The penalty is 400s. to the king after trial by the
Chancellor.
Gifts or alienation of land to guilds, fraternities, or towns are
forbidden. Instead, it escheats to its lord, or in his default, to
the King.
No man will be charged to go out of his county to do military
service except in case of an enemy invasion of the nation. Men who
chose to go into the king's service outside the nation shall be
paid wages by the king until their return.
Admiralty law came into being when ancient naval manners and
customs were written down as the "Black Book of the Admiralty".
This included the organization of the fleet under the Admiral,
sea-maneuver rules such as not laying anchor until the Admiral's
ship had, engagement rules, and the distribution of captured
goods: one-fourth to the vessel owner, one-fourth to the king if
the seamen were paid by the king's wages, and the rest divided
among the crew and Admiral. Stealing a boat or an anchor holding a
boat was punishable by hanging. Stealing an oar or an anchor was
punishable by forty days imprisonment for the first offense, six
months imprisonment for the second, and hanging for the third.
Desertion was punishable by loss of double the amount of wages
earned and imprisonment for one year. Cases were tried by jury in
the Admiral's court.
Wines, vinegar, oil and honey imported shall be gauged by the
King's appointees.
- Judicial Procedure -
The office of Justice of the Peace was developed and filled by
knights, esquires and gentlemen who were closely associated with
the magnates.
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