An ordinance for erecting courts baron in Scotland. Wednesday April 12. 1654. Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell, Clerk of the Council. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A74517 of text xxx in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E1063_31). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A74517 Thomason E1063_31 ESTC R209585 99868453 99868453 169197 2240959953

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A74517) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 169197) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 158:E1063[31]) An ordinance for erecting courts baron in Scotland. Wednesday April 12. 1654. Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell, Clerk of the Council. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) England and Wales. Council of State. [2], 265-266 p. Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, London : 1654. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Courts baron and courts leet -- Early works to 1800. eebo An ordinance for erecting courts baron in Scotland.: Wednesday April 12. 1654. Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this England and Wales. Lord Protector 1654 4 579 0 0 0 0 2 0 345.42 F The rate of 345.42 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2009-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2009-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-06 Sampled and proofread 2009-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ORDINANCE FOR ERECTING Courts Baron IN SCOTLAND .
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Wednesday April 12. 1654.

ORdered by his Highness the Lord Protector , and his Council , That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published .

Henry Scobell , Clerk of the Council .

London , Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills , Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector , 1654.

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AN ORDINANCE For Erecting Courts Baron in SCOTLAND .

BE it Declared , Established , and Ordained by his Highness the Lord Protector , by and with the advice and consent of his Council , That in every place or Circuit of Land which really is , or hath commonly been called , known or reputed to be a Mannor , within the Nation of Scotland , there shall be one Court , which shall be in the Nature of a Court Baron , or Court of a Mannor here in England , to be holden every three weeks ; which Court shall have power , order , and jurisdiction of all Contracts , debts , promises , and Trespasses , whatsoever arising within the said Mannor , or precincts thereof ; Provided that the Matter in demand exceed not the value of forty shillings sterling , and that in any such action of Trespass , the Freehold or Title of the Land be not drawn into question ; And it is further declared and Ordained , That every the said Court Baron shall be held in manner following , That is to say , the style of the Court shall be , The Court of A.B. held the day of _____ one thousand six hundred by K.D.C. Sutors of the said Court and the homage or Sutors to be named in the entry , then after three Oyes made , the Sutors , or their Clerk , or Steward shall say , If any will be assdigned , or enter any plaint , let them come in and they shall be heard , then the Iury are to be impannelled and sworn , and then a short charge is to be given concerning the several matters and things to be done there , and after presentment and enquiry made , the Sutors shall proceed in the several matters presented , and give order and Relief , as the Case shall require and make execution by attachment upon the goods of the party within that Mannor .

And it is hereby further declared and Ordained , That the Sutors in every the said Court Baron may from time to time , as there shall be occasion , make by-laws for the publique Weal , Rule and Government of the persons within such Mannor , and all and every such by-law shall be binding to every party within the Mannor ; And the said Sutors shall have power and authority to amerce such persons as infringe any of the said by-laws , and may give warrant to the Bayliff of the Mannor to distrein for such amertment by attachment upon the goods of the party offending . Provided that such by-laws be not extended to bind the Inheritance of any person who is not party to the same and agrees not thereunto .

Wednesday April 12. 1654.

ORdered by his Highness the Lord Protector , and His Council , That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published .

Henry Scobell , Clerk of the Council .