Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	according_a	fee_n	knight_n	1,614	5	9.7365	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59100	Tracts written by John Selden of the Inner-Temple, Esquire ; the first entituled, Jani Anglorvm facies altera, rendred into English, with large notes thereupon, by Redman Westcot, Gent. ; the second, England's epinomis ; the third, Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdictions of testaments ; the fourth, Of the disposition or administration of intestates goods ; the three last never before extant.; Selections. 1683	Selden, John, 1584-1654.; Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.; White, Robert, 1645-1703.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. Jani Anglorum facies altera. English.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. England's epinomis.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdiction of testaments.	1683 (1683)	Wing S2441; ESTC R14343	196,477	246

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the_o sixteen_o yard-land_n which_o make_v up_o the_o fee_n at_o so_o much_o they_o make_v the_o sum_n of_o one_o hundred_o shilling_n or_o five_o pound_n which_o be_v the_o ancient_a relief_n of_o a_o knight_n fee._n but_o this_o be_v a_o mistake_n either_o of_o the_o author_n or_o the_o citation_n it_o be_v six_o shilling_n three_o penny_n which_o make_v that_o just_a sum_n from_o whence_o we_o learn_v also_o what_o proportion_n be_v observe_v by_o the_o lord_n in_o set_v and_o demand_v of_o the_o relief_n upon_o the_o next_o heir_n after_o his_o ancestor_n decease_n further_o in_o the_o king_n writ_n as_o glanvil_n cite_v it_o it_o be_v say_v that_o twelve_o plough-land_n make_v one_o knight_n fee_n which_o allow_v to_o a_o ploughland_n one_o hundred_o &_o twenty_o acre_n amount_n to_o one_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o forty_o acre_n in_o the_o main_a as_o to_o the_o value_n of_o a_o knight_n fee_n it_o be_v enough_o what_o cowell_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v so_o much_o inheritance_n as_o be_v sufficient_a yearly_a to_o maintain_v a_o knight_n wi●h_v convenient_a revenue_n which_o in_o henry_n the_o three_o day_n camden_n say_v be_v fifteen_o pound_n and_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n rate_v at_o forty_o but_o to_o confirm_v the_o account_n which_o our_o author_n here_o give_v we_o we_o find_v in_o the_o statute_n for_o knight_n in_o the_o first_o of_o edward_n the_o second_o that_o such_o as_o have_v twenty_o pound_n in_o fee_n or_o for_o term_n of_o life_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la may_v be_v compel_v to_o be_v knight_n and_o as_o to_o the_o various_a measure_n of_o land_n of_o which_o we_o have_v have_v a_o remarkable_a instance_n in_o this_o business_n before_o we_o spelman_n have_v give_v we_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o since_o where_o the_o land_n be_v good_a they_o may_v probable_o reckon_v the_o few_o acre_n to_o a_o yard-land_n a_o hide_n a_o knight_n fee_n etc._n etc._n and_o where_o it_o be_v barren_a they_o may_v allow_v the_o more_o beside_o that_o some_o lord_n who_o let_v these_o fee_n may_v be_v more_o bountiful_a and_o profuse_a other_o more_o parsimonious_a and_o severe_a to_o their_o dependent_n and_o that_o the_o service_n which_o be_v impose_v upon_o these_o fee_n may_v in_o some_o manor_n according_a to_o custom_n be_v light_a in_o other_o upon_o agreement_n and_o covenant_n more_o heavy_a all_o which_o may_v strange_o diversify_v the_o account_n as_o to_o the_o quantity_n or_o measure_n of_o those_o land_n which_o be_v to_o make_v up_o a_o knight_n fee._n chap._n xviii_o pag._n 91._o lin_v 4._o a_o little_a habergeon_n or_o coat_n of_o 〈◊〉_d in_o latin_n halbergellum_fw-la a_o diminutive_a from_o the_o saxon_a halsberg_n armour_n for_o the_o neck_n and_o breast_n it_o be_v write_v also_o haubergellum_fw-la and_o hambergellum_fw-la they_o mistake_v themselves_o who_o translate_v it_o a_o halberd_n in_o french_a halebarde_n anoffensive_a weapon_n for_o a_o coat_n of_o mail_n which_o be_v armour_n of_o defence_n in_o 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9_o as_o other_o upon_o some_o occasion_n do_v by_o single_a combat_n 83._o he_o ordain_v at_o woodstock_n we_o transcribe_v these_o word_n out_o of_o hoveden_n that_o whosoever_o shall_v make_v a_o forfeit_n to_o he_o concern_v his_o forest_n or_o his_o hunt_n once_o he_o shall_v be_v tie_v to_o find_v safe_a pledge_n or_o surety_n and_o if_o he_o shall_v make_v a_o second_o forfeit_v in_o like_a manner_n safe_a pledge_n shall_v be_v take_v of_o he_o but_o if_o the_o same_o person_n shall_v forfeit_v the_o three_o time_n then_o for_o his_o three_o forfeit_n no_o pledge_n shall_v be_v take_v but_o the_o proper_a body_n of_o he_o who_o make_v the_o forfeit_n moreover_o

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pasch._n &_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la infrà_fw-la claus._n pentecost_n ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la videlicet_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la militibus_fw-la &_o liberè_fw-la tenentibus_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la rusticis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la manere_fw-la voluerint_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la facere_fw-la ●oluerit_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la inimicus_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la capiatur_fw-la xxxiv_o habent_fw-la etiam_fw-la justitiae_fw-la praecipere_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la nondum_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la homagium_fw-la &_o ligeantiam_fw-la d._n regi_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la quem_fw-la eye_n nominabunt_fw-la veniant_fw-la &_o faciant_fw-la regi_fw-la homagium_fw-la &_o ligeantiam_fw-la sicut_fw-la ligeo_fw-la domino_fw-la xxxv_o justitiae_fw-la faciant_fw-la omnes_fw-la justitias_fw-la &_o rectitudines_fw-la spectantes_fw-la ad_fw-la d._n regem_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la svam_fw-la per_fw-la breve_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la illorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la ejus_fw-la erunt_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la dimi●û_fw-fr milit_fw-la refer_v &_o infrà_fw-la if_o the_o account_n of_o a_o knight_n fee_v be_v by_o the_o annual_a value_n then_o confident_o according_a to_o the_o quadruple_a proportion_n of_o the_o know_a relief_n you_o may_v affirm_v it_o by_o xx_o l._n land_n and_o so_o likewise_o by_o comparison_n with_o soccage_n payment_n upon_o the_o stat._n of_o west_n 1._o for_o aid_n a_o fair_a fitz_n chivalier_n or_o a_o file_n marryer_n but_o by_o a_o calculation_n prefix_v to_o the_o red_a book_n of_o the_o exchequer_n dclxxx_o acre_n make_v exact_o the_o sum_n nisi_fw-la tam_fw-la grandis_fw-la sit_fw-la querela_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la deduci_fw-la sine_fw-la d._n rege_fw-la vel_fw-la talis_fw-la quam_fw-la justitiae_fw-la ei_fw-la reponent_fw-la pro_fw-la dubitatione_n suâ_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la ejus_fw-la erunt_fw-la intendant_a tamen_fw-la pro_fw-la posse_fw-la svo_fw-la ad_fw-la commodum_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la faciendum_fw-la xxxvi_o faciant_fw-la assisam_fw-la de_fw-la latronibus_fw-la iniquis_fw-la &_o malefactoribus_fw-la terrae_fw-la quae_fw-la assisa_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la concilium_fw-la regis_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o hominum_fw-la suorum_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la ituri_fw-la sunt_fw-la comitatus_fw-la xxxvii_o justitiae_fw-la provideant_fw-la quod_fw-la castella_fw-la diruta_fw-la prorsus_fw-la diruantur_fw-la &_o diruenda_fw-la benè_fw-la prosternantur_fw-la et_fw-la nisi_fw-la hoc_fw-la fecerint_fw-la d._n rex_fw-la judicium_fw-la curiae_fw-la suae_fw-la de_fw-la eye_n habere_fw-la voluerit_fw-la sicut_fw-la de_fw-la contemptoribus_fw-la praecepti_fw-la svi_fw-la xxxviii_o justitiae_fw-la inquirant_fw-la de_fw-la escaetis_n de_fw-fr ecclesiis_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la de_fw-la foeminis_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la donatione_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la thirty-nine_o ballivi_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la respondeant_fw-la ad_fw-la scaccarium_n tam_fw-la de_fw-la assiso_fw-la redditu_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la perquisitionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la quas_fw-la faciunt_fw-la in_o balliviis_fw-la suis_fw-la exceptis_fw-la illis_fw-la quae_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la vicecomitatum_fw-la xl._o justitiae_fw-la inquirant_fw-la de_fw-la custodiis_fw-la castellorum_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la eas_fw-la debeant_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la mandent_fw-la d._n regi_fw-la xli_o latro_n ex_fw-la quo_fw-la capitur_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la tradatur_fw-la ad_fw-la custodiendum_fw-la &_o si_fw-mi vicecome_fw-la absens_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ducatur_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la castellanum_n &_o ipse_fw-la illum_fw-la custodiat_fw-la donec_fw-la illum_fw-la liberet_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la xlii_o justitiae_fw-la faciant_fw-la quaerere_fw-la per_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la terrae_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la à_fw-la regno_fw-la recesserunt_fw-la &_o nisi_fw-la redire_fw-la voluerint_fw-la infra_fw-la terminum_fw-la nominatum_fw-la &_o stare_v ad_fw-la rectum_fw-la in_o curiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la postea_fw-la ut_fw-la lagentur_fw-la &_o nomina_fw-la ut_fw-la lagorum_fw-la afferantur_fw-la ad_fw-la pascha_fw-la &_o add_v fest._n s._n mich._n ad_fw-la scaccarium_n &_o exinde_fw-la mittantur_fw-la d._n regi_fw-la while_o thus_o the_o king_n make_v provident_a order_n for_o lay-business_n hugo_n à_fw-fr petra_n leonis_fw-la the_o pope_n legate_n in_o england_n labour_v for_o dilatation_n of_o church_n to_o who_o be_v grant_v by_o the_o king_n xliii_o quod_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la clericus_fw-la matthew_n paris_n his_o report_n non_fw-la trahatur_fw-la ante_fw-la judicem_fw-la secularem_fw-la personaliter_fw-la 177._o pro_fw-la aliquo_fw-la crimine_fw-la vel_fw-la transgressione_n nisi_fw-la pro_fw-la forestâ_fw-la &_o laico_fw-la feudo_fw-la unde_fw-la regi_fw-la vel_fw-la alii_fw-la d._n seculari_fw-la laicum_fw-la debetur_fw-la servitium_fw-la xliv_o ut_fw-la archiepiscopatus_n episcopatus_fw-la vel_fw-la abbatiae_fw-la non_fw-la teneantur_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la regis_fw-la ultra_fw-la annum_fw-la nisi_fw-la pro_fw-la causâ_fw-la evidente_fw-la vel_fw-la necessitate_v urgente_fw-la xlv_o ut_fw-la interfectores_fw-la clericorum_fw-la convicti_fw-la vel_fw-la confessi_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciario_n regni_fw-la praesente_fw-la episcopo_fw-la puniantur_fw-la 446._o xlvi_o quod_fw-la clerici_fw-la duellum_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la cogantur_fw-la xlvii_o statuit_fw-la apud_fw-la woodstock_n quod_fw-la quicunque_fw-la forisfecerit_fw-la ei_fw-la de_fw-la forestâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la semel_fw-la de_fw-la venatione_fw-la suâ_fw-la de_fw-la ipso_fw-la salui_fw-la plegii_fw-la capiantur_fw-la &_o si_fw-la iterum_fw-la forisfecerit_fw-la similitèr_fw-la capiantur_fw-la de_fw-la ipso_fw-la salui_fw-la plegii_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la tertiò_fw-la idem_fw-la forisfecerit_fw-la nulli_fw-la plegii_fw-la capiantur_fw-la sed_fw-la proprium_fw-la corpus_fw-la forisfactoris_fw-la which_o conclude_v what_o of_o his_o law_n common_a history_n afford_v chap._n ix_o richard_n ceur_fw-fr de_fw-fr lion_n this_o henry_n successor_n be_v the_o stout_a richard_n ceur_fw-fr de_fw-fr lion_n himself_o in_o person_n attend_v the_o eastern_a war_n division_n by_o his_o commission_n be_v make_v for_o maintain_v the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o whole_a government_n betwixt_o hugh_n of_o pusar_n bishop_n of_o durham_n and_o william_n bishop_n of_o ely_n lord_n chancellor_z the_o stream_n of_o all_o howsoever_o there_o be_v a_o association_n of_o hugh_n bardulph_n and_o william_n briwere_n be_v carry_v as_o the_o prelate_n please_v until_o their_o ambitious_a insolency_n make_v a_o period_n to_o their_o too_o great_a authority_n after_o his_o return_n justice_n in_o eyre_n be_v send_v into_o every_o county_n &_o secundùm_fw-la subscriptorum_fw-la formam_fw-la capitulorum_fw-la say_v hoveden_n processerunt_fw-la in_fw-la justiciis_fw-la exequendis_fw-la 423._o forma_fw-la procedendi_fw-la in_o placitis_fw-la coronae_fw-la regis_fw-la i._o inprimis_fw-la eligendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la iu_o milites_fw-la de_fw-la toto_fw-la comitatu_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la suum_fw-la eligant_fw-la ii_o legales_fw-la milites_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la hundredo_fw-la vel_fw-la wapentacco_n et_fw-la illi_fw-la ii_o eligant_fw-la super_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la suum_fw-la x._o milites_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la hundredis_fw-la vel_fw-la wapentaccis●_n vel_fw-la si_fw-la milites_fw-la defuerint_fw-la legales_fw-la &_o liberos_fw-la homines_fw-la ità_fw-la quòd_fw-la illi_fw-la xii_o insimul_fw-la respondeant_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la capitulis_fw-la de_fw-la toto_fw-la hundredo_fw-la vel_fw-la wapentacco_n capitula_fw-la placitorum_fw-la coronae_fw-la regis_fw-la ii_o de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la coronae_fw-la novis_fw-la &_o veteribus_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la nondum_fw-la sin●_n finita_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la iii_o item_n de_fw-fr omnibus_fw-la recognitionibus_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la placitis_fw-la quae_fw-la summonita_fw-la sunt_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la per_fw-la breve_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la capitalis_fw-la justitiae_fw-la vel_fw-la à_fw-la capitali_fw-la curiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la coram_fw-la eye_n missa_fw-la iv._o item_n de_fw-fr escaëtis_n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la postquam_fw-la rex_fw-la arripuit_fw-la iter_fw-la versus_fw-la terram_fw-la jerusalem_n &_o quae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o sunt_fw-la modò_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la ejus_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la &_o de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la escaëtis_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la si_fw-la à_fw-la manu_fw-la sua_fw-la sint_fw-la remotae_fw-la quomodò_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quem_fw-la &_o in_o cujus_fw-la manus_fw-la devenerunt_fw-la &_o qualitèr_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la exitus_fw-la inde_fw-la habuerit_fw-la &_o quos_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la valuerint_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la modò_fw-la valeant_fw-la &_o si_fw-la aliqua_fw-la eschaëta_fw-la sit_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la d._n r._n pertineat_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la v._o item_n de_fw-fr ecclesiis_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la donatione_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la vi_o item_n de_fw-fr custodiis_fw-la puerorum_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la d._n regem_fw-la pertinent_a vii_o item_n de_fw-fr malefactoribus_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la receptoribus_fw