Petitions of the Commons with their Answers.
[unspec 10] The print touching the keeping of the great Charter, cap. 1. agreeth with the Record, onely the print wanteth (and all other Statutes.)
[unspec 11] The print of Pardons agreeth with the Record.
[unspec 12] The print that none be put to answer without due process of Law, cap. 3. agreeth with the record.
[unspec 13] The print touching Commissions, cap. 4. agreeth with the Re∣cord.
[unspec 14] The print touching Escheators, cap. 5. agreeth with the Record in effect, but not in form, quod nota.
[unspec 15] The print touching Labourers, cap. 6. agreeth with the Record.
[unspec 16] The print touching Victualls in London, cap. 7. agreeth with the Record.
Note that the Londoners required that no Forainer should retail any Wine, Merchandize, or Victualls in London, which was not granted.
[unspec 17] The print touching the restraint of English Merchants to fetch Gas∣coyne wine, cap. 8. agreeth with the Record.
[unspec 18] The print touching green wax out of the Exchequer, cap. 9. agreeth with the Record.
[unspec 19] The print touching such as be born at Callice, cap. 10. agreeth with the Record.
[unspec 20] The 21. of May, the King gave thanks to the Lords and Commons for their coming, and aide granted, on which day all the Lords, and sundry of the Commons dined with the King: after which dinner, Sir Iohn de Lee, was brought before the King, Lords and Commons next aforesaid, to answer to certain Objections following, and first to the complaint of William Latimer, as followeth.
[unspec 21] The King had granted the Wardship of Robert Latimer,
the Son and Heir of Sir Robert Latimer, with certain Mannors during the same minority, to the Bishop of Sarum, whose estate the same William had, and after the King granted the same to Sir Iohn Lee. The same William surmised, that the said Sir Iohn being of power sent for him to London, where he by duress of Imprisonment enforced the said Wil∣liam to surrender his Estate to him.
[unspec 22] And by Recognizance therefore, the same Sir Iohn excuseth him∣self, for that the Grant was made unto him, the which was not allow∣ed, for that the said VVilliam was not put out by due process of Law.
[unspec 23] Another matter was objected against the said Sir Iohn, for that during such time as he was Steward of the Kings House, he should cause sundry men to be attached, and to come before him, as before the Kings Councel in places where he pleased, where being out of Councel, he caused men to answer as to things before the Coun∣cel.
That he as Steward, having thereby authority onely within the