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39. Anno eodem eisdem camerario et vicecomitibus existentibus quidam homo nomine Turroke inventus fuit mortuus in domo Henrici Bissop. Et quia nescitur nec inquiri potest per aliquam inquisicionem factam per camerarium et vicecomites utrum obierit per infortunium vel per feloniam, Henricus Byssope et Rogerus de Aungre vicini attachiati pro morte illa, veniunt et justiciarii volunt eos secrete examinare de predicta morte. Et major et barones dicunt quod ad eos nulla pertinet examinacio de morte hominis set stolumrnodo ad camerarium et vicecomites, nec permittent quod aliqua fiat examinacio. Ideo loquendum. Et Paganus le Dubbur unus vicinorum attachiatus pro morte illa, non venit et fuit attachiatus per Henricum le Paumer et Ricardum de Coudres. Ideo in misericordia. Postea venit Paganus et postea veniunt maior et cives Londoniarum et bene concedunt quod justiciarii de cetero inquirant pro voluntate sua non obstante aliqua inquisicione facta per camerarium et vicecomites. Et examinati sunt, et non male creduntur in aliquo nec aliquis alius. Judicium infortunium. Et quia per examinacionem eroum convictum est quod tres homines iacuerunt in lecto suo quando obiit, et camerarius et vicecomites
non attachiaverunt eos, ideo in misericordia.1
1. Liber Ordinationum, f. 207d has a long nota with the warning non scribatur.
Nevertheless, the nota reappears as a marginal gloss to Liber Albus (printed as a caption in Liber Albus, i, 82 Cap. viii).
In the same year, the same being chamberlain and sheriffs, a certain man named Turroke was found dead in the house of Henry Bishop. And because it is not known and cannot be discovered by any inquest held by the chamberlain and sheriffs whether his death was due to misadventure or felony, Henry Bishop and Roger of Ongar, neighbours attached for the death, come, and the justices wish to examine them privately concerning the aforesaid death. And the mayor and barons say that the right to hold an enquiry concerning the death of a man does not belong to them, but solely to the chamberlain and sheriffs, and they will irt allow that any examination be made. Therefore the matter is to be discussed. And Payn le Dubbur, one of the neighbours attached for the death, does not come, and he was attached by Henry le Paumer and Richard de Coudres. Therefore they are in mercy. Afterwards Payn came, and the mayor and citizens of London came and freely conceded that the justices might in future hold enquiry at will, notwithstanding any inquest held by the chamberlain and sheriffs. And they [Henry and Roger] were examined, and were not suspected of anything, nor was anyone else. Judgment: misadventure. And because by their examination it was found that three men were lying in the deceased's bed when he died, and the chamberlain and sheriffs did not attach them,
they are in mercy. |