Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	peace_n	power_n	statute_n	3,508	5	8.3236	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22221	The Assise of bread and ale, and dyuers other thynges as appereth on the other syde of the leafe.		1532 (1532)	STC 863.5; ESTC S133	19,855	40

strāgers none to be enchesoned And the .iiii. Chaptre folowynge / hit is also commaunded that the byghe wayes from markette townes to market townes shulde from benseforth be enlarged there as are wodde bedges or dytches so that there be no dytche shrubbes or busshes within CC. foote of eche syde of the hyghe way wherby a felon whā he hath done a shrowde tourne maye scape but this estatute extendethe nat vnto the greatte ookes and byches And if throughe the lorde of the soyles defaute whiche wylle nat cutte and caste downe suche dytches shrubbes and busshes after the fourme as is afore sayde robberyes are commytted and done the lorde shal answere therfore And there be murther done the lorde shall be reynted at the kynges pleasure And if the lorde be nat able to cut downe the shrubbes the countre shall helpe him to do it And the kynge wyll that in his demayne landes and woddes within forest and without the highe wayes shulde be enlarged as is before sayde And if hit be so that there be any Parke nere vnto the hyghe waye hit behoueth that the lorde dymynyss he his parke vnto the largenesse of CC. fote nere of the hyghe waye as is afore sayde or els to make suche a walle / dytche or hedge that the misdoers can nat passe nor retourne to do shrowde tournes Also bit is commaunded that euery man shall haue armoure in his house for the kepynge of the peace accordynge as hit is of olde tyme limytted that is to saye euerye man betwene .xv. yeres and lx yeres to be lymytted and sworne to haue harneys after the quantyte of his landes and goodes that is to wytte a man of xv.li lyuelode and hauynge goodes to the value of .xl. marke an haber gynne a salette a speare a sworde and an horse A man of x.li lyuelode and hauynge goodes to the value of .xx. marke an habergynne a salette a speare and a sworde A man of an C.s. lyuelode a doublette a salette a speare and a sworde A man of xl.s lyuelode and aboue to the value of a C.s. a speare bowe arowes and a sworde And he that hath nat to the value of xl.s lyuelode shall be sworne to haue faux gysarmes a sworde and other smalle weapons And he that hath nat to the value of .xx. markes in goodes / a speare a sworde and other smalle weapons And all other that maye haue shall haue bowes and arowes Out of the foreste and within the foreste bowes and pillettis And that the sayde armours and weapons be seen and viewed euery yere twyse And in euerye hundred and fraunchese to chose .ii. constables to make the viewe of the sayd armours and weapons and the forsayde counstables shall presente before the Iustyces assygned whan they come in to the con̄tre the defautes of the armours and weapons the sutes of the townes and of the wayes And also they shall present suche as lodge strangers in vplandyss he townes for whom they wyll nat answere And the Iustices assigned shall presente in euerye parlement to the kynge the defautes whiche they haue founde / and the kynge shall se a remedye And that shereffes and baillies within francheses and without great or smalle whiche haue baillywicke or forest in fee or in other maner take good hede from henseforth that they folowe the crie with the countre And after as they be to haue horse and harneis for that entent And if there be any that dothe the contrarye the constables shall presente theyr defautes to the Iustyces assygned and the Iustices shall after warde presente them to the kynge and the kynge shall se hit remedyed as is before layde And the kynge for the honoure of holy churche commandeth and defendeth that from henseforth no feyres nor markettes shall be kepte in churcheyardes Also in the tyme of the same kinge Edwarde the fyrste that made the statute of wynchester the .xiii. yere of his reygne there were articles made conteynynge the maner of inquery whan the sayd statute was kepte and whan nat and who wolde obscrue it and who wolde nat where howe and by whom robberies were done and whether the sheryffes answered the bodyes of the yll doers whether the gates of cites townes were closed from sonne to sonne whether any herbored strangers in subburbes and foreyne partes of townes / whether the bayllyes enquered thereof bowe the watche was kepte bowe and where bygh wayes were enlarged and where nat whether all betwene .xv. lx yere were sworne to kepe the pece whether they had armours and weapons in theyr houses after the stent of their landes and goodes whether the constables in due maner viewed the sayd armours or nat and lastely whether the sheryffe bayllyes and foresters folowed the shoutte and crye accordynge to the foresayde statute The seconde yere of E. the .iii. the .vi. chaptre it is enacted that the sayde statute of wynchestre with all other concernynge the peace / shulde in all poyntes be obserued and kept and Iustices assygned haue power to punyss he suche as disobey and go agaynst the same statute It is also ordeyned the .v. yere of Henry the .iiii. that watche on the see cooste ouer all the realme of Englande shulde be kepte with suche noumbre of people in places fourme / and maner as hit was wonte to be in tymes paste / and that in this case the statute of wynchester shulde be obserued and kepte And that in the commyssions of the peace from henseforth to be made this article shulde be put and the Iustices of the peace haue power to make inquisitions in theyr ceffyons from tyme to tyme / and them that be found in defaut to punisshe after the tenure of the same statute Also hit is ordeyned and enacted the .vii. yere of the raygne of kynge Rycharde the seconde the .vi. chaptre that the statute of wynchestre shulde be obserued and kepte in all poyntes and welle and hastylye putte in execution at the complaynte and pursuyte of anye that felethe hym selfe greued agaynste the tenure of the same And to the ende that none frome hensefourthe shulde excuse hym selfe through ignorance bit is accorded that euery sheryffe of Englande shall in his owne persone do proclayme the same statute .iiii. tymes in the yere / in euerye hundred of his bayllywyke and by his bayllyes in euery markette as welle within lyberties as without And hit is enacted and ordeyned the .xxvij. yere of the reygne of the mooste noble kynge Edwarde the thyrde the .xiii. chaptre that if any marchant straunger or other that is robbed on the see and the same goodes so robbed come in to any parties of Englande or other the kynges landes wyll sue to recouer the sayde goodes he shall be resceyued to proue the said goodes to be his by his markes carte cokette or els by good and loyall marchates strangers or other and vpon suche proffes the selfe same goodes to be delyuered vnto the marchaunt without makyng of other sute at the comon lawe ¶ Thus endeth the statute of wynchestre with the other concernynge the same statute Imprynted at London in Fletestrete / in the house of Thomas Berthelet nere the Cundite at the signe of Lucrece Cum priuilegio a rege indulto