The charge of the court baron

The Charge of the Court Baron .

FYrste ye good men that be sworn , ye shal inquire and truely present al the suters that owe any sute vnto this court at thys day , for there tenures yf they be here or noo , and presente there names , that make default .

Also yf there be anye tenaunte dede , sithen the last lawe day , ye shal inquire of him , and do vs to wete , what he held of this lordeshyp , at the day of hys death , and what aduauntage the Lorde shoulde haue by hys death , as warde maryage , reliefe fine , or estchete , or anye other profytte , and who is hys nexte heyre , and what age he is of and in whose kepynge .

Also yf there be anye rente , custome , or seruyce wythdrawen from thys Lordeshyppe , that ought of ryght to be done , ye shal inquyre by whome it is withdrawen , and what custome or seruyce it is , and in what Baylyffes tyme , and howe longe it hathe bene wythholdenne . And where the lande lyeth that we maye dystrayne for the arrerages that are behynde .

Also yf there be anye bonde of bloude , that putteth hys sonne to scoole , to make hym a priest , or a prentyse , or setteth hym to crafte or maryeth hys daughter without leue , ye shal do vs to wytte .

Also if there be any bond man that letteth hys land for the halfe , or for the thyrd sheafe , without leaue , or ells yf there be any bonde man that with draweth his goodes , or cattells , out of thys lordeshyppe without leue ye shall doo vs to wete .

Also yf the Lordes common be so charged by anye tenaunte , with moo beastes then he shoulde after the quantitie of hys tenure , ye shall do vs to wete .

Also yf there be any bondman of bloud that longeth to thys Lordeshyp ▪ that is fled and dwelleth with out thys Lordeshyp , without fine or raunsome makynge , ye shall do vs to wete .

Also yf there be any alinacion ouer .xij. monethes and a daye , or lease for terme of yeres in fee , or fee tayle , ye shall do vs to wete .

Also yf there be any transmutacion of possession , that is to say , copy lande for fre lande , or free land for copy lande , wherof the lord might take any disaduauntage in amending of the one , and paryng of the other , also of all maner of wast done in howesynge , lettinge downe or cuttynge the greate tymber , ye shal do vs to wete .

Also of all trespasers , in corne , grasse , or pasture , groues , or medowes , or fishers or foulers or hunters , or haukers , within this Lordeship or lordes warren , ye shal do vs to wete .

Also if ther be any tenaunt of copy hold , tenaunt at wyll , or tenaunt of bond tenure , that suffer theyr tenauntes to be ruynous , and fall downe , or ells any fermer , bounden to reparation , repayre not as he ought to do , do vs to wete .

Also yf there be any bond man of bloud , within thys Lordshyp , that purchaseth anye fre lande , withoute leue or lycence , ye shall doo vs to wete , what he is , and what heire he hath .

Also of all other thynges that ye haue knowen , that oughte to be presented to the Lordes auayle , ye shal do vs to wete by the othes ye haue made , and bring in a true presentment .

Also yf any make any rescus , or breake any rest made by the baylyffe , or any other officer or else yf any man breake the lordes pounde , that is to say a dystresse put in the Lordes pounde by an offycer , and taken oute agayne wythoute lycence .

Also yf you know any that remoueth or pulleth vppe mere stones , or stakes betwene Lordeshyppe , and Lordeshyppe , or tenaunt , and tenaunte , whither it be bonde or free , presente theyr names .

Also yf any tenaunte geue any lande to the Churche , that is to say , to mortmayne sith the Statute thereof was made without lycence of the Quene , and the Lorde of thys Lordeshyp , ye shall do vs to wete .

Also yf any man haue incroched anye of the lordes soyle , that is to say , Land , medowe , more , pasture , or anye vacant ground without lycence of the lorde , present there names .

Also if any man hold two tenementēs , and wasteth the one , as yf he withdrewe anye trees from the one to the other , yf ye knowe anye such present there names by your othe .

Also yf anye tenaunte , haue made anye strype or wast vpon his bond tenemēnt , Stripe , that is to say , pulling of vp trees , or hedges , wast is to saye , lettinge houses to fall downe , for defaulte of reparacyons , yf there be anye such , presente theym .

Also , yf ye knowe anye tenaunte that wythdraweth or kepeth the euydence that longeth to thys Lordeshyppe , Courte Roules , Rentall , Customaryes , or anye other euydence presente theym .

Also , yf anye haue with theyr Cattell , for charged or ouerleyne anye common , within the precyncte of thys maner , or anye part or percell of the same , there are foure seueral commons , that is to saye , Commen Appendent , Common Appertenaunt , Common in Grosse , and Percause de Visinage : Yf any of you pretend to haue Common Appendent to ani part of your frehold and to comon vnder that nature of comon , then measured to a certayne nombre , that is , as many beastes , as the foder or profites of your corne reacheth vnto , sustayne and fynde in wynter , so many maye you kepe in the common in sommer , yf any of you haue alyenacion of frehold , where vnto you pretende to haue thys common , your interest passeth therwith . Anno xiiii . Hen. iiii . Fol. iii. Aswel you may haue thys common in any water or other voyde place , whervppon maye ryse anye commoditie , or other aduauntage , for a common welth , as turues , or otherwise incident or belongyng to any part of your common , as it appereth . Anno. xiiii . E. iiii . And this common serueth for beastes conueniable : And where any of you pretend to haue any Common Appertenaunt , or common in Grose , these commons dyffer that ther be not a mesurable , but that euery tenaunt maye at hys pleasure put in his cattel , without admesurment , and these commons serueth as wel for beastes conueniable as other , & is most commonlye by prescription : And the Common Percause de Visinage , is wheras two townes , or two manours are adioyning and haue vsed time out of mynde , to entre common with theyr cattell in the waste feldes , or other groundes , next adioyning and is also by prescription .

Also yf the Lorde haue anye villan as bondemen or neyffes incident or belongynge to hys maner , so that any of them dwell or inhabite out of the precincte or lymyttes of thys hys manour , with that it be within the yeare and the daye , next or immediatelye after hys or theyr departyng , at the Lordes Baylyffe , or other offycer , may recease him or them agayne to the lords vse and behofe .

Also , and yf any such villayne haue inhabited , or dwelled out of the precinct of this manour , a hole yeare and a daye in anye fraunchysed towne , or other lybertie , that Lordes Baylyffes , can take no lawefull seasure of hym duryng such tyme as he abydeth in the same lybertie , but at hys nexte commyng to recease hym .

Also yf anye vyllan there be inhabyted within thys maner or elles where , that without the assent of the Lord , hath marryed anye of hys daughters to any free man , so that by such mariage the lordes inherytaunce is hindered or denied , it is contrary to the statute thereof made , or yf any vyllan hath put hys childe to scoole , or made hym a preyst , there ought no villan so to do , with oute the assent of the Lorde .

Also , & yf any of the Lords villans ther be that sence the last courte , haue purchased anye freholde , gyue it in knowledge that the Lordes officer , before any alienacion by the same vyllan , made , maye take lawefull seasure of it , to the vse and behoue of the lord : Yf any alyenacion be , before any clayme or other seasure be made by the Lord , it shall bare the Lord for the seasure after , but yf it be the Quenes case , Quia nullum tempus occurris Regi .

Also of all theim that be harme doers in the Lordes woodes , sprynges , hedges , rowes or otherwise within the manor , or those that be harme doers in the Lordes general feldes , inclosures , medowes , pastures , or in any other feldes , within the Lordeshyppe .

Also of all Dyches , Lanes , and bye wayes , that are not well and suffycyently repayred , scoured , and amended , and al bowes , braunches , and other trees , that ouer lye and ouerhangeth anye of them , howe long they haue bene suffered where and in whole defaulte .

Also of al those that vse and dayly accostome to hunt , or hauke within this Lordship , to th entent to distroy the Lords warren , or other game within this maner , or they that vse to take Fesauntes , Partryges , or Quales , with whatsoeuer ingen it be , it is inquirable and fynable by the statute , there ought no man to kepe any greyhound , or hound , but if he may dispend frely xl . s. Per Annum .

Also yf anye copyholder haue made anye surrender out of thys courte , sence the laste lawe daye by whose handes it was made , and to what vse , and presente it .

Also , of all these , and of all other thynges , that you haue knowledge of , that oughte to be presented in this court to the Lordes auayle , you shall goo together , and bryng in a true presentment .

FINIS .