Statute of Westminster 1327

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Statute of Westminster 1327
Act of Parliament
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Long title None
Citation 1 Edw. 3
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent 1327 by King Edward III
Commencement 1327
Repealed27 August 1881
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed by Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881
Relates to Justices of the Peace Act 1361
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute of Westminster 1327 (1 Edw. 3), also known as Statute of Westminster IV, was a law of Edward III of England.

Contents

The law included possibly the earliest recorded mention of conductors, stipulating that the wages of conductors (conveyors) of soldiers from the shires to the place of assembly would no longer be a charge upon the Shire. The statute also provided, for the first time, for the formal appointment of keepers of the peace, a position transformed in 1361 by the Justices of the Peace Act 1361 (34 Edw. 3. c. 1) into justices of the peace.

Subsequent developments

The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).

The whole act was repealed by section 3 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 59).

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