Calendar of the Plea and Memoranda Rolls of the City of London: Volume 2, 1364-1381. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1929.
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Abduction, of a ward, 247
Account, actions of, 3, 46–7, 11011, 201, 272, 276–7, 283–4
-, —sureties for rendering of, 39
Acquittance, 112;
Administration, debts not recoverable after, 44, 51, 171
Advocate, meaning of, 173,173 n.2
Affrays, in CandlewickstreetWard, 23; attachment for, 31; in Holborn, 32; within the bounds of St Paul's and the Bishop's Palace, 39; of the journeymen fullers in St Paul's, 55; in the parish of St Sepulchre, 85; against the watch in CheapWard, 87; on 13 Sept., 1372, 148; in Bread Street, 255
Age, proof of, 114, 143
Agreements, for appointment of auditors, 110–11; attempted substitution of false, 138; for recovery of a debt, 211; in dispute between parson and parishioners of St Martin Outwich, 212; action for breach of, 238; see Covenant
Alderman, imprisonment for disrespect, opprobrious words to, 6, 28, 150, 199; charge of refusal to plead before, 180
Aldermen, annual elections of, 243 n. i; described as "barons," xxi; Court of, lviii
Ale, regulation of prices of, 6, 235; sold contrary to regulations, 15; illegal sale of, to hucksters, 124; hucksters forbidden to sell, 144; contract to sell, 145; distinction between beer and, 147 n. 1
Aleconners, list and oath of, 256
Ale-measures, charge of using defective, 6
Alien Priories, seizure of, 142, 142 n. 1
Aliens, apprentices not to be, xl–xli; apprentices put to, xliv–xlv; admitted to the freedom, xlvii–lii, lv; dwelling in London, lxii–lxiii
Apothecaries, keeper of the Great Beam elected by Grocers, Pepperers and, 100 n. 1; women as, lx ri. 1
Apprentices, committed for refusal
to be enrolled, 8,8 n. 2,129, 205;
-, — for misconduct, 107, 128;
-, — for running away, 220; not to
be set to other work than his
craft, 18, 18 n. 1, 58; charge of
enticing, eloigning, 32–3, 51–2;
claims discharge, his master
having left the City, 57, 195,
195–6, 197, 202, 219; — his
master being a fugitive debtor,
60, 87–8, 194–5, 246, 263; — his
master having turned him out,
86–7; action relating to return of
premium on death of, 125–6; illtreatment of, 128–9; a ward taken
as, without leave of Mayor and
Aldermen, 175; turning-over of,
195, 212; claimed to be a chattel,
202, 294; can be claimed by absent master within a year and a
day, 219; action for refusing to
make an — free, 248; sues for
detinue of a bond to cover losses,
281–2
-, — girl-, action for ill-treatment of,
107; covenant as to marriage of,
219
-, — control of, by the misteries,
xxxv–xxxix; age of, xli; property
qualification of parents of, xli;
physique of, xli–xlii; as chattels,
xlii–xliii; as traders; xliii–xliv;
correction of, xlvi
Apprenticeship, freedom: by, xxx–xxxix; City custom of, xl–xlvii
Arbitration, between a rector and parishioners, 49–50; between Italians in an action of deceit, 76; between a citizen and an Italian; with umpires, 86; as to tenements, 137; between a Florentine and a Siennese merchant, 158; as to portions of orphans, 170; as to party-walls, 179–80; in an action of account, 201; as to tenements, 252; between Lombards on detinue of bonds, 278; between Italians as to payment for Cotswold wool, 279–80; on a saddler's contract of service, 280–1
Armour, list of, 193
Armourers, 1, lix n. 5
Arms, not to be carried in the City, 5, 146, 146 n. 1, 219
Arrows, charge of shooting, by night, 172–3; price of, 218
Asportation, charges of, 47, 47
n. 2, 52–4, 57–8, 87, 90, 192–3
-, — of goods and a wife, 90, 139–40
Assault, common, 2, 16, 17, 19 bis, 21, 30, 32,41,49, 63, 69, 70,134, 196, 221, 253; on City officers, constables, the watch, 2/39, 41, 87, 210, 211; on jurors, 3; by malicious and contumelious words, 55, 85, 107
Assay, of mussels, cockles and whelks, 7
Assisa Panis, the City's, 69 n. 2
Assize, of nets, 287
Assizes, of Building, 150, 245, xx
-, — — Darrein Presentment, 108
-, — — Freshforce, 45, 250
-, — — Mort d'Ancestor, 197–8, 197
n. 2, 200–1, 214, 215; Rolls of,
201, 201 n. 1
-, — — Novel Disseisin, 108
-, — — Nuisance, 88, 88 n. 1, 180,
245
Attachment, by rents, 60
Attorney, letters of, 82, 96, 99, no, 116, 147, 160, 173, 186, 195, 197, 198, 200, 204, 205, 206, 215, 221, 233, 234, 242 bis, 247 bis, 248, 251, 255, 257, 258, 272, 275, 284, 285, 287
Auditors, in pleas of account, 110–11, 265, 276–7, 283; City, lviii
Avowry, of foreign goods by freemen, 103, 104
Bailee, innkeeper's responsibility as, 11 ; of fruit for sale, 174
Bakers, Halimot of, 40, 40 n. 1; marks of, 40 n. 2; judgment of, 187, 187 n. 1: enfranchisement of, 1, li
Barbers, ordinances of, liii
Bardi, Company of the, 182, 182 n. 3
Barons, of London, xxi–xxiii
Battle, trial by, xx
Beam, the Great and Small, 100,
100 n. 1, 101, 105–6
-, — the King's, at the Staple of
Westminster, 223
Beer, its early use in England, 147, 147 n. 1
Beerbrewers, apply for ordinances, 147 n. 1
Bills of complaint, passim
Black Death, xlviii
Blacksmiths, enfranchisement of, lvii
Bladers, l–li
Bladesmiths, craft of, 13 n. 1; lxiv
Bonds, passim
-, — void if founded on unlawful
contract, 229
Bowstring-makers, lvii
Bowyers, 188, 188 n. 1, xxxviii, l
-, — de laine, l
Brabantine weavers, appointment of bailiffs of, 84
Braelers, ordinances of, liii, lxiii
Braelers, lxiii
Bread, assayers of white, 1; varieties of, 69 n. 2
Brewers, appointment of supervisors of, 83; fines on, set aside for buying refuse-carts, 147; wages and service of journeymen, 148, 196, 199, 204; proclamation concerning, 210; disturbances among, against prices of ale fixed by ordinances, 211; list of crafts drawn up by, xxxvi; enfranchisement of, xlii, 1
Brewing vessels, list of, 110
Broderers, lix n. 4
Brokers, ordinances against unlicensed, 151, 209, xxi
Bucklers, xxxvi
Bullion, export of, 106
Burgage tenure, xix, xxiii, xxviii
Burhthegns, xxi–xxii
Butchers, the masters of the, 12, 15; of the Stocks, supervisors of, 84; of St Nicholas Shambles, pollute the streets and river with offal, 93–4; their prices for tallow regulated, 153, 166; enfranchisement of, li
Callers, xxxvi
Caps, prices of, 250
Carpenters, enfranchisement of, l; see Masons and Carpenters
Carta Mercatoria, 2 n. 1, 53 n. 1, 102 n. 1
Carts, shod with iron nails, prohibition of, 196, 196 n. 1
Certificates, under the Mayoralty
Seal, as to payment by the towns
of Amiens, Corby and Nesle, 223;
as to exemplification of a deed, 285
-, — of the Mayor and Recorder, as
to examination of witnesses in
a dispute concerning freightage,
138–9
-, — of the Clerk of the Prince of
Wales, as to the death of a horse,
38
Chalicers, xxxvi
Chaloners, xxxvi
Chamber of the Guildhall, 1, 41,
54, 65, 84, 96, 146, 180, 184, 200,
215, 224, 230; freedoms' records
in, 190; apprenticeship records
in, 248; fines paid into, 254
-, — of London, xxvii, liv
Chamberlain, 19, 30, 31, 49–50, 82, 108, 143, 190, 206, 229, 230, 232, 242, 244, 248, 264, xlix, lviii
Chamberlain, court of, 16 n. 3, xxxii; registers of, xxxii–xxxiv
Chancellor, the King's, 9, 122, 123, 149, lvii
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 52
Chancery, return to, 61; proceedings in, 161; King recovers property in, 210; mainprise in, 271
Chandlers, their prices for candles regulated, 153; scrutiny of sauces of, 206, 209, 234, 258; inventory of goods in shop of, 158; enfranchised, 1, li
Chantries, in All Hallows on the Wall, 62; St Botolph's Bishopsgate, 167, 182; St Nicholas Shambles, 245, 245 n. 2
Chaucers, li
City, disturbances of 1380 in, 275,
275 n. 1; firma of, xiii
-, — freedom of the, see Introduction
City Custom, concerning:—export
of tallow, 5; acquiring the freedom, 10, 11 n. 1; wager of law,
12 n. 1, 77, 77 n. 1; — in action
of deceit, 267; apprentices and
their enrolment, 16 n. 3, 107;
feme covert and feme sole, 23, 23
n. i; foreign attachment, 26 n. 1;
sequestration, 29 n. 2; rent-days,
61, 61 n. 1; verification of age of
orphans, 143; responsibility for
repair of pavements, 144; —
household fires, 235; landlord's
fixtures, 172; exclusion from
proof, 178; offences by City
officers, 181 n. 2; repair of
ruinous tenements, 183, 183 n. 1;
probate of unsealed wills, 189;
service of brewers, 196; widow's
portion, 215, 215 n. i; responsibility of parsons for their assistant-priests, 241–2; distress for
rent, 253; view of hostelry where
goods were stolen, 261; infractions of the peace, 275
-, — declarations of, ix n. 1; Henry I
confirms, xi; as to villeins, xxvi;
of apprentices, xliv
City Liberties, freemen not to be sued in other than City courts, 8, 8 n. 3, 154, 154 n. 1, 214; exacting fines from apprentices in Weavers' Court contrary to, 16; citizens not subject to Middlesex taxes, 153; freedom from illegal wharfage, 156; freedom from customs, 202–3; teaching crafts to aliens contrary to, 229; freedom from pontage and toll at Staines, 287; of hunting, xi
Clausum Pasche, 55 n. 1
Clerks, li
Cloth, shrinking of, 6, 15; prices of, 11, 73–4, 131; defective falling of, 24, 34, 36; weaving of, 35, 86; supervisors of, 35, 36; defective bleaching of, 39; defects of a white, 81; of gold and silver, 105, 106; of merchants of Amiens seized, 234; of Frenchmen arrested, 240
Clothing, lists and prices of, 130, 269; bequest of, 258
Clothworkers, foreign, 251, lxiii n. 5; redemptions of, lvii
Coal, defective measures of, 146, 221; exported from Newcastleon-Tyne, 246
Coinage, of tin, 187, 187 n. 2
Committee, of Aldermen in 1290–1, xlix
Commonalty, prosecutions by the,
6, 174, 174–5, 226–7, 228, 254
-, — — King and, 24, 40, 41, 54–6,
186, 189–90, 224, 292–4; see
Common Serjeant
-, — assent to committal for contempt of court, 5
-, — the soil of the, 174, 174 n. 1;
their ownership of London Wall,
242
Common Bench, nisi prius action in, 3
Common Clerk, 195, 195 n. 1
Common Council, chosen from the misteries, 243, 243 n. 1, 256; origin of, xiv–xv
Common Law, as to King's protection of those attending his courts, 3
Common Pleader, 169, 169 n. 1, 242; see Common Serjeant
Common Seal, letters under the, 269, 270; first mention of, xxiii
Common Serjeant, John de Bricklesworth, 40; John Wentbrugge, 55, 63; Ralph Strode, 169 n. 1, 174, 186, 187, 189, 203, 226, 228, 242, 265
Commons, insurrection of, see Peasants' Revolt
Commune of London, xii, xiii–xiv, xxi, xxxi, xlix, lii
Companies, of the Strozzi, 80, 80 n. 2, 115; of the Bardi, 182, 182 n. 3; of Guynyse, 279 "Darigi" of Pistoja, 279–80
Competition, complaint of unfair, 206
Compurgation, see Law, wager of
Concord, licence to, 5, 34
Confederacies, see Covins
Congregation, the Great, lviii
Consistory Court, committals for citing in, 107, 107 n: 1, 166, 166 n. 2; charge of citing in, 291, 292
Contempt of court, by defaming the court, 5, 17–18; using bad language in court, 17; pretending to be a foreigner, 24; speaking disrespectfully of the Recorder, 25, 152; calling a man a "liar" in court, 110; saying that the Sheriff's officers were robbers, 115; excommunicating the Court, 181; treating the Sheriff in his court disrespectfully, 224
Cooks, scrutineers appointed over the, 162; enfranchisement of, l, li
Coopers, 1, lxiii
Corders, li
Cordwainers, complain of monopoly of shoe-laces, 13; committals for rebelling against the masters of the, 17, 18, 22, 233; ordinances of, xxxi; apprentices of, xxxii; redemptioners of, li, lvii, lxiv
Corn, export of, forbidden, 114 n. 2; to be exposed in open market for; three days, 124; not to be sold out of open market, 164; not to be sold by sample, 175, 221; meting of, at Queenhithe, 189; enhancing price of, 196
Cornmarkets, ordinance as to the several, 191–2, 192 n. 1
Cornmeters, charged with using false measures, 190; swearing of, 191
Coroner's Rolls, lxiv
Corporation of London, viii–xviii
Council, the King's, petition to, 3; the Duke of Brittany asks for reprisals by, 122; ordinance of, as to servants, 180; writ to appear before, 183; consulted as to an alleged spy, 257; City disturbances considered by, 275
Counsel, in proceedings for divorce, 117–18; defendant repudiates pleading of her, 247; party ordered to consult her, 252
Counterfeit, charges relating to, 21, 32, 97, 191
Court Christian, mainprise not
to sue in, 20, 25–6, 48, 106–7,
181, 261; citation in, 107; Wardmote jury sued in, for defamation, 244; journeyman spurrier
sued in. for perjury, having refused to obey an ordinance, 291
-, — of Rome, 26; of Avignon, 48
Covenant, actions of, for conveyance of land, 24, 56; for repair of a tenement, 43–4, 152–3, 231; of apprenticeship, 52, xxx–xxxi; for service, 54; for payment of debt, 78; for rebuilding, 79; for divorce, 116–17; in the Sheriffs' Court, 128; to surrender a lease, 186; for a lease, 198; of a sale of arrows, 218; of warranty of a horse, 220
Covins, unlawful, of journeymen cordwainers, 22–3 ; fullers, 54–6; Flemish weavers, 65–6; skinners, 88–9; against the ordinances of the Goldsmiths, 237; mainprise to report, 286, 300; of the journeymen spurriers, 291–4
Crafts, ordinances for rule of (1364), 13 n. 2; see Misteries
Credit, letters of, 77–8, 122; see Exchange, bills of
Crown, the Flemish, value of, 77; see Scudo
Cups, prices of, 80, 185
Curfew, nightwalking after, forbidden, 219
Custodes Pacis, Mayor and Sheriffs as, 35
Customs, the Sheriffs', on poultry, 8; unjust exactions of, on hides from Yorkshire, 19; — on mussels, 29–30; — on wool, 202–3; — at Kingston from London braziers, 243–4; the King's, on silk and fine goods, 103, 104, 106; see Toll; redemptioners and, lv
Cutlers, 13 n. 1, xlii, liii, lxiii
Damages, taxed by jury, 253, 262; reduced by Court as excessive, 253
Darigi, Company of, of Pistoja, 278–80
Darrein Presentment, see Assizes
Debt, actions of, passim; first charge on testator's estate, 51; assignment of, 112; moiety of land granted to creditor for levying of, 229, 229 n. 1
Deceit, actions of, for substituting inferior fur, 34; pretending to assign valid debts, 75–6; in a covenant, 96–7; selling an entailed property as a fee simple, 126; substituting wooden plates for mazers, 139; dubbing baskets of figs, 174; measuring corn by false measures, 186; pretending to enrol a judgment, 266–7; selling false merchandise, 2867
Decisory Oath, by plaintiff, 171, 171 n. 1; by defendant, 57, 57 n. 2, 84, 224, 271
Deeds, enrolment of, in the Mayor's Court, 142, 177, 195, 199, 200, 207, 287; deposited, 163; claimed, 217, 217–18
Defamation, actions of, for calling jurors "perjured," 3, 259; for imputing injustice to the Mayor and Aldermen in court, 14, 17, 46; of a servant by his master, 14; for abusing an Alderman, 15; for approbrious words spoken of the Mayor, 115, 125, 222; — of the Earl of Mar, 149; — against a collector, 154; against a serjeant, 210; against a Sheriff in his court, 224; for defaming the Masters of the Goldsmiths, 236; see Contempt of court, Mayor
Desertion, on military service, charge of, 109
Detinue, actions of, of chattels, 23, 28, 37–9, 52, 69, 96, 116, 168, 185, 215, 223, 233, 297–300; of pledged goods, 25; of a servant, 37, 65; of bonds, 97–8, 109; of a bill of sale, 110; of deeds, 206–7, 214, 281–2, 284
Devise, of tenements, custom of Cambridge as to, 240
Dice, prosecutions for cheating by, 47, 52, 58, 89, 115, 116, 130, 139, 211
Disorderly houses, 7
Disorderly women, 151
Disputant, committal for being common, 181, 253
Distress, for rent, 59, 61, 168; illegal, 61–2; on the King's Servants, 133
Divorce, bond not to resist, 117, 173; instrument of, 266
Dower, action of, 45, 224; quitclaim of, 149
Drapers, masters of the, 80
Dubbing, of fig-baskets, 174; of fish, 174 n. 2
Duels, charge of preparing to fight, 58
Duress, pleaded against a bond, 225
Ecclesiastical courts, see Court Christian
Ecclesiastical law, divorce by, 117
Education, of a ward at Oxford, 175
Ejection, actions of, 48–9, 48 n. 2, 52, 170, 262
Embracery, prosecutions for, 44, 44 n. 1, 45–6; charge of, 85
Encroachment, complaints of, 156–7, 245–6, 245 n. 3
Enticing, of servants and apprentices, 25, 36, 42, 51–2
Equity, awards in, 116–17, 116 n. 2, 137, 137 n. 1; see Specific performance
Escheator, Mayor as, 85, 161
Essoins, warranting of, xvii
Examination, on oath, where an exception was pleaded; 247; of witnesses, 145, 146, 220, 274
Exception, pleading by, 48 n. 1
Exchange, bills, letters of, 10, 115, 122, 154, 250; see Credit, letters of
Exchequer, 113, 246; Chancellor of the, 52
Executors, actions concerning, 63–4, 74–5, 96, 97–8, 135–6, 168, 171, 215, 216, 260, 271–1
Export, forbidden, of wax, 164; tallow, 166
Extortion, charges of, 180, 187
Falling Sickness, 38 n. 1
False imprisonment, complaint of, 119; actions of, 129, 145
False pretences, obtaining money by, 14 n. 1, 181, 181 n. 2
Farriers, prices of, fixed, 164; enfranchised, 1
Fellowship Porters, of Billingsgate, 165 n. 2
Felons, prosecution for rescuing, 24; maintaining, 181
Felon's Chattels, 67, 67 n. 1, xi
Felony, prisoner released on depositing pledges to amount of, 21
Feme Covert, 23 n. 1, lx
Feme Sole, 23 n. 1, 67, 213, 294
Feoffment, fraudulent, to exclude creditor, 176
Fire, precautions against, 199; measures taken to prevent spread of, 235; regulations regarding, 237 n. 1
Fishmongers, disturbances among, 27, 27 n. 1, 35, 51, 151; ordinances of, xxxi, xxxix; redemptioners of, 1, li
Fixtures, action for damage to, 150
Flemish weavers, disturbances among, 65–6, 65 n. 1; appointment of bailiffs of, 84
Fletchers, 188, 188 n. 1, lvii, lix n. 3
Florins, called "francs," 121 n. 1, 122; value of, 279
Folkmoot, the, lviii
Food, charge of selling corrupt, 12
Football, punished as a breach of the peace, 152
Forcermakers, xxxviii
Foreign attachment, 26, 26 n. 1, 70–1, 80, 82–3, 90–1, 91–3, 95, 129–30, 138, 176, 177–8, 178, 192, 194, 225–6, 230, 267–8, 294–5, 299, 302
Foreigners, produce oath-helpers
incontinenti, 12, 19; imprisoned
for serving on an inquest, 22, 23;
not permitted to keep lodginghouses, 151; not to sell retail,
151–2, 227; their orphans not
protected by the City courts,
170, 171; charge of extorting
unjust custom from, 203; crafts
not to be taught to, 229; journeymen spurriers' attempt to oust,
292
-, — and the freedom, xxi, xxix–xxx,
xxxiii–xxxiv, lxiii–lxiv; see Redemption in Introduction
Forestalling, of geese, 66; silk and fine goods, 105; salt, 124; eggs, 139; beer, 147; pigs, 230; see Prices, enhancing of
Francs, see Florins
Frankpledge, x, x n. 3, xx n. 5
Fraud, Mayoral certificate as to a, 158
Freedom, by patrimony, ordinance affirming, 10–11, 11 n. 1; records of the, 190, 242; forfeited for teaching craft to foreigners, 229 See Introduction
Freightage, indenture of, 120
Freshforce, see Assizes
Friars Minors, the conduit of the, 42
Friars Preachers, masses to be said by, 258
Frithgild, of London, x, xix
Fullers, disturbances among the, 54–6; masters of the, 80
Fulling, of caps in mills, prohibited, 230, 233
Fur, illegal mixing of old and new, 15, 15 n. 3; defective, 22; tawing of, 28 n. 2; varieties of, 34 n. 4; prices of, 75
Furbishers, lxiii
Fusters, ordinances of, xliv, lii
Gaol Delivery, of Newgate, 44–6, 300–2, x, lxiv
Gavelet, action of, xvii
Genoese, crossbowmen, dissensions among, 162; sailors on the King's galley, 184–5
Gifts, to the Prince and Princess of Wales, 133–4, 134 n. 1; to the King for safeguarding London ships, 134, 134 n. 2
Girdlers, li, liii
Girdles, charge of selling false, 182
Glovers, ordinances of, liii
God's Penny, 2, 2 n. 1, 56, 198
Goldsmiths, Fishmongers and Mercers, dissensions among, 151; their quarrel with the rector of St Michael's, Cornhill, 228; scrutiny by masters of the, 228; prosecutions by masters of, 236, 259; redemptioners of, li
Grants, of goods and chattels, 198, 209, 234, 284, 294
Grocers, complain of unlicenced brokers, 58, 71; keeper of the Great Beam elected by the Pepperers, Apothecaries and, 100 n. 1
Grosses, Flemish, 80, 80 n. 1
Guildhall, x, x n. 4, xi, liv, lxi
Guynyse, Company of, 279
Haberdashers, ordinance concerning, 213, liii
Harbouring, charges of, 57, 151
Hatters, lxiii
Hawking, of salt-fish, punishment for, 252
Heaumers, liii, lxiii
Household Goods, lists and prices of, 73, 90, 91–2, 130, 154–6, 159, 177–8, 225–6, 267, 295
Hucksters, not to buy ale for resale, 124, 144
Huguenots, immigration of, xlviii
Hurdle, punishment of, for fraudulent bakers, 187, 187 n. 1
Hurers, 229, 230, xxxviii; forbid fulling of caps at mills, 230, 233
Husting, of Pleas of Land, 1,
160–2, 222, 261, 279, 282–3
-, — of Common Pleas, 224, 257
-, — rolls of Deeds and Wills, 114
n. 1, xxxiv; enrolment of wills
in, 4, 257; deed enrolled in, 270
-, — action on ex gravi querela in,
167 n. 2
-, — standard weight of, xi; meeting
in, xiii; as a King's court, xviii,
xviii n. 2; judgment in, xxx n. 2;
freemen admitted in, lii
Indentures, pleading on variation of, 78
Indictments, for assault, 184; gaming, 210–11; in 1380, 275–6; of journeymen spurriers, 291–2
Inn-keepers, to warn guests against carrying arms, 146; see Lodginghouse keepers
Inquests, as to illegal sales of
poultry, 7; rescue of felons, 24;
disturbers of the peace, 84–5, 87,
255; obstruction of a watercourse, 278
-, — ex officio, as to property in hands
of administrators, 51; legacies,
63–4; pollution of the Thames,
93; enhancing price of silk, 103
-, — by writ, 94, 102, 105–6; as to
false imprisonment, 119; rubbish
on Tower Hill, 140–1; assault
and escape from sanctuary, 134;
an affray, 253–4; persons implicated in the Peasants' Revolt,
295–6
Insulting behaviour, prosecutions for, 4, 28; see Assault, Defamation
Intimidation, of jurors, 3; of a constable, 6; of a witness, 250
Intrusion, plaint of, 39–40
Invocation, of thieves, 188, 188 n. 2
Ironmongery, prices of, 81–2
Itinerant Justices, 108, xi, xv, xvii, xxii, lxiv
Jettison, action relating to, 118
Jewels, prices of, 26, 75
Joiners, lvii, lxiii
Judicia Civitatis Lundonie, x, xix n. 2
Jury, committed to prison for a
false verdict, 145; charge of
attempting 'to influence, 170;
-, — defaming, 196, 259; sued in
Court Christian for defamation,
244
King, his protection of those going to and from his courts, 3
-, — complaints to, 3, 94, 101–2, 119
-, — Londoners claim, to elect, xii
-, — prosecutions on behalf of, 6, 36,
44, 45, 280; see Commonalty,
prosecutions by
King's Bench, writ of rape before, 166
King's Chamber, London as a, xxvi
Labourers, Ordinance and Statute
of, 148 n. 1
-, — unenfranchised, lxiii–lxiy
Latrines, complaint of disrepair of, 237–8
Law, wager of, City custom of, 12 n. 1; in debt, 12, 20 bis, 28, 67, 68, 71, 77; as to fulling a cloth, 18; covenant, 19, 48, 48 n. 1, 116–17; detinue, 23; freeman charged with acting as foreigner in, 24; with the third hand, 42; with the "sixth" hand, 68, 68 n. 1, 71, 71 n. 3; with the seventh hand, 233; to prove pledging of goods, 58; of a foreigner, 77; of twelve Lombards, 255; in an action of deceit, 266–7
Law Merchant, City's jurisdiction in, 248, 248 n. 2; pleadable by the custom of the City, 263, 277; action by, 283–4
Law of arms, 299, 300
Lay Subsidy, of London in 1332, xxxvi, lxii
Leather, prices of, 17, 46, 46 n. 1
Leatherdyers, 152
Leathersellers, xxxviii; amalgamation of Whitetawyers with, 21 n. 3
Legacy, conditional, 59
Letters, from the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty to the Burgomasters etc. of Bruges, 269–70; to Ghent and Ypres, 270
Letters testimonial, of the Bishop of Lincoln, 127–8; from the authorities of Bayonne, 129, 136
Liber Ordinacionum, xxx, xxx n. 2
Limeburners, xxxvi
Livery, Companies, xvi, lix; of London, lviii–lix
Lodging-house keepers, to sell hay and oats at reasonable prices, 164; to warn guests against nightwalking and carrying of arms, 219; held responsible for the goods of their guests, 260–1; can detain property of guests for debt, 279
Loriners, ordinances of, xxi, lii
Magic, charge of using, to discover thieves, 188, 188 nn. 2, 3
Maiming, charge of, of a horse, 56–7
Mainpernors, Mainprise, to keep
the peace, appear in court etc.,
passim
-, — to bridle the tongue, 15, 26; to
repair a silver cup, 20–1; to
abandon proceedings in Court
Christian, 244; of persons suspected of complicity in the
Peasants' Revolt, 300–2
-, — imprisonment of, 70
Maintenance, of litigants, 21, 25, 25 n. 1, 66, 166, 166 n. 3, 190, 230, 259; of a felon, 181, 181 n. 3
Malt, export of, forbidden, 114
Marblers, lvii
Market overt, x; defence of, 255–6, 256 n. 1
Markets, illegal sales outside the, 7, 164, 165, 180, 220, 227, 228, 230
Marriage settlement, 223
Martial law, grant of, to captain of the Genoese crossbowmen, 162
Masons and Carpenters, the sworn Masters of the, 150, 163, 229, 245, 245 n. 3
Master, held to be responsible for his servants, 227
Mayhem, 45, 45 n. 1
Mayor, as Escheator, 85, 161
-, — disrespect towards, 115, 125,
205, 222, 222–3; see Defamation
-, — advances money on the mace of
the King's Serjeant-at-Arms, 191
-, — election of, xxii, lviii; origin of,
xiv
Mayoral precepts, for cleansing of the streets between St Paul's and Temple Bar, 85; as to the cleansing of the streets, sale of bread, ale, etc., 164; for provision of water, ladders and crooks in case of fire, 199; for watch and ward, 212; for collection of a half Fifteenth, 226; as to price of wine, hay and oats, 235; against thatching with straw, 237
Mayoralty Seal, certificates under, 233, 284, 285
Mayor's bag, 18
Mayor's Court, apprenticeship actions in, xlvi–xlvii
Mayor's serjeant, charge of threatening, 206; insulting, 226
Measures, of ale, 6, 164; of shellfish, 7; standard, of Guildhall, 7 n. 1; sealed by Aldermen, 30; turner charged with making false, 124; of coal, defective, 146; of corn, defective, 186, 189–90; the London quarter, 190 n. 1
Menaces, extorting money by, 295–6
Mendicancy, 286
Mercers, keeper of Small Beam elected by, 100 n. 1; dissensions among the Goldsmiths, Fishmongers and, 151; redemptioners of, li; complaints of, lv
Minstrels, lvii
Mirror-Makers, xxxvi
Misteries, crafts, companies, Apothecaries, 100 n. 1, lx n. 1; Armourers, 1, lix n. 5; Bakers, 40, 40nn. 1, 2, 187, 187 n. 1, l, li; Barbers, liii; Beerbrewers, 147 n. i; Blacksmiths, lvii; Bladers, l, li; Bladesmiths, 13 n. 1, lxiv; Bowstring-makers, lvii; Bowyers, 188, 188 n. 1, xxxviii, l; Brabantine Weavers, 84; Braelers, liii, lxiii; Brasiers, lxiii; Brewers, 83, 147, 148, 196, 199, 204, 210, 211, xxxvi, xlii, 1; Broderers, lix n. 4; Butchers, 12, 15, 84, 93–4, 153, 166, li; Carpenters, 150, 163, 229, 245, 245 n. 3, 1; Chandlers, 153, 158, 206, 209, 234, 258, 1, li; Clerks, li; Cooks, 162, 1, li; Coopers, 1, lxiii; Corders, li; Cordwainers, 13, 17, 18, 22, 233, xxxi, xxxii, li, lvii, lxiv; Cutlers, 13 n. 1, xlii, liii, lxiii; Drapers, 80; Farriers, 164, 1; Fellowship Porters, 165 n. 2; Fishmongers, 7, 27, 27 n. 1, 35, 51, 151, xxxi, xxxix, 1, li; Flemish Weavers, 65–6, 65 n. 1, 84; Fletchers, 188, 188 n. 1, lvii, lix n. 3; Forcermakers, xxxviii; Fullers, 54–6, 80; Furbishers, lxiii; Fusters, xliy, lii; Girdlers, li, liii; Glovers, liii; Goldsmiths, 151, 228, 236, 259, li; Grocers, 58, 71, 100 n. 1; Haberdashers, 213, liii; Hatters, lxiii; Heaumers, liii, lxiii; Hurers, 229, 230, 233, xxxviii; Joiners, lvii, lxiii; Leatherdyers, 152; Leathersellers, 21 n. 3, xxxviii; Loriners, xxi, lii; Marblers, lvii; Masons, 150, 163, 229, 245, 245 n. 3; Mercers, 100 n. i, 151, li, lv; Minstrels, lvii; Painters, xxxviii, lii, lxiii, lxiii n. 7; PainterStainers, lvii; Patten-Makers, lix n. 6; Pepperers, 100 n. 1; Pewterers, liii, lxi; Piebakers, 162; Pouchmakers, 14, 25; Poulterers, 8, 21,1; Saddlers, 23, xlii, xliv, lxi; Shearmen, liii; Sheathers, 13 n. i, liii; Skinners, 15 n.3, 18, 19, 27, 31 n. 2, 46, 88–9, 190, 227, 233, l, li; Smiths, liii, lxi, lxiii; Spurriers, 291–4, liii; Surgeons, 236; Tackle House Porters, 165 n. 2; Tailors, 16; Tallowchandlers, 166; Tanners, li; Tapicers, xxxvii, liii; Tawyers, 28–9, 31; Ticket Porters, 165 n. 2; Turners, xxxviii; Upholders, 1; Vintners, 4, 6, 86, 96, 151, 162, 185, 206, 209, 234, 258, li; Weavers, 16, 120, lvii; Whitetawyefs, 21 n. 3, xxxvii, liii; Winedrawers, 165
Misteries, rebellion againstmasters of, 13 n. 2; Common Council chosen from, 243, 243 n. 1, 256; schedule ' of members of, 274; control of apprentices by, xxxv–xxxix
Moiety, jury of the, of citizens and merchants of Almaine, 53, 53 n. 1; of Englishmen and Lombards, 250, 272
Naval and Military, war against rebels in Ireland, 36–7; desertion on military service, 109; piracy at St Malo, 120–3; the French war, 142; Spanish and Genoese crews' of the King's galley, 184–5; the castle of Balinghem, 189; prosecution for failing to serve in the war, 191; garrison service at Cherbourg, 259–60; ship captured by Captain of Saaftinge, 270; Flemish goods captured at sea, 287–8; action on ransom of Oliver du Guesclin, 297–300
Negligence, damages claimed for loss by, 8, 68–9, 235–6
Nets, assize of, 287
Nightwalkers, list of, consigned to the Tun, 43, 43 n. 1; indictment of, 139–40; mainprise of, 297
Notarial intruments, 245, 255
Notice to quit, action relating to, 273
Novel Disseisin, see Assizes
Nuisance, Assize of, see Assizes
-, — by burning plaster of Paris, 166;
sureties to abate, 174
Oath, breach of, punishable by the
pillory, 292; see Perjury
-, — of freemen, xiv, xx–xxi, xxiii,
xxviii–xxix
Oats, sale of, by sample, forbidden, 124; prices of, 235
Official, of the Archdeacon of London, 114, 213, 266
Oliron, law of, 118, 118 n. 3
Ordinances, as to pigs, 39 n. 1; King's Beam, 100 n. 1; forestalling, 124; sale of grain by sample, 124, 221; sale of ale to hucksters, 124,124 n. 3; brokers, 151, 151 n. 3; price of ale, 211; sale of poultry before prime, 220
Ordinary, the Bishop's, 107, 107 n. 1
Orphans, actions on behalf of, 37, 50, 175, 218, 247, 260; — by Common Serjeant, 63–4, 169, 265; sureties for goods of, 40; Court of Aldermen and, 97; loan to, 139; wardship of, 143; verification of age of, ibid; of foreigners, 169–70, 170–1; account of, 270–1
Painters; xxxviii, lii, lxiii, lxiii n. 7
Painter-Stainers, lvii
Parva custuma, 102, 102 n. 1
Paternosterers, xxxvi
Patrimony, citizenship by, xxviiixxx, xxxiv
Patten-Makers, lix n. 6
Pavements, householders responsible for repairs to, 144
Pawnbroking, 26 n. 1; see Pledging
Peace, ordinances for keeping, 17 n. 1; committee for preservation of, 243
Peasants' Revolt, names of citizens suspected of implication in, 28891; fear of, 298; mainprise of persons arrested in, 300–2
Pepperers, Grocers and Apothecaries, keeper of the Great Beam elected by, 100 n. 1
Peremptory Oath, see Decisory Oath
Perjury, imprisonment for, 5; judgment of the stool for, 16, 16 n. 2, 19; prosecution for, in the Consistory Court, 291; the proper punishment for, 292
Pettions, that a creditor acknowledge receipt, 88; that neighr
hours execute repairs, 163; of
apprentices, 195–6, 197, 263; for
allocation of a debt, 211–12; see
King, complaints to
-, — City's legislation on, liii
Pewterers, liii, lxi
Pictures, sale of, 82
Piebakers, scrutiny of, 162
Pigeons, shooting of, 226–7
Pigs, ordinances relating to, 39, 39 n. 1
Pillory, for false pretences, 14, 14 n. 1; selling counterfeit rings, 97, 97 n. 1; leaving work, 199; deception, 287; breach of an oath, 293
Piracy, complaints of, 120–3, 269–70, 270, 287–8
Plaints, actions on, xviii
Pledging of goods, 30, 33, 35, 58, 76–7, 80, 231
Poll Tax, lxii
Pontage, 287
Population, estimates of, lxi–lxiii
Porters, 165 n. 2
Port-Reeve, ix, x n. 1
Pouchmakers, mistery of, 14; ordinance of, against enticing, 25
Poulterers, the masters of the, 21; foreign, not to keep shops, 8, 1
Poultry, not to be sold out of market, 7, 7 n. 3, 164; price of, regulated, 8, 8 n. 1; not to be sold before prime, 21, 220; enhancing price of, 89, 205; forestalling of, 180
Prices, enhancing of, of meat, 15;
of corn, 40, 41, 192, 196; of
poultry, 89, 205; of spurs, 291–4
-, — ordinance relating to wages and,
89 n. 1
Prince of Wales, City's present to, 134, 134 n. 1
Privy Seal, the Office of the, 133
Public prosecutions, see Commonalty, King
Purse-cutting, 231
Purveyance, of ale for the King, 3; fraudulent, 14 n. 1, 187
Quayage, 19
Queen, committal to prison for slandering, 119
Quilters, xxxvi
Quitclaims, 128, 149, 188–9, 204,
213, 250, 272–3
-, — to Geoffrey Chaucer, 268
Quitrents, actions relating to, 59, 61
Quo Warranto, of 1683, ix
Ransom, of prisoners in Boulogne, 125; of Oliver du Guesclin, 297300
Rape, 23, 166
Recognizances, 9–10, 25–6, 112,
117, 251
-, — Rolls of Freemen's, lvii–lviii
Recorder, 9, 102, 104, 123, 138,
172, 203, 240, 264; defamation
of, 25, 152; as commissioner of
Gaol Delivery, 44, 45
-, — Thomas de Lodelowe, 25;
William de Haldene, 44, 82, 110,
128, 168; William Cheyne, 242,
271,276,291
Records, 190, 242, 263
Redemption, freedom by, 11 n. 1, xxvii–xxviii, xlvii–lviii
Registers, of freedoms, xxyii, xxxii
Rents, not in arrears till six weeks after day of payment, 62
Repairs, action against lessee for, 152; against lessors, 255, 274; tenants ordered to execute, 163
Replevin, withernam in actions of, 153 n. 1
Reprisals, 120, 121, 153 n. 1, 240, 252, 256; see Withernam
Rescue, 6, 24
Retail, privilege of selling, xxx
Right of way, complaints of encroachment on, 156–7; through the Temple, 238–40; pleaded,274
Rushes, sellers of, 35–6
Saddlers, 23, xlii, xliv, lxi
Saddlery, defective, 23; prices of, 194
Salt, imported to Bristol from Lubeck, 120
Sample, sales by, forbidden, 124, 174–5, 221, 227
Sanctuary, in churches, 6, 24, 134; of St Martin le Grand, 34, 52, 52 n. 1, 60, 88; of the Liberty of St Helen's, 246, 253; fugitive debtors in, xliv, xlv
Sanitation, see Streets, Thames
Sauces, scrutiny of, 206, 209, 234, 258
Scalding-house, action relating to, 206
Scot and lot, 242
Scudo, value of, 10, 242; see Crown
Seal, of Bayonne, 129, 136; see Common Seal, Mayoralty Seal
Sequestration, 9, 24, 29, 29 n. 2, 60, 67, 134, 135, 206
Servants, enticing of, 25, 30, 42; eloigning, 37; (journeymen) 31 n. 1; contract of, 280–1; see Misteries
Shearmen, ordinances of, liii
Sheathers, craft of, 13 n. 1, liii
Shell-fish, metage of, 7, 7 n. 1, 29–30
Sheriffs, customs of, 8; their officers charged with robbery, 115; prosecution in Mayor's Court by, 124; charge of disrespect to, 224; the Compter of, in Milk Street, 225; action for debt in their court, 266; election of, lviii
Ships, names of, Gracedieux of
Plymouth, 245, 249; Katerine,
11; Marye de Boloygne, 43;
Notre Dame de Loundres, 43;
Notre Dame of Port Oriot, 121;
Panzana, 138; Sconeweder, 288;
Seyntmanebot de Loundres, 114;
Seint Marie Cog, 120; Thomas
de Caleys, 35
-, — wrongful capture of, 120–3,
269–70, 270, 287–8
Shoelaces, complaint of monopoly of, 13
Silkwomen, proceedings on petition of, against Nicholas Sardouche for enhancing the price of silk, 99–106, lxi
Silver, prices of articles of, 26, 177, 185
Skinners, charter of the, 15 n. 3; rebellion against the masters of, 18, 19, 27; ordinance of, 31 n. 2; forbid beating of skins in the highway, 46; prosecutions by, 190, 227; redemptioners of, 1, li
Smithfield, Statute of, 20, 20 n. 1, 68, 68 n. 2
Smiths, liii, lxi, lxiii
Societies, see Companies
Sokes, of London, xv–xviii
Spanish Sailors, of the King's galley, 184
Specific Performance, orders for, 24, 137, 137 n. 1; judgments for, 116–17, 116 n. 2, 198
Spurriers, confederacy of journeymen, 291–4; ordinances of, liii
Spy, arrest of alleged, 257
Staple, Ordinance of the, 53 n. 1,
248 n. 2; King's Beam at the, 223
-, — of Westminster, Mayor of the,
9, 25, 209, 277, 283; see Law
Merchant
Statute Merchant, 208, 208 n. 1,
221
-, — Staple, 187, 208 n. 1, 219
Statutes, of Smithfield, 5; of Stamford, 102 n. 1; of Labourers, 148 n. 1
Steel, measures of, 81, 81 n. 2
Stews, by London Bridge, 54
Stocks, the, at Cornhill, 222
Stool, punishment of the, for defamation, 14; for perjury, 16, 19
Storm, the great, 61, 61 n. 2
Streets, refuse not to be put in, 6, 15; skins not to be beaten in, 46; wardens of Fleet Bridge to undertake cleansing of Fleet Street, 85; pollution of, by butchers' offal, 93; punishment for throwing dung into, 135; writ ordering Tower Hill tobe cleansed of refuse and filth, 140; inquest thereon, 140–1; cleansing of, charged on brewers' fines, 147; carts and horses for, ibid.; beadles of wards to enforce measures for cleansing of, 150; Ward presentments as to pollution of, 156–7; Mayoral precept to Aldermen concerning, 164; ordinances relating to cleanliness of, 209, 209 n. 2
Strozzi, company of the, 80, 80 n. 2, 115
Sureties, prosecution of, 36; can recover from debtor, 271
Surgeons, appointed to report on inefficient treatment, 236
Tableters, xxxvi
Tackle House Porters, 165 n. 2
Tailors, the four Masters of the, 16
Tallow and lard, not to be exported, 5, 5 n. 1; inventory of, 158–9
Tallowchandlers, prices of, fixed, 166
Tally, debt on sealed, 16; sum due on a, 89–90
Tanners, li
Tapicers, xxxvii, liii
Taverners, see Lodging–house keepers
Taverns, regulation of, 4, 185, 206; branches and leaves before, 249
Tax-Collectors, obstruction of, 132, 134–5, 135; of Middlesex destrain an alien, 153; of the Fifteenth, 153, 154, 181; charge of insulting, 154; seize goods for taxes, 159; committed for extortion, 181
Tawyers, ordinances of, 28, 28 n. 2; disturbances among, 28–9; mainprised, 31
Thames, pollution of, 2, 35–6, 93–4; complaint by boatmen of, 230; unlawful nets in, 287
Thew, punishment of, 15, 15 n. 1
Thieves, charge of discovering, by magic, 188, 188 n. 2
Ticket Porters, 165 n. 2
Timber, list and prices of, 295
Tin, purchase of Cornish, 187
Toll, illegal, exacted by the Janitor of the Tower, 156; — by men of Kingston, 252; see Customs
Travelling Expenses, recovery of, 33–4
Treasurer, the King's, 184
Trespass, actions of, for maiming a horse, 56–7; damage done by a dog, 68–9; waste and estrepement, 172; undermining buildings, 175; assault, 182; deceit and, 186; false pretences, 187; negligence, 235; closing a right of way, 238–40
Turners, xxxviii
Undersheriff, as judge of Sheriff's Court, 266
Upholders, enfranchisement of, 1
Villeins, in London, xxiv–xxvi, xl
Vinegar, scrutiny of, 206, 209, 234. 258
Vintners, 4, 6, 86, 96, 151, 162, 185, 206, 209, 234, 258, li
Wager of Law, see Law, wager of
Wages, charges of demanding excessive, 148, 160; of brewers, fixed by City ordinances, 199; of journeyman saddler, 280–1
Ward presentments, in 1275, xv, xvii
Wardmote, inquest, articles of, 7 n. i; presentments, 139–40, 156–7
Wardship, 139, 143, 169–70, 170–1, 175, 247, 270–1; see Orphans
Warranty, actions relating to, 1–2, 161–2, 214
Waste, actions of, 172, 179, 210, 210 n. 2
Wat Tyler's Insurrection, see Peasants' Revolt
Watch, the, 57, 87
Wax, confiscation of, on attempt to export, 164
Waxchandlers, ordinances of, liii
Weavers, court of, 16, 16 n. 3; Flemish, 65–6, 65 n. 1; Brabantine and Flemish, 84; ordinances of, 120; redemptioners of, lvii
Weights, charge of using different, for buying and selling, 228, 228 n. 1
Welsh cloth, 33–4, 34 n. 1
Wharfage, 19, 156
Wheel wrights, lix n. 6
Whetstone-makers, xxxvi
Whitetawyers, processes of, 21 n. 3; mistery of, xxxvii, liii
Wills, erasure in, 5; as proof of age, 114; actions concerning, 167–8, 168–9; probate of unsealed, 189; nuncupative, 213; probate of, 257–8; see Administration, Executors
Wine, scrutiny of; 4, 86, 96, 185–6, 206, 209, 258; prices of, 70–1, 138, 151, 151–2, 152 n. 1, 234; export of, 114 n. 2; freighted to Brittany, 121; of Libourne and Bordeaux, capture of, 231–3; refusal to carry the Prince's, 238; branches and leaves to advertise sale of, 249; varieties of, 272, 272 nn. 1, 2
Winedrawers, list of, of the"Third Company," 165–6, 165 n. 2
Withernam, 153; threatened against Worcester, 153, 153 n. 4; boats of men of Kingston arrested as, 244
Witnesses, to support a petition, 138–9; submission to evidence of, 145, 146, 274; allowed by plaintiff, 220
Woad, sale of, 52–3
Women, as apprentices and citizens, lix–lxi
Wool, exported to Brussels, 47; to Pisa, 138; of Cotswold, 223, 279–80
Writs, in the Husting, xvii–xviii
-, — fieri fariatis justicie camplementum, 9, 185
-, — de minis, 13, 60, 200, 200 n. 1,
271, 272
-, — de mahemio, 45
-, — certiorari, 51, 99, 104, 106,112
13, 119, 143 bis, 144, 160, 242,
261, 263, 270, 282 bis, 283
Writs, of Dower (unde nikil habet),
108, 108 n. 2
-, — of Protection, 108, 108–9, 109,
119, 133, 146,147, 151, 154,160,
172,175, 183, 184, 191, 197, 243,
246 bis, 251, 258, 260, 263, 267,
268, 270, 287
-, — quare impedit, 108, 108 n. 3
-, — de execucione testamenti, 139
-, — de procedendo, 160
-, — de recto patens, 160, 282
-, — de raptu, 166
-, — ex grain querela, 167 n. 2
-, — habeas corpus, 248
-, — de inquirendo, 253, 295
-, — supersedeatis, 271
-, — to find a remedy, 94; from the
Office of the Privy Seal, 133; to
admit a will to probate, 189; to
release a prisoner, 257; to put to
mainprise, 261; to restore captured goods, 287–8