[649]. See W. Coventry, II. 214-5.
[650]. Abuses by sheriffs and other bailiffs continued to be rife after 1215 as before it. Many later statutes afford graphic illustrations of the oppressive conduct they sought to control. In 1275 Edward found it necessary to provide “that the sheriffs from henceforth shall not lodge with any person, with more than five or six horses; and that they shall not grieve religious men nor others, by often coming and lodging, neither at their houses nor at their manors.” See Statute of Westminster, c. 1, confirmed by 28 Edward I., stat. 3, c. 13.
[651]. Cf. supra, pp. [17-20].
[652]. These localities were completely independent of the ordinary executive authorities of the county; in addition, partial exemption from the sheriff’s control was enjoyed by (a) chartered boroughs and (b) holders of franchises.
[653]. Cf. infra, c. 48.
[654]. See H. B. Simpson in English Historical Review, X. 625, and authorities there cited.
[655]. The evidence collected by Coke, Second Institute, 31, conclusively proves the identity of these two offices. See also Round, Ancient Charters No. 55, where Richard I. in 1159 speaks of “constabularia castelli Lincolniae.”
[656]. See Articuli super cartas, 28 Edward I. c. 7.
[657]. See 5 Henry IV. c. 10. Coke, Second Institute, 30, relates, as an indication of the authority and pretensions of these constables, that they had seals of their own “with their portraiture on horseback.”