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Roger De Hoveden
The Annals vol.2., From A.D. 1180 To A.D. 1201.
page 335
the archbishop to come and receive their judgment, and, because he refused, they dispossessed him of all his manors, with the sole exception of the manor of Bipon, to which the archbishop had retired ; after which, they caused the canons to be reinstated in their stalls of which the archbishop had dispossessed them. On their departure, they appointed William de Stuteville, and Geoffrey Haget, to exercise supervision in Yorkshire over the archbishop and his shrievalty.
Shortly after, in the month of September, justices itinerant were sent in the king's behalf throughout each of the counties of England, and proceeded, in giving their judgments, in conformity with the tenor of the heads hereunder stated.
THE FORM2 0 OF PROCEDURE HT PLEAS OF THE CROWN OP THE PONG.
" In the first place, four knights are to be chosen from out of the whole county, who, upon their oaths, are to choose two lawful knights of every hundred and wapentake, and these two are to choose upon their oath ten knights of every hundred or wapentake, or, if there shall not be knights sufficient, free and lawful men, in order that these twelve may together make inquisition on each of the following heads in every hundred or wapentake.
Heads of Pleas of the Crown of the King.
" Of Pleas of the Crown, both new and old, and all those which have not yet been concluded before the justiciaries of our lord the king. Also, of all Recognizances and all Pleas on which summons has been issued before the justiciaries, by writ of the king or of the chief justice, or which have been sent before them from the supreme court of the king. Also, of Escheats, what these now are, and what they have been, since the king set out on his expédition to the land of Jerusalem, and what there were at that time in the king's hands ; and again, what there are now in his hands or otherwise ; and of all Escheats of our lord tha king, if they have been taken out of his hands, how, and by whom, and into whose hands they have come, and of what kind, and if any person has had any profits from the same, and what they are, and what was the value thereof, and what is the present value ; and if there is any Escheat, which belongs to our lord the king, which is not at present in his hands. Also, of Churches which
8 0 The text of Wilkins has been followed here.
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