17 R. 2, CAP. 8, RIOTS.
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CAP. VIII.
The Sheriffs, and all other the King's Officers, shall suppress Rioters,
and imprison them, and all other offending against the Peace.
Item, Whereas at the Par-
liament holden at Westminster
the Fifth Year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord the King
that now is; forasmuch as
Villaines and other Offenders
of late have riseu by Assem-
blies and outrageous Number
in divers Parties of the Realm,
against the King's Dignity
and his Crown, and the Laws
of his Land; it was straintly
defended by the King to all
Manner of People, That none
from henceforth should make,
or begin again such Riot or
Rumour, nor other like; and
if any Man did, and that duly
proved, he should be taken as
a Trayter to the Kiug and his
Realm. Nevertheless a griev-
ous Complaint was made to
our Sovereign Lord the King
in this present Parliament,
* that diverse People, not
having Consideration to the
said Defence, as wel! iu the
Counties of CJiesfcr, Lancas-
ter, and elsewhere in England,
have made such Assemblies in
outragious Manner to accom-
plish their Malice against the
King's Peace, his Crown, his
Dignity and the Laws of his
Land: Wherefore our Sover-
eign Lord the King in tin's
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Item cement qa parlement
tenuz a Westm' lan du rogue
nostre seigneur Ie roi qore est
quint pur ceo qe villeins &
autres mefi'esours turd devaunt
levereut par assemblees & out-
rageouse uombre en diverses
parties de roiaime encontre la
dignitee uostre seigneur Ie roi
& sa coroue & les leies de sa
terre defendu fuist par nostre
seigneur Ie roi estroi ten lent a
touz manors des gentz qe nul
delors ferroit ou recomeuceroit
tielx riot ou rumour nautres
semblables & si uully Ie fer-
roit & ceo prove duemcut ser-
roit fait de luy come de Trai-
tour au roi & son roiaime ni-
entmeins grevouse pleint fuist
fait a nostre dit seignour Ie roi
en cest present parlement qe
diverses gentz nicut eiantz con-
sideracion a dit defense sibien
en les countces de Cestre 202
Lancastre & aillours en Engel-
terre ont faitx tielx assemblees
en outragcouse nombre pur ac-
complir lour malice eucoutre
la pees nostre seigneur Ie roi
sa corone & sa dignite & les
leies de sa terre par quoi nos-
tre seignour Ie roi en cest pre-
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