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Excerpt from Feet of Fines for Essex, Vol. 1
Itinerant is not always expressed. Thus many of the Essex Fines were made at St. Bride's (in Fleet Street) London, the Old Temple, Bermondsey, Winchester, York, Stratford, Chelmsford, and other places.
When the Fine was levied-at Westminster, the fact is not noticed here, nor are the names of the Justices given, as a rule; but when the King himself was present, or when archbishops, bishops, or other notable personages were sitting on the bench notice is taken of the circumstance. It will be seen that one Fine was made In the Court of the Exchequer others made in that Court have been noticed by Mr. Round. After the Court of Common Pleas was finally established, all Fines were made and recorded in that court alone.
With regard to the date of the Fine, which is either in the octave, quinzaine.
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