a day upon pain of 10. l. at the next Court he is presented because no reformation is made and there then the Tenant Traverses the Presentment that he is not guilty the Traverse is disallowed the Lord becomes a Bankrupt the Affeerors resuse to affeere the amerciament the Commissioners sell all the debts of the Bankrupt to A. A. Shall have an action of debt for this amerciament 6. A. sues execution of a Statute Merchant and the Conizors Land is extended at too high a value and refused by the Extendor and delivered to the Jurors B. defeats the execution by extending an elder Statute A. is a Bankrupt the Commissioners sell all his debts the elder Statute is satisfied the Jurors will not enter This is a good Sale of the possibility to extend and the Vendee shall have a Scire facias against the Tenant by the elder Statute and the terretenants and the Jurors to revive the former Execution 7. A. and B. Tenants is Common grant a rent of 10. l. per annum to C. who brings an Annuity against A. and recovers and after he distrains and Avows upon B. and becomes a Bankrupt the Commissioners sell the Annuity and the rent a fourth part of the Land descends to the Vendee The sale of the Annuity and also of the rent were good but he shall Avow upon B. but for 5. l. per annum 1. If he can bring an Annuity against one and distrain the other 2. How a Rent shall be apportioned when part of the Land descends to the Grantee 3. If a Rent charge be within this Statute because it is not within the words 8. A Mannor in Surry is giving to Baron and Feme and to the heirs of the Baron the Baron dies his heir being a Merchant claims the heirlooms the Executors of the Father claim them as Chatells the heir sells the Reversion and becomes a Bankrupt the Commissioners sell the heir-looms This a good sale but the Wife shall have the use of them during her life 9. One makes a Feoffment upon condition that the heir of the Feoffee shall infeoff I. S. the Feoffee grants a Rent charge the Feoffer enters for the Conditions and dies the Feoffee re enters and two Co-partners being the heirs of the Feoffor bring a Mortdauncester against the Feoffee and recover the Land and damages they have other Land in execution by Elegit for the damages the one dies the other is a Bankrupt The Commissioners shall sell all the Extent 10. A Disseisor makes a Lease for life to A. who makes a Lease for years to B. a Merchant stranger who is made Denizen upon Condition that he shall not depart the Realm the Disseisee confirms his estate Tenant for life dies the Disseisor enters B. being non solvent by License of the King with a Non obstante departs the Realm the Commissioners sell the term the Vendee enters upon the Disseisor The sale of this term is good 11. A. By Deed Poll demises the Land of B. to C. a Merchant who enters B. re-enters C. in an action of Covenant grounded upon the Deed recovers 10. l. damages against A. C. being indebted is committed to Prison by the High Commissioners for non payment of a Fine by them assessed and there he remains by six moneths the Commissioners assign the damages to D. who sues a Scire facias in his own name against A. and hath Judgement to have Execution A. brings a Writ of Error against C. of the first Judgement C. confesses the Error The Judgement is erroneous and yet the assignment of the damages is good and D. shall have Execution 12. A. Makes a Joynture to his Wife an Alien of part of his Land and dies she is made a Denizen and takes a Bankrupt to Husband the Commissioners sell the Joynture part of it is evicted by elder title she sues a Scire facias and recovers other Land in recompence an Office is found the Commissioners sell as well the Land recovered in value as the residue which was not evicted The sale of the Land recovered in value is good but not for the residue For New-Inn The Case THe Land of A. is extended for the debt of B. and A. grants the reversion to C. in Tail B. attornes and hath a Liberate A. grants the reversion of C. to D. a Feme sole Merchant Denizen of Ireland C. commits Treason and attorns and suffers a common recovery to the use of himself D. takes E. an Alien and Londoner to Husband C. is attainted D. continues sole Merchant E. is naturalized D. is indebted and elopes C. dies without issue E. enters and is non solvent a Commission is awarded and proclaimed D. hath issue and dies an Office is found the Term expires Conclusion The Land shall be sold by the Commissioners 1. When Land is extended and before a Liberate it is to be considered in whom the Land is 3 E. 6.68 It is said that goods extended are in the custody of the Law but yet not so out of the Conizors possession but that they may be extended for the Kings debt due by the Conizor 41 E. 3. Fitz Recognizance 38. Land was extended by the Sheriff and before Liberate the Lands were extended for the Kings debt and so process stayed 33 H. 8. Broke Recognizance 41. Liberate may be taken out seven years after the extent 41 E. 3. fol. 1. It is questioned whether the party or the King shall have the mean profits of Lands taken by cape grand till a petty cape Also it will be objected that a reversion will pass by words of possession but possession will not pass by words of reversion Frokmerton and Tracy 43 E. 3. and Smith and Stapleton But except we prove this reversion to be well granted we are at an end of our case for all the rest depends upon this point We say then that when Lands are extended it is plain they are out of the Conizor presently And although it seems that for the time they are in the Kings hands yet when the Liberate comes they are in the Conizee ab initio and by strong relation So as if a Mannor be extended to which an Advowson is appendent and the Church becomes void and Liberate sued the Conizee and neither the King nor the Conizer shall present So if Arrearages of Rents fall due between the extent and the Liberate the Conizee shall distrain and avow for them Wherein I will compare it to Longs Case that was in the Common Pleas Pasch 31 Eliz. Rot. 2024. one granted a Mannor to which an Advowson was appendent and made Livery the Church became void and afterwards the Tenants attorned the Grantee shall present and the Attornment shall relate to make the Grantee in from the time of the Feoffment And although it is said 8 H. 5. fo 10. that no man can attorn to a grant of a reversion that hath as yet nothing in possession but hopes or possibilities As if Tenant for life
Bankrupt becomes Lunatique and Office is found yet the Land shall be sold 12. A Bankrupt is Tenant in Tail the remainder in the King of the Provision of the King sale by the Commissioners shall not be good against the issue in Tail for the Bankrupt neither by Fine nor Recovery could lawfully part with it but for his life 13. A Bankrupt hath a Seigniory the Commissioners seize before assignment a Tenancy escheats the Tenancy shall be sold but if after seisure of the Seigniory and before the Escheat the Bankrupt dies the Commissioners shall not sell by this Statute but by the Statute of primo Jac. the Tenancy shall be sold 14. Two Joyntenants one is a Bankrupt the Commissioners seize a Moiety the Bankrupt dies no part shall be sold by this Statute but by primo Jacobi a moiety shall be sold for that Statute is that the Commissioners shall proceed as if he were living 15. A Merchant takes a Wife after he is a Bankrupt she shall not have Dower against the Vendee 16. A Feme Covert sole Merchant inheritrix in London is a Bankrupt her land shall be sold and her Husband shall not be Tenant by the courtesie 17. A Bankrupt commits Felony the Land shall not escheat but the Commissioners may sell it The fifth Division What Copy-hold Lands shall be sold and in what case Composition shall be made with the Lord and in what not 1. THe Lord sells the Freehold of one sole Copy-holder to A. the Copy-holder is a Bankrupt the Commissioners shall sell 2. The Lord is to be compounded with for the Admission by the Statute and in this Case here can be neither Surrender nor Admission yet by the equity of the Statute the Lord must be compounded with 3. Commissioners sell a Copy-hold the Vendee tenders to the Lord a competent Fine which the Lord refuses and will not admit the Vendee the Vendee may enter 4. If a Copy-hold be intailed to a Bankrupt in a Mannor where Recoveries are used to cut off intails Commissioners may sell but if no Custom be for Recoveries contray 5. A Copy hold is surrendered to the use of a Bankrupt who will not take it up or sue to be admitted because it shall not be liable to his Creditors the Commissioners shall sell it 6. A Copy-hold is surrendred to the use of a Bankrupt who will not be admitted the Commissioners shall sell but the Vendee shall pay two Fines 7. A Copy-holder where the Feme by Custom shall have Dower surrenders into the hands of two Tenants and dies the Feme marries a Bankrupt the surrendree is admitted the third part of the Feme shall be sold but no remedy for the damage betwixt the death of the Husband and the admittance 8. One surrenders Copy-hold to the use of a Bankrupt the Lord dissolves his Court yet the Commissioners shall sell The sixth Division What Annuities Fees Goods Chattels Debts c. Commissioners may sell 1. B. Hath a Lease for years made unto him upon condition that he shall not alien yet the Commissioners may sell and this is no forfeiture 2. B. hath the next advowson the Church is void the Commissioners sell the Presentation the Vendee shall present and no Symony 3. A Bankrupt purchases Land with warranty the Vendee of the Commissioners shall not vouch but he shall rebut 4. Commissioners sell a rent or reversion this is good without Attornment 5. A Bankrupt becomes Lunatique his goods shall be sold as before of Lands c. 6. Lord and Tenant the Lord is a Bankrupt the Tenant dies the Commissioners shall sell the money or debt due for relief 7. The same of a Herriot 8. The Lord is a Bankrupt the Tenant dies the Commissioners sell the Relief-money and the Herriot the Executors pay the Relief the heir shall not pay a Herriot 9. The King Leases the Aulnage of London for years the Lessee is a Bankrupt the Lease shall be sold 10. Lord of a Leet is a Bankrupt the Commissioners shall sell the Amercements past and the Vendee shall have an action of debt 11. A Lease for years is devised to A. if he live so long the remainder to one B. the Commissioners shall not sell the possibility 12. Land is extended and delivered to the Extenders because too high another defeats this Execution by extending of a former Statute the first is a Bankrupt the Commissioners shall sell the possibility 13. A Rent charge shall be sold yet it is not within the words 14. The same Law of a Common in gross 15. It is the Custom in Surrey that certain Heir-Looms shall go with the Land and not to the Executors the Land is intailed Tenent in Tail is a Bankrupt the Heir-Looms may be sold from the Land and the issue hath no remedy 16. Two Tenants in Common recover damages in trespass the one dies the other is a Bankrupt all the damages shall be sold 17. A Bankrupt recovers damages by an erroneous judgement the Commissioners assign them to the Creditors who recover them in execution the Judgement is reversed the sale was good but the Assignees or Vendees shall make restitution 18. A villain is a Merchant the Lord seizes all his goods and imprisons his person for six months he is a Bankrupt the Lord shall have his goods but his debts shall be sold 19. A Villain Merchant is a Bankrupt the Lord seizes his goods yet the Commissioners may sell 20. A Merchant by Outlary becomes a Bankrupt the Creditors shall have his goods and not the King 21. A Merchant Bankrupt commits Felony his Creditors and not the King shall have his goods 22 A Bankrupt is felo de se the Almoner shall have his goods notwithstanding this Statute but by primo Jacobi the Commissioners shall have them The seventh Division Who shall be said a Creditor that shall be relieved and and who not and what shall be said to be a just debt intended 1. ONe sole Creditor shall not by this Statute sue the Commission for it ought to be at the Sute of his Creditors 2. Merchant Mortgages his Lands the Mortgagee may choose to come in as a Creditor 3. A Merchant enters into a Statute or Recognizance the Conizee is a Creditor else he shall have neither Land nor money if he come not and contributes 4. A Merchant pledges goods and becomes Bankrupt the party need not come in 5. The plaintiff that hath the defendants body in execution shall not come in to be relieved 6. But he that hath a judgement for a debt may come in before execution 7. One that hath the Bankrupts body in execution upon a Statute Merchant may come in 8. One that recovers damages in Waste or Assise or trespass shall not be relieved 9. An Informer recovers money forfeited by a special Statute he shall not be relieved 10. A Bankrupt is indebted to the King Commissioners seize the Bankrupts goods process comes to the Sheriff he shall leavy the
have but the use and profits of them under the King so it is said all Gaoles are the Kings Prisons and none others of the Land for life and member belongs to him only and the Lords have only the regard and that is the reason that in all Corporations in their Charters they always have a Grant and liberty to have a Prison Auditors by the Statute of W. 2. cap. 11. may send the Baily found in Arrearages to Prison by the Book it must be to the next Gaol though it be in another County otherwise an Action of false Imprisonment lies So our Commissioners must be careful to pursue their Commission but because the Statute saith they may dispose of his body at their discretions therefore to stay him in his own House or in one of theirs till he be further examined I think it not amiss although I have heard that some Commissioners have been blamed for not sending him to the Gaol 1. A. makes a Feoffment in Fee to B. by livery within the view B. Covenants with C. to stand seised to the use of D. his Son A. enters and makes a Feoffment to B. D. enters and makes a Lease for years to E. a Merchant upon condition to have in Fee E. is a Bankrupt C. disagrees to the Contract E. becomes a Recusant Convict and hath not Lands sufficient to pay 20 l. a Month the Commissioners sell the Land the King seizes the Term the condition is performed The Vendee shall have the fee-simple Points 1. IF livery within the view may be countermanded by livery in fact 2. If the Feoffee to whom livery is made within view before entry Covenants to stand seized to another use and after enters if the Covenant good that is if by his entry he by relation is in from the time of the Livery 3. If a covenants with B. to stand seised to the use of C. and C. enters and B. disagrees to the Covenant if the Land shall revert to A. 4. If a Bankrupt hath a Lease for years upon condition to have fee if the Commissioners may sell the Land with the possibility 5. A Bankrupt hath a Term and is a Recusant convict if the King or the Creditors shall have the Term 2. The King Lord Mesn and Tenant of Borough English Land the Tenant by License of the King to create Tenures devises the Land to A. in fee to hold of his Heirs by Knights service A. is attainted of Felony and devises the Land to his eldest Son a Merchant Bankrupt the Mesn enters the younger Son reverses the Attainder the eldest waives the Devise The Commissioners may sell all the Land Points 1. IF the King may grant to the Tenant of another to create new Tenures in prejudice of the Mesn as to Escheats 2. If Tenure in Borough English which is always Soccage may be altered into Tenure in Knights service 3. If it may be altered as to the Custom to descend to the youngest 4. If it may be altered as to the Tenure but not as to the Custom if the youngest Son shall be in Ward 5. Upon the Statute of Wills 32 H. 8. Lord and Tenant the Tenant is attainted and Devises his Land and dies the Heir reverses the Attainder before entry of the Lord if the Devise is good 6. One Devises Land to a Merchant and he becomes a Bankrupt and waives the Devise if the Commissioners may sell the Land 3. A Merchant makes a Lease for Life to an Infant the remainder to the King for Life of A. B. enters and dies seised the Deed is Inrolled A. dies the Infant enters the Lessor in consideration of marriage covenants to stand seised to the use of himself and his Wife and their Heirs the Infant at full age makes a Feoffment the Heir of the Disseisor enters the Lessor is a Bankrupt the Commissioners sell Lessor dies the Feme waives This is a good Sale of all the Land in Possession and Reversion Points 1. WHether the Inrollment doth not relate to avoid the descent 2. Whether the Entry of the Infant reduce the reversion 3. Whether the Sale not being good against the Wife is made good by her waiver Vide ante the Principal Case 5. One grants a Rent Charge to a Physician and his Heirs pro Consilio impenso impendendo the Physician is his own Apothecary and becomes non solvent for Drugs and Simples which he used in his Art a Commission is awarded the Physician keeps his House for fear of Arrests the Physician brings a Writ of Annuity and recovers by erroneous Judgement the Commissioners sell the Rent the Recoveree reverseth the Judgment the Physician dies This Sale of the Commissioners was good for this Rent but not to take effect during the Life of the Physician Points 1. IF an Annuity in Fee be granted pro Consilio may be sold 2. Whether he have any Election after he is Bankrupt 3. Whether the bringing of this Annuity which is reversed be an Election 6. One makes a Gift in Tail rendring Rent and dies the Rent is arrear a Disseisor enters and levies a Fine five years past the Heir of the Donor is a Bankrupt The Commissioners shall sell the Rent and the Arrearages Three Points upon the Statute 1. UPon the Statute of Fines the Second and Third upon the Statutes of Limitations and Bankrupts 1. Upon the Statute of Fines that is if Fines of the Land shall be a Bar for the Rent 2. And 3. Upon the Statute of Limitations If Commissioners may sell when the Party was concluded by the Statute of Limitations 6 Jacobi Banco Regis Executors notwithstanding no Seisin in their Testator by fifty years shall destrain by the the Statute of 32 H. 8. 7. A. and B. Tenants in Common of the Mannor of D. and Jointenants of the Mannor of S. They by Deed Poll bargain and sell Common of Pasture within the Mannors for a Cow to C. and his Wife and to the Heirs of their two bodies begotten C. the Husband grants the Common to E. in Fee the Wife dies without issue E. is a Bankrupt E. had Common for a Cow but it is neither Land Tenement nor Hereditament which may be sold by the Commissioners 8. The King grants to I. S. that he only for his life shall have the Importation of Steel he assigns his Patent to I. N. a Merchant I. N. becomes non solvent and after acknowledges himself to be a Villain regardent to the Honour of Hampton-Court a Commission is awarded I. N. Is a Bankrupt and the Commissioners may sell all his Lands and Goods but not the Monopoly 9. A. and B. Jointenants Covenant for natural affection to stand seised to the use of C. for life C. enters and B. dies C. dies the Heir of B. makes a Gift in Mortmain the Lord before entry bargains and sells the Seigniory to I. S. who enters and makes a Gift in Tail the remainder to I. N. a Merchant Tenant in Tail is