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Stat. 4.
Anno tricesimo quarto Edwardi I.
A.D. 1306.

to himself. (3) And likewise where Inquisitions be made and returned without Warrant, that is to wit, the Writ Original returned with the Inquest, (4) and likewise unless the Writ Original make Mention of every Thing, according to the new Ordinance devised by the King.

Statutum de Tallagio non concedendo, factum Anno 34 Edw. I. Stat. 4. whereby the King granted Liberties, &c.[1]

CAP. I.
The King or his Heirs shall have no Tallage or Aid without Consent of Parliament.

[2]NO Tallage or Aid shall be taken or levied by us or our Heirs in our Realm, without the good Will and Assent of Archbishops, Bishops, Earls, Barons, Knights, Burgesses, and other Freemen of the Land.

  1. ↑ This is taken into the English Editions from the Secunda pars veterum statutorum.
  2. ↑ 25 Ed. 1. stat. 1. c. 6.

CAP. II.

[1]NO Officer of ours, or of our Heirs, shall take Corn, Leather, Cattle, or any other Goods, of any Manner of Person, without the good Will and Assent of the Party to whom the Goods belonged.

  1. ↑ 12 Co. 19.

CAP. III.

NOthing from henceforth shall be taken of Sacks of Wooll by Colour or Occasion of Male-tent.

CAP. IV.

WE grant for us and our Heirs, That all Clerks and Laymen of our Land shall have their Laws, Liberties, and free Customs, as largely and wholly as they have used to have the same at any Time when they had them best; (2) and if any Statutes have been made by us or our Ancestors, or any Customs brought in contrary to them, or any Manner of Article contained in this present Charter, we will and grant, that such Manner of Statutes and Customs shall be void and frustrate for evermore.

CAP. V.

MOreover, we have pardoned Humfrey Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England, Roger Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, Marshal of England, and other Earls, Barons, Knights, Esquires, and namely John de Ferrariis, with all other being of their Fellowship, Confederacy, and Bond, and also
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