Stat. Marlb. - Sheriff's Turns Act 1267

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1267 c. 10
Statutes made at Marlborough, alias Marleberge, 18 Novemb . Anno 52 Hen. III.and Anno Dom. 1267 Certain Persons exempt from Appearance at Sheriffs Turns.

(52 Hen. 3) C A P. X.

'FOR the Turns of Sheriffs, it is provided, That Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Earls, Barons, nor any Religious Men or Women, shall not need to come thither, except their Appearance be especially required thereat for some other Cause; (2) but the Turn shall be kept as it hath been used in the times of the King's noble Progenitors. (3)

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And *they that have Hundreds of their own to be kept , shall not be hound to appear at any such Turns, but, in the Bailiwicks where they be dwelling. (4) And the Turns shall be kept after the Form of the Great Charter, and as they were used in the times of King Richard and King John .'

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