In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported
statement, without producing credible witnesses to the
truth of it.
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or
possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any
way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do
so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the
land.
To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.
All merchants may enter or leave England unharmed and without fear, and
may stay or travel within it, by land or water, for purposes of trade,
free from all illegal exactions, in accordance with ancient and lawful
customs. This, however, does not apply in time of war to merchants from
a country that is at war with us. Any such merchants found in our
country at the outbreak of war shall be detained without injury to their
persons or property, until we or our chief justice have discovered how
our own merchants are being treated in the country at war with us. If
our own merchants are safe they shall be safe too.
In future it shall be lawful for any man to leave and return to our
kingdom unharmed and without fear, by land or water, preserving his
allegiance to us, except in time of war, for some short period, for
the common benefit of the realm. People that have been imprisoned or
outlawed in accordance with the law of the land, people from a country
that is at war with us, and merchants - who shall be dealt with as
stated above - are excepted from this provision.
If a man holds lands of any 'escheat' such as the 'honour' of
Wallingford, Nottingham, Boulogne, Lancaster, or of other 'escheats'
in our hand that are baronies, at his death his heir shall give us only
the 'relief' and service that he would have made to the baron, had the
barony been in the baron's hand. We will hold the 'escheat' in the
same manner as the baron held it.
People who live outside the forest need not in future appear before the
royal justices of the forest in answer to general summonses, unless
they are actually involved in proceedings or are sureties for someone
who has been seized for a forest offence.
We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials,
only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.
In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported
statement, without producing credible witnesses to the
truth of it.
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or
possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any
way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do
so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the
land.
To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.
All merchants may enter or leave England unharmed and without fear, and
may stay or travel within it, by land or water, for purposes of trade,
free from all illegal exactions, in accordance with ancient and lawful
customs. This, however, does not apply in time of war to merchants from
a country that is at war with us. Any such merchants found in our
country at the outbreak of war shall be detained without injury to their
persons or property, until we or our chief justice have discovered how
our own merchants are being treated in the country at war with us. If
our own merchants are safe they shall be safe too.
In future it shall be lawful for any man to leave and return to our
kingdom unharmed and without fear, by land or water, preserving his
allegiance to us, except in time of war, for some short period, for
the common benefit of the realm. People that have been imprisoned or
outlawed in accordance with the law of the land, people from a country
that is at war with us, and merchants - who shall be dealt with as
stated above - are excepted from this provision.
If a man holds lands of any 'escheat' such as the 'honour' of
Wallingford, Nottingham, Boulogne, Lancaster, or of other 'escheats'
in our hand that are baronies, at his death his heir shall give us only
the 'relief' and service that he would have made to the baron, had the
barony been in the baron's hand. We will hold the 'escheat' in the
same manner as the baron held it.
People who live outside the forest need not in future appear before the
royal justices of the forest in answer to general summonses, unless
they are actually involved in proceedings or are sureties for someone
who has been seized for a forest offence.
We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials,
only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.