shillings eight pence over all charges at the least."--_1
Richard III._, ch. 4. (1483.)

In 1486 it was enacted, "That the justices of the peace of every
shire of this realm for the time being may take, by their discretion,
an inquest, whereof every man shall have lands and tenements to the
yearly value of _forty shillings_ at the least, to inquire of the
concealments of others," &c., &c.--_3 Henry VII._, ch. 1 (1486.)

A statute passed in 1494, in regard to jurors in the city of London,
enacts:

"That no person nor persons hereafter be impanelled, summoned, or
sworn in any jury or inquest in courts within the same city, (of
London,) except he be of lands, tenements, or goods and chattels, to
the value of _forty marks_;[86] and that no person or persons
hereafter be impanelled, summoned, nor sworn in any jury or inquest
in any court within the said city, for lands or tenements, or action
personal, wherein the debt or damage amounteth to the sum of forty
marks, or above, except he be in lands, tenements, goods, or
chattels, to the value of _one hundred marks_."--_11 Henry VII._, ch.
21. (1494.)

The statute _4 Henry VIII._, ch. 3, sec. 4, (1512) requires jurors in
London to have "_goods_ to the value of one hundred marks."

In 1494 it was enacted that "It shall be lawful to every sheriff of
the counties of _Southampton_, _Surrey_, _and Sussex_, to impanel and
summons twenty-four lawful men of such, inhabiting within the
precinct of his or their turns, as owe suit to the same turn, whereof
every one hath lands or freehold to the yearly value of _ten_
shillings, or copy-hold lands to the yearly value of _thirteen
shillings four pence_, above all charges within any of the said
counties, or men of less livelihood, if there be not so many there,
notwithstanding the statute of _1 Richard III._, ch. 4. To endure to
the next parliament."--_11 Henry VII._, ch. 26. (1494.)

This statute was continued in force by _19 Henry VII._, ch. 16. (1503.)

In 1531 it was enacted, "That every person or persons, being the
king's natural subject born, which either by the name of citizen, or
of a freeman, or any other name, doth enjoy and use the liberties and
privileges of any city, borough, or town corporate, where he dwelleth
and maketh his abode, being worth in _movable goods and substance_ to
the clear value of _forty pounds_, be hencefort