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22_o of_o the_o same_o evangelist_n verse_n 17_o &_o 19_o be_v in_o the_o saxon_a translation_n of_o the_o gospel_n turn_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o 25_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o gospel_n at_o the_o 27_o verse_n it_o serve_v to_o express_v what_o there_o in_o our_o modern_a english_a translation_n be_v call_v in_o some_o book_n advantage_n in_o other_o usury_n agreeable_a to_o that_o in_o the_o saxon_a psalter_n psal_n 54._o vers_fw-la 11._o where_o usura_fw-la in_o the_o latin_a in_o the_o marginal_a version_n or_o read_n of_o the_o word_n be_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d occur_v in_o the_o first_o of_o king_n withred_n law_n of_o sir_n henry_n spelmans_fw-mi edition_n in_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o the_o council_n pag._n 194._o be_v of_o that_o learned_a knight_n expound_v to_o we_o by_o redditus_fw-la vel_fw-la pensiones_fw-la as_o it_o be_v again_o in_o his_o latin_a version_n of_o pope_n agatho's_n decretal_a epistle_n pag._n 164._o of_o the_o same_o council_n by_o redditus_fw-la in_o a_o old_a sanction_n of_o king_n edgar_n recite_v by_o mr._n selden_n in_o his_o note_n upon_o aedmerus_fw-la pag._n 153._o what_o be_v there_o in_o the_o latin_a read_n solitus_fw-la census_fw-la in_o the_o interlineary_a saxon_a version_n we_o find_v render_v there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hereunto_o i_o may_v add_v heap_n of_o instance_n take_v from_o the_o saxon_a law_n the_o mare_n clausum_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o but_o i_o forbear_v to_o exspatiate_v and_o to_o be_v short_a gafol_n be_v a_o word_n which_o as_o gablum_fw-la in_o doomsday-book_n the_o skilful_a in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n with_o sir_n hen._n spelman_n elsewhere_o turn_v by_o what_o gabella_n be_v expound_v gabellâ—_n abroad_o viz._n vectigal_n portorium_n tributum_fw-la exactio_fw-la census_n in_o latin_a but_o in_o english_a with_o verstegan_n tribute_n tax_n or_o custom_n to_o which_o with_o 529._o mr._n lambard_n and_o 2._o sr._n edw._n coke_n let_v i_o add_v rent_n witness_n beside_o the_o former_a quotation_n what_o occurr_v in_o a_o ancient_a will_n or_o deed_n cant._n of_o one_o athelwird_n the_o donor_n of_o certain_a land_n at_o ickham_n in_o kent_n to_o the_o cathedral_n at_o canterbury_n in_o the_o year_n of_o man_n redemption_n 958._o where_o you_o may_v read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heâ—eâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o anon_o after_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o former_a of_o which_o passage_n under_o favour_n of_o the_o skilful_a in_o that_o language_n i_o shall_v render_v thus_o in_o our_o modern_a english_a after_o his_o day_n or_o death_n eadrith_n if_o he_o live_v shall_v enjoy_v or_o use_n it_o yield_v that_o rent_n which_o be_v impose_v on_o it_o that_o be_v v_o pound_n and_o every_o year_n or_o yearly_o one_o day_n farm_n or_o victual_n unto_o the_o covent_n that_o be_v xl_o measure_n call_v sextary_n of_o ale_n 12._o etc._n etc._n and_o the_o latter_a thus_o with_o the_o same_o or_o like_o rend_v that_o herein_o be_v appoint_v let_v i_o add_v what_o in_o another_o like_a record_n both_o for_o time_n and_o place_n occurr_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v and_o after_o both_o their_o day_n or_o death_n let_v eadsith_v the_o archbishop_n if_o he_o survive_v they_o have_v or_o take_v these_o land_n or_o else_o his_o successor_n for_o the_o time_n be_v unless_o some_o friend_n of_o they_o by_o or_o with_o the_o arch-bishop_n favour_n may_v continue_v to_o hold_v that_o land_n at_o or_o upon_o the_o accustom_a rent_n ur_fw-la upon_o what_o other_o contract_n or_o condition_n may_v be_v have_v or_o make_v with_o the_o archbishop_n then_o live_v or_o for_o the_o time_n be_v i_o shall_v add_v but_o one_o instance_n more_o from_o the_o grant_n of_o bocking_n a_o know_a place_n in_o essex_n to_o the_o same_o cathedral_n by_o one_o ethelrich_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 997._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v and_o i_o also_o give_v those_o two_o hide_n of_o land_n that_o eadrith_n rent_v or_o hire_v yearly_a for_o half_a a_o pound_n so_o that_o to_o i_o it_o seem_v clear_a that_o ponere_fw-la terram_fw-la ad_fw-la gablum_fw-la be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o hire_v or_o let_v out_o land_v by_o or_o for_o rent_n or_o farm_n and_o by_o consequence_n terra_fw-la ad_fw-la gablum_fw-la posita_fw-la take_v in_o its_o proper_a and_o genuine_a acception_n be_v land_n hire_v or_o let_v out_o to_o farm_n or_o for_o rent_n in_o the_o latitude_n of_o the_o word_n it_o comprehend_v beside_o all_o censual_a or_o tributary_n land_n as_o also_o what_o we_o call_v customary_a land_n in_o that_o sense_n wherein_o consuetudines_fw-la custom_n denote_v 58._o service_n and_o so_o take_v in_o all_o rent-service_n land_n which_o with_o our_o saxon_a ancestor_n who_o call_v the_o
part_n of_o the_o land_n and_o the_o three_o part_n of_o all_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o land_n be_v gavelkind_a do_v escheat_n to_o the_o king_n for_o want_v of_o heir_n which_o land_n be_v ever_o since_o enjoy_v under_o the_o king_n title_n by_o escheat_n and_o john_n wall_n upon_o a_o trial_n recover_v against_o white_a the_o devisee_fw-mi whereby_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n be_v never_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n and_o so_o it_o be_v agree_v per_fw-la curiam_fw-la pasch_fw-mi 37._o el._n in_o c._n b._n in_o halton_n and_o starthop_n case_n upon_o evidence_n to_o a_o jury_n of_o kent_n &_o it_o be_v then_o say_v that_o it_o have_v be_v so_o resolve_v before_o and_o there_o it_o be_v say_v per_fw-la curiam_fw-la that_o fitz._n nat._n brev._n 198._o l._n be_v to_o be_v understand_v where_o there_o be_v a_o special_a custom_n that_o the_o land_n be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n and_o he_o that_o shall_v conclude_v upon_o that_o place_n of_o fitz_n nat._n brev._n 198._o l._n that_o all_o gavelkind_a land_n be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n may_v as_o well_o conclude_v that_o all_o land_n in_o every_o city_n and_o burrow_n in_o england_n be_v deviseable_a which_o be_v not_o so_o as_o appear_z by_o mr._n littleton_n who_o say_v that_o in_o some_o burrough_n by_o custom_n a_o man_n may_v devise_v his_o land_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o gavelkind_a land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n etc._n etc._n then_o a_o man_n may_v devise_v they_o by_o word_n without_o writing_n as_o it_o be_v agree_v in_o 34._o h._n 8._o dyer_n 53._o for_o a_o man_n may_v devise_v his_o good_n and_o chattel_n by_o a_o will_v nuncupative_a so_o may_v he_o likewise_o devise_v his_o land_n deviseable_a by_o custom_n because_o they_o be_v esteem_v but_o tanquam_fw-la catalla_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o mischievous_a thing_n if_o all_o the_o gavelkind_n in_o kent_n shall_v be_v deviseable_a by_o word_n only_o to_o these_o argument_n and_o objection_n against_o the_o custom_n certain_a answer_n and_o exception_n by_o the_o learned_a counsel_n of_o the_o adverse_a party_n have_v be_v frame_v and_o return_v in_o behalf_n thereof_o reducible_a to_o three_o head_n which_o to_o avoid_v all_o just_a suspicion_n of_o partiality_n and_o prejudice_n wherewith_o some_o zealous_a advocate_n and_o contender_n for_o the_o custom_n have_v be_v and_o may_v again_o be_v ready_a to_o asperse_v i_o i_o shall_v here_o subjoin_v together_o with_o such_o answer_n and_o argument_n by_o way_n of_o reply_n as_o i_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o learned_a counsel_n of_o the_o other_o side_n in_o further_a and_o full_a refutation_n of_o they_o who_o endeavour_n to_o uphold_v the_o custom_n the_o learned_a counsel_n argument_n in_o behalf_n of_o the_o custom_n first_o they_o deny_v the_o old_a book_n of_o 4._o edw._n 2._o fitzh_n mortdancester_n 39_o â—o_o be_v lâ—w._n but_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n lie_v of_o land_n deviseable_a if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o his_o ancestor_n die_v seize_v unless_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o defendaut_n claim_v by_o some_o other_o title_n but_o if_o the_o defendant_n plead_v that_o the_o land_n be_v by_o custom_n deviseable_a and_o be_v devise_v unto_o he_o it_o be_v a_o good_a bar_n of_o the_o action_n second_o they_o rely_v much_o upon_o the_o book_n of_o fitzherb_n natura_fw-la brevium_fw-la fol._n 198._o which_o say_v that_o a_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la lie_v where_o a_o man_n be_v seize_v of_o land_n or_o tenement_n in_o any_o city_n or_o burrow_n or_o in_o gavelkynd_n which_o land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o will_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n etc._n etc._n whence_o they_o infer_v that_o all_o gavelkynd-land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n three_o they_o cite_v the_o treatise_n call_v consuetudines_fw-la cantiae_fw-la in_o the_o book_n call_v old_a magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o lambards_n perambulation_n of_o kent_n fol._n 198._o that_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n may_v be_v give_v or_o sell_v without_o the_o lord_n licence_n and_o they_o interpret_v the_o word_n give_v to_o be_v by_o will_n and_o the_o word_n grant_v to_o be_v by_o deed_n the_o reply_n to_o the_o foregoing_a argument_n by_o such_o as_o stand_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o custom_n as_o to_o the_o first_o objection_n against_o the_o argument_n take_v from_o the_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n they_o reply_v thus_o first_o they_o maintain_v that_o the_o custom_n alone_o without_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n to_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n as_o well_o as_o the_o custom_n with_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v pleadable_a in_o bar_n for_o which_o there_o be_v not_o only_o that_o book_n of_o 4._o edw._n 2._o but_o also_o bracton_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 272._o ubi_fw-la non_fw-la iaceo_fw-la assisa_fw-la mortis_fw-la antecessoris_fw-la among_o his_o plea_n in_o abatement_n of_o the_o writ_n have_v before_o treat_v of_o plea_n in_o bar_n to_o it_o cadit_fw-la assisa_n say_v he_o propter_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la loci_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o civitatibus_fw-la burgis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o 22._o assis_n pl._n 78._o where_o upon_o the_o like_a plea_n the_o writ_n be_v abate_v and_o fitzherb_n nat._n brev._n fol._n 196._o i._o who_o authority_n they_o think_v strange_a to_o be_v deny_v in_o a_o matter_n of_o law_n wherein_o he_o be_v a_o judge_n and_o yet_o so_o strong_o rell_v on_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o custom_n in_o a_o place_n whereto_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n and_o so_o be_v it_o practise_v and_o allow_v in_o itin._n johan_n de_fw-fr stanton_n 6._o edw._n 2._o and_o the_o reason_n give_v by_o the_o book_n why_o such_o a_o custom_n be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n to_o this_o writ_n be_v because_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o writ_n may_v be_v true_a that_o the_o ancestor_n die_v seize_v etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o the_o heir_n have_v no_o title_n where_o the_o land_n be_v deviseable_a and_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o this_o writ_n that_o the_o die_v seize_v must_v be_v traverse_v and_o though_o the_o tenant_n plead_v the_o feoffment_n of_o the_o ancestor_n or_o other_o matter_n in_o bar_n that_o be_v not_o matter_n of_o estoppell_n to_o the_o heir_n as_o a_o fine_a recovery_n &c_n &c_n yet_o must_v he_o traverse_v the_o die_v seize_v and_o the_o jury_n shall_v be_v summon_v and_o charge_v to_o inquire_v if_o the_o ancestor_n thy_fw-mi quo_fw-la obiit_fw-la seisitus_fw-la fuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o so_o be_v the_o book_n of_o 9_o assis_n pl._n 22._o 27._o hen._n 8._o 12._o brooke_n mortdancestor_n 1._o old_a nat._n brev._n fol._n 117._o and_o diverse_a other_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o opinion_n to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o book_n of_o law_n against_o that_o book_n of_o fitzherb_n mortdancestor_n 39_o until_o the_o 15_o of_o king_n charles_n launder_v and_o brook_n case_n crook_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 405._o obiter_fw-la upon_o the_o trial_n of_o this_o custom_n 2._o admit_v that_o at_o this_o day_n the_o law_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v otherwise_o yet_o it_o appear_v by_o all_o the_o authority_n aforesaid_a that_o in_o those_o time_n the_o law_n be_v take_v to_o be_v that_o the_o mortdancestor_n do_v not_o lie_v where_o there_o be_v such_o a_o custom_n but_o it_o be_v a_o good_a plea_n in_o abatement_n of_o the_o writ_n and_o yet_o assize_n of_o mortdancestor_n be_v then_o frequent_o bring_v and_o maintain_v of_o land_n in_o kent_n as_o appear_v by_o bracton_n and_o the_o book_n abovesaid_a 3._o whether_o the_o custom_n alone_o be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n or_o the_o custom_n with_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v to_o be_v plead_v in_o bar_n they_o say_v it_o can_v be_v show_v if_o it_o can_v they_o challenge_v they_o to_o do_v it_o who_o will_v maintain_v the_o custom_n that_o it_o be_v ever_o plead_v one_o way_n or_o other_o either_o in_o abatement_n or_o in_o bar_n to_o any_o one_o of_o all_o that_o multitude_n of_o assize_n of_o mortdancestor_n bring_v at_o large_a in_o that_o 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to_o themselves_o a_o quitrent_a as_o it_o be_v in_o signum_fw-la dominii_fw-la that_o be_v they_o reserve_v to_o themselves_o the_o service_n and_o grant_v to_o the_o hospital_n the_o usum_fw-la fructum_fw-la or_o they_o grant_v the_o utile_fw-la dominium_fw-la to_o the_o hospital_n and_o reserve_v the_o directum_fw-la to_o themselves_o so_o that_o whereas_o bracton_n and_o 26._o other_o make_v mention_n of_o a_o tenure_n in_o feodo_fw-la quoad_fw-la servitia_fw-la &_o none_o in_o dominico_fw-la refer_v to_o the_o chief_a lord_n and_o of_o another_o in_o feodo_fw-la &_o dominico_fw-la &_o none_o in_o servitio_fw-la relate_v to_o the_o freeholder_n the_o former_a may_v here_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o feoffor_n the_o latter_a to_o the_o feoffee_n in_o this_o deed_n but_o this_o parergon_n and_o now_o to_o wind_v up_o all_o concern_v this_o first_o proposition_n and_o not_o to_o enlarge_v with_o any_o further_a instance_n wherein_o i_o may_v be_v infinite_a for_o assert_v this_o truth_n 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principle_n in_o this_o case_n fit_a to_o be_v premise_v you_o be_v then_o desire_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o here_o in_o england_n we_o acknowledge_v no_o land_n no_o inheritance_n partible_a twofold_n or_o divisible_a but_o what_o be_v so_o either_o first_o by_o law_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o female_n succeed_v for_o lack_v of_o male_n whether_o in_o knight-service_n land_n or_o socage_n which_o in_o this_o point_n differ_v not_o or_o what_o second_o be_v so_o by_o custom_n as_o in_o our_o present_a case_n of_o gavelkynd_n and_o such_o like_a no_o parcener_n of_o land_n i_o say_v in_o point_n of_o inheritance_n or_o succession_n but_o either_o according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o common_a law_n or_o by_o custom_n as_o term_v by_o littleton_n and_o our_o more_o modern_a book_n the_o same_o in_o effect_n with_o what_o of_o elder_a time_n in_o bractons_n 418._o language_n be_v call_v 1_o ratione_fw-la personarum_fw-la 2_o ratione_fw-la rei_fw-la vel_fw-la terrae_fw-la in_o the_o next_o place_n let_v i_o adjoyn_v what_o in_o this_o point_n of_o partition_n be_v deliver_v by_o those_o two_o ancient_a and_o famous_a sage_n of_o our_o law_n glanvill_n and_o bracton_n whereof_o the_o former_a 3._o speak_v thus_o cum_fw-la quis_fw-la ergo_fw-la hereditatem_fw-la habens_fw-la moriatur_fw-la si_fw-la unicum_fw-la filium_fw-la heredem_fw-la habuerit_fw-la indistinctè_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la filius_fw-la ille_fw-la patri_fw-la svo_fw-la succedit_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la si_fw-mi plures_fw-la reliquerit_fw-la filiâ—s_fw-la tunc_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la utrum_fw-la ille_fw-la fuerit_fw-la mile_n sive_fw-la per_fw-la feodum_fw-la militare_fw-la tenens_fw-la aut_fw-la libre_fw-la sokemannus_n quia_fw-la si_fw-la mile_n fuerit_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la militiam_fw-la tenens_fw-la secundùm_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 ita_fw-la quod_fw-la nullus_fw-la fratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la partem_fw-la inde_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la petere_fw-la potest_fw-la si_fw-mi verò_fw-la fuerit_fw-la libre_fw-la sokemannus_n tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la dividetur_fw-la hereditas_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la filios_fw-la quotquot_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la part_n aequales_fw-la â—7_n si_fw-la fuerit_fw-la socagium_fw-la &_o id_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la divisum_fw-la salvo_fw-la tamen_fw-la capitali_fw-la messuagio_fw-it primogenito_fw-la filio_fw-la pro_fw-la dignitâ—te_fw-la aâ—sneciae_fw-la suae_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la rebus_fw-la satisfaciâ—t_fw-la aliis_fw-la ad_fw-la valentiam_fw-la si_fw-mi vero_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la divisum_fw-la tunc_fw-la primo_fw-la genitus_fw-la secundum_fw-la quorundam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la totam_fw-la hereditatem_fw-la obtinebit_fw-la secundùm_fw-la autem_fw-la quorundam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la postnatus_fw-la filius_fw-la heres_fw-la est_fw-la item_n si_fw-la filiam_fw-la tantùm_fw-la unam_fw-la reliquerit_fw-la quis_fw-la heredem_fw-la tunc_fw-la id_fw-la obtinet_fw-la indistinctè_fw-la quod_fw-la â—e_n filio_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la sin_n autem_fw-la plures_fw-la filias_fw-la tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la indistinctè_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsas_fw-la dividetur_fw-la hereditas_fw-la sive_fw-la fuerit_fw-la miles_n sive_fw-la sokemannus_n pater_fw-la earum_fw-la salvo_fw-la tamen_fw-la primogenitae_fw-la filiae_fw-la capitali_fw-la messuagio_fw-it sub_fw-la formâ_fw-la praescriptâ—_n etc._n etc._n thus_o glanvill_n harmonious_o follow_v and_o almost_o verbatim_o of_o 15._o bracton_n who_o word_n on_o this_o argument_n be_v these_o si_fw-mi libre_fw-la sockmannus_n moriatur_fw-la pluribus_fw-la relictis_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la &_o participibus_fw-la si_fw-la haereditas_fw-la partibilis_fw-la â—it_n &_o ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la divisa_fw-la haeredes_fw-la quotquot_fw-la erunt_fw-la habeant_fw-la part_n svas_fw-la aequales_fw-la &_o si_fw-la unicum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la messuagium_fw-la illud_fw-la integre_n remaneat_fw-la primogenito_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la alii_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la valentiam_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la hereditas_fw-la divisa_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la tunc_fw-la tota_fw-la remaneat_fw-la primogenito_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sockagium_fw-la villanum_fw-la tunc_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la loci_fw-la erit_fw-la observanda_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la partibus_fw-la quod_fw-la postnatus_fw-la praefertur_fw-la primogenito_fw-la &_o è_fw-la contrario_fw-la etc._n etc._n hereunto_o let_v i_o subjoin_v in_o the_o three_o and_o last_o place_n that_o common_a principle_n among_o we_o and_o obvious_a in_o our_o book_n viz._n that_o prescription_n in_o gavelkynd-land_n as_o it_o be_v not_o â—65_n needful_a so_o neither_o be_v it_o good_a the_o reason_n be_v whereof_o i_o pray_v take_v notice_n with_o i_o that_o as_o mr._n lambard_n have_v it_o the_o custom_n of_o gavelkynd_n be_v general_a spread_v itself_o throughcut_a the_o whole_a shire_n into_o all_o land_n subject_a by_o ancient_a tenure_n unto_o the_o same_o such_o place_n only_o except_v where_o it_o be_v alter_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o therefore_o 5._o edw._n 4._o 8._o and_o 14._o hen._n 4._o 8._o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o custom_n of_o gavelkynd_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o common_a law_n in_o kent_n have_v thus_o premise_v i_o shall_v now_o make_v it_o my_o endeavour_n to_o shape_v such_o a_o resolution_n or_o answer_n to_o the_o propound_v quaere_fw-la as_o may_v consist_v with_o these_o principle_n and_o brief_o my_o answer_n here_o be_v negative_a viz._n that_o partition_n do_v not_o owe_v itself_o bare_o to_o gavelkynd_n either_o ex_fw-la vi_fw-la termini_fw-la by_o reason_n or_o force_v of_o that_o denomination_n or_o ratione_fw-la rei_fw-la from_o the_o nature_n or_o condition_n of_o the_o land_n that_o property_n alone_o of_o the_o land_n be_v gavelkynd_n or_o so_o call_v not_o suffice_v to_o render_v it_o partible_a first_o as_o for_o the_o name_n the_o term_n that_o that_o will_v in_o no_o wise_n bear_v it_o be_v i_o conceive_v a_o thing_n sufficient_o clear_v in_o our_o discourse_n upon_o the_o first_o proposition_n wherein_o the_o term_n be_v vindicate_v from_o that_o mistake_a construction_n by_o the_o error_n of_o latter_a time_n obtrude_v on_o it_o nor_o can_v such_o a_o derivation_n any_o way_n consist_v with_o the_o premise_a principle_n partition_n in_o gavelkynd-land_n from_o the_o term_n or_o denomination_n of_o it_o be_v reducible_a to_o none_o of_o the_o there_o assign_a cause_n of_o partition_n as_o inconsistent_a also_o with_o those_o cause_n and_o ground_n of_o partition_n that_o dichotomy_n or_o bipartite_a distinction_n of_o partible_a land_n into_o 1_o that_o by_o law_n and_o 2_o that_o by_o custom_n be_v the_o attribute_v that_o property_n of_o partition_n in_o gavelkynd_n to_o the_o nature_n or_o condition_n of_o the_o land_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o such_o three_o sort_n of_o partible_a land_n to_o be_v find_v in_o our_o book_n if_o it_o be_v reply_v yes_o sure_o for_o objection_n bracton_n be_v express_v for_o a_o partition_n ratione_fw-la reâ—_n vel_fw-la terrae_fw-la in_o the_o place_n above_o quote_v that_o especial_o where_o he_o say_v as_o fol._n 374._o a._n sicut_fw-la de_fw-fr gavelkind_n vel_fw-la alibi_fw-la ubi_fw-la terra_fw-la partibilis_fw-la est_fw-la ratione_fw-la terrae_fw-la such_o indeed_o be_v his_o solution_n word_n and_o withal_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v that_o such_o be_v the_o nature_n
and_o condition_n of_o gavelkynd-land_n be_v not_o only_o subject_a and_o liable_a to_o what_o the_o civilian_n in_o their_o phrase_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v judicium_fw-la or_o actio_fw-la familiae_fw-la herciscundae_fw-la de_fw-fr communi_fw-la paâ—ceners_n dividundo_fw-la the_o feudist_n adaequatio_fw-la paragium_fw-la we_o in_o our_o language_n term_v it_o coparcenary_a land-shifting_a and_o the_o like_a but_o withal_o so_o subject_a to_o it_o as_o that_o partition_n do_v always_o accompany_v land_n of_o that_o nature_n and_o be_v indeed_o as_o inseparable_a from_o it_o as_o the_o contrary_a from_o knight-service_n land_n whence_o then_o be_v it_o before_o i_o answer_v observe_v first_o with_o i_o for_o a_o answer_n to_o these_o passage_n in_o bracton_n that_o as_o before_o each_o of_o they_o in_o one_o â—_o place_n we_o have_v his_o si_fw-la haereâ—itas_fw-la partibilis_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la divisa_fw-la so_o likewise_o after_o they_o in_o another_o 2._o place_n his_fw-la tenementum_fw-la partibile_fw-la inter_fw-la plures_fw-la cohaeredes_fw-la &_o sempeâ—_n solet_fw-la dividi_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la whereby_o confer_v place_n with_o place_n for_o reconcile_a bracton_n to_o himself_o we_o may_v plain_o understand_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o those_o two_o meâ—ne_n or_o intervening_a passage_n in_o bracton_n namely_o that_o not_o the_o bare_a nature_n of_o the_o land_n but_o ancient_a custom_n joynâ—_n concurrence_n with_o it_o be_v intend_v and_o of_o he_o imply_v in_o each_o place_n though_o not_o express_v to_o render_v the_o land_n or_o inheritance_n partible_a the_o like_a help_n under_o favour_n must_v be_v allow_v glanvill_n to_o reconcile_v he_o sciendum_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la liberum_fw-la habens_fw-la socagium_fw-la plures_fw-la habuerit_fw-la filios_fw-la qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la hereditatem_fw-la equaliter_fw-la pro_fw-la equalibus_fw-la proportionibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la admittendi_fw-la lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o fol._n 46._o a._n to_o he_o si_fw-mi vero_fw-la fuerit_fw-la libre_fw-la sokemannus_n tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la dividetur_fw-la hereditas_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la filios_fw-la quotquot_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la part_n equales_fw-la si_fw-la fuerit_fw-la socagium_fw-la &_o id_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la divisum_fw-la eod_fw-la lib._n cap._n 3._o fol._n 49._o a._n brief_o be_v it_o so_o that_o gavelkind-land_n be_v partible_a by_o virtue_n either_o of_o the_o name_n or_o nature_n of_o it_o without_o accession_n and_o concurrence_n of_o custom_n than_o all_o land_n as_o soon_o as_o grant_v out_o in_o gavelkynd_n whereof_o example_n be_v obvious_a and_o till_o the_o 1._o statute_n of_o quia_fw-la emptores_fw-la terrarum_fw-la frequent_a be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la partible_fw-fr contrary_a to_o that_o common_a and_o receive_a ground_n whereof_o before_o that_o none_o be_v such_o i._n e._n partible_a with_o we_o except_o that_o descend_v for_o want_n of_o male_n to_o 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that_o pass_v i_o say_v as_o also_o for_o the_o like_a reason_n to_o omit_v byrhâ—riâ—ks_n will_v of_o mepham_n in_o kent_n extant_a in_o the_o perambulation_n pag_n 492._o whereunto_o if_o need_n be_v i_o can_v add_v many_o more_o example_n as_o well_o out_o of_o st._n alban_n private_a history_n now_o of_o late_o make_v public_a by_o my_o decease_a friend_n dr._n watts_n as_o from_o the_o record_n of_o the_o church_n of_o canterbury_n whereof_o beside_o the_o copy_n of_o some_o whole_a will_n i_o have_v by_o i_o several_a extract_n to_o let_v all_o these_o pass_n i_o say_v i_o shall_v only_o instance_n in_o a_o will_n or_o two_o one_o of_o a_o very_a eminent_a personage_n a_o etheling_n monarch_n prince_n ethelstan_n by_o name_n the_o son_n of_o king_n ethelred_n which_o i_o shall_v set_v before_o you_o in_o the_o appendix_n scriptura_fw-la 18_o as_o scriptura_fw-la 22_o the_o other_o with_o some_o imperfection_n and_o misprision_n here_o and_o there_o i_o confess_v but_o through_o the_o transcriber_n fault_n that_o enter_v they_o in_o the_o leaguer_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o ignorance_n it_o shall_v seem_v of_o
against_o it_o by_o the_o same_o swinbourne_n fol._n 113._o a._n give_v place_n to_o this_o kind_n of_o tripartite_a division_n witness_n beside_o mr._n lambard_n perambul_n pag._n 561._o what_o in_o a_o book_n late_o publish_v entitle_v the_o city-law_n and_o say_v to_o be_v translate_v from_o a_o ancient_a french_a manuscript_n pag._n 7._o be_v deliver_v in_o these_o word_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o when_o a_o citizen_n of_o the_o same_o city_n london_n have_v a_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o die_v all_o the_o good_n and_o chattel_n of_o the_o say_a party_n decease_v after_o his_o debt_n be_v pay_v shall_v be_v divide_v into_o three_o part_n whereof_o one_o shall_v remain_v to_o the_o dead_a and_o shall_v be_v distribute_v for_o his_o soul_n benefit_n and_o the_o other_o part_n shall_v be_v to_o his_o wife_n and_o the_o three_o part_n to_o his_o child_n to_o be_v equal_o share_v between_o they_o notwithstanding_o any_o will_n make_v to_o the_o contrary_a etc._n 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teneant_fw-la secundùm_fw-la jura_fw-la regni_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quis_fw-la in_o testamento_fw-la svo_fw-la alicui_fw-la personae_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la nisi_fw-la pro_fw-la voluntate_fw-la sua_fw-la aliquid_fw-la relinquere_fw-la libera_fw-la enim_fw-la dicitur_fw-la esse_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la ultima_fw-la voluntas_fw-la secundùm_fw-la have_v leges_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o secundùm_fw-la alius_fw-la leges_fw-la the_o other_o two_o to_o one_o effect_n thus_o cuilibet_fw-la autem_fw-la sit_fw-la licitum_fw-la facere_fw-la testamentum_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la suis_fw-la mobilibus_fw-la &_o se_fw-la moventibus_fw-la &_o quatenus_fw-la superfuerit_fw-la deducto_fw-la aere_fw-la alieno_fw-la scilicet_fw-la debitis_fw-la aliorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o in_o my_o opinion_n do_v the_o same_o man_n more_o than_o seem_v to_o fight_v with_o and_o contradict_v themselves_o and_o how_o to_o set_v they_o agree_v be_v past_o my_o skill_n but_o indeed_o vix_fw-la tanti_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v not_o much_o material_a since_o if_o we_o shall_v admit_v what_o some_o eager_o contend_v for_o this_o rule_n and_o order_n of_o partition_n to_o have_v sometime_o be_v by_o law_n currant_n throughout_o the_o realm_n yet_o by_o general_a disusage_n and_o discontinuance_n it_o be_v now_o and_o that_o not_o late_o antiquate_v and_o vanish_v out_o of_o ure_n both_o in_o this_o of_o kent_n and_o other_o county_n survive_v only_o for_o aught_o i_o hear_v in_o the_o province_n of_o york_n and_o some_o few_o city_n and_o that_o it_o shall_v ever_o be_v revive_v at_o least_o in_o the_o case_n of_o testate_a person_n until_o first_o some_o way_n may_v if_o possible_o be_v find_v how_o to_o dissolve_v this_o knot_n and_o remove_v this_o rub_n of_o flat_a repugnancy_n and_o disagreement_n of_o those_o ancient_a author_n the_o vouch_a patron_n for_o it_o with_o themselves_o in_o the_o point_n i_o for_o my_o part_n save_v better_a judgement_n see_v but_o little_a reason_n and_o further_o than_o thus_o dare_v not_o in_o a_o case_n so_o controvert_v and_o canvas_v by_o learned_a and_o judicious_a lawyer_n interpose_v any_o judgement_n of_o my_o own_o proposition_n iu._n whether_o gavelkynd_n be_v a_o tenure_n or_o a_o custom_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o i_o hope_v to_o usher_v in_o the_o answer_n to_o this_o quaere_fw-la with_o some_o digression_n concern_v tenor_n face_v then_o about_o and_o look_v back_o upon_o the_o time_n before_o the_o conquest_n inquire_v we_o out_o the_o tenor_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v they_o then_o in_o use_n and_o what_o other_o succeed_v in_o their_o place_n afterward_o at_o and_o since_o the_o conquest_n here_o i_o expect_v it_o shall_v be_v grant_v for_o it_o be_v avouch_v i_o be_o sure_a by_o several_a feuâ—um_n man_n of_o credit_n that_o before_o the_o conquest_n we_o be_v not_o in_o this_o kingdom_n acquaint_v with_o what_o since_o and_o to_o this_o day_n we_o call_v feoda_n foreiner_n feuda_n i._n e._n fief_n or_o fee_n either_o in_o that_o general_a sense_n i_o mean_v wherein_o they_o be_v discourse_v of_o and_o handle_v abroad_o in_o the_o book_n thence_o entitle_v de_fw-fr feudis_fw-la at_o home_n in_o that_o call_v littleton_n tenor_n or_o in_o that_o particular_o understand_v of_o we_o when_o we_o treat_v or_o speak_v of_o knights-fee_n which_o can_v not_o then_o be_v know_v here_o when_o knight_n themselves_o be_v not_o in_o be_v as_o say_v a_o record_n in_o the_o cathedral_n of_o canterbury_n whereof_o more_o 21._o anon_o they_o be_v not_o till_o the_o conqueror_n time_n or_o if_o in_o effect_n they_o be_v know_v to_o we_o yet_o in_o term_n certain_o they_o be_v not_o for_o the_o name_n of_o fee_n or_o feudum_n in_o this_o sense_n be_v no_o where_o to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o our_o record_n or_o monument_n of_o those_o day_n now_o extant_a and_o of_o credit_n if_o myself_o and_o other_o have_v not_o be_v more_o unhappy_a to_o miss_v it_o than_o indiligent_a to_o seek_v it_o it_o be_v true_a it_o occurr_v in_o the_o five_o and_o six_o of_o the_o law_n ascribe_v to_o the_o confessor_n set_v forth_o by_o mr._n lambard_n in_o the_o varia_n lectio_fw-la there_o in_o the_o margin_n but_o beside_o that_o the_o text_n in_o each_o place_n read_v it_o fundo_n those_o law_n i_o take_v it_o for_o the_o most_o part_n especial_o as_o to_o their_o phrase_n carry_v not_o that_o antiquity_n but_o like_o those_o of_o like_a kind_n in_o scotland_n ascribe_v to_o king_n malcolm_n the_o 1._o second_o and_o king_n alureds_n will_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o story_n of_o his_o life_n pen_v by_o asserius_fw-la where_o the_o word_n several_a time_n occurr_n savour_v of_o a_o late_a dress_n the_o like_v no_o doubt_n may_v as_o true_o be_v say_v of_o that_o qui_fw-la in_o feodo_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o the_o old_a latin_a version_n of_o king_n edgar_n law_n follow_v those_o in_o the_o original_a saxon_a set_v forth_o in_o the_o late_a edition_n of_o the_o council_n by_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n pag._n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o a_o foenerator_n a_o usurer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d profit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d profitable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unprofitable_a unthrifty_a or_o else_o which_o i_o rather_o think_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d villanus_fw-la colonus_n as_o the_o old_a version_n of_o the_o 19_o &_o 21th_o of_o k._n ina_n law_n render_v the_o word_n which_o come_v all_o to_o one_o with_o ceorliscus_n speak_v of_o in_o that_o second_o chapter_n of_o the_o foedus_fw-la aluredi_fw-la &_o guthruni_fw-la regum_fw-la and_o there_o describe_v by_o his_o quality_n to_o be_v oâ—e_o that_o occupy_v etc._n gafolland_n as_o for_o the_o remain_v two_o inland_a utland_n the_o former_a be_v terra_fw-la dominicalis_fw-la land_n hold_v in_o demesne_n in_o the_o owner_n own_o hand_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n design_v in_o mensam_fw-la domini_fw-la whence_o otherwise_o stilâ—d_n in_o succeed_a time_n bord-land_n like_o the_o civilian_n and_o 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lie_v of_o land_n which_o be_v deviseable_a by_o testament_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o appear_v by_o divers_a book_n as_o namely_o 4._o edw._n 2._o mortdanc_fw-la 39_o 22._o assiz_n 78._o and_o fitz._n nat._n brevium_fw-la 196._o 1._o but_o it_o appear_v by_o bracton_n fol._n 276._o b._n that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n will_v lie_v of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n and_o so_o it_o appear_v by_o divers_a ancient_a record_n quod_fw-la vide_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr berewicke_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 21._o edw._n 1._o copia_fw-la fol._n 1_o 7_o 22_o 24._o &_o in_o itinere_fw-la h._n de_fw-fr stanton_n anno_fw-la 6._o edw._n 2._o copia_fw-la fol._n 1_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 13._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n lie_v of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n but_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n do_v not_o lie_v of_o land_n within_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n because_o land_n be_v there_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n as_o it_o appear_v in_o dicto_fw-la itinere_fw-la h._n de_fw-fr stanton_n fol._n 3_o 4_o 6._o and_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n which_o be_v ancient_o part_v of_o the_o county_n of_o kent_n there_o be_v a_o special_a custom_n use_v to_o devise_v land_n lie_v within_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o city_n and_o to_o prove_v their_o will_n in_o the_o court_n of_o burgmote_a in_o the_o same_o city_n but_o there_o need_v no_o such_o custom_n if_o all_o the_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n have_v be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n also_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o ancient_a will_n of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n do_v mention_v feoffee_n of_o the_o land_n devise_v etc._n etc._n as_o appear_v by_o the_o register-book_n of_o will_n at_o canterbury_n and_o at_o rochester_n whereby_o it_o do_v appear_v that_o the_o devisor_n be_v cestuy_a que_fw-fr use_n and_o not_o owner_n of_o the_o land_n devise_v and_o although_o some_o will_n of_o land_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o feoffee_n yet_o there_o be_v feoffee_n of_o the_o same_o land_n as_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o deed_n of_o feoffment_n thereof_o and_o twenty_o to_o one_o do_v mention_n feoffee_n etc._n etc._n also_o sir_n john_n fineux_n chief_a justice_n de_fw-fr r._n b._n sir_n robert_n read_v chief_a justice_n de_fw-fr c._n b._n and_o sir_n john_n butler_n justice_n etc._n etc._n devise_v their_o land_n in_o kent_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n and_o make_v mention_n of_o feoffee_n etc._n etc._n which_o have_v there_o be_v a_o custom_n to_o devise_v no_o question_n they_o have_v take_v of_o it_o etc._n etc._n also_o many_o ancient_a deed_n of_o feoffment_n of_o land_n in_o kent_n refer_v to_o will_n sc_n dedi_fw-la concessi_fw-la etc._n etc._n a._n b._n omne_fw-la terras_fw-la &_o tenementa_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la opus_fw-la &_o usum_fw-la perimplendi_fw-la ultimam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la meam_fw-la etc._n etc._n also_o there_o be_v will_n to_o be_v find_v of_o land_n in_o diverse_a other_o county_n of_o this_o realm_n whereby_o land_n be_v devise_v before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n and_o no_o mention_n make_v of_o any_o feoffee_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o register-book_n of_o the_o prerogative_n court_n and_o in_o diverse_a other_o place_n and_o yet_o without_o doubt_n they_o bad_a feoffee_n seize_v to_o their_o use_n etc._n etc._n or_o else_o they_o can_v noâ—_n there_o devise_v the_o same_o also_o the_o house_n and_o land_n in_o city_n and_o burrough_n which_o be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n be_v reckon_v inter_fw-la catalla_fw-la sua_fw-la but_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o all_o the_o socage_n land_n in_o kent_n which_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v gavelkind_a shall_v be_v reckon_v inter_fw-la catalla_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o register_n fol._n 244._o there_o be_v fourteen_o several_a writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la and_o none_o of_o they_o make_v mention_n of_o any_o county_n etc._n etc._n nor_o of_o gavelkind_n but_o secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la or_o secundùm_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la burgi_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o gavelkind_a land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n etc._n etc._n the_o devisee_n can_v have_v no_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la because_o there_o be_v none_o before_o who_o the_o action_n or_o writ_n shall_v be_v bring_v etc._n etc._n also_o mr._n lambard_n in_o his_o perambulation_n write_v of_o the_o custom_n of_o kent_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o custom_n to_o devise_v land_n nor_o the_o treatise_n call_v consuetudines_fw-la cantiae_fw-la in_o the_o old_a mag._n charta_n fol._n 147._o which_o without_o doubt_n they_o will_v not_o have_v omit_v if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o such_o custom_n etc._n etc._n also_o between_o the_o statute_n of_o 27._o h._n 8._o of_o uses_n and_o the_o statute_n of_o 32._o of_o h._n 8._o of_o will_n there_o be_v very_o few_o will_n make_v of_o land_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o register-book_n before_o mention_v and_o the_o most_o of_o such_o will_n as_o be_v then_o make_v be_v but_o few_o in_o number_n do_v make_v mention_n of_o feoffee_n also_o the_o common_a practice_n ever_o since_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n have_v be_v such_o that_o if_o a_o will_v be_v make_v void_a for_o a_o three_o part_n by_o a_o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la of_o part_n of_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n that_o three_o part_n shall_v descend_v to_o the_o heir_n and_o the_o devisee_fw-mi shall_v not_o have_v it_o and_o this_o appear_v by_o special_a livery_n in_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n prove_v the_o same_o and_o by_o diverse_a witness_n that_o can_v prove_v the_o same_o to_o be_v so_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o sanders_n case_n of_o maidstone_n in_o anno_fw-la 9_o jacobi_n regis_fw-la all_o the_o land_n be_v devise_v by_o will_n and_o after_o the_o will_n be_v avoid_v for_o a_o three_o part_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la of_o a_o small_a
in_o that_o at_o rochester_n intervening_a and_o happen_v in_o the_o interim_n of_o those_o two_o statute_n the_o one_o of_o uses_n make_v anno_fw-la 27._o the_o other_o of_o will_n enact_v anno_fw-la 32._o hen._n 8._o ah_o time_n most_o proper_a for_o the_o custom_n if_o any_o such_o in_o be_v by_o iâ—s_a fruit_n the_o immediate_a free_a devise_n of_o land_n by_o will_n at_o pleasure_n without_o that_o mediate_a collateral_a and_o by-way_n that_o periphrasis_n of_o feoffment_n and_o their_o uses_n which_o now_o be_v out_o of_o door_n to_o assert_v and_o show_v itself_o all_o which_o in_o my_o opinion_n do_v plain_o tend_v to_o the_o dis-proof_n of_o this_o custom_n of_o devise_v land_n in_o kent_n by_o will_n before_o that_o statute_n of_o will_n as_o for_o example_n 1._o in_o the_o will_n of_o thomas_n bourne_n of_o tenterden_n date_v 3._o may_v 1538._o in_o the_o archdeacon_n registry_n at_o canterbury_n lib._n 21._o quatern_n 7._o and_o where_o say_v he_o there_o be_v a_o act_n late_o make_v to_o avoid_v use_n of_o will_n yet_o my_o mind_n be_v that_o clement_n my_o son_n shall_v have_v my_o house_n and_o shop_n in_o tenterden_n with_o the_o appurtenance_n to_o him_z in_o fee._n and_o that_o john_n bourne_n my_o son_n shall_v have_v all_o my_o land_n lie_v in_o the_o parish_n of_o hawkherst_n to_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n in_o fee._n and_o i_o give_v to_o my_o say_a son_n john_n xl_o s._n upon_o condition_n that_o he_o will_v abide_v and_o stand_v to_o the_o divide_v and_o order_n of_o my_o land_n as_o my_o mind_n be_v before_o express_v and_o if_o he_o will_v not_o stand_v to_o and_o abide_v the_o say_a order_n and_o division_n but_o to_o shift_v his_o part_n thorough_o than_o i_o will_v the_o say_v xl_o s._n shall_v remain_v and_o be_v have_v to_o alice_n my_o wife_n also_o i_o give_v to_o clement_n my_o son_n iij._o l._n upon_o condition_n that_o he_o do_v stand_v to_o and_o abide_v the_o division_n and_o order_n of_o my_o land_n and_o tenement_n according_a as_o my_o mind_n be_v before_o express_v and_o if_o the_o say_v clement_n de_fw-fr refuse_v my_o say_a order_n and_o division_n of_o my_o land_n and_o shift_v his_o part_n thorough_o than_o i_o will_v the_o say_v iij._o l._n shall_v remain_v and_o be_v have_v to_o alice_n my_o wife_n etc._n etc._n argument_n have_v there_o be_v a_o custom_n for_o devise_v land_n by_o will_n what_o need_v that_o notice_n to_o be_v take_v here_o of_o the_o act_n for_o avoid_v use_n of_o will_n and_o why_o be_v the_o testator_n put_v to_o it_o thus_o to_o work_v and_o wage_v his_o son_n to_o consent_v to_o that_o partition_n and_o division_n of_o his_o land_n by_o a_o legacy_n in_o money_n to_o be_v forfeict_v upon_o their_o refusal_n and_o for_o choose_v to_o shift_v or_o divide_v thorough_o as_o a_o thing_n in_o their_o power_n by_o law_n which_o can_v not_o be_v have_v there_o be_v any_o such_o custom_n 2._o in_o thomas_n sayer_n alias_o lamberd_n will_v of_o feversham_n date_v in_o may_n 1538._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n and_o book_n quatern_n 9_o some_o land_n be_v devise_v away_o from_o the_o two_o female_a inheritrice_n to_o be_v sell_v and_o a_o partition_n also_o make_v between_o they_o of_o other_o land_n whereupon_o a_o legacy_n in_o money_n be_v give_v to_o the_o heir_n at_o law_n to_o wage_v they_o to_o consent_n and_o condescend_v to_o that_o devise_n and_o division_n in_o these_o word_n item_n i_o will_v and_o bequeath_v to_o isabel_n and_o margaret_n my_o two_o daughter_n to_o each_o of_o they_o 6._o l._n 13._o s._n 4._o d._n to_o be_v pay_v to_o they_o by_o benet_n my_o wife_n in_o money_n or_o moneyworth_n in_o four_o year_n next_o after_o my_o decease_n upon_o condition_n that_o my_o say_v two_o daughter_n their_o heir_n and_o their_o assign_v to_o suffer_v this_o my_o present_a will_n and_o testament_n to_o take_v effect_n according_a as_o i_o before_o have_v will_v and_o if_o my_o say_v two_o daughter_n their_o heir_n and_o their_o assign_v do_v this_o refuse_v that_o my_o say_a will_n can_v take_v none_o effect_v according_a as_o i_o before_o have_v will_v than_o i_o will_v my_o say_v two_o daughter_n nor_o their_o assign_v shall_v take_v no_o benefit_n nor_o profit_n of_o none_o of_o my_o bequeath_v to_o they_o before_o bequeath_v etc._n etc._n argument_n the_o same_o quaere_fw-la here_o as_o before_o viz._n what_o need_v this_o conditional_a legacy_n in_o money_n have_v it_o not_o be_v free_a to_o they_o and_o in_o their_o power_n and_o choice_n whether_o his_o will_n for_o the_o sale_n of_o some_o land_n and_o for_o the_o division_n of_o other_o shall_v take_v effect_n or_o not_o 3._o in_o john_n crowmers_n will_n of_o pogylston_n esquire_n date_v in_o february_n 1538._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n book_n and_o quatern_n this_o clause_n to_o our_o purpose_n be_v remarkable_a item_n i_o will_v that_o each_o of_o my_o three_o daughter_n benet_n elizabeth_n and_o grace_n have_v 13._o l._n 6_o s._n 8._o d._n of_o such_o debt_n as_o their_o husband_n do_v owe_v i_o so_o that_o their_o husband_n be_v content_a that_o such_o land_n as_o i_o have_v purchase_v go_v according_a to_o my_o devise_n and_o will_n or_o else_o not_o etc._n etc._n argument_n the_o like_a quaerie_n here_o as_o before_o where_o also_o note_n that_o although_o he_o mention_v a_o devise_n of_o land_n by_o will_n yet_o no_o such_o will_n be_v either_o prove_v or_o register_v because_o probable_o incumbent_a and_o void_a in_o law_n the_o like_a whereof_o may_v be_v suppose_v of_o sparcklins_n will_n of_o thanet_n date_v in_o march_n 1539._o in_o the_o same_o book_n and_o registry_n quarern_v 14._o where_o his_o mansion_n place_n at_o bronston_n be_v say_v to_o be_v bequeath_v to_o his_o son_n john_n whereas_o no_o such_o thing_n appear_v by_o the_o approve_a will_n nor_o be_v any_o land_n at_o all_o devise_v by_o it_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o cacherells_n will_v of_o norborne_n date_a anno_o 1537._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n and_o book_n quatern_n 8._o where_o some_o legacy_n in_o money_n be_v charge_v upon_o a_o house_n there_o say_v to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o party_n charge_v and_o his_o wife_n whereas_o no_o such_o gift_n appear_v by_o the_o will_n 4._o in_o sarlys_n will_n date_a anno_o 30._o hen._n 8._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n and_o book_n quatern_n 11._o where_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o his_o three_o daughter_n we_o have_v this_o clause_n item_n i_o will_v that_o he_o my_o brother_n shall_v have_v my_o part_n of_o my_o house_n at_o why_o call_v jancock_n during_o his_o life_n if_o that_o may_v be_v suffer_v by_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n 5._o in_o the_o will_n of_o william_n byx_n of_o linsted_n date_v 1538._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n lib._n 22._o quatern_n 1._o occurr_n this_o passage_n i_o will_v and_o bequeath_v all_o the_o profit_n commodity_n ferme_n rent_n of_o all_o my_o land_n whatsoever_o etc._n etc._n unto_o my_o brother_n germane_a laurence_n byx_n unto_o the_o timos_fw-la that_o my_o son_n laurence_n and_o nicholas_n come_v to_o the_o age_n of_o 22._o year_n etc._n etc._n also_o to_o my_o daughter_n marriage_n 10._o l._n to_o be_v raise_v out_o of_o those_o profit_n etc._n etc._n and_o pay_v by_o my_o brother_n laurence_n provide_v always_o if_o the_o law_n will_v not_o suffer_v nor_o admit_v my_o brother_n laurence_n to_o enjoy_v and_o take_v up_o the_o ferme_n etc._n etc._n of_o my_o land_n than_o i_o will_v that_o each_o of_o my_o say_a son_n etc._n etc._n shall_v pay_v the_o say_v 10._o l._n unto_o my_o say_a daughter_n marriage_n etc._n etc._n 6._o thomas_n hunt_v of_o pluck_o in_o his_o will_n date_v in_o the_o year_n no_o month_n 1540_o probable_o some_o time_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n that_o year_n make_v in_o the_o same_o registry_n book_n and_o quatern_n give_v to_o his_o wife_n the_o issue_n of_o his_o land_n for_o life_n and_o after_o her_o death_n the_o land_n themselves_o to_o his_o son_n john_n charge_v with_o some_o legacy_n in_o money_n to_o his_o young_a brother_n anthony_n and_o his_o child_n but_o with_o this_o proviso_n if_o this_o my_o will_n say_v he_o stand_v not_o good_a and_o effectual_a in_o the_o law_n than_o i_o will_v that_o my_o say_a message_n and_o premise_n after_o the_o death_n of_o my_o say_a wife_n shall_v remain_v to_o my_o say_v two_o son_n i._o and_o a._n and_o to_o their_o heir_n for_o ever_o etc._n etc._n 7._o the_o like_a clause_n to_o this_o occurr_n in_o the_o will_n of_o john_n hubberd_n of_o westerham_n date_v the_o 23th_o of_o july_n 1537._o in_o the_o bishop_n of_o rochester_n registry_n viz._n also_o if_o it_o do_v please_v god_n to_o visit_v my_o wife_n and_o all_o my_o child_n with_o death_n than_o