A Brief Register Part 2, Part 2 · Section 4 · Subsection 17
Consimiles literae diriguntur singulis Uic. per Angliam.
Claus. 33 E. 1. dors. 10. & 20. There are no writs to Sheriffs entred with the rest to the Spiritual and Temporal Lords, either of Summons or Prorogation, but a space left for their entry, with other Writs then omitted. Cl. 34 E. 1. d. 2. There is a writ at large entred, Vicecom. Ebor. agreeing in form with the last recited: with like writs, singulis Vicecom. per Angliam; but in Cl. 35 E. 1. d. 13. there are no writs to the Sheriffs entred, nor yet to the Spiritual, but only to the Temporal Lords.
Claus. 1 E. 2. dors. 19. Claus. 2. E. 2. dors. 11. there are writs entred at large, Vic. Ebor. and Claus. 4 E. 2. dors. 2. Vic. Kanc. with Consimiles literae singulis Vic. per Angliam, after every of them, agreeing all in form with the precedent writs, and their dates, recitals are the same with those to the Spiritual Lords forecited. Part 1. Sect. 1, 2.
In the Parliament of 2 E. 2. at Westminster, the King requesting an Ayde from the Commons then elected by his writs, they granted him the 25 part of their goods upon this Condition, that he would answer and redress their grievances, which they then presented, and reduced to 11. Articles, and prayed the King in a modest manner, to redress if he pleased; who thereupon promised them relief therein, and accordingly gave answers to them in his next Parliament at Stanford; thus recorded in Claus. 3 E. 2. m. 1. dorso.
Les Articles souz escritz baillez a nostre Seigneur le Roi Quidam Articuli liberati Regi pro Communitate Regni.par la Communate de son Roialme, a son Parlement quil tynt a West: ou Ouis de Pasch. L'an. de son regne second, en quel Parlement, le Roi preia daver une Aide de sa terre, é les bones gentz granterent au Roi le xxv. denier Par cien Condicion, qil meist Conseil et remedie en les Articles avantdits. E. le Roi a son Parlement a Staunford commenceant le dimeynge prochein apres la Saint Jakes, l'an de son Regne tiercz, ordena respons et remedie a mesmes les Articles. Les queux respons et remedie il fist notefier son people a son dit Parlement a Staunford, et que sont cy dessouz escritz, cest asaver, apres chescun Article le remedie que y est ordene.
Les bone gentz du Roialme qui sont cy venuz au Parlement, prient a nostre Seygneur le Roi quil voille, si lui plest, aver regard de son poure poeple qe molt se sente greve de ceo, qil ne sont pas menes si come il deussent estre. Nomeement des pointm de la Grant Chartre, & prie de ce, si lui plest, remedie. Estre ce prient a leur Seygneur le Roi, si lui plest, qil voille oir les choses que molt ont grevez son poeple, & uncore grevent de nouel de jour en auter, per ceux qui se dient estre ses Ministres, et mettre en amendement si lui plest.
A de primes, de bledz, brees, chans, fresches et alors et toute manere de Polaill, peison de Meer & de Eaw duie pris per ceux qe se diont estre Ministres le Roy, qe rien ne paent, ne autre certeinete per faille, ne en autre manere ne font au poeple le Roi, per quoy son poeple est empoueri.
Acest Article est respondu: Qil y avoit une Ordinaunce faitz de cieuz Prises en temps le Roi Edward pere nostre Seigneur le Roy qui ore est, la quele Ordenaunce hom entend qe soit covenable par le. Roy, et profitable pur son poeple: & voet nostre Seygneur le Roy qe cele Ordenaunce soit tenue & garde en toutz pointz.
L'autre, qe le Roi per ses Ministres prent de chescun tonel de vyn ij. soldz. de chescun drap qe Marchandz alieni font venir en sa terre ij s. & de chescune livre de aver de pois iij. deniers, au d'alnage du poeple, et per tieuz prises achate le poeple au tierz denier plus qil ne soloit.
Nostre Seigneur le Roi a la request de son poeple grant, qe cete petite Custome de vyns, de draps, et daver de pois, soit souztrete et ouste a la volente le Roi, pur saver quel profit et quel avantage amestera alui & a son people per cele suztrete, et puis en aur a le Roi consail selonc lavantage qil y verra; Sauves toutes voies a nostre Seignr. le Roi les aunciennes Prises et Customes aunciennement dues et approves.
Le tierz; qe la ou le Roi ad commande qe la moneye destrelings qe alott en temps le Roi son pere, a qui dieus face mercy feust tenuz aussi bone come elle feust en le temps son pere; les vendours es Citez, Burghs, & es autres villes marchandes des obeissament ne le tout pas, Mais encontre son mandement vendent au double value, & plus cher en moltz des lieus de sa terre, per quoi la poeple est molt empoveri.
Le Roi voet, qe briefs soient enueez en touz les Contez Dengleterre a fair crier, qe lo monoie courge a sa droite value, si come elle soloit en temps son pere, et ci sur grevouse peyne & qe hom nencberisse les choses pur la monoye, car le Roi la voet maintenir aussi ausi bone come elle soloit estre.
Le quart; qe come le poeple se senti molt greve et travaille en temps le Roi lour Seignr. son pere, a qui deiu face mercy, de ce qe Seneschaus et Mareschaux plederent moltz de maners des pledz qe a eux nafferoient apleder, et as pleintes de son poeple qe per tieux pledz feust grevez et enpovreux fist remedy et establi certains pointz & articles des queux et de quoi Senesch. et Mar. douient devant eux aver conissance apleder, les Senesch: et Mar. qe ore sont, ceux pointz, ne ceux Articles ne sount, ne re gardent, ainz enlargissent lour jurisdiction, et lour poair encontre lordenance et establishment son pere, qui deiu face mercy, dont son poeple est molt greve et enpoveri, et de ceo prie remedie.
Le Roi voet, qe Senescheaux et Mar. ne teignent autre manere de plede ne en autre forme qe nestote ordenez per le Roi son pere, qui dieus assoile, et qe ne passent desoremes cele Ordenance qest enroulleé en Chauncellere.
Le quint; que les Seneschaux & Mars. ou el vount per pais hors de la verge, ou lour poair nest pas, tenent pleds, amercient Burghs & Villes grevousement sauz garant, et au grefs damage es enpoverissement du poeple, pur quoi le poeple prie remedy.
Le Roi voet, que les pledz de la Mareschaucie ne soient tenuz fors que deinz la verge, cest asaver, deins le: 12 lieves enviroun la ou corps le Roi serra, et selonc lordenaunce avantdits.
Le sisme, Qe les Chevalers, gentz de Citez é de Burghs. e dautres Villes qe sont venuz a son Parlement per son commandement, pur eux et pur la poeple e ont Petitions a liver per tortz & grevances faites a eux, qe ne poent estre redressees per la commune ley, ne en autre manere saunz especial garant, il ne troeuent hom qe lour petitions recieve, sicome soloit estre au Parlement in temps le Roi lour Seignr. son pere, qui deiu face mercy, et de ce prient sa grace & remedy.
Le Roy voet, qe en ses Parlements desoremes gentz soient assignees a receiver petitions, et qe elles soient delivres per son Conseil, aussi come *See Claus. 33 E. 1. m. 8. dorso. De Petitionibus recipiendis: where 4 of the Kings Counsel are commanded & appointed by Writ to receive all Petitions that Parliament.estre soloient en temps son pere.
Le Septisme Article, qe la ou le Roi ad ses pernours de prises faire en Feires et Citez, per mi le Roialme les pernours le Roi pernent plus qe ne besoigne al oeps le Roi, ceux mesmesle livrent au autres pur marchander a lour preudemeyne, et au profit a qe il le delivrent, et au damage le Roi, et de son poeple; dont le poeple prie remedie.
Le Roi voet, qe lordenaunce qe sa faite de cieux Prises en temps le Roy son pere, soit tenue et gardeé, la quelle est contenue es Roulles de la Chauncellarie.
Le Oytisme, qe per la ou il y ad suite faite selonc forme de ley en les Banks nostre Seygneur le Roi, souent per Protections, et per Breffs dessouz la targe, sont leur dreitures delaez, a grant damage du poeple.
Le Roi voet, qe Protections oue les Clauses daquitance de pledz, ne soient grantez desoremes a nulles gentz forsqe a ceux qi vent hors du Roialme en le servise le Roi pur grosses busoignes du Roialme. E le Roi ad charge le Chanceller qi ne les face en autre manere. Et quant es Breffs de la targe, la Roi voet qe lordenaunce soit garde qe en fust faite en temps le Roi son pere, la quelle est en Chancellarie.
Le Novism, qe par la ou larons sont enditez de larciniez, r…beries, homicides, et autres felonies faites, trop logierement purchaunt la chartre le Roi de sa pees, per quoi ceux qi les ont enditez ne osent demorer en lour pais pur doute de ceux larons, & plusurs se retreent de enditementz faire per cele encheson, dont le poeple prie remedie.
Le Roi voet, que desoremes ne soit grante pardoun de felonie forsqe en cas ou aunciennement soleit estre grantez, cest asaver, si borne tue autre per mesaventure, ou soi defendant, ou en deuerie, & ce soit troue per record de Justices.
Le disme, qe per la ou les communs pledz du Banks le Roi de Contez douient estre pledez en certein leiu, la veignant les Ministres le Roi de ses Chasteaux et treent en cieu maner les pledz devant les portes des Chasteaux, contra la forme de la ley, et de ce prie remedie.
Le Roi voet qe les Constables des Chasteaux ne destreignent gentz apleder devant eux nul play de foreign Conte, ne deinz Counte, autrement qe aunciennement soleit estre fait.
Le Viceisme, qe par la ou diverses gentz du Roialme tenent lour tenements en chefs du Roi et uncore tenuz. eux et lour auncestres du temps dont memoire nest, veignent les Escheters le Roi, et seisant lour terres et les oustout per enquestes quil fait de lour office, sanz appeller en la Court le Roi, dont le poeple se sente molt greve.
Le Roi voet, qe gentz et lour auncestres ont tenuz du temps dont il nyad memoire, si come la petition suppose, e les Eschetors ne se mellent pur encheson del premier entre.
Et ordenez est et commander per nostre Seignr. le Roi, qe a ceux qe se voudront pleinder a Chauncellier, qe nul bom soit venus encontre aucun des ditz pointz, le Chancellier par brofs du grant seal en face cel remedie come il verra qe face afere pur reson. Et le Roi ad aussint charge le dit Chanceller et ses Ministres, qe chescun endroit bien garde les pointz avantditz.
He who shall seriously peruse these premised Grievances of the Commons, which were all they complained of in the Parliaments of 2 & 3 Edw. 2. under the *See My Plea for the Lords, p. 263. to 268.misgovernment of Peter de Gaveston Earl of Cornwall, and other the Kings ill Counsellors who misled him, and were banished, and removed from him by Judgement of Parliament, will finde them not the thousandth part so many for number, nor so grievous, oppressive, destructive to the persons, lives, liberties, properties, estates, purses of the people by millions of degrees, as those the people and whole Nation have lately groaned under for many years, and suffered from their very real or nominal Parliaments themselves, their Comittees, & the grand Pretended Gardians, Assertors, Protectors of their Laws, Liberties, and Enfranchisers of them from Regal Tyranny and Bondage into a misnamed Free-State and Government, or rather Aegyptian or Turkish vassallage; Which I desire all conscientious publike-spirited Englishman now cordially to contemplate. If the Commons in Parliament were so zealous to get these few petit Grievances redressed then, bought out with a grant only of the 25 part of their goods, and thereupon thus redressed for the future; How zealous & industrious should they be now to reform all those innumerable transcendent grievances and pressures under which we have so long languished and have paid so many millions of Treasure, yea spent whole Oceans of English bloud to remove, and yet are not eased nor released from them, nor in probability like to be, being the least of their care, who should redress, petition, protest against them: Let this president spurr and excite them to their duties herein, being one of the first Petitions of publike grievances exhibited by the Commons alone without the Lords, to the King, that I have met with in our records; upon which account, I thought not impertinent to insert it here at large, having transcribed it with mine own hands out of the Clause Roll it self.
The next Writ I shall present you with at large being very remarkable, is thus recorded in Claus. 5 E. 2. m. 26. dorso.
Rex Vic. Ebor. salutem. Praecipimus tibi firmiter injungentes, quod illos Milites, Cives & Burgenses, de Balliva tua, quos nuper ad praesens Parliamentum nostrum apud London incboatum demandato nostro venire fecisti, & qui ab eodem Parliamento certis de causts recesserunt, bel alios ad hoc idoneos loco eorum, si ad hoc bacare non possint, usque Westm. ad idem Parliamentum quod ibid…m duximus continuandum, venire facias. Ita quod sint ibidem in crastino Sancti Martini prox. futur. ad ultimum cum sufficienti potestate Comitatus tui, & Civitatum et Burgorum praedictorum ad consentiendum, &c. Teste Rege apud London. xi die Octobris.
By this writ it is apparent, 1. That there were Knights, Citizens and Burgesses elected and sent to this Parliament at London, by the Kings writ, though not entred in the Roll of Summons, Claus. 5 E 2. d. 3. 17. 25. 2ly, That they departed from the Parliament for certain reasons, not expressed, it seems without the Kings License. 3ly. That thereupon the King by this writ commands the Sheriff, to resummon them to come to the Parliament again, which was adjourned to a certain day, most likely by reason of their departure from it: or else to elect and send other fit persons in their places, if they could or would not attend, sufficiently impowred from the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs for which they served. And that without the vote, order, ejection or privity of the Commons in Parliament; who had then no power to remove, eject, imprison, suspend their own Members, or issue writs for new elections, as of late they do.
Claus. 6 E. 2. d. 31. I meet with this writ of Prorogation, but not with the Original writ of Summons issued to the Sheriff.
Rex Vic. Ebor. salutem. Licet nuper Parliamentum nostrum apud Lincoln. (ut supra Archiepiscopo, usque ordinavimus) Tibi praecipimus, quod de Com. tuo duos Milites, & de qualibet Civitate duos Cives, & de quolibet Burgo duos Burgenses de discretioribus & ad laborand. potentioribus eligi, & eos ad Nos ad dictos diem et locum venire faceres. Ita quod Milites plenam et sufficientem potestatem pro se & Communitate Com praedicti, et dicti Cives et Burgenses pro se et Communitate Civium et Burgorum praedictorum divisim ab ipsis haberent tunc ibidem, ad faciend. quod de Communi Consilio nostro ordinari contigerit in praemissis. Ita quod pro defectu hujusmodi potestatis negotia praedicta infacta non remaneant. Quia tamen versus partes London. &c. (usque tractabuntur.) Et ideo tibi praecipimus firmiter injungentes, quod Milites, Cives & Burgenses praedictos sine dilatione eligi, & eos ad Nos usque Westm. ad dictam diem Dominicam post dictum festum Assumptionis venire facias in forma praedicta. Et babeas ibi nomina dictorum Militum, Civium & Burgensium, & hoc breve. Teste ut supra.