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5 Denial of contract by carectarius; damages of 2s. 

 for plaintiff; defendant also fined. ^ 



Actions for retention. 



1 Denial of retention of ancilla; damages of lo marks 

 for plaintiff.^ 



2 Denial of retention of servant contrary to the ordin- 

 ance; damages of 4 marks for plaintiff.^ 



3 Denial of knowledge of previous contract of servant 

 who had been engaged in officio custodis aueriorum; 

 damages of 50s. for plaintiff/ 



4 Denial of retention of servant who had been engaged 

 by plaintiff as apprentice in artiUcio cellarii; dam- 

 ages of 10 marks for plaintiff; defendant also fined 

 half a mark.^ 



5 Vagrancy of carncarius pleaded by second master 

 and mistress; damages of fio for plaintiff, remitted 

 because of general pardon at death of Edward III.® 



Actions for retention and departure. 



1 Denial of retention by second master, and of de- 

 parture by lotrix; damages of 40s. for plaintiff; 

 second master fined 4od. and lotrix fined I2d.^ 



2 Vagrancy pleaded by second master, ill-treatment by 

 ancilla; damages for plaintiff of 40 marks from 

 second master and 10 marks from ancilla.^ 



'Coram Rege, 47, Trin., Cavendissh, 22 d, Rutland; two justices "de 

 Banco" appeared in this case. 



^De Banco, 41, Mich., 270 d, Suff. 



^ Ibid., 506, Devon; plaintiff had asked for ^20. 



■'Coram Rege, 47, Hill., Cavendissh, 51, Northants.; defendant 

 claimed that he had even asked servant if he were already bound by- 

 contract. Plaintiff had asked for /"40. 



'''Ibid., 28, Hill., Shareshull, 43, Midd. 



'De Banco, 50, Trin., 192, Kent. 



"^ Ibid., 40, Mich., 275, Lond. ^Ibid., 553, Gloucester. 



