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A.D. 1535] ministered and executed to the King's Subjects and Inhabitants of the said County of Cardigan, according to the Laws Customs and Statutes of this Realm of England, and after no Welsh Laws, and in such Form and Fashion as Justice is ministered and used to the King's Subjects within the three Shires of North.

19. And that the Lordship Town and Parish of Mouthway, in the said Country of, in whose Possession soever it be, and all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments now lying or being within the Compass or Precinct of the said Lordship Town and Parish of Mouthway, or any of them, in whose Possession soever they be or shall be, and every Part thereof, shall stand and be guildable for ever, from and after the said Feast of All-Saints, and shall be united annexed and joined to and with the County of Merioneth in North , as a Commote Member Part or Parcel of the same.

20. Also be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That all Justices Commissioners Sheriffs Coroners Escheators Stewards and their Lieutenants, and all other Ofticers and Ministers of the Law, shall proclaim and keep the Sessions Courts Hundreds Leets, Sheriffs Courts, and all other Courts in the English Tongue; and all Oaths of Officers Juries and Inquests, and all other Affidavits Verdicts and Wagers of Law, to be given and done in the English Tongue; and also that from henceforth no Person or Persons that use the Welsh Speech or Language shall have or enjoy any Manner Office or Fees within this Realm of England,, or other the King's Dominion, upon Pain of forfeiting the same Offices or Fees, unless he or they use and exercise the English Speech or Language.

21. And it is further enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That it shall be lawful to the Sheriff of every of the foresaid Shires of Monmouth, Brecknock, Radnor, Mountgomery, and Denbigh, and every of them, to put every misruled and suspect Person within their Sheriffwick, under Common Mainprise and Surety of their personal Appearance, as the Sheriffs do within every of the three Shires of North, and that the Recognizances of such common Mainprise and Surety of Appearance taken before any of the said Sheriffs, shall be as good and effectual as if it were taken by any Justice of Record.

22. And that the Sheriff of the County of Monmouth shall certify such Recognizances, common Mainprise or Surety of Appearance, at every Quarter Sessions, before the Justices of the Peace of the