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 55S ( C. 29. 5. H. 5. flat. 2, - w be not fo many Aliens, then fo many Aliens mail " be put in fuch Inquefts or Pipaf ab (hall be found " in the fame Places or Towns which be not Parties " thereunto, nor with the Parties as before is faid,. " and the Remnant of Denizens- which, be good. Men,, " and not fufpecl: of the one i J arty nor of the other. " (6) Sithence which Ordinance the faid Merchants " Aliens have been always demeaned and ruled, as well ■" in the Staples, as in other of the King's Courts, " after the Form of the faid Ordinance, untii now " of late they have been thereof retrained and im- " peached by Colour of another Statute made in the " Parliament holden at Wtjhninjter the Second Year " of King Henry, Father to our Lord the King that " now is ; (7) by which Statute, for the great Mif- sc chiefs, Damages, and Difherifons, which daily do " happen through the Realm, as well in cafe of the " Death of a Man, as in cafe of Freehold and other " Cafes, by them that pafs in Inquefts, in the faid " Cafe, which were common Jurors,, and other which ci had but little or nothing to live uy.on but by fuch " Inquefts, and which had nothing to lofe becaufe " of their falfe Oaths, whereby they do. the more " lightly offend their Confciences ; ( 8 ) and for Amend- " ment and Correction thereof to be had, it was or- " dained and ftablifhed, That no Perfon be admitted " to pafs in any Inqueft upon Trial of the Death of " a Man, nor in any Inqueft between Party and Party " in Plea Real or Perfonal, whereof the Debt and the " Damages declared do amount, to Forty Marks, ex- " cept the fame Perfon have Lands or Tenements " to the yearly Value of Forty Shillings above all " Charges ; (9) becaufe of which Reftraint and Im- " peachment fo made to divers Merchants Aliens, " many of the fame Merchants Aliens have with- " drawn, and daily do withdraw them, and efchew " to come and be converfant on this Side the Sea, and " likely it is, that all the fame Merchants Aliens will " depart out of the fame Realm of England, if the faid " laft Statute be not more plainly declared, and the " faid Merchants Aliens ruled, governed, and de- meaned in fuch Inquefts, according to the firft Or- dinance aforefaid, to the great diminifhing of the King's Subfidies, and grievous-Lofs and Damage of all his faid Realm of England. (10) Our Lord the " King confidering the Premiffes, and how that it was " not the Meaning of the faid late King, nor of the " Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the faid Parliament, '' tohinder or prejudice the faid firft Ordinance by the " faid laft Statute, (11) and that the faid laft Statute " was made in refpeiSt of the Mifchiefs and Difhc- " rifons that happened by the falfe Oaths of the com- " mon Jurors of the Realm of England, as it appear- " eth by exprefs Words of the fame Statute, and how " that the faid Merchants Aliens be not common Ju- " rors, nor inhabiting within the faid Realm, nor " may not purchafe nor enjoy any Lands orTenements " in the fame, without the King's fpecial Licence ;" A Confirmation « (12) and the fame our Lord the King willing therein »s t i!d Sta T e » of ' to p rovide for the Weal and Profit of him and al1 oraaining'thataij.' his Realm, and to efchew the Damages and Incon- fhall be « yeniencies which may eafily happen in this Behalf, Dt mediate ^c an( j ^Ifo to give to the faid Merchants Aliens the &lfen it Piny. ' greater Courage and Defirc to come with their Wares Anno odlavo Henrici VI. A. D. 1429 Ex Rot. inTiirr. Lond. adonqes foient myz en tielx enqueftes oil proeves a k a a tantz des aliens come ferront trovez en mefmes .les lieux. ou villes qi a ceo ne foint my parties ne ove les parties come devaunt eft dit & le reme- naunt des deinfzeins qi foient prodes homines & nient fufpicioufes a lun partie ne a lautre. Depuis quell ordinance: les ditz marchantz aliens ojnt efte tout temps demefnez & reulez fibien en les ditz eftaples come' en les autres Courtes du Roy folonc la forme dicell ordinance tanqe jatarde qils ent ount efte reftreintz & empefchiez par colour dun autre eftatuit fait en le parlement tenuz a Weftm' Ian du regne le Roi fL pier noftre Seig^ nur. le Roi.qoreft feconde par quell eftatut pur les graundes mefchiefs & deiheritances qe de jour en, autre av*eignoient parmy. le Roialme dEngle- terre fibien en c<is de morte de home come en cas. de franc tenement: & en autres cafes' par ceux qi pafierent es enqueftes en les dites cafes qi feurent communes jourrours So autres qi navoient qe poie de vivere mes par tielx enqueftes &- lez queux. navoient rien a perdre par caufe de lour faux ferementz parount ils le pluis legierment oftenderent lour confciences & pur correftion & amendement ent avoir ordine fuift & eftablie qe null perfone foit admys de paffer en afcun enqueft triall de morte de homme ne en afcun enquefte parentre partie et partie en plee reall ou perfoneil donntr le dette & lez dammages declarez amoun- tent a xl. marcs ft mefme la perfone nait terres ou tenementz del annuel value de xl. s. par an outre les reprifes dicelles A caufe de quell reftreint & empefchement enfy faitz as ditz merchantz aliens piufours de mefmes lez marchantz aliens lour ount retraihez & fe retrahent de jour en autre & efchuent de venir & converfer par decea & verifemblable eft qe treftoutz mefmes les mar- chantz aliens lour voillent departier hors de mefme le Roialme ft le dit darrein eftatut ne foit pluis overtement declarez & lez ditz mer- chant aliens reulez governez & demefnez en tielx enqueftes folonc la fourme del primer ordinaunce defuifdite a trefgraunde amenafement" des fub- fidees du Roi & grevoufe perde & dammage a tout fan Roialme avauntdit. Noftre dit Sejgnur le Roi confiderant les premiffcs & qil ne fuift my lentention du dit nadgairs Roi ne de les Seig- nurs efpirituelx & temporelx de fon dit parlement de deroger ou prejudicer a le dit primer ordi- naunce par le dit darren eftatut & qe mefme le ■ darrein eftatut fuift fait a caufe des mefchiefs & difheritances qavenoient per lez faux ferementz des communes jurrours du Roialme ficome il appiert par expreffcs paroles de mefme leftatut & coment les ditz marchantz aliens ne font mye communes jurrours ne cnhcritables deinz le dit Roialme ne purront purchacer nenjoier afcuns terres ou tenementz en icell faunz efpeciall li- cence du Roi. Et voillant pur ceo mefme noftre Seignur le Roi purveier pur le bien & profit de lay & de fon dit Roialme & pur efcheuer les dam- mages & inconveniences qi purront legierment aver.ir en cell partie et auxi pur doner as ditz merchantz aliens le greindre corage & talent dc venir