eftate. The authority which I have cited for this, is a pamphlet published
by one Cock in 1658, and as what is afferted by this writer, may poffibly
be thought to want fupport, I fhall here infert the account which I find
of this Pamphleteer, in a tract published in Q°. by Fabian Phillips in 1676,
on writs of Capias, and Process of Outlawry.—Mr. Charles George Cock, who
"was fomething of a Common Lawyer, but nothing at all of a Civil,
"and was advanced, in the time of the Ufurpation, to be one of the
Judges (in the faid Court) for the probate of wills," p. 103.
ADmiral. Court of, p. 209.
Alienations. Miftake of Lord Bo--
lingbroke with regard to the Statute of,
p. 269
Apparel. St. 22 Edw. IV. with regard
to, p. 258.
Appeals. Why anciently us'd instead of
indictments, p. 18%
Apportis. Signification of, p. 122.
Apprentice de la ley. Whence poffibly de-
rived, p. 215.
Appropriation A&. The first of thefe, p.
252.
Approvers. Why we hear no more of
them, p. 115.
Archers. Encouraged by Edward IV. p.
256.
Affach. Signification of, p. 237.
Affife and Novel Diffeifi, p. 86.
Afifes de Ferufalem. Account of this col-
lection of Laws,.p. 292.
Attaint. The confequence of this pro-
ceeding being difus'd, p. 60.
Attornies in Norfolk. Confined to the
number of fix, p. 252.
Aubaine. French right of, p. 72.-
Banishment. Punishment of, p. 140.
Bail. The English and other Laws with
regard to, p. 263.
Bards. Laws with relation to, p. 225,
& feq.
Baftard Children. Act against destroying
of, confidered, p. 32-Laws of Swe-
den and Denmark with regard to, p.
Battle. Trial by, p. 124, 149; 206.
Beacons. Where to be erected anciently,
upon apprehenfions of an invafion, p.
230.
Beaumanoir. The most ancient author in
the French Law, pe 291-Account of
his Coutumes de Beauvoifis, ibid.
Benevolence. Speech of the D. of Buck-
ingham and Cardinal Wolfey, with re-
gard to, p. 262.
Bible. First tranflation of, and whether it
hath fixed our language, p. 301.
Bigamy, as vulgarly styled. Statute with
regard to, p. 319. Ill-founded obfer-
vation of the K. of Pruffia thereon,
ibid.
Breach of Prifon, p. 124• ·
INDEX of the PRINCIPAL MATTERS.
Cade and Tyler. Irregular proceedings with
regard to their followers, p. 202. -
· Chancery and Chancellor, p. 247, 248.
Circuits. Ancient divifion of, p. 148.
Civil Law. Some part of the English
Law borrowed from it, p. 55, & feq.
Clergy. Benefit of, p. 45. 265 & feq.
Clergy. Why not judges in cales of blood,
p. 113.
Clerk of the Market. His extortions, p.
273.
Coin. Ancient state of, p. 107. Offences
against, ibid.
Coke Sir, Edward. Suppos'd mistakes of,
p. 64. 70. 126. 131.
Colliftrigium. Signification of, p. 30.
Colonies. Their dependence on the mother
country afferted by an ordinance of,
1650, p. 315. Note [s].
Common Law. Often weaken'd by what
is recited in a Statute, p. 251.
·Common Recovery. Fiction of, p. 85.
Commote. Signification of, p. 77...
Compurgators. The numbers of them ac-
counted for, p. 237.
Congé d'efiire. Statute with regard to, p.
Conftable and Marshal. Their Courts, p.
Contenementum. Signification of, p. 9.
Coran. Citation from, with regard to
murder, p. 278.
Coroner, Lord Bacon's etymology of the
word confidered, p. 63. Duty of, p.
77.
Cover feu. An ancient regulation in moft
parts of Europe, p. 96.
County. Anciently but one member for
each, p. 181.
Criminals. Formerly tried by two Judges,
p. 113.
Culprit. Etymology of, p. 255.
Customs. Sine-cures in, p. 218.
Dance of Death. Character of a perjur'd
Juryman in it, p. 273.
Diffolution of the Monafteries. Occafion of
Edward I.
Edward II.
Edward III.
Edward IV.
Edward VI.
Their characters, as Legi-
flators at the end of the
Statutes of their respec
tive reigns.
Edward IV. Tried criminals himself in
perfon, p. 255.
Elizabeth, Queen. Her character, as a Le-
giflator, at the end of the obfervations
on the Statutes of her reign.
English. Diftruft their negotiators, p. 166
formerlymore irafcible than at prefent,
p. 236.
English Law. Citation from a French
writer with regard to, p. 41.
Entails. Inconveniencies of, p. 81 & feq.
Equity, Court of. Its origin, and judges
anciently not Lawyers, p. 248. Whence
this court derived in the great Seffions
for Wales, p. 303. 1
Erick. Laws of, held in great veneration
by the Swedes, p. 8. note [7].
Errors vulgar. With regard to what is
fuppofed to be law, p. 282.
Ewe-tree. Why planted in Church-yards,
Exchequer. Barons of, were not anciently
confidered as Judges, p. 161. Formerly
rather revenue than judicial Officers,
P. 9. 87. 161.
Experiments. Propofals for trying hazard-
ous ones on convicts, p. 269, See the
Addenda.
Fofter. Juftice. Some of his opinions con-
fidered, p. 15. 210 & feq. p. 307.
French Language. Why ufed in the an-
cient Statutes, p. 33, & feq.-166—
185-When difus'd, 259.
French Parliament. Anciently conftituted
as ours, p. 21. See the Addenda.
Fuero Jufgo. Its antiquity, p. 7.
Jury. Why their affent to be unanimous,
p. 15 and 60.-The reafon why they
are not permitted to eat and drink, p.
302.
King's Evil. Suppofed miraculous cures
accounted for, p. 65.
Kings of England. Style of, p. 106.
Kings. May be too rich, p. 155.
Gallies. A punishment formerly by our Knighthood. The compulfion to take this
James L. His character, as Legiflator, at the
end of the Statutes of his reign.
Jews. Ancient perfecution of, p. 145 &
feq.
Improvement. Under the St. of Merton,
p. 38.
Indictment, ancient form of. Should not
be chang'd, p. 251.
Infangthef. Signification of, p. 219.
Ireland. How far Henry II's. conquest ex-
tended, p. 162. -Bound by English.
Statutes, p. 105.0
Irish. A fevere law againft, p. 240.
Larceny. The different Statutes with re-
gard to, confidered, p. 286 & feq.
Whether it is Larceny for a fervant to
fteal his mafter's plate, p. 283.
Lepers. p. 142.
Libel. The cafe de famofis libellis con-
fidered, p. 57 & feq. 198.
London. Its great importance, p. 157.-
Schools of eloquence in, during the
reign of Hen. II. p. 45.
Lycurgus. A paradoxical Legiflator, p
Mainer. Signification of, p. 219,
Manflaughter. The Saxon word fegthe
fhould be used instead of it, p. 44.
Marches. The people of generally law-
lefs, p. 199-Laws relating to them,
Marl Pit. Right of finking, p. 25.
Mary, Queen. Confidered as a Legiflator,
at the end of the obfervations on the
Statutes of her reign..
Minor Kings. Why feldom great or able
men, p. 46.—Whether the Predeceffor
may appoint his Guardian, p. 188 &
feq.
Money. Comparative value of, 67, 171.-
Not to be carried out of the kingdom,
p. 201..
Mortmain. Signification of, p. 19.-Con-
fequences of, p. 69.
Murder. Punishment for this crime an-
ciently, p. 276.
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