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servitio_fw-la militari_fw-la non_fw-la dicitur_fw-la per_fw-la liberum_fw-la servitium_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la quiaconstat_fw-la quod_fw-la feodum_fw-la tale_n liberum_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n sometime_o also_o by_o liberum_fw-la feodum_fw-la i_o understand_v what_o i_o conceive_v it_o do_v principal_o denote_v unto_o we_o frank_n fee_n that_o be_v by_o the_o feudist_n definition_n such_o prâ—_n quâ—_n nullum_fw-la omninâ—_n servitium_fw-la 353._o praestatur_fw-la and_o therefore_o be_v of_o they_o reckon_v inter_fw-la feudastra_fw-mi or_o feuda_fw-la impropria_fw-la and_o such_o as_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v mean_v by_o liberum_fw-la feâ—dum_fw-la in_o that_o inquisition_n because_o it_o be_v there_o in_o terminis_fw-la express_v to_o be_v hold_v just_a after_o the_o manner_n of_o frank_n fee_n by_o the_o precedent_a definition_n of_o it_o absque_fw-la aliquo_fw-la servitio_fw-la inde_fw-la faciendo_fw-la and_o if_o frank_n fee_n then_o in_o probability_n not_o socage_n for_o as_o 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this_o ward_v off_o by_o the_o patron_n of_o the_o present_a derivation_n with_o a_o distinction_n of_o a_o double_a kind_n of_o socage_n the_o one_o that_o so_o call_v à _fw-la causâ_fw-la the_o other_o 120._o ab_fw-la effectu_fw-la and_o to_o this_o latter_a sort_n socage_n in_o effect_n be_v these_o of_o they_o refer_v as_o one_o will_v say_v socage_n at_o large_a because_o partake_v of_o the_o like_a effect_n and_o incident_n with_o socage_n but_o this_o distinction_n carry_v with_o it_o no_o great_a antiquity_n be_v questionless_a seek_v out_o since_o bractons_n time_n as_o necessary_a to_o uphold_v that_o of_o he_o and_o his_o follower_n derivation_n of_o socage_n from_o the_o plough_n otherwise_o so_o inconsistent_a with_o these_o tenor_n not_o but_o that_o i_o hold_v they_o to_o be_v socage_n with_o the_o common_a opinion_n but_o from_o another_o cause_n as_o i_o conceive_v whereof_o anon_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o have_v a_o second_o exception_n against_o the_o 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to_o have_v it_o signify_v tillageservice_n charâ—â—_n be_v the_o usual_a word_n with_o they_o for_o a_o plough_n fetch_v it_o from_o carâ—â—â—_n whence_o their_o carucata_n terrae_fw-la for_o a_o plough_n land_n noâ—_n hear_v of_o here_o with_o we_o until_o their_o come_n hither_o more_o likely_a it_o have_v be_v call_v carucagium_fw-la carucage_n or_o the_o like_a as_o a_o certain_a tribute_n by_o our_o hen._n 3._o impose_v by_o the_o plough_n be_v therefore_o call_v caruage_n carucage_n and_o the_o like_a carucage_n my_o next_o and_o last_o exception_n be_v from_o fleta_n derivation_n of_o socmanni_n bracton_n where_o speak_v of_o the_o king_n manor_n he_o say_v in_o hujusmodi_fw-la verò_fw-la maneriis_fw-la erant_fw-la olim_fw-la liberi_fw-la homines_fw-la liberè_fw-la tenentes_fw-la quorum_fw-la quidam_fw-la cum_fw-la per_fw-la potentiores_fw-la è_fw-la tenementis_fw-la suis_fw-la ejecti_fw-la fuerant_fw-la eadem_fw-la postmodum_fw-la in_o villenagium_fw-la tenenda_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n protection_n to_o his_o man_n or_o tenant_n voce_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o a_o double_a sense_n signify_v both_o a_o privilege_n or_o protection_n against_o assault_n upon_o a_o man_n in_o his_o own_o house_n or_o under_o his_o own_o roof_n and_o a_o liberty_n or_o franchise_n to_o hold_v plea_n thereof_o with_o power_n of_o animadversion_n by_o mulct_n or_o fine_a voce_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d import_v a_o liberty_n or_o privilege_n of_o faldage_n debar_v and_o deny_v unto_o tenant_n in_o time_n past_a and_o by_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o enrich_n his_o own_o demesne_n land_n reserve_v to_o himself_o hence_o their_o word_n faldwrth_n for_o he_o that_o enjoy_v such_o a_o liberty_n shall_v i_o faldwrth_n now_o give_v you_o one_o example_n from_o the_o norman_n nullus_fw-la enim_fw-la socnam_fw-la habet_fw-la impunè_fw-la peccandi_fw-la say_v the_o law_n of_o hen._n 1._o cap._n 24._o speak_v of_o baron_n have_v soch_n and_o to_o enlarge_v yet_o a_o little_a further_o touch_v soc_n etc._n etc._n as_o it_o signify_v a_o liberty_n immunity_n franchise_n privilege_n jurisdiction_n etc._n etc._n so_o withal_o a_o territory_n
in_o the_o kentish_a custumal_a and_o because_o this_o of_o partition_n among_o the_o rest_n proper_o depend_v of_o custom_n as_o thwart_v the_o course_n of_o the_o common_a law_n in_o like_a case_n hence_o the_o quaere_fw-la grow_v at_o first_o whether_o gavelkynd_n be_v a_o custom_n or_o a_o tenure_n indeed_o a_o very_a improper_a and_o incongruous_a quaere_fw-la and_o occasion_v by_o the_o want_n of_o that_o distinction_n of_o the_o genus_fw-la from_o the_o species_n which_o through_o inadvertencie_n be_v here_o confound_v gavelkynd_n be_v the_o genus_fw-la &_o partition_n the_o species_n so_o that_o if_o we_o shall_v but_o reddere_fw-la singula_fw-la singulis_fw-la this_o doubt_n will_v quick_o have_v a_o end_n gavelkynd_n general_o speak_v of_o and_o in_o gross_a be_v the_o tenure_n particular_o and_o with_o reference_n to_o this_o partition_n it_o be_v a_o custom_n accompany_v the_o land_n of_o that_o tenure_n or_o if_o you_o rather_o will_v not_o gavelkynd_n be_v the_o tenure_n partition_n and_o the_o other_o property_n the_o nature_n which_o solution_n give_v occasion_n of_o another_o quaere_fw-la and_o that_o indeed_o a_o main_a one_o whether_o namely_o this_o custom_n of_o partition_n in_o gavelkynd-land_n be_v so_o inherent_a in_o the_o land_n and_o so_o inseparable_a from_o it_o that_o notwithstanding_o the_o tenure_n of_o the_o land_n be_v alter_v yet_o the_o land_n shall_v stâ—â—l_o retain_v this_o property_n no_o more_o i_o take_v it_o than_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o fellow-property_n as_o much_o depend_v upon_o custom_n as_o that_o and_o for_o which_o the_o land_n may_v deserve_v the_o name_n of_o gavelkynd_n as_o well_o as_o for_o that_o and_o therefore_o some_o perhaps_o will_v say_v it_o shall_v retain_v they_o all_o indifferent_o i_o shall_v not_o here_o engage_v as_o a_o opponent_n only_o invite_v by_o this_o fair_a occasion_n crave_v leave_n to_o propound_v academical_o what_o in_o like_a case_n i_o find_v deliver_v by_o other_o conduce_v in_o my_o judgement_n to_o facilitate_v the_o resolution_n leave_v it_o to_o such_o as_o have_v more_o will_n to_o debate_n and_o better_a skill_n to_o decide_v the_o question_n than_o myself_o to_o give_v a_o full_a and_o more_o peremptory_a resolution_n in_o the_o point_n i_o may_v i_o take_v it_o not_o improper_o state_n the_o question_n thus_o whether_o the_o person_n in_o this_o case_n shall_v follow_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o land_n or_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o land_n that_o of_o the_o person_n the_o former_a it_o seem_v take_v place_n in_o paris_n the_o french_a metropolis_n by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o place_n whence_o that_o of_o choppinus_n treat_v of_o those_o custom_n pag._n 316._o parisiensi_fw-la iâ—â—em_fw-la municâ—piâ—_fw-la say_v he_o quod_fw-la gentilitiâ_fw-la pariter_fw-la sulget_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la clarorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la usus_fw-la familiae_fw-la herciscundae_fw-la minus_fw-la est_fw-la obnoxius_fw-la invidiae_fw-la ubi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la non_fw-la persunarum_fw-la sed_fw-la fundorum_fw-la conditio_fw-la nobilis_fw-la plebeiave_v part_n assignat_fw-la to_o which_o he_o add_v a_o little_a after_o hâ—â—d_a ideâ—_n tamen_fw-la dividundarum_fw-la haereditatum_fw-la ratiâ—_n immutata_fw-la est_fw-la parisiis_fw-la cum_fw-la nobiles_fw-la fundos_fw-la plebeii_fw-la nobiliter_fw-la &_o ignobiles_fw-la aequojure_v generosi_fw-la invitem_fw-la partiantur_fw-la to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 57_o our_o author_n elsewhere_o â—els_v we_o that_o priseo_fw-la quodem_fw-la gâ—llici_n fori_fw-la usu_fw-la plebeius_fw-la fundus_fw-la haud_fw-la ideo_fw-la pristinam_fw-la exuebat_fw-la conditionem_fw-la quòd_fw-la à _fw-la recto_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domino_fw-la aere_fw-la comparatus_fw-la esset_fw-la ni_fw-fr ejus_fw-la nomine_fw-la comparator_n in_fw-la clientelam_fw-la se_fw-la unà _fw-la cum_fw-la superiore_fw-la fundo_fw-la svo_fw-la ad_fw-la patronum_fw-la contulisset_fw-la which_o his_o margin_n elsewhere_o 40._o record_v thus_o anciennement_fw-fr les_fw-fr roture_n aâ—quises_n par_fw-fr le_fw-fr scigneur_fw-fr direct_a se_fw-fr partageoient_fw-fr returierement_n si_fw-la non_fw-la que_fw-fr le_fw-fr dit_fw-fr acquereur_fw-fr les_fw-fr comprint_n en_fw-fr l'adveu_n de_fw-fr son_fw-fr fief_n le_fw-fr rendant_fw-fr au_fw-fr superieur_fw-fr thus_o go_v it_o seem_v the_o more_o ancient_a custom_n in_o those_o part_n but_o tempora_fw-la mutantur_fw-la the_o case_n of_o latter_a time_n be_v alter_v there_o as_o the_o same_o author_n give_v we_o to_o understand_v in_o both_o the_o last_o fore_n cite_v place_n at_o postâ—rioris_fw-la aevi_fw-la jurisprudentia_fw-la mutatis_fw-la calculis_fw-la novam_fw-la invexit_fw-la servientis_fw-la fundi_fw-la unionem_fw-la tacitam_fw-la &_o consolidationem_fw-la cum_fw-la altero_fw-la dominante_fw-la ac_fw-la parem_fw-la adeo_fw-la utriusque_fw-la qualitatem_fw-la praenobilem_fw-la ni_fw-fr si_fw-la illius_fw-la emptor_n subinde_fw-la contestationem_fw-la interposuisset_fw-la contrariae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la thus_o in_o the_o former_a place_n in_o the_o latter_a thus_o nostrae_fw-la tamen_fw-la aetatis_fw-la moribus_fw-la diversum_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la censuales_fw-la nempe_fw-la &_o obnoxios_fw-la agros_fw-la solâ_fw-la per_fw-la rectum_fw-la dominum_fw-la acquisitione_n prorsus_fw-la uniri_fw-la in_fw-la unúmque_fw-la redigi_fw-la cum_fw-la praedio_fw-la dominante_fw-la nisi_fw-la protinus_fw-la emptor_n contrariae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la testationem_fw-la interposuisset_fw-la the_o effect_n of_o both_o be_v this_o that_o censual_a land_n by_o purchase_n come_v unto_o the_o direct_a lord_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o fee_n or_o over_o lord_n aâ—e_v ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la feudal_n and_o shall_v according_o descend_v as_o thereby_o reunite_v to_o the_o fee_n unless_o the_o buyer_n at_o the_o time_n of_o purchase_n do_v protest_v to_o the_o contrary_n will_v you_o please_v to_o hear_v his_o reason_n unionis_fw-la nempe_fw-la vis_fw-la illa_fw-la eo_fw-la producitur_fw-la ut_fw-la ignobile_fw-la praedium_fw-la militari_fw-la junctum_fw-la nobilitetur_fw-la eque_fw-la plebeio_fw-la as_o soâ—â—_n vectigalibus_fw-la obnoxio_fw-la transeat_fw-la in_o feudâ—lis_fw-la clientelae_fw-la sortem_fw-la liberiorem_fw-la thus_o he_o de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la parisior_n pag._n 58._o much_o what_o one_o with_o that_o in_o the_o other_o place_n de_n domanio_fw-la francia_fw-la pag._n 41._o quoniam_fw-la tacita_fw-la praediorum_fw-la union_n confusa_fw-la erant_fw-la jura_fw-la servitutum_fw-la census_fw-la &_o solarii_fw-la vectigalis_fw-la cum_fw-la rei_fw-la propriae_fw-la nulla_fw-la superforet_fw-la servitus_fw-la exâ—ndéque_fw-la vectigalis_fw-la sundi_fw-la qualitas_fw-la esset_fw-la immutata_fw-la thus_o he_o who_o see_v also_o if_o you_o please_v de_fw-fr domanio_fw-la gallicâ—_n pag._n 168._o num_fw-la 2._o also_o pag._n 284._o num_fw-la 1._o to_o who_o add_v hotoman_a de_fw-fr feudis_fw-la lib_n 1._o do_fw-mi 5._o parag_n 2._o in_o fine_a you_o see_v by_o this_o how_o the_o present_a case_n stand_v in_o some_o part_n abroad_o here_o at_o home_n as_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o very_a custumal_a of_o kent_n in_o two_o several_a case_n therein_o specify_v the_o descent_n of_o gavelkynd-land_n be_v changeable_a and_o the_o land_n become_v unpartible_a first_o namely_o when_o by_o escheat_n happen_v either_o by_o death_n or_o cessavit_fw-la next_o when_o by_o the_o tenant_n voluntary_a surrender_n it_o come_v into_o his_o lord_n hand_n who_o hold_v by_o fee_n of_o haubert_n or_o by_o grand_a sergeanty_n both_o which_o 537._o mr._n lambard_n take_v to_o be_v knight-service_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v two_o other_o case_n which_o occur_v in_o a_o ancient_a kentish_a eire_n in_o the_o exchequer_n ann_n 29._o edw._n 1._o where_o enquiry_n be_v make_v and_o the_o question_n propound_v to_o the_o kentish_a man_n how_o many_o way_n gavelkynd-land_n may_v be_v alter_v and_o deliver_v from_o the_o ordinary_a and_o custumary_a descent_n answer_n be_v give_v by_o four_o instance_v in_o the_o two_o former_a and_o to_o they_o add_v those_o other_o two_o namely_o 1_o per_fw-la licentiam_fw-la regis_fw-la by_o the_o king_n licence_n and_o 2._o per_fw-la chartam_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la by_o the_o archbishop_n end_n charter_n against_o this_o and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n inter_fw-la alia_fw-la may_v be_v oppose_v what_o be_v plead_v in_o the_o fore-remembred_n controversy_n between_o burgade_n bend_n and_o the_o prior_n and_o covent_n of_o christchurch_n canterbury_n wherein_o the_o prior_n in_o bar_n of_o burga_n claim_n to_o the_o moiety_n of_o he_o and_o the_o monk_n manor_n in_o franc_n bank_n 5._o plead_v quod_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la qui_fw-la manerium_fw-la illud_fw-la deait_fw-fr praedecessoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la non_fw-la tenuit_fw-la illud_fw-la nomine_fw-la gavelkinde_n whence_o admit_v the_o plea_n for_o law_n natural_o seem_v to_o result_v this_o double_a consectary_n 1._o that_o the_o king_n may_v hold_v land_n in_o gavelkynd_n 2._o that_o the_o king_n hold_v land_n in_o gavelkynd_n in_o case_n he_o shall_v grant_v it_o away_o to_o any_o religious_a house_n in_o puram_fw-la &_o perpetuam_fw-la eleêmosynam_fw-la in_o frankalmoigne_n it_o remain_v notwithstanding_o partible_a as_o before_o it_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n in_o their_o hand_n at_o least_o who_o the_o religious_a man_n shall_v infeoff_v with_o it_o much_o more_o doubtless_o may_v be_v say_v in_o the_o point_n as_o well_o pro_fw-la as_o contra_fw-la but_o i_o shall_v leave_v it_o to_o be_v further_o argue_v by_o lawyer_n add_v only_o in_o a_o word_n what_o upon_o the_o whole_a
matter_n i_o conceive_v of_o the_o case_n i_o will_v ask_v then_o if_o our_o kentish_a gavelkynd-land_n be_v partible_fw-fr quatenus_fw-la gavelkynd_n i_o expect_v no_o other_o than_o a_o affirmative_a answer_n if_o so_o and_o admit_v withal_o that_o such_o property_n in_o gavelkynd-land_n owe_v itself_o to_o a_o custom_n accompany_v land_n of_o that_o nature_n yet_o i_o suppose_v it_o shall_v enjoy_v that_o property_n no_o long_o than_o the_o land_n itself_o continue_v to_o be_v gavelkynd_n which_o some_o hold_v it_o be_v not_o be_v once_o return_v and_o come_v back_o again_o into_o the_o lord_n hand_n the_o king_n especial_o be_v lord_n that_o grant_v it_o out_o in_o gavelkynd_n or_o of_o who_o it_o former_o hold_v in_o gavelkynd_n because_o then_o as_o tut_o cessante_fw-la causâ_fw-la sollitur_fw-la effectus_fw-la so_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o unity_n of_o possession_n the_o usu_n fructus_fw-la i_o can_v well_o english_a it_o be_v consolidate_v and_o make_v one_o with_o the_o property_n that_o property_n of_o be_v censual_a land_n which_o gavelkynd_n denote_v and_o which_o can_v be_v intend_v of_o any_o land_n hold_v in_o demesne_n and_o not_o in_o service_n cease_v and_o be_v quite_o extinguish_v there_o be_v require_v to_o make_v the_o land_n censual_a a_o censual_a tenant_n one_o that_o hold_v by_o censual_a service_n such_o as_o here_o be_v none_o especial_o in_o the_o king_n case_n when_o once_o the_o land_n be_v come_v home_o again_o reduce_v to_o its_o first_o principle_n and_o reunite_v to_o what_o like_o fief_n be_v oppose_v to_o service-land_n the_o lord_n inland_n or_o demesne-land_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o common_a lord_n or_o to_o the_o crown_n 11._o à _fw-la quo_fw-la omne_fw-la feudamoventur_fw-la &_o â—riuntur_fw-la the_o fountain_n whence_o all_o tenor_n be_v derive_v as_o in_o the_o king_n case_n from_o whence_o by_o the_o let_v it_o out_o in_o gavelkynd_n it_o be_v former_o sever_v to_o this_o purpose_n see_v petri_n gregorii_n tholosani_fw-la syntag._n jur._n univer_v lib._n 6._o cap._n 5._o num_fw-la 11._o but_o of_o this_o also_o hitherto_o for_o i_o hasten_v to_o a_o end_n proposition_n v._n whether_o before_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n 32._o and_o 34._o h._n 8._o gavelkynd-land_n in_o kent_n be_v deviseable_a or_o not_o in_o answer_v whereof_o hold_v with_o those_o which_o resolve_v it_o in_o the_o negative_a howbeit_o for_o my_o part_n not_o study_v partium_fw-la but_o veritatis_fw-la amore_fw-la i_o shall_v oppose_v to_o such_o as_o hold_v the_o contrary_a what_o argument_n be_v bring_v against_o they_o and_o their_o opinion_n in_o a_o case_n of_o mr._n hall_n of_o kent_n verbatim_o as_o i_o find_v they_o publish_v in_o print_n which_o here_o follow_v with_o their_o title_n reason_n and_o authority_n to_o prove_v that_o gavelkind-land_n in_o kent_n be_v not_o nor_o be_v ancient_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n first_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n in_o law_n that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n do_v not_o lie_v of_o land_n which_o be_v deviseable_a by_o testament_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o appear_v by_o divers_a book_n as_o namely_o 4._o edw._n 2._o mortdanc_fw-la 39_o 22._o assiz_n 78._o and_o fitz._n nat._n brevium_fw-la 196._o 1._o but_o it_o appear_v by_o bracton_n fol._n 276._o b._n that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n will_v lie_v of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n and_o so_o it_o appear_v by_o divers_a ancient_a record_n quod_fw-la vide_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr berewicke_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 21._o edw._n 1._o copia_fw-la fol._n 1_o 7_o 22_o 24._o &_o in_o itinere_fw-la h._n de_fw-fr stanton_n anno_fw-la 6._o edw._n 2._o copia_fw-la fol._n 1_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 13._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n lie_v of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n but_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n do_v not_o lie_v of_o land_n within_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n because_o land_n be_v there_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n as_o 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show_v that_o this_o writ_n have_v be_v use_v to_o be_v bring_v there_o where_o such_o a_o custom_n be_v allege_v to_o be_v 40._o assis_n pl._n 41._o and_o the_o opinion_n of_o knivet_n 39_o assis_n brooke_n devise_v 43._o in_o like_a manner_n as_o to_o prove_v a_o custom_n of_o intail_v copy-hold-land_n it_o must_v be_v show_v that_o plaint_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o formedon_n have_v use_v to_o be_v enter_v heydon_n case_n in_o the_o three_o report_n but_o they_o say_v that_o for_o proof_n of_o this_o custom_n in_o kent_n there_o be_v not_o only_o of_o 14._o in_o the_o register_n which_o all_o conclude_v secundùm_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la burgi_n or_o civitatis_fw-la not_o one_o precedent_a of_o any_o such_o writ_n for_o kent_n but_o that_o it_o can_v be_v show_v that_o ever_o any_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la be_v bring_v for_o any_o land_n in_o the_o county_n at_o large_a out_o of_o some_o city_n or_o town_n and_o it_o be_v a_o question_n to_o who_o such_o 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liberi_fw-la &_o nullum_fw-la testamentum_fw-la a_o passage_n or_o authority_n equal_o insist_v on_o by_o the_o feudist_n to_o warrant_v their_o abide_v nullâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la defuncti_fw-la in_o fendo_fw-la manente_fw-la vel_fw-la valente_fw-la prohibit_v the_o disposal_n of_o fee_n by_o will_n and_o of_o our_o municipal_a lawyer_n and_o other_o as_o for_o the_o like_a so_o withal_o to_o illustrate_v the_o original_n of_o our_o supra_fw-la gavelkind_n but_o that_o which_o in_o this_o case_n as_o to_o matter_n of_o fact_n very_o much_o if_o not_o most_o of_o all_o work_v with_o i_o what_o it_o may_v with_o other_o i_o know_v not_o and_o induce_v i_o to_o a_o utter_a disbelief_n and_o rejection_n of_o this_o custom_n be_v certain_a passage_n &_o clause_n in_o several_a will_n extant_a &_o to_o be_v find_v in_o our_o register_n at_o canterbury_n and_o
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gavel-timber_n gavel-corn_n
circumcisionis_fw-la domini_fw-la xx_o d._n but_o so_o call_v i_o trow_v when_o compound_v for_o in_o money_n otherwise_o upon_o the_o same_o ground_n malt-peny_n as_o the_o old_a customal_n of_o the_o malt-peny_n same_o manor_n frequent_o name_v it_o so_o call_v peradventure_o in_o relation_n to_o some_o great_a les-gavel_a rent_n or_o service_n arise_v and_o pay_v out_o of_o the_o same_o land_n that_o this_o at_o some_o other_o part_n or_o season_n of_o the_o year_n i_o guess_v hereat_o by_o a_o old_a cant._n customal_n of_o charing_n manor_n where_o indeed_o i_o find_v it_o so_o and_o so_o les-gavel_a quasi_fw-la lesle-rent_a or_o lesle-service_n i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v the_o same_o that_o in_o the_o customal_n and_o rental_n of_o some_o other_o manor_n i_o find_v write_v lesyeld_v and_o lesgeld_v unless_o leaf-gavel_a it_o be_v mistake_v for_o the_o next_o leaf-gavel_a thus_o occur_v in_o a_o old_a accompt-roll_n of_o the_o church_n of_o canterbury_n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr twelve_o l._n iij._o d._n ob_fw-la de_fw-fr annuo_fw-la redditu_fw-la assis_fw-la cum_fw-la leafgabulo_n ad_fw-la terminum_fw-la s._n martini_n which_o i_o conceive_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o what_o in_o a_o like_a record_n of_o hathewolden_a now_o halden_n manor_n in_o kent_n be_v call_v lef-silver_n les-sily_a et_fw-fr de_fw-fr xviij_o d._n the_o lef-silver_n in_o hathewoldum_n the_o old_a custumal_a of_o tenham_n manor_n in_o kent_n call_z it_o lyefyield_v lyef-yeild_a thus_o explain_v it_o tenentes_fw-la de_fw-fr waldis_n non_fw-la possunt_fw-la arare_fw-la terras_fw-la svas_fw-la ab_fw-la equinoctio_fw-la autumpnali_fw-la usque_fw-la festum_fw-la beati_fw-la martini_n sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la reddunt_fw-la annuatim_fw-la dimidiam_fw-la marcam_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la s._n martini_n sive_fw-la fuerit_fw-la pessona_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la et_fw-la voco_fw-la lyes-yeld_a whereby_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o tribute_n pay_v by_o certain_a wealdish_a tenant_n 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charta_fw-la forbid_v it_o in_o some_o river_n too_o whereof_o see_v further_o in_o sir_n hen._n spelman_n glossary_a verbo_fw-la kidellus_fw-la and_o in_o sir_n edw._n coke_n institutes_n part_v 2._o pag._n 38._o and_o elsewhere_o in_o a_o cant._n accompt-roll_n of_o the_o manor_n of_o reculver_n twyâ—gavel_n in_o kent_n anno_fw-la 16._o edw._n 3._o this_o service_n in_o the_o charge_n there_o thus_o occurr_n idem_fw-la respondet_fw-la de_fw-la 814_o &_o dimid_a bed_n clausur_fw-fr hayag_n fac_fw-la circa_fw-la manerium_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la unde_fw-la de_fw-fr twygavel_n 200._o i_o meet_v with_o it_o elsewhere_o also_o but_o with_o explanation_n no_o where_o take_v liberty_n of_o conjecture_n i_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v some_o double_a kind_n of_o service_n by_o the_o twy_n prepose_v as_o elsewhere_o twysket_n a_o twyâ—sket_n imposition_n upon_o the_o tenant_n of_o aldington_n manor_n by_o romney_n mersh_fw-mi for_o maintain_v the_o seacoast_n there_o and_o other_o 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archiepiscopi_fw-la super_fw-la praedictum_fw-la feodum_fw-la bracton_n say_v it_o be_v sometime_o call_v filctale_a sol_fw-la 117._o b._n which_o our_o learned_a fildale_n glossarist_n in_o voce_fw-mi correct_v read_v fildale_n and_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n follow_v by_o sir_n edw._n coke_n institut_n part_n 4._o pag._n 307._o with_o the_o varia_n lectio_fw-la before_o bracton_n i_o shall_v rather_o read_v it_o gildale_n and_o then_o indeed_o as_o it_o gild-ale_n come_v near_o the_o other_o scot-ale_n so_o with_o that_o better_a answer_n to_o our_o present_a bere-gafol_a gilled_a gafol_n and_o scot_n be_v as_o it_o be_v synonyma_fw-la and_o univocal_a observe_v to_o be_v always_o pay_v by_o the_o tenant_n per_fw-mi for-gavel_a avail_v to_o the_o mesne_fw-la lord_n not_o to_o the_o chief_a and_o thence_o call_v in_o some_o old_a record_n and_o deed_n foris-gabulum_a quasi_fw-la extra_fw-la vel_fw-la praeter_fw-la gabulum_fw-la quod_fw-la domino_fw-la capitali_fw-la debetur_fw-la just_o like_o the_o french_a man_n surcens_n will_v you_o have_v a_o example_n john_n then_o the_o son_n of_o richard_n at_o horsfald_n by_o his_o cant._n deed_n date_a anno_o 1242._o give_n to_o warin_n of_o stablegate_n a_o parcel_n of_o land_n to_o be_v hold_v to_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n or_o to_o whosoever_o he_o shall_v give_v sell_v or_o assign_v it_o a_o clause_n without_o which_o by_o the_o account_n of_o those_o elder_a time_n land_n be_v not_o alienate_v from_o the_o proper_a 16._o heir_n pay_v to_o the_o prior_n and_o covent_n of_o christchurch_n canterbury_n lord_n it_o seem_v of_o the_o fee_n certain_a annal_a rent_n and_o hen_n and_o to_o the_o feossor_n and_o his_o heir_n i_o d._n yearly_a de_fw-fr forgabulo_fw-la etc._n etc._n some_o other_o instance_n of_o this_o kind_n may_v be_v add_v but_o i_o must_v contract_v pass_v over_o metegavel_n whereof_o mention_n be_v gavel_n make_v in_o the_o old_a glossary_a at_o the_o end_n of_o hen._n 1._o law_n and_o there_o in_o latin_a 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also_o abroad_o because_o yield_v the_o lord_n no_o profit_n as_o be_v in_o a_o dead_a hand_n in_o knights-service_n in_o frank_n fee_n and_o the_o like_a so_o be_v there_o also_o such_o as_o that_o hold_v in_o socage_n or_o burgage_n tenor_n or_o the_o like_a though_o free_a which_o contrariwise_o be_v censual_a liable_a to_o rent_n in_o some_o one_o or_o more_o of_o the_o kind_n premise_v to_o distinguish_v therefore_o if_o not_o general_o what_o land_n be_v from_o what_o be_v not_o of_o gafol_n gild_a nature_n or_o of_o the_o kind_n to_o yield_v or_o pay_v cens_fw-la yet_o special_o to_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o what_o alone_o be_v proper_o and_o ancient_o call_v ignobile_fw-la fee_n knight-service_n land_n and_o it_o under_o which_o double_a head_n be_v comprise_v the_o generality_n of_o our_o whole_a country_n land_n answer_v as_o to_o that_o dichotomy_n of_o chivalry_n and_o socage_n tenor_n whereunto_o all_o the_o land_n in_o england_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o common_a person_n be_v chivalry_n refer_v so_o also_o to_o that_o know_a distinction_n of_o their_o land_n in_o normandy_n from_o whence_o as_o some_o 545._o surmise_n we_o receive_v our_o gavelkynd_n whereof_o more_o hereafter_o unto_o fief_n de_fw-fr haubert_n and_o fief_n de_fw-fr roturier_n that_o be_v the_o nobleman_n fee_n and_o the_o husbandman_n or_o ploughman_n fee_n for_o distinction_n sake_n i_o say_v of_o censual_a or_o rent_a land_n or_o rent-service_n land_n from_o what_o like_o fee_n proper_o so_o call_v be_v hold_v per_fw-la liberum_fw-la servitium_fw-la armorum_fw-la yield_v no_o cens_n rent_n or_o service_n whether_o in_o money_n provision_n or_o work_n the_o former_a of_o the_o twain_o be_v call_v gavelkynd_n that_o be_v as_o mr._n lambard_n right_o in_o the_o second_o of_o his_o forementioned_a conjecture_n of_o the_o kind_n or_o nature_n to_o pay_v or_o yield_v rend_v or_o land_n hold_v not_o proper_o in_o fee_n but_o as_o the_o feudist_n be_v wont_n in_o this_o case_n to_o distinguish_v contractu_fw-la censuali_fw-la as_o be_v let_v out_o with_o or_o under_o condition_n to_o pay_v cens_n or_o rent_n or_o with_o a_o reservation_n of_o cen_n or_o rent_n like_v unto_o those_o in_o the_o charter_n of_o the_o conqueror_n and_o his_o son_n hen._n 1._o the_o one_o to_o battle_n the_o other_o to_o read_v abbey_n express_o call_v terrae_fw-la censuales_fw-la and_o there_o oppose_v to_o fee_n censuales_fw-la witness_v this_o provision_n occur_v in_o each_o charter_n terras_fw-la censuales_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la feudum_fw-la donet_fw-la nec_fw-la milites_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o sacra_fw-la veste_fw-la christi_fw-la faciat_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la possessionibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quisquam_fw-la teneat_fw-la aliquid_fw-la feudaliter_fw-la absolutum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la censum_fw-la annuum_fw-la &_o servitium_fw-la abbati_n &_o monachis_fw-la debitum_fw-la see_v clement_n reyner_n apostolatus_fw-la benedictinor_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it tract_n 2._o pag._n 137_o &_o 154._o it_o be_v no_o simple_a word_n gavelkynd_n but_o a_o compound_n signify_v of_o gavel_n and_o kind_n the_o latter_a syllable_n whereof_o to_o proceed_v on_o to_o that_o come_v and_o be_v contract_v of_o the_o saxon_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n frequent_o occur_v in_o the_o saxon_a sermon_n set_v forth_o and_o publish_v by_o mr._n fox_n in_o his_o act_n and_o monument_n and_o again_o of_o late_a by_o mr._n lisle_n as_o a_o appendix_n to_o another_o saxon_a piece_n a_o treatise_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n in_o the_o version_n or_o translation_n of_o the_o word_n they_o both_o concur_v render_v it_o in_o our_o modern_a english_a 471._o nature_n to_o give_v a_o instance_n or_o two_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n after_o true_a nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n it_o be_v natural_o and_o the_o like_a iâ—_n will_v peradventure_o be_v object_v that_o mr._n lambard_n in_o his_o perambulation_n pag._n 495._o meeting_n with_o the_o 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lambard_n have_v it_o the_o custom_n of_o gavelkynd_n be_v general_a spread_v itself_o throughcut_a the_o whole_a shire_n into_o all_o land_n subject_a by_o ancient_a tenure_n unto_o the_o same_o such_o place_n only_o except_v where_o it_o be_v alter_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o therefore_o 5._o edw._n 4._o 8._o and_o 14._o hen._n 4._o 8._o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o custom_n of_o gavelkynd_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o common_a law_n in_o kent_n have_v thus_o premise_v i_o shall_v now_o make_v it_o my_o endeavour_n to_o shape_v such_o a_o resolution_n or_o answer_n to_o the_o propound_v quaere_fw-la as_o may_v consist_v with_o these_o principle_n and_o brief_o my_o answer_n here_o be_v negative_a viz._n that_o partition_n do_v not_o owe_v itself_o bare_o to_o gavelkynd_n either_o ex_fw-la vi_fw-la termini_fw-la by_o reason_n or_o force_v of_o that_o denomination_n or_o ratione_fw-la rei_fw-la from_o the_o nature_n or_o condition_n of_o the_o land_n that_o property_n alone_o of_o 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example_n to_o be_v present_v in_o the_o appendix_n scripture_n 11_o and_o 12._o in_o the_o mean_a time_n have_v here_o a_o instance_n or_o two_o take_v from_o some_o old_a accompt-roll_n of_o the_o archbishop_n manor_n of_o this_o and_o that_o sum_n pay_v &_o receive_v for_o enfranchise_v the_o land_n from_o custom_n and_o service_n and_o change_v it_o into_o knights-fee_n whereof_o in_o the_o last-remembred_n accompt-roll_n and_o in_o the_o receipt_n of_o ceâ—ring_v now_o call_v charing_n manor_n there_o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr ij_o s._n ix_o d._n ob_fw-la de_fw-fr incremento_fw-la redditus_fw-la thomae_fw-la de_fw-la bernfeuld_fw-mi de_fw-fr termino_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_n ut_fw-la terra_fw-la sua_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la sit_fw-la libera_fw-la de_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la per_fw-la feodum_fw-la militis_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr fourteen_o d._n quad_a de_fw-fr incremento_fw-la redditus_fw-la thomae_fw-la de_fw-la bend_v ut_fw-la terra_fw-la sua_fw-la sit_fw-la libera_fw-la per_fw-la feodum_fw-la militis_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la s._n johannis_n and_o so_o some_o other_o there_o as_o also_o in_o maidstone_n and_o other_o archiepiscopal_a manor_n and_o such_o may_v well_o be_v reckon_v among_o land_n of_o that_o sort_n which_o in_o a_o copy_n of_o the_o book_n of_o aid_n cite_v by_o 533._o mr_n lambard_n be_v note_v to_o be_v hold_v in_o knights-service_n per_fw-la novam_fw-la licentiam_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la but_o to_o return_v to_o our_o gavelkynd_n which_o if_o not_o extensive_a to_o free_a socage_n they_o may_v seem_v to_o stand_v in_o need_n at_o this_o day_n of_o some_o other_o character_n to_o keep_v they_o unconfound_v than_o bracton_n in_o the_o definition_n and_o description_n of_o the_o latter_a do_v propose_v in_o regard_n the_o service_n of_o both_o equal_o consist_v in_o money_n to_o recapitulate_v now_o what_o have_v be_v deliver_v concern_v partition_n in_o kentish_a gavelkynd-land_n it_o be_v as_o have_v be_v show_v neither_o from_o the_o name_n nor_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o land_n alone_o nor_o from_o prescription_n nor_o yet_o from_o any_o particular_a custom_n that_o this_o property_n there_o proceed_v but_o partly_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o land_n and_o partly_o from_o custom_n not_o i_o say_v a_o particular_a one_o but_o a_o general_a custom_n extend_v throughout_o the_o whole_a county_n in_o censual_a land_n or_o land_n let_v for_o cens_n or_o what_o be_v all_o one_o with_o it_o gavel_n or_o gafol_n to_o say_v hold_v in_o fief_n or_o inheritance_n roturier_n as_o call_v in_o normandy_n and_o other_o part_n of_o france_n the_o antiquity_n whereof_o and_o how_o beginning_n in_o kent_n and_o why_o more_o general_a there_o than_o elsewhere_o shall_v be_v the_o argument_n of_o our_o next_o discourse_n proposition_n iii_o the_o antiquity_n of_o gavelkynd-custome_n in_o point_n especial_o of_o partition_n and_o why_o more_o general_a in_o kent_n than_o elsewhere_o master_n lambard_n 545._o incline_v in_o his_o opinion_n to_o conceive_v this_o custom_n bring_v hither_o out_o of_o normandy_n by_o odo_n earl_n of_o kent_n and_o bastard_n brother_n to_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o that_o we_o
the_o saxon_a tongue_n and_o character_n which_o i_o dare_v not_o undertake_v to_o rectify_v thus_o for_o practice_n as_o for_o law_n beside_o that_o power_n in_o all_o man_n in_o those_o time_n to_o devise_v land_n in_o general_n by_o their_o will_n without_o any_o violence_n deduce_v and_o conclude_v from_o that_o 68_o of_o canutus_n law_n provide_v how_o a_o man_n whole_a estate_n the_o lord_n heriot_n only_o except_v shall_v be_v dispose_v of_o in_o case_n he_o die_v intestate_a we_o have_v a_o more_o express_a law_n for_o it_o afterward_o the_o 76th_o i_o mean_v for_o such_o land_n at_o least_o as_o be_v there_o term_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n as_o mr._n lambard_n construe_v it_o terraomni_fw-la light_fw-la soluta_fw-la or_o as_o it_o be_v turn_v in_o jornalensis_n and_o the_o 35th_o of_o the_o confessor_n law_n de_fw-la heretochiis_fw-la in_o mr._n lambard_n fol._n 136._o a._n terra_fw-la acquietata_fw-la comitatus_fw-la testimonâ—o_fw-la let_v i_o illustrate_v it_o by_o a_o passage_n in_o a_o charter_n cant._n of_o king_n edmund_n to_o aelâ—here_o his_o thane_n in_o the_o year_n 941._o of_o certain_a land_n and_o possession_n there_o call_v mulanton_n run_v thus_o prout_n pater_fw-la ipsius_fw-la aelsheri_fw-la priorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la sub_fw-la contestamine_n totius_fw-la popularis_fw-la senatus_n sua_fw-la pecunia_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la alio_fw-la prout_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la mos_fw-la erat_fw-la adquâ—sivit_fw-la in_o effect_v it_o be_v as_o i_o conceive_v if_o not_o the_o same_o with_o bocland_n call_v terratestamentalis_fw-la not_o only_o because_o deviseable_a but_o also_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o public_a testimony_n of_o the_o shire_n require_v and_o use_v in_o the_o pass_n of_o it_o otherwise_o than_o by_o will_n such_o land_n like_o that_o mention_v of_o mr_n selden_n tit._n of_o hon._n par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 5._o pag._n 631_o and_o there_o say_v to_o be_v hold_v quâ—etè_fw-la &_o absque_fw-la omni_fw-la câ—lumnia_fw-la or_o like_o that_o pass_v or_o convey_v as_o in_o sir_n henry_n spelmans_fw-mi council_n pag._n 319._o and_o 333._o as_o be_v unquestionable_o a_o man_n own_o as_o upon_o the_o purchase_n or_o grant_v of_o it_o confirm_v and_o assure_v to_o he_o in_o the_o legal_a way_n of_o those_o time_n such_o haply_o like_o those_o of_o latter_a time_n pass_v by_o fine_a the_o conveyance_n whereof_o be_v record_v and_o enrol_v or_o enter_v in_o the_o shiâ—e-book_n in_o public_a shire_n moâ—e_n after_o proclamation_n there_o make_v for_o any_o to_o come_v in_o that_o can_v lay_v challenge_n or_o pretend_v right_a unâ—o_o it_o whence_o not_o improbable_o our_o manner_n of_o record_v conveyance_n sometime_o as_o in_o canterbury_n â—_o in_o the_o hundred_o sometime_o in_o the_o burgemoâ—e_n otherwhile_o in_o both_o whereof_o i_o be_o not_o unfurnished_v of_o instance_n thus_o for_o that_o kind_n of_o land_n now_o for_o bocland_n and_o how_o the_o law_n stand_v there_o bocland_n sir_n henry_n spelman_n i_o confess_v be_v clear_a of_o opinion_n against_o all_o power_n of_o alienation_n in_o the_o owner_n and_o that_o of_o necessity_n it_o must_v â—e_v leave_v to_o descend_v to_o the_o heir_n and_o thence_o be_v call_v terra_fw-la â—aereditaria_fw-la ground_v upon_o that_o 37th_o of_o king_n alureds_n law_n which_o he_o there_o recite_v under_o favour_n that_o law_n clear_o make_v for_o the_o contrary_a allow_v unto_o the_o possessor_n a_o power_n of_o alienation_n save_v where_o his_o hand_n be_v tie_v from_o it_o by_o a_o express_a provision_n and_o prohibition_n to_o the_o contrary_a from_o those_o the_o ancestor_n or_o who_o else_o it_o come_v unto_o he_o from_o a_o caution_n in_o my_o apprehension_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o a_o exception_n which_o as_o alien_n civilian_n use_v to_o say_v firmat_n regulam_fw-la in_o non_fw-la exceptis_fw-la and_o as_o for_o its_o name_n of_o terra_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la and_o the_o argument_n 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property_n appropriate_v to_o bocland_n thence_o otherwise_o call_v especial_o abroad_o allodium_fw-la whereof_o more_o hereafter_o but_o further_o to_o clear_v the_o point_n of_o boclands_n be_v alienable_a and_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o owner_n to_o dispose_v of_o at_o pleasure_n have_v here_o a_o pregnant_a passage_n for_o our_o present_a purpose_n borrow_v from_o a_o charter_n cant._n of_o archbishop_n wâ—fred_n who_o die_v about_o the_o year_n 830._o of_o the_o gift_n of_o certain_a house_n to_o his_o successor_n in_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n thus_o speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clear_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v in_o our_o modern_a english_a if_o any_o man_n shall_v say_v that_o this_o mansion_n be_v not_o more_o in_o my_o power_n or_o the_o power_n of_o my_o heir_n to_o use_v than_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o society_n or_o covent_n then_o let_v he_o know_v that_o it_o never_o be_v christchurch_n land_n nor_o any_o man_n bocland_n before_o it_o be_v i_o and_o then_o let_v he_o further_o think_v and_o consider_v by_o other_o man_n bocland_n as_o well_o in_o privilege_a place_n as_o without_z whether_o they_o may_v grant_v away_o their_o own_o land_n or_o possession_n or_o give_v it_o for_o or_o in_o their_o life_n time_n as_o please_v they_o or_o wherefore_o i_o shall_v be_v of_o different_a kind_n to_o those_o of_o other_o man_n thus_o the_o charter_n as_o i_o understand_v it_o bocland_n then_o i_o conceive_v we_o may_v conclude_v alienable_a by_o the_o owner_n of_o it_o both_o by_o act_n or_o grant_v in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o at_o his_o death_n by_o will_n in_o the_o time_n i_o mean_v before_o the_o conquest_n but_o afterward_o that_o custom_n of_o devise_v it_o by_o will_n cease_v as_o do_v withal_o the_o descent_n of_o land_n general_o by_o equal_a division_n among_o all_o the_o son_n for_o as_o the_o english_a law_n and_o custom_n in_o general_a from_o that_o time_n suffer_v a_o daily_a eclipse_n and_o declination_n by_o degree_n so_o this_o in_o particular_a save_v where_o they_o be_v more_o tenacious_a of_o it_o than_o elsewhere_o and_o in_o such_o place_n whereof_o 535._o london_n seem_v to_o be_v one_o as_o by_o special_a privilege_n be_v suffer_v to_o keep_v it_o up_o languish_v and_o be_v at_o length_n supplant_v by_o that_o other_o kind_n of_o descent_n which_o now_o regular_o take_v place_n throughout_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n insomuch_o as_o where_o this_o partible_a descent_n can_v to_o uphold_v itself_o just_o plead_v antiquity_n and_o ancient_a custom_n it_o quite_o fail_v and_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o to_o this_o pass_n i_o take_v it_o be_v it_o come_v in_o glanvill_n and_o bractons_n day_n who_o therefore_o harmonious_o deliver_v this_o as_o a_o requisite_a and_o essential_a property_n in_o land_n of_o such_o descent_n that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o by_o nature_n partible_a as_o it_o be_v by_o be_v socage_n if_o we_o may_v interpret_v bracton_n si_fw-la 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in_o wales_n
but_o because_o it_o be_v land_n which_o by_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o appertein_v not_o to_o the_o gentry_n but_o to_o the_o yeomanry_n who_o name_n or_o house_n they_o care_v not_o so_o much_o to_o uphold_v by_o keep_v the_o inheritance_n to_o the_o elder_a brother_n and_o thus_o at_o length_n though_o it_o be_v like_a enough_o from_o small_a beginning_n as_o many_o time_n great_a stream_n have_v but_o narrow_a fountain_n it_o become_v so_o spread_v and_o diffuse_v over_o all_o the_o county_n that_o what_o be_v not_o knight-service_n but_o socage-land_n or_o of_o socage_n tenure_n be_v in_o time_n in_o mr._n lambards_n phrase_n apparel_v with_o the_o name_n and_o as_o may_v be_v add_v qualify_v with_o the_o property_n of_o gavelkynd_n and_o hence_o also_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v both_o that_o we_o very_o rare_o or_o never_o meet_v with_o any_o land_n there_o at_o this_o day_n other_o than_o knight-service_n land_n that_o be_v not_o of_o gavelkynd_n nature_n and_o of_o a_o partible_a 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say_v to_o belong_v to_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n plain_o insinuate_v that_o the_o other_o two_o as_o right_o appertein_v to_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n each_o of_o they_o a_o three_o but_o withal_o observe_v that_o this_o be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o housekeeper_n in_o the_o province_n or_o region_n as_o there_o call_v of_o northumberland_n paterfamilias_fw-la in_o region_fw-la northanâ—ymbrorum_n etc._n etc._n so_o be_v he_o describe_v and_o such_o a_o testimony_n indeed_o it_o be_v as_o make_v much_o i_o confess_v for_o the_o antiquity_n of_o that_o custom_n of_o a_o tripartite_a division_n yet_o survive_v and_o currant_n in_o those_o northern_a quarter_n of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o whither_o in_o right_a construction_n extensive_a any_o further_o or_o conclude_v for_o a_o national_a custom_n in_o that_o particular_a especial_o since_o traceable_a in_o few_o other_o part_n or_o county_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o any_o late_a or_o elder_a footstep_n i_o think_v may_v well_o be_v doubt_v to_o proceed_v then_o for_o i_o intend_v to_o state_n and_o handle_v the_o point_n rather_o as_o a_o historian_n relate_v the_o matter_n of_o fact_n than_o as_o a_o disputant_n argue_v the_o case_n as_o for_o that_o law_n or_o constitution_n of_o 425._o king_n edmund_n which_o some_o insist_v upon_o for_o the_o widow_n right_a to_o a_o moiety_n of_o the_o estate_n if_o she_o have_v no_o issue_n otherwise_o in_o case_n of_o issue_n and_o remain_v sole_a to_o the_o whole_a that_o clear_o take_v place_n only_a vigore_fw-la contractus_fw-la or_o by_o force_n of_o a_o precedent_a contract_n the_o law_n in_o that_o particular_a be_v usher_v in_o with_o this_o ground_n or_o supposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i._n e._n if_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o mutual_o agree_v or_o covenant_v before_o or_o upon_o the_o marriage_n nor_o do_v that_o law_n of_o king_n canutus_n par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 68_o conclude_v for_o more_o than_o this_o namely_o a_o partition_n of_o the_o estate_n among_o the_o wife_n child_n and_o nigh_a kindred_n to_o be_v make_v judicio_fw-la domini_fw-la by_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o soil_n discretion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n right_o or_o according_a to_o right_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n after_o the_o measure_n raâ—e_v or_o proportion_n that_o to_o they_o belong_v not_o determine_v or_o make_v any_o mention_n what_o that_o right_a that_o measure_n or_o proportion_n be_v in_o certain_a not_o the_o widow_n and_o child_n each_o of_o they_o a_o three_o for_o then_o where_o be_v the_o kinsfolk_n share_v but_o leave_v it_o indâ—â—â—niâ—o_v and_o undetermined_a as_o what_o haply_o be_v order_v by_o the_o lord_n discretion_n and_o that_o sway_v and_o regulate_v by_o that_o optima_fw-la legum_fw-la interpret_v custom_n may_v vary_v with_o the_o place_n nor_o be_v any_o such_o partition_n currant_n here_o in_o case_n there_o be_v a_o will_n for_o what_o say_v the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i._n e._n if_o any_o one_o depart_v this_o life_n intestate_a etc._n etc._n imply_v liberam_fw-la testandi_fw-la facultatem_fw-la a_o free_a liberty_n to_o dispose_v otherwise_o by_o will_n as_o do_v also_o that_o law_n of_o his_o successor_n the_o 36._o confessor_n ratify_v and_o reinforce_v by_o his_o successor_n the_o conqueror_n provide_v that_o the_o child_n of_o person_n intestate_a shall_v equal_o divide_v the_o heritage_n in_o which_o respect_n and_o because_o by_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o the_o widow_n as_o neither_o do_v that_o other_o law_n of_o canutus_n par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 75._o it_o tacit_o seem_v to_o exclude_v she_o i_o know_v not_o well_o what_o much_o pertinent_a to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n can_v be_v conclude_v from_o that_o law_n and_o as_o not_o from_o this_o so_o neither_o i_o conceive_v from_o that_o law_n of_o king_n hen._n 1._o cap._n 1._o because_o it_o concern_v
be_v turn_v haereditas_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la tainus_n in_fw-la haereditate_fw-la sua_fw-la terram_fw-la it_o shall_v be_v ecclesiam_fw-la habeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o another_o like_o old_a version_n in_o the_o book_n of_o rochester_n call_v textus_fw-la roffensis_fw-la be_v render_v allodium_fw-la si_fw-la liberalis_fw-la homo_fw-la quem_fw-la angli_fw-la thegen_n vocant_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o alodio_n svo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o allodium_fw-la also_o be_v turn_v in_o the_o same_o record_n textus_fw-la roffensis_fw-la what_o occurr_n in_o the_o saxon_a fragment_n exhibit_v by_o mr._n lambard_n perambulat_fw-la in_o mepham_n pag._n 500_o under_o the_o term_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la si_fw-la villanus_fw-la ita_fw-la crevisset_fw-la sua_fw-la probitate_fw-la quod_fw-la pleniter_fw-la haberet_fw-la quinque_fw-la hidas_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la alodio_n etc._n etc._n allodium_fw-la it_o seem_v thence_o be_v proper_o such_o land_n 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a_o freehold_n and_o by_o charter_n hereditary_a with_o all_o immunity_n and_o for_o the_o free_a and_o noble_a sort_n that_o without_o writing_n be_v to_o hold_v at_o the_o will_n of_o the_o lord_n bind_v to_o rent_n and_o service_n and_o be_v for_o the_o rural_a people_n it_o may_v be_v add_v that_o the_o former_a take_v name_n from_o the_o land_n book_v or_o enter_v with_o the_o limit_n of_o it_o in_o a_o codicil_n as_o then_o call_v a_o little_a book_n or_o as_o we_o since_o call_v it_o a_o charter_n which_o if_o the_o land_n be_v give_v to_o a_o layman_n be_v in_o way_n of_o seize_v deliver_v to_o the_o party_n that_o be_v to_o have_v the_o land_n hence_o haply_o that_o ceremony_n we_o retain_v of_o deliver_v a_o conveyance_n as_o the_o party_n act_n and_o deed_n or_o if_o to_o a_o monastery_n lay_v and_o leave_v most_o common_o upon_o the_o altar_n ego_fw-la autem_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la &_o consensu_fw-la illius_fw-la testimonioque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o optimatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la omnes_fw-la terras_fw-la meas_fw-la &_o libros_fw-la terrarum_fw-la propria_fw-la manu_fw-la mea_fw-la posui_fw-la super_fw-la altar_n christi_fw-la in_o dorobernia_n etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o close_a of_o a_o ecclesiae_fw-la memorial_n of_o the_o gift_n of_o monkton_n and_o other_o manor_n to_o the_o church_n of_o canterbury_n in_o the_o year_n 961_o by_o queen_n edive_n or_o edith_n who_o picture_n in_o thankful_a remembrance_n be_v until_o of_o late_o reserve_v in_o that_o church_n treasury_n hence_o be_v such_o a_o charter_n vulgar_o know_v in_o those_o time_n by_o the_o name_n of_o glossary_a a_o landboc_n in_o the_o latin_a of_o the_o time_n telligraphum_fw-la sometime_o codicillus_fw-la and_o the_o like_a observe_v yet_o further_o terram_fw-la haereditario_fw-la jure_fw-la conscribere_fw-la &_o liberam_fw-la proclamare_fw-la the_o latin_a phrase_n for_o create_v bocland_n be_v a_o prerogative_n royal_a or_o a_o royalty_n and_o out_o of_o the_o power_n of_o any_o subject_a whence_o that_o passage_n often_o occur_v in_o subject_n grant_v of_o land_n in_o perpetuity_n to_o the_o forename_a cathedral_n and_o other_o place_n viz._n and_o such_o a_o one_o king_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n haereditario_fw-la jure_fw-la conscripsit_fw-la 854._o as_o also_o that_o liberam_fw-la omninò_fw-la proclamavit_fw-la and_o such_o like_a king_n ethelreds_n privilege_n as_o call_v confirm_v to_o that_o cathedral_n among_o other_o thing_n their_o whole_a possession_n be_v hence_o by_o 507._o one_o of_o the_o subscribent_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o notwithstanding_o this_o enfranchisement_n the_o land_n be_v very_o seldom_o alienate_v by_o the_o possessor_n in_o frankalmoigne_n without_o what_o the_o law_n of_o 32._o mortmain_n afterward_o require_v a_o concurrent_a or_o at_o least_o a_o subsequent_a confirmation_n from_o the_o king_n whereof_o example_n be_v obvious_a in_o the_o list_n of_o that_o church_n land_n and_o benefactor_n publish_v in_o the_o antiquity_n of_o canterbury_n pag._n 210._o as_o also_o of_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o magnate_v or_o noble_n in_o such_o bocland-grants_a principal_o in_o that_o of_o malling_n you_o shall_v have_v the_o very_a word_n because_o remarkable_a anno_fw-la domini_fw-la dcccxxxviij_o ecgbertus_fw-la &_o athelwlfus_fw-la rex_fw-la filius_fw-la ejus_fw-la dederunt_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o dorobernia_n malling_n in_o suthsexan_n quod_fw-la viz._n manerium_fw-la prius_fw-la eidem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dedit_fw-la baldredus_fw-la rex_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la mark_v this_o non_fw-la fuit_fw-la de_fw-fr consensu_fw-la magnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la donum_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la valere_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la etc._n etc._n bocland_n thus_o flow_v original_o from_o the_o crown_n upon_o all_o forfeicture_n and_o particular_o that_o of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o possessor_n for_o desert_v the_o war_n as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o mean_a between_o the_o king_n and_o he_o the_o king_n alone_o be_v to_o take_v the_o 75._o forfeict_n but_o of_o bocland_n more_o anon_o some_o other_o kind_n of_o land_n it_o be_v true_a there_o be_v in_o those_o day_n but_o all_o i_o take_v it_o reducible_a to_o the_o precedent_a diehotomy_n such_o as_o 1_o gafolland_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gafolland_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o truce_n or_o agreement_n between_o alfred_n and_o guthrun_n kk_n in_o the_o archaion_n inland_a cap._n 2._o 2_o neatland_n 3_o inland_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o run_v the_o first_o chapter_n of_o king_n edgar_n law_n there_o 4_o utland_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d utland_n as_o we_o have_v it_o in_o the_o will_n of_o byrhtric_n in_o our_o kentish_a perambulation_n pag._n 495._o of_o which_o four_o the_o two_o former_a i_o conceive_v be_v but_o the_o same_o with_o folcland_n both_o one_o and_o tother_o import_v land_n let_v or_o demise_v as_o folâ—land_n be_v to_o rural_a people_n more_o emphitâ—utico_n for_o profit_n the_o one_o from_o gable_n or_o gafol_n i._o â—_o cen_n or_o rent_n be_v term_v gafolland_n the_o other_o call_v neatland_n either_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o improve_v fructify_v whence_o 〈◊〉_d
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brev._n 198._o l._n that_o all_o gavelkind_a land_n be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n may_v as_o well_o conclude_v that_o all_o land_n in_o every_o city_n and_o burrow_n in_o england_n be_v deviseable_a which_o be_v not_o so_o as_o appear_z by_o mr._n littleton_n who_o say_v that_o in_o some_o burrough_n by_o custom_n a_o man_n may_v devise_v his_o land_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o gavelkind_a land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n etc._n etc._n then_o a_o man_n may_v devise_v they_o by_o word_n without_o writing_n as_o it_o be_v agree_v in_o 34._o h._n 8._o dyer_n 53._o for_o a_o man_n may_v devise_v his_o good_n and_o chattel_n by_o a_o will_v nuncupative_a so_o may_v he_o likewise_o devise_v his_o land_n deviseable_a by_o custom_n because_o they_o be_v esteem_v but_o tanquam_fw-la catalla_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o mischievous_a thing_n if_o all_o the_o gavelkind_n in_o kent_n shall_v be_v deviseable_a by_o word_n only_o to_o these_o argument_n and_o objection_n 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assisa_n say_v he_o propter_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la loci_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o civitatibus_fw-la burgis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o 22._o assis_n pl._n 78._o where_o upon_o the_o like_a plea_n the_o writ_n be_v abate_v and_o fitzherb_n nat._n brev._n fol._n 196._o i._o who_o authority_n they_o think_v strange_a to_o be_v deny_v in_o a_o matter_n of_o law_n wherein_o he_o be_v a_o judge_n and_o yet_o so_o strong_o rell_v on_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o custom_n in_o a_o place_n whereto_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n and_o so_o be_v it_o practise_v and_o allow_v in_o itin._n johan_n de_fw-fr stanton_n 6._o edw._n 2._o and_o the_o reason_n give_v by_o the_o book_n why_o such_o a_o custom_n be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n to_o this_o writ_n be_v because_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o writ_n may_v be_v true_a that_o the_o ancestor_n die_v seize_v etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o the_o heir_n have_v no_o title_n where_o the_o land_n be_v deviseable_a and_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o this_o writ_n that_o the_o die_v seize_v must_v be_v traverse_v and_o though_o the_o tenant_n plead_v the_o feoffment_n of_o the_o ancestor_n or_o other_o matter_n in_o bar_n that_o be_v not_o matter_n of_o estoppell_n to_o the_o heir_n as_o a_o fine_a recovery_n &c_n &c_n yet_o must_v he_o traverse_v the_o die_v seize_v and_o the_o jury_n shall_v be_v summon_v and_o charge_v to_o inquire_v if_o the_o ancestor_n thy_fw-mi quo_fw-la obiit_fw-la seisitus_fw-la fuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o so_o be_v the_o book_n of_o 9_o assis_n pl._n 22._o 27._o hen._n 8._o 12._o brooke_n mortdancestor_n 1._o old_a nat._n brev._n fol._n 117._o and_o diverse_a other_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o opinion_n to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o book_n of_o law_n against_o that_o book_n of_o fitzherb_n mortdancestor_n 39_o until_o the_o 15_o of_o king_n charles_n launder_v and_o brook_n case_n crook_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 405._o obiter_fw-la upon_o the_o trial_n of_o this_o custom_n 2._o admit_v that_o at_o this_o day_n the_o law_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v otherwise_o yet_o it_o appear_v by_o all_o the_o authority_n aforesaid_a that_o in_o those_o time_n the_o law_n be_v take_v to_o be_v that_o the_o mortdancestor_n do_v not_o lie_v where_o there_o be_v such_o a_o custom_n but_o it_o be_v a_o good_a plea_n in_o abatement_n of_o the_o writ_n and_o yet_o assize_n of_o mortdancestor_n be_v then_o frequent_o bring_v and_o maintain_v of_o land_n in_o kent_n as_o appear_v by_o bracton_n and_o the_o book_n abovesaid_a 3._o whether_o the_o custom_n alone_o be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n or_o the_o custom_n with_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v to_o be_v plead_v in_o bar_n they_o say_v it_o can_v be_v show_v if_o it_o can_v they_o challenge_v they_o to_o do_v it_o who_o will_v maintain_v the_o custom_n that_o it_o be_v ever_o plead_v one_o way_n or_o other_o either_o in_o abatement_n or_o in_o bar_n to_o any_o one_o of_o all_o that_o multitude_n of_o assize_n of_o mortdancestor_n bring_v at_o large_a in_o that_o 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1647._o ja._n armachanus_fw-la a_o table_n or_o index_n of_o the_o principal_a content_n a._n aehte_v what_o p._n 84_o agium_fw-la in_o the_o termination_n of_o word_n what_o signify_v p._n 137_o akerland_n what_o p._n 117_o allodiarii_n p._n 123_o allodium_fw-la the_o same_o with_o bocland_n p._n 88_o 110._o the_o word_n derive_v p._n 105._o more_o proper_o in_o england_n since_o the_o conquest_n p._n 126._o proper_a only_a to_o the_o king_n to_o grant_v p._n 126_o almesland_n what_o p._n 119_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n where_o it_o lie_v p._n 152_o 157_o averbred_n what_o p._n 25_o aver-land_n what_o p._n 116_o avermannus_n p._n 116_o b._n bedrip_a what_o p._n 17_o benebred_n what_o p._n 17_o beneficium_fw-la of_o same_o signification_n ancient_o that_o feudum_n of_o latter_a time_n p._n 10â—_o benerth_n what_o p._n 18_o benrip_a what_o p._n 17_o bere-gafol_a what_o p._n 29_o ber-land_n what_o p._n 118_o bermannus_n what_o p._n 118_o bians_n what_o p._n 18_o black-maile_n what_o p._n 34_o black-rent_n what_o p._n 34_o blank-ferme_a what_o p._n 34_o bocland_n what_o p._n 84._o whence_o so_o call_v p._n 112._o how_o various_o denominate_v p._n 121_o whether_o ancient_o deviseable_a p._n 89._o whether_o otherwise_o alienable_a p._n 87_o 88_o the_o same_o with_o allodium_fw-la p._n 8_o 110._o retain_v after_o the_o conquest_n p._n 120_o bordarii_n p._n 118_o bord-land_n what_o p._n 114_o 118_o bordmanni_n p._n 118_o burghyard_n what_o p._n 22_o 189_o bydel_n what_o and_o whence_o derive_v p._n 20_o c._n mr._n cambdens_n derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n p._n 3_o carropera_fw-la p._n 24_o carucae_fw-la procariae_fw-la what_o p._n 18_o rogaâ—ae_fw-la p._n 19_o carucage_n what_o p._n 133_o charter_n diverse_a of_o those_o in_o ingulphus_n question_v and_o how_o far_o and_o why_o p._n 101_o chivalry_n and_o socage_n two_o tenor_n comprehend_v all_o the_o land_n in_o kent_n and_o elsewhere_o in_o england_n p._n 129_o cniht_n in_o the_o saxon_a language_n what_o p._n 7_o coke_n sir_n edward_n his_o derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n p._n 3_o the_o conqueror_n progress_n &_o proceed_n after_o his_o victory_n near_o hastings_n p._n 69._o his_o charter_n of_o restitution_n of_o church-land_n p._n 68_o conquest_n the_o time_n about_o it_o very_o rapacious_a p_o 67_o contract_n of_o marriage_n a_o saxon_a form_n or_o model_n of_o it_o p._n 75_o 76_o coredy_a what_o p_o 19_o 20_o corne-gavel_a what_o p._n 16_o corporation_n ancient_o enfeoff_v with_o land_n in_o gavelkind_n p._n 8_o cotarii_fw-la what_o p._n 116._o their_o tenement_n change_v into_o gavelkind_n p._n 59_o cotland_n what_o p._n 116_o cotmani_n what_o ibid._n custom_n hardly_o leave_v p._n 5._o beginning_n within_o memory_n no_o custom_n ibid._n of_o gavelkynd_n a_o common_a law_n in_o kent_n p._n 44_o its_o essential_a property_n p._n 49._o how_o different_a from_o tenure_n p._n 144_o cyricena-socne_a what_o p._n 133_o d._n de_fw-fr rationabili_fw-la parte_fw-la bonorum_fw-la the_o writ_n so_o call_v whether_o lie_v at_o the_o common_a law_n or_o by_o custom_n p._n 78_o 91_o dome_n in_o the_o termination_n of_o word_n what_o signify_v 106_o dover_n castle_n the_o lock_n and_o key_n of_o all_o england_n p._n 70_o drench_n what_o p._n 124_o drincelean_n what_o p._n 29_o drofden_n what_o p._n 117_o drof-land_n what_o p._n 116_o drof-mannus_a what_o ibid._n dunland_n what_o p._n 117_o e._n error_n if_o settle_v difficult_a to_o remove_v p._n 62._o often_o cause_v for_o want_n of_o altercation_n ibid._n estate_n in_o england_n universal_o partible_a before_o the_o conquest_n and_o how_o p._n 77_o 78_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la the_o writ_n so_o call_v where_o it_o lie_v 153_o 159_o f._n fald-socne_a what_o p._n 134_o fald-worth_n what_o ibid._n fee_fw-mi not_o alienable_a without_o the_o lord_n consent_n p._n 8._o whether_o ancient_o deviseable_a p._n 84_o natural_o not_o deviseable_a and_o why_o p._n 162_o fee_n whether_o any_o in_o england_n before_o the_o conquest_n p._n 103_o 111._o become_v patrimonial_a in_o many_o place_n p._n 162._o what_o in_o their_o original_n p._n 108._o how_o change_v afterward_o ibid._n female_n capable_a of_o succession_n in_o gavelkynd_n land_n p._n 7._o exclude_v from_o succession_n with_o male_n p._n 8_o feudastra_n what_o p._n 57_o feuduto_n novum_fw-la &_o antiquum_fw-la p._n 40_o feudum_n the_o word_n how_o ancient_a p._n 101_o 102._o derive_v p._n 104_o feud_n in_o deadly_a feud_n whence_o derive_v p._n 107_o fief_n de_fw-fr haubert_n and_o de_fw-fr roturier_n p._n 36_o filctale_a what_o p._n 30_o fildale_n what_o ibid._n fine_n for_o the_o enfranchise_n of_o land_n p._n 59_o fird-socne_a what_o p._n 174_o fodrum_n what_o p._n 25_o folcland_n the_o nature_n of_o it_o p._n 78_o see_v also_o p._n 114_o 126._o folgarii_n what_o p._n 115_o foot-average_a what_o 116_o forgable_a what_o 30_o forland_n what_o 118_o forsohoke_v 31_o fosterland_n what_o 119_o francus_n bancus_fw-la 51_o 178_o frankalmoigne_n p_o 40_o 142_o frankfee_n 56_o freehold_n whether_o ancient_o deviseable_a 84_o frithsocne_a what_o 133_o g._n gabella_n what_o p._n 13_o gablum_fw-la what_o p._n 13._o terram_fw-la ponâ—â—e_fw-la gablum_fw-la what_o 14_o gabulum_fw-la denariorum_fw-la 26_o gafel_n gafol_n gafnl_o gavel_n what_o signify_v 10_o gafolgylda_n 33_o gafol-hwitel_a â—6_n gaigneurs_n what_o 25_o gavel_n absurd_o render_v gifeeal_n in_o many_o compound_n 10_o gavelate_n what_o 31_o gavelbred_n what_o 25_o gavel-bord_n what_o 22_o gavel-corne_n what_o 16_o gaveldung_n what_o 21_o gavel-erth_a what_o 17_o gavelet_n what_o 31_o gavelfother_n what_o 25_o gavelikendey_n 33_o gavelkynd_n the_o word_n vulgar_a derivation_n propose_v pag._n 2._o scan_v p._n 6._o reject_v ibid._n a_o new_a etymon_n propose_v and_o assert_v p._n 10._o the_o custom_n so_o call_v a_o common_a law_n in_o kent_n p._n 44._o not_o causal_a of_o partition_n in_o land_n so_o call_v p._n 44._o what_o it_o comprehend_v p._n 48._o the_o tenure_n so_o call_v almost_o universal_a in_o kent_n p._n 44._o whether_o eo_fw-la nomine_fw-la obtain_v in_o wales_n p._n 53._o whether_o a_o tenure_n or_o a_o custom_n p._n 100_o prescription_n in_o it_o not_o good_a and_o why_o p._n 44_o whether_o socage_n and_o it_o synonimy_n p._n 55._o grant_n of_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n p._n 38._o when_o cease_v p._n 51._o see_v more_o in_o partition_n villain_n gavelkynd_n land_n female_n capable_a of_o it_o p._n 7._o the_o nature_n of_o it_o in_o point_n of_o partition_n scan_v p._n 42._o no_o prescription_n good_a there_o and_o why_o p._n 46._o liable_a to_o work_n p._n 57_o whether_o deviseable_a in_o kent_n before_o the_o stat._n of_o will_n p._n 151._o descendible_a to_o collateral_a kindred_n p._n 7._o ancient_o convey_v to_o gild_v and_o corporation_n pag._n 8._o alienable_a from_o the_o proper_a heir_n p._n 9_o all_o partible_a land_n not_o call_v gavelkynd_n p._n 10._o gavelman_fw-mi p._n 33_o gavelmed_n what_o 20_o gavel-nohâ—_a what_o 25_o gavel-ote_a what_o 21_o gavel-reft_a what_o 22_o gavel-rip_a what_o 19_o gavelrod_n what_o 22_o gavels_a what_o 23_o gavelswine_n what_o 23_o gavel-timber_n what_o 22_o gavelwerk_a what_o 24_o gavelwood_n what_o 23_o ge_n how_o use_v with_o the_o saâ—ons_n p._n 38_o gecind_n misconstrued_n by_o mr._n lambard_n 37_o geneat_a what_o 14_o gersuma_n what_o 59_o grant_n of_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n when_o cease_v 51_o h._n hade_n head_n hod_z hood_z etc._n etc._n in_o the_o termination_n of_o word_n what_o signify_v 106_o haereditament_n what_o 83_o hamsoâ—ne_n what_o 134_o hereslit_n what_o and_o whence_o derive_v 32_o hide_v land_n what_o 117_o hlaford-soâ—ne_a what_o 134_o horse-average_a what_o 116_o hodgepodge_n 91_o hunig-gavel_a what_o 28_o 1._o in-average_a what_o 116_o ingulfus_n charter_n many_o of_o they_o question_v and_o how_o far_o and_o why_o 101_o inheritance_n the_o word_n how_o accept_v in_o england_n 83_o 84._o inheritance_n in_o england_n universal_o partible_a before_o the_o conquest_n and_o how_o 77_o 78_o inland_n what_o 114_o 119_o k._n kent_n with_o other_o county_n conquer_v and_o overrun_v by_o will._n 1._o p._n 66._o servi_n there_o p._n 74._o also_o nativi_fw-la 75_o kind_a in_o dutch_a what_o and_o whence_o derive_v p._n 6_o 7_o knecht_n in_o dutch_a what_o 7_o knight_n service-land_n natural_o incapable_a of_o partition_n 48_o knyghren-gyld_a 135_o knight_n whether_o any_o here_o in_o england_n before_o the_o conquest_n 123_o kind_a in_o gavelkynd_n of_o what_o signification_n 37_o l._n mr._n lambard_n his_o twofold_a derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n p._n 3._o whereof_o one_o reject_v the_o other_o admit_v p._n 5._o mistake_v in_o the_o construction_n of_o gecind_n 37_o land_n all_o in_o kent_n and_o throughout_o england_n either_o of_o chivalry_n or_o socage_n tenor_n p._n 38._o all_o in_o england_n either_o ancient_a demesne_n or_o frank_n fee_n p._n 57_o and_o subject_a to_o tenure_n 126._o descend_v not_o alienable_a of_o old_a without_o the_o heir_n consent_n 39_o purchase_v alienable_a at_o
pleasure_n ibid._n censual_a not_o censual_a 35._o how_o many_o several_a kind_n of_o land_n before_o the_o conquest_n 114._o as_o also_o since_o 115_o landagendman_n what_o 15_o landboc_a what_o 112_o land-gabel_a what_o 15_o land-gafol_a what_o ibid._n leaf-gavel_a what_o p._n 27_o lef-silver_n what_o ibid._n les-gavel_a what_o ibid._n les-gold_n and_o lesyeld_a what_o ibid._n liberum_fw-la feodum_fw-la what_o 56_o lyef-geld_a what_o 27_o m._n mailer_n what_o p._n 34_o mailman_n what_o ibid._n mail-payer_n what_o ibid._n mala_fw-la what_o ibid._n maltgavel_a what_o 27_o malt-peny_n what_o ibid._n malt-shot_a what_o ibid._n manopera_fw-la what_o 24_o mete-gavel_a what_o 31_o mirroir_n the_o book_n so_o call_v censure_v 104_o molland_n what_o 117_o molmannus_n what_o ibid._n monday-land_n what_o 120_o mortdancester_n the_o assize_n so_o call_v where_o it_o lie_v 152_o 157_o mortmain_n what_o 40._o the_o tenure_n of_o it_o double_a ibid._n n._n name_n to_o be_v suitable_a with_o thing_n very_o convenient_a 11_o nativi_fw-la in_o kent_n 75_o neatland_n what_o 114_o nider_v alias_o nthe_v a_o nickname_n of_o what_o signification_n &_o whence_o derive_v 65_o o._n oale-gavel_a what_o 24_o ordericus_n vitalis_n his_o relation_n of_o the_o conqueror_n proceed_n and_o progress_n after_o his_o victory_n near_o hastings_n p_o 71_o ordinary_a his_o power_n of_o distribute_v intestates_fw-la good_n here_o in_o england_n when_o beginning_n as_o also_o in_o scotland_n and_o normandy_n 79_o over-land_n what_o 119_o out-average_a what_o 116_o p._n parcener_n how_o many_o sort_n 42_o paroc_n what_o 23_o partition_n in_o gavelkynd_n land_n neither_o from_o the_o name_n nor_o nature_n of_o it_o only_o 44._o nor_o from_o prescription_n 46._o but_o partly_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o and_o partly_o from_o custom_n and_o what_o 47._o the_o antiquity_n of_o it_o 61._o whether_o inherent_a in_o the_o land_n 247_o 150._o why_o more_o general_a in_o kent_n than_o elsewhere_o 52_o 61._o whether_o bring_v hither_o by_o odo_n out_o of_o normandy_n 61_o 81._o whether_o continue_v there_o by_o composition_n with_o the_o conqueror_n 62_o partition_n but_o one_o property_n or_o branch_n of_o gavelkynd_n 48_o 146._o out_o of_o kent_n whence_o obtain_v ibid._n &_o 54_o partition_n of_o good_n 79_o peny-gavel_a what_o 26_o some_o phrase_n in_o ingulphus_n ancient_a charter_n question_v p._n 101_o pictavensis_n his_o relation_n of_o the_o conqueror_n proceed_n and_o progress_n after_o his_o victory_n near_o hastings_n 69._o himself_n the_o conqueror_n chaplain_n and_o a_o eyewitness_n ib._n portfocâ—_n what_o 135_o 136_o portsoken_n what_o 135_o potura_fw-la what_o 29_o prescription_n not_o good_a in_o gavelkynd_n and_o why_o 44_o r._n rationabili_fw-la parte_fw-la bonorum_fw-la 78_o &_o 91_o redditus_fw-la albi_fw-la what_o 34._o nigri_fw-la what_o ib._n restitution_n a_o charter_n of_o it_o by_o the_o conqueror_n 68_o ripsilver_n what_o 19_o rochester_n castle_n besiege_v by_o will._n 2._o 64_o rodland_n what_o 117_o romney_n the_o conqueror_n passage_n by_o it_o in_o his_o march_n to_o dover_n 69_o s._n contract_n of_o marriage_n in_o saxon_a 75._o the_o edition_n of_o it_o correct_v 76._o several_a will_n in_o saxon_n 85_o scip_n ship_n in_o the_o termination_n of_o word_n what_o signify_v 106_o scotale_a what_o 29_o scrude-land_n what_o p._n 119_o seisin_n how_o deliver_v in_o the_o saxon_n time_n 112_o servi_n in_o kent_n 74_o servitus_fw-la rusticana_fw-la 127_o sextary-land_n what_o 119_o smithesland_n what_o 118_o soca_n socha_n soak_v sokne_v what_o 133_o 137_o socage_n free_a and_o base_a 55._o the_o derivation_n of_o the_o word_n and_o what_o it_o signify_v 129._o whether_o it_o and_o gavelkynd_n synonima_n 55._o its_o original_a 127._o opposite_a to_o villeinage_n 139_o socage-land_n and_o service_n so_o call_v elsewhere_o in_o kent_n term_v gavelkynd_n 49_o socagium_fw-la the_o distinction_n of_o it_o into_o liberum_fw-la and_o villanum_fw-la whence_o 141_o socmanni_n 137_o sokerevi_n 134_o sokmanry_n 137_o spelman_n sir_n henry_n his_o derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n 3_o spot_n story_n of_o the_o kentishman_n encounter_n and_o composition_n with_o the_o conqueror_n exhibit_v question_v refute_v 63._o a_o mere_a monkish_a â—igment_n and_o why_o devise_v 71._o when_o he_o live_v 64._o his_o commixture_n of_o falsity_n 63_o stigand_n the_o archbishop_n depose_v for_o oppose_v the_o conqueror_n not_o warrant_v by_o ancient_a story_n 75_o sul-aelmesse_a what_o 132_o swilling-land_n what_o 117_o swine-gavel_a what_o 23_o swine-money_n what_o ib._n swine-paneges_a what_o ib._n swinhey_n what_o 190_o t._n tainland_n 121_o tenure_n all_o land_n in_o england_n subject_n to_o it_o 126._o how_o different_a from_o custom_n 144_o tenure_n 1_o by_o divine_a service_n 2_o in_o frankalmoigne_n 3_o in_o fee_n ferm_n 4_o by_o petite_fw-fr sergeanty_n 5_o by_z escuage_z certain_z 6_o in_o burgage_n all_o socage_n and_o whence_o 130_o 141_o tenure_n in_o mortmain_n twofold_a 40_o tenor_n in_o chivalry_n and_o socage_n all_o land_n both_o in_o kent_n and_o elsewhere_o throughout_o england_n reducible_a to_o one_o or_o tother_o of_o they_o 129_o tenor_n in_o gavelkynd_n new_o create_v 9_o what_o before_o the_o conquest_n 112_o terra_fw-la ad_fw-la gablum_fw-la posita_fw-la what_o 14_o terrae_fw-la censuales_fw-la what_o 36_o terra_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la 84._o libera_fw-la 58_o 84._o susanna_n 118._o testamentalis_fw-la 84_o 86._o unde_fw-la nemini_fw-la respondetur_fw-la 120_o thegenes_n 1â—3_n theine_n p._n 123_o threnge_n ibid._n tol-s_a what_o 24_o truth_n often_o lose_v by_o too_o much_o altercation_n 62_o twygavel_a what_o 28_o twysket_a what_o ibid._n v._o verstegan_n his_o derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n 3_o villani_n in_o kent_n 73_o villeinage_n opposite_a to_o socage_n 139_o villain_fw-fr service_n when_o first_o cease_v so_o general_o in_o kent_n 58_o villain_fw-fr and_o villeinage_n in_o england_n in_o the_o saxon_n time_n 66._o in_o kent_n since_o the_o conquest_n 72._o and_o in_o gavelkynd_n land_n 73._o as_o also_o before_o the_o conquest_n 75_o vilienagium_fw-la privilegiatum_fw-la 141_o unlandagend_n what_o 1â—_n utland_n 114_o w._n wareland_n what_o 118_o weilreif_n what_o 65_o weregavel_a what_o 28_o werk-gavel_a what_o 26_o werkland_n 57_o white-rent_n what_o 34_o will_n in_o saxon_n 85_o wood-gavel_a what_o 26_o word_n in_o ingulphus_n more_o ancient_a charter_n a_o sort_n of_o they_o question_v 101_o work-land_n what_o 115_o the_o writ_n de_fw-fr rationabili_fw-la parte_fw-la bonorum_fw-la whether_o lie_v at_o the_o common_a law_n or_o by_o custom_n 78_o &_o 91_o the_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la where_o it_o lie_v 153_o 159_o young_a yokeland_n what_o 117_o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la nomina_fw-la si_fw-la nâ—scis_fw-la perit_fw-la &_o cognitio_fw-la rerum_fw-la isid_n oâ—ig_n l._n 1._o cap._n 7._o arist_n 1._o phys_n &_o 2._o metaphys_n idem_fw-la 2_o metaphys_n sir_n hen._n spelman_n in_o voce_fw-la gaveletum_n britannia_n in_o kent_n kent_n the_o english_a lawyer_n p._n 73._o 73._o interpreter_n in_o voce_fw-mi perambul_n p._n 528._o 528._o see_v the_o addition_n to_o dr._n casaubon_n treatise_n of_o use_n and_o custom_n custom_n see_v sir_n ed._n coke_n instit_n part_n 1._o fol._n 115._o a._n ff_o de_n reg._n jur._n l._n quod_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la initio_fw-la duarenus_n commenâ—_n in_o tit._n de_fw-fr pactis_fw-la p._n 49._o â—_o â—_o see_v kilianus_n diction_n verb._n knecht_n lamb._n peramb_v p._n 547._o vid._n dictionar_n nostr_n anglo-sax_n iâ—_n vocâ—_n vocâ—_n davies_n report_v le_fw-fr irish_a cust_n de_fw-fr gavelkind_n fol._n 49._o 49._o â—racton_n de_fw-fr acqâ—iren_n rer_n dominio_fw-la fol._n â—4_n a._n a._n de_fw-fr morib_n germanor_n germanor_n l._n inter_fw-la filios_fw-la l._n famil_n hercis_o l._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la à _fw-la liberis_fw-la â—f_n de_fw-fr lâ—b_n agnosâ—_n l._n si_fw-mi major_n in_o si_fw-la l._n communi_fw-la divid_fw-la divid_fw-la lib._n 1._o feud_n tit_n 6._o parag._n 2._o &_o ibi_fw-la hoâ—om_n hoâ—om_n li._n hen._n 1._o c._n 70._o glanvil_n li._n 7._o c._n 3._o bracton_n fol_n 65._o a._n a._n and_o another_o in_o the_o appendix_n scripture_n 9_o 9_o see_v vulteius_n de_fw-fr feud_n li._n 1._o c_o 8._o nu_fw-la 37._o p._n 341._o 341._o glanvil_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o 1._o see_v the_o â—_o proposition_n proposition_n perambuâ—_n p._n 544_o 544_o anno_fw-la 18_o edw._n 1._o 1._o lib._n 3._o â—â—l_n 374._o a._n a._n conveniunt_fw-la rebus_fw-la nominâ—_n saepe_fw-la suis_fw-la suis_fw-la nominae_fw-la cum_fw-la re_fw-la consentiant_fw-la platâ—_n the_o sapient_a gafol_fw-mi what_o signify_v glossar_n verb._n gabellâ—_n gabellâ—_n peramb_v p._n 529._o 529._o instit_n p._n 1._o fol._n 142._o 2._o 2._o in_o archiv_n eccles_n cant._n cant._n fortè_fw-la heâ—eâ—_n contain_v four_o gallon_n so_o fleta_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 12._o 12._o coke_n instit_n p._n 2._o p._n 58._o 58._o spelm._n gloss_n in_o voce_fw-la voce_fw-la lamb._n archaion_n fol._n 45._o cap._n 2._o 2._o spelm._n gloss_n in_o voce_fw-la â—avel-â—orn_a corn-gavel_a cavel-erth_a cavel-erth_a in_o archiv_n archiep._n cant._n biaus_n benerth_n benerth_n et_fw-la omnes_fw-la tenentes_fw-la de_fw-la isto_fw-la jugo_fw-la