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pound_n for_o a_o knight_n fee_n or_o less_o according_a to_o proportion_n ca_fw-mi 4_o and_o 5._o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o heir_n within_o age_n shall_v not_o take_v of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o heir_n but_o reasonable_a issue_n custom_n and_o service_n without_o destruction_n and_o waist_n of_o his_o man_n and_o good_n shall_v keep_v up_o the_o house_n park_n warrens_n pond_n mill_n and_o other_o thing_n pertain_v to_o the_o land_n with_o the_o issue_n of_o the_o land_n and_o deliver_v the_o land_n to_o the_o heir_n when_o he_o come_v of_o full_a age_n store_v with_o plough_n and_o all_o other_o thing_n at_o least_o as_o he_o receive_v they_o ca_fw-mi 7._o a_o widow_n shall_v have_v her_o marriage_n inheritance_n and_o tarry_v in_o the_o chief_a house_n of_o her_o husband_n forty_o day_n after_o her_o husband_n death_n with_o reasonable_a estover_n within_o which_o time_n her_o dower_n shall_v be_v assign_v if_o it_o be_v not_o assign_v before_o the_o ward_n shall_v not_o be_v marry_v to_o villain_n or_o other_o as_o burgess_n where_o they_o be_v disparage_v or_o within_o the_o age_n of_o fourteen_o year_n or_o such_o age_n as_o they_o can_v consent_v to_o marriage_n and_o if_o they_o do_v and_o their_o friend_n complain_v thereof_o the_o lord_n shall_v loose_v the_o wardship_n and_o all_o the_o profit_n that_o thereof_o shall_v be_v take_v and_o they_o shall_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o heir_n be_v within_o age_n after_o the_o disposition_n and_o provision_n of_o their_o friend_n for_o the_o shame_n do_v unto_o they_o a_o writ_n of_o mortd'auncester_n shall_v be_v allow_v to_o the_o heir_n with_o damage_n against_o the_o lord_n that_o keep_v his_o land_n after_o he_o be_v of_o full_a age_n heir_n within_o age_n shall_v not_o loose_v their_o inheritance_n by_o the_o neglect_n or_o wilfulness_n of_o their_o guardian_n 52_o h._n 3._o cap_n 7_o and_o 16._o the_o lord_n shall_v not_o after_o the_o age_n of_o fourteen_o year_n keep_v a_o female_a unmarried_a more_o than_o two_o year_n after_o and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o by_o that_o time_n marry_v she_o she_o shall_v have_v a_o action_n to_o recover_v her_o inheritance_n without_o give_v any_o thing_n for_o her_o wardship_n or_o inheritance_n 3_o e._n 1_o ca._n 22._o a_o writ_n of_o novel_a disseisin_n shall_v be_v award_v against_o any_o escheator_n that_o by_o colour_n of_o his_o office_n shall_v disseise_v any_o of_o his_o freehold_n with_o double_a damage_n and_o to_o be_v grievous_o amerce_v westmr._n 1.3_o e._n 1_o cap._n 24_o in_o aid_n to_o make_v the_o son_n of_o the_o lord_n a_o knight_n or_o to_o marry_v the_o daughter_n there_o shall_v be_v take_v but_o twenty_o
part_n of_o the_o well_o be_v of_o the_o nation_n not_o at_o once_o but_o at_o several_a time_n in_o several_a age_n and_o several_a generation_n support_v and_o uphold_v they_o by_o after_o law_n &_o constitution_n as_o that_o no_o freeman_n shall_v from_o thence_o give_v nor_o sell_v any_o more_o of_o his_o land_n but_o so_o that_o of_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o land_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o fee_n may_v have_v the_o service_n due_a unto_o he_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o fee_n land_n alien_v in_o mortmain_n shall_v accrue_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o fee_n 9_o h._n 3._o ca._n 32._o &_o 36._o the_o ward_n shall_v pay_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o fee_n the_o value_n of_o his_o marriage_n if_o he_o will_v not_o marry_v at_o the_o request_n of_o his_o lord_n for_o the_o marriage_n of_o he_o that_o be_v within_o age_n say_v the_o statute_n &_o the_o maker_n thereof_o of_o mere_a right_n pertain_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o fee_n 20._o h._n 3_o cap._n 7._o the_o lord_n shall_v not_o pay_v a_o fine_a for_o distrain_v his_o tenant_n for_o service_n and_o custom_n 52._o h._n 3_o cap._n 3._o a_o fraudulent_a conveyance_n to_o defeat_v the_o lord_n of_o his_o ward_n shall_v be_v void_a cap._n 6._o the_o king_n shall_v have_v primer_n seisin_n neither_o the_o heir_n nor_o any_o other_o shall_v intrude_v into_o their_o inheritance_n before_o he_o have_v receive_v it_o out_o of_o the_o king_n hand_n as_o the_o same_o inheritance_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v take_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n and_o his_o ancestor_n in_o time_n past_a if_o the_o land_n be_v accustom_v to_o be_v in_o the_o king_n hand_n by_o knight_n service_n or_o serjeanty_n or_o right_a of_o patronage_n 52._o h._n 3._o cap._n 16._o if_o a_o heir_n marry_v within_o age_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o guardian_n before_o he_o be_v pass_v the_o age_n of_o fourteen_o year_n it_o shall_v be_v do_v according_a as_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o merton_n and_o of_o they_o that_o marry_v after_o that_o age_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o guardian_n the_o guardian_n shall_v have_v the_o double_a value_n of_o their_o marriage_n such_o as_o have_v withdraw_v their_o marriage_n shall_v pay_v the_o full_a value_n to_o the_o guardian_n for_o the_o trespass_n and_o nevertheless_o the_o king_n shall_v have_v like_o amends_o and_o if_o the_o ward_n of_o malice_n or_o by_o evil_a council_n will_v not_o be_v marry_v by_o their_o chief_a lord_n where_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v disparage_v than_o the_o lord_n may_v hold_v their_o land_n and_o inheritance_n until_o they_o have_v accomplish_v the_o age_n of_o a_o heir_n male_a that_o be_v to_o wit_n of_o twenty_o one_o year_n and_o further_a until_o they_o have_v take_v the_o value_n of_o the_o marriage_n 3_o e._n 1.22_o a_o tenaent_n shall_v have_v a_o write_v of_o mesne_fw-la to_o acquit_v he_o of_o his_o service_n and_o if_o the_o mesne_fw-la come_v not_o he_o shall_v loose_v the_o service_n of_o his_o tenant_n 13_o e._n 1.9_o priority_n of_o feoffment_n shall_v make_v a_o title_n for_o wardship_n cap._n 16._o the_o chief_a lord_n shall_v have_v a_o cessavit_fw-la against_o the_o tenant_n if_o he_o cease_v for_o two_o year_n to_o do_v his_o service_n writ_n of_o ravishment_n degard_v allow_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o party_n offend_v though_o he_o restore_v the_o ward_n unmarried_a or_o pay_v for_o the_o marriage_n shall_v nevertheless_o be_v punish_v by_o two_o year_n imprisonment_n 13_o e._n 1.35_o the_o feoffee_n shall_v hold_v his_o land_n of_o the_o chief_a lord_n and_o not_o of_o the_o feoffor_a 18_o e._n 1._o quia_fw-la emptores_fw-la terrarum_fw-la a_o save_n to_o the_o king_n of_o the_o ancient_a aid_n due_a and_o accustom_a 25._o e._n 1.6_o the_o king_n shall_v have_v the_o wardship_n of_o his_o tenant_n which_o hold_v in_o chief_a &_o the_o marriage_n of_o the_o heir_n primer_n seisin_n assignment_n of_o dower_n to_o the_o widow_n marriage_n of_o the_o woman_n tenant_n devide_v their_o land_n in_o coparcinery_n hold_v of_o he_o and_o they_o which_o hold_v of_o he_o in_o serjeanty_n shall_v pay_v a_o fine_a at_o the_o alienation_n 17._o e._n 2._o a_o freeman_n shall_v do_v his_o homage_n to_o his_o lord_n 17._o e._n 2._o knight_n fee_n shall_v not_o pass_v in_o the_o king_n grant_n without_o special_a word_n 17_o e._n 2.16_o he_o shall_v be_v answer_v the_o mesne_fw-la rate_v of_o land_n come_v to_o he_o by_o his_o tenant_n death_n 28._o e._n 3.4_o &_o where_o sundry_a of_o the_o king_n tenant_n hold_v of_o he_o immediate_o as_o of_o his_o duchy_n of_o lancaster_n do_v by_o sundry_a recovery_n fine_n and_o feoffment_n in_o use_n defeat_v the_o king_n of_o wardship_n of_o body_n and_o land_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o the_o king_n and_o his_o heir_n shall_v have_v the_o wardship_n and_o custody_n of_o the_o body_n and_o land_n of_o cestui_fw-fr que_fw-fr use_n and_o if_o they_o be_v of_o full_a age_n shall_v have_v relief_n notwithstanding_o any_o such_o conveyance_n and_o a_o exact_a provision_n make_v for_o writ_n to_o be_v grant_v upon_o the_o imbesil_n of_o any_o such_o heir_n rot._n parl._n 22_o e._n 4._o n._n 16._o &_o 17._o the_o lord_n of_o cestui_fw-fr que_fw-fr use_n no_o will_n be_v declare_v etc._n etc._n shall_v have_v a_o writ_n of_o right_n of_o ward_n for_o the_o body_n and_o land_n and_o the_o heir_n of_o cestuique_fw-la use_n be_v of_o full_a age_n at_o the_o death_n of_o his_o ancestor_n shall_v pay_v a_o relief_n 4_o h._n 7.17_o auâ—wry_o may_v be_v make_v by_o the_o lord_n upon_o the_o land_n hold_v of_o he_o without_o name_v his_o tenant_n 21_o h._n 8.19_o and_o no_o grievance_n be_v think_v be_v in_o they_o at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o make_n of_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n of_o 27_o h._n 8_o 2._o when_o as_o it_o be_v express_o provide_v by_o that_o act_n that_o tenor_n in_o capite_fw-la shall_v be_v reserve_v to_o the_o king_n of_o all_o manor_n land_n and_o hereditament_n belong_v to_o monastery_n &_o religious_a house_n which_o have_v land_n tenement_n and_o hereditament_n not_o exceed_v the_o clear_a yearly_a value_n of_o two_o hundred_o pound_n which_o he_o shall_v afterward_o grant_v for_o a_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n nor_o do_v the_o parliament_n in_o the_o 31_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o that_o king_n retract_v that_o good_a opinion_n which_o be_v former_o have_v of_o they_o when_o enact_v that_o the_o king_n and_o his_o heir_n and_o successor_n shall_v be_v put_v in_o actual_a possession_n of_o all_o manor_n land_n and_o hereditament_n of_o any_o yearly_a value_n whatsoever_o belong_v to_o monastery_n they_o save_v to_o the_o king_n his_o heir_n and_o successor_n all_o rent_n service_n and_o other_o duty_n as_o if_o that_o act_n have_v never_o be_v make_v nor_o in_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n of_o 32_o h._n 8._o cap._n 46._o for_o erection_n of_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n and_o livery_n wherein_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v that_o tenor_n in_o capite_fw-la and_o wardship_n with_o their_o incident_n do_v of_o right_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o right_n of_o the_o imperial_a crown_n of_o this_o realm_n in_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n of_o 32._o h._n 8._o and_o a_o explanation_n thereof_o in_o 34_o and_o 35_o h._n 8.5_o give_v power_n to_o those_o that_o hold_v land_n in_o capite_fw-la and_o by_o knight_n service_n to_o devise_v two_o part_n thereof_o reserve_v to_o the_o king_n wardship_n primer_n seisin_n and_o fine_n for_o alienation_n of_o the_o three_o part_n and_o fine_n for_o alienation_n of_o the_o freehold_a or_o inheritance_n of_o the_o two_o part_n the_o crown_n be_v secure_v of_o the_o tenure_n of_o the_o two_o part_n by_o the_o statute_n of_o quia_fw-la emptores_fw-la terrarum_fw-la nor_o at_o the_o make_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o 35_o h._n 8.14_o &_o 37_o h._n 8.2_o whereby_o the_o king_n may_v reserve_v tenor_n in_o socage_n or_o capite_fw-la at_o his_o will_n and_o pleasure_n upon_o grant_n of_o land_n not_o exceed_v the_o value_n of_o forty_o shilling_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la belong_v to_o religious_a house_n and_o that_o the_o king_n former_a right_n shall_v be_v save_v notwithstanding_o any_o traverse_v &_o a_o remedy_n for_o the_o rent_n of_o the_o mesne_fw-la lord_n where_o the_o king_n have_v the_o wardship_n 2_o and_o 3_o e._n 6._o cap._n 8_o and_o those_o that_o hold_v by_o such_o tenor_n beside_o the_o care_n of_o so_o many_o act_n of_o parliament_n be_v not_o unhappy_a also_o in_o that_o provision_n of_o the_o common_a law_n where_o it_o be_v a_o article_n or_o inquiry_n in_o the_o eyre_n if_o any_o lord_n novas_fw-la levavit_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la have_v charge_v his_o tenant_n with_o any_o new_a custom_n if_o any_o escheator_n or_o subescheator_n have_v make_v any_o
take_v up_o much_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o kingdom_n come_v with_o their_o ploughshare_n to_o the_o court_n to_o show_v the_o king_n the_o decay_n of_o husbandry_n say_v the_o black_a book_n firma_fw-la of_o the_o exchequâ—er_n when_o as_o a_o little_a before_o a_o measure_n of_o wheat_n for_o bread_n for_o a_o hundred_o man_n be_v value_v by_o the_o king_n officer_n but_o at_o one_o shilling_n the_o carcase_n of_o a_o fat_a ox_n one_o shilling_n of_o a_o sheep_n four_o penny_n and_o for_o provender_n for_o twenty_o horse_n but_o four_o penny_n and_o think_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v on_o the_o sure_a side_n when_o he_o order_v six_o penny_n in_o every_o pound_n to_o be_v take_v overplus_n or_o d'avantage_fw-fr lest_o the_o rate_n and_o value_n of_o money_n shall_v diminish_v be_v now_o not_o the_o hundred_o part_n of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o old_a kind_n of_o rent_n and_o provision_n and_o reduce_v also_o many_o incertain_a custom_n into_o a_o certainty_n of_o yearly_a rent_n which_o be_v then_o some_o thing_n proportionable_a unto_o it_o be_v not_o now_o the_o 50_o the_o or_o 100_o the_o part_n of_o what_o be_v then_o the_o value_n in_o the_o intention_n and_o estimation_n as_o well_o of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v to_o receive_v it_o as_o of_o the_o tenant_n who_o be_v to_o pay_v it_o and_o therefore_o notwithstanding_o the_o great_a estate_n and_o revenue_n of_o some_o rebellious_a subject_n which_o have_v sometime_o be_v forfeit_v &_o come_v as_o a_o accession_n &_o supplement_n to_o the_o waste_n and_o decâ—ying_v crown_n land_n much_o of_o they_o be_v either_o in_o merâ—y_n or_o policy_n restore_v afterward_o to_o the_o heir_n of_o those_o which_o just_o forfeit_v they_o the_o languish_a condition_n of_o the_o royal_a revenue_n be_v so_o little_o remedy_v as_o the_o royal_a expense_n in_o defray_v the_o more_o expenseful_a charge_n of_o their_o household_n family_n and_o princely_a retinue_n after_o the_o new_a enhance_a rate_n and_o prize_n whilst_o 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