A commission of Oyer and Terminer for the counties of Form of the Southampton, Wilts, &c. John, Lord Eldon, chancellor, &c. Dudley, Earl of Harrowby, president of the council, Thomas, Marquis of Bute, George Augustus, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, John, Earl of Portsmouth, Richard, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Hugh, Earl Fortescue, Edward, Earl of Digby, James, Earl of Malmesbury, (i) Quorum. Quorum. Sir Robert Graham, knt. one of the barons of the Court of exchequer, Sir Henry Dampier, knt. one of the justices assigned to hold pleas before the king himself, (k) Chancellor's Fiat for the Western Circuit Com. mission. (h) John Lens, one of his majesty's serjeants at law, [* 13. William Mackworth Praed, Albert Pell, Serjeants at law, (1) James Burrough, (m). Thomas Chambre, esqs. Henry Cooper, James Henry Earl, and Harold Nuttal Tomlins, gents. (n) Let a commission be made, dated the 23rd day of January, 1815. To the clerk of the crown, or his deputy. Eldon, C. Form of Let the name of John Charles Williams, gent. be inserted appointing Judge's Fiat,. in the commissions of assize, Oyer and Terminer, and ge- an associate. neral gaol delivery for the Oxford circuit, in the stead and (0) place of Charles Powell, gent. Given under my hand, this sixth day of July, 1814. To the clerk of the crown, or his deputy. (h) See ante 1 vol. 148,9. (i) These names, the Chancellor, President of the Council, and Lord Privy Seal for the time being, and other Noblemen in the district of the circuit, are put in as a matter of course, and are taken from the Chancellor's Fiat of the last Circuit Commission by the Secretary of Commissions, who prepares this Fiat for the Chancellor to sign. (k) The authority for inserting Crim. Law, R. Dallas. these names is the King's Fiat (1) The authority for inserting (m) The authority for inserting this name is the King's Fiat ante. 132. (n) When any alteration or addition of Names is made to the Associates, it is done by a Judge's Fiat, see next form. (0) Ante 1 vol. 148,9. VOL. IV. R Commission of Over and Terminer on George the Third, by the grace of God of the united Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Circuit. (p) Faith, To our beloved and faithful, &c. [Insert names of all the commissioners named in the chancellor's fiat, chancellor, president of the council, Lord Privy seal, several other noblemen, two judges, king's council, serjeants, and associates] Greeting, know ye that we have assigned you, and any two of you, of whom one of you the said [judges, king's council, and serjeants, naming them] we will shall be one, our justices to inquire more fully the truth by the oath of good and lawful men of our counties of (q) Buckingham, Bedford, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Suffolk, and Norfolk, and in our county of the city of Norwich, and by every of them, and by other ways, means, and methods by which you shall or may better know (as well within liberties as without) by whom the truth of [* 135] the matter may be the better* known and inquired into, of all treasons, misprisions of treasons, insurrections, rebellions, counterfeitings, clippings, washings, false coinings, and other falsities of the money of our united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and other kingdoms or dominions whatsoever : and of all murthers, felonies, manslaughters, killings, burglaries, rapes of women, unlawful meetings and conventicles, unlawful uttering of words, assemblies, misprisions, confederacies, false allegations, trespasses, riots, routs, retentions, escapes, contempts, falsities, negligencies, concealments, maintenances, oppressions, champarties, deceits, and all other evil doings, offences, and injuries whatsoever, and also the accessaries of them, within the counties and city aforesaid, or any of them (as well within liberties as without), by whomsoever and in what manner soever done, committed, or perpetrated, and by whom or to whom when, how, and after what manner, and of all other articles and circumstances concerning the premises, and every of them, or any of them, in any manner whatsoever; and the said treasons and other the premises, according to the laws and customs of England, for this time to hear and determine: and therefore we com mand you that at certain days and places, which you or any two of you, of whom one of you the said [the judges, king's council, and serjeants, naming them] we will shall be one, shall appoint for this purpose, you make diligent inquiries about the premises, and hear and determine all and singular the premises, and do and fulfil them in the aforesaid form, doing therein what to justice does appertain according to the laws and customs of England, saving to us the amerciaments and (p) See ante 1 vol. 143. This is the form on the Norfolk Circuit, it is made up square with a label for the Great Seal. The same form is adopted on all the Circuits except the northern, of which see the form post. (q) The names of counties and cities, &c. in the other Circuits, are inserted according to the Circuit. other things from thence to us accruing. For we have com- Commission of Gaol De George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. To our livery on beloved and faithful, John Heath, one of the justices of our ircuit. (r) court of common pleas, Sir Simon Le Blanc, knight, one of [* 136] our justices assigned to hold pleas before us, Thomas Plumer, esq. one of our council, learned in the law, Hugh Leycester, esq. one other of our council, learned in the law, John Williams, serjeant at law, Meredith Price, esq. Benjamin Pugh, Benjamin Price, and William Beresford, gentlemen, Greeting, Know ye that we have constituted you four, three, or two of you, of whom one of you, the said John Heath, Sir Simon Le Blanc, William Plumer, Hugh Leycester, and John Williams, we will shall be one, our justices to deliver our gaol of our county of Berks of the prisoners therein being, and therefore we command you that at a certain day, which you four, three, or two of you, of whom one of you the said John Heath, Sir Simon Le Blanc, William Plumer, Hugh Leycester,and John Williams, we will shall be one, shall appoint for this purpose you meet at Abingdon (s) to deliver that gaol, doing therein what to justice appertains, according to the laws and customs of England, saving to us the amerciaments and other things to us from thence accruing. For we have commanded our sheriff of the county of Berks, that at a certain day, which you four, three, or two of you, of whom one of you, the said John Heath, Sir Simon Le Blanc, William Plumer, Hugh Leycester, and John Williams, we will shall be one, shall acquaint him with, he cause all the prisoners of the same gaol, and their attachments before you, four, three, or two of you, of whom one of you the said (r) This writ is directed to the Judges, Serjeants, King's Counsel, and Associates, appointed to go the particular circuit. This is the form for Abingdon, Berks, on the Oxford. The gaol deliveries are the same on all (s) The towns are taken from Commission Home Cir cuit. (") John Heath, Sir Simon Le Blanc, William Plumer, Hugh Leycester, and John Williams, we will shall be one, there to come. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, the thirteenth (t) day of June, in the fortieth year of our reign. Yorke. George the Third, by the grace of God, of the united kingof Assize on dom of Great Britain and Ireland king, defender of the faith, To our beloved and faithful Sir Beaumont Hotham, knight, one of the barons of our court of exchequer, John Heath, esq. one of the justices of our court of common pleas, Samuel Shepherd, one of our serjeants at law, Charles Runnington, [* 137] Sir John William Rose, Arthur* Palmer, John Bayley, William Draper Best, and Arthur Onslow, serjeants at law, Greeting, know ye that we have constituted you, together with those whom we have associated to you, our justices to take all the assizes, juries, and certificates before whatsoever justices arraigned, as well by divers writs of the lady Anne, First of England, &c. and afterwards of Great Britain, &c. late queen, and also by divers writs of the Lord George the First, and of Lord George the Second, late kings of Great Britain, &c. as by divers of our own writs in our counties of Hertford, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, and in our county of the city of Canterbury. And therefore we command you, that at certain days and places, which you shall appoint for this purpose, you take those assizes, juries, and certificates, doing therein what to justice does appertain, according to the laws and customs of England, saving to us the amerciaments and other things to us from thence accruing. For we have commanded our sheriffs of our counties and city aforesaid, that at certain days and places, which you shall make known to them, they cause those assizes, juries, and certificates, together with the original writs, and all other things relating to them, to come before you. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, the twenty-third day of January, in the forty-second year of our reign. Commission Bathurst and Bathurst. George the Third, by the grace of God, of the united kingof Associa- dom of Great Britain and Ireland king, defender of the faith, To our beloved and faithful William Gould Jerome, William tion on Home Circuit, (x) (t) To be dated the first day of Term, when no Serjeant or King's Council have since been appointed, in which case the different Commissions should be dated when the last of such persons have been sworn. (u) The forms on the other Circuits are the same, except as to the names of the Commissioners. See ante 1 vol. 147. S. Bla. C. 60. (x) The forms on the other circuits are the same except as to the names of the Commissioners, see ante 1 vol. 148, 3 Bla. C. 60. Knapp, esqs. Thomas George Knapp, and John Stafford, gentlemen, Greeting, know ye, that whereas we have constituted our beloved and faithful Sir Beaumont Hotham, knight, one of the barons of our court of exchequer, John Heath esquire, one of the justices of our court of common pleas, Samuel Shepherd, one of our serjeants at law, Charles Runnington, Sir John William Rose, knight, Arthur Palmer, John Bayley, William Draper Best, and Arthur Onslow, serjeants at law, our justices to take all the assizes, juries, and certificates, before whatsoever justices arraigned, as well by divers writs of the lady Anne First of England, &c and afterwards of Great Britain, &c. late queen, and also by divers writs of the lord George the First, and of lord George the Second, late kings of Great Britain, &c. as by divers of our own writs in our counties of Hertford, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, and in our county of the city of Canterbury, we have associated you, to the said Sir Beaumont Hotham, John Heath, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Runnington,* Sir [* 138] John William Rose, Arthur Palmer, John Bayley, William Draper Best, and Arthur Onslow, to take all the aforesaid assizes, juries, and certificates for this time, and therefore we command you that to the taking the assizes, juries, and certificates aforesaid, together with the aforesaid Sir Beaumont Hotham, John Heath, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Runnington, Sir John William Rose, Arthur Palmer, John Bayley, William Draper Best, and Arthur Onslow, you associate yourselves, doing therein what to justice does appertain, according to the laws and customs of England, saving to us the amerciaments and other things to us therefrom accruing, for we have commanded the same Sir Beaumont Hotham, John Heath, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Runnington, Sir John William Rose, Arthur Palmer, John Bayley, William Draper Best, and Arthur Onslow, that they admit you for this purpose, as associates in form aforesaid. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, the twenty-third day of January, in the forty-second of our reign. Bathurst and Bathurst. To our beloved and faithful Sir Beaumont Hotham, knight, Label to one of the barons of our court of exchequer, John Heath, writ of Association. (y) esquire, one of the justices of our court of Common Pleas ; Samuel Shepherd, one of our Serjeants at law; Charles Runnington, Sir John William Rose, knight, Arthur Palmer, John Bayley, William Draper Best, and Arthur Onslow, serjeants at law. A writ of association. Bathurst and Bathurst. George the third, by the grace of God of the united king- Writ of As (y) On parchment annexed to the writ. (z) The forms are the same on all the circuits, except in the names of the commissioners, sce ante 1 vol. 148. 3. Bla. C. 60. sociation, Home Cir cuit. (z) |