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30. Fourme de fyn.

Item.-Use est la que un home et sa feme ou tiel autre sount à vendre tere ou tenements deyns la franchise, ou tiel autre droit, com par veie de fyn, par kai il bosoigne daver le comune seal pur record, le bailif en presence dascuns barons privement examinera la partie defendant en pleyn court, à la manere come il fount à la comune loi. Et celui que paiera le deners pur les dits teres et tenements rendus, paiera à la comune pur le fyn xijd. et le clerk soun travail pur les endentures dount la une endenture remayndra en la comune Hwche, pur le dit record mayntener, et lautre endenture demura od le suter aselé od le comune seal.

31. Le corn sera soné à court.

Item.-Use est que à quele houre le bailif tendra le court de la vile, il fera soner le comune corn deux foits à meyns, en deux lues de la vile, en la marché et à la crois, pur garner les parties plentifs et defendants et les bones gents et puple de la vile, quount à fere en la dite court, ou que plerrount en la dite court venir.

32. Terme de sommonse.

Item.-Use est que chescun home receant en la vile, seit il frank ou nient frank ne vendra en comune à respondre à nul pleyntif en nul manere plé, sil neit garnisement par iij jours devant le jour de la court, et ceo par summonse, forke en plées de trespas et dacounte, en ques home vendra par attachement; et chescun estrange en tuts autres plés vendra par destresse.

33. Alienacion de biens plé pendont.

Item.-Use est, que nul manere home ne aliene ces teres, tenements ou chateux deyns la franchise pendount ascun plée devers lui, sil ne trove securité à bailif.

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be his warrant that he take them to whom he them brought to abide. The bailiff shall give him a certain]1 day to seek his proof, and, before his going before the good men, he shall put his seal upon the goods arrested, and they shall remain in the custody of the bailiff. And if the said suspicious person come at the said day, or within the said day, with his proof, and prove that the goods are lawfully his by the same person whom he made his voucher, and by other good men, let the said goods be released. And in case the suspicious person come not at the said day, let the goods be forfeited.

35. If an appellant withdraws his appeal.

Item.-If any appellant withdraw his appeal that he has made before the bailiff against any man, and says that he was illadvised in his appeal, let him be attached by his body, and put in prison at the pleasure of the king, and his goods and chattels arrested, until he shall have made satisfaction and return to the party, and the same person who has been appealed against shall be released.

36. Proof of goods.

Item.-If the goods of any good and lawful man be among the goods of a felon, which by chance are bailed to him, if the possessor of these goods can prove his right by good and lawful men, and the felon contradict not his claim, but testifies that they are his goods, let them upon his proof be delivered to him, inasmuch as a baron cannot forfeit other men's goods.

37. Of a purse-cutter.

Item.—If any be found cutting a purse within the franchise, at the suit of the party let him be put in the pillory, and afterwards, at the said suit, let one ear of his head be cut off, and let him be led to one end of the town, and he shall abjure the town without any return. And if he be found another time in the said manner, let him have judgment as before, and lose his other ear. And if he be found the third time in the manner, and it found that he has lost his ears, or bears any other sign by

The title and the portion within brackets are borrowed from the copy of the Romney Custumal, in Lyon's History of Dover Castle. This copy contains sixty-four articles, of which this is the tenth.

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jour de quere soun garant, et devant son aler devant bons gents mettra son seal sur les biens arestés, et ils demuront en la garde du bailif. Et si le dit suspecionous al dit jour vienge ou par entre le dit jour, od son garant, et prove ces biens lealment estre les siens, par mesme la persone kil fist soun voucher, et par autres bons gents, soiont les dits biens deliverés. Et en caas que celui suspecionous ne vienge al dit jour soiont les biens forfetés.

35. Si apelour recrée soun apel.

Item.-Si ascun apelour recrée soun apel kil en ath fait devant bailif vers ascun, et dit kil estoit malement conus en soun apel, soit attaché par soun corps, et mys en prison à la volunté le Roi, et ces biens et chateux arestus tankil avra fait gré et asseth à la partie, et mesme la persone par lui apelé soit deliveré.

36. Prove de biens.

Item.- Si biens dascun bon et leal soiont entre le biens dun felon queux par aventure à lui sount bailés, si le possessour ces biens puet prover par bons et leals, et que le feloun ne contredie sa chalenge mes le tesmoigne kils soiont ces biens, soiont eux sur sa prove à lui deliverés, pur ceo ke baron ne puet forfere autres biens.

37. De trenchour de bourses.

Item.-Si ascun soit trové trenchont une bourse deyns la franchise, à la sute de partie soit mys sur le pilori, et depuis à sa dite sute soit sa une oraile de son chief trenché, et amené à lun fyn de la vile, et abjurera la ville sans ascun revenir. Et sil soit autrefoits trové en la dite manère ait le juggement com devant et perde sa autre oraile. Et sil soit la tierce foits trové en la manère, et trové soit kil ath perdu ces orailes ou autre signe

which he is known for a fellow-baron, at the suit of the party let him be condemned to death. And if no suit be made, let him remain in prison.

38. Inquest of death.

Item.-It is used, that if a man be slain, or by any manner of accident suddenly die within the limits of the franchise, that is to say, in the town or the port, commencing at the entry of the haven up to a certain boundary named Redhill near Appledore, within the two walls, no other coroner shall have cognizance to sit upon the death except the bailiff of the town, who shall come and survey the corpse, and shall bury it, and then he shall take an inquest of the neighbourhood, how, and in what manner, and by what arm, and by whom, he came by his death; and this shall be done under the seals of those who are on the inquest. And if any man be indicted of the death, let him be taken by the bailiff and put in prison, until the day of the hundred, and let his goods be seized. And, if suit be made against him, let him have his quest as is aforesaid. And, if he be guilty, let his lands, tenements, and all his goods be forfeited. And, if no suit be made against him who is indicted, let him remain in prison.

39. A new warden.

Item.-At what time our warden of the cinque ports, by death or by will of our lord the king, shall be removed, and that our lord the king by his letters-patent hath sent and ordained another warden, he is wont to send his letter to the bailiff, to be at a certain day at Shipway, forty days before the said day of Shipway, and then the bailiff shall cause the common horn of the town to be sounded, and assemble the commonalty, and read the said letter in full assembly, and choose six discreet men with him, to appear before the warden the same day, which men then before the said warden, together with the other barons of the cinque ports, have to hear the said warden read his commission of office. And one of the mayors, with the assent of all the other barons of the ports, shall say to him—" Sir, it is accustomed that every warden at his first coming shall swear by the allegiance which he owes to our lord the king, and by his knighthood that he will, according to his power, guard and maintain

porte par kai il est conus combaron, à la sute de partie soit ajuggé à la mort. Et si nule sute soit fait demurge il en prison.

38. Enqueste de mort.

Item.-Use est que si home soit occys, ou par ascun manère aventure sodeinement devye deyns les limites de la franchise, cest à savoir deins la vile ou le port, kest comensont al entre de la hevene tank à un certaine bounde nomé Readehel juste Apuldre, par entre les deux murs, que nul autre coroner ne deit aver conusance à soer sur la mort sinon le bailif de la vile, quil irra, surveiera le corps, et lenterrera, et depuis il prendra enqueste de la visenée coment et à quele manère et par quele arme et par kai il vint à la mort, et ceo sera fait south les seals de ceux ques soient en la enqueste. Et si ascun soit endité de la mort, soit il pris par le bailif et mys en prison tank à la jour de hundred et ces biens arestus. Et si sute soit fait vers lui ait sa queance com devant est dit. Et sil soit nocif soiont ces teres tenements et tuts ces biens forfetes. Et si nul sute soit fait vers celui endité, demurge il en prison.

39. Novel gardeyn.

Item.-A quele houre que notre gardein des Cynk Ports par mort ou par la volunté notre Seignur le Roi soit remué, et ke notre Seignur le Roi par ces letres patentes un autre gardein ath mandé et ordeiné, soleit il mander sa letre al bailif quil soit à un certain jour à Schipweie, par XL jours avant la dit jour de Schipweie, et donk le bailif fra soner le comune corn de la vile asembler la comune et la dite letre en plein assemble liser et choser vj prudes homes od lui, de apperer devant le gardein à mesme le jour, les queux iluk devant le dit gardein semblement od les autres barons de Cynk Ports ount à oier del dit gardein lire sa commission de son office. Et un des meirs, del assent de tuts les autre barons de port

dirra à lui,

"Sire, acustumé est que chescun gardein à sa primère venue jurra par la ligeance kil deit à notre Seignur le Roi et par sa chivalerie,

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