The Growth of Parliament and the War with Scotland (1216-1307)
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The Growth of Parliament and the War with Scotland (1216-1307)
Great Britain -- History -- 13th century -- Sources; Great Britain. Parliament -- History -- To 1500
VI. Further, it is ordained that every man have in his house arms to
keep the peace according to the ancient assize; that is to say, that
every man between the ages of fifteen and sixty be assessed and sworn to
arms, according to the quantity of his land and chattels, as
follows:--from a man with fifteen pounds worth of land, and chattels
worth forty marks, a hauberk, an iron helmet, a sword, a knife, and a
horse; from ten pounds worth of land and chattels worth twenty marks,
hauberk, helmet, sword, and knife; from an hundred shillings of land, a
doublet, iron helmet, sword, and knife; from forty shillings of land and
beyond it up to an hundred shillings, sword, bow, arrows, and knife; and
he with less than forty shillings of land shall be sworn to carry darts,
knives, and other small arms; and he that hath less than twenty marks in
chattels, shall carry swords, knives, and other small arms. And all
others who can, out of the forests shall have bows and arrows, and
within the forests bows and boults. And the view of armour shall be made
twice a year; and in every hundred and franchise shall be elected two
constables to make the view of armour; and the aforesaid constables
shall bring to the notice of justices specially entrusted therewith,
when they shall come into the district, such faults as they find in the
view of armour, in suits, in watches, and in highways; and they shall
present also such persons as harbour strangers, for whom they will not
be answerable, in upland towns. And the said justices in every
Parliament shall present such defaults to the King, and the King shall
find a remedy therefor. And henceforth sheriffs and bailiffs, within
franchises and without, greater or less, who hold any bailiwick or
forest in fee or in any other manner, shall take care to follow the hue
and cry with the district, and, as they are required, they shall have
horses and armour to do so; and if there be any who do not, the defaults
shall be presented by the constables to the justices, and by them to the
King, as aforesaid. And the King commands and ordains that from
henceforth fairs or markets be not held in cemeteries, for the honour of
Holy Church.
Given at Westminster, on the last day of October, in the thirteenth year
of the King's reign.
THE GOOD GOVERNMENT OF ALEXANDER III., KING OF SCOTLAND.
+Source.+--_The Book of Pluscarden_, pp. 81-82. (_Historians of
Scotland_, vol. x.)
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