38 DIRECTIONS FOR THE MASTER OF THE WARDS. 



their houses, woods, grounds, and estate, and the 

 same to certify ; that the committees may be held in 

 some awe, and that the blessing of the poor orphans 

 and the pupils may come upon his majesty and his 

 children. 



Secondly, for the suitors ; that there be a strait 

 examination concerning the raising and multiplica 

 tion of fees in that court, which is much scandalized 

 with opinion thereof, and all exacted fees put down. 



Thirdly, for the subjects at large ; that the vexa 

 tion of escheators and feodaries be repressed, which, 

 upon no substantial ground of record, vex the coun 

 try with inquisitions and other extortions : and for 

 that purpose that there be one set day at the end of 

 every term appointed for examining the abuses of 

 such inferior officers, and that the master of wards 

 take special care to receive private information from 

 gentlemen of quality and conscience in every shire 

 touching the same. 



