[20] ibid., p. xxv.
[21] ibid., p. xxxi.
[22] iii. 276. This distinctly implies that the truce had been nominally in full force. Note that it is here spoken of as 'till All Saints', while in the document itself (iii. 259) it is made for a year from All Saints. Miss Norgate (ii. 367) speaks of it as 'till All Saints' (1195), but I think it was made from July 1194 to All Saints 1195.]
[23] I have not found a single charter of municipal liberties, though the reign was so rich in them, among these confirmations. Nor since this article first appeared, in 1888 (Arch. Rev., vol. i.), have I found more than four additional cases of resealed charters, raising the total to twenty-eight. Of these a detailed list is given on pp. 442-15.]
[24] 'Scilicet die secunda coronationis nostræ.'
[25] 'December' in Cart. Ant., which date is accepted in Gibson's 'Monastery of Tynmouth'.
COMMUNAL HOUSE DEMOLITION
There was a strange custom peculiar to the ancient community of the Cinque Ports, which has not, so far as I know, been found elsewhere in England. If a member of any one of these towns was elected to serve as Mayor or 'Jurat' (the governing bodies consisting of a Mayor and twelve 'Jurats'), and refused to accept the office, his house was publicly demolished by the community. An extract from the Custumal of Sandwich, headed 'Pena maioris electi recusantis officium suum', will make the custom clear: