Anno xi henrici vij Statuta bonu[m] publicum concerne[n]tia edita in parliamento tento apud westmonesterium xiiij die Octobris anno regni illustrissimi Domini nostri regis Henrici septimi.

For holdynge the Shyrefs Tournes wythin the Counte∣es of Suth. Surr. and Sussex Capitulo xxvi

PRayen the comens in this present parlyament assembled that where it was establysshed and enacted the fyrst yere of the reyne of kynge Richar¦de the thyrde late in dede and not of ryght kynge of Englonde / that noo Bailly nor other offycer shold retourne or lawday ony persone but suche as be of good name and fame and haue londes and tenementes of free holde within the same countee where they ben enhabytaunt of the yerely value of .xx. shelynges / at leest

or elles londes and tenementes holden by the custume of the Maner̄ called co∣piholde within the sayd Countie of the yerely value of: xxvi. shelynges .viii. pen∣ce ouer all charges at lest as in the sayd stature more playnly it appereth / And that all inditementes and presentementes taken afore ony Shyref in his Tor∣ne otherwise / be voyde and of none effecte. By reason of whyche statute many Shyrefs of the Countees of Suth̄ Surt and Sussex intending truely / haue los¦te the proffite of many of his or theyr Tornes and many grete myssantes and offences not presented nor the offendours and trespassours ī the same punisshid to the greate hurte of thinhabitauntes of the same for within some hunders the¦re There ben not soo many persones of suche londes and tenementes dwelling out of Fraunchyses / and though they were of that hauyour / they wolde not ap∣pere for the losse of two pence or foure pence atte the daye of the Tourne why∣che small amerciament is of olde time vsed / wherby the kynges sayd courtes in dyuers parties of the sayd Counties ben lost / In consideracōn wherof it maye be stablysshed and enacted by the aduyse and assent of the lordes spirituall and temporall and the comyns in this present parlyament assembled and by aucto∣rite of the same / that it shall be lefull to euery Shyref of ony of the sayd Countes to impanell and sūmon .xxiiij. lawfull men of suche Inhabytauntes within the precyncte of euery of his or theyr Tournes / as owe sute to the same Tourne or Tornes / And wherof euery of the sayd .xxiiij. men haue londes and tenementes of free holde to the yerely value of x. shelynges ouer all charges / or londes and tenementes of Copy holde to the yerely value of .xiii. shelynges .iiii. pence ouer all charges within ony of the sayd Counties where suche Tourne or Tournes is or to be kepte / And soo many there to appere at the day of the Tourne be∣fore the sayd shyref vndershiref or clerke to enquire of the articles of the sayd Tourne / And that euery of the sayd .xxiiii. men so beynge impanelled & sōmoned not apperynge be amerced in the sayd Shirefs Tourne or Tournes for not doin¦ge of theyr suyte to the same .xii. pence / Prouyded alway that yf there be .xii. of y^e sayd Inhabitauntes soo impanelled within the precyncte of euery Tourne ap∣pere Soo that in euery Tourne there be a lawfull Iury of theym sworne / that thenne alle the remanaunte of theym soo impanelled that make defawte be not. amerced for that defawte but oonly for their suyt / And as it was lawfully vsed afore the makyng of the sayd statute / And ouer that be it enacted that after de∣we and lawfull sōmons had of the Inhabitauntes as is aforsayd / yf that there appere not .xii men in euery of the sayd Shyrefs Tournes of the sayd Inhabi∣tauntes hauyng londe and tenementes of the yerely value of .x. shelynges or .xiii. shelynges .iiij. pence. as is aboue sayd / And yf there be not .xxiiij. suche Inhabi∣tauntes whiche maye be ympanelled & sōmoned ī manere & fourme aboue sayd in ony of the sayd tournes That thenne it shall be lefull to euery shyref vnder∣shiref clerke baylly or other mynystre to charge and swere ony other persone or persones in ony of the sayd shirefs tournes where suche none suffycient and de∣fawte of Inhabytauntes and apparaunce

is hadde / suche as be of good name and fame and the best by his or theyr dyscre¦cion y^t appere afore him or theym and none offycer nor seruaunt to the sayd shy∣shyrefs vnd••shy••s clerkes bayllyfs or mynysters / And that all inditements & p̄¦sentmentis other than felony so taken concernyng the sayd shyryfs tournes / be good & effectuell notwithstondyng the sayd acte made in the fyrste yere of kyn∣ge Rychard aforsayd / And y^t the shyryfs vndshyrefs clerkes nor bayllyfs of o∣ny of the sayd countyes nor none of theym doyng accordynge to this present ac¦te / forfeyt ony thyng or be in ony wyse preiudised for doyng ony thynge contra¦ry to the sayd statute made in the fyrst yere of the sayd kynge Rychard / And y^t e¦uery shyref vnder shyref clerk baylly or mynyster that do contrary to this ordy∣naunce in ony poynt forfeyt the sōme of C. s at euery tyme that they or ony of theym do the contary of the same in ony poynt of the same / Sauynge to euery persone & persones theyr lawfull lybertyes and fraunchyses and tenaun••es & ī habytantes of the same / This acte to endure vnto the next parlyament. /