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EDWARDI I. [ 12 75. making mention of the De- ones res ilia devenerit, per bre.. grees~ into whofe Hands foe- via originalia per confilium dover th~ fame Thing lhall hap-mini Regis providenda. pen to come by fucb Alienations, and that by an Original W cit to be provided therefore by the Ceuncil of our Lord the King. '

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The Statute of WES T MIN STER, the Firft, Made at WdJmi~er 2S 'die Aprilis, .Anno 3 ED-, WA R D I I, and Anno DIm. 1275. s Inft. 156 151.

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Son to Kittg HENRY, made at Weftminfter .at his fitjl Parliament genera/ aftn- his Coronation, on the Monday if Eafter Utas, the third rear if his Reign, hy his Council, and bj the AJlmt of A"hbijIJDps, Bijhops, Abbots, Priors, Earls, ,Barons, .and all the CommonalJy 6/ the Realm being thither jiJmmoned, lJet.IJuje our Lord the King had great Zeal and Defg-e toredrefi the State if the R(o!m ifJ filth Things f1S refUired Ammdment, for the common Profit of holy Church, and of the Realm: And bttauje the State if the l;oly Church had bun roil kept, and the Pre/attS and religious Ptrflns if the Land griived many ways, .and the People otherwife intreated than they ~ught to be, and the Peace bfi lept, and the Laws ltJs ufld, and the Offenders left punijhed than they ought to be, by rtajbn whereof the Plopk of the L011d flared the lefi to ojfind; t~e Kmg hath ordatned and tJablijhed thife At/s !Jf1(u:r-Wrlttm, whj(h he intmdeth I~ be nue./f11Y t1nd profitable unto tile w~ol& , Rtalm. EDW ARD,

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Anno tertio EDWARDI I. nor come to eat or lodge in the Houfe or Manor of a Prelate, or any other Religious Perfon, againfi: th~ Will or Leave of the Lord, or his Bailiff, neither at the Coil of the Lord, nor' at No Purvey- his own. (6) And .if he come ance iball be in, or enter with the GoodjadeC?f~Pre- will, or againft the Will of the t~~.()':~;~t Lord or his Bailiff, he thall Confent. caufe no Door, Lock, norWinJ+ Ed. 3. ftat. dow, nor nothing that is fuut, J&3' c." to be opened or broken, by ~~~d'3.ftat'3' himfelf, nor a~y other, nor no I R. ~.C.3. Ma!1ner ofV1