20 



vetus calcitra vocat an olcle fether-bedde with a fewe fethers in him, un 

 sperimentu vocat a coverlet of yarne, duas ledices laneas vocat a paire of 

 blankets, una pare stentaculor ferreor vocat a payre of fflaunders Andyrons, et 

 unrTaliud par stentaculor ferreor vocat a payre of Iron Rackes, et una area vocat 

 a Roane cheste plated valoris sex librar trium solidor et quatuor denarior que 

 quidem bona sua p bonos appreciator appreciatviz p Thoma Newton et Willium 

 pitt &c." 



This not sufficing a second levy was made which produced : 

 unu Abacu vocat a cupporde et una carcella vestrariam vocat a presse for clothes 

 valoris quinquajinta et sex solidor et octo denar." 



A third levy secured the debtors' stock-in-trade, viz. : 



"quinque saccos glasti vocat sixe bagges of Tullos wodes, sexcent libras 

 piperis, duodecium mensuras serici villosi vocat twelve fares of velvet. Tres 

 pecias panni lintei vocat powle davies, &c. " 



To complete the story I insert a copy, so far as it can be deciphered by 

 me, of the lawyer's bill which was found pinned to a leaf of the Record. It 

 is written in a scribbling and scarcely legible hand, and is doubtless the 

 actual bill presented to the plaintiffs : 



" billa custag Rogeri Keat in causa The Cliffe " 

 ye Myttimus (?) vi d 

 ye declar xij d 



ye executio (?) xij d 



ye attorneys fe iij s iiij d 



ye levare viij d 



(other items which I cannot even guess, make up the total of ten 



shillings) 



consimilis pro Owino Raynolds versus patuni Thomam ad x s. 

 The forms of indictment are in some cases very curious ; so are the oaths 

 of the various parish and Borough officials, but I have probably already 

 quoted enough on so unattractive a subject as the Law courts. 



Perhaps a few entries taken at random as specimens, of bad Latinity and 

 absurd jumbles of Latin and English will serve to mitigate the dulness of 

 this paper, and, at the same time, give occasion for reflection on the state of 

 general education in days when such could, without question, be inserted in 

 public documents. 



" Et ordinat et decret estqd carnifices burgi non vendebant vulgo "le tallow" 

 extra burg ita ut inhabitante burgi habere poterant candeleos sub pena cuius 

 libet faciens rlefalt Vs." (John George was shortly after so fined). 



" I tern putand qd le Mantell of the Chimney in domo mansionali Joheu 

 Bagg est valde piculos ad faciend ignem in eodem le Chimney et ideo prept ei 

 reformare &c." 



" Item pntant qd Hugo Martin, &c. , Kent retia vocat reame nette ad capiend 

 pisces cum minor le Mesch qm pmis est p statut, &c." 



" Item pntant qd le pynnion end domus apud Love lane end nuper emp~t""e 

 Thoma jjovelis est in decasu ad ma?n picul transeunt et ideo ordinat est p~Cur 

 qoT dcus Thomas aut accpiet illud deorsu (take it down !) aut faciat ilia parte ad 

 svand transeuntes in securitate, &c. " 



