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 432 Cap. 1 6, 17. The Penalties inflifted by the Statute of 28 EJ. 3. c. 10. upon the Mayor ot Lomsn, /hall be according to Che Dlfctetion of the Jaiiices. ' Exigent, if Need be, fo that at the King's Suit the ' Exigent fhall be awarded after the firfr. Capias re- ' turned, and at the third Capias returned at the Suit ' of the Party. (10) And if the Mayor, Sheriffs, and ' Aldermen have Lands and Tenements out of the 1 laid City, Procefs fhall be made againft them by At-
 * Not in Crig.
 * Procefs fhall be made by Attachments, Diftrefs, and
 * tachment and Diftrefs in the fame Counties where

'• the Lands and Tenements be ; and that every of the 1 before the faid Juftices, fhall anfwer alone for him-
 * laid Mayor, Sheriff's, and Aldermen, which cometh
 * filf, as well at the Peril of other which be abfent, as
 * of himfelf; ( ■ 1) and that this Ordinance be holden
 * firm and liable, notwithftanding any Manner of


 * Franchifes, Privileges, or Cuftoms ; ( 12) and that
 * this Ordinance fhall extend to other Cities and Bo-

of the fame County where fuch Cities and Boroughs be; (13) and that the Penalty of them of fuch Ci- ties, Boroughs, and Towns which fhall be thereof attainted, be judged by the Difcretion of the Ju- ftices, which fhall be thereto affigned." ' (14) Our Lord the King confidering the good and lawful Be- haviour of the Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, and- of all the Commonalty of the fame City of London towards him, and therefore willing to eafe and miti- gate the Penalty aforefaid, by the Affent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons afore- faid, hath ordained and eftablifhed, That the Penalty aforefaid, as well of the thoufand Marks, as of the two thoufand Marks, and of the Seizure of the Franchife, comprifed in the faid Statute, fhall not be limited in a Certainty, but that the Penalty in this Cafe be'by the Advice and Difcretion of the Juftices thereto affigned, as other Cities and Boroughs be within the Realm, and that the Remnant of the fame Statute, and the Procefs thereof, ftand in their Force.' Anno Primo Henrici.IV. A. D. 1390. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. foit proces fait par attachementz fo par deftrefTes & par exigend fi meftier y foit iffint qal fuite le Roi foit lexigend agarde apres le primer Capias retourne & a la tierce Capias retourne al fuite de partie. Et fi les Mair Vifcontz fo Aldermannes eient terres & tenementz dehors la dite Cite foit procefTe fair devers eux par attachementz fo diftrefTes es mefmes les countees ou les terres fo tenementz font. Et qe chefcun des ditz Mair Vifcontz & Aldermannes qi viendra devant les ditz Juftices refpoigne fingu- lerement pur lui mefmes fibien a peril des autres qi font abfentz come de lui mefmes fo ceft ordinance foit tenuz ferme fo eftable nient conteftreantz fran- chifes privileges ou cuftumes qeconqes & qe ceft ordinance fe extende as autres citees fo burghs du Roialme ou tieux defautzou mefprifions font ufeez & nemy duement corrigez fo redreffez fauve qe les enqueftes foient prifez par gentz de mefme le contee ou tieux citees font et qe la peine de ceux de citees burghs & yilles qi de ce ferront atteintz foit ad- jugge par difcretion des Juftices qa ce ferront aflig- nez. Noftre dit Seignur le Roi confiderant le bone & loial port de les Mair Vifcontz & Aldermannes fo de tout la communaltee de mefme la Cite de Londres devers mefme noftre Seignur le Roi fo par tant lour veulant faire eafe fo mitigation de les peines avauntditz de lafTent des Seignurs efpirituelx &temporelx & de les communes avaunditz ad or- deinez & eftabliez qe les peines fibien de les A marcz come de les deux i marcz & del feifine del fran- chifecompris el dit eftatut ne foient my limitez en certeine Mais qe la peine en ce cas foit par advis & difcretion des Juftices a ce afligners come autres citees fo burghs font deinz le Roialme & qe le re- manent de mefme leftatut & le proces dicell eftoifent en lour force. CAP. XVI. Merchants of London fliall be as free to pack their Cloths as other Merchants. ITEM, It is accorded and affented, That the Mer- chants of London from henceforth fliall be as free to pack their Cloths, and quit of the fame Packing, as the other Merchants, or other Strangers within the fame City, or within other Cities and Boroughs within the Realm be ; (2) and if any Letters Patents be made to the contrary, they fhall be utterly re- pealed, adnulled, and holden of no Force nor Vir- tue.' TTEM accordez eft & affentuz qe les merchantz -*■ de Londres defore enavant foient auxi frank de packer lour draps fo quitz de mefme la packeur come font les autres merchantz ou autres eftran- gers deinz la dite Citee ou deinz autres citees & burghs deinz le Roialme et fi afcuns lettres patentz foient foitz a contrair qils foient toutoutrement re- pellez fo adnullez fo tenuz de null force fo ver- tue. A Confirmation *e ef the Suture of a 6 it. 1. c. >o. <{ authorising Mer- chant, btun- pen Us buy Aid " fc.'l within tile << Realm. << (C CAP. XVII. Strangers may buy and fell within the Realm Victuals in Grofs or by Retail. ITEM, Whereas in the Statute made at TVcJf- minjier in the Sixth Year of the faid late King Richard, amongft o'.her Things it is ordained and accorded, That every Foreigner and Alien being of the King's Amity and of the Realm, and coming within the City of London., and other Cities, Bo- roughs, and Towns within the faid Realm, as well within Franchifes as without, with Fifh and all TEM come en leftatut fait a Weftm' Ian fifme le dit nadgairs Roi Richard entres autres chofes foit ordeinez fo accordez qe chefcun foreine fo aliene efteant del amifte de Roi fo de Roialme &venant deinz la Cite de Londres & autres citees burghs fo villes deinz le Roialme fibien deinz franchife come dehors ovec peffon fo autres vi- tailles qeconqes illoeqes demurrantz fo retournantz ferroit
 * roughs of the Realm, where fuch Defaults or Mif-
 * priiions beufed, and not duly corrected nor redreffed,
 * laving that the Inquefts be taken by * foreign People