being furhmone'd to the fame Parliament, and alfo by the grievous Complaint of the People, did perceive great 'Damage to be done to him, and great Oppref- lions and Difherifances to his People, by reafdn un- fufficient : Sheriffs and Hundreders have been before' this Time, and. yet be in the Realm ;" (2) our Lord' the King, intending to efchew fuch evil Oppreffions and'Difneritanees-.hy the Affent of the Prelates, Earls, Barons, and other great Eftates aforefaid, hath or- dained and eftablifhed in the faid Parliament,, That; the Sheriffs from henceforth fhall be affigned by the Chancellor,. Treafu.rer,j ^Barons', of the ' Exchequer, ' andby the Juftices ; (3) and in the Abjence of the Chancellor, by the Treafurer, Barons^ and Juftices. {4) And- that none fhall be Sheriff, except he have fufficient Land~ within the fame Shire where he fliall ■ be Sheriff, to; anfwer* the King and, his People. (s) J And'that none that is, Steward or Bailiff to- a great 1 Lord fhall be made Sheriff, excep.t he-,be out of Ser-' vice, fo that he may attend to execute the Office of a 1 Sheriff. for the King, and his People. (6) And/ in- like Manner it is agreed and eftabliihed, that Hun- dreds, whether they belong to the King, or to other, fhall be kept by convenient and able Perfpns, that have fufficient Land,witbjn the fame Hundred or Shire where the Hundred : is ; arid that the. Chancellor, Treafurer,- Barons'*, and, Juftices fhall do. and affign in Manner., aforefaid, without having other Regard. ■ (7) And if any Sheriffs or Hundreders be infufficient - at this Time,- they fhallibe, removed, and other more convenient put in their Rooms. (8) And that fuch Hundreds be leafed and bailed to fuch Penfons for a reafonable Rent, fo that they need not to ufe Ex- tortion upon the People by reafon of too outragious Ferm ; (9) and that no Sheriff nor Hundreder fhall Ieafe his Office, to any.other in Perm or otherwise. ( ip) - And that the Execution of Writs that come to the- Sheriffs, fhaU be done by the Hundreders' fworn and known in the full County, and not by other, if it be not the open Default or notorious Difturbance of the Hundreders ; and then Execution fhall be done by other Perfons meet and fworn, fo that the People may know to, whom to fue fuch Executions; faving al- ways the Returns of Writs to/, them that have them, or ought to have theni,' Ex Rot. in Turf. Lond. a eel parlement & par greveufes pleintes del poeple 1 entendi grantz damages eftre faitz a lui & trop" griefs' oppreflions & defheritaunces a fon poeple* par larefon qe meins fuffifant-z vifebntes & gardeirw des hundreds ont efte avant ces houres & uncore font en dit roiaume noftre feignur le Roi voillant efcheure ceux maux oppreffions & defheritances del affent des Prelatz Contes Barons & les grantz avant- ditz en fon dit parlement purvit & eftabli qe Vif- contes deforemes foient mis par le Chancellier le Treforer & les Barons del lefcheqer & par les Juf- tices /& en. abfence .del Cha-uncellier p2r- le-Trefbrer Barons & Juftices. Et qe nul ne foitvifconte fil neit terre fuffifaument en meifme la contee ou il ferra vifconte r j>or r,efgrondre_ aiirRpi & au poeple. Et qe nul qe foit fenefchal ou baillif de grant feig- nur' feit fait vifconte fil ne oftede autre- fervifeMes tiel le feitqe de tut puife entendre ahoffi.ee de vif- conte faire pur le Roi & pur.le poeple & qe Chaun- cellier Treforer Barons ( & Juftices facent & mettent en la manere avantdite fanz autre regard aver. En? meifme la manere eft accorde & eftabli qe les hun- dredz lequel qil foient au Roi ou as autres foient gardez par gentz covenables eantz terre fuffifau- ment en meifme le hundred ou en le Countee on le hundr' ferra. ' Et fi afcuns vifcountes ou hun- dxeders.foient a ceo meins- fuffifantz foint tantoffc remuetZr & ^utres covenables mis en la forme avant- dite. Et qe les, hundredz foient leffez Sc bailletz a tieux gentz a renable poer iiimt qil ne coveigne pas qil' facent extorfion fur le poeple pur trop utrage- oufe ferme & qe nul Vifconte ne Hundredor ne bailie a autre fon office agarder a ferme ne en autre manere, Et qe les execucions des briefs qe ven- droint as vifcontes foient faites. par les hundredors conus & juret,z en plein contee & nemie par autres fil ne foit en grant defaute ou notoire deftorbance des hundredors et adonqes foient faites; par autres covenables & juretz iffint qe le people puiile faver a qi feure tieles execuciones fauve touzjours retOTCl des: brefs a ; ceus qe les ont &avexdevient» EX vic'Ebor' falutem. Mittimus tibi quoddam ftatutum in parliaments noftro apud.Lincoln' editum _ i de forma conftituendi vicecorriites & ballivos hundredorum & de aliis articulis in eodem ftatuto con- tentis figillo noftro confignatum precipientes quod ftatutum illud in pleno comitatu tuo legi publicari & in. omnibus articulis fuis quantum ad te pertinet firmiter & inviolabiliter facias obfervari. T. Rege apud LiiK coin' xx. die Febr' anno &c. nono. Conjimiles litere diriguntur fmgulis vicecomitibus per Angliam. . Et fait a rememhrer que meifme lejtatutfu fealfoiiz le grant' feal & maunde as treforer ■& barons del efebekier & ■ euxint as juftices de hm bank & de lautre de fermement garder en tuzfespointz. The ■