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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, 1, 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

Courts 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

D

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, Ivii
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

G

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

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