Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	find_v	king_n	law_n	2,835	5	4.8368	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26173	Jus Anglorum ab antiquo, or, A confutation of an impotent libel against the government by king, lords, and commons under pretence of answering Mr. Petyt, and the author of Jani Anglorum facies nova : with a speech, according to the answerer's principles, made for the Parliament at Oxford.	Atwood, William, d. 1705?; Brady, Robert, 1627?-1700. Full and clear answer to a book.; Petyt, William, 1636-1707. Antient right of the Commons of England asserted.; Atwood, William, d. 1705? Jani Anglorum facies nova.	1681 (1681)	Wing A4175; ESTC R9859	138,988	352

which_o be_v before_o nay_o sometime_o less_o or_o none_o when_o former_o there_o be_v some_o as_o in_o surrey_n robert_n de_fw-fr wate_n hold_v one_o house_n which_o pay_v all_o service_n in_o the_o time_n of_o kind_a edward_n now_o nothing_o at_o all_o but_o to_o the_o claim_n or_o title_n allow_v hantescire_fw-la hantescire_fw-la aldredus_fw-la frater_fw-la ode_n calumniatur_fw-la unam_fw-la virgatam_fw-la terrae_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la manerio_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la se_fw-la eam_fw-la tenuisse_fw-la die_fw-la quâ_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la fuit_fw-la vivus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la &_o disaisitus_fw-la fuit_fw-la postquam_fw-la rex_fw-la willielmus_fw-la mare_fw-la transiit_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la dirationavit_fw-la coram_fw-la reginâ_fw-la inde_fw-la est_fw-la testis_fw-la ejus_fw-la hugo_n de_fw-fr port_n &_o homines_fw-la de_fw-la toto_fw-la hundredo_fw-la aldred_n the_o brother_n of_o ode_n claim_v one_o rood_n of_o that_o manner_n and_o say_v that_o he_o hold_v it_o the_o day_n that_o king_n edward_n be_v alive_a and_o dead_a and_o be_v disseize_v after_o that_o king_n william_n past_o the_o sea_n and_o he_o recover_v it_o before_o the_o queen_n hugo_n the_o port_n be_v witness_n of_o it_o and_o the_o whole_a hundred_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o where_o the_o county_n or_o hundred_o atte_v any_o man_n plea_n or_o title_n this_o be_v a_o solemn_a judgement_n in_o domesday_n book_n that_o be_v the_o way_n appoint_v of_o ascertain_v estate_n and_o title_n in_o the_o same_o county_n and_o hundred_o hugh_n de_fw-fr port_n have_v his_o claim_n allow_v hanc_fw-la hidam_fw-la calumniatur_fw-la hugo_n de_fw-fr port_n dicens_fw-la eam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ad_fw-la sva_fw-la maneria_fw-la de_fw-la cerdeford_n &_o eschetune_n &_o ibi_fw-la eam_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la svi_fw-la antecessores_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la testantur_fw-la tot_fw-la '_o hundr_n '_o this_o hide_n hugh_n de_fw-fr port_n claim_v say_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o his_o manor_n of_o cerdeford_n and_o eschetune_n and_o there_o his_o ancestor_n hold_v it_o and_o this_o the_o whole_a hundred_o testify_v so_o the_o same_o hugh_n claim_v three_o house_n and_o a_o corner_n of_o a_o field_n and_o one_o rood_n and_o five_o acre_n of_o land_n of_o turstin_n the_o chamberlain_n and_o of_o this_o he_o bring_v the_o hundred_o to_o witness_v that_o his_o ancestor_n be_v seize_v die_fw-la quo_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la fuit_fw-la vivus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la the_o trial_n in_o this_o cou●ty_n between_o william_n de_fw-fr chornet_n clating_n in_o forcingbridge_n hundr_n in_o clating_n and_o picot_n the_o sheriff_n of_o cambridgeshire_n be_v very_o remarkable_a in_o isto_fw-la hundr_n &_o in_o isto_fw-la manner_n tenet_n picot_n 2_o virgat_n &_o dimidium_fw-la &_o istam_fw-la terram_fw-la calumniatur_fw-la willielmus_fw-la de_fw-la chornet_n dicens_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ad_fw-la manner_n de_fw-fr cerdeford_n feudum_fw-la hugonis_fw-la de_fw-la port_n per_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la svi_fw-la antecessoris_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la suum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la adduxit_fw-la de_fw-la melioribus_fw-la &_o antiquis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la totius_fw-la comitatûs_fw-la &_o hundr_n &_o picot_n contraduxit_fw-la suum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la de_fw-la villanis_fw-la &_o vili_fw-la plebi_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr prepositis_fw-la qui_fw-la nolunt_fw-la defendere_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la dei_fw-la judicium_fw-la quod_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la tenuit_fw-la terram_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o potuit_fw-la ire_n cum_fw-la terrâ_fw-la quo_fw-la voluit_fw-la sed_fw-la testes_fw-la willielmi_n nolunt_fw-la accipere_fw-la legem_fw-la nisi_fw-la regis_fw-la e._n usque_fw-la dum_fw-la definiatur_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la in_o that_o hundred_o and_o in_o that_o manor_n picot_n hold_v two_o rood_n and_o a_o half_a of_o land_n that_o land_n william_n the_o chornet_n claim_v say_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o manor_n of_o cerdeford_n of_o the_o feud_n of_o hugh_n de_fw-fr port_n by_o the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o ancestor_n and_o of_o this_o produce_v his_o testimony_n of_o the_o better_a and_o ancient_a man_n of_o the_o whole_a county_n and_o hundred_o and_o picot_n on_o the_o other_o side_n brought_z his_o of_o villain_n and_o inferior_a people_n and_o of_o bailiff_n who_o will_v not_o defend_v by_o oath_n or_o by_o god_n judgement_n which_o i_o take_v here_o not_o to_o be_v the_o ordail_n but_o the_o battle_n as_o we_o find_v the_o trial_n vel_fw-la bello_fw-la vel_fw-la judicio_fw-la that_o he_o who_o hold_v the_o land_n feud_n which_o be_v the_o issue_n against_o be_v of_o hugh_n the_o port_n feud_n be_v a_o freeman_n and_o may_v go_v with_o it_o whither_o he_o will_v here_o the_o county_n or_o hundred_o testify_v that_o the_o stress_n of_o de_fw-fr chornet_n cause_n depend_v upon_o the_o confessor_n law_n and_o so_o give_v the_o title_n with_o he_o in_o the_o north_n and_o west_n ride_v of_o yorkshire_n many_o claim_n may_v be_v see_v as_o of_o earl_n hugh_n which_o i_o take_v it_o be_v hugh_n de_fw-fr ferrer_n henry_n de_fw-fr ferrer_n be_v disseize_v in_o that_o county_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a both_o claim_v by_o the_o same_o title_n hugh_n be_v a_o very_a considerable_a free_a holder_n there_o be_v many_o other_o who_o be_v in_o like_a circumstance_n as_o george_n malet_n william_n malet_n orm_n and_o bunde_n osburn_n de_fw-fr arcis_fw-la william_n de_fw-fr warren_n ligulf_n uvido_z de_fw-fr credun_n percy_n sortebrand_n gislebert_n sect_n 4._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o king_n william_n do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o make_v a_o new_a grant_n or_o confirmation_n to_o man_n of_o what_o be_v they_o before_o the_o old_a title_n be_v sufficient_o firm_a hence_o in_o amelbrice_n hundred_o in_o surrey_n tenuit_fw-la almaris_fw-la sine_fw-la dono_fw-la regis_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la antecessor_n ejus_fw-la almar_n tenuit_fw-la almar_n hold_v without_o the_o king_n grant_n because_o his_o ancestor_n almar_n hold_v it_o in_o glocestershire_n brictric_n tenet_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la 4_o hidas_n in_o lechametone_n &_o geldant_fw-la ipse_fw-la tenuit_fw-la earum_fw-la 2_o hidas_n t._n r._n e._n &_o ordric_n alius_fw-la dvas_fw-la rex_fw-la willielmus_fw-la utramque_fw-la eidem_fw-la brictric_n concessit_fw-la pergen_v in_o normaniam_fw-la brictric_n hold_v of_o the_o king_n in_o lechamet●ne_n four_o hide_n and_o they_o pay_v a_o quitrent_n he_o hold_v two_o hide_n of_o they_o in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n edward_n and_o ordric_n the_o other_o two_o king_n william_n when_o he_o go_v into_o normandy_n grant_v both_o that_o be_v the_o two_o hide_n which_o ordric_n hold_v to_o brictric_n so_o that_o brictric_n enjoy_v the_o other_o two_o not_o contain_v in_o the_o king_n grant_n upon_o his_o prior_n title_n sect_n 5._o whereas_o this_o author_n be_v please_v to_o exercise_v his_o reflect_a faculty_n upon_o that_o lawyer_n in_o ed._n 3._o reign_n 28._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 28._o who_o affirm_v that_o the_o conqueror_n come_v not_o at_o all_o to_o out_o those_o who_o have_v right_a possession_n rightful_a shall_v be_v rightful_a but_o to_o out_o those_o which_o by_o their_o wrong_n do_v have_v occupy_v any_o land_n in_o disinheritance_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o his_o crown_n that_o be_v such_o land_n as_o be_v forfeit_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o their_o be_v in_o arm_n against_o the_o king_n upon_o which_o 29._o p._n 29._o he_o say_v that_o this_o judge_n speak_v out_o of_o design_n and_o study_v and_o know_v only_o popular_a and_o lucrative_a law_n and_o not_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o nation_n before_o his_o own_o time_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o this_o free_a censurer_n study_v only_o parasitical_a law_n and_o that_o if_o he_o be_v acquaint_v with_o domesday_n book_n he_o will_v not_o censure_v this_o nor_o will_v challenge_v his_o adversary_n to_o find_v any_o one_o plea_n or_o grant_v of_o the_o like_a nature_n 26._o p._n 26._o with_o swanborn_n who_o plead_v 25._o p._n 25._o that_o he_o be_v never_o against_o the_o king_n now_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o we_o find_v many_o forfeiture_n mention_v in_o this_o book_n which_o be_v needless_a if_o the_o king_n seize_v without_o so_o in_o essex_n in_o barstable_n hundr_n in_o burâ_fw-la de_fw-la istis_fw-la hidis_fw-la est_fw-la una_fw-la de_fw-fr hominibus_fw-la forisfactis_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la in_o bury_n one_o of_o those_o hide_v belong_v to_o the_o man_n that_o be_v forfeit_v to_o the_o king_n and_o this_o be_v the_o way_n of_o expression_n according_o in_o the_o active_a we_o find_v in_o norfolk_n earl_n ralf_n hold_v such_o land_n quando_fw-la se_fw-la forisfecit_fw-la but_o more_o particular_o in_o cambridgeshire_n in_o wardune_n hardwin_n hold_v of_o richard_n this_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o richard_n ancestor_n but_o ralf_n wader_n hold_v it_o die_fw-la quo_fw-la deliquit_fw-la contra_fw-la regem_fw-la that_o day_n on_o which_o he_o be_v in_o arm_n or_o rebellion_n offend_v against_o the_o king_n and_o so_o forfeit_v whereas_o otherwise_o it_o have_v continue_v with_o he_o but_o this_o compare_v with_o indulphus_n the_o than_o king_n secretary_n make_v a_o full_a proof_n erle_n yvo_n send_v to_o anjou_n to_o the_o abbot_n of_o st._n nickolas_n

and_o give_v a_o cell_n land_n and_o tenement_n for_o a_o prior_n and_o five_o monk_n in_o spalding_n wulketul_n abbot_n of_o croyland_n 902._o indulphi_n hist._n foe_o 902._o commence_v his_o suit_n for_o this_o in_o curia_fw-la regis_fw-la all_o the_o norman_n be_v confederate_a together_o justify_v and_o approve_v of_o the_o depredation_n oppression_n slaughter_v and_o all_o other_o injury_n commit_v by_o yvo_n talbois_n against_o the_o croylander_n and_o as_o in_o the_o body_n of_o behemoth_n one_o see_v be_v join_v to_o another_o they_o refute_v the_o truth_n and_o that_o which_o add_v to_o the_o heap_n of_o the_o calamity_n of_o croyland_n be_v the_o cruel_a behead_v of_o erle_n walden_n of_o croyland_n who_o be_v very_o kind_a to_o all_o the_o religion_n and_o be_v chief_o the_o best_a and_o most_o worthy_a friend_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o croyland_n and_o although_o archbishop_n lanfranc_n his_o confessor_n assert_v that_o he_o be_v free_a from_o all_o faction_n and_o conspiracy_n and_o if_o he_o die_v in_o the_o cause_n that_o he_o will_v be_v a_o martyr_n yet_o his_o most_o impious_a wife_n thirst_v after_o another_o marriage_n and_o therefore_o most_o wicked_o hasten_v the_o death_n of_o her_o husband_n also_o some_o norman_n gape_v after_o his_o county_n of_o northampton_n and_o huntingdon_n some_o according_a to_o our_o author_n he_o have_v all_o the_o land_n of_o these_o county_n whereas_o the_o king_n have_v some_o especial_o the_o anjovin_n earl_n yvo_n talbois_n thirst_v for_o his_o blood_n be_v most_o greedy_a for_o his_o land_n and_o tenement_n which_o be_v very_o many_o in_o all_o the_o county_n of_o england_n the_o innocent_a and_o harmless_a man_n be_v martyr_v at_o winchester_n the_o day_n before_o the_o kalend_n here_o we_o see_v they_o be_v force_v to_o accuse_v he_o of_o faction_n and_o conspiracy_n or_o rebellion_n that_o the_o land_n may_v be_v forfeit_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o they_o may_v get_v they_o for_o their_o good_a service_n our_o man_n of_o mighty_a undertake_n think_v to_o set_v aside_o edwin_n of_o sharburn_n evidence_n and_o expose_v the_o credulity_n of_o his_o friend_n sir_n william_n dugdale_n who_o obligation_n for_o lead_v he_o the_o way_n in_o his_o origines_fw-la juridiciales_fw-la he_o have_v return_v to_o the_o purpose_n because_o he_o tell_v we_o sharnburn_n name_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o domesday_n book_n or_o the_o conquerour_n survey_n and_o the_o owner_n of_o sharburn_n which_o be_v there_o only_o to_o be_v find_v be_v william_n de_fw-fr warennâ_fw-la odo_n bishop_n of_o bajeux_n bernerius_fw-la arbalistarius_fw-la and_o william_n de_fw-fr pertenac_n it_o be_v not_o material_a that_o they_o be_v repute_v owner_n since_o sharborn_n have_v the_o king_n mandate_n 25._o p._n 25._o and_o possible_o may_v not_o have_v the_o possession_n restore_v till_o after_o this_o survey_n 2._o often_o only_o the_o chief_a lord_n of_o the_o fee_n be_v name_v though_o not_o all_o the_o proprietor_n under_o they_o 3._o though_o we_o find_v not_o edwin_n of_o sharburn_n we_o find_v in_o the_o same_o county_n edwin_n a_o proprietor_n and_o lord_n of_o a_o manor_n with_o a_o mesne_fw-la lord_n under_o his_o bailiwick_n and_o care_n though_o not_o hold_v of_o he_o sislanda_n tenuit_fw-la ketel_n libre_fw-la homo_fw-la edvini_fw-la commendatus_fw-la tantum_fw-la pro_fw-la manerio_fw-la &_o duo_fw-la car._n ketel_n edwin_n freeman_n hold_v sisland_n within_o his_o bailiwick_n only_o for_o a_o manor_n and_o two_o carus_n of_o land_n now_o it_o be_v very_o obvious_a that_o there_o be_v great_a proprietor_n who_o christian_a name_n only_o be_v mention_v in_o domesday_n book_n addition_n they_o be_v frequent_o name_v without_o their_o addition_n to_o be_v sure_a not_o all_o the_o addition_n by_o which_o they_o be_v know_v to_o instance_n in_o edric_n cognomento_fw-la sylvaticus_fw-la this_o surname_n of_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v there_o as_o i_o take_v it_o and_o yet_o he_o keep_v great_a possession_n which_o he_o have_v of_o a_o title_n prior_n to_o william_n eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la wigorniensis_fw-la florentius_n wigorniensis_fw-la extitit_fw-la quidam_fw-la praepotens_fw-la minister_n edricus_n cognomento_fw-la sylvaticus_fw-la cujus_fw-la terram_fw-la quia_fw-la se_fw-la dedere_fw-la regi_fw-la dedignabatur_fw-la herefordenses_n castellani_n &_o ricardus_n scrob_n frequenter_a vastaverunt_fw-la sed_fw-la quotiescumque_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la irruerant_fw-la multos_fw-la è_fw-la suis_fw-la militibus_fw-la &_o scutariis_fw-la perdiderunt_fw-la at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a powerful_a officer_n edric_n who_o 〈◊〉_d be_v silvaticus_n who_o land_n because_o he_o scorn_v to_o yield_v to_o the_o conqueror_n the_o castellan_n of_o hereford_n and_z richard_z scrob_n often_o waste_v but_o as_o often_o as_o they_o f●ll_v upon_o he_o they_o lose_v many_o of_o their_o soldier_n and_o tenant_n by_o knight_n service_n hitherto_o he_o have_v keep_v his_o land_n and_o a_o little_a after_o we_o find_v the_o king_n and_o he_o reconcile_v 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o vir_fw-la strenuissimus_fw-la edricus_fw-la cognomento_fw-la silvaticus_fw-la cujus_fw-la supra_fw-la meminimus_fw-la cum_fw-la rege_fw-la gulielmo_n pacificatur_fw-la and_o soon_o after_o this_o he_o accompany_v the_o king_n to_o scotland_n but_o if_o the_o dr._n find_v he_o by_o this_o addition_n in_o domesday_n book_n i_o will_v allow_v he_o to_o be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o very_a sagacious_a invention_n 26._o p._n 26._o 4._o we_o find_v whole_a county_n leave_v out_o of_o domesday_n book_n and_o therefore_o admit_v edwin_n be_v not_o there_o it_o be_v not_o strange_a that_o he_o though_o a_o proprietor_n shall_v be_v omit_v if_o it_o be_v only_o through_o the_o influence_n of_o earl_n warenn_n notwithstanding_o the_o exception_n take_v to_o what_o he_o call_v the_o famous_a legend_n and_o trite_a fable_n of_o edwin_n of_o sharnborn_a he_o himself_o confess_v that_o he_o have_v the_o king_n mandate_n and_o so_o this_o plea_n be_v allow_v in_o the_o very_a instance_n which_o he_o think_v to_o be_v on_o his_o side_n how_o idle_a be_v his_o note_n on_o the_o margin_n of_o p._n 24._o against_o mr._n petyt_n 19_o against_o mr._n petyt_n etc._n etc._n p._n 19_o can_v any_o man_n forfeit_v his_o land_n to_o a_o stranger_n a_o conqueror_n that_o can_v not_o pretend_v title_n but_o by_o violence_n and_o conquest_n as_o if_o a_o conqueror_n can_v not_o make_v what_o he_o please_v a_o forfeiture_n and_o be_v not_o the_o more_o likely_a to_o use_v rigour_n for_o be_v a_o stranger_n have_v no_o tie_v of_o familiarity_n or_o blood_n beside_o will_v not_o a_o conqueror_n pretend_v a_o hereditary_a right_n make_v they_o who_o oppose_v it_o forfeit_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v take_v for_o just_a too_o by_o they_o who_o acknowledge_v his_o title_n no●_n be_v there_o more_o to_o favour_v his_o fancy_n that_o king_n william_n by_o give_v away_o the_o land_n of_o great_a man_n nay_o whole_a county_n or_o the_o government_n of_o they_o thereby_o defeat_v the_o inheritance_n or_o lesser_a right_n of_o those_o who_o hold_v under_o they_o as_o if_o for_o the_o purpose_n the_o king_n shall_v grant_v away_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o lord_n stafford_n which_o if_o any_o be_v leave_v in_o he_o after_o any_o settlement_n be_v real_o forfeit_v thereby_o all_o that_o have_v lease_n under_o he_o or_o any_o other_o interest_n be_v whole_o divest_v which_o be_v to_o make_v the_o attaindure_n to_o reach_v far_o than_o the_o blood_n sect_n 6._o but_o because_o our_o author_n be_v a_o very_a sagacious_a person_n for_o information_n sake_n i_o be_o bold_a to_o ask_v he_o some_o question_n occasion_v by_o domesday-book_n in_o andover_n hundred_o sorry_a sorry_a rex_fw-la tenet_fw-la in_o dominico_fw-la cladford_n de_fw-fr feudo_fw-la rogeri_n comitis_fw-la if_o this_o have_v be_v the_o king_n be_v own_o feud_n it_o will_v have_v be_v rex_fw-la habet_fw-la de_fw-la feudo_fw-la ●uo_fw-la as_o we_o find_v robert_n de_fw-fr statford_n have_v thirteen_o house_n de_fw-fr honore_fw-la comitum_fw-la de_fw-la feudo_fw-la svo_fw-la wherefore_o quere_z whether_o all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v hold_v mediate_o or_o immediate_o of_o the_o crown_n what_o think_v he_o of_o est_fw-fr de_fw-fr regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la ●on_n subjacet_fw-la alicui_fw-la hundredo_fw-la neque_fw-la est_fw-la in_o consuetudine_fw-la ullâ_fw-la so_o in_o surrey_n non_fw-la ad●acet_fw-la alicui_fw-la manerio_fw-la or_o as_o elsewhere_o fuit_fw-la posita_fw-la extra_fw-la manerium_fw-la or_o such_o a_o one_o be_v commendatus_fw-la homo_fw-la to_o another_o commendare_fw-la glos._n tit_n commendare_fw-la who_o if_o we_o believe_v sir_n henry_n spelman_n swear_v no_o fealty_n and_o hold_v not_o by_o any_o kind_n of_o tenure_n what_o of_o nunquam_fw-la geldavit_fw-la or_o geldum_fw-la dedit_fw-la nec_fw-la hidata_fw-la fuit_fw-la or_o distributa_fw-la per_fw-la hidas_n what_o of_o potuit_fw-la ire_n cum_fw-la terrâ_fw-la quo_fw-la voluit_fw-la ●otuit_fw-la se_fw-la vertere_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la dominum_fw-la which_o i_o shall_v think_v argue_v freedom_n from_o the_o feudal_n law_n

learned_a antiquary_n 1._o lamb._n leges_fw-la ethe●redi_fw-la cap._n 1._o mr._n lambart_n render_v ascitis_fw-la sibi_fw-la ingenuis_fw-la quinque_fw-la take_v to_o he_o five_o freeman_n for_o what_o he_o call_v ingenuus_fw-la bromton_n call_v libre_fw-la homo_fw-la ingenuus_n cuique_fw-la fidejussores_fw-la etc._n etc._n fidissimos_fw-la adhibeto_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la habeat_fw-la credibile_fw-la plegium_fw-la let_v every_o freeholder_n have_v a_o credible_a pledge_n this_o must_v be_v confine_v to_o dominus_fw-la familiae_fw-la unless_o it_o be_v of_o such_o as_o can_v be_v pledge_n themselves_o but_o under_o free-pledge_n their_o master_n and_o this_o be_v far_a evident_a in_o that_o it_o answer_v to_o the_o head-borough's_a purge_n himself_o canut_n quinque_fw-la thanis_n i._n e._n nobilibus_fw-la leg._n canut_n and_o his_o tithe_n with_o five_o friborgi_n or_o frank-pledge_n se_fw-la duodecimo_fw-la existente_fw-la that_o be_v duodecimâmanu_fw-la with_o the_o 12_o hand_n as_o be_v require_v by_o st._n edward_n law_n de_fw-fr friborgis_n where_o no_o other_o nobility_n be_v exact_v than_o what_o every_o free-pledge_a have_v the_o ancient_a law_n give_v far_a proof_n in_o that_o satrap_n a_o peer_n or_o noble_a and_o paganus_fw-la a_o chorle_n or_o villain_n as_o we_o find_v chorle_fw-mi render_v in_o a_o ancient_a manuscript_n cite_v by_o mr._n selden_n 32._o vid._n jan._n p._n 32._o in_o his_o title_n of_o honour_n take_v in_o all_o the_o order_n of_o man_n idem_fw-la juris_fw-la esto_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la hominum_fw-la ordines_fw-la dominorum_fw-la leges_fw-la aluredi_fw-la de_fw-la proditione_n dominorum_fw-la sive_fw-la satrapae_fw-la sive_fw-la pagani_n fuerint_fw-la so_o in_o the_o law_n of_o william_n 1_o whereas_o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o thayni_n or_o baron_n since_o answer_v to_o they_o be_v denominate_v from_o hold_v of_o the_o king_n de_fw-fr so_o domesday_n bron●ton_n leges_fw-la canuti_n apud_fw-la lamb._n de_fw-fr we_o find_v thanus_n regis_fw-la and_o mediocris_fw-la thaynus_fw-la or_o inferior_a sive_fw-la infamae_fw-la conditionis_fw-la distinct_a and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o this_o take_v in_o all_o that_o pay_v the_o hereot_fw-la which_o be_v then_o a_o payment_n relate_v to_o the_o army_n so_o that_o this_o to_o be_v sure_a reach_v to_o all_o that_o hold_v of_o any_o by_o knight_n service_n but_o it_o appear_v by_o st._n edward_n law_n that_o it_o reach_v to_o all_o that_o bear_v arms._n heretochiis_fw-la de_fw-fr heretochiis_fw-la in_o quolibet_fw-la comitatu_fw-la semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la unus_fw-la hereteoch_n per_fw-la electionem_fw-la electus_fw-la ad_fw-la conducendum_fw-la exercitum_fw-la comitatûs_fw-la svi_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la ante_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la sit_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o terrâ_fw-la sit_fw-la alibi_fw-la sint_fw-la ei_fw-la relevationes_fw-la condonatae_fw-la &_o habeant_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ejus_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la ejus_fw-la sine_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la diminutione_n &_o rectè_fw-la dividant_a inter_fw-la se._n but_o it_o will_v be_v say_v whatever_o be_v the_o law_n before_o william_n time_n it_o be_v not_o so_o after_o rs._n leges_fw-la h._n 1._o cap._n 29._o qui_fw-la debent_fw-la esse_fw-la judic_fw-la 7._o rs._n but_o for_o this_o i_o will_v one_o a_o law_n express_v whereas_o the_o thayn_n be_v call_v noble_n in_o the_o law_n by_o i_o cite_v and_o as_o all_o author_n agree_v have_v general_o since_o be_v call_v baron_n not_o but_o that_o in_o william_n the_o first_o be_v time_n regis_fw-la terra_fw-la tainorum_fw-la regis_fw-la they_o retain_v their_o old_a name_n as_o appear_v by_o domesday_n book_n we_o find_v in_o this_o law_n that_o they_o who_o have_v free-land_n in_o any_o county_n and_o according_a to_o the_o know_a law_n be_v and_o still_o continue_v judge_n in_o the_o county_n court_n be_v baron_n regis_fw-la judices_fw-la barones_n comitatus_fw-la qui_fw-la liberas_fw-la in_o eye_n terras_fw-la habent_fw-la cap._n leges_fw-la hen._n 1._o cap._n per_fw-la quos_fw-la debe●t_fw-la causae_fw-la singulorum_fw-la alternâ_fw-la prosecutione_n tractari_fw-la villani_n verô_o well_fw-mi cocsetti_n vel_fw-la perdingi_n vel_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la viles_fw-la vel_fw-la inopes_fw-la personae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la inter_fw-la legum_n judires_fw-la numerandi_fw-la unde_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la vel_fw-la comitatu_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la svam_fw-la vel_fw-la dominorum_fw-la s●orum_fw-la forisfaciunt_fw-la the_o king_n judge_n be_v the_o baron_n of_o the_o county_n they_o who_o have_v free_a land_n there_o who_o be_v to_o try_v one_o another_o cause_n but_o villain_n or_o beggar_n or_o they_o who_o be_v base_a and_o indigent_a person_n be_v not_o to_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o law_n wherefore_o they_o neither_o forfeit_v their_o own_o nor_o their_o master_n money_n in_o the_o hundred_o or_o county_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o judgement_n in_o the_o hundred_o and_o counties_n be_v those_o which_o be_v here_o intend_v so_o that_o the_o baron_n which_o have_v free_a land_n comit._n de_fw-fr generalibus_fw-la placitis_fw-la comit._n answer_v to_o the_o bishop_n count_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o headborough_n and_o other_o owner_n of_o land_n who_o be_v to_o be_v at_o the_o county_n court_n and_o the_o true_a sir_n henry_n spelman_n agree_v that_o the_o barones_n comitatus_fw-la be_v among_o other_o fundorum_fw-la proprietarii_fw-la freeholders_n and_o these_o he_o say_v be_v feudal_n baron_n baronum_fw-la feodalium_fw-la species_n where_o feudal_n must_v be_v mean_v in_o a_o sense_n different_a from_o our_o author_n but_o our_o undertaker_n will_v prove_v that_o none_o but_o such_o as_o hold_v by_o knight_n service_n be_v barones_n comitatû_n this_o of_o be_v suitor_n to_o the_o county_n and_o hundred_o court_n 40._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 40._o etc._n etc._n be_v a_o service_n incident_a to_o their_o tenor_n for_o proof_n he_o refer_v we_o to_o glanvil_n but_o with_o very_o little_a success_n for_o in_o the_o 13_o book_n which_o he_o fancy_v throughout_o to_o agree_v with_o his_o vagary_n liberi_fw-la &_o legales_fw-la homines_fw-la be_v as_o often_o name_v as_o milites_fw-la sometime_o indeed_o milites_fw-la strict_o be_v require_v at_o the_o common_a law_n a._n 1_o inst._n f._n 256._o a._n as_o where_o a_o peer_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v concern_v in_o the_o action_n and_o four_o knight_n upon_o their_o oath_n ought_v to_o return_v twelve_o knight_n to_o try_v the_o mouse_n in_o a_o writ_n of_o right_o a._n ●b_fw-la f._n 159._o a._n but_o the_o supposition_n that_o the_o freeman_n master_n of_o family_n such_o as_o be_v conservator_n of_o the_o peace_n ancient_o and_o have_v give_v the_o government_n security_n for_o their_o obedience_n to_o the_o law_n can_v not_o be_v probi_fw-la &_o legales_fw-la homines_fw-la be_v a_o conceit_n 26._o p._n 26._o for_o which_o i_o dare_v say_v our_o man_n of_o sagacious_a invention_n be_v behold_v to_o no_o man_n if_o he_o have_v look_v a_o little_a better_o into_o hoveden_n who_o sometime_o be_v in_o great_a request_n with_o he_o he_o may_v have_v find_v other_o free_a and_o legal_a man_n beside_o knight_n and_o own_a so_o by_o a_o positive_a law_n siquis_fw-la retatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la coram_fw-la justitiis_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la 549._o assisae_fw-la hen._n 2._o factae_fw-la apud_fw-la clarendum_fw-la &_o renovatae_fw-la apud_fw-la northamptune_n hoveden_n f._n 549._o de_fw-la murdro_fw-la vel_fw-la ●atrocinio_fw-la etc._n etc._n per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la duodecim_fw-la militum_fw-la de_fw-la hundredo_fw-la &_o si_fw-la milites_fw-la non_fw-la adfuerint_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la duodecim_fw-la liberorum_fw-la &_o legalium_fw-la hominum_fw-la &_o per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la quatuor_fw-la hominum_fw-la de_fw-la unaquaque_fw-la villâ_fw-la hundredi_n eat_v ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la aquae_fw-la but_o for_o his_o notion_n to_o give_v its_o due_a 1._o it_o be_v absurd_a 2._o it_o be_v dangerous_a 1._o we_o know_v that_o the_o title_n to_o estate_n from_o before_o the_o repute_a conquest_n be_v allow_v upon_o the_o presentment_n of_o the_o county_n and_o hundred_o testatur_fw-la comitatus_fw-la testatur_fw-la hundredus_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o these_o be_v all_o stranger_n bring_v in_o with_o the_o conqueror_n how_o can_v they_o know_v the_o tithe_n and_o who_o enjoy_v the_o land_n die_fw-la quo_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la fuit_fw-la vivus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la and_o by_o what_o service_n nay_o who_o be_v the_o three_o heir_n as_o we_o find_v they_o present_v beside_o be_v it_o supposable_a that_o they_o will_v have_v allow_v the_o old_a inhabitant_n such_o large_a share_n as_o we_o find_v in_o domesday-book_n but_o if_o our_o author_n have_v read_v the_o trial_n between_o sheriff_n picot_n and_o william_n the_o chornet_n he_o will_v have_v find_v that_o the_o meliores_fw-la of_o the_o county_n and_o hundred_o that_o present_v the_o right_a to_o be_v in_o chornet_n be_v the_o english_a who_o be_v not_o tenant_n by_o knight_n service_n since_o we_o be_v tell_v that_o they_o be_v all_o norman_n and_o this_o appear_v in_o that_o they_o be_v antiqui_fw-la such_o as_o be_v ancient_a and_o know_v how_o it_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o

statute_n of_o the_o great_a man_n the_o law_n make_v à_fw-la rege_fw-la 11._o ib._n p._n 11._o baronibus_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la have_v the_o like_a legislator_n and_o i_o do_v affirm_v 13._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 13._o that_o the_o word_n populus_fw-la be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o of_o these_o thus_o i_o have_v wonderful_o discover_v the_o unsoundness_n of_o mr._n petit_n assertion_n 2._o ib._n p._n 2._o though_o it_o will_v be_v object_v i_o have_v jump_v over_o several_a argument_n and_o they_o material_a one_o concern_v great_a council_n before_o the_o conquest_n upon_o which_o it_o follow_v that_o if_o the_o populus_fw-la be_v admit_v after_o it_o must_v be_v by_o the_o bounty_n of_o the_o conqueror_n who_o may_v at_o pleasure_n revoke_v his_o concession_n for_o the_o story_n of_o edwin_n of_o sharnborn_a 24._o b._n p._n 24._o suppose_a to_o have_v enjoy_v his_o land_n by_o a_o prior_n title_n it_o be_v a_o famous_a legend_n and_o trite_a fable_n though_o he_o have_v the_o king_n mandat_fw-la for_o recover_v his_o estate_n sir_n edward_n coke_n 30._o ib._n p._n 30._o who_o to_o avoid_v the_o evidence_n that_o our_o english_a law_n be_v the_o norman_a law_n 89._o against_o jan●_n etc._n etc._n p._n 89._o say_v the_o law_n of_o england_n be_v leges_fw-la non_fw-la scriptae_fw-la say_v it_o precatious_o without_o any_o foundation_n or_o authority_n beside_o it_o be_v ridiculous_a as_o if_o they_o be_v know_v by_o revelation_n divine_o cast_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n though_o some_o may_v impertinent_o ask_v i_o whether_o there_o be_v not_o law_n before_o write_v and_o that_o without_o revelation_n or_o divine_o cast_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n but_o that_o 167._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 167._o if_o affirm_v be_v a_o palpable_a and_o gross_a error_n what_o though_o that_o clergy-man-lawyer_n bracton_n agree_v with_o coke_n yet_o he_o speak_v out_o of_o ignorance_n or_o design_n when_o he_o say_v absurdum_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la leges_fw-la anglicanas_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la scriptas_fw-la leges_fw-la appellare_fw-la 1._o bracton_n l._n 1._o fol._n 1._o william_n the_o conqueror_n bring_v in_o a_o new_a law_n 29._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 29._o and_o impose_v it_o upon_o the_o people_n the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o ancient_a law_n as_o it_o be_v bring_v hither_o by_o the_o norman_n be_v exact_v and_o observe_v by_o 43._o ib._n p._n 43._o and_o upon_o only_o the_o norman_n for_o the_o english_a they_o have_v no_o property_n or_o right_n leave_v and_o so_o be_v all_o outlaw_n this_o domesday-book_n in_o every_o county_n show_v though_o it_o be_v say_v several_a englishman_n be_v there_o mention_v hold_v by_o title_n not_o derive_v from_o the_o conqueror_n 176._o p._n 176._o and_o for_o a_o far_a proof_n of_o this_o king_n william_n '_o s_o law_n to_o all_o the_o freeman_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v make_v only_o to_o tenant_n in_o military_a service_n 39_o ib._n p._n 39_o which_o be_v french_a 35._o p._n 35._o flemings_n anjovins_n britain_n poictovins_n and_o people_n of_o other_o nation_n when_o this_o king_n in_o the_o four_o of_o his_o reign_n summon_v anglos_n nobiles_fw-la &_o sapientes_fw-la &_o suâ_fw-la lege_fw-la eruditos_fw-la to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o their_o law_n it_o be_v a_o shame_n summons_n for_o no_o english_a be_v noble_n nay_o none_o be_v so_o much_o as_o freeman_n but_o the_o foreigner_n among_o who_o william_n divide_v the_o kingdom_n and_o therefore_o stranger_n that_o have_v their_o estate_n come_v in_o their_o stead_n and_o give_v a_o account_n upon_o oath_n of_o the_o law_n before_o their_o own_o time_n as_o they_o use_v to_o do_v of_o matter_n of_o fact_n 39_o p._n 39_o when_o swear_v upon_o common_a jury_n william_n the_o second_o and_z henry_n the_o first_o be_v usurper_n and_o traitor_n 51._o p._n 51._o notwithstanding_o the_o people_n election_n clerus_fw-la and_o populus_fw-la be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o of_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la 56._o p._n 56._o never_o of_o the_o inferior_a sort_n of_o people_n wherefore_o they_o dote_v who_o say_v that_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n nay_o the_o dignify_a not_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la come_v to_o great_a council_n before_o 49_o h._n 3._o it_o be_v very_o true_a 70._o against_o jan._n etc._n etc._n p._n 70._o that_o in_o our_o ancient_a parliament-roll_n the_o knight_n of_o shire_n be_v sometime_o call_v grantz_n des_fw-fr counties_n or_o great_a man_n of_o the_o county_n and_o well_o they_o may_v for_o without_o doubt_n they_o be_v most_o common_o the_o great_a tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la under_o the_o degree_n of_o baron_n in_o each_o county_n 117._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 116._o &_o 117._o and_o for_o evidence_n of_o this_o the_o great_a tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la that_o be_v no_o baron_n and_o perhaps_o the_o least_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la in_o the_o time_n of_o ed._n 3._o and_o ric._n 2._o be_v call_v autres_fw-fr grantz_n or_o grandes_fw-fr autres_fw-fr noble_n which_o be_v baron_n peer_n call_v by_o the_o king_n be_v write_v into_o the_o lord_n house_n at_o pleasure_n and_o omit_v at_o pleasure_n wherefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o knight_n for_o the_o shire_n may_v well_o be_v noble_a or_o grantz_n since_o they_o be_v call_v sometime_o to_o sit_v in_o the_o lord_n house_n and_o whether_o they_o that_o be_v choose_v for_o the_o county_n and_o do_v not_o sit_v in_o the_o lord_n house_n as_o baron_n peer_n be_v grantz_n or_o noble_n perhaps_o may_v be_v a_o question_n as_o a_o choice_a piece_n of_o learning_n i_o must_v acquaint_v you_o that_o though_o sometime_o fideles_fw-la signify_v qui_fw-la in_o principis_fw-la alicujus_fw-la potestate_fw-la 15._o glos._n p._n 15._o &_o ditione_n sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la vulgo_fw-la subjecti_fw-la appellantur_fw-la subject_n in_o general_a yet_o unless_o there_o be_v special_a matter_n to_o show_v the_o contrary_a it_o be_v mean_v of_o uassal_n who_o have_v receive_v fee_n be_v in_o the_o retinue_n of_o some_o patron_n or_o lord_n if_o in_o the_o king_n retinue_n they_o be_v tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la so_o when_o we_o find_v writ_n direct_v omnibus_fw-la christi_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la 17._o glos._n p._n 17._o here_o when_o there_o be_v no_o more_o subject_a matter_n to_o determine_v it_o than_o when_o it_o be_v omnibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la regni_fw-la they_o must_v be_v our_o saviour_n tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la when_o the_o form_n of_o peace_n 125._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 125._o in_o the_o 48th_o of_o h._n 3._o be_v by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o king_n the_o bishop_n and_o the_o whole_a community_n of_o the_o kingdom_n can_v any_o man_n say_v the_o earl_n and_o great_a baron_n these_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la give_v not_o their_o consent_n they_o must_v be_v include_v in_o and_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o whole_a community_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o indeed_o to_o speak_v the_o truth_n it_o be_v not_o deny_v against_o i_o 71._o against_o jani_fw-la p._n 71._o but_o prove_v their_o notion_n to_o those_o unwary_a reader_n who_o they_o seduce_v to_o have_v some_o good_a opinion_n of_o their_o fancy_n though_o that_o form_n of_o peace_n be_v say_v in_o the_o record_n to_o be_v actum_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la london_n 208._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 208._o yet_o the_o prelate_n and_o baron_n be_v such_o as_o side_v with_o montfort_n 120._o p._n 120._o and_o the_o community_n be_v the_o body_n of_o his_o army_n and_o the_o citizen_n and_o other_o of_o the_o faction_n they_o be_v not_o the_o community_n of_o the_o prelate_n and_o baron_n only_o as_o at_o other_o time_n nay_o here_o be_v the_o citizen_n and_o other_o beside_o the_o army_n and_o yet_o the_o community_n or_o body_n of_o the_o army_n take_v in_o all_o beside_o the_o prelate_n and_o baron_n and_o this_o must_v needs_o have_v be_v the_o army_n captivatum_fw-la mat._n westm._n p._n 394._o post_v convenientibus_fw-la londini_fw-la praelatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n partis_fw-la illius_fw-la quae_fw-la regem_fw-la suum_fw-la tam_fw-la seditio_fw-la è_fw-la tenuit_fw-la captivatum_fw-la because_o it_o be_v after_o their_o work_n be_v over_o that_o the_o assembly_n at_o london_n be_v and_o the_o army_n it_o must_v be_v though_o as_o it_o be_v idle_o object_v it_o be_v far_o from_o appear_v that_o all_o the_o bishop_n earls_z and_o baron_n which_o consent_v have_v be_v in_o arms._n though_o they_o that_o be_v of_o the_o faction_n as_o be_v usual_a cabal_v together_o and_z as_o some_o will_v say_v only_o resolve_v upon_o what_o they_o will_v press_v the_o king_n to_o they_o hereby_o statuebant_fw-la etc._n etc._n make_v law_n before_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o king_n and_o all_o the_o bishop_n earls_z and_o baron_n and_o it_o shall_v seem_v before_o all_o be_v assemble_v or_o can_v be_v a_o parliament_n and_o which_o such_o as_o never_o intend_v to_o understand_v will_v make_v a_o wonder_v

can_v bring_v many_o argument_n from_o the_o doctor_n 192._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 183._o &_o 192._o as_o beside_o other_o that_o the_o vniversitas_fw-la militiae_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d militare_fw-la servitium_fw-la debebant_fw-la that_o 〈◊〉_d as_o record_n explain_v ma._n p._n aris_fw-la the_o ●●ideles_fw-la beside_o milites_fw-la be_v member_n 〈◊〉_d parliament_n but_o i_o may_v spare_v far_a ●●oof_n till_o he_o give_v i_o fresh_a occasion_n 14._o and_o possible_o then_o among_o his_o other_o marvellous_a discovery_n i_o may_v have_v time_n to_o animadvert_v a_o little_a more_o large_o upon_o his_o fancy_n 34._o against_o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 34._o that_o the_o suitor_n in_o the_o county_n court_n be_v all_o tenant_n in_o military_a service_n except_o baron_n both_o in_o the_o saxon_a and_o norman_a time_n one_a yet_o this_o tenure_n come_v in_o with_o will._n one_a by_o the_o way_n you_o must_v understand_v that_o the_o baron_n be_v not_o tenant_n in_o military_a service_n 31._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 31._o though_o they_o hold_v in_o capite_fw-la by_o knight_n service_n and_o that_o william_n the_o the_o first_o make_v no_o alteration_n of_o the_o government_n for_o tenant_n by_o military_a service_n be_v the_o only_a legal_a man_n and_o the_o only_a member_n of_o the_o great_a council_n before_o but_o as_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la 26._o glos._n p._n 26._o and_o their_o tenant_n in_o military_a service_n be_v 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a council_n in_o person_n all_o the_o suitor_n at_o the_o county_n court_n who_o wer●_n according_a to_o the_o charter_n of_o h._n 1._o q●●liberas_fw-la habent_fw-la terras_fw-la in_o each_o count●●_n respective_o be_v there_o in_o person_n a●_n member_n though_o not_o relate_v to_o the_o foundation_n of_o my_o essay_n 43._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 43._o according_a to_o he_o who_o make_v the_o question_n about_o the_o conquest_n not_o direct_o to_o reach_v the_o controversy_n between_o we_o 15._o against_o jani_fw-la p._n 15._o i_o may_v make_v a_o little_a ●port_n with_o his_o argue_n that_o william_n one_a give_v whole_a county_n to_o his_o follower_n 29._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 29._o ●nder_v the_o word_n comitatus_fw-la that_o be_v as_o ●he_n render_v it_o all_o the_o land_n in_o the_o county_n and_o yet_o that_o beside_o whole_a county_n 8._o glos._n p._n 8._o he_o give_v a_o great_a proportion_n of_o land_n in_o they_o but_o since_o he_o tax_n what_o i_o lay_v for_o the_o foundation_n of_o my_o essay_n for_o precarious_a ●et's_n see_v a_o little_a whether_o he_o do_v not_o ●ender_v his_o own_o so_o where_o it_o oppose_v ●ine_o his_o whole_a book_n in_o that_o respect_n resolve_v its_o self_n into_o these_o three_o head_n 1._o that_o king_n john_n charter_n in_o affirmance_n of_o the_o law_n impose_v by_o william_n ●r_o in_o force_n before_o declare_v that_o the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la be_v the_o only_a member_n of_o the_o general_n council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n 2._o that_o from_o thence_o to_o the_o 49_o h._n 3._o the_o practice_n or_o fact_n be_v for_o tenant_n only_a 〈◊〉_d compose_v the_o great_a or_o general_a council_n 3._o that_o none_o but_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la be_v nobles_n 1._o if_o he_o himself_o yield_v that_o ti●_n king_n john_n charter_n there_o be_v no_o such_o council_n as_o one_o make_v up_o only_o of_o tenent_n in_o capite_fw-la he_o thereby_o render_v all_o unde●_n this_o head_n precarious_a but_o this_o he_o do_v i●_n two_o place_n at_o least_o one_o where_o h●_n urge_v that_o if_o the_o curia_fw-la regis_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la which_o i_o say_v be_v the_o court_n of_o the_o king_n tenant_n 47._o against_o jani_fw-la p._n 46._o &_o 47._o and_o officer_n exclusive_a of_o other_o go_v off_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o clause_n i●_n king_n john_n charter_n it_o certain_o wen●_n off_o before_o it_o begin_v that_o be_v such_o a_o cour●_n begin_v not_o before_o and_o agreeable_a to_o this_o he_o say_v that_o after_o the_o grant_n of_o thi●_n charter_n by_o king_n john_n there_o be_v man_n general_n and_o great_a council_n or_o collo●quiums_n summon_v by_o edict_n according_a t●_n the_o form_n there_o prescribe_v that_o be_v a●●_n he_o will_v have_v it_o after_o that_o the_o tenent_n in_o capite_fw-la only_o be_v summon_v to_o th●_n great_a council_n but_o not_o before_o for_o the_o begin_v this_o form_n in_o another_o place_n though_o he_o charge●_n upon_o i_o what_o be_v his_o own_o word_n h●_n say_v king_n john_n resign_v his_o crown_n the_o 15●_n 23._o ib._n p._n 22._o &_o 23._o of_o may_n in_o the_o 14_o of_o his_o reign_n council_n thus_o p._n 48._o &_o 49._o he_o charge_v mr._n petyt_n and_o i_o for_o aver_v that_o even_a servant_n who_o be_v not_o in_o a_o legal_a sense_n people_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v member_n of_o the_o great_a council_n and_o he_o grant_v the_o great_a charter_n of_o the_o liberty_n three_o year_n after_o on_o the_o 15._o of_o june_n in_o the_o 17._o of_o his_o reign_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o resign_v it_o in_o such_o a_o council_n as_o be_v constitute_v three_o year_n after_o his_o resignation_n and_o it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o he_o assert_v not_o this_o in_o a_o three_o place_n where_o he_o affirm_v that_o before_o this_o charter_n the_o kingdom_n have_v be_v tax_v by_o our_o ancient_a king_n and_o their_o privy-council_n only_o 2._o but_o in_o truth_n he_o not_o only_o yield_v that_o the_o tenant_n in_o chief_a be_v first_o make_v the_o general_n council_n by_o king_n john_n charter_n here_o my_o word_n be_v in_o such_o a_o council_n as_o this_o here_o but_o that_o after_o that_o more_o than_o such_o be_v member_n 118._o jani_fw-la p._n 15._o which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o council_n as_o this_o before_o p._n 118._o not_o only_o the_o tenant_n in_o military_a service_n of_o tenant_n in_o chief_a but_o other_o ordinary_a freeholder_n so_o that_o he_o submit_v himself_o to_o be_v gore_v by_o both_o the_o horn_n of_o that_o dilemma_n enforce_v in_o my_o former_a treatise_n viz._n that_o king_n john_n charter_n be_v either_o declarative_n of_o the_o law_n as_o it_o be_v before_o 236._o against_o jani_fw-la p._n 66._o jani_fw-la p._n 236._o or_o introductive_a of_o a_o new_a law_n and_o yield_v the_o precariousness_n of_o his_o own_o vagary_n 3._o but_o do_v he_o not_o own_o that_o the_o notion_n that_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la only_o be_v noble_a be_v precarious_a since_o he_o yield_v that_o no_o kind_n of_o tenure_n do_v nobilitate_v or_o so_o much_o as_o make_v a_o man_n free_a who_o be_v not_o so_o before_o according_a to_o his_o blood_n or_o extraction_n 10._o glos._n p._n 10._o though_o according_a to_o this_o one_o that_o hold_v of_o the_o king_n in_o chief_n may_v have_v be_v a_o subject_n villain_n yet_o none_o that_o hold_v a_o certain_a estate_n of_o freehold_n can_v be_v a_o villain_n because_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o freehold_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o no_o long_o than_o another_o please_v that_o be_v only_o a_o estate_n at_o will_n he_o will_v have_v it_o that_o mr._n petyt_n be_v guilty_a of_o some_o horrible_a design_n 1._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 1._o from_o the_o effect_n of_o which_o it_o seem_v this_o mighty_a champion_n be_v to_o rescue_v the_o government_n and_o for_o i_o i_o be_o a_o seducer_n one_o who_o will_v seduce_v unwary_a reader_n 71._o against_o jani_fw-la p._n 71._o a_o malicious_a insinuation_n as_o if_o i_o will_v wheedle_n to_o my_o side_n a_o party_n against_o truth_n and_o the_o government_n but_o whether_o he_o who_o will_v set_v aside_o the_o evidence_n for_o the_o right_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o or_o they_o who_o produce_v they_o fair_a and_o will_v render_v they_o unquestioned_a be_v guilty_a of_o the_o worst_a design_n the_o world_n will_v judge_v and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o he_o have_v at_o home_o a_o thousand_o witness_n testes_fw-la conscientia_fw-la mill●_n testes_fw-la who_o if_o he_o will_v hear_v their_o unbyast_a testimony_n will_v inform_v he_o who_o be_v the_o groundless_a and_o design_v interpretation_n 1._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 1._o but_o i_o must_v confess_v they_o be_v so_o weak_a that_o these_o sacred_a thing_n need_v very_o little_a help_n to_o rescue_v they_o ib._n ib._n especial_o since_o their_o enemy_n be_v so_o far_o from_o agree_v among_o themselves_o that_o it_o be_v more_o easy_a to_o conquer_v than_o to_o reconcile_v they_o as_o on_o mr._n petyt_n and_o my_o side_n the_o design_n can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o to_o show_v how_o deep_o root_v the_o parliamentary_a right_n be_v so_o the_o doctor_n in_o opposition_n to_o we_o must_v be_v to_o show_v the_o contrary_a a_o design_n worthy_a of_o a_o member_n of_o parliament_n and_o it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o he_o

man_n 99_o against_o jan._n etc._n etc._n p._n 99_o so_o that_o even_o the_o norman_n estate_n be_v take_v away_o too_o and_o this_o that_o erroneous_a glossary_n make_v under_o the_o feudal_n law_n too_o for_o from_o thence_o it_o be_v infer_v that_o the_o great_a tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la have_v right_o to_o impose_v law_n upon_o they_o that_o hold_v of_o they_o and_o to_o exclude_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n beside_o from_o the_o great_a council_n this_o though_o no_o conqueror_n the_o dr._n leave_v out_o either_o as_o be_v ashamed_a of_o it_o be_v it_o be_v little_a less_o than_o a_o contradiction_n to_o say_v a_o man_n be_v no_o conqueror_n and_o yet_o seize_v upon_o all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o force_v they_o to_o submit_v to_o such_o seizure_n so_o that_o he_o conquer_v the_o land_n or_o because_o it_o contradict_v his_o notion_n of_o william_n be_v a_o conqueror_n so_o that_o he_o himself_o have_v as_o much_o reason_n to_o exeept_v against_o this_o book_n as_o other_o but_o it_o seem_v 35._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 35._o out_o of_o a_o stark_a love_n and_o kindness_n to_o truth_n he_o leave_v only_o what_o be_v against_o he_o but_o take_v what_o be_v for_o his_o purpose_n and_o for_o the_o support_n of_o its_o credit_n tell_v we_o a_o formal_a story_n the_o attestation_n to_o which_o from_o outward_a circumstance_n i_o never_o think_v it_o worth_a the_o while_n to_o examine_v since_o i_o have_v so_o much_o reason_n from_o within_o itself_o to_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v spurious_a 13._o against_o petyt_n p._n 13._o and_o so_o ought_v he_o for_o if_o he_o have_v any_o respect_n to_o that_o great_a man_n memory_n he_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o say_v that_o william_n divide_v out_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n to_o hold_v under_o the_o feudal_n law_n when_o before_o he_o have_v observe_v of_o gavelkind_n the_o general_a tenure_n of_o the_o land_n in_o kent_n feudalibus_fw-la legibus_fw-la non_fw-la coercetur_fw-la 3._o the_o land_n of_o all_o these_o grantee_n of_o king_n william_n the_o first_o descend_v to_o the_o elder_a be_v hold_v in_o knight_n service_n si_fw-mi mile_n fuerit_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la militiam_fw-la tenens_fw-la tunc_fw-la secundum_fw-la jus_o regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la primogenitus_fw-la filius_fw-la patri_fw-la succedit_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la 2._o glanvil_n lib._n 7._o c._n 2._o if_o a_o man_n be_v a_o knight_n or_o hold_v by_o military_a service_n then_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o elder_a shall_v succeed_v his_o father_n to_o the_o whole_a but_o for_o the_o great_a authority_n we_o have_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o have_v full_a power_n to_o alter_v the_o tenure_n 3._o 31_o h._n 8._o c._n 3._o enact_n that_o certain_a land_n in_o kent_n shall_v descend_v as_o land_n at_o common_a law_n and_o as_o other_o land_n in_o the_o say_a county_n which_o never_o be_v hold_v by_o knight_n service_n use_v to_o descend_v here_o the_o descent_n of_o knight_n service_n be_v the_o same_o with_o descent_n at_o the_o common_a law_n which_o be_v to_o the_o elder_a and_o this_o be_v oppose_v to_o the_o descent_n of_o land_n in_o gavelkind_n which_o be_v socage_n and_o thus_o have_v i_o prove_v every_o thing_n which_o upon_o this_o head_n be_v needful_a to_o vindicate_v the_o right_n of_o the_o english_a and_o to_o prove_v that_o their_o right_n be_v own_a in_o practice_n notwithstanding_o the_o vain_a flourish_n of_o a_o conquest_n it_o may_v be_v object_v perhaps_o that_o the_o feudal_n law_n which_o be_v exact_v and_o observe_v by_o and_o upon_o only_a the_o norman_n may_v have_v relate_v only_o to_o such_o as_o hold_v immediate_o of_o the_o king_n for_o that_o his_o grantee_n may_v and_o do_v often_o grant_v out_o to_o other_o and_o their_o heir_n for_o ever_o to_o hold_v in_o free_a socage_n yet_o this_o will_v not_o do_v because_o such_o grantee_n will_v have_v be_v freeman_n but_o all_o the_o freeman_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v tenant_n by_o military_a service_n though_o by_o their_o tenure_n any_o of_o they_o be_v only_o to_o pay_v a_o rose_n a_o spur_n a_o sum_n of_o money_n or_o any_o other_o thing_n therefore_o hereby_o be_v my_o argument_n enforce_v if_o william_n have_v be_v a_o conqueror_n in_o the_o sense_n strive_v for_o as_o disseize_v all_o the_o english_a and_o make_v grant_n of_o their_o land_n to_o the_o norman_n and_o that_o to_o hold_v by_o knight_n service_n and_o all_o the_o norman_n both_o they_o who_o be_v here_o before_o william_n entrance_n if_o any_o such_o have_v any_o share_v allow_v they_o and_o they_o that_o come_v in_o with_o he_o or_o follow_v for_o the_o spoil_n be_v under_o the_o feudal_n law_n require_v knight_n service_n and_o these_o be_v the_o only_a freeman_n how_o come_v there_o to_o be_v such_o a_o race_n of_o lawless_a freeman_n as_o the_o sokemanni_n 31._o p._n 31._o and_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o the_o manner_n of_o hold_v our_o estate_n in_o every_o respect_n with_o all_o the_o custom_n incident_a thereto_o shall_v be_v bring_v in_o by_o the_o conqueror_n 29._o p._n 29._o whoever_o reflect_v upon_o these_o thing_n will_v as_o he_o say_v of_o a_o reverend_a judge_n acknowledge_v the_o dr._n to_o be_v very_o ignorant_a in_o the_o history_n of_o this_o nation_n or_o that_o he_o speak_v out_o of_o design_n the_o word_n which_o i_o fair_o cite_v from_o he_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o conquest_n and_o the_o great_a council_n suppose_v to_o have_v be_v establish_v thereby_o chap._n vi_o prove_v from_o the_o beginning_n of_o charter_n and_o writ_n that_o the_o english_a be_v not_o disseize_v of_o all_o by_o william_n the_o first_o though_o even_o the_o former_a head_n of_o the_o socman_n such_o as_o i_o find_v hold_v in_o parigio_fw-la be_v a_o needless_a addition_n to_o the_o particular_a consideration_n of_o domesday_n book_n domesday_n domesday_n which_o may_v serve_v instead_o of_o a_o thousand_o proof_n that_o william_n the_o first_o do_v not_o divide_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o his_o follower_n and_o consequent_o do_v not_o impose_v upon_o the_o people_n such_o a_o representative_a as_o be_v fond_o conjecture_v yet_o i_o can_v omit_v the_o mention_n of_o those_o numerous_a writ_n and_o charter_n monasticon_fw-la vid._n number_n in_o the_o monasticon_fw-la which_o be_v direct_v omnibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o hominibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n &_o anglis_fw-la or_o as_o one_o of_o the_o charter_n of_o william_n the_o first_o 397._o carta_n w._n 1._o monasticon_fw-la vol._n 1._o f._n 397._o into_o one_o county_n and_o so_o on_o occasion_n into_o all_o archiepisc._n &_o justiciariis_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n &_o anglis_fw-la eborascire_fw-la admit_v that_o fideles_fw-la signify_v feudal_n tenant_n this_o show_v that_o the_o english_a have_v share_n as_o well_o as_o other_o but_o here_o be_v the_o vicecomite_n before_o barones_n i_o shall_v vehement_o suspect_v that_o the_o freeholders_n of_o the_o county_n be_v mean_v at_o least_o 11._o carta_n antiqua_fw-la n._n 11._o we_o find_v the_o ordinary_a freeholders_n and_o they_o english_a as_o well_o as_o french_a glos._n vid._n his_o glos._n complemented_a by_o matildis_n as_o person_n of_o some_o quality_n and_o interest_n in_o the_o nation_n matildis_n dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la anglorum_fw-la regina_fw-la episcopo_fw-la london_n justiciariis_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la ministris_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la francis_n &_o anglis_fw-la here_o be_v ministri_fw-la between_o barones_n &_o fideles_fw-la the_o ministry_n must_v be_v such_o as_o by_o their_o tenor_n be_v bind_v to_o attend_v in_o the_o war_n and_o the_o fideles_fw-la the_o king_n be_v ordinary_a subject_n there_o be_v no_o mat._n paris_n to_o explain_v fideles_fw-la here_o and_o help_v we_o out_o of_o this_o difficulty_n which_o be_v make_v great_a by_o king_n stephen_n charter_n archiepis_n episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la baronibus_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la ministris_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n &_o anglis_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la nay_o to_o perplex_v the_o cause_n the_o more_o we_o find_v under_o subject_n freeholders_n english_a as_o well_o as_o french_a and_o these_o be_v such_o as_o be_v the_o curia_fw-la baronum_fw-la where_o tenant_n in_o free_a and_o common_a socage_n be_v suitor_n as_o well_o as_o such_o as_o hold_v by_o knight_n service_n willielmus_fw-la comes_fw-la gloucestriae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o hominibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n &_o anglis_fw-la atque_fw-la walensibus_fw-la it_o be_v not_o improbable_a that_o the_o welsh_a 41._o vid._n tailor_n hist._n of_o gavelkind_n jani_fw-la angl._n p._n 41._o which_o be_v some_o of_o his_o tenant_n be_v then_o all_o socager_n but_o then_o the_o codex_fw-la roffensis_fw-la show_v how_o great_o the_o english_a be_v interest_v in_o the_o county_n in_o the_o time_n of_o william_n the_o first_o praecepit_fw-la

at_o the_o community_n be_v the_o body_n of_o montfort_n '_o s_o army_n 26._o against_o jan._n etc._n etc._n p._n 26._o and_o the_o citizen_n and_o other_o of_o the_o faction_n 125._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 125._o yet_o here_o at_o this_o very_a time_n and_o place_n the_o community_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o community_n of_o the_o baron_n and_o great_a man_n tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la by_o military_a service_n and_o no_o other_o not_o only_o because_o here_o be_v the_o body_n of_o the_o army_n and_o citizen_n and_o other_o of_o the_o faction_n but_o because_o as_o be_v clear_a from_o a_o impregnable_a instance_n viz._n of_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o council_n which_o send_v the_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o case_n of_o adomar_n or_o aymar_n de_fw-fr valentia_n beside_o the_o earl_n 127._o p._n 126._o &_o 127._o noblemen_z or_o baron_n great_a man_n there_o be_v the_o tenant_n by_o military_a service_n that_o hold_v of_o and_o attend_v the_o baron_n and_o great_a man_n and_o when_o the_o king_n say_v that_o though_o he_o and_o the_o great_a man_n shall_v be_v willing_a that_o adomar_n who_o withdraw_v himself_o out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v return_v tamen_fw-la communitas_fw-la ipsius_fw-la which_o be_v the_o community_n not_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v his_o come_n into_o england_n the_o great_a man_n be_v the_o king_n friend_n 121._o p._n 121._o the_o community_n his_o enemy_n so_o that_o here_o be_v two_o army_n the_o great_a man_n the_o king_n friend_n on_o one_o side_n and_o the_o community_n his_o enemy_n on_o the_o other_o which_o be_v just_a such_o another_o council_n as_o that_o in_o the_o 48th_o yet_o without_o doubt_n none_o of_o the_o king_n party_n or_o friend_n be_v there_o 9_o rot._n parl._n 42_o h._n 3._o m._n 3._o n._n 9_o though_o in_o the_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la 9_o ed._n 2._o about_o fifty_o year_n after_o we_o find_v petition_n present_v by_o the_o clergy_n temporibus_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la quondam_a regum_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la 121._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 121._o parliamentis_fw-la which_o include_v the_o time_n of_o h._n 3._o grandfather_n to_o edw._n 2._o at_o least_o this_o be_v mean_v of_o several_a army_n and_o so_o be_v the_o parliamentum_fw-la oxon._n 192._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 192._o but_o six_o year_n before_o the_o military_a parliament_n of_o the_o 48th_o a_o army_n be_v a_o parliament_n in_o the_o sense_n and_o general_a use_n of_o the_o word_n at_o that_o time_n 183._o ib._n p._n 183._o that_o be_v a_o great_a assembly_n convention_n or_o meet_v of_o the_o faction_n and_o their_o army_n and_o thus_o in_o the_o 30_o of_o this_o king_n the_o parliament_n be_v call_v the_o university_n of_o the_o militia_n that_o be_v of_o they_o qui_fw-la militare_fw-la servitium_fw-la debebant_fw-la the_o milites_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la it_o seem_v in_o many_o of_o these_o parliament_n or_o army_n choose_v you_o whether_o the_o clergy_n in_o their_o canonical_a habit_n address_v themselves_o to_o the_o military_a man_n upon_o which_o sort_n of_o parliament_n they_o can_v not_o fail_v of_o prevail_v with_o their_o brutum_fw-la fulmen_fw-la of_o excommunication_n and_o ecclesiastical_a scare-crow_n what_o 135._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 135._o be_v petyt_v so_o ridiculous_a to_o have_v the_o commons_o a_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o parliament_n from_o eternity_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o commons_o begin_v by_o rebellion_n power_n nota._n to_o lessen_v their_o own_o power_n because_o their_o constitution_n be_v not_o force_v by_o the_o baron_n with_o their_o sword_n in_o their_o hand_n or_o promise_v to_o they_o then_o 226._o ib._n p._n 226._o but_o begin_v from_o the_o king_n pleasure_n when_o the_o rebellion_n be_v over_o and_o the_o king_n be_v restore_v to_o his_o regality_n post_fw-la magnas_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la &_o enorme_v vexationes_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o simonem_fw-la de_fw-la monteforti_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la barones_n motas_fw-la &_o sopitas_fw-la and_o none_o but_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la be_v baron_n before_o etc._n ad_fw-la summum_fw-la honorem_fw-la pervenit_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o then_o and_o not_o before_o the_o word_n baro_n become_v a_o word_n of_o great_a honour_n 226._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 226._o that_o be_v appropriate_v to_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la or_o their_o peer_n so_o that_o before_o it_o be_v so_o appropriate_v more_o be_v baron_n what_o though_o in_o the_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n 244._o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 244._o the_o nobiles_fw-la portuum_fw-la maris_fw-la habitatores_fw-la necnon_fw-la clerus_fw-la &_o populus_fw-la universus_fw-la 157._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 157._o be_v name_v yet_o these_o troup_n of_o word_n be_v only_o to_o make_v a_o impression_n upon_o the_o pope_n who_o good_a man_n know_v nothing_o of_o the_o english_a constitution_n or_o what_o be_v do_v here_o but_o will_v think_v all_o they_o be_v assemble_v in_o such_o a_o great_a council_n as_o other_o part_n of_o christendom_n then_o have_v i_o shall_v not_o scruple_n to_o discover_v some_o mystery_n to_o you_o the_o liberi_fw-la homines_fw-la be_v tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la or_o at_o least_o their_o retinue_n and_o tenant_n in_o military_a service_n 26._o glos._n p._n 26._o which_o be_v with_o they_o at_o runnemede_o these_o liberi_fw-la homines_fw-la or_o freeman_n be_v the_o only_a man_n of_o honour_n faith_n trust_v and_o reputation_n in_o the_o kingdom_n these_o be_v the_o freeman_n which_o make_v such_o a_o cry_n for_o their_o liberty_n 27._o ib._n p._n 27._o as_o appear_v by_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la most_o of_o which_o be_v only_o a_o abatement_n of_o the_o rigour_n and_o a_o relaxation_n of_o the_o feudal_a tenor_n nay_o 39_o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 39_o it_o be_v to_o they_o these_o freeman_n only_o that_o the_o grant_n be_v make_v they_o that_o be_v there_o mention_v hold_v of_o the_o king_n in_o fee_n farm_n charter_n vide_fw-la king_n john_n '_o s_o charter_n petit_fw-fr serjeanty_n free_a or_o common_a socage_n and_o burgage_n hold_v not_o so_o 181._o jan._n p._n 181._o but_o they_o all_o hold_v by_o knight_n service_n and_o so_o be_v the_o king_n baron_n of_o these_o baron_n some_o may_v be_v villain_n for_o that_o a_o tenement_n or_o possession_n neither_o add_v to_o 10._o glos._n p._n 10._o or_o detract_v from_o the_o person_n of_o any_o man_n if_o free_a or_o bond_n according_a to_o his_o blood_n or_o extraction_n 30._o ib._n p._n 30._o nay_o the_o freeman_n or_o tayn_n theyn_n be_v ancient_o no_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n for_o that_o be_v all_o divide_v into_o frank-pledge_n of_o which_o there_o be_v to_o be_v a_o general_a view_n in_o the_o sheriff_n turn_v but_o these_o frank-pledge_n be_v all_o pitiful_a fellow_n bind_v with_o surety_n to_o their_o good_a behaviour_n 31._o ib._n p._n 31._o which_o the_o theyn_n be_v not_o .._o 31._o which_o answer_n his_o quotation_n out_o of_o briton_n glos._n p._n 31._o in_o after_o time_n some_o may_v have_v have_v particular_a charter_n of_o exemption_n or_o else_o general_o such_o of_o they_o as_o grow_v to_o be_v great_a man_n be_v excuse_v whereas_o mr._n petyt_n contend_v 177._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 177._o that_o the_o liberè_fw-la tenentes_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n it_o be_v a_o giddy_a notion_n whoever_o hear_v of_o tenure_n of_o the_o kingdom_n though_o indeed_o we_o find_v in_o domesday_n book_n that_o such_o a_o one_o hold_v de_fw-fr comitatu_fw-la but_o more_o direct_o to_o the_o point_n cliford_n herefordshire_n castellum_n de_fw-fr cliford_n such_o a_o castle_n est_fw-fr de_fw-fr regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la non_fw-la subjacet_fw-la alicui_fw-la hundredo_fw-la neque_fw-la est_fw-la in_o consue●●dine_fw-la ulla_fw-la and_o i_o will_v warrant_v it_o he_o with_o his_o design_v interpretation_n 1._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 1._o will_v render_v it_o that_o this_o hold_v not_o of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o that_o it_o be_v of_o it_o or_o in_o it_o and_o so_o be_v the_o free_a tenant_n but_o to_o load_v this_o opinion_n according_a to_o the_o literal_a meaning_n of_o the_o word_n omnes_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la 187._o p._n 187._o which_o sometime_o occur_v all_o copy-bolders_a all_o tradesman_n all_o bondman_n and_o villain_n and_o all_o servant_n be_v member_n of_o parliament_n yet_o there_o have_v be_v no_o representative_n before_o 49_o h._n 3._o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o city_n burrough_n hold_v in_o capite_fw-la or_o chief_a and_o several_a town_n corporate_a not_o hold_v in_o chief_a come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n in_o their_o own_o person_n which_o some_o will_v say_v make_v a_o great_a body_n than_o the_o inferior_a proprietor_n and_o the_o representative_n of_o these_o place_n and_o be_v person_n of_o as_o mean_a condition_n for_o the_o lord_n themselves_o they_o have_v no_o better_o 228._o against_o mr._n

petyt_n p._n 228._o nor_o early_a commencement_n than_o the_o commons_o what_o king_n henry_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n begin_v that_o be_v to_o call_v such_o earl_n and_o baron_n 228._o ib._n p._n 228._o quos_fw-la dignatus_fw-la est_fw-la such_o as_o he_o please_v edward_n the_o first_o and_o his_o successor_n constant_o observe_v this_o be_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n 210._o viz._n the_o rebellious_a baron_n who_o frame_v the_o new_a government_n p._n 210._o the_o lord_n make_v the_o commons_o and_o the_o king_n make_v the_o lord_n the_o king_n follow_v montfort_n pattern_n 229._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 229._o for_o call_v the_o commons_o to_o parliament_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o montfort_n alone_a for_o they_o the_o rebellious_a baron_n frame_v and_o set_v up_o the_o new_a government_n 210._o p._n 210._o after_o which_o they_o send_v out_o writ_n in_o the_o king_n name_n to_o summon_v a_o parliament_n with_o commons_o as_o well_o as_o nobleman_n and_o yet_o 228._o camden_n cite_v p._n 226._o cotton_n cite_v p._n 228._o according_a to_o two_o author_n who_o i_o receive_v h._n 3._o set_v the_o pattern_n who_o after_o the_o victory_n at_o evesham_n wise_o begin_v in_o this_o what_o his_o successor_n fortunate_o finish_v and_o the_o king_n beginning_n this_o be_v a_o reason_n why_o those_o king_n follow_v montfort_n pattern_n though_o it_o be_v by_o the_o power_n of_o montfort_n alone_o that_o be_v of_o he_o and_o the_o other_o baron_n that_o the_o commons_o be_v let_v in_o to_o the_o great_a council_n to_o lessen_v the_o strength_n and_o power_n of_o the_o great_a lord_n that_o be_v their_o own_o strength_n and_o power_n yet_o it_o be_v by_o the_o king_n authority_n though_o it_o be_v before_o the_o battle_n of_o evesham_n when_o montfort_n prevail_v yet_o it_o be_v do_v after_o when_o the_o king_n recover_v the_o regality_n i_o shall_v come_v now_o to_o the_o particular_a consideration_n of_o jani_fw-la anglorum_fw-la facies_fw-la nova_fw-la the_o author_n of_o which_o sufficient_o show_v his_o fantasticalness_n in_o the_o title_n of_o his_o book_n jani_fw-la anglorum_fw-la facies_fw-la nova_fw-la what_o because_o his_o shred_n of_o antiquity_n be_v think_v doubtful_a by_o some_o take_v in_o one_o sense_n by_o other_o in_o another_o do_v he_o therefore_o make_v janus_n bifrons_fw-la of_o his_o composition_n he_o have_v as_o good_a call_v it_o a_o spread_v eagle_n which_o look_v both_o way_n too_o i_o be_o sure_a it_o suit_v better_a with_o my_o book_n which_o be_v a_o high_a flyer_n his_o allusion_n to_o selden_n jani_fw-la anglorum_fw-la facies_fw-la altera_fw-la will_v not_o justify_v he_o since_o that_o antiquary_n be_v chief_o conversant_a in_o popular_a and_o lucrative_a law_n beside_o the_o title_n import_v the_o novelty_n of_o his_o opinion_n though_o perhaps_o he_o will_v have_v we_o believe_v that_o he_o put_v a_o new_a face_n upon_o those_o musty_a old_a thing_n which_o have_v be_v think_v to_o look_v with_o a_o different_a aspect_n nor_o can_v he_o shroud_v himself_o under_o my_o title_n for_o i_o be_v a_o old_a face_n which_o have_v honourable_a scar_n and_o flaw_n in_o it_o and_o a_o professor_n aspect_n and_o they_o understand_v not_o raillery_n and_o figure_n who_o observe_v not_o how_o i_o expose_v he_o by_o the_o allusion_n he_o will_v have_v it_o and_o bring_v many_o argument_n 22._o jan._n angl._n etc._n etc._n p._n 22._o among_o which_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o whole_a parliament_n of_o that_o famous_a king_n ed._n 3._o but_o that_o be_v not_o infallible_a that_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o king_n john_n charter_n be_v only_o a_o council_n for_o scutage_n and_o aid_v grant_v by_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la whereas_o aid_n sometime_o signify_v such_o as_o to_o be_v sure_o be_v grant_v by_o the_o great_a council_n and_o therefore_o do_v always_o 12._o against_o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 10_o 11_o 12._o far_o what_o need_n be_v there_o to_o have_v the_o cause_n of_o summons_n declare_v if_o it_o be_v only_o about_o aid_n and_o escuage_z or_o other_o ordinary_a business_n of_o course_n though_o indeed_o whether_o it_o be_v for_o aid_n or_o other_o business_n may_v not_o be_v know_v without_o this_o declaration_n 12._o ib._n p._n 12._o last_o if_o all_o proprietor_n be_v member_n of_o the_o great_a general_n council_n it_o be_v strange_a there_o shall_v not_o have_v be_v the_o same_o care_n take_v that_o they_o may_v be_v summon_v alas_o what_o signify_v the_o provision_n of_o the_o common_a law_n but_o he_o bring_v a_o argument_n from_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n be_v a_o count_n palatine_n 20._o against_o jan._n etc._n etc._n p._n 20._o and_o not_o subject_a to_o the_o feudal_n law_n whereas_o he_o be_v a_o feudal_a tenant_n though_o 8._o bracton_n lib._n 3._o ca._n 8._o i_o must_v confess_v the_o old_a dotard_n bracton_n say_v comites_fw-la paleys_fw-la count_n palatine_n have_v regal_a jurisdiction_n salvo_fw-la dominio_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la sicut_fw-la principi_fw-la save_v to_o the_o king_n his_o dominion_n as_o prince_n not_o as_o lord_n of_o the_o feud_n beside_o in_o one_o of_o the_o quotation_n which_o he_o bring_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n however_o come_v to_o parliament_n 17._o against_o jan._n etc._n etc._n p._n 17._o he_o leave_v out_o laici_fw-la because_o it_o manifest_o destroy_v his_o whimsy_n for_o it_o show_v that_o all_o the_o laity_n be_v tenant_n in_o chief_a in_o that_o they_o as_o a_o great_a council_n say_v that_o the_o tenant_n in_o chief_a do_v owe_v no_o service_n but_o he_o have_v another_o fantastical_a notion_n that_o this_o council_n in_o king_n john_n charter_n be_v a_o ordinary_a court._n upon_o which_o he_o have_v these_o argument_n which_o i_o put_v among_o his_o unintelligible_a vagary_n that_o there_o be_v a_o court_n hold_v thrice_o a_o year_n 26._o against_o jan._n p._n 26._o which_o treat_v only_o of_o matter_n of_o ordinary_a justice_n etc._n vid._n jan._n etc._n etc._n unless_o when_o it_o be_v unite_v with_o the_o great_a council_n and_o in_o these_o two_o sense_n take_v together_o be_v a_o ordinary_a court_n that_o the_o tenant_n be_v oblige_v by_o their_o tenure_n to_o be_v there_o introducta_fw-la bract._n l._n 2._o c._n 16._o p._n 37._o consensu_fw-la communi_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la introducta_fw-la but_o at_o the_o great_a council_n be_v more_o for_o which_o he_o cite_v bracton_n who_o speak_v of_o several_a vnintelligible_a business_n for_o which_o the_o common_a consent_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v always_o require_v that_o to_o king_n john_n charter_n the_o liberi_fw-la homines_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la be_v party_n 5._o against_o jan._n etc._n etc._n p._n 5._o whereas_o in_o truth_n the_o great_a charter_n be_v only_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o people_n draw_v into_o the_o form_n of_o charter_n as_o statute_n now_o be_v upon_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o commons_o draw_v into_o the_o form_n of_o statute_n and_o pass_v by_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n since_o i_o be_o fall_v into_o the_o learning_n of_o charter_n i_o must_v inform_v you_o that_o though_o the_o charter_n of_o h._n 3._o have_v the_o inspeximus_fw-la of_o edward_n the_o first_o and_o be_v enroll_v in_o the_o 25_o of_o his_o reign_n in_o ipsissimis_fw-la verbis_fw-la when_o it_o be_v confirm_v 〈…〉_o in_o full_a parliament_n 38._o per_fw-la common_a assent_n de_fw-fr tut_o le_fw-fr royaume_n rot._n stat._n 25_o ed._n 1._o m._n 38._o to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o the_o common_a assent_n of_o all_o the_o realm_n in_o the_o time_n of_o h._n 3._o nostre_fw-fr pere_fw-fr mean_v the_o father_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o and_o though_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o statute_n roll_n the_o date_n and_o witness_n be_v of_o the_o time_n of_o h._n 3._o yet_o 63._o against_o jan._n etc._n etc._n p._n 63._o this_o great_a charter_n be_v proper_o the_o charter_n of_o ed._n 1._o or_o perhaps_o rather_o his_o explication_n or_o enlargement_n of_o that_o charter_n of_o king_n john_n and_o h._n 3._o for_o we_o find_v not_o the_o great_a charter_n either_o of_o that_o or_o king_n john_n '_o s_o form_n in_o any_o of_o the_o roll_n until_o the_o 25_o of_o ed._n 1._o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o any_o such_o charter_n can_v be_v find_v in_o the_o 25_o of_o that_o king_n though_o he_o reign_v so_o long_o since_o or_o indeed_o that_o king_n john_n charter_n be_v make_v by_o he_o and_o there_o be_v demonstration_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o charter_n of_o h._n 3._o in_o that_o dor_n rot._n parl._n 15._o ed._n 3._o n._n 150._o dor_n when_o it_o be_v confirm_v in_o parliament_n in_o the_o 15_o of_o edward_n the_o three_o 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o 1._o the_o great_a charter_n and_o the_o charter_n of_o the_o forest_n and_o other_o statute_n make_v by_o our_o sovereign_a lord_n the_o king_n

be_v positive_a that_o tenant_n in_o military_a service_n be_v the_o only_a freeman_n and_o the_o only_a legal_a man_n thus_o i_o have_v do_v right_a to_o his_o omission_n 36._o so_o against_o jani_fw-la p._n 36._o pass_v by_o nothing_o which_o have_v not_o receive_v justice_n before_o and_o shall_v add_v some_o confirmation_n of_o what_o i_o have_v take_v leave_n to_o assert_v in_o other_o place_n i_o have_v affirm_v for_o one_o reason_n why_o the_o doctor_n can_v have_v small_a assistance_n from_o domesday_n book_n 78._o p._n 78._o that_o the_o title_n whereby_o man_n enjoy_v their_o estate_n be_v seldom_o mention_v there_o and_o if_o i_o find_v by_o record_n a_o whole_a county_n in_o the_o doctor_n sense_n that_o be_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o county_n enjoy_v by_o descent_n from_o before_o the_o imaginary_a conquest_n what_o will_v he_o say_v in_o justification_n of_o his_o whymsy_n upon_o the_o conquest_n and_o the_o authority_n he_o will_v fetch_v for_o it_o from_o domesday_n book_n he_o may_v please_v to_o consider_v and_o give_v 〈◊〉_d categorical_a answer_n to_o this_o memorable_a record_n in_o placito_fw-la inter_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o priorem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-fr coventre_fw-fr de_fw-fr annua_fw-la pensione_n 〈◊〉_d clericorum_fw-la regis_fw-la warw_o placita_fw-la coram_fw-la rege●_n hill_n anno_fw-la 14_o r._n 2._o rot._n 50●_n warw_o ratione_fw-la nove_fw-la creationis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la prioris_fw-la quousque_fw-la etc._n etc._n prio_fw-la venit_fw-la &_o defendit_fw-la vim_o &_o injuriam_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la in_o contemptu_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la cognovit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la svam_fw-la beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la de_fw-fr coventre_fw-fr fore_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la cathedralem_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsum_fw-la priorem_fw-la tenere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la per_fw-la baroniam_fw-la prout_fw-la ●ro_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la in_o narratione_fw-la sva_fw-la pro●onitur_fw-la et_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la tenet_fw-la prioratum_fw-la praedictum_fw-la ex_fw-la fundatione_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la leo●●ici_fw-la quondam_a comitis_fw-la cestriae_fw-la qui_fw-la prio●atum_fw-la praedictum_fw-la fundavit_fw-la tempore_fw-la sancti_fw-la edwardi_fw-la dudum_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la progenitoris_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la per_fw-la cartam_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la anno_fw-la dominice_n incarnationis_fw-la 1043._o ego_fw-la leofricus_n comes_fw-la cestriae_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o ●ssensu_fw-la regis_fw-la qui_fw-la literas_fw-la svas_fw-la infrascriptas_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la misit_fw-la &_o testimonio_fw-la aliorum_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la tam_fw-la laicorum_fw-la quam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la coventre_n dedicari_fw-la ●eci_fw-la in_fw-la honore_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la mariae_fw-la genitricis_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o sancti_fw-la petri_n apostoli_fw-la &_o sancte_fw-la osburge_n virgin_n &_o omnium_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la have_v igitur_fw-la viginti_fw-la quatuor_fw-la villa_n eidem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la attribui_fw-la ad_fw-la servitium_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la victum_fw-la &_o vestitum_fw-la abbatis_fw-la &_o monachorum_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la loco_fw-la deo_fw-la servientium_fw-la videlicet_fw-la honiton_n newenham_n chaldeleshunt_n iche●ton_n vlston_n soucham_n grenesburgh_n burthenburgh_n mersten_a juxta_fw-la avonam_fw-la hardewick_n wasperton_n creastorton_n sotham_n rugton_n dimidium_fw-la sow_v merston_n in_o gloucestriae_fw-la provincia_fw-la salewarpe_n in_fw-la wigorniensi_fw-la eton_n juxta_fw-la amnem_fw-la qui_fw-la dicitur_fw-la dee_fw-mi in_fw-la cestriae_fw-la provincia_fw-la keldesbye_n &_o windwyk_n in_o hamptoniensi_fw-la provincia_fw-la borbach_n barewell_o scrapstofte_a pakinton_n &_o potteres_n merston_n in_o leycestrensi_fw-la provincia_fw-la h●s_n autem_fw-la terras_fw-la dedi_fw-la huic_fw-la monasterio_n cum_fw-la soca_fw-la saca_n cum_fw-la telonio_fw-la &_o theme_n cum_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la ubique_fw-la sicut_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la edwardo_n melius_fw-la unquam_fw-la tenui_fw-la cum_fw-la hiis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la libertates_fw-la huic_fw-la monasterio_n dedimus_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la abbas_n ejusdem_fw-la loci_fw-la soli_fw-la regi_fw-la angliae_fw-la sit_fw-la subjectus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la recitatur_fw-la charta_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la quas_fw-la donationes_fw-la &_o concessiones_fw-la diversi_fw-la alii_fw-la reges_fw-la confirmaverunt_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la postea_fw-la per_fw-la processum_fw-la temporis_fw-la ●●men_fw-la abbatiae_fw-la praedictae_fw-la divertebatur_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la prioratus_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la leofwinus_fw-la ad_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la creatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o episcopum_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o ordinavit_fw-la per_fw-la assensum_fw-la monachorum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la quod_fw-la abbatia_n praedicta_fw-la ex_fw-la tunc_fw-la foret_fw-la prioratus_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la superiores_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la forent_fw-la priores_fw-la successive_a in_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la ipso_fw-la leofrico_fw-it quia_fw-la obiit_fw-la sine_fw-la herede_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la svo_fw-la descendente_fw-la advocatio_fw-la ecclesie_n predicte_n tempore_fw-la willielm_n '_o conquest_n '_o angliae_fw-la cuidam_fw-la hugoni_n comiti_fw-la cestriae_fw-la ut_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la leofrici_fw-la chester_n na._n this_o be_v the_o hugh_n to_o who_o he_o imagine_v that_o william_n give_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o county_n of_o chester_n viz._n filio_fw-la erminelde_v sororis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la leofrici_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la hugone_n cuidam_fw-la ricardo_n ut_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la ricardo_n cuidam_fw-la ranulpho_n ut_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la viz._n filio_fw-la matildis_n sororis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la hugonis_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la ranulpho_n cuidam_fw-la ranulpho_n ut_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la ranulpho_n filio_fw-la ranulphi_n quia_fw-la obiit_fw-la sine_fw-la herede_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la svo_fw-la descendente_fw-la advocatio_fw-la praedicta_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestre_n &_o huntingdon_n &_o aliis_fw-la diversis_fw-la castris_fw-la maneriis_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o tenementis_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentis_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it &_o wallia_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la matildae_fw-la mabilliae_fw-la ceciliae_fw-la &_o margeriae_fw-la ut_fw-la sororibus_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la predicti_fw-la ranulphi_n inter_fw-la quas_fw-la propertia_fw-la facta_fw-la fuit_fw-la de_fw-la predictis_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la advocationibus_fw-la &_o castris_fw-la maneriis_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o tenementis_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la supradictis_fw-la et_fw-la predicta_fw-la advocatio_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la toto_fw-la predicto_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la allocata_fw-la fuit_fw-la predicte_n matilde_n pro_fw-la proparte_v sva_fw-la in_o allocationem_fw-la diversorum_fw-la aliorum_fw-la castrorum_fw-la maneriorum_fw-la terrarum_fw-la &_o tenementorum_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la praedictis_fw-la mabilliae_fw-la ceciliae_fw-la &_o margeriae_fw-la seperatim_fw-la allocatorum_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipsa_fw-la matilda_n descendebant_fw-la predicta_fw-la advocatio_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la praedicto_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la post_fw-la propertiam_fw-la predictam_fw-la cuidam_fw-la johanni_n scot_n ut_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la praedictae_fw-la matildae_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la johannes_n scot_n advocationem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la praedicto_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la dedit_fw-la henrico_n quondam_a regi_fw-la angliae_fw-la filio_fw-la regis_fw-la johannis_n &_o heredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la etc._n etc._n praedictus_fw-la prio_fw-la sine_fw-la die_fw-la this_o be_v a_o judgement_n upon_o solemn_a debate_n and_o trial_n and_o it_o can_v be_v believe_v but_o the_o judge_n and_o king_n council_n so_o many_o hundred_o year_n ago_o know_v as_o much_o of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o conquest_n as_o our_o doctor_n can_v discover_v it_o will_v be_v say_v notwithstanding_o this_o record_n that_o hugh_n have_v the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o kinsman_n the_o conqueror_n admit_v he_o have_v he_o be_v his_o kinsman_n will_v either_o thereby_o wheedle_n other_o in_o to_o the_o like_a acknowledgement_n of_o william_n power_n or_o else_o have_v the_o government_n of_o the_o county_n will_v do_v this_o in_o compliment_n to_o the_o supreme_a governor_n but_o that_o such_o confirmation_n as_o to_o the_o land_n he_o have_v there_o and_o all_o appendant_o or_o appurtenance_n to_o they_o be_v whole_o neeedless_a appear_v in_o that_o the_o title_n be_v lay_v only_o in_o descent_n nor_o do_v it_o in_o the_o least_o appear_v that_o william_n either_o grant_v or_o confirm_v more_o than_o the_o comitatus_fw-la government_n or_o jurisdiction_n of_o it_o or_o that_o more_o than_o that_o be_v hold_v by_o the_o sword_n which_o the_o doctor_n make_v tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la let_v he_o show_v how_o by_o what_o manner_n of_o tenure_n his_o land_n be_v hold_v not_o be_v aware_a that_o so_o great_a a_o author_n as_o the_o doctor_n will_v have_v condemn_v for_o precarious_a 89._o against_o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 89._o all_o that_o i_o think_v i_o have_v prove_v from_o the_o record_n and_o history_n which_o i_o cite_v for_o the_o foundation_n of_o my_o former_a essay_n 264._o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 264._o viz._n that_o till_o the_o 48._o and_o 49th_o h._n 3._o all_o proprietor_n of_o land_n come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n without_o exclusion_n 264._o ib._n p._n 264._o i_o have_v assert_v that_o the_o probi_fw-la homines_fw-la or_o bonae_fw-la conversationis_fw-la come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n which_o in_o