Sheriffs and Bailiffs
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Royal and local officials—sheriffs and bailiffs—responsible for administering justice in the shires and for executing (and abusing) the Crown's purveyance rights.
No demesne cart of any “parson” (ecclesiastica persona), or knight, or lady, could be requisitioned by the bailiffs.
No sheriff or bailiff of ours, or other person, shall take the horses or carts of any freeman for transport duty, against the will of the said freeman.
Neither we nor our bailiffs shall take, for our castles or for any other work of ours, wood which is not ours, against the will of the owner of that wood.