In England they were generally exempted from suit to the hundred and county courts: and all such pleas as should arise among them, the pleas of the crown excepted, were left to the decision of their own magistrates.

在英格兰，他们通常被免于向百县法院提起诉讼：除了王室的请求外，他们之间应提出的所有此类请求都由他们自己的地方法官决定。