[48] 1 Edw. IV., c. 2. See Reeves' "Hist." vol. iii. p. 9.
[49] Burn's "Justice," v. 302, 25th edition.
[50] See also in this connection Carter's "English Legal History," p. 93.
[51] I. Hale's Sum. 96.
[52] Hist. Ram. Gale. vol. iii. 416, 417.
[53] Extended to other towns in 1427. By 6 Henry VI. c. 3 Justices are to discharge in counties the same duties as are performed in towns by Mayors and Bailiffs.
[54] 2 Hen. V. c. 1.
[55] 4 Hen. VII. c. 13.
[56] Cf. Koenig.
[57] Viscount—"an arbitrary title of honour, without a shadow of office pertaining to it" (Blackstone).