Cap .21. the Forest Laws.
olio to view and inquire of all offences oi the For eft, aswell of Vert as of Venison, and of all concealment' of anyoffences or defaults of the Foresters, and of all other Offi-cers of the Kings Forest, concerning the execution of theirOffices. stnO is rhb aefmition of a RMrder of theForest.
Bow It is to be Ken how a Mgdrder Of the Forest ismade. And so? that,it is to be understmd,thgt a Regsr-der of the Forest ma? he made bx the Ring himself, bxhis getters Mtents,or bx anx one of the Lings Justi-ces of the fo?est at his discretion in the general Gire ofthe Forest ;o? st such time as the Regsrd of the Fo?eSis to be made dx bertue of the Lings 2Nrit,which lhal! bedirected to the sheriff of the fame Lountx,commaudinghim to summon the whole Regsrd of the Fo.est, and tomake the regard of the forest as thex habe been accusto-med to do.And then if an- of the Regsrders of the fameforest be sick o? dead, so that because there are not thewhole number of twelbe Negarders, the Regard cannotbe msve,that then the fame sheriff Wall chuse other Ne-gsrders that are meet men to ferbfc in their places bxbertue of the fame LMrit, in his full dkountx the tenorof which writ is as ff llowethr^acobus veiOiatia Angliæ,Scotiæ, Francis, 8t Hibemiæ Rex, Fidei DefenCo, Etc.Nic. Eflex, salutetn: Præcipimus tibi quod sine dilationeeonvenire facias omnes Foreftarios EtRegardatores ad re-gardant faciendum in Balliva tua ante adventum Justicia-riorum nostroram de Foresta: Et loeis Regardatorum quimortui funt, aut infirmi, alios eligi facias, Ita quod duode-cem lint in Foresta,St nomina eorum imbreviantun Et Fo-restarii dictos duodecim Milites electos ducent per totamBallivam fuam ad vidend. omnes tranfgreffiones qnæ «ex-primuntur in Script.Capitulor. quae tibi mittimus,8t quodhoc non omittas pro aliqua re : Et quod dicti Milites ju-'rent quod fadent Regardum sicut solet & debet fieri: Et
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Kegardours son-ceux que ailonta veire & enquc-re per la Forestde mesons leves& de tre arre eile forest fans con-gie, faith theCommentatorubi fuprs.
How a Re gar-der is made.
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The Writ tothe Sheriff.Seethe Writotherw.fe recited. •Co. 4 .1 nil. 19*