tween us and our Barons, we being desirous that these things should possess entire and unshaken stability for ever, give and grant to them the security underwritten, namely, that the Barons may elect twenty-five Barons of the kingdom, whom they please, who shall with their whole power, observe, keep, and cause to be observed, the peace and liberties which we have granted to them, and have confirmed by this our present charter, in this manner; that is to say, if we, or our Justiciary, or our bailiffs, or any of our officers, shall have injured any one in any thing, or shall have violated any article of the peace or security, and the injury shall have been shown to four of the aforesaid twenty-five Barons, the said four Barons shall come to us, or to our Justiciary if we be out of the kingdom, and making known to us the excess committed, petition that we cause that excess to be redressed without delay. And if we shall not have redressed the excess, or, if we have been out of the kingdom, our Justiciary shall not have redressed it within the term of forty days, computing from the time when it shall have been made known to us, or to our Justiciary if we have been out of the kingdom, the aforesaid four Barons shall lay that cause before the residue of the twenty-five Barons; and they, the twentyfive Barons, with the community of the whole land, shall distress and harrass us by all the ways in which they are able; that is to say, by the taking of our castles, lands, and possessions, and by any other means in their power, until the excess shall have been redressed, according to their verdict; saving harmless our person, and the persons of our Queen and children; and when it hath been redressed, they shall behave to us as they have done before. And whoever of our land pleaseth, may swear that he will obey the commands of the aforesaid twentyfive Barons, in accomplishing all the things aforesaid, and that with them he will harrass us to the utmost of his power and we publicly and freely give leave to every one to swear who is willing to swear; and we will never forbid any to swear. But all those of our land who, of themselves, and of their own accord, are unwilling to swear to the twenty-five Barons, to distress and harrass us together with them, we will compel them by our command to swear as aforesaid. And if any one of the twenty-five Barons shall die, or remove out of the land, or in any other way shall be prevented from executing the things above said, they who remain of the twenty-five Barons shall elect another in his place, according to their own pleasure, who shall be sworn in the same manner as the rest. In all those things which are appointed to be done by these twentyfive Barons, if it happen that all the twenty-five have been present, and have differed in their opinions about any thing, or if some of them who had been summoned would not, or could not be present, that which the greater part of those who were present shall have provided and decreed, shall be held as firm and as valid as if all the twenty-five had agreed in it: and the aforesaid twenty-five shall swear that they will faithfully observe, and, with all their power, cause to be observed, all the things mentioned above. And we will obtain nothing from any one, by ourselves, nor by another, by which any of these concessions and liberties may be revoked or diminished. And if any such thing shall have been obtained, let it be void and null: and we will never use it, neither by ourselves nor by another.— (LXII.) And we have fully remitted and pardoned to all men, all the ill-will, rancour, and resentments, which have arisen between us and our subjects, both clergy and laity, from the commencement of the discord. Moreover, we have fully remitted to all the clergy and laity, and, as far as belongs to us, have fully pardoned all transgressions committed by occasion of the said discord, from Easter, in the sixteenth year of our reign, until the conclusion of the peace.— (49.) And, moreover, we have caused to be made to them testimonial letters-patent of the Lord Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury; the Lord Henry, Archbishop of Dublin; and of the aforesaid Bishops, and of Master Pandulph, concerning this security, and the aforesaid concessions. (LXIII.) Wherefore, our will is, and we firmly command that the Church of England be free, and that the men in our kingdom have and hold the aforesaid liberties, rights, and concessions, well and in peace, freely and quietly, fully and entirely, to them and their heirs, of us and our heirs, in all things and places, for ever, as is aforesaid. It is also sworn, both on our part, and on that of the Barons, that all the aforesaid shall be observed in good faith, and without any evil intention. Witnessed by the above, and many others.-Given by our hand in the Meadow which is called Runningmead, between Windsor and Staines, this 15th day of June, [A. D. 1215,] in the seventeenth year of our reign. SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF KING JOHN. GENERAL INDEX. A PAGE. Accessaries and Principals 197 Advocates of the civil law exempt from serving on juries . 129 Ages, the Early Aliens may not serve as jurors ...... except on a jury de medietate linguæ not liable to challenge for want of qualification Apothecaries exempt from serving on juries Assassination and other Crimes Attaints abolition of description of Attornies exempt from serving on juries 175 65 65 125 66 124 62 200 21 115 ib. 61 PAGE. Challenge and Tales 88 ..... peremptory, when allowed cannot be made after a juror is sworn 88 92 ........... Civil Actions, proceedings in Clergymen exempt from serving on juries allowed to a king as well as private persons to the array cannot be made after challenge to what is good cause of, by 6 Geo. IV. c. 50 Church, reviling the Churchwardens and Overseers must make out jury lists may inspect tax assessments, &c. for the pur- penalty on for not forming jury lists, &c. Clerk of the Peace must issue and deliver warrants for the ib. 93 ib. 201 69 ib. 71 74 226 61 Coroners exempt from serving on juries process must be directed to them when the cannot act where there is one sheriff impartial 61 79 ib. 80 may fine the jurors for non-attendance on their Dissenting preachers exempt from serving on juries Doctors, members of the society of, exempt from serving on juries ............ when awarded Distringas, process of ་ 215 57 |