Equity VI
Because
of the drawbacks of the writ system, in 1258, the Provisions of Oxford were
issued, which expressly forbade the issue of new writs without the permission
or consent of the King in Council.
The
start of the Provisions of Oxford 1258 reads as follows: -
It
has been provided that from each county there shall be elected four discreet
and lawful knights who, on every day that the county is held [i.e. the county
court], shall assemble to hear all complaints touching any wrongs and injuries
inflicted on any persons by sheriffs, bailiffs, or any other men, and to make
the attachments that pertain to the said complaints until the first arrival of
the chief justiciar in those parts: so that they shall take from the plaintiff
adequate pledges for his prosecution, and from the defendant for his coming and
standing trial before the said justiciar on his first arrival; and that the
four knights aforesaid shall have all the said complaints enrolled, together
with their attachments, in proper order and sequence — namely, for each hundred
separately and by itself — so that the said justiciar, on his first arrival,
can hear and settle the aforesaid complaints singly from each hundred.
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