Also known as: chapiters · chapter
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A list of matters drawn up by the king for presentation before the justices in eyre, justices of assise, or justices of the peace.
King Edward directs his clerks to compile a chapiter listing complaints of unlawful enclosures and forest abuses. The document is delivered to the justices in eyre scheduled to ride through the western counties. Upon arrival the justices open the chapiter and begin hearing the enumerated matters.
The sheriff of Yorkshire presents a chapiter to the justices of assise that details recent breaches of the peace and failures to repair bridges. The justices use the listed items to organize the docket for the current session and summon the parties named.
Justices of the peace in Kent receive a chapiter from the crown that enumerates suspected cases of forestalling and regrating. They call the accused individuals before them and proceed to investigate each entry in order.
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During the eyre in Devon the justices consult the chapiter to identify which local officials have failed to account for royal revenues. The listed charges form the basis for the amercements imposed at the conclusion of the session.
A chapiter delivered to the justices of assise in Norfolk sets forth specific instances of merchants selling short weights. The justices examine the merchants named in the chapiter and impose fines calibrated to the violations recorded.
The crown sends a chapiter to the justices of assise that identifies disputed land titles and recent disseisins in Cumberland. The justices open their proceedings by addressing each matter in the order presented in the chapiter.
A chapiter is a list of matters drawn up by the king for presentation before the justices in eyre, justices of assise, or justices of the peace.
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The chapiter supplied the justices in eyre with a prepared agenda of complaints and offenses to be investigated and adjudicated during their circuit.
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The king or his clerks prepared the chapiter, and it was presented to the justices in eyre, justices of assise, or justices of the peace for their sessions.
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The chapiter served a similar function to articles of the eyre by providing a list of matters for judicial inquiry, though the two terms are distinguished in historical usage.
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