But people having
greyhounds must keep them out of the forest so they don't maim the
deer.
The Forest Charter also allowed magnates traveling through the
King's forest on the King's command to come to him, to kill one or
two deer as long as it was in view of the forester if he was
present, or while having a horn blown, so it did not seem to be
theft.
After a period of civil war, the following statutes were enacted:
"All persons, as well of high as of low estate, shall receive
justice in the King's Court; and none shall take any such revenge
or distress by his own authority, without award of our court,
although he is damaged or injured, whereby he would have amends of
his neighbor either higher or lower." The penalty is a fine
according to the trespass.
A fraudulent conveyance to a minor or lease for a term of years
made to defraud a Lord of a wardship shall be void. A Lord who
maliciously and wrongfully alleges this to a court shall pay
damages and costs.
If a Lord will not render unto an heir his land when he comes of
age or takes possession away from an heir of age or removes
anything from the land, he shall pay damages. (The king retained
the right to take possession of an heir's land for a year or, in
lieu of this, to take one year's profit from the land in addition
to the relief.)
Kinsmen of a minor heir who have custody of his land held in
socage shall make no waste, sale, nor destruction of the
inheritance and shall answer to the heir when he comes of age for
the issues of the land, except for the reasonable costs of these
guardians.
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