Statutes at Large, FROM THE Fifteenth Year of King EDWARD III. TO THEЕ Thirteenth Year of King HEN. IV. inclufive. To which is prefixed, A TABLE containing the TITLES of all the VOL. II, By DANBY PICKERING, of Gray's-Inn, Efq; CAMBRIDGE, Printed by JOSEPH BENTHAM, Printer to the UNIVERSITY; CUM PRIVILEGIO. TABLE of the STATUTES, Containing the Titles of all fuch Acts as are extant in print, from the 15th year of K. EDW. III. to the 13th of K. HENRY IV. both inclufive. Anno 15 Ed. 3. flat. 1. Cap. I. A confirmation of the Great Charter and former ftatutes. Cap. 2. An act concerning the trial of peers, &c. Cap. 3. The chancellor and other great officers to swear to keep the laws. Cap. 4. An act for offices to be feised into the King's hands in time of parliament. Cap. 5. An act appointing who shall punish ufury. Cap. 6. Minifters of the church fhall not answer before the King's juftices for things done touching the jurifdiction of the church. Anno 15 Ed. A repeal of the said former statute. Anno 15 Ed. 3. ftat. 3. An act concerning a fubfidy, &c. of wools, containing feven chapters. Anno 17 Ed. 3. An act for the searching of money. Anno 18 Ed. 3. ftat. 1. A ftatute for declaration of exigents. Anno 18 Ed. 3. ftat. 2. A grant of two quinzimes and two difmes. Cap. 1. Commiffions of new inquiries fhall cease. Cap. 2. An act touching juftices of the peace and their authority. Cap. 3. An act for forting and buying of wools. The fea fhall be open. Cap. 4. Repeal of commiffions to affay weights and measures. VOL. II. Cap. 5. No exigent in trefpafs but where it is against the peace. Cap. 6. An act for the new money, and of the exchanges. Cap. 7. When the King's wages to foldiers fhall begin and end. Anno 18 Ed. 3. flat. 3. A ftatute of the clergy. Cap. 1. A triennial difme granted to the King by the clergy towards his war in France. Cap. 2. Bigamy fhall be tried by the ordinary and not by a jury. Cap. 3. Against purchafing lands in Mortmain. Cap. 4. The fees of the church exempted from purveyance. Cap. 5. No prohibition fhall be awarded but where the King hath cognifance. Cap. 6. Temporal juftices fhall not inquire of procefs awarded by fpiritual judges. Cap. 7. No fcire facias fhall be awarded against a clerk for tithes. Anno 18 Ed. 3. Stat. 4. Anno 18 Ed. 3. ftat. 5. and of the clerks of courfe. Anno 20 Ed. 3. Cap. 1. The juftices fhall do right to all men, without reward, &c. Cap. 2. The barons of the exchequer fhall do right to all men without delay. Cap. 3. Juftices of affifes, gaol-delivery, &c. fhall take an oath.. Cap. 4. None thall maintain any quarrels but their own. Cap. 5. Lords and great men fhall 'put thofe out of their service which be maintainers. Cap. 6. Juftices of affife fhall inquire of and punish the misdemeanour of theriffs, &c. and other offenders. Anno 23 Ed. 3. The ftatute of labourers. Cap. 1. What perfons fhall be compelled to labour. Cap. 2. Departing before the time agreed upon fhall be imprisoned. Cap. 3, 4, and 5. Regulation of labourers wages. Cap. 6. Of victuallers. Cap. 7. Of beggars. Cap. 8. Of artificers, &c. Anno 25 Ed. 3. ftat. 1. The ftatute of labourers. Cap. 1. What wages fervants and labourers fhall have. Cap. 2. Threshers of corn by the quarter. None shall depart in fummer from his winter's dwelling place. Cap. 3 and 4. Of feveral forts of artificers, labourers, &c. Cap. 5. Punishment of offenders against this ftatute. Cap. 6. Against extortions by theriffs, &c. How the penalties fhall be employed. Cap. 7. The juftices fhall hold their feffions four times a year. Labourers flying from one country to another fhall be imprisoned. Anno 25 Ed. 3. ftat.2. An act touching perfons born out of the realm. Where bastardy in such cafe fhall be tried. Anno 25 Ed. 3. flat. 3. A ftatute for the clergy. Cap. 1. All privileges granted to the clergy confirmed. The King fhall not present to another's benefice of any time of his progenitors. 2. Cap. 2. A repeal of the ftatute r4 Ed. 3. flat. 4. c. 2. touching the King's prefentiment to a church of another's right. Cap. 3. When the King presents to a benefice in another's right his title shall be examined. Cap. 4. For clerks convicted of felony or treason. Cap. 5. Clerks fhall be arraigned of all their offences at once. Cap. 6. Of feifing the temporalties and taking fines of bishops for contempts. Cap. 7. The ordinary or incumbent may counterplead the King's title by lapfe. Cap. 8. Cognifance of avoidance of benefices appertaineth to the ecclefiaftical judge. Cap. 9. Of indictments of ordinaries for extortion. Anno 25 Ed. 3. ftat. 4. A ftatute for cloths. Cap. 1. For measuring of cloths. his duty. The penalty if he offend. Cap. 2. That merchant ftrangers may buy and fell victual and other merchandifes without difturbance. Cap. 3. An act against foreftalling wine, victuals, wares, &c. Cap. 4. An act for pulling down new wears. Anno 25 Ed. 3. flat. 5. A ftatute of purveyors. Cap. I. In what manner things that be purveyed for the King's houfe. Cap. 2. An act for declaration of treafons, Cap. 3. No indictor fhall be put upon the inqueft of the party indicted. Cap. 4. None thall be condemned upon fuggeftion without lawful prefentment. Cap. 5. Executors of executors shall have the benefit and charge of the firft teftator. Cap. 6. A purveyor fhall not take timber about a mansion. Cap. ter. Cap. 12. An act for the exchange of of gold and filver. Cap. 13. An act against the impairing of money. Cap. 14. What procefs fhall be awarded against him that is indicted of felony. Cap. 15. Against purveyors taking more sheep than needful. Cap. 16. The exception of nontenure of parcel fhall not abate the whole writ. Cap. 17. Procefs of exigent fhall be awarded in debt, detinue, and replevin. Cap. 18. Concerning villenage, Cap. 19. The King's protection fhall not hinder the party's fuit, but h.s execution. Cap. 20. For plate to be received into the mint by weight, and returned by money in weight. Cap. 21. Of purveying wine by the King's butler. Cap. 22. He that purchaseth a provifion at home fhall be out of the King's protection, &c. Cap. 23. The debt of a Lombard efcaping out of the realm fhall be fatisfied by his company. Anno 25 Ed. 3. ftat. 6. A ftatute of provifors. The bishop of Rome shall not prefent to the benefices founded by the King and other lords, &c. Anno 25 Ed. 3. flat. 7. The forfeitures, &c. levied of labourers, &c. granted in aid of the difme and fifteen. Anno 27 Ed. 3. ftat. 1. Against provifors to Rome. Cap. 1. Præmunire for fuing in a foreign realm or impeaching a judgment. Cap. 2. A pardon of felony must comprife the fuggeftions, &c. Cap. 3. For commiffions to enquire concerning victuallers, regrators, &c. Cap. 4. For aulnage and affife of cloths. A fubfidy upon every cloth. Cap. 5. Foreftalling of Gascoign wines felony. Cap. 6. Merchants of Gascoign may bring their wines fafely. Cap. 7. That it fhall be felony to fojourn in Gafcoign, and buy wines there before the vintage. Cap. 8. For gauging of wines. Anno 27 Ed. 3. ftat. 2 The ftatute of the staple. Cap. 1. Where the ftaple fhall be kept, &c. 21 Cap. 2. Merchants ftrangers may fell all their merchandizes in the staple freely, &c. Cap. 3. All merchants may buy wools, &c. fo that they be carried to the ftaple. Felony to transport wool, &c. Cap. 4. That none going to or returning from the flaple be disturbed by purveyors. Cap. 5. The King's juftices fhall have no cognifance of things belonging to the staple. Cap. 6. None of the King's officers fhall meddle where the ftaples are. Cap. 7. Licences to export, &c. fhall be void. Cap. 8. The jurifdiction of the staple; by law-merchant. Cap. 9. The effect of a recognisance in the staple. Cap. 10. There fhall be but one weight and measure. Cap. II. Against foreftalling of merchandifes coming to the staple. A 2 Cap, |