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Reilly, S. A.

"Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aehelbert - King George III"


No one going from house to house to repair metal goods or sell
small goods he is carrying may do this trade outside the town
where he lives.
No one may sell ale or beer without a license, because there have
been too many disorders in common alehouses. Offenders may be put
in the town or county gaol for three days.
Only persons with yearly incomes of 1,333s. or owning goods worth
13,333s. may store wine in his house and only for the use of his
household.
No one may sell forged iron, calling it steel, because the edged
tools and weapons made from it are useless.
Parish communities shall repair the highways for four days each
year using oxen, cart, plough, shovels, and spades.
The children of priests are declared legitimate so they may
inherit their ancestor's lands. The priests may be tenants by
courtesy after the death of their wives of such land and tenements
that their wives happened to be seized of in fee simple or in fee
tail, during the spousals.
The King's proclamations shall be observed and kept as though they
were acts of Parliament. The penalty shall not be more than that
stated in the proclamation, except for heresy.
The Year Books ceased in 1535.


- Judicial Procedure -
By royal proclamation of 1546, only those admitted by the
Chancellor and two chief justices may practice as counsel or in
legal pleading in any of the King's courts.


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