And forasmuch as Sheriffs,
and other, which have taken
and kept in Prison Persons de-
tected of Felony, and inconti-
nent have let out by Replevin
such as were not replevisable,
and have kept in Prison such
as were replevisable, because
they would gain of the one
Party, and grieve the other;
(2) and forasmuch as before
this time it was not deter-
mined which Persons were re-
plevisable, and which not, but
only those that were taken for
the Death of Man, or by Com-
mandment of the King, or of
his Justices, or for the Forest:
(3) It is provided, and by the
King commanded, that such
Prisoners as before were out-
lawed. and they which have ab-
jured the Realm, Provors, and
such as be taken with the Man-
ner, and those which have bro-
ken the King's Prison, Thiefs
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Et pur ceo que viscounts, &
auters, queus ount prises & re-
tenus en prison gents rettes de
felonie [&] meint foits ount
lesse per replevin les geuts
queux ne sont my replevisa-
bles, & ont detenus en prison
ceux queux sont replevisables,
per encheson de gaign' des
Tins & de grever les auters;
& pur ceo que avant ces heu-
res ne fuit my determine [cer-
tainment] queus gentes fuis-
sent replevisables, & queux
noB, forspris ceux queux fuis-
sent prises pur mort de home,
ou per commandement Ie roy,
ou de les justices, ou pur la
forest: Purview est, & per Ie
roy commande, que les prison-
ers queus sont ayant utiages,
& ceux queux event forjure la
terre, provours & ceux queux
sont prises ove mainer, &
ceux queux sont debruse la
prison Ie roy, larons apert-
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