CHAPTER I.

OF HIS QUALITY.

The bailiff of a franchise or liberty is he who in a free place, or portion of a county, taken away from the power of the sheriff, executes the business of the sheriff. _Spelman._

[Sidenote: Minister to the King.]

The bailiff of the franchise is not minister to the sheriff but to the King. _8 E. 4. 17._

[Sidenote: Officer _per se_.]

The bailiff of a franchise is an officer by himself, and hath not to do with the sheriff. _21 H. 7. 23._

The bailiff of a liberty is not servant to the sheriff, for the sheriff cannot make other return but according to that which the bailiff of the liberty certifies him. _Keilwey_, 89.

[Sidenote: Kings bailiff.]

The Kings bailiff of his manor is immediate officer to the King. _33 H. 6. 29._

The bailiff of a liberty is such an officer as the court will take notice of. _Pasch. 24 Car. B. R. Q. S. P. R._ 122.