Confirmation, etc., of 27 Ed. 3. St. 2 Act 1354
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1354 c. 13 |
| Year | 1354 |
(28 Edw. 3) C A P. XIII.
'ITEM it is accorded and established, That all the Ordinances made in the great Council holden atWestminster , the Monday next after the Feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle last past, together with certain Declarations and Additions made in this present Parliament, be firmly kept and holden for a Statute to endure for ever, which Declarations and Additions do follow in this Manner:' ‘Whereas it is contained in the said Ordinances, That every Merchant that selleth his Woolls at the Staple, shall be bound to warrant the packing of the same Woolls; (3) and if a Plea *of Debate be moved before the Mayor of the Staple, betwixt the Merchants or Ministers of the same, and thereupon to try the Truth thereof an Inquest or Proof shall be taken, then if both Parties be Aliens, it shall be tried by Aliens; (4) and if both Parties be Denizens, it shall be tried by Denizens; (5) but if the one Party be Denizen, and the other Alien, half of the Inquest or of the
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Proof shall be of Denizens, and the other half of Aliens. (6) And also that no Merchant, Privy nor Stranger, nor other of what Condition that he be, shall go by Land nor by Water to meet such Ships charged with Wines, Wares, or other Merchandises coming into the Realm ofEngland , nor other Lands of the King's in the Sea, or elsewhere, for to forestall buy, or in other Manner giving them Earnest before that they come to the Staple, or to the Port where they shall be discharged, nor enter the Ships for such Cause till the Merchandises be set to Land for to sell:’ '(7) Itis accorded and established, That the Warranty of packing of Wools, for divers Mischiefs which the Commons have thereof perceived, shall wholly be out; (8) and that no Manbe holden to make such Warranty, unless it be by Covenant made by Deed ensealed. (9) Also that no Man other than a Merchant Denizen or Alien, that knoweth the Laws and Usages of the Staple, used before that the said Ordinances of the Staple were made, shall be charged by the same Laws and Usages till they be declared in Parliament.'II An Inquest shall be de Medietate Lingu, where an Alien is Party to any Trial.
'II. And that in all Manner of Inquests and Proofs which be to...
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