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
39. Walter Ash in mercy for not making suit to the lord's mill; fine,
6d. Hugh Pinel in mercy for diverting a watercourse to the nuisance of
the neighbors; fine, 6d.; pledge, Robert Fresel.
40. John Dun in mercy for carrying off corn [grain] in the autumn;
pledge, Adam White. Alan Reaper gives the lord 12d. on account of a
sheep which was lost while in his custody.
41. Adam White in mercy for bad mowing; fine, 6d. Hugh Harding in mercy
for the same; fine, 6d.
42. The chief pledges present that Henry Blackstone (fine, 6d.), Hugh
Churchyard (fine, 18d.), Walter Ash (fine, 6d.), Henry of Locksbarow
(fine, 12d.), Avice Isaac (fine, 6d.), Richard Matthew (fine, 6d.),
Hugh Wiking (fine,--), Ralph Dene (fine, 6d.), John Palmer (fine,
12d.), John Coterel (fine, 6d.), John Moor (fine, 6d.), John Cubbel
(fine, 12d.), Hugh Andrew (fine, 6d.), Philip Chapman (fine, 6d.), John
Fellow (fine, 12d.), Robert Bailiff (fine, 6d.), Alice Squire (fine,
12d.), John Grately (fine,--), Richard Hull (fine, 6d.), Osbert Reaper
(fine, 6d.), and Robert Cross (fine, 6d.), have broken the assize of
beer. Also that Henry of Senholt, Henry Brown, Hugh Hayward, Richard
Moor, Juliana Woodward, Alice Harding, Peronel Street, Eleanor Mead
make default. Also that Walter Ash (fine,--), John Wiking (fine,--),
John Smart (fine,--), and Henry Coterel have married themselves without
the lord's licence; therefore let them be distrained to do the will of
the lord.
43. Alan Reaper for the trespass of his foal; fine, 6d.
44. Philip Chapman in mercy for refusing his gage to the lord's
bailiff; fine, 3d.
45. William Ash in mercy for trespass in the growing crop; fine, 6d.
46. John Iremonger in mercy for contempt; fine, 6d.
47. The chief pledges present that William of Ripley (fine, 6d.),
Walter Smith (no goods), Maud of Pasmere (fine, 6d.), have received
[strangers] contrary to the assize; therefore - - they are in mercy.
48. Maud widow of Reginald of Challow has sufficiently proved that a
certain sheep valued at 8d. is hers, and binds herself to restore it or
its price in case it shall be demanded from her within year and day;
pledges, John Iremonger and John Robertd; and she gives the lord 3d.
for [his] custody [of it].
The Court of Hustings in London is empowered to award landlords
their tenements for which rent or services are in arrears if the
landlord could not distrain enough tenant possessions to cover the
arrearages.
Wills are proven in the Court of Husting, the oldest court in
London, which went back to the times of Edward the Confessor. One such
proven will is:
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