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(
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
trailbaston (1280-1307)