65. Burglary and House-breaking were
called "Hamsockne diximus etiam de pacis violatione et de
immunitatibus domus, si quis hoc in posterum fecerit ut perdat omne
quod habet, et sit in regis arbitrio utrum vitam habeat. Eac we
quaedon be mundbryce and be ham socnum, sethe hit ofer this do thaet
he dolie ealles thaes the age, and sy on Cyninges dome hwaether he
life age; and we quoth of mound-breach, and of home-seeking he who it
after this do, that he dole all that he owe [owns], and is in king's
doom whether he life owes [owns.] Ll. Eadmundi, c. 6. and see Ll.
Cnuti. 61. "hus brec," in notes on Arson. ante. A Burglar was also
called a Burgessor. "Et soit enquis de Burgessours et sunt tenus
Burgessours trestous ceux que _felonisement_ en temps de pees
debrusont esglises ou auter mesons, ou murs ou portes de nos cytes,
ou de nos Burghes." Britt. c. 10. "Burglaria est nocturna diruptio
habitaculi alicu jus, vel ecclesiae, etiam murorum, partarumve
civitatis aut burgi, ad feloniam aliquam perpetrandam. _Noctanter_
dico, recentiores secutus; veteres enim hoc non adjungunt." Spelm.
gloss. verb. Burglaria. It was punished with death. Ib. citn. from
the office of a Coroner. It may be committed in the outset houses, as
well as inset. 3 Inst.
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