Our Legal Heritage, King AEthelbert, 596 to King George III, 1775Reilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage, King AEthelbert, 596 to King George III, 1775
Reilly, S. A.
Law -- England -- History
AND ALL MEN OF THIS OUR REALM, AS WELL SPIRITUAL AS TEMPORAL (AS
MUCH AS IN THEM IS) SHALL OBSERVE THE SAME AGAINST ALL PERSONS IN
LIKE WISE. AND FOR THIS OUR GIFT AND GRANT OF THESE LIBERTIES, AND
OF OTHER CONSTRAINED IN OUR CHARTER OF LIBERTIES OF OUR FOREST,
THE ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, ABBOTS, PRIORS, EARLS, BARONS, KNIGHTS,
FREEHOLDERS, AND OUR OTHER SUBJECTS, HAVE GIVEN UNTO US THE
FIFTEENTH PART OF ALL THEIR MOVABLES. AND WE HAVE GRANTED UNTO
THEM ON THE OTHER PART, THAT NEITHER WE, NOR OUR HEIRS, SHALL
PROCURE OR DO ANY THING WHEREBY THE LIBERTIES IN THIS CHARTER
CONTAINED SHALL BE INFRINGED OR BROKEN. AND IF ANY THING BE
PROCURED BY ANY PERSON CONTRARY TO THE PREMISES, IT SHALL BE HAD
OF NO FORCE NOR EFFECT.
[ENFORCEMENT]
{Whereas we, for the honor of God and the reform of our realm, and
in order the better to allay the discord arisen between us and our
barons, have granted all these things aforesaid. We, willing that
they be forever enjoyed wholly and in lasting strength, do give
and grant to our subjects the following security, to wit, that the
barons shall elect any twenty-five barons of the realm they wish,
who shall, with their utmost power, keep, hold, and cause to be
kept the peace and liberties which we have granted unto them and
by this our present Charter have confirmed, so that if we, our
Justiciary, bailiffs, or any of our ministers offends in any
respect against any man, or transgresses any of these articles of
peace or security, and the offense is brought before four of the
said twenty-five barons, those four barons shall come before us,
or our Chief Justiciary if we are out of the realm, declaring the
offense, and shall demand speedy amends for the same. If we or, in
case of our being out of the realm, our Chief Justiciary fails to
afford redress within forty days from the time the case was
brought before us or, in the event of our having been out of the
realm, our Chief Justiciary, the aforesaid four barons shall refer
the matter to the rest of the twenty-five barons, who, together
with the commonalty of the whole country, shall distrain and
distress us to the utmost of their power, to wit, by capture of
our castles, lands, and possessions and by all other possible
means, until compensation is made according to their decision,
saving our person and that of our Queen and children; as soon as
redress has been had, they shall return to their former
allegiance. Anyone in the realm may take oath that, for the
accomplishment of all the aforesaid matters, he will obey the
orders of the said twenty-five barons and distress us to the
utmost of his power; and we give public and free leave to everyone
wishing to take oath to do so, and to none will we deny the same.
Moreover, all such of our subjects who do not of their own free
will and accord agree to swear to the said twenty-five barons, to
distrain and distress us together with them, we will compel to do
so by our command in the aforesaid manner. If any one of the
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