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 368 C. 12, 13. Anno feptimo Richard 1 II. A.D. 1383. under the Rule ' from henceforth under the Governance and Rule of of the Mayor c the Mayor and Aldeimen of the faid City for the ' Time being, as in Time paft it hath been ufed.' and Aldermen. 31 Ed. 3, ftat.Ii Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. foient defore defouz le governaile & reule des Meir & Aldermannes de la Citee avant dite pur le temps efteantz come auncienement y foleient eftre. CAP. XII. No Alien fhall purchafe or occupy any Benefice of the Church within this Realm. l-j Ed. 3. de "( Vrtyvifir. ce <c (<. <c '£ <C it <c A Confirmation <c of the Statute c of 3 R. 2 03. t s 5 Ed. 3. fiat. 5. c. 23. The Cardinal of ' Naples excepted, c Enforced hy 16 4 Jt. 2. c. 5. And fie sEl.c.l. TEM, Whereas late in the Parliament holden at IVeftminfter, the Third Year of the Reign of our faid Lord the King, at the Requeft of the Com- mons, and by the Affent of the Lords Temporal, it was ordained and affented, and upon a grievous Pain prohibited, that, no Subject of the King nor other Perfon, of what Eftate or Condition he were, fhould take, neither receive from thenceforth, with- in the Realm of England, Procuracy, Letter of At- torney, ne Ferm, nor any other Adminiftration by Indenture, or in any other Manner, of any Perfon concerning any Benefice of holy Church within the Realm, but only of the King's Subjects of the fame Realm, without the efpecial Grace and exprefs Li- cence of our faid Lord the King, upon a certain Pain contained in the faid Statute ;" ' (2) it is af- fented and agreed by the fame Lords, That the fame Statute {hall keep his Force and Effect in all Points. (3) And moreover it is affented, That if any Alien have purchafed, or from henceforth fhall purchafe any Benefice of holy Church, Dignity, or other Thing, and in his proper Perfon take Poffeflion of the fame, or occupy it himfelf within the Realm, whether it be to his own proper Ufe, or to the Ufe of another, without efpecial Licence of the King, he fhall be comprifed within the fame Statute : (4.) And moreover fhall incur all Pains and Forfeitures in all Points as is before ordained by another Statute made the Five and twentieth Year of the noble King Ed- ward the Third, Grandfather to our Lord the King that now is, againft them that purchafe Provi- fions of Abbeys or Priories. (5) And to the Intent that fuch Licences fhall not be from henceforth made, the King willeth and commandeth to all his Sub- jects and other, that they fhall abftain them from henceforth to pray him for any fuch Licence to be given. (6) And alfo the King himfelf will refrain to give any fuch Licence during the Wars, except to the Cardinal of Naples, or to ibme other fpecial Per- fon to whom the King is beholden for a fpecial Caufe.' TEM come nadgairs en parlement tenuz a Weftm' Ian du regne noftre dit Seignur le Roi tierce a la requefte des Communes & par afTent des Seignurs temporels eftoit ordeignez & afTentuz & fur grevoufe peyne defenduz qe null liege le Roi nautre perfone quelconqe de quel eftat ou condi- tion qil fuift prendroit ne refceivroit delors ena- vant deinz le Roialme dEngleterre procuracie lettre dattourne ne ferme nautre adminiftration par en- denture nautre manere quelconqe de nulle perfone dafcun benefice de feinte efglife deinz le dit Roi- alme fors tantfoulement des lieges noftre Seignur le Roi de mefme le Roialme fanz efpeciale grace et exprefTe congie de noftre Seignur le Roi fur cer- teine peine comprife en leftatut avantdit afTentuz eft ore & accordez par mefmes les Seignurs qe mefme leftatut teigne fes force h vertue en toutz pointz. Et outre ceo eft auxint afTentuz qe fi afcun alien eit purchacez ou defore purchace afcun benefice de feinte efglife dignite ou autre & en pro- pre perfone preigne pofleffion dicelle ou loccupie de fait deinz mefme le Roialme foit il a fon oeps pro- pre ou al oeps dautri fanz efpeciale congie du Roi foit il compris en mefme leftatut & outre ceo en- courge en toutz pointz tielx peines & forfaiture come font ordeinez par un autre eftatut fait en Ian xxv. del regne luy noble Roi E. aiel noftre Seig- nur le Roi qore eft contre ceux qi purchacent pro- vifions Dabbeies ou Priories. Et en outre au fyn qe tielx licences ne fe facent defore enavant le Roi voet & commande a toutz fes lieges & autres qils lour abftiegnent de cy enavant de luy prier dafcims tiels licences doner. Et fi voet auxi le Roi luy mefmes abftiegner de doner afcune tiele licence du- rantes les guerres horfpris au Cardinal de Naples ou a autre efpeciale perfone a qi le Roi foit par efpeciale caufe tenuz. CAP. XIII. No Man (hall ride in Harnefs within the Realm, nor with Launcegays. 7?d zr.i, J nforeed by ■ . 2. c. I •3' fist. I. 3- TT_EM it is ordained and affented, and alfo the King doth prohibit, That from henceforth no Man fhall ride in Harnefs within the Realm, contrary to the Form of the Statute of Northampton thereupon made, neither with Launcegay within the Realm, ihe which Launcegays be clearly put out within the faid Realm, zs a Thing prohibited by our Lord the King, upon Pain of Forfeiture of the faid Launce- gays, Armours, and other Harnefs, in whofe Hands or Poffeflion they be found that bear th?m within the kealm, contrary to the Statutes and Ordinances uforefdid, without the King's fpecial Licence.' I TEM eft ordeignez et afTentuz et le Roi defende . qe deforemes null hotnme chivache deinz le Roialme armez encontre la forme de leftatut de Morhampton fur ce fait ne ovefqe lane- mefme le Roialme les queux laucegayc tout ouftez deinz le dit Roialme conn fendue par noftre Seignur le Roi fur peine de forfai- ture dicelx lancegays armures et autre: he quelconqes es mayns et pofTeffion de celluy • portera defore deinz m?fme le Roialme contre ceftz eftatutz et ordinances fanz efpeciale congie de Roi noftre Seignur. ' CAP.