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 A. D. 1411. Anno decimo tertio Henrici IV. •C. 7. 481 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. Et fi la veritee ne poet eftre trove en maner come deiTuis eft dit adonqes deinz un moys lors profchein enfuiant certifient les ditz Juftices trois ou deux de eux &: le vifcont ou fouth-vifcont fuifditz devaunt le Roy & fon counfeil tout le fait & les circum- ftances dicell quell certificat foit daudel force come le prefentment de xij. fur quel certificat foient les ditz trefpaflburs & meffaifours mys a refponce & ceux qi ferront trovez coupables foient puniz fo- lonc la difcretion du Roy & de fon dit confail. Et fi tielx trefpaflburs & meffaifours traverfent la matire enfy certifie foient celles certificat & tra- vers mandez en banc le Roy pur, y eftre triez & terminez come la ley demande et fi mefr.es les tref- paflburs & meffaifours ne viegnent my devaunt le Roy & fen counfail ou en Bank le Roy a primer mandement adonqes foit fait autre mandement di- rect a vifcount de countee de prendre les ditz tref- paflburs & mefFaifours fils purront eftre trovez & eux amefner a certein jour devaunt le Roy & fon dit counfail ou en bank le Roy. Et fils ne purront eftre trovez qe le vifcont ou fouth-vifcont face pro- clamation en pleine countee profchein eniuiant la liveree du feconde mandement qils viegnent de- vaunt le Roy & fon dit counfail ou en bank le Roy ou en la chauncellarie en temps de vacation deinz trois femaignes lors profcheins enfuiantz. Et en cas qe mefmes les trefpaflburs & meffaifours ne viegnent mye come devaunt eft dit & la proclama- tion faite & retourne foient ils conviitz & atteintz de les riote affemble ou route deffuifditz non ob- ftant aucun eftatut ou ordinance fait a contraire. Et en outre qe les juftices de la paix demurrantz les pluis profcheins en chefcun counte ou tiel riote affemble ou route des gentz fe ferra en apres en- femblement ove le vifcont ou fouth-vifcont de mefme le counte & auxi les Juftices daffifes pur le temps qils ferront illoeqes en lour feflions en cas qe aucun tiel riote affemble ou route fe ferra en lour prefence facent execution de ceft eftatut chefcun fur peine de C li. a paiers au Roy a tant des foitz qils ferront trovez en defaut del execution de mefme leftatut. ' II. And if the Truth cannot be found in the Certificate of a Manner as is afore faid, then within a Month theri Riot - and the next following, thej-ftices, three, or two of them, ^j^™"' of and the Sheriff or Under-sheriff, fhali certify before the King ;md his Council all the Deed and Circum- ftances thereof, (2) which Certificate fhall be of like Force as the Prefentment of Twelve ; upon which Certificate the faid Trefpaffers and Offenders fhali be put to anfwer, and they which fhall be found guilty, . lhali be punilhed according to the Difcretion o'i the King and his Council. ' III. And if fuch Trefpaffers and Offenders do A Traverfe of traverfe the Matter fo certified, the fame Certificate a Riot triable and Traverfe fhall be fent into the King's Bench, 'j£,^!f K ' ns ' 3 there to be tried and determined as the Law re- " nc ' quireth. (2) And if the fame Trefpaffers* do*Add a-ndof- not appear before the King and his Council, oif"^ en ' in the King's Bench, at the firft Precept, then fhall be another rrecept directed to the Sheriff of the County, to take the faid Trefpaffers and Offenders, if they may be found, and to bring them at a certain Day before the King and his Council, or into the King's Bench. (3) And if they cannot be found, Conviaion of That the Sheriff or Under-Sheriff fhall make Pro- ™?^/ A r . clamation in his full County next enfuing the Deli- J^^ ? " very of the fecond Precept, that they fhall appear before the King and his faid Council, or in the King's Bench, or in the Chancery in the Time of Vacation, within three Weeks then next follow- ing. (4.) And in cafe the fame f Offenders f ah Tref- come not as afore is faid, and the Proc!ama-/«#'-i and tion made and returned, they fhall be convict and attainted of the Riot, Affembly, or Rout aforefaid, notwithftanding any Article or Ordinance made to the contrary. ' IV. And moreover, That the Juftices of Peace The Penalty of dwelling nigheft in every County where fuch Riot, the. next Juftices Aiiembly, or Rout of People fhall be made hereafter, office ° together with the Sheriff" or Under-Sheriff of the fame County, and alfo the Juftices of Afilfes for the Time that they fhall be there in their Seffion, in _ cafe that any fuch Riot, Affembly, or Rout be made *£ 3, 3 ' c g in their Prefence, fhall do Execution of this Statute, See farther 2. H. every one upon Pain of an Hundred Pounds, to be 5. flat. paid to the King as often as they fhall be found in " Hi 7 Default of the Execution of the fame Statute.' c. S. =• 7- 3 fi? 4 Ed. 6. c. 5. 1 Mar. jejf. z. c. n. I Et. c. 16. and i Geo. I, fiat. 2. 7- 21 H. S. by ivb'ich lafi A3 certain Kinds of R'.sts are made Felony tu'jtbout Beneft f Clergy. Thus end the Statutes of Kino; HENRY the Fourth. "Voi I. Q.qq Anno i