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 x88 Temporibus Henrici III. EDWARDique I. & II. C. 10. CAP. X. No Foreftaller fhall be fuflfered to dwell in any Town. I of our Lord the King, that no Foreftaller be fuf- fered to dwell in any Town, which is an open Op- prefTor of poor People 3 and of all the Commonalty, and an Enemy of the whole Shire and Country, which for Greedinefs of his private Gain doth prevent others in buying Grain, Fifh, Herring, or any other Thing to be fold coming by Land or Water, op- prefling the Poor, and deceiving the Rich, which carrieth away fuch Things, intending to fell them more dear ; (2) the which come to Merchants Stran- gers that bring Merchandife, offering them to buy, and informing them that their Goods might be dearer fold than they intended to fell, and an whole Town or a Country is deceived by fuch Craft and Subtilty. He that is convict thereof, the firft Time fhall be amerced, and fhall lofe the Thing fo bought, and that according to the Cuftom and Ordinance of the Town ; (4) he that is convict the fecond Time fhall have Judgement of the Pillory; at the third Time he fhall be imprifoned and make Fine; (6) the fourth Time he fhall abjure the Town. And this Judgement fhall be given upon all Manner of Fore- ftallers, and lilcewife upon them that have given them Counfel, Help, or Favour.' £ perantiquo MS. Q Recipue ex parte Domini Regis prectpiatur 1 quod nullus foreftallarius patiatur in villa com- morari qui pauperum eft depreffor manifefte et to- tius communitatis et patrie publicus inimicus qui bladum pifces allec vel res quafcunque venales per terram vel per aquam venientes obviando pre ceteris feftinant lucrum fitientes vitiofum pauperes op- primentes et divitiores decipintes qui fie minus jufte illo qui eas portaverat multo carius vehdere machinant qui mercatores extraneos cum rebus ve- nalibus venientes circumeunt offerentes fe vendi- tioni rerum fuarum et fuggerentes eis quod bona fua carius vendere poterunt quam vendere propo- nebant et ficarte vel ingenio villam feducunt et patriam Unde primo convidlus graviter amercietur Secundo conviftus patiatur judicium pillorie Ter- tio incarceretur et redimatur Quarto abjuret villam Et hoc idem fiat de forftallariis univerfis et fimiliter de hiis qui confilium auxilium vel favorem prefta- verint. See farther nuhv lire Forefiallcrs, &c. avd nvbat their Punijhment is, z$Ed. 3. fiat, 4. c. 3. 27 Ed. 3; fiat. a. c. II. 5 &f 6 £</. 6. r. 14. and 13 Eliz. c. 2$. • Forte avene. Si quis autem prefumat vendere farinam * ante fophifticatam vel aliquo alio modo fallacem primo graviter puniatur Secundo convidrus amittat totam farinam Tertio fubeat judicium pillorie Quarto abjuret villam. Omnia predi&a ftatuta firmiter ex parte Regis obferventur ita quod fi aliquis major vel minor contra pre- dicta ftatuta verbo confilio auxilio vel favore in aliquo venire prefumpferit tanquam mandatorum Domini Regis contemptor capiatur et imprifonetur nee a pnfona deliberetur donee per mandatum Domini Regis et ejus breve exprefium deliberetur Et iftud ftatutum tradatur majori et ballivis et fex legalibus de villa juratis unacum ftandardis bufiellis ulnis et petris Et cum necefle fuerit per illud poffint certiorari. Statutum quod vocatur de Ragman de yuftitiariis ajjignatis. See Ap- pendix. Confuetudines et djjifa de Forefta Jive Articuli de Attachiamentis Fo- refte. See Appendix. Statutum Armorum ad Tomiamenta. See Appendix. Statutum de vifu terre^ et ejfomo defervitio Domini Regis. See Appendix* Statutum de jfujliciariis Ajjignatis, See Appendix. Compofith
 * UT efpecially be it commanded on the Behalf