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 A. D. 1432. Anno decimo Henrici VI. C. i~3* 565 Statutes made at Weftminfter, Anno 10 Hen. VI. and Anno Dom. 1432. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. NO S T R E Seignur le Roi a fon parle- ment tenuz a Weftm' le xij c. jour de Maij Ian de fon regne difme a lonour de Dieu & pur le bien de luy & fon Roialme & pur la tranqillite & eafe de fon poeple de ladvis & affent des Seignurs efpirituelx & tem- porelx & a la efpeciale requcft des Communes en mefme le parlement affemblez ad fait ordeiner & eftabler diverfes eftatuitz & ordinaunces en la fourme qenfuift. OUR Lord the King, at his Parliament holden at Weftminfter the Twelfth Day of May, the Tenth Year of his Reign, to the Honour of God, and for the Wealth of him and his Realm, and for the Tranquillity and Eafe of his People, by' the Advice and Aiicnt of the Lords Spiritual and. Temporal, and at the fpecial Requeft of the Com- mons in the fame Parliament affembled, hath caufed to be ena£ted and eftablimed divers Statutes and Or- dinances in the Form following." C A P. I. Recognifances taken before the Mayor, &,c. of Calais fhall be effectual in England. See Appendix. CAP. II. Certain Things required in him who lhall be a Choofer of the Knights of Parliament. TEM come au parlement tenuz a Weftm' lendemain de Seint Mattheu lappoftle Ian du regne noftre Seignur le Roi oeptifme or- dine eftoit & eftable par au&orite de mefme le parlement qe les chivalers des toutz countees deins le Roialme dEngleterre a efliers pur venir as parlementz en apres a tenirs foient efluz en ohefcun countee par gentz demurantz & re- feantz en icelles dount chefcun ait frank te- nement a la value de xl, s. par an au meins outre les reprifes fur certein peine rontenuz en mefme leftatuit nient fefiant expreffe men- tion en icell qe chefcun qi ferroit eflifour daf- cuns tielx chivalers averoit frank tenementz a la value de xl. s. au meins outre les reprifez deins mefme le countee ou afcun tiel eflifour ovefqe autres femblables ferroit tiel election ou aillours. Efc pur taunt noftre Seignur le Roi voillant faire du dit eftatuit pleine declaration del advis & affent fuifditz & a la requeft des dites Communes ad ordine qe les chivalers de toutz les' countees deins le dit Roialme a efliers pur venir a les parlementz en apres a tenirs foient efluz en chefcun countee par gentz de- murantz & refeauntz en icelles dount chefcun ait frank tenement a la value de xl. s. par an au meins outre les reprifes deins mefme le coun- tee ou afcun tiel eflifour foi voet meller dafcun tiel election. ITEM come au parlement tenuz a Weftm' " ITEM, Whereas at the Parliament holden at8H. 6. c. 7, lendemain de Seint Mattheu lappoftle Ian " JL Weftminfter the Morrow of St. Matthew the Apoftle, the Eighth Year of the King that now is, it was ordained by the Authority of the fame Parlia- ment, That the Knights of all Counties within the Realm of England, to be chofen to come to the Par- liaments hereafter to be holden, fhould be chofen in every County by People dwelling and-refiant in' the fame, whereof every one fhall have Freehold to the Value of Forty Shillings by Year at the leaft, above all Charges, upon a certain Pain contained in the fame Statute; (2) not making expfefs Mention in the fame, that every Man that fhall be Choofer of any fuch Knights, ihall have Freehold to the Value of Forty Shillings at .the leaft, above all Charges, within the fame County where fuch Choofer with other like fhall make fuch Election, or elfewhere :" (3) And therefore our Lord the King, willing to make plain Declaration of the faid Statute, by the Advice and Affent aforefaid, and at the fpecial Re- queft of the faid Commons, hath ordained, That the Knights of all Counties within the faid Realm, to be chofen to come to Parliaments hereafter to be holden, fhall be choftn in every County by People dwelling and refiant in the fame, whereof every Man fhall have Freehold to the Value of xl. s. by the Year 7 H. 4. c. it, at the leaft, above all Charges, within the fame 11H.4. c . i. County where any fuch Choofer will meddle of any x H> ;■ c - '■ fuch Eleaion.' % H -f- f- 4- cee jarth^r 23 H. 6. c. 10, (S 14. 27 H. 8. e. 26. 35 H. 8. c, II. 7 &f S W. 3. c. 4, 7, & 25. 10 Ann. c. 23. 12 Ann, flat. I. c, 5. 18 Geo. 2. c. 18. 19 Ca. 2, (. 28, and 31 Geo. 2. c. 14. for tie due Eleftiom of Knights of the Sbiru, Sec. CAP. III. A Letter of Requeft fhall be granted by the Keeper of the Privy Seal to any of the King's Subjects, from whom Goods fhall be taken by the Subjefts of Denmark. ITEM pur ceo qe noftre Seignur le Roi a la grevoufe compkint a luy fait en iceft par- lement par les Communes de fon Roialme ef- teantz en icell eft enfourme qe plufours de fes 2 " TTE M, Becaufe that our Sovereign Lord the " _§_ King, at the grievous Complaint to Sim made in " this Parliament by the Commons of his Realm of " England being La this Parliament, is informed, That " many