Confirmation of Liberties, Charters and Statutes, Indemnity, Repeal of 21 R. 2, etc. Act 1399
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1399 c. 15 |
| Year | 1399 |
(1 Hen. 4) C A P. XV.
‘ITEM, Whereas by a Statute made in the Time of King Edward , Grandfather of our Lord the King that now is, the *seven and twentieth Year of his Reign, it was ordained and stablished, That because the Errors, Defaults, and Misprisions, which were notoriously used in the City of London , for default of good Governance of the Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, might not be inquired nor found by People of the same City; ✗(2) that the said Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, which had the Governance of the City, should redress and correct the Defaults, Errors, and Misprisions aforesaid, and the same duly punish from Time to Time, upon a certain Pain; that is to say, At the first Default a thousand Marks to the King, and at the second Default two thousand Marks, and at the third Default, that the Franchise †be taken into the King's Hand; (3) and be it begun to enquire of them at the Feast of SaintMichael next ensuing: so that if they make not due Redress, as before is said, it shall be inquired of their Defaults by Inquest of foreign Counties, that is to say, Kent, Essex, Sussex, Hertford, Buckingham , and Berks , as well at the King's Suit, as of others that will complain; (4) and if the Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, be by such Inquest indicted, they shall be caused to come by due Process before the Justices, which shall be thereto assigned out of the City, before whom they shall have their Answer, as well at the Suit of the King as of the Party; (5) and if they put themselves in Inquests, the same Inquests shall be taken of foreign People, as afore is said; (6) and if they be attainted, the said Pain so incurred shall be levied of the said Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, for default of their Government; (7) and nevertheless the Plaintiffs shall recover their treble Damages against the said Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen. (8) And because the Sheriffs of London be Partyto this Business, the Constable of theTower , or his Lieutenant, shall be Officer, instead of the Sheriffs, to receive the Writs, as well Originals of the Chancery, as Judicials under the Seals of the Justices, to do thereof Execution in the said City; (9) and
*eight.
✗Add—it was ordained and established.
†Add—of the said City.
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