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Seipp Number:
Year
Court
Writ
Marginal Heading
1429.071 1429 King's Bench Indictment for receiving a thief and stolen goods
Term
Regnal Year
King: Plea Number Folio Number
Trin. 7 Hen. 6 18 42b-43a
Serjeants/ Justices Plaintiff Surname Plaintiff First Name v. Defendent Surname Defendent First Name
Vampage, John Apprentice (for Ds receivers)
Cheyne, William CJKB Cheine
Vampage, John Apprentice
Hals, John JKB
Cheyne, William CJKB Cheine
Newton, Richard Sjt Norton
Rex
Other Plaintiffs Other Names Places Other Defendents
B. (Bewley or Beaudley) (Beaulieu), sanctuary of
Abridgements Cross-References Statutes
Fitzherbert Enditement 11
Brooke Inditementes 4, Corone 45, Joinder 31 (not in margin) 
in 1429.033 = Pasch. 7 Hen. 6, pl. 27, fol. 31b-33b, Sjt Newton said William Waw (Wawe), thief, was taken out of the Sanctuary of Bewley (Beaulieu)
cross-referenced in 1486.044 = Pasch. 1 Hen. 7, pl. 15, fol. 22b-34a (casum Wilhelmi Waw (Wawe) captum extra Beaudley (Beaulieu)) & Keilway 189v & 102 SS 32 n.2 & 94 SS 342 n.1
30 Hen. 6, fol. 2b
44 Edw. 3, fol. 38
7 Hen. 4, fol. 27
8 Edw. 4, fol. 4
30 Hen. 6, fol. 2
9 Edw. 4, fol. 27
4 Hen. 6, fol. 1
42 Edw. 3, fol. 1, 14
4 Hen. 6, fol. 1
5 Hen. 7, fol. 17b
7 Hen. 4, fol. 6a, 6b
5 Hen. 7, fol. 18
Stanford, Plees del Corone 26a, 2b
13 Hen. 4, fol. 10
18 Edw. 3, fol. 38 
 
Incipit (First Line) Number of Lines
Enditement fuit tiel, que les ij enditees tiel jour & an quendam W. Waw felone scienter latronem 29
Process and Pleading
Defendant principal W. Waw was attaint of felony
Defendant receivers (accessories) pleaded that the indictment did not prove that they knew defendant principal was a thief, and that they could not take goods with force and arms from themselves.
Cheyne CJKB said that defendant receivers' knowledge was not stated in the indictment, and then told defendant receivers that they were dismissed (go adieu).
Language Notes (Law French)
indictment: 'quod quendam W. Waw felonem scienter latronem Domini Regis apud B. receptaverunt, & quaedam bona ... ad valentiam, &c. ipsius W. in custodia sua existen- vi & armis ceperunt & asportaverunt, &c.'
Vampage: Et quant al' ij branche; ils ne poient prendre biens vi &armis d'eux meme; Si biens soient baile a ij a garde, & en fait un aver le possession d' l'entirete, en Ley ils ambideux sont possessions, & ils auront brief de Transgressioun en common vers estranger; ceo ne peut estre, car ils ne poyent user accion ver eux meme
Cheyne CJKB: 'quia adverbium determinat- verbum (grammar terminology); l'enditement sera, 'scientes ipsum talem feloniam fecisse'; l'enditement sera pris bon, si peut estre a ascun entent pur le Roy; Purque vous, Enditees, allez a Dieu
Hals JKB: il est d' record en cest Place, que W. Waw fuit atteint de felony, issint felone notorious
Et fuit dit, que il jeo vous baile certein biens a garde, & puis jeo eux reprendre feloniousement, jeo serai pendu, & uncore le property fuit en moy.
Et Norton (Sjt Newton) dixit, que il fuit Ley, &c.
Abstract Context
John Vampage, an apprentice who never became Serjeant, was appointed King's Attorney (AG) on 28 Oct. 1429. Richard Norton CJCP died 20 Dec. 1420.
Commentary & Paraphrase
According to Sjt Newton in 1429.033 = Pasch. 7 Hen. 6, pl. 27, fol. 31b-33b, William Waw, thief, was taken out of the Sanctuary of Bewley.
Arguments about the 'scienter' requirement in receiving.
It was said, and 'Norton' (Sjt Newton?) said that it was law, that one could retake one's own goods feloniously from one's bailee, and one will be hanged, yet the property of the goods was in one.
reference to Beaudley sanctuary in 64 SS 119, 1 Hen. 7
cross-referenced in Port's Notebook, 102 SS 32 at n.2 (Rollesley v. Toft, Trin. 1495)
Manuscripts Mss Notes Editing Notes Errors
1429.071 = Trin. 7 Hen. 6, pl. 18, fol. 42b-43a
Translations/Editions
Plea Roll Record Year Record Plaintiffs Record Defendants Last Update
0 2009-05-08
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