ccclv the chamberlain OF London case the chamberlain of London bring a action  of debt in the mayor court in guildhall ground upon a Act of common Council  see c part the matter be remove into the king bench by corpus cum causan  Fleetwood recorder of London pray a procedendo it be object that they of  London can not make ordinance to bind the subject as a Act of parliament to  which it be say by Fleetwood that the custom of the city be that the mayor and  alderman and four person choose out of each ware by the communality may make  ordinance which they call act of common Council and they shall bind every  citizen and freeman and all their custom be confirm by Act of parliament and  by great Charta which have be confirm time and also by the statute of r for  that king seize their liberty and drive they to pay for the redemption of they  mark and then the say king confirm they unto they for ever and therefore this  ordinance be make accord to our custom ought not to be impeach as in case of  matter of the forest if one be punish for offend against a ordinance make for  the govern of the affair of the forest you can remove the matter before you so  be the law call law idumaea concern river and fish in which be diverse  ordinance that none shall kill salmon at certain season of the year and so of  other fish if one be punish by force of such law be shall not be relieve here  for the law of the land have always allow such particular custom and see f b  if two merchant put their stock together and so traffic together and the one  die the survivor shall not have the whole stock as the commonlaw be but the  executor of he that die shall have a account against the other and that be per  law a merchant cook to the same intent this Act of common Council be good and  accord to the law that be of common right there be diverse statute make for  the true make of cloth and to take away the abuse and deceit in the make of it  and this Act of common Council be for the well execute of the say statute and  I conceive there be a difference in make of law by a corporation a corporation  may make a Act for the better execute of any law establish at the commonlaw  but new law they can make as those of a town who have use to have common in  certain land they can make a bylaw that such a one in such a town shall not  have common there but that none shall use his common but at such a Leonard  time such a bylaw make be good see h h see e title assize a town have common  of turbary in a marsh and diverse of the inhabitant of the town have make  trench in the say marsh and some have not a full foot of land in the town and  such person by their trench which they have make there use to carry turf out  of the say marsh by boat and sell they unto the value of mark Leonard er p per  annum to their great private profit and to the great grievance of the other  for which cause it be provide by common assent of the freeholder of the lord  of the say town that all the trench in the say marsh shall be stop so as from  thenceforth no turf be carry in boat by the trench and there it be hold that  if the great part of the commoner assent the same shall bind the other who  have not assent for where major pars there totum and then if such town may  make law a strong the city of London second this law be good by custom for  they have use to make such act and ordinance time out of mind c and these  custom be confirm by Act of parliament and also they may appoint a penalty for  to what purpose otherwise shall they make a Act to hate to miss mali  fearfulness pnae also this action be maintainable for a amercement in a court  baron a action of debt lie gawdy justice e every one ought to assent Wray  there the ordinance make be to charge the inheritance but here it be only to  charge their good wherefore the assent of the great part be sufficient and  afterward a procedendo be grant   and mich Elizabeth in the king bench