Y Cymmrodor. v. XIV. 1901.

iS Enplish Law in Wales ctnd the Marches.
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outlaws, deodands, and wrecks. They had the rights of
wardship and marriage in respect of their tenants-in-chief ,
levied scutages and reliefs, all the lands of the lordship
were held immediately or mediately of them. By 24
Henry VIII, cap. 9, they were given
the forfeiture from
butchers who killed " wainlings" under two years old.
4. They had judgment of life and lirnb, pardoned felons
and murderers, " set them to fine or hanged them at their
pleasure". 5. They held in their own names pleas of the
crown, of land, of fresh force, and pleas personal and mixed
to any aniount. 6. Such of them as were maritime were
admirals of the coast, with the prerogatives of the old
enstodes maris. 7. They could grant out any of their
privileges to subordinate lords. 8. They made war and
peace with their neighbours at their pleasure. In 1291
Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, complained to the
King that Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, who was
also lord of Glamorgan and Morganwg, had with the men
of his Welsh lordship invaded the complainant's lordship
of Brecon. The proceedings are given at length m Ryley ;
the defendants set up the law and custom of the Marches,
under which they claimed rights which were not to be
found extra Marchiam, and were told that for the public
good, the King was per prerogatam suam in multis casibus
supra leges et consuetudines in regno suo usitatas. The
result shows that even Edward I thought it prudent to
deal leniently with the iiwaders. 9. They had rights of
forest as abo^e mentioned. 10. The more important of
the lords were summoned to parliament as barons by
tenure, ancl it is to be noted that the King's writs for men
and munition of war were sent only to the Marchers ; those
to the new formed principality were sent by the Prince of
Wales. 11. The form of conveyance of land was in
general as was used in England ; in some lordships there