Statute merchant (Latin: Statutum mercatorum) and statute staple are two old forms of security, long obsolete in English practice, though references to them still occur in some modern statutes.[1]
The former security was first created by the Statute of Merchants 1283, or Statute of Acton Burnell (named after Acton Burnell in Shropshire, the place where Parliament met and passed the statute) and amplified by the Statute of Merchants 1285, whence its name, and the latter by an act of 1353, which provided that in every staple (i.e. public mart) the seal of the staple should be sufficient validity for a bond of record acknowledged and witnessed before the mayor of the staple. They were originally permitted only among traders, for the benefit of commerce, but afterwards extended by an act of Henry VIII (1532) to all subjects, whether traders or not. The creditor under either form of security was allowed to seize the goods and hold the lands of a defaulting debtor until satisfaction of his debt. While he held the lands he was termed tenant by statute merchant or by statute staple. In addition to the loss of his goods and lands the debtor was liable to be imprisoned. Statute merchant, owing to the summary method of enforcing payment, was sometimes known as pocket judgment. Both were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.[1]
An example of a suit of statute merchant can be seen in the Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas, in 1430, where John Salter, citizen and tanner of York, John Wyot, vicar of St Nicholas, Mikelgate, John Yoman, (the latter two as executors of Henry Ravenswath) are parties.[2]
^ abOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Statute Merchant and Statute Staple". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 814.
^ Common Plea Rolls; National Archives; CP 40 / 677; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no677/aCP40no677fronts/IMG_0555.htm; last entry on image.
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