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
25. Hawise, Thurstan's daughter, appeals Walter of Croxby -and William
Miller of the death of her father and of a wound -given to herself. And
she has a husband, Robert Franchenay, - - who will not stir in the
matter. Therefore it is considered that the appeal is null, for a woman
has no appeal against anyone save for the death of her husband or for
rape. And - - let Robert be in mercy on his wife's account, for a
half-mark [7s.], and let the appellees be quit. Pledge for Robert's
amercement, Richard Dean of Mareham, who has lay property. Wapentake of
Aswardhurn.
26. Juliana of Creeton appeals Adam of Merle of battery and robbery.
And Adam does not come, but essoins himself as being in the king's
service beyond seas. And for that it is not allowed to anyone appealed
of the king's peace to leave the land without a warrant before he has
been before justices learned in the law, his pledges are in mercy: to
wit, Segar of Arceles, Alan of Renington, and Robert of Searby. Adam
himself is excused from the plea by the essoin that he has cast.
27. Thomas, Leofwin's son, appeals Alan Harvester, for that he in the
king's peace assaulted him as he went on the highway, and with his
force carried him into Alan's house, and struck him on the arm so that
he broke a small bone of his arm, whereby he is maimed, and robbed him
of his cape and his knife, and held him while Eimma, [Alan's] wife, cut
off one of his testicles and Ralph Pilate the other, and when he was
thus dismembered and ill-treated, the said Alan with his force carried
him back into the road, whereupon as soon as might be he raised the
cry, and the neighbors came to the cry, and saw him thus ill-treated,
and then at once he sent to the king's serjeant, who came and found, so
[Thomas] says, the robbed things in Alan's house and then as soon as
might be [Thomas] went to the wapentake [court] and - - to the county
[court] and showed all this. So inquiry is made of the king's sergeant,
who testifies that he came to Alan's house and there found the knife
and the testicles in a little cup, but found not the cape. Also the
whole county testifies that [Thomas] never before now appealed Alan of
breaking a bone. And so it is considered that the appeal is null, and
that [Thomas] be in mercy, and that the other appellees be quit. Thomas
also appeals Emma, Alan's wife, for that she in the peace aforesaid
after he was placed in her lord's house cut off one of his testicles.
He also appeals Ralph Pilate, for that he cut off the other of his - -
testicles.
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