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Stat. 2.
Anno vicesimo primo Edwardi I.
A.D. 1293.

Tower of London, the xiii Day of December, in the xxii Year of his Reign.[1]

A Writ to the Sheriff to proclaim this Statute.(6) Rex, &c. Quia ad communem utilitatem populi nostri & regni, de communi concilio ejusdem regni statuerimus, ne aliquis ponatur in juratis, assisis, seu recognitionibus aliquibus extra comitatum suum proprium faciendis, nisi habeat terras aut tenementa ad valentiam centum solidorum per annum ad minus, nee infra comitatum suum, nisi habeat terras aut tenementa ad valentiam xl s. per annum ad minas, prout in statuto illo quod tibi mittimus sub sigillo nostro, & quod in omnibus & singulis articulis suis de cætero observari volumus, & firmiter teneri, plenius continetur: Tibi præcipimus, & firmiter injungimus, quod statutum illud in pleno comitatu tuo, & in civitatibus, burgis, & villis mercatoriis, & aliis locis publicis & solemnibus in balliva tua, ubi necesse fuerit, & in expedire videris, legi & publice proclamari, & illud in omnibus & singulis suis articulis (quantum in te est) observari facias & firmiter teneri. Et hoc sicut grave dampnum tuum vitare volueris, nullo modo omittas. Teste, &c.

See farther concerning Jurors 6 Geo. 2. c. 37.  24 Geo. 2. c. 18. And 29 Geo. 2. c. 19.

  1. ↑ 28 Ed. 1. stat. 3. c. 9.; 27 El. c. 6.
Stat. De Malefactoribus in Parcis, made Anno 21 Edw. I. Stat. 2. and Anno Dom. 1293.

In what Cases the Killing of Offenders in Forests, Chases, or Warrens, is punishable, in what not.

[1]TO the Intent that Trespassers in Forests, Chases, Parks, and Warrens, may more warily fear hereafter to enter and trespass in the same, than they have heretofore, Our Lord the King, at his Parliament after Easter, the xxi Year of his Reign, at the Instance of the Nobles of his Realm, hath granted and commanded to be from henceforth firmly observed, [2]That if any Forester, Parker, or Warrener shall find any Trespassers wandring within his Liberty, intending to do Damage therein, and that will not yield themselves to the Foresters, Warreners, or Parkers, after Hue and Cry made to stand unto the Peace, but do continue their Malice, and, disobeying the King's Peace, do flee, or defend themselves with Force and Arms; although such Foresters, Parkers, and Warreners, or any other coming in their Company, and aiding such Foresters, Parkers, and Warreners in the King's Peace, do kill any Offender or Offenders being so found, either in arresting or taking them, or any of them, they shall not be troubled upon the same before the King and[3] his Justices, or before any other the King's Bailiffs, or any other within any Franchise or without, nor shall leese for so doing either Life or Limb, or suffer any other Punishment, but shall enjoy the King's Peace as they did before.

1 H. 7. c. 7. makes it Felony to hunt disguised in Parks, &c. See farther 3 W. & M. c. 10. And 4 & 5 W. & M. c. 23 §. 4. extending the Law to enclosed Grounds where Deer are kept, and to Lords of Manors and Gamekeepers.

  1. ↑ Co. Lit. 433.; Co. Ent. 643.; 20 H. 3. c. 11.; 3 Ed. 1. c. 20.
  2. ↑ Dyer 327.; 8 Co. 138.
  3. ↑ Read or.

II. Notwithstanding, let all such Foresters, Parkers, Warreners, and all other beware, that by reason of any Malice, Discord, Debate, or other evil Will ⟨or Hatred⟩[1] had before time, they do not maliciously pretend against any Person passing through their Liberties, that they came thither for to trespass or misdo, when of truth they did nothing, nor were not found as Trespassers ⟨or intending to trespass⟩,[2] and so kill them; for if they do, and be convict thereupon, the Death of such Persons shall be inquired, and Execution shall be done, in like manner as is done for other of the King's Subjects standing in his Peace, and like as it ought to be done of Right, and according to the Law and Custom of the Realm.

  1. ↑ Add or Hatred.
  2. ↑ Add or intending to trespass.

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