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Oct. 20.
Berwick. |
Orders made for the Lord Wardens by the Border Commissioners
of England and Scotland:— |
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All fires committed since the treaties to be tried by the sizers,
like other attempts; also all spoils of goods with slaughter. All
bills referred by the sizers to the Lords Commissioners, to be
answered by the sizers of either realm, except slaughter. All
attempts since the last meeting, 26 June, to be tried and answered by the wardens and sizers of both realms, except that of
7 July, which is in our hands. |
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We send you rolls of complaints, and you are to inquire into
any other complaints made before or during our present meeting. |
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The assize is to proceed on bills filed for lack of answer, and to
be answered in the next meetings at Dumfries and Carlisle. |
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Agreements on bills answered foul to be proved before you,
according to the custom of the borders. |
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The opposite wardens are to answer all complaints on bonds
for prisoners taken since the treaties, or for breach of safe
conduct. |
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After your meetings at Dumfries and Carlisle, you are to make
deliverance of all bills filed, and specially those found foul, since
our meeting; and deliverance is to be made for the principal goods
only, but all doubles and sawsies are to be referred to us. |
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You are to send immediately to your opposite warden a copy
of the rolls and answers, and he will send you his, and use order
for delivery of rolls and answers when the sizers have given their
judgment. |
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Signed by Thomas Lord Wharton, Sir Leonard Beckwith, Thos.
Hilton, and Rob. Highmore, English commissioners; and William
Bishop of Dumblane, Rich Maitland, and Jas. Macgill, Scottish
commissioners. [Copy. Laws of the Marches, Vol. II., ff. 57, 58.
Dom. Addenda, Vol. VI.] |
Oct. 24.
Berwick. |
Proclamation of orders by the same Commissioners;— |
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1. All rebels, fugitives, &c. received by either Prince to be
restored, or the receivers to be delivered over to the same punishment, and make redress of goods. |
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2. All unlawful takers of subjects of the opposite realm to pay
the charges of the prisoner, and double the damage sustained by
him, and be delivered to the opposite warden, to be kept in prison
three months. |
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3. Spoilers of goods against the treaty to give redress double,
and forfeit their moveable goods to their own Prince. |
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4. In future the goods of slaughterers to be forfeit to the use
of the wife and children of the slain, and orders taken for punishment of past slaughters at the Commissioners' meeting, 16 Nov. |
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5. The wardens at their usual meetings to swear 12 fitting
men of either realm to act as sizers, and try all bills of attempts
for three months, appointing time and place of meetings to last
till all the bills be answered. All subjects that have to appear
before them to be allowed assurance. warden meetings, to be
held at Ridingburn, 5 Nov., for those marches; Caldford Coldstream, 30 Oct., for the East Marches; Heppeth Gate, 12 Nov.,
for the Middle Marches; and Dumfries and Carlisle for the West
Marches, 27 Oct. and 2 Nov. Any subjects not truly answered
to make bills of complaint to the Commissioners 16 Nov. [Copy,
Laws of Marches, Vol. II., pp. 59–61.] |
| Oct. 24. |
55. Examination of Robert Bell, of the Middle Temple, gent.,
before the Master and Council of the Court of Wards and Liveries.
Was at the house of Sir Rich. Morrison, at the White Friars, beside
Fleet Street, and saw him subscribe and deliver a deed, dated
2 April 1553, giving his manor of Cashiobury, co. Herts, his manor
of Whittlesbury, and his house and garden at White Friars, except
a house called the Library, to Thos. Hussey and Stephen Hales,
in trust for himself and Bridget his wife, for their lives, then for
Charles, their son and heir, then for his heirs male, with divers other
remainders. Does not remember whether the word Wilts in the
fourth line of the deed was erased at the time of its delivery, and
never heard of such erasure until his examination. Kept a court at
Whittlesbury manor last Midsummer twelvemonths. Also, |
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Like examination of Thos. Hussey, of the Middle Temple. The
erasure was made by a scrivener dwelling near the Temple gate,
after Sir Rich. Morrison had delivered the deed to examinate and
to Stephen Hales and Wm. Weston, and before livery and seisin
of Whittlesbury manor was delivered to examinate by one Arcules;
delivered it to the scrivener to be amended, because it did not then
agree with the counterpart. The livery and sesin delivered to him
of the said manor by Arcules was also according to the tenor and
effect of the endorsement on the said deed. Also, |
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Examination of Wm. Arcules, servant to Lady Morrison, late
wife of Sir Rich. Morrison. Being deputed attorney for the delivery of the livery and seisin of Whittlesbury manor, delivered it
to Thos. Hussey, but knows nothing concerning the erasure.
[2 pages.] |
| Oct. 24. |
56. Draft of the above. [2½ pages.] |
Oct. 31.
Star Chamber. |
57. Nicholas Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor to Sir Fras.
Englefield. Her Majesty has declared to me, in the presence of the
Solicitor General, that you are to stay the awarding and execution
of any processes against the Earl of Sussex and Viscount Hereford
for the debts of the said Earl, until you shall know Her further
pleasure. [½ page.] |
