OF THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD THE THIRD., YEARS XIII AND XIV. EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY LUKE OWEN PIKE, M.A., OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S LONDON: LONGMAN & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW; TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL; ALSO BY PARKER & CO., OXFORD; AND MACMILLAN & CO., CAMBRIDGE, 1886. LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVISTE LAR DEPARTMENT, 58,563 Printed by xiii xiv XV INTRODUCTION: Progress of the work Relation of the published to the unpublished Year Plan adopted in the volume next preceding con- Extension of the use made of records The MSS. used for this and the next preceding Other MSS. compared: the Harleian, 741 : MS. in the Cambridge University Library error in Mrs. Dalison's MS. xvii xviii xxi xxiv The Reports: land held in villenage by bondsmen and freemen Tenure called "Customers-lond" Whether at the will of the lord, or not? Finding of jurors thereon Relation of lords to tenants, bond and free Court roll not adduced in evidence: commencement Some court rolls showed nature of tenure at a much Early use of the word "Customers language Pleadings as to villein status and tenure in villenage xxxiii Devise according to the custom of the City of London Formedon in the Court of Common Pleas - Page Petition as to the admissibility of an averment pre- sented to the King in his Council in his Parliament xxxviii Judgment in the Common Pleas as directed, the Chief Justice absenting himself Error sued by two writs, one directed to the Chief Justice, the other to the Justices of the Common Proceedings in Error in the King's Bench: another Petition to the King in his Council in his Parlia- The Justices of the King's Bench directed to con- sult the Justices of the Common Pleas Uniformity in the whole system of administering Conscience and the Law of God in the Court of |