And there shall be no
other justiciar over the men of London.
2. And the citizens shall not take part in any [civil] case
whatsoever outside the City walls.
1) And they shall be exempt from the payment of scot and
danegeld and the murder fine.
2) And none of them shall take part in trial by combat.
3) And if any of the citizens has become involved in a
plea of the Crown, he shall clear himself, as a citizen of
London, by an oath which has been decreed in the city.
4) And no one shall be billeted [lodged in a person's
house by order of the King] within the walls of the city
nor shall hospitality be forcibly exacted for anyone
belonging to my household or to any other.
5) And all the citizens of London and all their effects
[goods] shall be exempt and free, both throughout England
and in the seaports, from toll and fees for transit and
market fees and all other dues.
6) And the churches and barons and citizens shall have and
hold in peace and security their rights of jurisdiction
[in civil and criminal matters] along with all their dues,
in such a way that lessees who occupy property in
districts under private jurisdiction shall pay dues to no
one except the man to whom the jurisdiction belongs, or to
the official whom he has placed there.
7) And a citizen of London shall not be amerced [fined by
a court when the penalty for an offense is not designated
by statute] to forfeiture of a sum greater than his
wergeld, [hereby assessed as] 100 shillings, in a case
involving money.
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