FAO (SGT) Weeks 4095 (coventry central police station) and All West Midlands Police Officers, (please forward to all west midlands police stations) Coventry Common Law Court Members would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, we send sincere blessings, love and light to all of you and your families at this special time of year. We would like to talk to you all with great importance, regarding your oath to HM and the residents of this land, in the effort to fully explain our intentions and motives with regards to the establishment of the peoples Coventry Common Law Court and all courts established in affiliation. The land we know as our home, England, once was controlled entirely to the monarch and each area/city was governed peacefully by the people that resided there. I have spent many months studying the history of our land (in particular Coventry) and the development of parliament, legislation and our military forces. I have researched back as far as records go, the first/earlier monarchs battled for title of king, a victory being heavily rewarded with control of land, trade/wealth and people. Many battles were fought between the original people of the land and the invaders of our land, first the vikings followed by Roman and Norman civilizations. As the original settlers won and lost battles and foreign monarchs took the crown, legislation and parliament were enforced on the suffering people, being encouraged by one monarch and banned by the next. The original charters that allowed the people to self govern and hold rights over their own land diminished with time. King Edward III (1312-1377) was the final icing on the cake, he overruled the land laws and charters which had given the communities their freedom and independence and turned England into a renowned military force, he had a vital part in the establishment of legislation and parliament and began the hundred year war he was a temperamental man with a big interest in the ability to claim land and wealth through warfare and destruction. Please read this it clearly shows the difference between the earlier monarchs intentions and the foreign monarchs intentions.............. Charters, Letters Patent; Letters under the Privy Seal or the Signet, with or without the Sign Manual ; and Indentures of Leases granted by Sovereigns. Earl Kanulphs Charter. [1153.] — Charter dated at Covintre {sic) by Banulph, Earl of Chester : Granting, with other concessions, to his burgesses of Covintre and their heirs, that they may hold in free burgage of him and his heirs as firmly and freely as they held in the time of the Earls father and other ancestors ; with grant to them of all the liberties and good laws enjoyed by the burgesses of Lincoln, and that they shall not be drawn in any matter to the EarPs Castle to plead, but shall have their own Portmote, in which all pleas touching the Earl and them may be dealt with. Confirmation of the Earls Charter. [c. 1177?]. — Charter by Henry II. dated ** apud Merlebergam, of confirmation to the burgesses of Covintre {sic) of the charter granted to them by Ranulph, Earl of Chester ; With further concessions, for the greater security of the liberties granted by the Eails charter. Licence to give Land to the Prior and Convent of coventre. 31 Edward L, November 6th [1303]. — Letters Patent of Licence to Peter de Blockesley to give and assign for ever to the Prior and Convent of Coventre a messuage and two virgates of land with their appurtenances in Sowe, the Statute of Mortmain notwithstanding. Inspeximus of Henry the Thirds Charter. 17 Edv^ard II., July 10th [J 323]. —Charter of Inspeximus and Confirmation of Charter of Inspeximus by Henry III. confirming the Charter given by Henry 11. in confirmation of the Charter granted by Ranulph Earl of Chester. Foundation of a Chantry in the Churches of the Holy Trinity and of St. Michael. 13 Edward III., January 17th [1340J, — Letters Patent (in French), dated at Risyngs Castle by the Queen-Mother Isabella, of Licence to John de Holland, chaplain, John Lemman, John le Porter, Richard de Stoke, William de Welneburghe and others to acquire and hold lands, tenements and rents, &c., to the yearly value of twenty pounds in the Queens lordship of Coventre, the Statute of Mortmain notwithstanding, for the maintenance of a Chantry of six chaplains, to chant masses and other sacred services at the parochial churches of the Holy Trinity and St. Michael of Coventre, for the good estate in this life of the said Queen, and of her son the King, and of the Duke of Cornewaille, and for their souls when they shall have died, and also for the souls of the Queen Isabellas Lord Edward the late King of England, and the same Queens dear son John late Earl of Corne^Yaille. Digitized by VjOOQ IC 110 Licence for a Merchants Guild. 14 Edward III., May 20th [1340].— Letters Patent of Licence to the men of Coventre and their successors to have a Merchants Guild and a fraternity of brethren and sisters of the same Guild in the said town, and a Master or Keeper of the same Guild, &c. Inspeximus op ditebs Charters. 15 Edward III., May 10th [1341]. — Charter of Inspeximus and Confirmation of the Charter of Inspeximus by Edward II. of the Charter by Henry III, of Inspeximus of the Charter whereby Henry II, confirmed the Charter granted to the burgesses of Coventre by Banulf Earl of Chester : With Iniipeximus of a previous Charter by the present King Edward III., granting to the Merchants of Coventre, and to their heirs and successors being merchants of the same town, that they should be exempt for ever from toll, pannage, pontage, murage &c., in respect to their goods and merchandize throughout the said Kings realm and dominion ; With further concession to the burgesses and honest men of Coventre, that all Inquisitions made in the said town, before the King, his heirs, justices or ministers, or the justices or ministers of his heirs, respecting contracts, agreements, or trespasses made or to be made in the said town, or respecting lands and tenements within the same town, should and ought to be made by burgesses and men of the said town, and not by foreigners, so long as the matters to be enquired into touch neither the King nor the community of the said town. Another Confirmation of the Earl of Chesters Charter. 15 Edward III., May 10th [1341]. — The Inspeximus contained in the preceding charter, by itself, without the additional grant of privileges from Edw. III. Foundation of the Guild of St. John the Baptist in the Churches of the H. Trinity and St. Michael. 16 Edward III., October 6th [1342].— Letters Patent of Licence to John Holand chaplain, John Lemman and four other persons to found and establish a fraternity and Guild in honour of St. tfohn the Baptist in Coventre, and to hold lands tenements and rents, the Statute of Mortmain notwithstanding, for creating and maintaining chantries of six chaplains, to celebrate daily in the parish churches of the Holy Trinity and St. Michael divine rites and services for the souls of the said Kings ancestors, and for the health of the said King, his mother Queen Isabella, his consort Queen Philippa and his children, and Walter de Chesthunt and William de Belgrave whilst they shall be living, and for their souls when they shall be taken from this life, and for the welfare of the brethren and benefactors of the said Guild whilst they shall be living, and for their souls wheti they shall have died, and for the sold of the Kings brother John de Eltham late Earl of Cornewall, and for the souls of all who have died in the Faith. Digitized by VjOOQ IC Ill Foundation of St. Katherines Guild. 17 Edward III., November 12th [1343]. — Letters Patent of Licence to Thomas de Ichynton, Nicholas Pake, William de Tutteburj, William de Overton clerk, Peter Percy, Richard le Darkere, Simon Wareyn, John Vincent and John de Palcynton, to found a fraternity and Guild of themselves and others, brethren and sisters, in honour of St. Katherine at Coventre, and to find three chaplains who shall daily celebrate divine rites for the souls of the said Kings progenitors, and for the welfare of the same King, his mother Queen Isabella, and his consort Queen Philippa and the children of the same King and Queen Consort, and of Bobert de Sadyngton, Master John de Thoresby, John de St. Paul, William de Thorp, Bichard de gmetheton and William de Burgh during their lives, and for the souls of the same when they shall have died, and for the aforesaid grantees and the brethren and sisters of the said Guild and their benefactors daring their lives, and for their souls when they shall have died, and for the souls of all who have died in the Faith, in the chapel of St. Katherine in the church of the hospital of St. John the Baptist in Coventre ; with licence to the brethren and sisters of the Guild to assemble yearly, to elect a Master or Keeper of the same Guild and the aforesaid chaplains. Grant to the Guild op St. John the Baptist of Land FOR A Chapel. 18 Edward IIL, May 7th (1344).— Letters Patent (in French) dated by the Queen Mother Isabella at Risyngs, granting to the good people 6i the Guild of St. John the Baptist in the town of Coventre a piece of land called Babbelak in the said town, in order that they may there build a chapel in honour of God and St. John the Baptist, and have th^ere two chaplains daily chanting masses and other divine services for the good estate of the said Queens dear son the King, and of the said Queen Isabella, and of her dear daughter the Queen Philippa and of the Prince of Wales dnring their lives, and for their souls when they shall have died, and for the soul of the said Queen Isabellas dear Lord the late King of England, and for the soul of her dear son John the late Earl of Comewaille, and for the lives and souls of the brethren of the same Guild. QuEBN Isabella and the Manor of Chetlesmore. 18 Edward liL, August 23rd (1344).— Letters Patent of Precept to archbishops, bishops, abbots^ earls, sheriffs, and others: declaring the said Kings will that his mother the Queen Isabella may have and enjoy for the whole of her life all the liberties and privileges in the Manor of Cheylesmore heretofore granted to the said Queen for life, and set forth in these Letters Patent. Privilege of Electing a Bailiff, granted by Queen Isabella to her People of Coventre. 18 Edward IIL, October 18th (1344).— Letters Patent dated at Kenynghale by the Queen Mother Isabella, Queen of England, &c. ; granting to her good people of the town of Coventre, during her Digitized by VjOOQ IC 112 pleasure and their good conduct, that they may elect from amongst themselves a Bailiff, who may yearly render loyal account of the issues and profits arising to her from the same town. Chabter of Privileges. 18 Edward III., January 20th (1345).— Charter of King Edward at the instance of his mother Isabella, to whom the Manor of Cheylesmore had been granted for life, and also in consideration of the Kings first- born son the Prince of Wales, to whose hands the said manor would pass after the said Queens death, granting that the men of Co ventre, tenants of the said manor, may elect annually from amongst themselves a Mayor and fit Bailiffs, and have cognizance of all pleas as well of trespasses, contracts and agreements as of other things arising within the town, and may have a seal for taking recognizance of debts, according to the form of the Statute for Merchants ; and also that the said town may have a prison for the correction of malefactors, and that the Mayor and Bailiffs for the time being shall have the custody of the same prison and of the prisoners committed to it. Confirmation to Queen Isabella and the Prince of Wales of Liberties and Privileges, &c. in the Manor op Cheilesbiore. 19 Edward III., June loth (1345).— Charter of Edw. III. dated at the Tower of London ; confirming to his mother the Queen Isabella and to the King^s first-born son the Prince of Wales the Kings previous concessions touching the Manor of Cheilesmore, to wit, that she during her life and the Prince of Wales after her death may, either by their own stewards or by the Mayor and bailiffs for the time being of Coventre, have cognizance of all pleas arising within the liberty of the said town, as well as those respecting lands, tenements, and rents as those respecting trespasses, agreements, contracts, &c., together with all other privileges and powers heretofore granted to the same Queen and Prince within the liberty of the said manor, in which Coventre is situated. Confirmation of Privileges. 19 Edward III., December 3rd (1345). — Letters Patent in confirma- tion of the grant heretofore made by the King, at the instance and request of the Queen Mother Isabella, granting to the men of Coventre, being tenants of the Manor of Cheillesmore, that they may have and yearly elect from amongst themselves a fit Mayor and bailiffs for the said town, and in confirmation of divers other powers and privileges heretofore granted by the same King to the men of Coventre and their successors. Confirmation of three Charters of Edward the Third. 19 Edward III., December 3rd (1345). — Letters Patent issued by the King, at the instance of the Queen Mother Isabella, to whom the Manor of Cheillesmore pertains for her life, in confirmation of previous charters granted by him to the said Queen and the men of Coventre, tenants of the said Manor, to wit, (1) a charter granting, with other things, that the men of Coventre may have a Mayor and bailiff^ Digitized by VjOOQ IC 113 (as under date of 20 Jan. 1345, supra) j (2) a charter granting to the said Queen View of Frankpledge of the said Manor and town, with forfeitures of felons and fugitives within the said Manor, &c., and (3) a charter granting to the said Queen and all the men of her said Manor freedom from pannage, passage, stallage, toUage,
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