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surrey_n 23._o king_n edgar_n charter_n of_o donation_n of_o certain_a thaneland_n 19_o another_o charter_n grant_v by_o he_o to_o the_o monastery_n of_o hide_n near_o winchester_n 20._o by_o who_o advice_n his_o law_n be_v make_v 61._o king_n edward_n the_o elder_a how_o he_o propose_v his_o law_n 61._o the_o first_o that_o prohibit_v law_n business_n on_o festival_n 77._o king_n edward_n the_o confessor_n charter_n of_o donation_n to_o thola_n 20._o several_a privilege_n grant_v to_o the_o cinque-port_n 26._o his_o law_n by_o who_o collect_v 61._o his_o constitution_n touch_v festival_n 79._o edward_z earl_n of_o norfolk_z and_o marshal_z of_o england_n 168._o die_v in_o his_o minority_n ibid._n edwin_n son_n of_o othulf_n give_v certain_a land_n to_o archbishop_n odo_n 29._o elfere_fw-la a_o saxon_a bequeath_v snodland_n to_o the_o church_n of_o st._n andrews_n 128._o publish_a his_o will_n before_o odo_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n etc._n etc._n 130._o elfstane_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n 130._o elfsy_n priest_n of_o croyden_n 130._o ellingham_n 161._o elmham_n 150._o erpingham_n 151._o erpingham_n tho._n commissioner_n for_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o earl_n marshal_n of_o england_n 169._o escheat_n the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 37._o no_o feodal_a escheat_n among_o the_o saxon_n 37_o 38._o escuage_z what_o in_o the_o empire_n 36._o neither_o its_o name_n nor_o rule_n use_v by_o the_o saxon_n 37._o essoyn_v the_o manner_n of_o it_o not_o in_o use_n before_o the_o conquest_n 27._o king_n ethelbald_n charter_n to_o the_o monk_n of_o croyland_n 22._o ethelbert_n the_o first_o christian_a king_n of_o the_o saxon_n 8._o he_o cause_v his_o law_n to_o be_v put_v in_o writing_n ibid._n he_o take_v somewhat_o from_o the_o roman_a law_n 102_o etheldreda_n daughter_n of_o k._n alfred_n her_o dowry_n 8._o king_n etheldred_n ordain_v every_o eight_o hide_n of_o land_n to_o find_v a_o man_n for_o the_o naval_a expedition_n 17._o his_o charter_n of_o donation_n to_o aethelwold_n 19_o another_o charter_n grant_v by_o he_o to_o his_o thane_n sealwyne_n ibid._n king_n ethelstane_n who_o he_o consult_v in_o make_v his_o law_n 61._o king_n ethelwulf_v charter_n of_o privilege_n 23._o he_o divide_v his_o land_n by_o will_n among_o his_o three_o son_n 128._o euricus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o goth_n 102._o exauctoratio_fw-la militis_fw-la 185._o expeditio_fw-la what_o it_o signify_v in_o latin_n 17._o f_o fakenham_n 150._o fasti_fw-la or_o law_n day_n among_o the_o roman_n why_o so_o nam_fw-la d._n 72._o seldom_o two_o fasti_fw-la together_o 75._o fasti_fw-la proprie_fw-la ibid._n fasti_fw-la intercisi_fw-la ibid._n fasti_fw-la comitiales_n ibid._n all_o the_o fasti_fw-la not_o apply_v to_o judicature_n ibid._n fealty_n the_o definition_n of_o it_o 35._o no_o fealty_n but_o for_o a_o fee._n 36._o what_o manner_n of_o fealty_n among_o the_o saxon_n ibid._n felbrig_n 152._o felewell_n 161._o feodal_n word_n none_o among_o the_o saxon_n 7_o 8_o 9_o feorme_v what_o it_o signify_v in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n 15_o ferdwite_n 37._o festa_fw-la majora_fw-la vel_fw-la principalia_fw-la 91._o festival_n how_o exempt_v from_o law_n day_n 76._o the_o difference_n of_o they_o 91._o the_o festival_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o paul_n 92._o of_o st._n george_n 93._o of_o gunpowder_n treason_n ibid._n a_o feud_n what_o it_o be_v 1._o it_o be_v general_a and_o particular_a definition_n 2._o feud_n among_o the_o jew_n ibid._n among_o the_o gaul_n 3_o their_o original_n 4._o make_a perpetual_a and_o hereditary_a 5._o when_o and_o how_o they_o become_v so_o ibid._n especial_o in_o england_n ibid._n the_o difference_n between_o they_o and_o benefice_n 6_o 9_o the_o great_a growth_n of_o they_o ibid._n no_o proper_a feud_n before_o the_o conquest_n ibid._n feudal-law_n general_o receive_v in_o every_o kingdom_n 5._o it_o be_v youth_n infancy_n and_o full_a age_n 9_o where_o it_o have_v its_o original_n ibid._n feudatarii_fw-la 9_o feudum_fw-la militare_fw-la &_o nobile_fw-la 4._o rusticum_n &_o ignobile_fw-la ibid._n feuda_n majora_fw-la &_o regalia_z ibid._n the_o word_n feudum_n or_o feodum_fw-la not_o use_v in_o k._n beorredus_n day_n 9_o fideles_fw-la who_o 4._o fidelity_n what_o 59_o fine_n for_o licence_n of_o alienation_n 33._o the_o thaneland_n free_a from_o they_o ibid._n not_o in_o use_n among_o the_o saxon_n 34._o fitz-alan_n jo._n lord_n maltravers_n marshal_n of_o england_n 168._o fitz-osborn_n will._n lord_n marshal_n to_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n 165._o flegg_n 154._o flitcham_n 145._o flitchamburrough_n 52_o 145._o folcland_n what_o 12._o not_o alienate_v without_o licence_n 33_o 34._o free_a from_o homage_n 35._o ford-park_n 110._o forest_n belong_v to_o the_o king_n alone_o 118._o subject_n can_v have_v they_o only_o in_o custody_n ibid._n fouldage_n 162._o franc-almoin_a 2_o 7._o frank-tenement_n 12._o freeborgs_n or_o tithing_n 51._o frekenham_n 153._o g_o garbulsham_n 158._o gavelkind_n what_o and_o why_o so_o call_v 12._o observe_v throughout_o all_o kent_n 43._o at_o first_o the_o general_a law_n of_o all_o nation_n ibid._n german_n their_o custom_n and_o tenor_n carry_v into_o several_a country_n 5._o they_o receive_v the_o roman_a law_n 127._o gey-wood_n 143._o gilbert_n the_o three_o son_n of_o william_n the_o king_n marshal_n 166._o make_a marshal_n of_o england_n ibid._n kill_v in_o a_o tournament_n ibid._n gimmingham_n 152._o goth_n carry_v the_o german_a law_n into_o spain_n greece_n etc._n etc._n 5._o they_o be_v the_o first_o that_o put_v their_o law_n in_o writing_n 102._o trust_v priest_n with_o the_o pass_n of_o will_n 130_o government_n the_o ancient_a government_n of_o england_n 49._o etc._n etc._n 53._o grand-day_n in_o france_n and_o england_n 92._o grand_fw-fr serjeanty_n 2._o grantesmale_a hugh_n marshal_v under_o k._n william_n i._n 165._o greek_n from_o who_o they_o have_v much_o of_o their_o ancient_a rite_n 74_o 127._o gresham_n 152._o gressenhall_n 150._o grey_n rad._n de_o exauctoratur_fw-la 185._o guthrun_n the_o dane_n 61_o 77._o h_o hales_n 156._o harkela_n andr._n de_o exauctoratur_fw-la 185._o harleston_n ibid._n hartlebury-park_n 110._o hawkins_n pet_n keeper_n of_o bramsil-park_n wound_v by_o archbishop_n abbot_n 109_o etc._n etc._n hengham_n 157._o king_n henry_n i._o imprison_v the_o bishop_n of_o durham_n 62._o his_o constitution_n about_o festival_n and_o law-day_n 81._o king_n henry_n ii_o ratify_v the_o law_n of_o edw._n the_o confess_v and_o will._n the_o conqueror_n 81._o henry_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n convene_v k._n stephen_n to_o his_o synod_n 132._o heribannum_fw-la what_o 17._o heriot_n pay_v after_o the_o death_n of_o great_a men._n 31_o 32_o to_o who_o forgive_v 32._o the_o difference_n between_o they_o and_o relief_n 32_o 33._o by_o who_o and_o when_o first_o ordain_v 32._o what_o the_o word_n heriot_n signify_v ibid._n heriot_n and_o relief_n issue_v out_o of_o the_o same_o land_n 33._o no_o badge_n of_o land_n hold_v by_o knight-service_n ibid._n heydon_n 151._o high_a court_n see_v court_n of_o justice_n hikifricus_n pugil_n quidam_fw-la norfolciensis_fw-la 138._o hilary-term_n its_o ancient_a bound_n 82_o 83._o the_o end_n of_o it_o sometime_o hold_v in_o septuagesima_fw-la 95._o hockwold_n 161._o holkham_n 149._o holland_n tho_n marshal_v of_o england_n 168._o holland_n tho._n earl_n of_o kent_z duke_n of_o norfolk_n 169._o make_a earl_n marshal_n of_o england_n ibid._n holland_n tho._n farle_z marshal_z of_o england_n during_o the_o minority_n of_o john_n mowbray_n 165._o holme_n in_o norfolk_n 147_o 152_o homage_n by_o who_o first_o institute_v 5._o feodal_n homage_n 34._o of_o two_o sort_n ibid._n when_o begin_v in_o france_n and_o england_n ibid._n the_o reason_n of_o it_o 34_o 35._o who_o be_v to_o do_v it_o 35._o usual_a in_o soccage-tenure_n 35._o as_o well_o a_o personal_a as_o a_o praedial_a duty_n ibid._n homines_fw-la commendati_fw-la 35._o hominium_fw-la &_o homagium_fw-la what_o 34._o homagium_fw-la ligeum_fw-la ibid._n feodale_n aut_fw-la praediale_fw-la ibid._n hoveden_n roger_n when_o he_o write_v 31._o howard_n sir_n john_n kt._n create_a duke_n of_o norfolk_n and_o earl_n marshal_n of_o england_n 17â—_n slay_a in_o bosworth-field_n ibid._n howard_n tho._n the_o son_n of_o the_o former_a earl_n of_o surrey_n 170._o imprison_v in_o the_o tower_n ibid._n defeat_v the_o scotch_a under_o k._n henry_n vii_o ibid._n make_a lord_n treasurer_n of_o england_n and_o restore_v to_o his_o father_n dignity_n ibid._n kill_v james_n iu._n k._n of_o scotland_n in_o battle_n ib._n send_v ambassador_n into_o france_n ibid._n make_a viceroy_n of_o england_n ibid._n where_o he_o die_v ibid._n howard_n tho._n the_o four_o duke_n of_o norfolk_n of_o that_o name_n and_o earl_n marshal_z of_o england_n 1â—1_n howard_n tho._n the_o grandson_n of_o the_o former_a earl_n of_o arundel_n and_o surrey_n ibid._n the_o first_o earl_n of_o england_n ibid._n make_a earl_n marshal_n for_o life_n ibid._n hugh_n bishop_n of_o coventry_n exercise_v the_o sheriff_n place_n 116._o excommunicate_v ibid._n de_fw-fr humâ—z_fw-fr
earldom_n but_o say_v they_o tenue_n neant_fw-la moiens_fw-fr en_fw-fr fief_n a_fw-fr vie_fw-fr etc._n etc._n hold_v notwithstanding_o as_o a_o fief_n for_o life_n not_o hereditary_a nor_o patrimonial_a in_o the_o beginning_n as_o afterward_o they_o be_v this_o change_n they_o assign_v to_o have_v be_v begin_v about_o the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o line_n of_o their_o king_n who_o be_v at_o that_o time_n weak_a and_o simple_a man_n the_o duke_n and_o earl_n take_v opportunity_n to_o make_v their_o estate_n hereditary_a but_o it_o continue_v not_o long_o for_o the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o second_o line_n reduce_v they_o present_o to_o conformity_n yet_o some_o there_o be_v in_o the_o remote_a province_n that_o maintain_v themselves_o hereditary_a in_o despite_n of_o the_o king_n whereupon_o ensue_v many_o war_n thus_o far_o both_o these_o author_n do_v concur_v and_o then_o loyseau_n add_v further_a that_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o line_n hugh_n capet_n have_v make_v himself_o king_n of_o france_n permit_v all_o to_o hold_v their_o dukedom_n earldom_n and_o seigneury_n hereditary_o and_o take_v homage_n of_o they_o as_o of_o hereditary_a fief_n each_o party_n oblige_v themselves_o to_o support_v the_o other_o and_o their_o posterity_n in_o those_o dignity_n as_o hereditary_o this_o happen_v in_o france_n a_o little_a before_o the_o conquest_n of_o england_n and_o from_o this_o precedent_n of_o hugh_n capet_n do_v our_o william_n the_o conqueror_n make_v the_o earldom_n and_o feud_n in_o england_n first_o hereditary_a as_o we_o have_v already_o show_v in_o the_o second_o chapter_n so_o that_o i_o conclude_v as_o i_o assume_v in_o the_o beginning_n that_o the_o saxon_a earldom_n be_v not_o hereditary_a nor_o otherwise_o feodal_n if_o we_o shall_v so_o term_v they_o than_o for_o life_n whereon_o neither_o wardship_n nor_o marriage_n etc._n etc._n can_v depend_v yet_o i_o confess_v that_o the_o duke_n and_o earl_n of_o the_o saxon_a time_n both_o have_v and_o may_v have_v great_a possession_n in_o other_o land_n as_o patrimonial_a and_o hereditary_a namely_o their_o thaneland_n and_o in_o what_o condition_n they_o possess_v they_o it_o shall_v appear_v anon_o when_o we_o come_v to_o speak_v more_o at_o large_a of_o thanes_z and_o thaneland_n chap._n vii_o of_o ceorl_n and_o that_o they_o be_v ordinary_o but_o as_o tenant_n at_o will_n or_o have_v land_n hold_v not_o by_o knight-service_n ceorl_n the_o division_n before_o mention_v which_o the_o saxon_n make_v of_o their_o own_o degree_n lead_v i_o in_o this_o next_o place_n though_o not_o orderly_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o ceorle_fw-mi that_o be_v of_o the_o carl_n or_o churl_n and_o husbandman_n the_o ancient_n call_v he_o in_o latin_a villanus_fw-la not_o as_o we_o ordinary_o take_v it_o for_o a_o bondman_n but_o for_o he_o that_o dwell_n in_o a_o village_n or_o country_n town_n live_v by_o the_o country_n course_n of_o husbandry_n mr._n lambard_n therefore_o to_o decline_v the_o misconceive_a of_o the_o word_n villanus_fw-la do_v render_v it_o in_o the_o saxon_a law_n by_o paganus_fw-la which_o signify_v the_o same_o that_o villanus_fw-la do_v according_a to_o the_o french_a for_o a_o villager_n but_o not_o according_a to_o our_o english_a for_o a_o bondman_n our_o saxon_n otherwhile_o do_v term_v they_o like_o the_o dutchman_n boor_n that_o be_v such_o as_o live_v by_o tilth_n or_o graze_a and_o by_o work_n of_o husbandry_n such_o be_v the_o ceorl_n among_o the_o saxon_n but_o of_o two_o sort_n one_o that_o hire_v the_o lord_n outland_n or_o tenementary_a land_n call_v also_o the_o folcland_n like_o our_o farmer_n the_o other_o that_o till_v and_o manure_v his_o inland_n or_o demean_n yield_v operam_fw-la not_o censum_fw-la work_n and_o not_o rend_v and_o be_v thereupon_o call_v his_o socman_n or_o ploughman_n these_o no_o doubt_n be_v oftentimes_o his_o very_a bondman_n i_o therefore_o shall_v not_o meddle_v with_o they_o but_o will_v hold_v i_o to_o the_o first_o sort_n who_o have_v ordinary_o no_o land_n of_o their_o own_o live_v upon_o the_o outlands_n before_o mention_v of_o their_o lord_n the_o thane_n as_o custumary_a tenant_n at_o his_o will_n after_o the_o usual_a manner_n of_o that_o time_n render_v unto_o he_o a_o certain_a portion_n of_o victual_n and_o thing_n necessary_a for_o hospitality_n this_o rent_n or_o retribution_n they_o call_v feorme_v but_o the_o word_n in_o the_o saxon_a signify_v meat_n or_o victual_n and_o though_o we_o have_v ever_o since_o henry_n ii_n time_n change_v this_o reservation_n of_o victual_n into_o money_n yet_o in_o let_v our_o land_n we_o still_o retain_v the_o name_n of_o fearm_n and_o fearmer_n unto_o this_o day_n the_o quantity_n of_o the_o fearme_n or_o rent_n for_o every_o ploughland_n seem_v in_o those_o time_n to_o have_v be_v certain_a in_o every_o country_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o place_n king_n ina_n in_o his_o 70._o law_n do_v make_v it_o so_o through_o all_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n as_o you_o may_v see_v with_o much_o more_o touch_v this_o matter_n in_o my_o glossary_n verbo_fw-la firma_n ceorl_n but_o insomuch_o as_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o fruit_n and_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n thus_o manure_v by_o the_o ceorl_n or_o husbandman_n redound_v to_o the_o benefit_n of_o their_o lord_n and_o not_o of_o the_o ceorl_n themselves_o the_o roman_n count_v they_o to_o be_v as_o bondman_n and_o not_o freeman_n caesar_n therefore_o speak_v of_o they_o while_o they_o be_v yet_o in_o germany_n 116._o say_v plebs_fw-la pene_fw-la servorum_fw-la habebatur_fw-la loco_fw-la that_o their_o common_a people_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n bondman_n and_o tacitus_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 132._o caeteris_fw-la seruis_fw-la mean_v these_o ceorl_n or_o husbandman_n non_fw-la in_fw-la nostrum_fw-la morem_fw-la descriptis_fw-la per_fw-la familiam_fw-la ministeriis_fw-la utuntur_fw-la svam_fw-la cuique_fw-la sedem_fw-la suos_fw-la penates_fw-la regit_fw-la frumenti_fw-la modum_fw-la dominus_fw-la aut_fw-la pecoris_fw-la aut_fw-la vestis_fw-la ut_fw-la colono_fw-la injungit_fw-la et_fw-fr servus_n hactenus_fw-la paret_fw-la but_o this_o service_n be_v no_o bondage_n for_o the_o ceorl_n or_o husbandman_n may_v as_o well_o leave_v this_o land_n at_o his_o will_n as_o the_o lord_n may_v put_v he_o from_o it_o at_o his_o will_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v provide_v by_o the_o law_n of_o ina_n 65._o in_o what_o manner_n he_o shall_v leave_v the_o land_n when_o he_o depart_v from_o it_o to_o another_o place_n and_o the_o writ_n of_o waste_n in_o fitz-herbert_n c._n seem_v to_o show_v that_o they_o may_v depart_v if_o they_o be_v not_o then_o well_o use_v it_o be_v apparent_a also_o that_o the_o ceorl_n be_v of_o free_a condition_n for_o that_o his_o person_n be_v value_v as_o a_o member_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n in_o the_o law_n of_o aethelstan_n weregild_n and_o his_o least_o valuation_n be_v there_o reckon_v to_o be_v 200s._o whereas_o the_o bondman_n be_v not_o value_v at_o all_o for_o that_o he_o be_v not_o as_o i_o say_v any_o part_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n but_o of_o his_o master_n substance_n nor_o be_v he_o capable_a of_o any_o public_a office_n but_o the_o ceorl_n though_o he_o have_v no_o land_n may_v rise_v to_o be_v the_o leader_n of_o his_o countryman_n and_o to_o use_v the_o armour_n of_o a_o thane_n or_o knight_n ibid._n viz._n a_o helmet_n a_o habergeon_n and_o a_o gilt_n sword_n and_o if_o his_o wealth_n so_o increase_v as_o that_o he_o become_v owner_n of_o five_o hide_n of_o land_n the_o valuation_n of_o his_o person_n which_o they_o call_v his_o be_v or_o weregild_n be_v increase_v to_o two_o thousand_o thrimsa_n that_o be_v six_o thousand_o shilling_n and_o be_v then_o also_o adorn_v with_o other_o mark_n of_o dignity_n he_o be_v count_v for_o a_o thane_n as_o you_o shall_v see_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n knight's-fee_n but_o for_o all_o this_o a_o ceorl_n or_o husbandman_n though_o he_o be_v a_o freeman_n be_v not_o by_o the_o feodal_n law_n of_o that_o and_o late_a time_n capable_a of_o a_o knights-fee_n or_o land_n hold_v by_o military_a service_n and_o therefore_o what_o land_n soever_o he_o purchase_v be_v to_o be_v intend_v land_n of_o no_o such_o tenure_n and_o it_o appear_v further_a by_o the_o law_n of_o aethelstan_n that_o the_o five_o hide_n of_o land_n before_o mention_v purchase_v by_o the_o ceorl_n be_v descendable_a to_o his_o posterity_n which_o show_v also_o that_o they_o be_v not_o feodal_a land_n for_o that_o feud_n at_o that_o time_n be_v not_o here_o descendable_a as_o we_o have_v often_o declare_v so_o that_o i_o hope_v i_o may_v conclude_v that_o the_o ceorl_n or_o husbandman_n among_o the_o saxon_n hold_v no_o land_n by_o our_o tenure_n of_o knight-service_n chap._n viii_o of_o thanes_z and_o their_o several_a kind_n see_v then_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o question_n will_v rest_v whole_o upon_o the_o
that_o succeed_v and_o out_o of_o his_o purse_n the_o heriot_n whether_o the_o son_n or_o heir_n enjoy_v the_o land_n or_o not_o the_o relief_n by_o none_o but_o he_o only_o that_o obtain_v the_o land_n in_o succession_n the_o heriot_n whether_o the_o land_n be_v fall_v into_o the_o lord_n hand_n or_o not_o the_o relief_n in_o old_a time_n not_o unless_o it_o be_v fall_v and_o lie_v destitute_a of_o a_o tenant_n who_o take_v of_o it_o up_o out_o of_o the_o lord_n hand_n be_v in_o that_o sense_n call_v relevium_fw-la or_o relevatio_fw-la a_o take_v up_o of_o that_o be_v fall_v according_a to_o the_o french_a word_n relief_n 1._o bracton_n well_o observe_v the_o difference_n say_v fit_a quaedam_fw-la praestatio_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la dicitur_fw-la relevium_fw-la sed_fw-la quasi_fw-la sicut_fw-la heriotum_fw-la quasi_fw-la loco_fw-la relevii_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la dari_fw-la debet_fw-la aliquando_fw-la ante_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la aliquando_fw-la post_fw-la hotoman_n feudal_n say_v relevium_fw-la dicitur_fw-la honorarium_fw-la munus_fw-la quod_fw-la novus_fw-la vassallus_fw-la patrono_fw-la introitus_fw-la causa_fw-la largitur_fw-la quasi_fw-la morte_fw-la alterius_fw-la vassalli_n vel_fw-la alio_fw-la quo_fw-la casu_fw-la feudum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la quod_fw-la jam_fw-la à _fw-la novo_fw-la sublevetur_fw-la nou._n leo._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nominat_fw-la i_o stand_v the_o long_o herein_o for_o that_o not_o only_o the_o report_n but_o even_a doomsday_n itself_o and_o general_o all_o the_o ancient_a monkish_a writer_n have_v confound_v heriot_n and_o releif_n yet_o may_v i_o have_v save_v all_o this_o labour_n for_o nothing_o can_v make_v the_o difference_n more_o manifest_a than_o that_o we_o often_o see_v both_o of_o they_o be_v together_o issue_v out_o of_o the_o same_o land_n but_o when_o all_o be_v do_v neither_o be_v heriot_n nor_o releif_n any_o badge_n of_o land_n hold_v by_o knight's-service_n or_o in_o capite_fw-la for_o both_o of_o they_o be_v find_v in_o land_n of_o ordinary_a socage_n yet_o i_o confess_v that_o bracton_n say_v 8._o de_fw-fr soccagio_fw-it non_fw-it datur_fw-la relevium_fw-la and_o a_o little_a before_o de_fw-fr soccagio_fw-it non_fw-it competit_fw-la domino_fw-la capitali_fw-la custodia_fw-la nec_fw-la homagium_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la nulla_fw-la custodia_fw-la nullum_fw-la relevium_fw-la sed_fw-la è_fw-la contra_fw-la but_o this_o serve_v my_o turn_n very_o well_o for_o that_o they_o in_o the_o report_n have_v fail_v to_o prove_v that_o releif_n be_v in_o use_n in_o the_o saxon_n time_n whereof_o they_o affirm_v they_o have_v full_a testimony_n it_o now_o infer_v on_o my_o behalf_n that_o if_o releif_n and_o wardship_n be_v not_o in_o use_n among_o the_o saxon_n that_o then_o also_o tenure_n by_o knight-service_n be_v not_o with_o they_o beside_o all_o this_o the_o heriot_n be_v a_o certain_a duty_n and_o settle_v by_o law_n the_o relief_n so_o various_a and_o uncertain_a as_o the_o lord_n exact_v what_o they_o list_v for_o it_o when_o it_o fall_v into_o their_o hand_n constrain_a the_o heir_n of_o the_o tenant_n as_o it_o be_v to_o make_v a_o new_a purchase_n of_o their_o feud_n whereupon_o the_o feudist_n call_v this_o relief_n not_o only_a renovatio_n and_o restauratio_fw-la feudi_fw-la in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d turn_v or_o bring_v back_o of_o the_o feud_n to_o the_o former_a condition_n or_o proper_a nature_n of_o it_o but_o also_o redemptio_fw-la a_o ransome_v of_o it_o out_o of_o the_o lord_n hand_n that_o it_o thus_o stand_v with_o we_o in_o england_n by_o and_o by_o after_o the_o conquest_n appear_v by_o that_o we_o have_v show_v before_o out_o of_o the_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la of_o henry_n 1_n chap._n xix_o no_o fine_n for_o licence_n of_o alienation_n alienation_n touch_v fine_n for_o licence_n of_o alienation_n it_o be_v not_o say_v what_o kind_n of_o tenant_n among_o the_o saxon_n do_v pay_v they_o nor_o for_o what_o kind_n of_o 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