the will of the ordinary, shall be from that time forth included in
the same sentence. And with the same sentence we burden all those
that presume to perturb the peace of our sovereign Lord the King, and
of the Realm. To the perpetual memory of which thing, We, the
aforesaid Prelates, have put our seals to these presents."--_Statutes
of the Realm_, vol. 1, p. 6. _Ruffhead's Statutes_, vol. 1, p. 20.
One of the Confirmations of the Charters, by Edward I., was by statute,
in the 25th year of his reign, (1297,) in the following terms. The
statute is usually entitled "_Confirmatio Cartarum_," (Confirmation of
the Charters.)
_Ch. 1._ "Edward, by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of
Ireland, and Duke of Guyan, To all those that these presents shall
hear or see, Greeting. Know ye, that We, to the honor of God, and of
Holy Church, and to the profit of our Realm, have granted, for us and
our heirs, that the Charter of Liberties, and the Charter of the
Forest, which were made by common assent of all the Realm, in the
time of King Henry our Father, shall be kept in every point without
breach. And we will that the same Charters shall be sent under our
seal, as well to our justices of the Forest, as to others, and to all
Sheriffs of shires, and to all our other officers, and to all our
cities throughout the Realm, together with our writs, in the which it
shall be contained, that they cause the aforesaid Charters to be
published, and to declare to the people that We have confirmed them
at all points; and to our Justices, Sheriffs, Mayors, and other
ministers, which under us have the Laws of our Land to guide, that
they allow the same Charters, in all their points, in pleas before
them, and in judgment; that is, to wit, the Great Charter as the
Common Law, and the Charter of the Forest for the wealth of our
Realm.
_Ch. 2._ "And we will that if any judgment be given from henceforth
contrary to the points of the charters aforesaid by the justices, or
by any others our ministers that hold plea before them, against the
points of the Charters, it shall be undone and holden for naught.
_Ch. 3._ "And we will, that the same Charters shall be sent, under
our seal, to Cathedral Churches throughout our Realm, there to
remain, and shall be read before the people two times in the year.
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