Boston University School of Law

Legal History: The Year Books

Record Detail

 
Previous Record Next Record
Image
For an image of this report text from the Vulgate Year Books Reprint, click here.
Seipp Number:
Year
Court
Writ
Marginal Heading
1409.057 1409 Common Pleas Trespass for breaking close, taking servant out of service and bringing sheep Judicium
Opinio
Term
Regnal Year
King: Plea Number Folio Number
Mich. 11 Hen. 4 46 23a-25a
Serjeants/ Justices Plaintiff Surname Plaintiff First Name v. Defendent Surname Defendent First Name
Tremaine, John Sjt (for D)
Skrene, William Sjt (for P)
Hankford, William JCP
Skrene, William Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Skrene, William Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Hill, Robert JCP
Skrene, William Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Hill, Robert JCP
Skrene, William Sjt
Colepeper, John JCP Culpeper
Hill, Robert JCP
Thirning, William CJCP
Hill, Robert JCP
Hankford, William JCP
Colepeper, John JCP Culpeper
Hankford, William JCP
Skrene, William Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Thirning, William CJCP
Tremaine, John Sjt
Skrene, William Sjt
Tremaine, John Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Tremaine, John Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Tremaine, John Sjt
Colepeper, John JCP
Tremaine, John Sjt
Skrene, William Sjt
Tremaine, John Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Skrene, William Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Hill, Robert JCP
Colepeper, John JCP
Skrene, William Sjt
Tremaine, John Sjt
Hankford, William JCP
Colepeper, John JCP Cul.
Hankford, William JCP
Hill, Robert JCP
Thirning, William CJCP
Hankford, William JCP
Thirning, William CJCP
Colepeper, John JCP
Hankford, William JCP
Hill, Robert JCP
Thirning, William CJCP
Tremaine, John Sjt
Skrene, William Sjt
Tremaine, John Sjt
Skrene, William Sjt
From' Thomas
Other Plaintiffs Other Names Places Other Defendents
Kingsbery or Kinsbery, in Somerset
Dorset
Abridgements Cross-References Statutes
Fitzherbert Laborers 16, Trespas 171 (not in margin)
Brooke Trespas 92 & 161, Contract 9, Laborers 21 (not fol. 21 or 22), Action sur le case 38, Baron & feme 36, Generall issue 11 
cross-referenced in 1422.064ss = Mich. 1 Hen. 6, pl. 30, 50 SS 100-101
1409.050 = Mich. 11 Hen. 4, pl. 39, fol. 17a (ut patet ante fol. 17)
2 Ellis & Blackburn 255, handwritten reference in Brooke
22 Hen. 6, fol. 52, Brooke Trespas 161, reference in margin 
Statute of Labourers (1349) 
Incipit (First Line) Number of Lines
Thomas From' port brief de Trespas al commen ley vers un home de son close debruse, & un 131
Process and Pleading
Defendant pleaded not guilty of breaking close and that defendant found plaintiff's servant wandering in another County and covenanted with him, and the sheep belonged to the servant, who lent them to plaintiff for a term, took them back, and sold them to defendant.
Language Notes (Law French)
certeins berbits amesnes; Sjt Tremaine luy trovamus vagarant en certain luy en auter County, & la il vient & profra son service a nous, & fist covenant ove nous de nous server
Hankford JCP: Quant le servant fuit vagarant; vous aves conue le property a un auter; si jeo apprest a vous certein berbits tanque a certein temps, & deins del temps jeo les preigne hors de vostre garde, vous n'averes my general briefe de Trespas quare vi & armis, mes un brief forme sur le case; cestuy que aver le property les prist
Sjt Skrene: de luy server en office de Berchier (= shepherd) per un an entier; horse de nostre service; mesme cestuy nostre servant nous lessast les berbits per eux aver tout cest an pur gainer & compestre nostre terre; le defendant n'aver my property a cel temps en eux; come vous adjudgeastes l'auter Terme en un Replegiare, que un home que aver beasts en son garde put suer Replegiare general; Si ma feme appreste ma money a vous, j'averay action de Transgressioun vers vous 'quare vi et armis'
Hill JCP: en quel case action sur le statute de Laborers est done, & nient cest action; en nul manner enounter le peace; defendant que ad presume de luy reteigner
Colepeper JCP: les actions que fuere a common ley devant mesme le statute de Labourers, per cest statute ne sont oustes; Si un home procure mon garde d'aler & weyne de moy; il serra declare en evidence que jay mes beasts arere; enquire del verry value des beasts; son foly
Thirning CJCP: si jeo suy batus per abettement & commandment d'un home, le commandour est culpable de trespas ... Hill JCP: Sir, en vostre case il n'est my marvaile, pur ceo que le principal actour en vostre case est culpable de transgressioun; ceo fait, que fuit clerement trespa a un foits, soit purge per le vender cestuy, que ad le property, fait a destuy que est defendant
Hankford JCP: come mon Master ad touche; si mon servant depart hors de mon service, al common ley jeo n'aver nul action, & le cause fuit per ceo que entr mon servant & moy, le contract sounde en maner de covenant en luy mesme, sur quel ne fuit action done al comon ley sans especialty, & pur cest mischiefe fuit le statute ordeigne
Sjt Tremaine: il fuit vagrant; il ad conus le property a un auter; Si j'ay best en mon garde per l'owner ou d'apprompter, & l'un prent les hors de mon garde javera assits bon accion de Transgressioun; Per ma foy s'il fuit mon case demesne jeo demurre, mes mon client ad cy cleer matter que il n'assent a nul demurrer; le Bercher luy vendre les berbits a Kingsbery en le County de Somerset
Sjt Skrene: conus le property; nous averomus briefe de transgressioun estants en nostre garde pur maynure & compestre nostre terre, & cest fuit adjudge en Repleagiare l'auter Terme; le Berchier vende a luy les berbits
Hankford JCP: il n'ad my conus le property a un autre; celuy que ad le veray property des beasts; vous beasts propres; si jeo allowe certeins beasts a vous; le very value; cestuy que aver le property; cestuy que moy les baile, & que ad le property; vostre briefe ne gist my en ceo case vers luy que ad le property; per le vender 'ex post facto'; si vous moy disseisies, & un auter vous disseisie, vous aves bon assise vers vostre disseisor; le defendant ad le property per le vende; les pluis sage que sont icy; cest matter vous troveres adjudge en vostre liveres
Et nota que Colepeper JCP dit en cest plee, que home avera briefe 'de averiis in custodia sua existentibus'. Sed vide que ceux del Chancery ne voille graunt tiel briefe 'in custodia sua'
Abstract Context
Commentary & Paraphrase
first occurrence of the word 'owner'
Sjt Skrene: as you adjudged the other Term in a Replevin, that one who had animals in his keeping could sue general Replevin; we will have a writ of Trespass [for animals] being in our keeping to cultivate our land, and this was adjudged in Replevin the other term (1409.050 = Mich. 11 Hen. 4, pl. 39, fol. 17a)
Hill JCP denied and Colepeper JCP maintained, that Trespass could be brought at common law for taking one's servant out of one's service after the Statute of Labourers provided an action.
Hankford JCP referred to (junior) Hill JCP as 'my Master' when agreeing with Hill, when Thirning CJCP and Colepeper JCP disagreed with them. Hill JCP addressed Thirning CJCP as 'Sir'
Colepeper JCP said that one would have a writ for animals in his custody, but those of Chancery would not grant such a writ.
Asked by Thirning CJCP if he would demur, Sjt Tremaine replied 'By my faith, if it were my own case I would demur, but my client has here clear matter that assents to no demurrer.
Manuscripts Mss Notes Editing Notes Errors
Translations/Editions
J.H. Baker & S.F.C. Milsom, Sources of English Legal History (London, Butterworths 1986), p. 379 n.3 (Hankford JCP speech)
Plea Roll Record Year Record Plaintiffs Record Defendants Last Update
0 2005-08-08
Keywords
Common Law
Servant
Service
Force and Arms
Vagrant
Sale
Judgment
Receipt
Attaint
Tort
Covenant
Office
Procurement
Lease
Property
Loan
General Trespass
Trespass on the Case
Statute
Remedy
Action
Replevin
General Replevin
Labourers
Master
Abetting
Command
Commander
Guilt
Principal
Actor
Against the Peace
Departure
Purveyance
Presumption
Contract
Specialty
Mischief of the Statute
Ward
Ravishment
Possssion
Chattel
Right
Demurrer
Special Matter
Replication
Commencement
Acceptance
Term
Owner
Recovery
Damages
Value
Allowance
Stranger
Effect
Justification
Bailment
Custody
Chancery
Ex post facto
Disseisin
Disseisor
Release
Extinction
Declaration
Evidence
Year Books
Nisi prius
Inquiry
Record
Folly
Affair
Purge
Possessor
Discharge
Opinion
Faith
Client
Venue
Traverse
Previous Record Next Record

Return to Search