[001] concerning which a dispute etc. (as above) be extended and appraised. And since [002] you then did nothing [in response] to our command, we order you again, firmly [003] enjoining you by the faith in which you are bound to us, to assemble at such a [004] place and time, setting aside all other business and delay, and, having taken an [005] oath before our sheriff, such a one, (or ‘before our beloved and faithful A. and B. [006] whom we have constituted justices for this matter, or either of them if both are [007] unable to attend’) to extend and value lawfully, discreetly, and properly all the [008] lands and tenements etc. (as above). And make that extent and valuation known [009] to our justices at Westminster (or ‘to the aforesaid A. and B. constituted justices [010] for this matter, or to one of them, that these justices may more fully certify our [011] justices at Westminster on the day given them’) under your seals. In testimony [012] whereof etc. Witness etc.’ If when the knights come the sheriff is negligent, let this [013] writ then be sent to the sheriff.
Writ where the knights appear but the sheriff is negligent.
[015] ‘The king to the sheriff, greeting. We ordered such knights by our letters patent [016] to assemble on such a day at such a place and, having taken an oath before you, to [017] extend and cause to be valued lawfully, discreetly and properly all the lands and [018] tenements of such a one etc., concerning which there was a concord made between [019] A. and B., as is more fully contained in our letters patent sent to the same knights. [020] We further ordered you, setting aside all delay, to be in attendance there on the [021] same day to take the oaths of the aforesaid knights for the making of that extent [022] and valuation of the lands and tenements of the aforesaid honour in accordance with [023] the instructions contained more fully in our letters patent, and, the extent having [024] been made, to cause the aforesaid A. to have full seisin of all the lands etc. (as above), [025] excepting the lands etc. (as above). Whereas it has been shown us on behalf of the [026] aforesaid A. that the aforesaid knights did nothing, and that you by your negligence [027] permitted the aforesaid A. and B. and the aforesaid knights to depart sine [028] die, leaving the business wholly incomplete, and because you conducted yourself [029] in that business with insufficient diligence and discretion, we once more order [030] you as we formerly ordered you, in the faith by which etc., to be at such a place [031] on such a day etc. (as above). And if any of the aforesaid knights chosen on the [032] part of either the aforesaid A. or B. do not come before you on the said day, then [033] put others in their place for the making of that extent and valuation,
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