Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776Reilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776
Reilly, S. A.
Law -- England -- History
19. William, Hawise's son, appeals Richard, son of Robert of
Somercotes, for that he came in the king's peace to his house at
Somercotes, and broke his house and robbed him of.[an abrasion]
shillings, and a cape and surcoat, and twenty-five fowls, and twenty
shillings worth of corn [grain], and wounded him in the head with the
wound that he shows; and this he offers to prove against him as the
court shall consider etc. And Richard comes and defends the breach of
the king's peace and the housebreaking, wounding and -robbery, but
confesses that he came to a certain house, which William asserts to be
his [William's], as to his -[Richard's] own proper house, which
escheated into his hand on the death of Roger his villein, and there he
took certain chattels which were his villein's and which on his
villein's - - death were his [Richard's] own: to wit, five thraves of
oats, thirteen sheaves of barley, and twenty-five fowls; and he offers
the king twenty shillings for an inquest [to find] whether this be so
or no. And William says that Richard says this unjustly, for the said
Roger never had that house nor dwelt therein, nor were those chattels
Roger's, but he [William] held that house as his own, and the chattels
there seized were his. The jurors being questioned whether Roger did
thus hold the house of Richard in villeinage, say, Yes. Also the
coroners and the whole county testify that [William] never showed any
wound until now; and the wound that he now shows is of recent date.
Therefore it is considered that the appeal is null, and let Richard go
quit, and William be in mercy for his false claim. Pledges for the
amercement, Gilbert, Robert's son, and Richard, Haldeng's son.
20. Astin of Wispington appeals Simon of Edlington, for that he
wickedly and in the king's peace assaulted him in his meadows and put
out his eye, so that he is maimed of that eye; and this he offers to
prove etc. Simon comes and defends all of it word by word. And the
coroners and the county testify that hitherto the appeal has been duly
sued, at first by [Astin's] wife, and then by [Astin himself].
Judgment: let law be made, and let it be in the election of the
appellee whether he or Astin shall carry the iron. He has chosen that
Astin shall carry it. Astin has waged the law. Simon's pledges, William
of Land and his frankpledge and Ralph of Stures. Astin's pledges, Roger
Thorpe, Osgot of Wispington, and William, Joel's brother. Afterwards
came [the appellor and appellee] and both put themselves in mercy.
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