# The Statutes of Wales (1908)/Index

INDEX
A
Abjuration of the realm, 9, xxxiv Accomptants, process against, 105 Acts of Parliament, Wales included in England in, 206, 239, 280, xcviii Affidavits, power to take, 215 Amendment of records, or processes of outlawry not to extend to Wales, 39, 40 Amerciaments, see Fines and Amobragium (Amobr), 27, xli Anglesey, estreats of fines, fee to clerks of the peace and justices of the peace, 69 land of, division of, 3 merchandise, &c., proviso for landing in, 143-144 offences committed in Merionethshire, to be tried in, 62 repealed, 151-152 Sessions, Courts of Great, twice a year in, 102 Archdeacons, in Welsh dioceses, to restore the jurisdiction of the, 252, cxv, cxvi Archery, Welsh, lxxxiii Armour, for the having of horse, and weapon in Wales, 143, lxxxiii Welshmen forbidden to carry, 31, 35, 56, 57, xlvi, liv Arrest, process to be in English language, 205, xcvii Arthel, casting, into Courts or Lordship Marchers prohibited, 57, liv Assache, oath of three hundred men, proviso respecting, 38 Assizes in Wales established, 242, 243, cxi Associates of Justices, authority and appointment of, 155 Attaint, juror in, qualification of, 126 Attornies, proviso for, of Court of Great Sessions, 24 Auditor, sheriff to account before, 64, 203 Aulnager, 130 Avowries, extending replevins and, to Wales, 189
B
Bail, provisions as to, in Wales, 196, 217 Bailiffs of Commotes, appointment and duties of, 3, xxxii Bailiffs of Hundreds, appointed by sheriffs, to attend on justices, 117
Bangor, Archdeaconry of, separated from bishopric, 260, cxvi Bishopric of, continued, 265, cxvii limits defined, 265 diocese of, appointments in, suspended, 257, cxv suspending act for diocese of, repealed, 263, cxvi Bastards, bishops to inquire as to, 18, xxxv not to be inherit, 18, 25, xxxv, xxxvi Beasts, untanned hides of, killed within Wales to be exported freely, 73 Beggars and Vagabonds, statutes against, 34, 57, 94, xlvi Benefices, provision for, in Wales, 252-257 Benefit of Clergy, 64, l, lv Bible, bishops to execute Act for translation of, 149 expense of printing borne equally between parson and parishioners, 150 to be in English in every church throughout Wales, 151, 188 translated into the Welsh tongue, 149, 151, lxxxiv Bishopric of Manchester, established, 264, cxvii of St. Asaph and Bangor, legislation as to, 257, 264, 265, cxv Bishops, canonries in Welsh cathedrals, patronage to be with, 259 may keep castles, 35 rights of, to mortuaries, 50 abolished, 197, li, lii to empower, to facilitate the making provision for English services in Wales, 267 to inquire as to bastards, 18 to inquire as to dower, 24 to execute Act for translation of Bible, 149 writ of summons to House of Lords, procedure established, 266 Blodwyte, 28, xli Borderland, law of, 1, xxiv Boroughs, the King dissolving and erecting new, 106 Bows and Arrows, keeping instead of harquabuts, 143, lxxxiii shooting with, only permitted, 57, liv Brecon, Collegiate Church, property vested in Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 255 rights in, 254, 255 Burgesses in Parliament, wages of, secured, 90, 134 who shall be electors of, 135 Bydale, not to be levied, 57 Brecknockshire, Brecknock to be shire town of, 79 Chancery and Exchequer in Castle of, the King to have, 81 County Court kept in shire town, 79 customs of Wales observed in, 82 escheator, appointment and duties of, 81 hundreds, divided into, 89 justice appointed, 102 laws of England observed in, 82 recognizances, sheriflf to take, in, 87 sessions, twice a year, 102 sheriff, accounts, appointment and duties of, 81 towns and parishes, taken as part of, 79
C
Caermarthenshire, English laws, subject to, 86 estreats of fines, fee to clerks and justices of the peace, 69 hundreds, divided into, 89 judicial seal of, how kept, 131 justice appointed, 103 lordships annexed to, 128 sessions, twice a year, 102, 103 sheriff of, appointment, 3 shire organisation of by Edward 1, xxix towns annexed to, 85 Welsh laws not to be used in, 86 Canonries of Welsh cathedrals, patronage of, to be with bishops, 255, 259 Canons, incomes of, 256, 260 number of, 254 residences of, 260 rights of, 259 Cantref, xxxiii Cardiff, contributory boroughs of, 251 King's Exchequer at, 68 landing wines at, 144 member of Parliament for, 249 Cardiganshire, English laws, subject to, 87 estreats of fines, fee to clerks and justices of the peace, 69 hundreds, divided into, 89 judicial seal of, how kept, 131 justice appointed, 103 sessions twice a year, 102, 103 sheriff of, appointment, 3 shire organisation of, by Edward 1, xxix towns, &c., annexed to, 86 Welsh laws not to be used in, 87 Carnarvonshire, estreats of fines, fee to clerks and justices of the peace, 69 merchandise, &c., proviso for landing in, 143-144 sessions, twice a year, 102 sheriff of, appointment and jurisdiction, 3 Castles, Englishmen to keep, and walled towns in Wales, 36, xlvi in Wales, xxv, xxvii lords marchers to keep sufficient guards in their, 33 Welshmen not to have, 35, xlvi Cathedral Churches, an Act for regulating the, in Wales, 259 Cattle, none to buy, within Wales, out of fair or market, 126 Certificate, false, penalty for producing, as to exemption from civil or military duties, 223 Welshmen attainted of felony committed in England shall be executed upon the, of the King's justices, 32
Chamberlain, authority and duty of, as to judicial seals, 105 of South Wales, 50, 1 Chancery and Exchequer, King to have, in Wales, 81, lxi Chester, justice of, 102 seal for justices of peace and gaol delivery in, to serve for Flint, 104 Circuits, cryer and marshal on, 110, lxvii of Courts of Great Sessions, 102, lxvi Clergy, benefit of, 64, l, lv Clergy Convicted, directions as to, 64, lv Clergyman conversant with Welsh language to be licensed for London, 262, cxvi not conversant with Welsh language not to be appointed to any benefice in Wales, 251, 253, cxiii Clerk of the Crown, proviso for, 93 Clerk of the Peace, allowances to, 69 fees of, 114 Cloths, for folding of, in North Wales, 97, lxv for the free trade of Welsh, 162, 163, lxxxviii for the true making of, 99, 167, lxv monopoly of manufacture of, in Wales, 129 Coin, counterfeiting, &c., tried in next English county, 58, 120 Collections forbidden, 57, liv Common Mainprize, return of suspected persons under, 119 Common of Pasture, disseisin of, 10 Common Prayer, Book of, Bishops to translate into Welsh, 150, 188, lxxxiv expense of printing borne equally between parson and parishioners, 150 to be in English and Welsh in every church in Wales, 151, 188, xciii Commonwealth, statutes passed in, 169-188, lxxxix Commorth not to be levied, 34, 57 Commotes, appointment and duties of bailiffs of, 3, xxxiv division into, xxxiii persons residing in, to attend sheriff's turn, 5, xxxiii Congregations, as to, in Wales, 34 Constables, proviso for, of King's castles, 117 Constables of Hundreds, who shall be, 117 Contracts, actions upon, 20 Convicts, purgation of, in Wales, 64 Coroner, appointment, duty and election of, 3, 4, 8, 116 Corporate Towns, issues in, how tried, 106 King dissolving and erecting new, 106 Cottons, for the true making of, and frizes, 99 how made, 99 length and breadth of Welsh, want of, in what case no penalty, 167 seal of Welsh, not requisite, 162 searching and trying of Welsh, how far requisite, 162 Council of Wales, see Court of President and Council in the Marches of Wales Counties of Wales, see Shires
Country, trial by the, 23 County, adjoining, trials to be in next, 58 County and Hundred Courts, execution in, 222 held as in England, 117, xxxvii jurisdiction of, 4, 5 sheriffs to award execution in, 118, 221 times of holding, 4 trials in, 117 County Council, property and liabilities of Highway Boards transferred to, 271, cxxi Court of Great Sessions, abolition of, 239, 240, ciii amendment of procedure in, 210, 220, 223, cii augmentation of salaries of judges in, 209, 222 established, 102, lxvi to be held twice a year, 102 Court of President and Council in the Marches, abolition of, 190, lxxvii established, 102, lxxi history of, lxxi-lxxviii review of judgments in, 195 Star Chamber jurisdiction in, abolished, 168, lxxvi Courts Baron, trials in, verdict and wager of law by, 117 Courts in Wales, officers to speak English in, 87, lxi to be held in sure places, 58 Crimes to be pardoned by King only, 73 tried by law of England, 26, xxxvi Crown, Wales annexed to, 2, 74, xxxii, lviii Crown Lands, grant to Prince of Wales, 202 Customs of Wales, see Laws of Wales of North, South, and West Wales, 27, 29, xli Custos Rotulorum, appointment of, 113 Cymortha, see Commorth
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Debtors, Act for the relief of, 207 Denbighshire, Chancery and Exchequer, the King to have, in, 81 County Court held at Denbigh and Wrexham alternately. 81 customs of Wales observed in, 82 Denbigh, shire town, 81 escheator of, 81 hundreds, divided into, 89 indictments in, 123 laws of England observed in, 82 lordships &c., translated from, to Flint, 98 parishes, &c., taken as part of, 80, 99 sessions, twice a year, 102 sheriffs, 81
Dioceses, bishops of Welsh, to make provision for English services in Wales, 267, cxvii suspending preferments in the, of St. Asaph and Bangor, 257, 258, 264, cxv, cxvii appointments in Welsh, of Welsh-speaking clergymen, 253, cxiii Ecclesiastical duties in Welsh, 270 Distresses, to prevent undue, in Wales, 46 Divine Service, Bible and, translated into Welsh, 149, 188 Provision for, in London in Welsh language, 262 Dower, allowed, 24, xxxvi
E
Ecclesiastical Duties, definition of, in Welsh dioceses, 253, 270 Education, Intermediate and Technical, 272, 280, 281, cxxii Edward 1, legislation of, xxviii, xxxix, xl Edward 2, ordinances of, xli England, laws of, to be observed, 82 Wales included under, 206, 239, 280, xcviii Englishmen, excesses by the Welsh on, 31 Married to Welsh women not to have office in Wales, 36 Not to be convicted by Welshmen in Wales, 33, 34 To keep castles in Wales, 36 English Tongue, proceedings in, in Courts of Justice, 87, 206 Escheators, authority, nomination, oath, and qualification of, 116, lxviii Established Church, legislation for, in Wales, cxii Estates, Welshmen to enjoy, transferred to them by Statute of Uses, 72, lvii Estreats of Fines in Wales, 68, 69 Exactions, forbidden, 57 Exchequer, King's, in Wales, 68 Excommunicato Capiendo, writs of, 145 Execution, done in Wales on attainder of Welshmen in England, 32 Exigents and Proclamations, 135, lxxxi
F
Factory inspectors to know Welsh, 281 False Judgments, reversal of, 128, 221 Fee Farm Rents in Wales, 190 Fees in County and Hundred Courts, 117, regulated by the President and Council and Justices, 119 Felons, compromise with, not to be without privity of President and Council 125 Felony committed in Wales to be tried in the next English county, 58, 120 disclaimer of, abolished, 37 Fine for, not allowed, 58, 120 Satisfaction to be made in South Wales, 37 Welshmen attainted of in England, 32
Ferries, keepers of, on the Severn shall not convey people or goods across between sunset and sunrise, 52 Final Judgment of Court of Great Sessions, in what case Courts at Westminster may issue execution, 221 Fines and Amerciaments, 68, 69, 114, 221 Fines and Recoveries, provisions as to, 109, 156, 162, lxxxvii Flintshire, coroner of, 117 estreats of fines, 68, 69 lordships of Denbighshire declared to be in, 98 merchandise, &.c., proviso for landing in, 144 sessions, twice a year, 102 sheriff of, appointment and jurisdiction of, 3 Foreign Merchandise, exported from or passing through Wales, without paying Custom Duty, forfeited, 43 Foreign Plea or Voucher, proceedings in, 121 Forests, actions of detinue, in what case, 72 custom of foresters marking and seizing beasts and quick cattle straying in, taken away, 71, lvi detaining stray cattle in, 70 exactions on persons in, taken away, 70 free passage through, 71, lvii losing joint of hand, or making fine to foresters, custom taken away, 71 tokens by foresters to travellers in, taken away, 71 Free Trade, for the, of Welsh cloths, 162, 163 Frivolous Arrests, proceedings in Court of Great Sessions in, 205 Frivolous Suits, to prevent, at Westminster on causes arising in Wales, 196, 210
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Games, what, forbidden, 57 Gaols, provided by whom, 117 Garrisons in Wales to be English, 36, 167 Gavelkind in Wales, 25, 122, 132, xxxvi, lxix Glamorganshire, English laws to be observed in, 85 estreats of fines, 68, 69 hundreds, divided into, 89 justice appointed, 102 justice of, proviso for, Earl of Worcester, 91 lordship of, xxxix, xl sea-sands, an act touching the, 139, lxxxii sessions, twice a year, 102 towns, &c. (divers), annexed to, 85 Gospel, Act for the propagation of the, 172, xc Grants of Fairs, in North Wales, repealed, 45 Great Sessions, see Courts of Guards, lords marchers to keep sufficient, in their castles, 33
H
Haverfordwest, county of itself, 130 judicial seal of, 131 justices of Cardigan, Caermarthen, and Pembroke to have authority in, 131 mayor, &c., of, to attend President, Council, and High Justice of Pembrokeshire, 130 proviso for liberties in, 131 sending burgess to Parliament for, 127 sheriff of, 130 Hides, exportation of untanned, 73 Highways, legislation as to, cxviii transfer of County and District Boards to County Councils, 270, cxxi Homicide, appeals and proceedings in, 5 Horse, for the having of, armour and weapon in Wales, 143 Howel Dda, laws of, xxiv, cxxiv Hue and Cry, 44, 57 Hundreds, constables of, 117 counties of Wales divided into, 3, 89, 102
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Indictments in the King's name, 74, 123, 124 Inheritance, bastards and females excepted, 25, xxxvi law of Wales confirmed, 25, xxxvi abolished, 122, 125, 132, lxix proviso for, 132 Inspectors, factory, to know Welsh, 281 mines, to know Welsh, 271 quarry, to know Welsh, 280 Intermediate Education in Wales, 272, 280, 281, cxxii Intoxicating Liquors, to prohibit the sale of, on Sundays in Wales, 269 Issues, returning, upon jurors in Wales, 147
J
Jeofails, statutes of, extended to Wales, 197 not extended to Wales, 39, 40 Judges on circuit, powers of Welsh, 215, 216, 223 of Courts of England to hold assizes in Wales, 239, cxi Judgments, execution of, 128, 222 to execute, of the Court of the President and Council in the marches, 195 validity of, 203. Judicial Seals, exemplifications on record sealed with, 109 justices to have custody of, 107, 130
Judicial Seals, number of, 107 process under, 107 profits of, justices to account for, 107 Juries de Circumstantibus, 126, 145, lxxxiv Jurisdiction, regulated, 3 taking away the Star Chamber, exercised before the Council of Wales, 168, lxxvi to abolish the separate, for Wales, 239, ciii Jurors, allowances for, 215 bread, &c., not allowed to, by officer, 51, lii challenge, 126 custody of, by officer, 51, lii issues on, duly estreated, 191 punishment for perjury of, in the lordship marchers, 51, lii qualification of, 126, 191 returns of, in Wales, 204 wrongful acquittals by, and untrue verdicts of, 51, liii Jury, de medietate linguæ, 28, xlii in counties next adjoining, 58 trial by, 15, 18, 28, xxxv, xxxvi Justice of Snowdon, jurisdiction of, 3, xxxii Justices, accommodation for, 209 appointed for Welsh shires, 102, 103, lvi may in certain cases amend defaults in records, 40 mayors, &c., to be attendant on, 116 no person shall make but the King, 74 of England to hold assizes in Wales, 239, cxi powers and duties of, 103, 155, 212, 214, 217 salaries of, augmented, 209, 222 sheriffs to attend the, 69 to have patents under Great Seal, 103 Justices of Peace, allowances to, 69, 114 appointment of, 67, 113, 192, lvi authority of, 113 eight, in each shire, 113 oath of, 113 sheriffs to attend the, 69 Justices of Peace in England may inquire of certain treasons and felonies in Wales, 39, 58
K
King, adding to or altering laws and ordinances, 129, 166, lxx, lxxxix all authority derived from the, 73, lviii fine to, and King's silver, 109, 110, 237 jure Feodali, Wales subject to the, 2
King, sovereignty of, over Wales, 2 to have fines, &c., 112, 127 to have all fines in sheriff's turns, 118 King's Bondmen to do ancient services, 45 King's Castles, proviso for constables of, 117 King's Chamberlain of North Wales, 68 King's Silver, 110, 237 Knights and Burgesses in Parliament, fees as in England, 90 mayors and sheriffs to levy wages of, 133 to be elected as in England, 90, 127 wages secured, 133 Kymorthas, see Commorth
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Lampeter, St. David's College at, 256, 262 Lands, aliened, demised, and descendible according to law of England, 122, lxix bound by recognisances, as in England, 123 facts respecting, inquired of by men of the vicinage, chosen by the parties, 26 holden by English tenure, 122, lxix partible amongst heirs, 25, 76, 92, 122, 132, xxxvi, lxix peaceable possession of, for five years, how far good, 125, lxx process against, when out of the Chancery of England, 123 Welshmen purchasing, in certain counties, security for good behaviour, 31, 167 Welshman shall not purchase, in England nor in the English towns of Wales, 33, 167 Laws, commission to inquire into, 89, xxix, lxiii King may alter, 129, 166 Laws and Customs of Wales, allowance, correction, and abolition of by Edward 1, 2, xxix, xxxii as to dower, 24, xxxvi forests, 69-72 inheritance of land, 25, xxxvi, lix, lxix trials, 26, 28 commission to inquire into, 89, xxix, lxiii how far in force, 2, 3, xxix, xxx, xxxvi not to be observed, 26, 76, lxvii provisions of Magna Charta as to, 1 Laws of England, homicide and other crimes tried by, 26, xxxvi observed in counties next adjoining, 59 to be used in Welsh counties, 82, 87, 130 Laws of Inheritance, as in England, used in Wales, 76, 122 Leases, making void divers, 47 Leather, exportation of, 73, lviii merchants of Wales may bring their, to the staples of England, 30 Licences, to bake and brew in North Wales, repealed, 45
Llanbadarn, sheriff of, and Cardigan, 3 Llandaff, archdeacon of, to be dean of, 255 archdeaconry of, separated from deanery, 261 canons in, 254, 259 cure of souls in parish of, 255, 259 incomes of dignitaries in, 256 property of, vested in Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 255, 256 rights and titles in diocese of, 254 Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, xxviii Llewelyn the Great, xxvii London, provisions for divine service in Welsh in, 262 Lords Marchers, liberties of, confirmed, 61, 90, 141 restrictions of the government of the, 55, liii to be attendant to the Crown of England, 30 to keep sufficient guards in their castles, 33 Lordships, annexed to or divided into other shires, 79-86, lx certain, annexed to Carmarthenshire, 128 of Denbighshire declared to be in Flint, 98 proviso for franchises in, 61, 90, 125, 139, 141 Lordships Marchers, attendant on Crown of England, not Principality, 30, xxv, xxvi, xxix, xxxviii, xxxix, lxx certificate of outlawry returned in, 59 Courts in, to be kept in most sure places, 58 divided into counties, 77, 94, 98 murders and felonies, in, where inquired of, 55, 58, 120 offenders attainted in, 60 perjury of jurors in, 51 precepts to return officers in, 60 process in, in the King's name, 74 proviso for liberties of, 61, 90, 125, 139, 141, lxii, lxx remedy for wrong done by officers in, 55
M
Magna Charta, clauses of, relating to Wales, 1, xxvii Manors, felony may not be inquired of in Steward's Courts in, 106 holding pleas under 40s, in Steward's Courts in, 105 leets and lawdays as before, 106 Marches, King's sovereignty over the, 2 of Mercia, England and Wales, xxiv to be annexed to England, 30 Markets, bringing armour and arms to, 56 grants of, avoided, 45 Marriages, collections under colour of, forbidden, 57 provision, for in the Welsh tongue, 252, 280
Masses or Gospels, collections under colour of children saying their first, forbidden, 57 Members of Parliament, election of, and payment of their wages, 90, 127, 133, lxi, lxxix under Reform Act, 248 what, to be sent for shires and boroughs in Wales, 90, 127, lxi Merchandise, foreign, exported from Wales, 43 Merchants of Wales may bring their wools to the staples of England, 30 'Merionethshire, burgess, not sent to Parliament, 90 estreats of fines in, 69 offences in, tried in Carnarvon or Anglesea, 62, 151, lv, lxxxvii sessions, twice a year in, 102 sheriff of, appointment and jurisdiction, 3 Mines, inspectors of, to know Welsh, 271 Minstrels prohibited in Wales, 34, xlvi Mixed Actions, proceedings in, 21, 108 Monmouth, county of, county court of, 78 dissevered from Wales, 77-78, lx Montgomeryshire, county court at Machynlleth and Montgomery alternately, 80 customs of Wales observed in, 82 escheators, 81 Exchequer, 4, 81 hundreds, divided into, 89 laws of England observed in, 82 Montgomery, shire town, 80 recognizances, sheriffs to take, 81 sessions, twice a year in, 102 sheriff, accounts of, 81 towns, &c., included in, 80 Mortgages, to be as by the law of England, 122 Mortuaries, proviso for Welsh bishops, 50, 197, li taken away in Wales, 50, 197, li Murder, agreement not made in, without consent of President and Council, 125 fine for, not allowed, 58, 120 tried in next English county, 39, 58, 120
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Navy, an act for the maintenance of the, 144 Newport, county or shire court of Monmouthshire to be held at, 78 landing wines at, 144 Next of Kin, how barred, 194, xcv North Wales, customs of, 29, 91, xli, lxii folding of cloths regulated, 97
North Wales, King's justice of, 62 King's Chamberlain of, 68 justices of, holding sessions, 102, 105, 107, 108 three ancient shires of, 91, 104, 108 Novel Disseisin, Assize of, 15
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Offa's Dyke, xxiv Offences, inquiry of, done in counties next adjoining, 39, 58, 120 touching trial of, in Merioneth, 62, 151 Offenders taken in Wales, to whom delivered, 62 Office, Englishmen married to Welshwomen not to have, in Wales, 36 no Welshman to bear, in Wales, 31, 36 persons using the Welsh tongue, not to enjoy any, 87 Officers, appointment of, 3 of corporate towns, holding pleas, &c., 106 to enjoy their fees and offices, 131 Ordinances concerning the customs of North Wales, West Wales, and South Wales, 27, 29, xli distinction between statutes and, xli of the Staples, as to Wales, 30, xliii Original Seals, authority of keepers of, 104 for the different shires, 104, 107, lxvii in what actions writs sealed with, 108 process with, returnable before justices, 108 Original Writs, 104, 105, 108, 111, 112, 218, 219 Outlawry courts at Westminster may award process of, in Wales, 135-139, lxxxi error in process of, not to extend to Wales, 40 Owen Glyndwr, confirming statute against, 40, xlvi rebellion of, xliv
P
Parliament, members of, election and payment of, for Wales, 133, lxii, lxxviii to be elected for counties and shire towns in Wales, 90, 127 Patents of Offices, proviso for fees, &c., 91 Pembrokeshire, County Palatine of, xxxviii estreats of fines, &c., in, 68 hundreds divided into, 89 justice appointed, 102 judicial seal of, how kept, 131 original seals in, 104 sessions, twice a year, 102 towns, &c., certain, annexed to, 86 subject to English laws, 86 Welsh laws not to be observed in, 86
Penalty for ferrymen transporting offenders across the Severn, 54 of importing goods into Wales and then into England without paying custom, 43 recovery of, 220 Personal Actions, Jury de circumstantibus, 126 trial of, at petty sessions, 124 trial of, by law of Wales under £10, in Court of Great Sessions, 205 general provisions as to, 20, 23, 108, 127, 191, 211 Personal Estates, inhabitants of Wales impowered to bequeath, 193, xcv Petty Sessions, suits tried before, 124 Pleadings in Welsh Courts, xxxv Pledges, poor plaintiffs finding, 4 Pluralities, acts of, 252, 270, cxiii Preferments, suspending, in dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor, 257, 263 Presentments, proceedings on, in sheriff's turns, 4 President and Council, see Court of the Presteign as shire town, 128, lx Prifysgol Cymru, cxxiii Principality of Wales, extent of, in the thirteenth century, xxxviii leases within the, made void, 48 marches not to be annexed to, 30 Proceedings, to regulate, in Courts of Great Sessions, 210 Process, error in, not to extend to Wales, 40 in the King's name, 74 in weighty causes, directed into Wales, 128 Prothonotaries, appointment of, 110, lxvii estreats, fines, issues, &c., into Exchequer, 112 fees of. 111, 112 to attend upon justices, 110
Q
Quarries, inspectors of, to know Welsh, 280 Quarter Sessions, to be held as in England, 113
R
Radnor, County Court held at New Radnor and Rothergowy alternately, 80. Radnor and Presteign, 128 custom of Wales observed in, 82 escheators, sheriffs, &c., of, 81 hundreds, divided into, 89 justice appointed, 102 laws of England observed in, 82
Radnor, New Radnor, county town, 80 Sessions, twice a year, 102 towns and parishes, &c., certain, accounted part of, 80 Real Actions, proceedings in, 18, 108 trial of, by jury, 26 "Reasonable Part," meaning of, 194, xcv Rebecca Riots in Wales, cxix Recognizances, breach of, 222 justices may impower persons to take, 127 justices of peace certifying, 114 sheriffs of Welsh counties to take, 88 Records, error in, by misprision of clerks, statute not to extend to Wales, 40 Reform Act of 1832, 248, cxi Regalities of the Crown, grant of, to the Prince of Wales, 202 Religion, Act for the advancement of, in Wales, 185, xcii Religious Worship, to repeal Acts relating to, and assemblies, and persons preaching therein, 223 Rents, executor recovering, of inheritance, 97 Rhayader (Rothergowy, or Rhaiadr Gwy), 80, 129, lx Rhuddlan, statute of, xxxi Rhys ap Thomas, Sir, 49, xlix.
S
Sanctuary, right of, 9, xxxiv Sea-sands, touching the, in Glamorganshire, 139, lxxxii Sessions, see Court of Great Sessions Sequestration, concerning the, of South Wales, and County of Monmouthshire, 169, xc Services, to empower Welsh bishops to have English services in Wales, 267 Severn, keepers of ferries across the, regulations for, 52, liii Sheriffs, accounts of, 81, 203 allowances to, 115 appointment of, 3, 4, 81, 114, 191, xxxii, xcvii to be as in England, 263 authority and duty of, 4, 115, 119 commission and patent of, under Great Seal of England, 115 executing office, 3, 4 extension in Wales of law of England relating to, 270 fees for return of suspected persons under common mainprise, 119 holding to special bail, 196 how chosen, 191, xcvii making accounts of issues, &c., 81, 115, 203 not returning writ of proclamation, 138 not to inquire of felony, 106 not to levy fines and amerciaments, 118, 221
Sheriffs, oath of, 202 returning issues upon juries de circumstantibus, 146 shall appoint deputies, 137 to make hailiffs of hundreds, 117 Sheriffs Court, trials in, 4, 5, 117 Sheriffs Turns, holding of, 5, 118, xxxiii King to have all fines in, 118 offences inquired of in, 5 proceedings on presentments, 7 Sheriffwicks, grants of, for life, void, 97 Shires, Commission for dividing, into hundreds, 89, lxiii hundreds in, to stand, 102 Wales divided into, 3, 77, 101, lx, lxvi Shire Towns, giving the King authority to allot the, 93 Snowdon, land and justices of, 2, 3, xxxii South Wales, customs of, 27 felons to be taken, 37 Special Juries, 214, 215 St. Asaph, Archdeaconry of, separated from Bishopric, 260 Bishopric of, continued, 265 limits defined, 265 diocese of, appointments in, suspended, 257 St, Davids, canons in, 254, 259 incomes of dignitaries in, 256 property of, vested in Ecclesiastical Commission, 255, 256 rights and titles in diocese of, 254 Staples of England, merchants of Wales may go to the, 30 Star Chamber, taking away the jurisdiction before the Council of Wales, 168 Statute of Uses, Welshmen to enjoy estates transferred to them by the, 72, lvii Statutes against Welshmen confirmed, 45 Wales included where England mentioned in, 206, 239, 280, xcviii Statute of Rhuddlan or Rothelan, xxxi Statutum Walliae (Statute of Wales), 2, xxviii copies in Welsh and Latin to be kept, xxxvii Stewards of Lordships not to inquire of felony, 106 Stolen Goods, 126 Suits against Englishmen, 33 removed from one county to another, where determined, 124 Sunday, to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors on, in Wales, 269 Surety, clerks convict to find, for good abearing, 65 Suspected persons, return of, 87, 119 Swansea, representation of, 249
T
Tales de Circumstantibus, 145, lxxxiv Talesmen, qualification of, 192 Tallage on change of lords, paid according to Welsh customs, 127
Taxes charged by the Parliament of England, 127 Temporal Lords Marchers, proviso for liberties of, 88, 90, 139, 141 Tenants Ale not to be levied, 57 Tithes and Church Living's, redressing of grievances concerning, 185, xci Tithes of Marriage Goods abolished, 139, lxxxii Tolls, cesser of, 271 Tongue, marriages in Welsh, 252, 280 Tourn, or Turn, of sheriff, 5, xxxiii Towns Corporate, King dissolving and erecting new ones, 106 Treason committed in Wales, how tried, 44, 91, 96, lxiv no person to pardon, except the King, 73, 74 to take Englishmen or their goods, and carry them into Wales, 42, 45 Trespasses, 23 Trials, mode of, 18, 20, 23, 26 to be in adjoining counties, 39, 58, 120, xcix Turnpike Roads, legislation for South Wales, cxviii
U
Uniformity, Act of, xciii University of Wales, Act for the, 281, cxxiii Unlawful Assemblies punished, 122 Untanned Hides, exportation of, 73
V
Vagabonds, prohibited in Wales, 34 Victual and Armour' shall not be carried into Wales, 35
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Waifs, Strays, &c., the King shall have, 127 Wales, Act for prevention of frivolous suits extended to, 196 annexed to England, 2, 74, 76 assizes in, 242, 243 at the end of the fifteenth century, xlviii commission for dividing, into shires, 89 contributory boroughs in, 250, 251 divided into counties, 3, 77, 101, lx, lxvi divisions of, xxiv in the thirteenth century, xxxviii in the fourteenth century, xliii included under "England," in Acts of Parliament, 206, 239, 280, xcviii. King to have sole power and authority in, 74 offenders taken in, to whom delivered, 62
Wales, Statute of Jeofails extened to, 197 under the Tudors, l, lxxix united to England, 2, 74, 76 (See Courts of Great Sessions) Walled Towns, in Wales to be kept by Englishmen, 36 Weapon. carrying, 143 Welsherie, xxxii Welsh Language, clergymen not conversant with not to be appointed to benefice within Wales, 252, 253, cxiii, cxvii in Welsh Courts, xcviii inspectors of mines, quarries and factories to have knowledge of 271, 280, cxviii marriages in the, 252, 280, cxviii persons speaking, not to enjoy the office unless conversant with English language, 87, lxi provision for divine service in, in London, 262 Welsh Laws, Laws of Wales Welshmen, against, making affrays in Hereford, Gloucester, and Salop, 95 already being burgesses or citizens, security for good behaviour, 31 batteries commited by, in Gloucester, Hereford and Salop, punishment, 63 disabled from purchasing lands in next English Counties, 31 excesses by, on English neighbours, 31 felony by, in England, 32 holding lands in England, security for good behaviour, 31 indicted of treason or felony, fleeing into Herefordshirew, process, 44 not restoring distresses in England, 32 not to be burgess or citizen, 31, 34 not to be officers in Wales, 31, 36 not to bring action for injuries in the late insurrection, 37 not to bring arms to court, 56 not to go armed, 35, 36 outlawry in case of outrages committed by, 39 outrages committed by, 32, 42 outrages„ committed„ justices of peace to inquire of, 39 penal legislation against, xliii purchasing lands in certain counties, security for good behaviour, 31 rebellion of, 37, 38 repealing laws of Henry 4, and Henry 6, against, 167 estraints on, 31 robberies of the English in the marches by, remedy, 32, 42 shall not purchase lands in England nor English towns in Wales, 33, 34 statutes against, confirmed, 45 taking Englishmen into Wales, 42, 46 to enjoy estates transferred to them by Statute of Uses, 72-73 to find surety for good behaviour, 31 Welsh Women, Englishmen married to, not to have office in Wales, 36
Westva, 28, xli Widows, how barred, as to personal estate, 193, xxcv Will, personal estate disposed of by, 193, xcv Women, co-heiress, inheriting, 26 Wollen Cloth, 129, 130 Wools, merchants of Wales to take, their, to the staples of England, 30 Writ of Attorney in County Court, 14 Writ of Capias Utlagatum, 138 Writ of Covenant, 13, 138 Writ of Debt, jurisdiction of county court, 13 Writ of Disseisin, 12 Writ of Dower, 12 Writ of False Judgment, 119, 128, 122 Writ of Mort D'Ancestor, forms of, 9-10 Writ of Proclamation, sheriffs not returning, 138 Writ to Chief Coroner, 15 Writs, forms of, applied to each case, 9-15, xxxiv how used in Wales, 123 only to be made in the name of the King, 74 Writs De Excommunicato Capiendo, proceedings on, 144-145 Writs of Assize, 15 Writs of Error, as in England, 127
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