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 5io Anno feptimo Henrici V. Continued by 9 H. 5. flat. 1. c. I. Confirmed by S H. 6. c. 12. The l:ke Pr.occft'; ifcall be awarded againft him that , niaketh and pub- Jiflieth fajfe' Deeds by Capias and Exigent) as in Writs ot'Trd"- 1 pafs. Rep. 5 El. c. 14.
 * Revenge, have often caufed to be indidted and ap-


 * pealed divers of our true liege People, of Treafons
 * or Felonies in the County of Lancajlcr, pretending

' Place, where of Truth no fuch Place is had in the ! faid County where the faid Appeal and lndidiment ' is made, to the great Damage and Peril of fuch our '" liege People, conlidering that fome Jo appealed and
 * by thofe Appeals and Indictments, that the faid
 * Treafons or felonies were committed in a certain
 * indicted dare not appear before the Juflices in their
 * proper Perfons, to anfvver thereof, for Fear of beat-
 * ing, maiming, or killing of them, by the Confpi-
 * rators or Procurers of the fame Appeals and Indict-

' ments, as by the Commons of the Realm of England, ' in our laft Parliament holden at Wcftminjler, by their ' Petition there exhibited, grie'voufly complaining,
 * was fhewed :" ' (2) It is ordained in the fame Par-

liament, by the Affent of the Prelates and Great Men of the fame Realm there being, at the Requeft of the faid Commons, for the common Profit and Qui- etnefs of the People of the fame Realm, That every Juftice which hath Po »ver to hear and determine fuch Treafons and Felonies within the faid County, by the Oath of Twelve Men (of whom every one fhall have Freehold in the fame County to the yearly Va- lue of an Hundred Shillings above all Charges) before that the Exigent be awarded, without Allegation of the Party, as well in the Party's Abfence as his Pre- fence, fhall inquire of Office, whether any fuch Place be in the County where fuch Appeals or In- dictments be made, or to be made, or not; (3) and if it be found that there is no fuch'Place within the fame County, then fuch Appeals and Indictments, and the Procefs thereupon made, or to be made, fhall be void, and holden for none ; and that in fuch Cafe the Indidtors aforefaid be punifhed by Imprifon- ment, Fine, and Ranfom by the Difcretion of the faid Juflices. (5.) And that .this prefent Ordinance and Remedy extend as well to Appeals and Indictments not determined before this Time, as to Appeals and In- dictments to be taken hereafter; (6) and if any Exi- gent from henceforth be awarded, before that fuch Inquifition of Office, as afore is faid, be taken, that the fame Exigent, and the awarding thereof, be like- wife void and holden for none.' Continued by 9 Hen. 5. c. 1. made perpetual 18 Hen. 6. c. 12. ' II. , Provided that this prefent Ordinance have Strength, and extend only until the next Parliament. (2) And alfo know ye, That in the faid Parliament, of the Affent and Requeft aforefaid, it was ordained and ltablifhcd, That in Writs to be purchafed againft thofe that forge or make untrue Charters or Miniments, and them proclaim, or.caufe to be read, like Procefs fhall be made by Capias and Exigent, a, in Writs of Trefpafs. (3) And therefore we command you, firmly injoining, That immediately after the Sight hereof, you caufe this Statute and Ordinance openly to be proclaimed in the Places within the fame County where fhall be mod ex-. pedientand neceffary, as well within Liberties as with- out ; (4) and that alfo you caufe all and fingular our Juftices, having Power to hear and determine Felo- nies and Treafons v/iihin the faid County, fully o 3 A. D. 1419, Ex Rot. in Turr. L'ond. • litia & inimicitia ac propter lucrum h vindidtam div.rfos iideles ligeos noftros de proditionibus five feloniis in comitatu Lancaftrie frequentius indictari & appellari fecerunt pretendentes per appella feu indidtamenta ilia quod predicte proditiones aut felonie perpetrate fuerunt in certo loco ubi de veri- tate talis locus in comitatu predicto in quo appel- lum vel indidtamentum factum exiftit non habetur ad grave dampnurn & periculum ligeorum noftro- rum hujufmodi confiderato quod quidam fie appel- lati & indidtati coram jufticiar' ad refpondend' inde ob metum verberationis rnahemii feu interfec- tionis eorundem per ipforum appellorum feu indic- tamentorum conlpiratorcs aut ea fieri procurantes in propriis -perfonis comparere non audent prout per coaimunitatem rcgni noftri Anglie in ultimo parliamento noftro apud Weftm' tento exiftentem per petitionem fuam in parliamento illo exhibitam fuerat graviter conquerendo monftratum ordinatum extitit in codem parliamento de affenfu Prelatorum procerum & Magnatum didti regni noftri Anglie ibidem exiltentium ad requifitionem didte Commu- nitatis pro communi utilitate & quiete populi ejuf- dem regni noftri quod quilibet Juftitiarius qui ad hujufmodi proditiones & felonias infra comitatum predidtum audiendum & terminandum poteftatem habet per facramentum duodecim virorum quorum quilibet liberum tenementum in predidto comitatu valoris annui centum folidorum ultra reprifas opti- neat priufquam exigenda adjudicata fuerit abfque partis allegatione tarn in partis abfentia quam pre- fentia inquirat ex officio utrum aliquis talis locus eft in comitatu. ubi appella feu indidtamenta ilia funt facta five facienda necne. Et fi compertum fuerit quod talis locus non habetur infra eundem comitatum tunc appella & indictamenta ipfa & proceffus inde fadtus feu faciejidus fint vacua & pro nullis habeantur et quod in cafu illo indidta- tores prcdidti per imprifonamentum finem ii re- demptionem per difcretionem Juftitiariorum pre- didtorum puniantur. " Et quod'prefens ordinatio & remedium tarn ad appella & indidtamenta non de- terminata ante hec tempora capti q.uam ad appella & inclidbimenta in futurum capienda fe extendant & fi que exigenda antequam hujufmodi inquifitio ex officio ut fupradidtum eft capiatur decetero fuerit adjudicata quod tunc exigenda et adjudi- catio Hie fimiliter fint vacue & pro nullis habe- antur. Provifo quod prefens ordinatio vigorem habeat & fe extendat ufque.ad pariiamentum proximo futurum duntaxat. Ft ulterius fciatis quod in parliamento predidto de affenfu & requifitione prcdidtis ordinatum fuerat & ftatutum quod in brevibus verfus ecs qui fabricant feu faciunt cartas five munirr.enta minus vera & ea proclamant & legi faciunt perquirendis fiat proceffus confimilis per Capias h exigendam ut in brevibus de tranfgref- fione. Et ideo vobis mandamus finniter injun- gentes quod ftatim vifis prefentibus. ordinationem & ftatutum predidta in iocis infra comitatum ilium ubi magis expediens fuerit & necefle tarn infra libertates quam extra publice proclamari deman- detis necnoii omnes Sc fingulos juftitiarios noftros poteftatem audiendi Sz terminendi felonias & pro- ditiones infra comitatum predictum habentes de di&is