] 38 ENFORCEMENT OF THE STATUTES OF LABOURERS 



The only changes during this period made in the disposi- 

 tion of the penalties under the statutes of labourers arise as 

 a result of the claims of the owners of franchises ; to obtain 

 a clear picture of the whole process, these claims must be 

 examined in detail. 



B. The claims of the lords of franchises. — In discussing 

 the relation of the lords of franchises to the enforcement of 

 the statutes of labourers, the familiar distinction between 

 jurisdiction and the profits of jurisdiction must again be 

 emphasized. In a later section ' the attempt must be made 

 to describe the conflict of jurisdiction arising between the 

 newly created courts held by the crown-appointed justices 



I, of J this section. His excuse for his long list of arrears is as follows: 

 * ' Dicit enini quod in tantuni occupatus fuit circa leuacionem aliorum 

 flebitorum Regis et expedicionem ardi:orum negociorum Regis quod 

 tempus sufficiens sibi non vacabat pro leuacione etc., per x menses pre- 

 dictos. Et visis summonicionibus illis. habitaque deliberacione super 

 premissis, quia liquet curie per cognicionem dicti vicecomitis quod hab- 

 uit tempus sufficiens infra (|uod leuasse potuit debita contenta in sum- 

 monicionibus predictis, et quod idem vicecomes quasi mercede conductus 

 supersedit leuacioni debitorum predictorum contra debitum sacramenti 

 sui et in dampnum Regis, consideratum est quod idem vicecomes. vide- 

 licet, lohannes de Sancto Lando. adeat prisonam, ei committitur prisone 

 de Flete. Postea fecit finem cum Rege per c. s. (Finis c. s.) pro trans- 

 gressione predicta." 



In Lisi of Sheriffs, he appears as John de Sancto Laudo. Cf. also 

 Mem. L. T. R., 33, Mich., Recorda. rot. 19 d, Somerset'. " De vice- 

 comite ad indicium eo quod non leuauit debita per quandam sommon- 

 icionem leuabilia." Turbervill's excuse for not levying the estreats sent 

 him by the justices of labourers is as follows: "quod oneratus fuit de 

 aliis debitis leuandis per diuersas alias summoniciones sibi directas et de 

 aliis execucionibus faciendis pro Rege, causa diuersarum sessionum ius- 

 ticiariorum ... a tempore quo recepit summonicionem predictam quod 

 circa leuacionem debitorum . . . vacare non potuit. Et quesito ab 

 eodem vicecomite quo die recepit summonicionem predictam, dicit quod 

 earn recepit apud Somerton duobus annis iam elapsis et amplius." The 

 court decided that the time was sufficient if he had wished to perform 

 his duty. 



'Pt. ii, ch. i. 



