_Middlesex._ By virtue of the Kings writ issued out of his Majestys Court of Kings Bench at Westminster, to me directed, I command you that you take _A. B._ if he may be found in your liberty and him safely keep, so that you may have his body before the lord the King, on Wednesday next after fifteen days from the day of Easter, to answer _C. D._ gentleman of a plea of trespass; and also to a bill of the said _C._ against the aforesaid _A._ for one hundred pounds of debt, according to the custom of the court of the said lord the King, before the King himself to be exhibited. Dated the ---- day of ---- 17--. _R._ (the attorneys name.) Oath for 59l. and upwards. Before you arrest the defendant, beware he is not an ambassador or servant to an ambassador, or in some other way priviledged or protected. Precept signed ---- inst. _F. G._ } Sheriff. _H. I._ } No. III. BAILIFFS WARRANT TO HIS UNDER-BAILIFFS. _J. K._ esquire, bailiff of the liberty of [the lord the King] of _E._ in the county of Middlesex, to _L. M. N. O._ and _John Doe_, my deputies, greeting. By virtue of a precept in writing, under the seal of the sheriff of the said county, to me directed, I command you and every of you jointly and severally, that you, some or one of you take _A. B._ if he shall be found in my bailiwick, and him safely keep, so that I may have his body before the lord the King, on Wednesday next after fifteen days from the day of Easter, to answer _C. D._ gentleman of a plea of trespass; and also to a bill of the said _C._ against the aforesaid _A._ for one hundred pounds of debt, according, &c. to be exhibited. Dated the ---- day of ---- 17--. _R._ By the same bailiff. Before you arrest, &c. (_as above_.) Oath for 59l. and upwards. Precept signed ---- inst. No. IV. CHIEF BAILIFFS RETURN. To _F. G._ and _H. I._ esquires, sheriff of the county of Middlesex. _J. H._ esquire, bailiff of the liberty [of the lord the King] of _E._ in the said county, doth hereby certify and return, that by virtue of a warrant in writing under the seal of the said sheriff to him the said bailiff directed, he hath taken the body of _A. B._ which he is ready to have before the lord the King, (_&c._ _as in the warrant_) as by the said warrant he is commanded. (_Or thus_: that _A. B._ whom, _&c._ _See the indenture post._) By the same bailiff. No. V. Form of an indenture of return between the bailiff of a liberty and the sheriff, according to the statute of York[56].