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trailbaston (1280-1307)
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trailbaston (1280-1307)

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trailbastoun;  trailebaston,  trailebastoun,  trailebastoune;  traillebaston,  traillebastone,  traillebastoun,  traylebastoun,  trayllebastone,  trayllebastoun;  treilbaston,  treilbastoun;  treilebastoun;  trelbaston  (trelsbaston  Rot Parl1 ii 229)  
  FEW:  *tragulare 13/ii,173a Gdf:  traillebaston 7,786a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  trail (trailbaston)  DMF:  traillebaston  TLF: ∅ OED:  trailbaston n.  MED:  trail-bastoun n.  DMLBS:  trailbasto 3472a

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1thug, brigand, hired ruffian: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 ) Trailbastouns (var. (P2: s.xiv3/4) Traylebastouns;  (Y: c.1327) Treilebastouns ) [...] En fayres et marchez se proferent fer covenance Pur .iij. souz ou .iiij. [...] Batre un prodomme  LANGTOFT thiol2 418.2319
2thuggery, violent crime: 
( 1305-07; MS: c.1335 ) Je lur apre[n]droy le giw de traylebastoun, E lur bruseroy l'eschyne e le cropoun  Pol Songs 70.37
3lawtrailbaston, itinerant court for trying thuggery and crimes of violence: 
( 1305 ) la demora bien demi an tanke les enquerours, saver trayllebastone, viendrent en pays  YBB 33-35 Ed I 57
( 1306 ) [...] a parfaire les busoignes qe touchent les pledz de traillebaston  Rot Parl1 i 218
( 1343-50; MS: 1343-50 ) fist justice fer sur maufesours, et fust apellé traylebastoun  Cron Lond1 29
( 1391 ) il poet granter et faire tenir tielx eirs et treilbastons quant y bosoignera  Rot Parl1 iii 286
les articles de trailbaston
lawordinances instituted by Edward I in 1304-05 to create the legal machinery for the special judicial commissions created to hear and determine indictments alleging violent crime: 
( 1305-07; MS: s.xiv1/4 ) coment li rois fist ordiner les novels pointz qui sont appellez les articles de Trailebaston  LANGTOFT thiol2 224.54
( 1305-07; MS: c.1335 ) Ce sunt les articles de trayllebastoun  Pol Songs 69.5
( 1307; MS: 1307-15 ) Puis coment li roys fist ordiner les noveaus p[ro]vyns, ke sont apellez les articles de traylebastoun  Reis Engl1 319
justise de trailbaston, sur les trailbastons
lawoccupationjustice appointed to hold a trailbaston court: 
( 1305-07; MS: s.xiv1/4 ) Parmy Engleterre genz de granz resouns Assignez sunt justizes sur les trailbastouns  LANGTOFT thiol2 419.2334
( s.xiv2/3; MS: s.xivex ) Ore aad le roy Edward [...] ordené justices de trailbaston sur lez mesfesours de la terre  Brut Prose (1332) 5703
( 1354 ) comment il est assigné justice de trailebastoun […] et auxint q’il ath un commission costein a sere entre nous en chescune ville  ROUGH 77
( 1355 ) le roi fait envoier ses justices en pais, ascun foitz son baunk, et ascun foitz autres justices de trailbaston  Rot Parl1 ii 266

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See also:

baston  trailbastonerie  trainebaston 
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