bridgewater against BYTHWAY declaration in trespass way et arms traverse  Hereford to wit Ricbard Bythway the elder late of Lenitwardine in the county  aforesaid gentle and Richard Bythway the young of the same in the county  aforesaid gentle be attach to answer Richard Bridgwater wherefore with force  and arm together with Thomas Jerman and Thomas Betty upon he the say Richard  Bridgwater at Wigmore they make a assault and he beat wound and illtreated so  that his life be despair of and other wrong to he do to the great damage of  the say Richard Bridgwater and against the peace of the say lord the now king  c and whereupon the say Richard e r idgwater by Francis Edward his attorney  complain that the say Richard Bythway the elder and Richard Bythway the young  on the that day of April in the d year of the reign of the say lord the now  king together with the say Thomas Jerman and Thomas Betty with force and arm  to wit with sword staff knife club and fist upon he the say Richard Bridgwater  at Wigniore make a assault and he do beat will and ill treat so that his life  be despair of and other wrong c whereupon he say that he be prejudice and have  sustain damage to the value of and therefore he produce his suit c and the say  Richard Bythway the elder by the say Richard Bythway the young his attorney  come and defend the force and injury when c and the say Richard Bythway the  young in his proper person come and defend the force and injury when c and as  to the come with force and arm or whatever that be against the peace of the  say lord the now king and also the wound aforesaid they say that they be not  guilty thereof and of this they put themselves upon the county and the say  rich rd Bridgewater do the like and as to the residue of the trespass and  assault above suppose to be commit they the say Richard Bythway the elder and  Richard Bythway the young say that the say Richard Bridgwater ought not to  have his action aforesaid thereupon against they because they say that before  the say time in which the trespass and assault aforesaid be suppose to be  commit to wit in the term of the holy Trininty in the d year of the reign of  the say lord the now king the say Richard Bythway the elder in the court of  the say lord the king of levinz the bench here to wit at Westminster in the  county of Middlesex by the consideration of the say court recover against one  Elias Jones as well a certain debt of as S which to the say Richard Bythway  the elder in the say court of the lord the king be adjudge for his damage  which he have sustain by occasion of the detention of that debt as by the  record and proceed thereupon in the say court of the say lord the king here  remain more full appear upon which judgement the say Richard Bythway the elder  afterward to wit upon the that day of February in the d year of the reign of  the say lord the now king and in the term of saint Hilary in the d and d ear  of the reign of the say lord the now king prosecute out of the say court here  a certain writ of the lord the king of become facias against the say Elias to  the then sheriff of Hereford direct by which writ the say lord the now king  the then sheriff command that of the good and chattel of the say Elias in his  bailiwick he shall cause to be make the debt and damage aforesaid and that he  shall have that money before the justice of the say lord the king here from  the day of easter in five week then next ensue to be pay to the say Richard  Bythway the elder for the debt and damage aforesaid which writ afterward to  wit upon the that day of April in the d year of the reign of the say lord the  now king aforesaid at Wigniore aforesaid to one John skip Esq then be sheriff  of the county of Hereford aforesaid be deliver in the form of law to be  execute by virtue of which writ and for the execution thereof the say then  sheriff afterward to wit upon the say day and year at Wigniore aforesaid make  his certain warrant in write seal with the seal of his office of sheriff to  Edward Langford Thomas Jernian and Thomas Betty bailiff of the say sheriff  direct by which warrant the levinz er p say sheriff to they joint a d  severalty do command that they shall cause to be make of the good and chattel  of the say Elias the debt and damage aforesaid accord to the command of the  say writ which warrant afterward to wit upon the say day and year at Wigmore  aforesaid to the say bailiff be deliver in the form of law to be execute and  the say Richard Bytbway the elder and Richard Bytbwa that the young further  say that on the say day of delivery of the say writ to the say sb riff and  also at the say time of the make of the say warrant and at the say time in  which c the say Elias bad diverse good and chattel of his own proper good and  chattel to wit at Lemtwardine aforesaid and for this because the say good and  chattel at the say time in which c be in the possession of the say Elias and  then be find within the bailiwick of the say sheriff the say Thomas Jerman and  Thomas Betty at the say time in which c before the return of the say writ as  the bailiff of the say John skip Esq be as aforesaid sheriff of the county of  Hereford aforesaid the say good and chattel by virtue of the warrant aforesaid  at Lemtwardine aforesaid take and arrest and the say good and chattel then and  there under the custody of the say sheriff then and there have and will have  lead and carry away to cause to be make the debt and damage aforesaid accord  to the command of the say writ and the say good and chattel under the custody  of the say sheriff in the form aforesaid and for the cause aforesaid be the  say Richard Bridgewater at the say time in which c and before the return of  the say writ upon they the say Thomas Jerman and Thomas Betty with force and  arm at Lemtwardine aforesaid make a assault and the say good and chattel out  of the custody of the say sheriff with force and arm then and there will and  endeavour to have take and rescue whereupon they the say Richard Bythway the  elder and Richard Bythway the young then and there be present and perceive  that be the say Richard Bridgwater upon they the say Thomas Jerman and Thomas  Bett that bad make a assault and will and endeavour to rescue the good and  chattel aforesaid out of the custody of the say sheriff they the say Ricliard  Bythway the elder and Richard Bythway the young in aid of the say bailiff and  by their command then and there their hand upon the say Richard Brid gwater  gentle lie with intention to binder the say Richard Bridgwater lest be may  take the good and chattel aforesaid out of the hand of the say bailiff as they  lawful may which gentle lie on of the hand the say Richard Bythway the elder  and Richard Ayth ay the young upon the say Richard Bridgwater in aid of the  say bailiff and by their command in the form aforesaid and for the cause  aforesaid be the same trespass and assault whereof the say Richard Bridgwater  above now complain and this they be ready to verify wherefore they pray  judgement if the say Richard Bridgewater ought to have his action aforesaid  against they c and the say Ricbard Bridgwater as to the say plea of the say  Richard Bythway the elder and Richard Bythway the young as to the say residue  of the trespass and assault aforesaid above plead say that he by any thing by  they the say Richard Bythway the elder and Richard Bythway the young in the  same plea above by plead allege ought not to be preclude from have his action  aforesaid because he sa be that the say Richard Bythway the elder and Richard  Bythway the young together with the say Thomas Jerman and Thomas Betty with  force and arm of their own proper wrong at Wigmore aforesaid uVon he the say  Richard Bridgwater make a levinz assault and he do beat will and illtreat as  be above complain against they without this that the say Richard Bythway the  elder and Richard Bythway the young at the time of the trespass and assault  aforesaid in aid of the say bailiff and by their command upon he the say  Richard Bridgwater gentle lie their hand with intention to hinder he the say  Richard Bridgwater lest be may take the good and chattel aforesaid out of the  hand of the say bailiff as they the say Richard Bythway the elder and Richard  Bythway the young above have allege and this he be ready to verify wherefore  because the say Richard Bythway the elder and Richard Bythway the young above  acknowledge the trespass and assault aforesaid be pray judgement and his  damage by occasion of the trespass and assault aforesaid to be adjudge c and  the say Richard Bythway the elder and Richard Bythway the young say levinz er  p that the say plea of the say Richard Bridgwater above by reply plead be not  sufficient in law to maintain he the say Richard Bridgewater to have his  action aforesaid against they the say Richard Bythway the elder and Richard  Bythway the young and that they to the say plea in the manner and form  aforesaid by reply plead have no necessity neither be they bind by the law of  the land to answer and this they be ready to verify wherefore for want of a  sufficient plea of the say Richard Bridgwater in this behalf they the say  Richard Bythway the elder and Richard Bythway the young as before pray  judgement and that the say Richard Bridgwater may be preclude from have his  action aforesaid c and the say Richard Bridgwater because that he in his plea  aforesaid above by reply plead have allege sufficient matter in law to  maintain he the say Richard Bridgwater to have his action aforesaid against  they the say Richard Bythwa that the elder and Richard Bythway the young which  he be ready to verify which matter they the say Richard Bythway the elder and  Richard the young do not deny nor to the same in any wise answer but  altogether do refuse to admit the verification thereof as before pray  judgement and his damage by occasion of the trespass and assault aforesaid to  be adjudge to he c and because the justice c