CHAP. XXVII.
“The King to the Sheriff, Health. Summon, by good Summoners, twelve free and lawful Men of such a Vill, that they be before me, or my Justices, such a day, prepared upon their oaths to return, whether N. holds one ploughland in such a Vill, which R. claims against him by my Writ, in Fee or in Pledge, as pledged to him by the said R. or by H., his Ancestor.” Or thus—“whether that ploughland, which R. claims against N., in such a Vill, by my Writ, be the Fee or Inheritance of the said N., or Pledged to him by the said R., or by the said H., his Ancestor; and, in the mean time, let them view that Land; and cause their names to be imbreviated; and summon, by good Summoners, the aforesaid N., who holds that Land, that he be then there to hear the Recognition—And have there, &c.”