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Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… the said university be one of the parties; excepting only mayhem and felony. By colour of which exception, the mayor … any trespasses, felonies or treasons, or an appeal of mayhem, felony or treason, hues and cries, or other misdeeds … of the men of the same town, in cases of treason, felony, mayhem, trespass, misprision, conspiracy, ambidextry, …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… university or servant of a scholar is concerned, death and mayhem excepted, the wording of this grant is so general that …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… lieutenant in any way. Nevertheless, of homicide, and of mayhem committed in great ships being or standing in the …
Lancashire Assize Rolls
… de Crumpton and Hugh de Manways of breach of peace and mayhem. Accused absent: William was attached by Robert de … of Henry de Butterwurth of breach of peace, assault, and mayhem, in that Thomas beat and illtreated him and gave him a …
Calendar of the plea and memoranda rolls of the city of London
… as the result of an inquest of office. Ibid, i, p. 385. Mayhem or maiming, i.e. wounding a man in such a way that he … of the Crown, p. 22. During the 13th century the appeal of mayhem became merely an action of trespass, whereby the … only in fines and imprisonment. In later centuries mayhem again became a felony, punishable by death. See …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… son of Robert de Eyton, and Richard his brother for mayhem, robbery, and breach of the King's peace, and he never … is dead, and that William is not guilty of any robbery or mayhem, but had wounded the said John. He is therefore taken …