part_n of_o the_o land_n and_o the_o three_o part_n of_o all_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o land_n be_v gavelkind_a do_v escheat_n to_o the_o king_n for_o want_v of_o heir_n which_o land_n be_v ever_o since_o enjoy_v under_o the_o king_n title_n by_o escheat_n and_o john_n wall_n upon_o a_o trial_n recover_v against_o white_a the_o devisee_fw-mi whereby_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n be_v never_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n and_o so_o it_o be_v agree_v per_fw-la curiam_fw-la pasch_fw-mi 37._o el._n in_o c._n b._n in_o halton_n and_o starthop_n case_n upon_o evidence_n to_o a_o jury_n of_o kent_n &_o it_o be_v then_o say_v that_o it_o have_v be_v so_o resolve_v before_o and_o there_o it_o be_v say_v per_fw-la curiam_fw-la that_o fitz._n nat._n brev._n 198._o l._n be_v to_o be_v understand_v where_o there_o be_v a_o special_a custom_n that_o the_o land_n be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n and_o he_o that_o shall_v conclude_v upon_o that_o place_n of_o fitz_n nat._n 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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true_a that_o his_o ancestor_n die_v seize_v unless_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o defendaut_n claim_v by_o some_o other_o title_n but_o if_o the_o defendant_n plead_v that_o the_o land_n be_v by_o custom_n deviseable_a and_o be_v devise_v unto_o he_o it_o be_v a_o good_a bar_n of_o the_o action_n second_o they_o rely_v much_o upon_o the_o book_n of_o fitzherb_n natura_fw-la brevium_fw-la fol._n 198._o which_o say_v that_o a_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la lie_v where_o a_o man_n be_v seize_v of_o land_n or_o tenement_n in_o any_o city_n or_o burrow_n or_o in_o gavelkynd_n which_o land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o will_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n etc._n etc._n whence_o they_o infer_v that_o all_o gavelkynd-land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n three_o they_o cite_v the_o treatise_n call_v consuetudines_fw-la cantiae_fw-la in_o the_o book_n call_v old_a magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o lambards_n perambulation_n of_o kent_n fol._n 198._o that_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n may_v be_v give_v or_o sell_v without_o the_o lord_n licence_n and_o they_o interpret_v the_o word_n give_v to_o be_v by_o will_n and_o the_o word_n grant_v to_o be_v by_o deed_n the_o reply_n to_o the_o foregoing_a argument_n by_o such_o as_o stand_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o custom_n as_o to_o the_o first_o objection_n against_o the_o argument_n take_v from_o the_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n they_o reply_v thus_o first_o they_o maintain_v that_o the_o custom_n alone_o without_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n to_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n as_o well_o as_o the_o custom_n with_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v pleadable_a in_o bar_n for_o which_o there_o be_v not_o only_o that_o book_n of_o 4._o edw._n 2._o but_o also_o bracton_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 272._o ubi_fw-la non_fw-la iaceo_fw-la assisa_fw-la mortis_fw-la antecessoris_fw-la among_o his_o plea_n in_o abatement_n of_o the_o writ_n have_v before_o treat_v of_o plea_n in_o bar_n to_o it_o cadit_fw-la 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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acram_fw-la ad_fw-la ordeum_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la recipient_a &_o voco_fw-la istud_fw-la opus_fw-la gavelerth_n this_o then_o it_o seem_v be_v a_o certain_a tillageservice_n like_o the_o arura_fw-la in_o bracton_n fol._n 35._o b._n due_a by_o the_o tenant_n hold_v his_o land_n upon_o term_n of_o plough_v etc._n etc._n a_o certain_a quantity_n more_o or_o less_o of_o his_o lord_n demesne_n not_o always_o perform_v in_o kind_n but_o buy_v out_o and_o redeem_v sometime_o with_o money_n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr 10._o sol_fw-la de_fw-fr 10._o acris_fw-la de_fw-la gavelerth_n relaxato_fw-la hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la quoth_v a_o old_a rental_a sans_o date_n of_o the_o arch-bishop_n foresay_a manor_n of_o reculver_n it_o be_v of_o some_o affinity_n as_o with_o the_o french_a poictovine_n biaus_n so_o also_o with_o that_o which_o benerth_n mr._n lambard_n call_v benerth_n expound_v by_o service_n which_o the_o tenant_n do_v with_o his_o cart_n and_o plough_v with_o his_o plough_n indeed_o and_o also_o 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that_o kind_n as_o this_o arant_fw-la preces_fw-la semel_fw-la ad_fw-la conredium_fw-la thanet_n curiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o the_o like_a may_v hence_o be_v pick_v out_o it_o take_v name_n this_o of_o benerth_n i_o conceive_v of_o the_o saxon_a be_v postulatio_fw-la as_o mr._n lambard_n and_o before_o he_o jornadensis_n translate_n the_o saxon_a law_n turn_v the_o word_n occur_v in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o eight_o of_o king_n ina_n law_n as_o sir_n hen._n spelman_n do_v by_o rogatis_fw-la council_n tom_fw-mi 1._o pag._n 583._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 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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 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〈◊〉_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
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priesthode_n neighbourhode_n etc._n etc._n the_o quality_n nature_n existence_n of_o the_o deity_n be_v style_v godhead_n with_o we_o with_o our_o ancestor_n the_o english_a saxon_n who_o write_v and_o have_v that_o hade_a which_o we_o since_o write_v and_o have_v hod_z and_o hood_n godhade_n head_n in_o maidenhead_n owe_v itself_o to_o the_o same_o original_n denote_v out_o the_o virgin-condition_n or_o maiden-quality_n of_o the_o party_n hood_n in_o livelihood_n be_v also_o spring_v from_o the_o same_o root_n whereby_o a_o man_n state_n of_o subsistence_n be_v signify_v and_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o hood_n in_o falsehood_n likelihood_n and_o a_o many_o word_n more_o of_o like_a termination_n as_o express_v and_o set_v forth_o in_o the_o one_o the_o false_a in_o the_o other_o the_o probable_a likely_a condition_n of_o the_o thing_n predicate_v this_o may_v also_o help_v we_o in_o the_o etymology_n of_o what_o we_o use_v to_o call_v feud_n or_o deadly_a feud_n derive_v our_o 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tedious_a see_v now_o what_o the_o latter_a syllable_n in_o feudum_n and_o allodium_fw-la in_o their_o several_a original_n signify_v and_o have_v take_v the_o word_n thus_o asunder_o let_v we_o next_o consider_v of_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o composition_n their_o former_a syllable_n which_o in_o feudum_n the_o former_a be_v feh_n feo_fw-it or_o feoh_o signify_v as_o 218._o pecunia_n in_o the_o general_n so_o more_o peculiar_o a_o salary_n stipend_n wage_n intend_v of_o we_o when_o we_o say_v officer_n live_v by_o their_o fee_n while_o in_o the_o other_o allodium_fw-la the_o former_a syllable_n right_o write_v be_v all_o al_n or_o as_o with_o the_o saxon_n eal_n put_v we_o now_o the_o syllable_n together_o again_o and_o then_o the_o former_a will_v come_v forth_o feo-hode_a feh-hode_a or_o the_o like_a the_o latter_a all-hode_a and_o that_o most_o apposite_o if_o apply_v to_o the_o feudist_n feudum_n and_o allodium_fw-la consider_v in_o their_o origination_n and_o primitive_a acception_n the_o former_a of_o which_o when_o first_o fee_n institute_v be_v but_o personal_a not_o as_o afterward_o perpetual_a patrimonial_a hereditary_a or_o hold_v in_o glanvill_n and_o bractons_n phrase_n ad_fw-la remanentiam_fw-la but_o as_o a_o clergyman_n hold_v his_o benefice_n hence_o in_o some_o ancient_a 1._o charter_n call_v feodum_fw-la only_a for_o life_n the_o tenant_n be_v but_o a_o mere_a stipendiary_a a_o termer_n at_o best_a but_o a_o freeholder_n for_o life_n usufructuarius_fw-la and_o indeed_o some_o be_v not_o so_o much_o but_o hold_v only_o as_o our_o learned_a felonia_n glossarist_n have_v it_o ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la domini_fw-la as_o 14._o other_o precariò_fw-la not_o unlike_o our_o tenant_n at_o will_n since_o and_o at_o this_o day_n the_o land_n be_v only_o lend_v as_o the_o german_a term_n for_o it_o 7._o lehen_fw-ge seem_v to_o intimate_v in_o process_n of_o time_n degenerate_v and_o recede_v from_o their_o first_o institution_n they_o become_v perpetual_a and_o hereditary_a yet_o hold_v as_o former_o with_o a_o condition_n of_o service_n on_o the_o tenant_n part_n and_o stipendii_fw-la loco_fw-la &_o nomine_fw-la on_o the_o lord_n by_o way_n as_o it_o be_v of_o salary_n pension_n or_o stipend_n from_o the_o lord_n to_o gratify_v and_o recompense_v his_o man_n withal_o for_o such_o his_o service_n to_o which_o he_o be_v oblige_v under_o peril_n of_o forfeicture_n by_o the_o withdraw_a thereof_o i_o dare_v not_o add_v in_o consideration_n of_o fealty_n or_o homage_n in_o those_o time_n since_o though_o that_o acknowledgement_n in_o the_o feudal_n law_n of_o some_o fee_n tenable_a without_o a_o oath_n of_o 4._o fealty_n be_v indeed_o just_o tax_v for_o a_o paradox_n of_o such_o who_o will_v have_v fee_n to_o come_v of_o fides_n whence_o haply_o our_o legal_a maxim_n that_o all_o tenor_n regular_o be_v liable_a to_o fealty_n yet_o may_v fee_v by_o this_o derivation_n of_o it_o stand_v with_o fealty_n and_o the_o tenant_n of_o 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bocland_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o old_a latin_a version_n of_o it_o in_o the_o king_n ms._n and_o jornalensis_n
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o a_o foenerator_n a_o usurer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d profit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d profitable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unprofitable_a unthrifty_a or_o else_o which_o i_o rather_o think_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d villanus_fw-la colonus_n as_o the_o old_a version_n of_o the_o 19_o &_o 21th_o of_o k._n ina_n law_n render_v the_o word_n which_o come_v all_o to_o one_o with_o ceorliscus_n speak_v of_o in_o that_o second_o chapter_n of_o the_o foedus_fw-la aluredi_fw-la &_o guthruni_fw-la regum_fw-la and_o there_o describe_v by_o his_o quality_n to_o be_v oâ—e_o that_o occupy_v etc._n gafolland_n as_o for_o the_o remain_v two_o inland_a utland_n the_o former_a be_v terra_fw-la dominicalis_fw-la land_n hold_v in_o demesne_n in_o the_o owner_n own_o hand_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n design_v in_o mensam_fw-la domini_fw-la whence_o otherwise_o stilâ—d_n in_o succeed_a time_n bord-land_n like_o the_o civilian_n and_o 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superannuated_a land_n or_o land_n with_o over_o much_o tillage_n
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custumier_fw-fr of_o normandy_n cap._n 53._o within_o the_o â—ignification_n of_o the_o word_n bordland_n be_v comprehend_v also_o as_o be_v already_o hinâ—ed_v in_o this_o chapter_n land_v hold_v in_o demesme_fw-fr of_o the_o saxon_n term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o design_v to_o the_o furnish_n of_o the_o lord_n board_n or_o table_n and_o the_o maintenance_n of_o he_o and_o his_o family_n in_o victual_n for_o which_o see_v bracton_n lib._n 4._o tract_n 3._o cap._n 9_o num_fw-la 5._o which_o kind_n of_o fosterland_n land_n the_o saxon_n use_v to_o call_v fosterland_n quasi_fw-la foster_a land_n that_o be_v land_n ad_fw-la victum_fw-la a_o term_n obvious_a and_o very_a frequent_a with_o the_o religious_a man_n of_o those_o day_n who_o as_o they_o have_v their_o special_a ferm_n and_o portion_n of_o land_n assign_v they_o ad_fw-la victum_fw-la so_o have_v they_o other_o as_o peculiar_a to_o their_o clothing_n or_o apparel_v land_n ad_fw-la vestitum_fw-la which_o from_o the_o 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margo_fw-la the_o bank_n of_o a_o river_n whence_o that_o know_a place_n name_v lie_v by_o london_n alongst_o the_o thames-side_n call_v st._n marry_o oueris_n compound_v of_o the_o aforesaid_a over_o and_o ree_n betoken_v a_o river_n or_o current_n of_o water_n land_n of_o this_o name_n we_o have_v at_o or_o near_o ash_n in_o kent_n alongst_o the_o stour-side_n run_v to_o sandwich_n town_n and_o haven_n i_o may_v to_o these_o add_v monday-land_n and_o the_o like_a monday-land_n which_o with_o it_o fellow_n borrow_a denomination_n from_o this_o or_o that_o week_n day_n and_o that_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o tenant_n obligation_n to_o such_o or_o such_o servile_a work_n or_o service_n upon_o such_o or_o such_o day_n of_o the_o week_n in_o respect_n of_o that_o land_n but_o i_o purpose_v to_o digress_v no_o long_o have_v for_o brevity_n sake_n witting_o omit_v the_o quotation_n of_o the_o place_n where_o these_o several_a name_n occur_v which_o otherwise_o i_o shall_v willing_o have_v 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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 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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 it_o appear_v in_o dicto_fw-la itinere_fw-la h._n de_fw-fr stanton_n fol._n 3_o 4_o 6._o and_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n which_o be_v ancient_o part_v of_o the_o county_n of_o kent_n there_o be_v a_o special_a custom_n use_v to_o devise_v land_n lie_v within_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o city_n and_o to_o prove_v their_o will_n in_o the_o court_n of_o burgmote_a in_o the_o same_o city_n but_o there_o need_v no_o such_o custom_n if_o all_o the_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n have_v be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n also_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o ancient_a will_n of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n do_v mention_v feoffee_n of_o the_o land_n devise_v etc._n etc._n as_o appear_v by_o the_o register-book_n of_o will_n at_o canterbury_n and_o at_o rochester_n whereby_o it_o do_v appear_v that_o the_o devisor_n be_v cestuy_a que_fw-fr use_n and_o not_o owner_n of_o the_o land_n devise_v and_o although_o some_o 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to_o be_v find_v of_o land_n in_o diverse_a other_o county_n of_o this_o realm_n whereby_o land_n be_v devise_v before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n and_o no_o mention_n make_v of_o any_o feoffee_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o register-book_n of_o the_o prerogative_n court_n and_o in_o diverse_a other_o place_n and_o yet_o without_o doubt_n they_o bad_a feoffee_n seize_v to_o their_o use_n etc._n etc._n or_o else_o they_o can_v noâ—_n there_o devise_v the_o same_o also_o the_o house_n and_o land_n in_o city_n and_o burrough_n which_o be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n be_v reckon_v inter_fw-la catalla_fw-la sua_fw-la but_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o all_o the_o socage_n land_n in_o kent_n which_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v gavelkind_a shall_v be_v reckon_v inter_fw-la catalla_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o register_n fol._n 244._o there_o be_v fourteen_o several_a writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la and_o none_o of_o they_o make_v mention_n of_o any_o county_n etc._n etc._n nor_o of_o gavelkind_n but_o secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la or_o secundùm_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la burgi_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 the_o devisee_n can_v have_v no_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la because_o there_o be_v none_o before_o who_o the_o action_n or_o writ_n shall_v be_v bring_v etc._n etc._n also_o mr._n lambard_n in_o his_o perambulation_n write_v of_o the_o custom_n of_o kent_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o custom_n to_o devise_v land_n nor_o the_o treatise_n call_v consuetudines_fw-la cantiae_fw-la in_o the_o old_a mag._n charta_n fol._n 147._o which_o without_o doubt_n they_o will_v not_o have_v omit_v if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o such_o custom_n etc._n etc._n also_o between_o the_o statute_n of_o 27._o h._n 8._o of_o uses_n and_o the_o statute_n of_o 32._o of_o h._n 8._o of_o will_n there_o be_v very_o few_o will_n make_v of_o land_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o register-book_n before_o mention_v and_o the_o most_o of_o such_o will_n as_o be_v then_o make_v be_v but_o few_o in_o number_n do_v make_v mention_n of_o feoffee_n also_o the_o common_a practice_n ever_o since_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n have_v be_v such_o that_o if_o a_o will_v be_v make_v void_a for_o a_o three_o part_n by_o a_o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la of_o part_n of_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n that_o three_o part_n shall_v descend_v to_o the_o heir_n and_o the_o devisee_fw-mi shall_v not_o have_v it_o and_o this_o appear_v by_o special_a livery_n in_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n prove_v the_o same_o and_o by_o diverse_a witness_n that_o can_v prove_v the_o same_o to_o be_v so_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o sanders_n case_n of_o maidstone_n in_o anno_fw-la 9_o jacobi_n regis_fw-la all_o the_o land_n be_v devise_v by_o will_n and_o after_o the_o will_n be_v avoid_v for_o a_o three_o part_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la of_o a_o small_a