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in eodem Parliamento Existent' pro' Errore illo Corrigend' fieri faciamus quod de jure & secundum legem & consuetudinem Regni nostri Angliæ fuerit faciend' Teste nobis ipsis apud Westm' 8 Maii Anno 6.

The Record certified. The Inducement. The Words.  Damage laid 1000l.—Record' & Process' de quibus in Brevi de Errore huic Schedulæ annex' Specificat' fit mentio sequitur in hæc verba, Placita coram Baron' de Scaccar' &c. Midd' Memorand' quod alias scilicet, &c. And by the Bill, Price complains of Duvall præsent' hic in Cur' eodem die de placito transgr' super casum pro eo, viz. quod cum he was a good Subject, and free from all Suspicion of Treason, and was a Justice of Peace in Radnor and Montgomery-shire, and well performed his Duty, and well affected to the King and Queen's Government, and ready to oppose all their enemies, &c. the Defendant maliciously designing to prejudice the Plaintiff, and to bring him into the Displeasure of his Prince, &c. did tali die & anno apud Westm' in Com' Midd', habens colloquium of the said Plaintiff, say these English Words of him, He (meaning the Plaintiff) is disaffected to the Government (the Government of the King and Queen meaning) and having other Discourse of the Plaintiff, and of the Government of the King and Queen, did say of the said Plaintiff these other Words, viz. He (meaning the Plaintiff) is [13] disaffected to the Government, (the said Government of the King and Queen meaning) by Pretext of which said Words he was Injured in his Credit, and fell into the Displeasure of their Majesties; and his Office aforesaid, by Reason thereof, did totally lose and remained hitherto daily in Danger of a severe Prosecution as an Enemy to the King, &c. ad damp' mill' librar', quo minus He can satisfy the King and Queen the Debts he owes them: Et inde producit sect' &c. pleg' &c.

Jury gave 200l. Judgment accordingly.  Writ of Error below. By Stat. 31 E. 3.—The Defendant pleads Non cul. Jury find pro querent', and assess Damages 200l. and Judgment accordingly; posteaque scil. 6 Julij Anno 5. iidem Dominus Rex & Domina Regina Mand' hic Breve de Errore Corrigend' sub Magno Sigillo Angliæ Thes. & Baron' de Scaccar' suo direct' in hæc verba, directed Thes. & Baronibus suis de Scaccar' suo, Quia in recordo & processu, &c. Error intervenit manifectus ad grave damp', &c. sicut ex querela sua accepimus, ac cum in 31 Edw. 3. inter cætera concordat' & stabilit' fuit, quod in omnibus casibus Regem aut al' personas tangent' ubi quis queritur de Errore facto in Scaccario Cancellar' & Thes. Venire fac' coram eis in aliquam Cameram Concilij juxta Scaccar' record' & process' hujusmodi extra dict' Scacc' & assumptis sibi justic' & al' peritis tal' qual' sibi videbitur fore assumend' vocari fac' coram eis Barones de Scaccar' præd' ad audiend' Informationes suas & causas judicior' suor' & super hoc negotium hujusmodi debite facer' Examinari, Et si quis Error invent' fuer' illum corrigend' & rotulos Emendari, ac postea eos in dictum Scaccar' ad Execution' inde faciend' remitti fac' sicut pertinet, prout in eodem Statuto plen' Continet' Nos igitur volentes errorem si quis fu'it juxta formam Statuti præd' corrigi & partibus præd' plenam, &c. Vobis mandamus quod si judicium inde reddit' sit, hinc record' & process' præd' cum omnibus ea tangentibus coram Domino Custod' Magni Sigilli Angliæ & vobis præfat' Thes. in Camera Concilij juxta Scaccar' præd' vocat' le Councel Chamber die Martis, viz. 31 Octobris prox' futur' Venire fac' ut idem Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli Angliæ, & vos præfat' Thesaur' Visis & Examinatis, &c. ulterius in hac parte de Concilio Justiciar' & al' peritor' hujusmodi Fieri fac' quod de jure & secund' formam Statut' præd' fuit faciend' Test' nobis ipsis apud W. &c.

Proceedings in the Exchequer-Chamber. Judgment affirmed there.—Ad quem diem Martis, viz. 31 die Octobris coram Johanne Somers Mil' Domino Custode Magni Sigilli Angliæ (nullo Thesaur' adtunc Existent') hic scil. in Camera Concilij apud Westm' præd' venit præd' Johannes Duvall per S.A. Attorn' suum. Et præd' Thesaur' & Barones record' & process' præd' cum omnibus ea tangentibus tunc hic Venire faciunt, Et super hoc the said J. Duvall assigns the General Error, and the said Price pleads In nullo est Erratum; and after several Curia advisare's, and Days given, super hoc visis & intellectis omnibus & singulis præmissis per præfat' Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli præd' (nullo Thesaur' adtunc Existent') maturaque deliberatione inde habita assumptis sibi J. Holt Mil' Capital' Justiciar' &c. & G. Treby Mil' &c. Vocatisque coram eo Baronibus de Scaccar' præd' auditisque rationibus Baronum præd' Visum est præfat' Custodi Magni Sigilli præd' (nullo