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A33621 An abridgement of the Lord Coke's commentary on Littleton collected by an unknown author; yet by a late edition pretended to be Sir Humphrey Davenport, Kt. And in this second impression purged from very many gross errors committed in the said former edition. With a table of the most remarkable things therein.; Institutes of the laws of England. Abridgments. Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.; Littleton, Thomas, Sir, d. 1481. aut; Davenport, Humphrey, Sir, 1566-1645, attributed name. 1651 (1651) Wing C4906; ESTC R217258 305,227 456

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he hath a Deed or if it be by parol then an action upon his Case or an action of deceipt c. The proces whereby the vouchee is called is a Summon ad Warr. whereupon if the Sheriff return that the vouchee is summoned and he maketh default Mag. Cape ad valentiam is awarded when if he make default again then judgement is given against the Tenant and he over to have in value against the vouchee But if the Sheriff return that he hath nothing then after Writs of Alias and pluries a Writ of sequatur sub suo periculo shall be awarded c. and the demandant shall not have judgement to recover in value because the vouchee was never warned Vide Libr. Fo. 101. b. When the tenant being impleaded within a particular jurisdiction as in London c. Voucheth one to warr and prayes that he may be summoned in some other County out of the jurisdiction of that Court this is called a forrain voucher By the Civil Law every man is bound to warrant the thing that he selleth or conveyeth albeit there be no expresse warrant but the Common Law bindeth him not unlesse there be a warranty either in Deed or in Law for Caveat emptor c. There be three kindes of disclaimer i. e. in the Tenancy in the bloud and in the Seigniory F.N.B. 197. 151. b. In the case of Homage Auncestrel which is a special warranty in Law by the authority of Littleton the Lands generally that the Lord hath at the time of the voucher shall be liable to execution in value whether he hath them by discent or purchase But in the case of an expresse warranty the heir shall be charged but only for such Lands as he hath discent from the Auncestrel which created the warranty F.N.B. 152. And note the Lands of the vouchee shall be liable to the warranty that the vouchee hath at the time of the voucher for that the voucher is in lieu of an action and in a Warr. Cartae the Land which the defendant hath at the time of the Writ brought shall be liable to the warranty Fo. 102. a. Upon a judgement in debt the Plaintiff shall not have execution but only of that Land which the Defendant had at the time of the judgement for that the action was brought in respect of the person and not in respect of the Land Vide Lib. c. If a man give Lands in Fee with warranty and binde certain Lands specially to warranty the person of the Feoffor is hereby bound and not the land unlesse he hath it at the time of the voucher 32. E. 1. voucher 292. Sect. 146. En Chesc ' case lou le Seignior poit disclaymer c. Et de ceo poit disclaimer en Court de Record son Seigniory ē extinct le rerant tiendra del Seignior procheine Paramount c. Meliorem conditionem Ecclesiae suae facere potem praelatus deteriorem nequaquam and again Ecclesiae suae condici melior facere possunt sine consensu deteriorem non possunt sine consensu Expedit reipublicae ut sit finis litium vide fol. 103. a. If an action of Debt upon an Obligation against an Abbot the Abbot acknowledgeth the action and dieth the successor shall not avoid Execution though the Obligation was made without the assent of the Covent for he cannot falsifie the Recovery in an higher action Et res judicata pro veritate accipitur and this is but a Chattel 7 Reg. 2. tit Abbot 7. Sect. 147 and 148. If the tenant make a feoffment in fee upon condition and dieth his heir performeth the condition and re-entreth the Homage ancestrel is destroyed in respect of the interruption of the continuance of the privity and estate 1. Mich. 14 15 El. Tenant que fist homage al pere ne ferre homage al fits fo 103. b. vide le except a ce rule Sect. 149 150 c. Fealty est incident a chesc ' atturnment del tenant grant le seigniory est grant None shall do homage but the tenant of the Land to the Lords of whom it is holden fol. 104. a. 8 Ed. 4. 27. b. * The recovery of the seigniory differeth from the alienation of the Lord which is his own act or the descent of the seigniory to the heir which is an act in law for that by the Recovery the state of him that received the homage is defeated for it shall not lie in the mouth of the tenant to falsifie the recovery which was against his Lord c. for that the tenant had nothing therein c. If a man had made a Lease for years to begin at Michaelmas reserved a rent and he had suffered a Common Recovery before Michaelmas the Recoverer should distrain for rent which the lessor before the recovery could not 28 H. 8. Dyer 41. fol. 104. b. The tenant ought to seek the Lord to do him homage c. for this service is personal c. but rent may be paid and received by other and therefore a tender of the rent upon the land is sufficient fo 105. a. CHAP. VIII Grand Sergeanty Sect. 153. GRand Sergeanty est lou home tient ses terres del Roy per les services que il doit faire en son proper person com de port le banner del Roy out sa lance c. Ceo tenure en ten per service de Chivalry mes le livery paiam al Roy pur reliese le value ouster les charges reprises des terres pur an S. 154 158. Magna Sergeanty i. e. Magna Servitium because it is greater and more worthy than Knight service for this is Revera servitium Regale and not Militare onely This Tenure hath seven special properties 1. To be holden of the King onely 2. It must be done when the tenant is able in proper person 3. This service is certain and particular 4. The Relief due c. differeth from Knights service 5. It is to be done within the Realm 6. It is subject to neither Aid pur faire fits Chivaler or file mariage And 7. it payeth no Escuage fo 105. b. 11 H. 4. 34. F.N. B. 83. There were divers Lords Marshals of England before the reign of R. 2. yet King R. 2. created Tho. Moubrey Duke of Norfolk and first Earl Marshal of England per nomen Comitis Marischalli Angliae in Rot. pat 20. R. 2. Thesaurus Regis rospicit Regem Regnum And Census Regis est anima reipub fol. 106. a. Dyer 4 El. 213. Where the Grand Sergeanty is to be done to the Royal person of the King or to execute one of those high and great Offices there his tenant cannot make a Deputy without the Kings license c. But he that holdeth to serve him in his War within the Realm or by Cornage may make a Deputy fol. 107. a. vide libr. c. qu. CHAP. IX Petit Sergeanty Sect. 159. PEtit Serjeanty est lou home tient c. del
E. 4. 1. b. 4 E. 4. 10. 3. For matters within the Realm 5 E. 4. 30. the Custom of London shall be certified by the Mayor and Aldermen by the mouth of the Recorder 4. By Certificate of the Sheriff upon a Writ to him directed 10 H 10. in case of Priviledge if one be a Citizen or a Forreiner 5. Tryal of Records by Certificate of the Judges in whose custody they are by Law All these be in Temporal causes 6. In causes Ecclesiastical as loyalty in Marriage general Bastardy Excommengment Profession c. which are to be tried by the Certificate of the Ordinary Also if a Subject of the King be killed by another of his Subjects out of England in any Forreign Country the wife or he that is heir of the dead may have an Appeal for this Murther or Homicide before the Constable and the Marshal whose sentence is upon the Testimony of Witnesses or Combate fo 74. a. vide lib. Stat. 1 H. 4. cap. 14. 13 H. 4. fol. 5. c. Anno 25 El c. CHAP. IV. Knights service Sect. 103. TEnure per homage fealty escuage est a tener per service de Chivaler trait a luy gard mariage reliefe Si haereditas teneatur per servitium militare tunc per leges infans ipse haereditas ejus c. per dominum feodi illius custodientur c. Fortesc ca. 44. Audacter quilibet facit quod se scire non diffidit Amongst the Lawes of St Edward the Confessor it is thus provided Debent enim universi liberi homines c. secundum foedum suum sciendum tenementa sua arma habere illa semper prompta conservare ad tuitionem regni servitium dominorum suorum juxta praeceptum domini Regis explendum peragendum Lambert fo 135. a. And William the Conqueror confirmed that Law c. And therefore if after the Lord hath the Wardship of the body and land the Lord doth release to the Infant his right in the Seigniory or the Seigniory descendeth to the Infant he shall be out of Ward c. for he was in Ward in respect he was not able to do those services which he ought to do to his Lord which now are extinct cessante causa cessat causatum fol. 76. a. Regularly there be six incidents to Knights service viz. Two of Honor and Submission as Homage and Fealty and four of Profit as Escuage Ward Marriage and Relief Also these be other incidents to Knights service besides these as aid per faire fitz Chivalrer and aid per file marier c. Relevium is derived from Relevare Quia haereditas quae jacens fuit per antecessoris decessum relevatur in manus haeredum propter factam relevationem facienda erit ab haerede quaedam praestatio quae dicitur relevium Bract. lib. 2. ca. 36. fo 84. By custome the heires of him that holdeth in Socage may be in a word * By the common Law the heir shall not be in ward unlesse he claime as heire by discent Vide Libr. In many Cases the heire shall be in ward albeit the Tenant died not seised c nor in the Homage of the Lord. But if one levy a fine executory as fur grant and render to a man and his heires and he to whom the Land is granted and rendred before execution dieth his heire being within age entreth he shall not be in ward for his ancestor was never * tenant to the Lord. Vide c. If the disseisie die his heire being within age the Lord shall have the wardship of the heir of the body of the disseisee and if the disseisor dieth seised and his heire within age the Lord may seise the wardship of his heire also and of the Land also c. Vide c. For the ease of the heire and for avoiding of danger c. The heire for the most part after his full age sueth out a speciall livery which containeth a beneficiall pardon c. Fo. 77. a. Vide quaere A common person shall have nothing in ward but that which is holden of him But the King by his Prerogative shall not only have such Lands c. which the heire of his Tenant by Knights service in Capite holdeth of others but such inheritances also as are not holden at all of any as rent-charges rent-seck Fayres Markets Warrens Annuities c. Fo. 78. a. Stamf. pr. Fo. 8. * The Law is changed since Littleton wrote in many Cases both for the marriage of the body and for the wardship of the Lands and a farre greater benefit given to the Lords then the common Law gave them and some advantage given to the heires which before they had not As if the Father had made an estate for life or a gift in taile of Lands holden by Knights service to his eldest Son or other heir apparant within age the remainder in Fee to any other and dyed the heir should not have been in ward for this was out of the Stat. Merlebridg But at this day the heir shall be in that case in ward for his body and a third part of his land So if the Father had infeoffed his eldest Son within age and a stranger and the heirs of the son and died the son should have been out of ward but at this day he shall be in ward for his body and for a third part of his moity Fo. 78. a Vide c. The benefits that grew to the subject by acts of Parliament were that Tenants in Fee simple might devise their lands in such manner and form c. Also that the Father might infeoffe his eldest Sonne or other heir lineal or collaterall holden by Knights service and two parts of the Land shall be out of ward Lib. 8. fo 83. fo 163. And both the Statute of 32 and 34 H. 8. Concerning Wills and Wardships are many waies prejudiciall to the heirs as if Tenant by Knights service make a Feoffment in Fee to the use of his wife and heir heirs or to the use of a younger Sonne and his heirs or wholly for the payment of his debts In these cases although nothing at all of the Lands so holden descend to the heir but he is disherited of the same yet his body shall be in ward In facto quod se habet ad bonum malum magis de bono quam de malo lex intendit Lex intendit vicinum vicini facta scire Nulla impossibilia aut inhonesta sunt presumenda vera tamen honesta possibilia Lex semper intendit quod rationi convenit By intendment of Law the heir is not able to do Knights service before his full age of 21. years and therefore hath a gardian c. A woman hath seven ages for several purposes appointed to her by Law as seven years for the Lord to have aid pur file Marr. Nine years to deserve Dower 12. years to consent to marriage