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upon_o the_o say_a brunskel_n ignorance_n in_o jumble_a action_n popular_a and_o information_n
salary_n and_o employment_n as_o to_o heriot_n and_o relief_n sir_n william_n jones_n sir_n robert_n sawyer_n and_o sir_n john_n sympson_n give_v their_o opinion_n that_o heriot_n and_o releife_n be_v full_o save_v in_o the_o crown_n by_o the_o statute_n 12_o car._n 2._o cap._n 24._o but_o now_o it_o be_v allege_v that_o tenor_n as_o part_n and_o parcel_n of_o manor_n pass_v by_o your_o majesty_n grant_v of_o a_o customary_a manor_n cum_fw-la pertinen_n '_o whereas_o heriot_n and_o releife_n be_v service_n incident_a to_o tenor_n and_o tenor_n in_o gross_a to_o the_o person_n and_o disappendant_a to_o land_n or_o manor_n can_v pass_v by_o grant_n of_o the_o manor_n or_o land_n cum_fw-la pertinen_n '_o as_o for_o instance_n there_o be_v no_o land_n in_o england_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o any_o subject_a but_o what_o be_v hold_v of_o some_o lord_n or_o other_o by_o some_o kind_n of_o service_n cook_n upon_o litleton_n fol._n 65._o a._n and_o the_o service_n make_v tenor_n fol._n 92._o b._n 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