c. into the possession of him the said R. by that deed ever passed into the said Mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. before the said time in which c. entred upon the possession of which said R. thereupon the said S afterwards that is to say at the said time in which c. into the said Mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. claiming the said Tearm then to come of and in the same re-entred and the said Close as the proper close of him the said S. then and there did break and the said grass as the proper grasse of him the said S. then and there growing with his cattell did eat up tread and consume as unto him it was lawfull and this c. whereupon c. Judgement if action c. NOt to be precluded because he saith that well and true it is that before the said time of the said Trespas done the said late Master and fellowes of the said late Colledge were seized of the said Mannor with the appurtenances whereof the said hundred acres of pasture with the appurtenances in which the said Trespas was done are and at the said time of the said trespas done and also from the time the contrary of which memory c. were parcell in his Demesne as of fee and so thereof seized they the said Master and fellows before the said time of the said trespas done and before the said demise of the said Mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. unto the aforesaid S. in form aforesaid made that is to say the last day of January in the twentieth year of the Raign of the said late King at E. in the said county of N. by their certain Deed with the common Seal of the same late Master and fellowes Sealed whose date is the same day and year did demise and to farm let unto one E.B. and the said S. the said mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. to have and to hold to the same E. and S. from the feast of the invention of the holy Crosse from thence forth next insuing untill to the end and Tearm of â—fty years from thence next following and fully to be compleat in manner and form as the said S. in his bar before in pleading hath alleadged And further the same R. saith that by a certain Act in Parliament of the Lord Henry the eighth late King of England Father of the said now King at Westminster in the county of Middlesex the twenty eighth of Aprill in the thirty first year of the Raign of him the late King began and there then held and continued untill the twenty eighth day of June then next following amongst other things it was enacted ordained and established by him the late King and the Lords spirituall and temporall and also the commonalty in the same Parliament then assembled and by the authority of the same that not only all late Monasteries Abbyes Priories Monks Houses Colledges Hospitalls Fryers Houses and other Religious and Ecclesiasticall Houses and Places Scites Circuits Precincts Mannors Demesnes Granges Messuages Lands Tenemenss Meadowes Pastures Reversions Services Woods Tythes Pensions Portions Rectoryes Appropriations Vicaridges Chappell 's Advowsons Patronages Annuities Interests Entries Conditions Commons Courts Leets Liberties Priviledges Franchises and all the rest of the Hereditaments whatsoever henceforth immediatly and then presently but also all other Monasteries Abbyes Priories Monks Houses Colledges Houses of Monks Colledges Hospitalls Fryers houses and other religious and Ecclesiasticall houses and Places which from thenceforth afterwards should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced forsaken forfeited surrendred or in any other manner come to the Kings most excellent Majesty and also all Scites Circuits Precincts Mannors Demesnes Granges Messuages Lands Tenements Mannors Pastures Rents Reversions Services Woods Tythes Pensions Portions Rectories Appropriations Vicaridges Churches Chappell 's Advowsons Nominations Patronages Annuityes Rights Interests Conditions Commons Court Leets Liberties Priviledges Franchises and other Hereditaments whatsoever belonging or appertaining unto them or any of them whensoever as often as they should be dissolved suppressed renounced forsaken forfeited surrendred or by any other means should come unto the Kings Excellency they should be vested deemed and adjudged by the authoriry of the same Parliament in the true actuall and reall seizin and possession of the said late King his heirs and Successors for ever in the State and condition as at the making of the same act then were and even as all the said late Monasteries Abbyes Priories Monks Houses Colledges Hospitalls Fryers Houses and all religious and Ecclesiasticall houses and places so dissolved suppressed renounced forsaken forfeited surrendred or come to the Kings Excellency as it is before said as also the said Monasteries Abbies Priories Friers Houses and all Religious and Ecclesiasticall Houses and Places which then afterwards should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced forfeited surrendred or become to the Kings Excellency the Scites Circuites Precincts Mannors Demesnes Granges Lands Tenements and the rest of the Premises whatsoever should be in the same Act specially and particularly recited nominated and expressed by expresse Words Names Titles and Faculties in their kindes natures and qualities And further it was enacted by the said Authority that if any Abbot Prior Prioresse or other Ecclesiasticall Governor or Governesse of any Monastery Abbey Prior Monks House Colledge Hospitall Friers House or other Religious Houses or Places which then afterwards should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced forsaken forfeited surrendred or come to the Kings Highnesse within one yeare next before the first day of the same Parliament had made or from thence afterwards should make any Demise or Grant under their Conventuall or common Seale or otherwise for tearm of yeares or life or lives of the Scite Circuit and Precinct of their aforesaid Monastery Abbey Priory House of Monks Colledge Hospitall House of Friers or other Religious or Ecclesiasticall House or Place or of any part of them or of any Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements Rectories appropriate Tithes Pentions Portions or other Hereditaments belonging or pertaining to their aforesaid late Monastery Abbey Priory House of Monks Colledge Hospitall House of Friers or Religious or Ecclesiasticall House or Place Which Mannors Messuages Granges Lands Tenements Rectories appropriate Tithes Pentions Portions and other Hereditaments whatsoever had not been before the same Demise commonly used to be let nor set to Farm but kept and reserved in the manurate Tillage or Occupation of the aforesaid Governor or Governesse for Maintenance of Hospitality and good House keeping or within one yeare next before the first day of the same Parliament had made or afterwards should make any Demise or Grant for tearm of life or for tearm of yeares of any Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements Meadowes Pastures Woods Rectories appropriate Tithes Pentions Portions Churches Chappels or other Hereditaments whatsoever whereof and in which the State or Interest for tearm of life yeare or yeares at the time of the making any
such Grant or Demise then had there being or continuance or after that time should have their being or continuance and then were not determined ended or expired or within one yeare next before the first day of the aforesaid Parliament had made or afterwards should make any Demise or Grant for tearm of life or for tearm of yeares of any Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements Meadowes Pastures Woods Rectories appropriate Tithes Pentions Portions Churches Chappels or other Hereditaments whatsoever upon which Demises and Grants the usuall and old Rents and Formes accustomed to be rendred and reserved by the space of twenty yeares next before the aforesaid first day of the same Parliament were not or should not be or afterwards had not been thereupon reserved and rendred or if any such Governor or Governesse of any such Monastery Abbey Priory House of Monks Colledge Hospitall House of Friers or other Religious or Ecclesiasticall House or Place which from that time should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced lost forfeited surrendred or come to the Kings Highnesse within one yeare next before the aforesaid first day of the aforesaid Parliament had made or afterwards should make any Bargain or Sale of their Woods which Woods were then growing or standing that then all and every such Demise Grant Bargain and Sale of Wood or Woods should be altogether void and of none Effect as in the same Act amongst other things more fully appeares And further the same R. saies that the aforesaid late Master and the then Brotherhood of the Mannor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in form aforesaid being seized before the said time wherein c. to wit the sixth day of the Month of December in the three and thirtieth yeare of the aforesaid late King Henry the eighth at the Colledge aforesaid by their certain Writing with the common Seale of them the said late Master and then Brother-hood sealed And in the Court of Chancery of him the said late King at Westminster in the County of Middlesex inrolled of Record whose Date is in the Chapter House of them the said late Master and then Brother-hood there the same day and yeare wâ—th their unanimous Assent and Consent and Deliverance of Mind certain knowledge and meer motion for certain just and reasonable causes them the said late Master and then Brotherhood conscientiously moving their Soules voluntarily and of their own accord they gave and granted and by that Writing did give grant render deliver and confirm to the aforesaid late King Henry the eighth their whole Colledge with their Appurtenances and the aforesaid Mannor of E. and other the Premisses with the Appurtenances whereof c. and the Reversion and Reversions of the same Mannor amongst other things to have hold and injoy the aforesaid Colledge with all their Appurtenances and the aforesaid Manner of E. and other the Premisses with the Appurtenances whereof c. amongst other things to the aforesaid late King his Heires Successors and Assignes to the sole proper behoofe use and profit of the same late King his Heires Successors and Assignes for ever as by the same Writing amongst other things more plainly appeares By virtue of which said Gift Grant and Act aforesaid the same late King was seized of the Mannor aforesaid and other the Premisses with the Appurtenances whereof c. in his Demesne as of Fee and Right in right of his Crown of England and being so thereof seized the same late King afterwards and before the aforesaid time of the Trespasse aforesaid made to wit the tenth day of December in the thirty fourth yeare of his Reigne by his Letters Patents which he the said R. brings here into Court whose Date is at Westminster the same day and yeare did give and grant unto Henry then Earle of Surrey the Mannor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. amongst other things And the Reversion of the same Mannor to have and to hold to him the said Earle his Heires and Assignes for ever By virtue of which said Letters Patents the same late Earle was seized of the aforesaid Mannor with the Appurtenances whereof c. in his Demesne as of Fee and Right and so being thereof seized after and before the aforesaid time of the Trespasse aforesaid made the same late Earle the twentieth day of May in the thirty sixth yeare of the aforesaid late King by his Indenture at E. between him the said Earle by the name of the Honorable Henry Earle of Surrey Knight of the Honorable Order of the Garter on the one part and the aforesaid Richard by the name of Richard Filmerston Gentleman of the other part which other part with the Seale of the aforesaid Earle signed he the said R. brings here into Court whose Date is the same day and yeare did bargain and sell to him the said R. the Mannor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. amongst other things by the name of the whole Mannor of E. with the Appurtenances in Suffolke and all Lands and Tenements Meadowes Feedings Pastures Woods Under-Woods Possessions and Hereditaments accepted reputed or taken as part parcell or Member of the aforesaid Mannor or to that Mannor in any manner pertaining as also all other Lands Tenements and Hereditaments being of the aforesaid Earles in E. or elsewhere in the County of S. which the aforesaid Earle had of the Gift and Grant of the aforesaid late King or which pertained or belonged or were part parcell or member or unto the aforesaid Colledge or of the Possession thereof within three yeares next before the dissolution of the same Colledge to have and to hold the aforesaid Mannor and all other the Premisses with their Appurtenances to the aforesaid R. his Heires and Assignes for ever as by the same Indenture amongst other things it more fully appeares Which sayd Indenture before Sampson Michell Clerke one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery of the aforesayd late King afterwards the same twentieth day of May in the thirty sixth yeare aforesayd as the Deed of him the sayd Earle by him the Earle was acknowledged and in the Chancery aforesayd the same day and yeare according to the forme of the Statute in that case published and provided was inrolled by which the same R. was seized of the Mannor aforesayd with the appurtenances whereof c. in his Demesne as of Fee untill the aforesayd S. afterwards to wit the aforesayd time wherein c. into the Mannor aforesayd with the appurtenances whereof c. did enter and the Close aforesayd then and there broke and the Grasse aforesayd then and there growing with the Cattell aforesayd did eate up trod downe c. in manner and forme as the aforesayd R. above against him complaines And further the same R. sayes That the aforesayd Demise of the Mannor aforesayd with the appurtenances whereof c. by the aforesayd late Master and the Brotherhood to the aforesayd E. Bestroy and S. in forme aforesayd made had
c. whereupon he prayes judgment c. And the aforesaid R.F. sayes that he gave not of his own proper mony to the aforesayd I.P. the aforesaid 6 s. and 8 d. nor any penny thereof nor to the aforesaid T.R. the aforesaid 3 s. and 4 d. nor any penny thereof to speak their verdict for the aforesaid R. M. Defendant in the playnt aforesaid as the aforesaid W.C. above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Countrey And the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner c. AND the aforesaid T.W. by L.D. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. and all contempt and whatsoever c. And sayes that the aforesaid I. H. ought not to have his Action aforesaid against him because he saith that the aforesaid I. W. the said time wherein c. and long before and after was the servant of him the said T. W. reteyned with him in the service of a Common Labourer at D. in the County of R. And further saith that the aforesaid I. W. for whose part and long before the said time wherein the maintenance aforesaid was supposed to be made at D. aforesayd came unto him the said T.W. and requested him that he in the name of him the said I.W. would ask a certaine man learned in the Law of the Land to be of Counsell with him the said I.W. in the plaint aforesaid And that the said I.W. would well and sufficiently reward him for his labour By virtue of which request the same T.W. the said time wherein the maintenance aforesaid is supposed to be made at W. in the County of Middlesex came unto one W. F. a learned man in the Law of the Land and asked him the said W.F. to be of Counsell with him the said I. W. in the plaint aforesaid and told him the said W.F. that the aforesaid I. W. him the said W. F. would well and sufficiently reward him for his labour Which said comming to the aforesaid W.F. asking and speaking to him the said W. F. out of the Cause aforesaid are the aforesaid maintenance whereof the aforesaid I. H. above complaines And this c. whereupon c. AND the aforesaid I. H. sayes The Plaintife replies be was not his servant that he by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his Action aforesaid because he saith that the aforesaid I. W. the said time wherein c. was not the Servant of him the said T W. now retained in Service with him the said T.W. as the same T.W. above by pleading hath alleadged and this he prayes may be enquired of by the Countrey and the aforesaid Defendant in like manner therefore Command is given to the Sheriffe that he cause to come before our Lord the King at W. such a day twenty foure as well Knights c. of the Visenage of D. aforesaid by whom c. SVffolk ss T. A. who prosecutes as well for our Lady the Queen is for himself Declaration upon the Statute of mayntenance for buying of a title of Land complaines of John Calfe in the custody of the Marshall c. of a plea that he render to her the sayd Lady the Queen and the aforesaid T. A. two hundred marks for the value of one Messuage and eight Acres of Land Scituate and lying in the fields of C. in the County of Suffolk which to them the said Lady the Queen and the aforesaid T. he owes and unjustly detaines for that that is to say whereas in the Statute in the Parliament of our Lord King Henry the 8th late King of England Father of out Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster in the County of M. the 28th day of Aprill in the 11th yeare of his Raign held and there begun and from thence unto the 23 day of July then next following by diverse proroguings then and there held amongst other things it was enacted that no person or persons of whatsoever state degree or condition soever they should be of who should from thence following bargain buy or sell or by any wayes obtaine gaine or have any right or title of any person or persons in or to any Mannors c. And so recite the Statute untill One Moyetie of the said forfeitures to be to her the said Lady the Queen and the other Moyety to the party who thereupon should prosecute in any of the Courts of our Lady the Queen of Record as in the Statute aforesaid amongst other things more fully is contained yet the aforesaid I. little weighing the Statute aforesaid nor seating the punishment contained in the same the 24 day of June in the 4th yeare of our Lady the Queen one Messuage and eight Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in C. at C. in the County aforesaid of one R.F. by him the sayd I. then and there paid and afterwards to be payed bought obtained and had to him and his Heirs for ever knowing that the same R. F. nor any of his Ancestors had any right or claime to the aforesaid Messuage and eight Acres of Land with the Appurtenances nor were thereupon ever possessed of the same Messuage and eight Acres of Land nor of any reversion or remainder thereof And knowing also that he the same R. F. received not the Rent or profit thereof by the space of one whole year next before the said bargain grant and provision so between them as is aforesaid made Which said Messuage and eight Acres of Land aforesaid with the Appurtenance are worth to be sold two hundred Marks at the least By which the Action accrued to her the said Lady the Queen and to the aforesaid T. A. to require and have of the aforesaid I. the aforesaid two hundred Marks for the value of the Messuage and the aforesaid eight Acres of Land with the Appurtenances yet the aforesaid I. although often required c. the aforesaid two hundred Markes to her the said Lady the Queen nor to the aforesaid T. hitherto he hath not paid but the same to them the said Lady the Queen and to the aforesaid T. hitherto to pay he hath denied and as yâ—t denieth and the same to them the said Lady the Queen and the aforesaid T. as yet unjustly detaineth Whereupon he saith that he is worsted and hath damage to the value of 200 s. And thereupon aswell for our Lady the Queen as for himselfe be brings his Suit c. The Defendant pleads he bought not the Land against the forme of the Statute AND the aforesaid I P. by T.S. his Attorney comes and defends the force injury when c. and all contempt whatsoever c. And by Protestation not acknowledging any thing in the Declaration aforesaid specified to be true for Plea he saith that the same I. bought not obtained or had to him and his Heires of the aforesaid R. F. the aforesaid Messuage and 8 Acres of Land with the Appurtenances against the
May in the 30. year of the Reign of the said now King were in arrear unto the said I. Broker and Agnes not paid they the said J. Cop. T. Cop. and J. Horn as servants of them the said J. Broker and Agnes and by their Command at the said time in which c. the aforesaid Cattell in the said place called Wilpark by the name of Distresse for the said 30. shillings so as it is aforesaid of the sayd annuall Rent remaining behind Without this that they took the Cattell again for which cause they formerly had taken them they took and deteined as it was lawfull for them to do without this that the said J. Cop. T. Cop. and J. H. at the said time in which c. they took the said Cattell for the same occasion which before they had taken them as the said J. G. before against them Complaineth And this c. Whereupon he prayeth Judgement if an Action c. he ought to maintain c. Plaintif saith that the said Rent was not behind but that the said Cattell were taken for the cause before Venit ' fâ—c ' awards upon 2. Issues ss ANd the said I. G. saith that he by any matter before alleged from his said Action sued had of the taking and deteyning of the said Cattell against the foresaid I. Cop. T. Cop. and I. Horn ought not to be precluded because he saith that the said Rent was not in arrear unto them the said I. Broker and Agnes at the said Feasts as c. and so as before saith that the said I. Cop. T. Cop. and I. H. took the said Cattell for the same occasion which they formerly took them as the said I. G. before against them complaineth And this he prayeth that it may be inquired of the Country c. And the said I. Cop. T.C. and I. H. likewise c. therefore as to the trying of that issue as the other issue between the said parties before likewise joyned thereupon commeth the Jury before the said King from the day of S. Hillary in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. ss AND the said I. B. by T. A. his Attorney commeth Defendant avoweth the taking of the Cattell for that the Plaintif being his Tenant by homage Fealty and Escuage and sute of Court and because he did not Homage and Sute of Court at the said Court of him the Defendant he avows c. and defendeth the force and Injury when c. and doth well avow the taking of the said Cattell in the said place in which c. and justly c. Because he saith that the said I.G. doth hold of him the said I.B. as of his Mannor of S. in the same County one Messuage and two acres of land with th' appurtenances in the said Town of S. wherof the said place in which c. is parcell by Homage and at Escuage of the Lord the King 40. shillings when it should happen 40. d. and at more more and at lesse lesse And by service to do Sute to the Court of him the said I. B. of his Maannor of S. aforesaid at G. from three weeks to three weeks and by the Rent of ten pence unto him the said I. B. and his Heirs at the Feast of Easter and St. Michael the Arch-Angel by equall portions yearly to be paid of which said Services one T. P. grand-father of him the said I. B. whose Heir he is was seized by the hand of one R. F. then Tenant of the said Messuage and Land with th' appurtenances As by the hand of his true Tenant of which said R.F. the Estate of the said I.G. now hath in the same Messuage and Lands with th' appurtenances and from the said T. P. Grandfather c. descended the said Mannor and Services with th' appurtenances unto one Iohane P. as his Daughter and Heir of the said T. P c. And from her the said Iohane descended the same and Services with th' appurtenances unto the foresaid I. B. who now avoweth as Son and Heir of the said Iohane And because the homage of the said I. E. and also sute at the said Court of him the said I. B. holden at G. aforesaid sixth day of October next before the day of the said taking they justly belonged unto the said I. B. the said I. B. avoweth the taking of the said Cattell in the sayd place in which c. as in parcell of the said Tenements of him the said I. B. in form aforesaid holden above the said I. G. and above his true Tenant and within his Fee c. ss AND the said I. G. saith that the said I. B. the taking of the said Cattell in the foresaid place in which Plaintif saith that the place in which c. is without his Fee c. ought not to avow just because he saith that that place is and at the time of the said taking was without the Fee and Lordship of him the said I. B. And this he is ready to prove whereupon from that the said B. before hath acknowledged the taking and detension of the said Cattell he prayeth Judgement and his Damages by that occasion to be adjudged unto him c. ss AND the said I. B. saith that the said place in which c. is and at the time of the said taking was within the Fee and Lordship of him the said I. B. in the form which the said I. B. by his Avowment aforesaid hath supposed and not without his Fee and Lordship And of this he putteth himself upon the Countrey c. Defendant avoweth the taking of the Cattell for that one N.L. held the other parcel of land whereof the place in which c. is parcel of one R.B. whose Heir the Defendant is by Homage Fealty and Escuage and Rent of 20. s. by the year one I. L. hâ—d the estate of the said N. L. suffered the Homage to be unperformed and the Rent unpaid Discent ss AND the said I. T. by W.B. his Attorney commeth and Defendeth the force and injury when c. and doth well avow the taking of the said Cattell in the said place in which c. And justly c. because he saith that one N. L. was lately seized of six Messuages with th' appurtenances in little L. aforesaid in his Demesn as of Fee whereof the place in which c. is parcell and the said Messuage with th' appurtenances held of R. B. by Homage Fealty and Escuage of the Lord the King 40. shillings when it should happen 10. shillings and at more more c. and at lesse lesse c. and by the Rent of 20. shillings unto the said R. and his Heirs at the Feasts of Easter and St. Michael th'Arch-Angell by equall portions yearly to be paid of which Services the said R. was seized by the hand of the said N. as by the hand of his true Tenant of the said Fealty as of Fee and right and of the
deliver ss W Burton of L. Chaplain and B.W. were summoned to answer unto I.I. of a Plea wherefore they took the Cattel of him the said I.I. and them unjustly detained against the sureties and pledges c. And whereupon the said I. I. by I. C. his Attorney complaineth that the said W. and B. the day c. in the year c. In the Town of H. in a certain place called they took four score sheep of him the said Iohn and seaventy sheep thereof they unjustly detained untill c. And ten sheep residue thereof of the price of twenty shilling as yet unjustly detain against the sureties and pledges c. Whereupon he saith that he is the worse And hath dammage to the Value of twenty pound And thereupon he bringeth his Sute c. And prayeth that the said W. and B. may secure the delivery of the said Ten sheep unto him c. Defendant acknowledgeth the taking of the sheep as bailiffes of the Dean and Chapter c. of Lincoln with which the Dean and Chapter c. one annuall Rent of the burthen of a certain Mannor whereof the place is parcell thereout going was granted and liberty for not payment thereof to distrain c. And as to the rest of the sheep c. the defendant saith that the Plaintif hath deliverance there upon in the Countrey ss AND they the said W.B. and B.W. by T.S. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and injury when c. And as Bayliffes of I. M. Dean c. Doth well acknowledg the taking of the said sheep in the said place in which c. And justly c. Because he saith that one R. S. knight son and heir of the Lord R. of S. in the County of L. was lately seised of the Mannors of H. and B. with th' appurtenances whereof the said place in which c. is parcell in his demesn as of fee and so thereof seized by his certain writing indented whose other part is signed with the Seal of him the said R. they the said W. and B. profer here in Court the date of which is at L the second day of June in the fourth year of the reign of the Lord the now King gave and granted and by his said Writing indented confirmed unto J. S. then Dean of the Church c. By the names of Dean and Chapter of the Cathedrall Church of the blessed Mary of Lincoln and his Successors forever to the use and augmentation of the Support of five Chaplains of one Church and six singing boyes for the * Justification for the burthen of Rent Souls of the most illustrious Prince Lord Edward the third late King of England deseased and B. and the Souls of his Predecessors and of all the faithfull in the Chapell of St. Katherine founded in the Church aforesaid and also to the Aid of Sustentation of one Chaplain divine services for the said Souls and for the Soul of B. is to be celebrated by them the said five Chaplains and their Successors of a new Maintenance by Licence of the said Lord King Richard late had and obtained by the Chapter of him the said king dated at Westminster the 23. day of February in the aforesaid twentyth year of his Reign one yearly perpetuall Rent of twenty marks to be perceived yearly of all and singular his Mannors or Cattel Lands and tenements with th' appurtenances in H. to be paid unto them the said late Dean and Chapter and their Successors every year forever at two terms of the year that is to say at the feasts of Easter and St Michael th'arch-Angell by equall portions in the Court Chamber of the said Cathedrall Church At which said payment of the said perpetuall Rent of twenty mark unto the said late Dean and Chapter and at the said feasts faithfully as it was preadvised to be done obliged all and singular the said Mannors by the name of all and singular the said Mannors or Lordships lands and tenements of H. and B. with th' appurtenances in whosoevers hands they should be or come from thenceforth to come that if the said perpetuall annuall Rent of twenty marks should be behind in part or in all after any Term before assigned for the payment whereof then it should be lawfull for the said late Dean and Chapter Claim of distress for the Rent Charge and their Successors in all and singular the Mannors Lordships lands and tenements of him the said R. aforesaid with th' appurtenances in whatsoever hands they should come from thence in future for the said yearly Rent and the Arrearages thereof if any should be and the distresses taken to drive or carry lead away impound and retain aswell within the County as without wheresoever it should please the said Dean and Chapter and their Successors untill themselves of the said perpetuall yearly Rent together with all and singular the Arrearages of the same and the dammages which they should sustain and expend which they should lay out by reason of the not payment of the said continuall annuall Rent at the said Terms should be fully satisfyed By vertue of which gift and Grant of the said I. S. late Dean of the said Cathedrall Church chief of the same were late seized of the said Rent of twenty marks by the hands of the said R. S. then tenant of the said Mannor and tenements and because the said Rent unto them the said Dean and Chapter of the said Church Command to the Sheriff to deliver the Cattel whereupon the Plaintif desireth Security and the Defendant saith that he hath the deliverance in the Country A special Writ shall issue unto the Sheriff to deliver them c. Plaintif saith that he hath nothing in the Tenements unless a certain Demise unto him by one W. J. made and the Freehold and Fee thereof in the person of the said W. J. being and prayeth of the same W. aid and hath c. Prayer of Aid Summons in Aid by one year next before the day of the said taking was in arrear unpaid they the said W. and B. as Bailiffs of the said Dean and Chapter for 20. Marks of the said annuall Rent so being behind they doe lawfully acknowledge the taking of the said Sheep in the said place in which c. as in parcell of the said Mannors of the said now Dean and Chapter of the yearly Rent in form aforesaid charged with Distresse c. And as to the Sureties of the said Sheep He saith that he had deliverance thereof in the Country c. therefore the Sheriff is commanded that if the said I. I. had not the Deliverance of the said Sheep then the said Sheep he should cause to be delivered unto the said J. J. and whatsoever c. he should make known unto the Lord the King from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. ss AND the said I. I. not acknowledging any matter by the said W. B.
the said Homage fealty and sute of Court as of fee and right and of the said Rent and residue of the said Services in his Demesn as of Fee And because the sute of him the said T. H. at the Court of the said R. A. held at his said Mannor on fryday next after the Epiphany of our Lord in the fourteenth year of the reign of the now King unto the said R. A. remaining undone the said R. A. doth well avow the taking of the said Cattel in the said place in which c. as in parcell of the said tenement of him the said R. A. in form aforesaid held and upon the said T. H. as upon his true Tenant thereof c. And within his fee c. And this he is ready to prove whereupon he prayeth judgment and the return of the said Cattel to be adjudged unto him c. Defendant protesting that he did not hold the premisses by the services in the avowment of the Plantif specifyed and that the Defendant was not of the same seized c. for Plea saith that he holdeth by fealty 3. shillings tent onely without this that he holdeth as above And the said T. H. saith that the said R. A. by any thing before alleged the taking of the said Cattel ought not to avow just because protesting that the said T. doth not the said Messuage and Virge of land with th' appurtenances of the foresaid R. A. by the said services in the avowment of him the said R. before specified c. And protesting also that the said R. A. was not seized of the said services by the hands of him the said T. in manner and form as the said R. A. before hath alleged for Plea saith that the said T. doth hold the said Messuage and Virge of land of the aforesaid R. A. as of his Mannor of B. by fealty and the Rent of three shillings onely for all services and ancient demands without this that the said R. A. was seized of the said services to doe sute at the Court of him the said R. A. of his said Mannor from three weeks to three weeks there to be held and of the residue of the said services in manner and form as the said R. A. in his said avowment before hath alleged and this he is ready to prove whereupon he prayeth Judgement and his Damages by that occasion to be adjudged unto him c. And the said R. A. saith Issue upon the Tenure that the said R. was seized of the said Services to do Sute to the Court of him the said R. of his said Mannor from three weeks to three weeks there to be held and of the residue of the said Services in manner and form as the said R. before hath alleged And of this he putteth himself upon the Country and the said T. likewise c. ss AND the said I.T. and H. by R. M. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and injury when The form of a Plea where the Defendant took more Beasts and Chattels than the Plaintif by his Declaration supposeth himself to have taken the Defendants say as to one Horse they did not take as to the residue say that he the said J.D. one of the Defendants in right of his Wife was seized of the Mannor of D. of which Mannor the Plaintif holdeth ten acres of land wherof c. of the Defendant by Fealty and four shillings Rent and to do Sute of Court and a Fine was leavyed of the same Mannor between W.F. Plaintif and the said I. E. and his Wife and that afterwards the said W. F. granted the said Mannor unto the said I.E. and his Wife and to the Heirs of their bodies c. in Fee-tayl and that after the Plaintif attorned unto them the said I. P. and his Wife and because the said Rent was behind the Defendants took the Beasts c. c. and as to the taking of one Horse of the said Horses they the said J. and H. say that they did not take that Horse in manner and form as the said Prioress before against them complaineth And of this they put themselves upon the Country And the said Prioress likewise c. And the said I. and H. further say that they at the time in which the taking of the said Cattell is supposed to be done they took four Horses of the said five Horses in the said Declaration specified and also one Cart with six Stacks of Barley in the same Cart being with the whole Tacklyn to the sayd Cart belonging that is to say Cartharness for the said four Horses in the same Cart to be drawn of the said Oxen and Cattell of the said Piroress in the said place in which c. which said four Horses and the said Cart with the said six Stacks of Barley in the same Cart being and the said Cattell that is to say the tackling of the said Cart called Horse Harness for the said four Horses drawing that Cart of I.N. Knight Sheriff of the said County at the Complaint of the said Prioress unto the said Prioress caused to be replevyed and of the said four Horses and Chattells the said I. in his own right and of Anne his Wife doth well avow And the said Hen. as Bailiff of the same I. doth well acknowledge the taking of the said Cattell in the said place in which c. and justly c. because he saith that the said place in which c. doth contein in it self ten acres of land with th' appurtenances in C. aforesaid whereof the said Prioress at the said time in which c. long before c. was seised in her Demesn as of Fee in the right of her said Monastery and so thereof being seized held the same of the said I. and A. his Wife in the right of her the said A. as of her Mannor of D. in the said C. of K. by Fealty and the Rent of 4. shillings every year at the Feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angell to be paid and by Service to do Sute at the Court of them the said I. and A. of their said Mannor from three weeks to three weeks there to be held of which Services the said I. and A. in the right of her the said A. were seized by the hands of the said Prioress as by the hands of their then true Tenant that is to say of Fealty and Sute of the said Court as of Fee and in right and of the said Rent in their Demesn as of Fee And them the said I. and A. in the right of her the said A. so of the said Mannor Rent and Services being seized long before the said time A Fine levied where the wise is Cognisee seized of the lands acknowledged in which c. that is to say in Eight dayes of St. Michael in the 21. year of Henry late King of England and France the seventh from the Conquest in the Court of him the said late King
at Westminster before T. Frâ—wick and his fellows then Justices of him the Lord the King and other faithfull people of the said late King then there present a certain Fine was levyed of the said Mannor with th' appurtenances amongst other Tenements and Rents by the name of the Mannor of D. with th' appurtenances and of one Messuage CCC acres of land twelve acres of Meadow twenty acres of Pasture and five pounds Rent and the rent of 20. Cocks 100. Capons 160. Sheep with th' appurtenances in D. in the County of K. between William Frost then Plaintif and the said I. and A. by the names of I. Batiller and A. his Wife then agreeing whereupon the Plea of Concord was summoned between them in the same Court that is to say that the said I. and A. doe recognize the said Mannor with th' appurtenances to be the right of him the said W. as that that the said W. then had of the Gift of the said I. and A. And the same Remized and quit claymer of them the said I. and A. and the Heirs of her the said A. unto the said W. and his Heirs for ever And afterwards they the said I. and A. granted for themselves State in the tayl made by Fine and the Heirs of her the said A. that they should Warrant unto the said W. and his Heirs the said Mannor with th' appurtenances against all men for ever And for that Recognizance Remise quit claymed Warrant Fine and Concord the said VV. granted unto the said I. and A. the said Mannor with th' appurtenances and that unto them rendred in the same Court to have and to hold unto the said I. and A. and the Heirs of the body of them the said I. and A. begotten of the chief Lords of that Fee by the Services which to the said Mannor appertaineth for ever And if it should happen that they the said I. and A. should dye without Heir of their bodyes begotten then after the Deceases of them the said I. and A. the said Mannor with th' appurtenances should wholly remain to the Heirs of her the said A. of her body begotten to be held of the chief Lords of that Fee by the Services which to the said Mannor doe appertein for ever And if no Heir of the body of her the said A. should be begotten then the said Mannor with th' appurtenances should wholly remain to the right Heirs of the said I. B. to be held of the chief Lords of that Fee by the Services which to the said Mannor apperteineth for ever as in the said Fine is more fully conteyned And afterwards the said Prioress of the said ten acres of land being seized at C. in the County aforesaid Attornment of the Tenant unto the Lord. to the said I. and A. retorned her self by pretence of which Fine they the said I. and A. afterwards and before the said time in which c. into the Mannor with th' appurtenances entred and thereof at the said time in which c. were and as yet doe remain seized in their Demesn as of Fee-tayl And because the Rent aforesaid for eight years after the levying of the said Fine and before the said taking supposed to be done that is to say for eight years next before the Feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angell in the fifth year of the Reign of the now King at the said time in which c. ended was in arrear unto the said I. and A. and as yet remaineth unpaid the said I. in his own right and in the right of the said A. doth well avow and the said H. as Bayliff of him the said I. doth well acknowledge the taking of the said Beasts and Chattels in the said place in which c. and justly c. that is to say for 14. shillings Rent aforesaid and of and for the six first years of the said eight years being behind and unpaid and upon the said Prioress as upon the true Tenant of them the said I. and A. in form aforesaid in the said place in which c. and within their Fee c. And this they are ready to prove whereupon they pray Judgement and the retorn of the said Beasts and Chattels to be adjudged unto them c. And the said Prioress saith The Plaintif saith that the Defendant never was seized of the Rent and Services in barre specified c. after the first going over of the Lord H. King Son of the King in Valton that she by any matter by the said J. and H. before alleged the said J. the taking of the said Beasts and Chattells in the said place in which c. to avow just nor the said H. the same taking in the same place in which c. to acknowledge just they ought not because portesting that there hath not been nor from the time of the said taking had there been any such Mannor called D. within the said County of K. protesting also that she hath not Attorned unto the said I. and A. as the said I. and H. have alleged protesting also that the said place in which c. is and at the said time in which c. was without the Fee of the Lordship of them the said I. and A. for Plea saith that the said I. and A. never were seized of the Rents and Services aforesaid or of any parcell thereof in manner and form which the said I. and H. before alleged after the first going over of the Lord King Henry into Vaston as by the said Avowment and Acknowledgement before supposed And this they are ready to prove whereupon from which the said I. and H. the taking of the Beasts and Chattells above acknowledging prayeth Judgement and her Damages by occasion of the taking and unjust detension of the said Beasts and Chattells to be adjudged unto her c. And they the said I. and H. say that they the said I. and A. were seized of the said Rent and Services by the hands of their true Tenant thereof in what manner and form they the said I. and H. before have alleged Issue of Scizin of Rent And of this they put themselves upon the Country And the said Prioress likewise c. Therefore c. Defendant prayeth Judgment of the Plaint retorned by the Sheriff upon a Recordare and saith that it is insufficient for that the Sirname of the Defendant was not put in the Plaint therefore that he may have the retorn of the Cattell c. ss AND the said I. C. in his person commeth and defendeth the force and Injurie when c. and prayeth hearing of the Plaint of the taking and deteyning of the said Cattell before the Sheriff of the said County made and here in Court at this day that is to say on the morrow of All Souls by virtue of a Writ of the said Lord the King of Recordare retorned and it is read to him in these words ss I. B. complaineth of the
I. N. by pretence of the said Demise unto him made put the said Cattell there to feed Upon which the said R. S. of L. and T. then upon and in those Closes being the said R. S. the now Defendant and the others those Cattell then that is to say at the said time in which c. they took and deteyned and the Ewe-sheep as yet they unjustly detein of which said taking and deteyning the said I. N. hath now brought his said Action thereupon against them And this he is ready to prove whereupon he prayeth Judgement and his Damages by that occasion to be adjudged unto him c. Defendant maintains his Plea without this they disseized the other Plaintif And they the said R. S. the now Defendant and the others say that the said Closes at the said time in which c. was the ground and Freehold of the said R. S. of L. and T. and that the said Cattel at the same time were in those Closes c. feeding and there doing Damage by which they the said R. S. the now Defendant and the others as Bayliffs of the said R. S. of L. and T. those Cattell at the said time in which c. they took and deteyned as unto them it was lawfull as they before have alleged Without this that the said R. S. of L. and T. have disseised the said W. H. of the said Close Without this with th' appurtenances as the said I. N. before hath alleged And this they are ready to prove whereupon as before they pray Judgement c. and for the said R. S. of L. and T. the retorn of the said Oxen Steers Calf Heifer and living goods to be adjudged unto him to be adjudged unto her c. And the said I. N. saith that the said R. S. of L. and T. have Disseised the said W. T. of the said Closes with th' appurtenances in manner and form as he before hath alleged And this he prayeth that it may be inquired of by the Countrey c. ss AND they the said R. A. and W. D. by A. B. their Attorney commeth and defendeth the force and wrong when One of the Defendants avoweth and the other Justifies as Servant for rent-charge behind c. all taking and whatsoever c. And the same R. doth well arow and the said W. D. doth well acknowledge the taking of the said Cattell in the said place in which c. And justly c. because he saith that the said R. G. Gent. long before the said time in which c. was seized of one Tenement and C. acres of land in C. whereof the place in which c. is and at the said time in which c. was parcell in his Demesn as of Fee and he so thereof seized long before the said time in which c. by his certain Deed which the said R. here in Court profereth whose Date is the fourth day of the month of July in the nineteenth year of the Reign of the Lord Edward late King of England the Fourth To have hold and receive that annuall Rent unto the said R. and his Assigns at the Term of his life of and in the said Lands and Tenements with th' appurtenances every year at the Feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angell the Birth of our Lord Easter and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist equally to be paid And the said R. A. further saith that the said R. G. by his said writing further granted that if it should happen the said yearly Rent to be behind in part or in all by one moneth next after any Feast of the said Feasts in which it ought to be paid unto the said R. A. or his Assigns unpaid that then it should be lawfull unto the said R. A. and his Assigns into all the said Lands and Tenements and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances to enter and distrein and the Distresse so there taken to lead carry away impound and in Pound to keep untill to him of that annuall Rent so being behind together with the Costs and Charges if any should be were fully satisfied and paid And for twenty six shillings eight pence being behind at the end of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next before the said time in which c. the said R. A. doth well avow and the said W. D. as Servant of the said R. A. and by his Command at the said time in which c. doth well acknowledge the taking of the said Cattell in the said place in which c. by the name of Distresse for 26. shillings and 8. pence so being behind as in the Lands and Tenements unto the Distresse of him the said R. A. with the said yearly Rent in form aforesaid charged as to them were lawfull And this c. whereupon c. And the said I. not acknowledging any the matrers by the said R. A. and W. D. before alleged to be true saith that the said R. G. long before the said time in which c. was seized of the said Tenements with th' appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee and he so thereof seized long before the said time that is to say the first day of October in the fourteenth year of the Reign of the said now king at A. in C. aforesaid demised those Tenements with th' appurtenances unto the said I. H. to have and occupy to him and his Assignes from the feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angell then last past untill the end and Term of seven years then next following and fully to be compleated by virtue of which Demise the said I. H. long before the said time in which c. into the said Tenements with th' appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed and so the same I. saith that she hath nothing in the said Tenements with th' appurtenances unles at the Term of the said seven years in forme aforesaid thereupon after that term compleated belonging unto the said R.G. his heirs and Assignes without which said R. G. the same I. H. saith that she cannot answear to the said Plea of the said R. A. and W. D. And prayeth Aid of him the said R. G. and she hath Aid prayed c. Therefore the said R. H. is summoned that he before the Lord the King from the day of Easter in Eight weeks wheresoever c. to answer to the said Plea of the said R. A. and W. D. together with the said R. H. if c. the same day is given to the said parties c. At which day before the said King at Westminster cometh aswell the said I. H. as the said R. A. and W. D. by their said Attorney being summoned c. by A. B. his Attorney likewise cometh and joyneth himself with the aforesaid I. H. to avow and acknowledge the said c. and aswell the same I. as the said R. G. who joyneth himself c. Say that the said R. A. the taking of the said
Cattel in the said place in which c. For the reason before alleged Plaintif and Lessor say that the same Lessor at the time of the making of the writing by which the said annuall Rent was granted was within age c. to avow just nor the said W. D. the taking of those Cattel in the same place in which c. to acknowledg just ought not because they say that well and true it is that the said R. G. long before the said time in which c. was seized in the said Tenements with th' appurtenances whereof the said place in which c. is and at the said time in which c. was parcell in his Demesn as of Fee and that he so thereof seized long before the same time gave and granted the said annuall Rent unto the said R. A. to have and to hold the said annuall Rent unto the said R. and his Assignes to the Term of his life in manner and form as the same R. A. and the said W. before in pleading have alleged And further the said I. H. and R. G. say that the said R. G. long before the said time in which c. that is to say the first day of October in the fourteenth year of the Reign of the said Lord the now King aforesaid at A. aforesaid demised the said Tenements with th' appurtenances whereof the said place in which c. is and then was parcell unto the said I. H. to have and occupy to him and his Assignes from the said feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angell then last past untill the end and Term of seven years then next following and fully to be compleated by vertue of which demise the said I. long before the said time in which c. was thereof possessed And moreover they the said R. G. and I. H. say that the said I. G. at the said time of the making of the said writing was within the age of twenty one years And this they are ready to prove as c. Within age Whereupon from which the said R. A. and W. the taking of the said Cattel before acknowledging pray judgement and his damages by that occasion to be adjudged unto them c. And they the said R. A. and W. D. as formerly saith Defendant maintaines the Plea without this that the Lessor was within age c. that the said R. G. was seized of the said Tenements with th' appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee and that he so thereof seized by his said Deed at C. aforesaid gave and granted unto the aforesaid R. A. the said annuall Rent of twenty six shillings and eight pence to have and receive that yearly Rent unto the said R. and his Assignes to the Term of his life of and in the said Lands and Tenements with th' appurtenances every year at the feasts of St. Michael th'Arch-Angel the birth of our Lord Baster and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist equally to be paid and that the said R. G. by his said writing further granted that if it should happen the said yearly Rent to be behind in part or in all by one Month after any feast of the said feasts in which it ought to be paid unto the said R. A. or his Assignes unpaid that then it should be lawfull unto the said R. A. and his Assignes into all the said lands and Tenements and the rest of the premisses with th' appurtenances to enter and the distresses so there taken to lead carry away impound and in pound to keep untill unto him of that annuall Rent so being behind together with the Costs and Charges if any should be should be fully satisfyed and paid And for twenty six shillings and eight pence being behind at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next before the said time in which c. the said R. A. doth wel avow and the said W. D. as Servant of him the said R. A. and by his Command at the said time in which c. doth well acknowledg the taking of the said Cattel in the said place in which c. By the name of distress for the same twenty six shillings eight pence so being behind Without this that the Grantor was within age c. as unto them it was lawfull in manner and form as they before have alleged without this that the said R. G. at the said time of the making of the said writting he granted the said annuall Rent he was within the age of twenty one years in manner and form as they the said I. H. and R. G. before in pleading have alleged And this c. whereupon as formerly they pray judgement and the return of the Cattel to be adjudged unto them And that the said I. from her said action against them had may be precluded c. And the said I. and R. G. as formerly say at the said time of the making of the said writing of the Grant of the Annuall Rent was within the Age of twenty one years in manner and form as they the said I. and R. G. before in Pleading have alleged and this they pray that it may be enquired of by the Country c. Defendant justifies the taking of the Cattel for parcell of a yearly Rent Charge behind by the name of distresse ss AND the said V. E. by R. M. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and wrong when c. And as Bailiff of the said T. C. widdow doth well acknowledg the taking of the said Cattel in the said place in which c. And justly c. Because he saith that long before the said taking supposed to be done one J. M. late of the parish of St. Lawrence in the I le of Tenet in the said County was seized of one Tenement called the H. in the said Parish of S. and of twenty four acres of Meadow thirty acres of pasture and twenty acres of Wood with th' appurtenances unto the same Tenement appertaining in S. aforesaid called the H. whereof the said place in which c. is and at the said time of the said taking supposed to be done was parcell in his Demesn as of Fee and so being seized the said I. M. the Eighth day of July in the seventeenth year of the Reign of the Lord Henry late King of England the seventh at S. aforesaid by his certain Writing sealed with the Seal of him the said I. which the said V. herein Court prosereth whose date is the same day and year gave and granted and by the said writing confirmed unto one T. W. Esquire father of the said T. a certain yearly Rent of fifty three shillings and four pence going out of the said Tenements called the H. in the Parish of S. in the said County and of all Meadowes feedings pastures and woods unto the said Tenement in what soever manner belonging To have levy and receive the said annuall Rent of fifty three shillings and four
pence of the said Tenements unto the said T. W. his heirs and Assignes for ever at the feasts of th' Annuntiation of the blessed Mary c. and of St. Michael th'Arch-Angel to be paid by equall Portions and the said I. M. by his said writing willed and granted that if the said annuall Rent should happen to be behind in part or in all unpaid beyond any Term of the payment thereof before limitted that then it should be lawful unto the said T. W. his heirs and Assignes in all the said Tenement land Meadow feedings pasture and Woods and every parcell of them to enter and distrain and the distresses so taken thereupon to lead drive carry away and retain the same untill of all the said annuall Rent which then should be behind together with the damages and Expences had and incurred by occasion of the Not-payment of the said Rent unto the said T. W. his heirs or Assignes should be fully paid and satisfied by vertue of which said Grant of the said I. M. twenty six shillings and eight pence unto the said T.W. in his life that is to say Payment of a Rent charge alleged by which the Defendant was thereof seized at the feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angel in the year of the said Lord Henry late King of England the seventh eighteenth at H. aforesaid did pay by which the said T.W. was of that Rent seized in his Demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seized the said T. long before the taking aforesaid supposed to be done that is to say the twelvth day of August in the third year of the Reign of the said now King at Feversham in the County aforesaid dyed thereof seized after whose death the said Rent with th' appurtenances descended unto the said T. as Son and heir of the said T. and because Eightteen pound thirteen shillings and four pence of the said Rent for seven years ended at the feast of St. Michael the Arch-Angel next after the death of the said T. W. and next after the said taking supposed to be done unto the said T. were behind and as yet remaineth unpaid the said V. for five pound six shillings and eight pence of that Rent unto the said T. for the two first years of the said seven years next before the death of the said T. due as bailiff of the said T. doth well acknowledg the taking of the said Cattel in the said place in which c. as parcell of the said Tenements unto the distress of the said T. in form aforesaid charged And justly c. And this he is ready to prove c. whereupon he prayeth judgement and the return of the said Cattel to be adjudged unto him c. And the said S. M. saith Plaintif saith that the Grantor did not grant the annuall rent in barr specified Protestation that the said V. by any matter in his said acknowledgment before alleged the taking of the said Cattel in the said place in which c. ought not to acknowledg just because protesting that the said I. M. hath nothing in the said Tenements at the time of the Grant of the said Rent supposed to be done for Plea saith that the said I. M. by his said Writing gave and granted unto the said T. W. the said annuall Rent of the said fifty three shillings and four pence going forth of the said Tenements in manner and form as the said V. in her said acknowledgement before hath alleged And this he is ready to prove c. Whereupon from which the said V. the taking of the said Cattel before acknowledging prayeth judgement and his dammages by reason of the taking and detension of the said Cattel to be adjudged unto him c. And the said V. saith that the said I. M. by his said writting gave and granted unto the said T. V. the said annuall Rent of fifty three shillings and four pence going forth of the said Tenements in manner and form as the said V. before hath alleged and this she prayeth that it may be inquired of c. Cambridge Defendant justifies the taking of the hurdles for that that he was seized of the Mannor of C. and had accustomed to have folding within the Precinct of the same and that if any other any fold there should levy then it should be lawfull unto the Lord of the same Mannor the same fold to cast down flat and those hurdels to distrain and to keep untill c. And saith that the Plaintif hath levyed a fold within the precinct of the said Mannor c. Mich 33. H. 8. roll 100. ss AND the said T. Braken by I.W. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and injury when c. All taking and whatsoever c. And doth well avow the taking of the said thirty six Folding Hurdels in the said two Ridges of Land and justly c. Because he saith that one T.D. Master or Keeper of the Kings Hall or College within the University of Cambridge vulgarly called the Kings Hall and the Fellowes of the same Hall or College were seized of the said two Ridges of Land in their Demesn as of Fee in the right of their said College and that the said T. likewise seized in his Demesn of and in the Mannor of Chesterton in the said County and the said T.B. and all those whose estate he hath of and in that Mannor with th' appurtenances they had and were accustomed to have free folding in and through the Precinct of the Town of Chesterton aforesaid and further the said T. B. saith that if any one any other folding within the precinct of the said Town of Chesterton without leave of the Lord of the Mannor of C. aforesaid for the time being did levy that then the Lord of the Mannor of C. aforesaid who for the time should be that folding by all the said time at his will hath accustomed to cast down flat and also those Hurdels of such folding so erected by the whole time aforesaid to distrain and at his will under safe custody likewise accustomed to put as long as and untill such those Hurdels in due manner out of his possession should be sued forth and because the said T. G. before the said time in which c. a certain fold in and upon the said two Ridges of Land in C. aforesaid by the command of the said Master and Fellowes of the said Hall or College without the leave of him the said T. H. with the said thirty six folding Hurdles did set up and levyed the said T. B. those thirty six folding Hurdles took and the same under safe Custody put as to him it was lawfull which is the same taking and detaining of the said thirty six folding Hurdles whereof the said T.G. before himself now Complaineth Enquire And this he is ready to prove whereupon he prayeth judgment and the return of those thirty six folding Hurdles and also dammage according to the form of the
the said T. late Prior and all his Predecessors heretofore Priors of the said Church from the time of which c. in the Right of that Church distreined and used to distrein for the said Rent and the Arrerages of the same in the said twenty acres of Land with th' appurtenances and in every parcell thereof when that Rent or any parcell thereof unto the Prior of the said Church for the time being by any Feast in which as is premised ought to be paid should happen to be behind unpaid and the Distresses so taken to lead chase carry away and wholly to retein them untill that Rent and the Arrerages of the same unto the Prior of the said Church for the time being should be fully satisfied and paid which said T. the late Prior afterward dyed The death of one of the Priors the Choosing of another after whose death the said now Prior was elected and made Prior of the said Church And because the said Rent at the time of the said taking supposed to be done was behind for two years next before the day of the said taking done unto the said now Prior unpaid the said R.B. as Bailiff of the said now Prior for thirteen shillings four pence of that Rent of those two years so being behind doth well acknowledge the taking of the said Cattell and Chattels in the said place in which c. And justly c. as in parcell of the said twenty acres with th' appurtenances unto the Distresse of him the said Prior of that Rent in form aforesaid charged And justly c. And this he is ready to prove c. whereupon he prayeth Judgement and the Retorn of the said Cattell and Chattells to be adjudged unto him c. ACTIONS OF TRESPASS upon the CASE TRESPAS UPON THE CASE Declaration for scandall of a Tytle ss R Stevens otherwise Walker complaineth of Thomas Gittens in the Custody of the Marshall c. for that namely that whereas the eighth day of October in the eleventh year of the Reign of the said Lady the now Queen one I. E. was seized in his Demesn as of Fee of and in one Messuage a hundred acres of Land fourty acres of Meadow two hundred acres of Pasture and twenty acres of Wood with th' appurtenances in H. in the said County and so being thereof seized the same I. afterwards that is to say the 22. day of October in the sayd eleventh year infeoffed the said R. of the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances to have to the said R. to him and his Assigns for ever by virtue of which the said R. into the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances entred and was and yet is thereof seized in his Demesn as of Fee which said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances being desirous to sell to pay divers sums of money unto divers persons unto whom he was indebted the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances unto one G. P. and divers other subjects of the Lady the now Queen after the said 22. day of October in the eleventh sent aforesaid and before the 20. day of March in the twenty third year of the Reign of the said Lady the now Queen for one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England could have bargained and aliened the said Thomas well knowing of the Premisses craftily and deceiptfully imagining and intending the said R. of the Sale of the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances for a good value of the same maliciously to hinder and the right and Title of the said R. of in the said R. and the rest of the Premisses unjustly and untruly to extenuate scandalize and to bring into obloquy Afterwards that is to say the 22. day of March in the twenty third year abovesaid at H. aforesaid in the said County by colour of a certein Deed indented by one W.E. unto the said T. of and in the Premisses made in the presence and hearing of divers Venerable and of other worthy people of Credit subjects of the now Lady the Queen then and there being and hearing did speak these false feigned and scandalous English words and plainly with a loud voice pronounced and published that is to say I himself the said T. B. meaning have better right to half the Lands meaning the half of the said Messuages and Tenements above specified than he the meaning the same R. now Plaintif hath Which said W. E. had no right to sell the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses where in truth the said R. S. purchased the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances of the said I. E. who at the time of that purchase had right to sell the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances and where in truth the said T. E. nothing of right or lawfull claim of to or in the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances then had or as yet hath or in any manner whatsoever was able or is able lawfully to sell or demand by pretence of which said speech publication and claim aforesaid the said R. at any time after the 20. day of March in the twenty third year above said the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses Enquire whether these words are sufficient to maintain the said Action because the Defendant spoke the words in his proper right and tytle with th' appurtenances unto any person in no wise could bargain or sell by reason of which the said R. was not onely constreined to his great charges and costs to borrow of divers persons divers sums of money to be paid at the debt of him the said R. and also true it is the same R. for clearing of the said Title and Claym by the said T.G. in form aforesaid made and for the manifestation and proof of the right and title of him the said R. aforesaid of and in the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances he took upon him and underwent divers grievous Labours of his body and hath divers wayes spent vast sums of money and also certain other great dutifull Affairs of him the said R. doe remain undone and neglected Whereupon the said I. saith that he is the worse and hath Damage to the value c. Justification of the speaking of the scandalous words by reason of a Feoffment ss AND the said T. E. by E. B. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and Injury when c. And saith that he ought not to maintain an Action because he saith that the said W. E. tenth day of August in the eleventh year of the Reign of the now Lady the Queen was seized in his Demesn as of Fee of and in the Moitie of the said Messuage and the rest of the Premisses with th' appurtenances in H. aforesaid
for the time being or to their certain Attorney four pounds Sterling at the four Terms in the year in the City of London usuall by equall portions as by that Writing here in Court shewed more fully it doth and may appear by vertue of which said Demise the said I. R into the said Messuage with th' appurtenances before the said time in which c. entred and was thereof possessed and so thereof being possessed the said John afterwards that is to say the fifteenth day of May in the sixth year of the Reign of the King that now is at the said City of London that is to say in the Parish of St. Swithin in the Ward of Walbrook London made his Will and by the same Will constituted and appointed one P. B. and N. S. Citizens and Cloth workes of London Executors of his said Will And afterwards and before the said time Lessee for years makes his Will and dyes and his term commeth to his Executors in which c. there dyed after whose death the said P. and N. as Executors of the said Testament into the said Messuage with th' appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed and the said R. H. claiming the said Messuage with th' appurtenances by colour of a certain Charter of Demise unto him thereof made for term of his life by the foresaid R. C. Rector of the said Church before the said Demise by the said B. C. thereof unto the said I. R. made in form aforesaid where none of that Messuage with th' appurtenances into the possession of the said R.H. by that Charter ever passed over into that Messuage with th' appurtenances before the said time in which c. he entred upon the possession of which said R. H. thereupon the said I. R. afterward that is to say the foresaid time in which c. into the said Messuage with th' appurtenances as servant of the said P. and N. and by their Command re-entred as to him it was lawfull to doe And this c. whereof c. ss AND the said R. Hartings saith Plaintif saith that the lands were appertaining to a Singing man and by Act in the Parliament of King Edw. 6. it came to the hands of the King and that the King gave the same lands unto one who sold them the Plaintif without that the said Rector Demised in manner and form c. Upon the Statute of the first of E. 6. for suppressing of Singing men of Colleges and free Chappels that he by any matters by the said I. above c. ought not to be precluded because he saith that well and true it is that the said R. C. Clerk late Rector of the said Church of St. Swithin in Candlewick-street London long before the said time of the foresaid Trespass done he was seized of and in the said Messuage with th' appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee in the right of his said Church to the use to find a Chaplain to celebrate Divine Services in the said Church of St. Swithins for ever and so thereof being seized to the same use afterward and before the said time of the aforesaid Trespass done by an Act in Parliament of the Lord the now King held and begun at Westminster the fourth day of November in the first year of his Reign and from thence untill the twenty fourth day of December then next following continued and then and there begun it was Ordained and enacted by Authority of the same Parliament that all manner of Colleges free Chapels and Chanteries being and to be had within five yeers next before the first day of the fame Parliament which were not in actuall and reall possession of the said Lord H. late King of England the eighth Father of the Lord the now King neither in reall and actuall possession of the same now Lord the King Neither excepted in a certain Act in Parliament of the same Lord the Lord the King held at Westminster the said twenty third day of November in the thirty seventh year of his Reign other than such which by Commissions of the Lord the King in form afterwards in the said Act made in the first year of the said Lord the now King should be mentioned altered transposed or changed And all Mannors Lands Tenements Rents Tithes Pensions Portions and other Hereditaments and the matter mentioned in the aforesaid Act made in the first year of the said Lord the now King abovesaid appertaining unto them or unto any of them and also all Mannors Lands Tenements Rents and other Hereditaments and the other things in the said Act mentioned by any Assurance Will Devise or otherwise had made or acknowledged or declared given assigned limited or appointed to the sustentation of any Presbytery to have continuance for ever and with which or by which any Presbyter should be susteined maintained or found within five years next before the first day of the same Parliament of him the said Lord the now King which were not in actuall and reall possession of him the said Lord the now King And also all annuall Rents Profits and Emoluments at any time within five years next before the beginning of the same Parliament of the first year abovesaid deteined paid or gathered towards or for the Maintenance Supportation and Exhibition of any Stipendary Presbytery intended by any Act without writing to have continuance for ever by Authority of any Parliament immediatly after the Feast of Easter then next it should be adjudged and also it should be in true actuall and reall possession and seizin of the Lord the now King his Heirs and Successors for ever without any Office or Inquisition therof to be had or found and in as ample manner and form as the Presbyters Wardens Masters Ministers Governours Rectors and other Incumbents of them or any of them at any time within six years next before the beginning of the said Parliament of the said Lord the now King were had occupied or enjoyed or at that time they had occupyed and enjoyed the same And as if all and singular the said Colleges Free Chapells Chaunteries Stipendaries Salaries of Presbyters and the said Mannors Lands Tenements and all the Premisses whatsoever and every of them had been or were in the same Act specially particularly and certainly recited nominated and expressed by expresse words names Addition of names Corporations Titles and Faculties and in their own natures kinds and qualities as by the same Act more fully appeareth And the said R. H. saith that the said Messuage at the said time of the making and finishing of the said Act of Parliament of the said Lord the now King and continually before was applied and given to the sustentation of a Chaplain in the said Church of St. Swithins to celebrate Divine Service in the same Church And further the said R. H. saith that at the said time of making the said Act and before the said Messuage was not in actuall and reall possession of the said
B. the Brother the said Moity of the said Tenements which was of his the said G. B. according to the said Custom of Gavelkind descended unto the said I. B. and unto one R. B. as Kin and Heirs of the whole bloud of the said G. B. c. namely as Sons of H. B. Brother of T. B. Father of the said T. Father of the said T. B. the Son and G. B. by which they the said I. B. and R. B. before the said time in which c. into the said Moity of the said Tenements entred and thereof were seized in their Demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seized before the said time in which c. thereof Infeoffed the said I. M. To have to him and his Heirs for ever by vertue of which said Feoffement the said I. M before the said time in which c. demised the said Moity unto the said I. B. for the said Term of two years yet in being as the same I. B. before hath alleged by vertue of which said demise the said I. B. of that Moity was possessed untill the said I.C. at the said time in which c. chased the said Horse out of the 20. Acres of Land as the said I. B. before complaineth Without this that it hath or from the time of which memory is not it had any such Custom in the said County of Kent that whensoever two Heirs Males Coparceners of the half bloud of whatsoever Parent begotten should be inheritable of any Lands or Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind in the said County and either of those Heirs should dye without Heir of his body seized of his purpart of such like Inheritance that then the other Heir Coparcener of the same Heir surviving might inherit and by all the said time was inheritable and hath inherited and ought to inherit according to that Custom that purpart of all the Lands and Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind aforesaid of the other Heir so without Heir of his body dying before any other Kin of the same Heir of the whole bloud so dying without Heir of his body as the said H.C. before in pleading hath alleged And this c. whereupon from which the said H. C. the said Trespass being acknowledged prayeth judgement and his damages by reason of the said Trespass before acknowledged prayeth judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespass to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon Custom And the said H. C. as before saith that it hath and from the time which memory doth not remain it had such Custom in the said County of Kent that whensoever two Heirs Males Coparceners of the half bloud of whomsoever begotten were inheritable of any Lands or Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind in the same County and either of those Heirs should dye without Heir of his body seized of his put part of such like inheritance that then the other Heir Coparcener of the same Heir superviving might inherit and by all the time aforesaid was inheritable and hath inherited and ought to inherit according to that Custom the purpartie of all the Lands and Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind of the said other Heir so without Heir of his body dying before any other Kin of the same Heir of the whole bloud so without Heir of his body dying as the said H. before in pleading hath alleged Enter the Court will advise before the Ven ' fac ' adjudged and a speciall rendting of his Judgement thereupon in which they were before to confer with the Justices of the Bench and a Writ of Ven ' fac ' of the body of the County of Kent should be awarded And of this he putteth himself upon the Country and the said I. B. likewise And because the Court of the Lady the Queen hereof c. issues aforesaid between the said parties before joyned will advise before any Writ of Venir fac ' to the Jury to try the issue should be adjudged day is given to the said parties before the Lady the Queen in what State now untill in 8. days of St. Hillary whensoever c. then to attend and hear the Order or Judgement of the said Court of and upon the premises for that that the Court of the Lady the Queen thereof c. At which day before the Lady the Queen at Westminster commeth the said parties by their said Attorneys And c. And so it was continued by 10. Terms then next following c. And in this thing the inspection and view diligently aswell the said issues as in all and singular the premises by the Court of the Lady the Queen of the Bench is to be had and consulted with for that the Tryall of the said Issue doth touch and concern the Comunalty of the said County and it is the Custom that a Writ to call a Jury to try that Issue of the body of the said County of Kent should Issue forth and should be directed to the Sheriff of the same County by which the command is to the Sheriff of the same County that he should cause to come before the Lord the King in 8. dayes of St. Hillary wheresoever Ven ' fac ' of the body of the County of Kent awarded c. 24. aswell Knights c. of the body of the said County by whom c. And who neither c. to recognize c. because aswell c. the same day is given to the said parties there c. AND the said W. saith Plaintif saith that he held the said twenty acres of Land of the said Prior by Fealty Sure of Court and the rent of four shillings and for that rent behind the said Priaccustomed to distrain Without this that the Prior was seized of the Rent-charge as c. that the said R. B. the taking of the said Cattell and Chattells in the said place in which c. ought not to acknowledge just c. because he saith that he himself was seized of the said Ten acres of Land with th' appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee and so thereof seized the same twenty acres of Land with th'appurtenance held of the aforesaid T. late Prior of the said Church by Fealty and Sute to the Court of him the said late Prior of his Mannor of I. in C. aforesaid to be held from three weeks to three weeks and by the Rent of four shillings unto the said late Prior at the Feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angell yearly to be paid And the said W. M. and all those whose estate he hath in those twenty acres of Land held those twenty acres of Land with th' appurtenances of the said late Prior and his Predecessors heretofore Priors of the said Church by that Service and Rent in the right of the said Church from time out of mind held and by all the said time the said late Prior and all
his Predecessors formerly Priors of the said Church accustomed to distrein in the said twenty acres of Land for that the same Rent of four shillings and every parcell thereof whensoever that Rent should happen to be behind in part or in all Without this that the said T. the late Prior Issue upon Seifin of Rent and his Predecessors heretofore Priors of the said Church from the time wherein the Memory of man is not extant in the right of that Church were seized of the said Rent of six shillings eight pence issuing out of the said twenty acres of Land as of Rent-Charge in the form which the said R. B. by the said Acknowledgement before hath supposed And this c. whereupon he prayeth Judgement and his Damages by occasion of the taking and deteining of the said Cattell and Chattells to be adjudged unto him c. And the said R. saith that the said W. the now Prior and his Predecessors heretofore Priors of the said Church from the time whereof the Memory of man is not extant in the right of that Church were seized of the said Rent of six shillings eight pence of the said twenty acres of Land as of a Rent-Charge in what form the said R. by his said acknowledgement before supposeth And of this he putteth himself upon the Countrey c. AT which eight dayes of St. Hillary before the Lord the King Entry of an Essoin and joyning in Aid and imparlance in Replevin Mich. 15. H. 7. rot 78. the like Mich. 23. H. 7. rot 103. at Westminster cometh the said parties by their said Attorneys and the said I. T. being summoned at the aforesaid Eight dayes of Saint Hillary caused himself to be Essoyned of the said Plea and had thereupon day by his Essoyn untill at this day that is to say from the day of Easter in three weeks then next following before the said King wheresoever c. And now at this day before the said King at Westminster commeth aswell the said R.M. as the said P.S. and I. and R. W. by his said Attorney and the said I. T. in the fourth day being solemnly called by W. F. his Attorney likewise commeth and joyneth himself in Ayd of the said R. M. to answer unto the said P. S. I. and R. together with the said R. M. to the said Avowment and Acknowledgement is granted c. And upon this day thereof is given to the said parties before the said King untill in eight dayes of the holy Trinity Imparlance by default Plaintif joyneth himself in Ayd The Writ of Ven ' Fac ' is not put into the Crown wheresoever c. that is to say to the aforesaid R. M. and I. T. to imparl and then to answer c. And as to the trying of the said Issue before joyned he hath not put the Writ thereof in the Crown Therefore as often commeth the Jury thereupon before the said King at the same Term by whom c. And who neither c. to Recognise c. Because aswell c. the same day is given to the said parties c. Defendant pleads that the Wife of the Plaintif whilest she was sole released him Hill 13. H. 8. 10 32. ss AND the said I. F. by R. T. his Attorney commeth and defendeth the force and wrong when c. and saith that the said W. and A. ought not to have an Action c. because he saith that the said Anne before the said time of the said Trespass supposed to be done and before the Marriage between her the said A. and the said W. solemnized that is to say the eighteenth day of October in the Ninth year of the Reign of the now King the said A. delivered unto the aforesaid I. F. the said goods and Chattells as the said W. and A. before have declared And afterwards that is to say the twenty fifth day of November in the Ninth year of the Reign of the Lord the now King aforesaid the said A. whilest she was sole by the name of Anne Redhelke of L. Widow at L. that is to say in the Parish and Ward aforesaid by her certain Writing which the said I. sealed with the Seal of her the said A. here in Court profered whose Date is the said twenty fifth day of November in the ninth year of the Reign of the said now King aforesaid remised and released unto the said I. F. by the name of I. F. Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London all and all manner of personall Actions and Demands which she might have against him the said I. by whatsoever reason from the beginning of the World untill the day of making of the said Writing as in that Writing more fully is contained Without this that the said A. delivered the said goods and Chattels unto the said I. F. the said twentieth day of December in the said Ninth year of the Reign of the said now King or at any time after the making of the said VVriting of the Release And this c. whereupon c. Protestation And they the said W. and A. say that they by any matter c. ought to be precluded because protesting that the said A. delivered unto the said I. F. the said goods and Chattells as they the said W. and A. before against him Complaineth for Plea saith that the said Writing of Release Not her Deâ—d is not the Deed of the said A. in manner and form as the said I. F. before have alleged And this he prayeth that it may be inquired of c. ss AND the said I. O. in his own person commeth and defendeth the force and Wrong when c. Kent Defendant justifies the Trespass by vertue of a Demise Judgement for the Plaintif Trin. 13. H. 7. â—ot ' 87. And as to the coming with force and arms or whatsoever which is against the Peace of the Lord the now King and also all the said Trespass besides the breaking of the said Close and eating up treading and consuming of the said Grass in N. aforesaid saith that he in no manner is guilty thereof And of this he putteth himself upon the Country And the said Plaintif likewise c. And as to the breaking of the said Close and eating up treading and consuming of the said grass in N. the said Defendant saith that he ought not to have his Action because he saith that the said Close and also the place in which the said Trespass is supposed to be done in N. aforesaid was and at the said time in which c. were thirty acres of Land with th' appurtenances in N. aforesaid called H. whereof before the said time in which c. one T. Chelyn was seized in her Demesn as of Fee and so thereof seized before the said time in which c. that is to say in the Feast of St. Michael th'Archangell in the twelfth year of the Reign of the now King at Feversham in the said County Demised
sixth year of the Raign of the said Lord King Edward the sixth above said at I. aforesaid demised the said Tenements with the appurtenances unto the aforesaid I. now one of the said Defendants to have and to hold the said Tenements with the appurtenances unto the same I. F. and his Assignes from the Feast of Saint Michaell the Arch-Angell from thence forth next following and fully to be compleat and so from year to year as long as the said both parties should please by vertue of which said Demise the said J.F. into the said Tenements with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed in manner and form as the said J. F.M. and W.P. before in pleading have alleadged Without this Without this that the said J.G. disseized the said W.A. of the said moiety of the said tenements with the appurtenances in manner form as the same W.A. before in pleading hath alledged this c. Whereupon as before prayeth judgement and that the said W. A. from his said Action against them had may be precluded c. ANd the said W.A. as before saith that the said J.G. disseised him the said W.A. of the said moiety of the said Tenements with the appurtenances in manner and form as the same W. A. before in replying hath alleadged and this he prayeth may be inquired of by the country c. ANd the said S.R. by Richard Heywood his Attorney Kent Justification in Trespasse for taking of Cattell in an open pound by vertue of a demise made by one unto whom it was granted by will untill a hundred and eighty pound should he levied thereupon for the preferment of his Daughters cometh and defendeth the force and and injury when c. And as to the coming with force armes c. not guilty c. And as to the residue of the said Trespasse before supposed to be done the same S. saith that the said J. no action because he saith that the said close and also the place in which it is supposed the said Trespasse to be done are and at the said time of that trespasse supposed to be done were eight and forty acres of marsh with the appurtenances called Platters marsh at Alhallowes aforesaid whereof long before the said time of the said time before supposed to be done one R.W. Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London was thereof seized in his demesne as of fee and he the said R. of the said Tenements with the appurtenances so being seized the same R. before the same time in which c. That is to say the twenty fifth day of June in the year of the Raign of the said H. 8. late King of England Father of the Lord the now King 36. at London that is to say in the parish of Saint Augustines in the ward of B. London made and declared his last will in writing and by his said will willed amongst other things that one J the then wife of him the said R.W. the Executors and Assignes of the same J. should have and injoy the said eight and forty acres of land with the appurtenances amongst other things by the name of all his lands By the name Tenements and hereditaments within the Hundred of Howe in the county of Kent untill she the said I should have levy and receive of the Rents Revenues and profits thereof issuing and increasing the full and whole summe of a hundred and eighty pound Sterling for and to the preferment of the marriage of L.A. and T Daughters of the said R.W. that is to say unto every one of them the summe of sixty pound Sterling and afterwards and before the said time in which c. the said R W. at London in the Parish and ward aforesaid dyed after the death of which said R. and before the said time in which c. the said I. into the said Tenements with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed by virtue and pretence of the said last will and she the said J. so thereof being possessed the same J. before the said time in which c. that is to say the fifth day of March in the second year of the Raign of the said now King at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid by a certain Indenture between the said Jane of the one part and the aforesaid S. of the other part made with the seal of the same J. sealed did grant and to farm let unto the said S. the said Tenements with the appurtenances to have hold and occupy those Tenements with the appurtenances unto the said S.R. for the tearm of eleven years from thenceforth next following and fully to be compleat by pretence of which said Grant and Demise the aforesaid S.R. at the said time in which c. into the said Tenements with the Appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed And the said J.W. claiming the said Tenements with the appurtenances by colour of a certain deed of Demise unto him thereof made for the Tearm of the rest of the years as yet during by the said J. long before the said Demise by the same J. thereof as afore is said unto the said S. made where nothing of the said Tenements in the possession of him the said John by that deed ever passed into the said Tenements with the appurtenances entred upon the possession of which said John thereupon the said S. at the said time in which c. into the said Tenements with the appurtenances claiming his Tearm then to come of and in the same re-entred and because the same S. then and there found the said cattell in the same place in which c. the grasse of him the said S. then and there growing For damage doing eating up and there damage doing the said S. those Cattell at the said time in which c. did take and the same at Alhallowes aforesaid in the county aforesaid in the common and publick pound Averment there put and impounded as unto him it was lawfull with this that the said S. will prove that the said J. W. or his Assignes not as yet had levied or received the said full and whole summe of a hundred and eighty pound Sterling according to the form and effect of the said last will of the said R.W. her late Husband and this c. whereupon he prayeth Judgement if action c. NOt to be precluded because he saith The Plaintif replies that one A.B. was seized of the moiety of the Tenements in Barr specified who demised that unto him without this that the Testator was seized of the whole Tenements that long before the said time of the said Trespasse before supposed to be done one A. B.R. was seized of the moiety of those tenements with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee and he the said A. B. of the moiety of those tenements with the appurtenances so being seized the same A B before the said time of the said Trespasse done that is
Marsh called forty acres is in Seasalton aforesaid and not in the parish of H. by protestation also that the aforesaid E. was not seized of the aforesaid forty acres of Marsh nor demised them to him the said Prior in form aforesaid and not acknowledging any thing by the said T. A. R. and which is above alledged to be true For plea saith that the said T. A. R. and others are guilty of the Trespasse aforesaid in Seasalton aforesaid in the form wherein he the same Prior above against them complaineth and this he praies may be enquired of by the Country and the aforesaid T. A. R. and others in like manner c. ANd the aforesaid W.T. and T.C. by W.R. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. Justification in Trespasse for a â—erriot Custome And as to the coming by force and armes c. or whatsoever c. not guilty And as to the taking of the Oxe aforesaid they the said W. and T. say that the aforesaid Administrator ought not to have his Action aforesaid against them Because they say that long before the aforesaid time wherein the aforesaid I. the Testator c. was seized of twenty acres of Lands with the appurtenances in B. aforesaid in his demesne as of Fee And being so thereof seized held the same twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances of Thomas Bishop of London as of his Mannor of Boughton Aylusse in the County aforesaid by fealty and rent of 12 d. by the year that is to say at the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle 3 d. thereof and at the feasts c. 3 d. thereof residue by equall portions yearly to be paid And by the service of doing Suit to the Court of the said Bishop of his Mannor aforesaid from three weekes to three weekes at Boughton A. aforesaid to be held and by the service of rendring after the death of each Tenant dying thereof seized and after each alienation of the same twenty acres of Land in fee made by way of releife three pence one farthing and the third part of one farthing And by the service of rendring to the aforesaid Bishop after the death of each Tenant dying of the aforesaid twenty acres of Land seized the best living beast of the same Tenants at the time of his death in the name of a Herriot of which said services the same Bishop was seized by the hands of the aforesaid Testator as by the hands of his true Tenant and otherwise thus That the aforesaid Bishop and all his Ancestors and all they whose estate the same Bishop hath in the aforesaid Mannor of B A. with the appurtenances have had and time out of minde were accustomed to have of all and all manner of Tenants of the Mannor aforesaid and of each Tenant of the same Mannor whose Lands or Tenements of the Lord of the Mannor aforesaid as of the same Mannor holdeth and these Lands or Tenements or any parcell thereof so held he alienateth to any person or persons in fee notice thereupon in the life time of him who alienateth those Lands or Tenements by them or by him to which or to whom such Lands or Tenements should be sold to the Lords of the said Mannor for the time being being not given or made after the death of such Tenant so alienating the best living beast which was his the said Tenants so alienating at the time of his death by the name of a customary Herriot And the aforesaid W. and I. say that the aforesaid I.S. the Testator c. was seized of the aforesaid twenty acres of land with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee and being so thereof seized enfeoffed T.S. and I.S. of the same twenty acres of Lands with the appurtenances of the aforesaid Bishop in forme aforesaid then being held to hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever By vertue of which said Feoffment they the said T.S. and I.S. were thereof seized in their demesne as of Fee and the aforesaid J.S. the Testator afterwards dyed No notice by the same T.S. and I.S. or either of them of that Feoffement to the aforesaid Bishop at the time of the said Feoffement then as yet being Lord of the Mannor in the life of the aforesaid J.S. the Testator being given or made and the aforesaid W. and T. further say that the aforesaid I. S. the Testator at the time of his death was possessed of the Oxe aforesaid as of his proper Oxe which then was his best living beast at the time of his death By means whereof they the said W. and T. as the servants of the same Bishop and by his command the aforesaid time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made The Oxe aforesaid as the best living Beast which was the aforesaid I.S. the Testator at the time of his death in the custody of the aforesaid Administrators at B. A. aforesaid there found in the name of a customary Herriot they took and led away as it was lawfull for them to doe And this c. whereupon c. AND the aforesaid I.T.S. and I. Administrators c. say The Plaintiffe sayes by Protestation that the Lands were 〈◊〉 held by such or so many services put c. for Plea that they did the Trespasse de injuria propria and traverse the custome that they levy any thing c. ought not to be debarred from having their action aforesaid against them because by Protestation that the aforesaid twenty acres of Lands are not sold of the aforesaid Bishop by such nor so many services as the aforesaid W. and T. above have alleadged for Plea they say that the aforesaid W. and T. the day and year aforesaid by force and armes of their proper injury the Oxe aforesaid out of the possession of the Administrators aforesaid at B. aforesaid found they tooke and led away as the same I. T. S. and I. above against them complaine without that that the aforesaid Bishop and his Ancestors and all they whose estates the same Bishop hath in the aforesaid Mannor with the appurtenances were and from the whole time aforesaid were used and accustomed of all and all manner of the Tenants and of every Tenant of the Mannor aforesaid who holds Lands or Tenements of the Lord of the Mannor aforesaid as of the same Mannor And those Lands or Tenements or any parcell thereof so held shall have sold to any person or persons in Fee notice thereof in the life of him who shall so have alienated those Lands and Tenements by him or them to which or to whom these Tenements shall be sold unto the Lord of the same Mannor for the time being not being given or made after the death of the Tenant so alienating the best living beast which was of his the said Tenants so alienating at the time of his death in the name of a customary Herriot as the aforesaid W. and T. above hath
that the aforesaid I. the Imprisonment aforesaid above acknowledgeth he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that Imprisonment to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the aforesaid I. as formerly saith that the aforesaid R. the aforesaid time of the imprisonment aforesaid above supposed to be made was a Vagrant and Vagabond as the same I. in his Barre above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himself upon the Country and the aforesaid R. in like manner c. Iustifie imprisonment as by seising of the Ward within age for that the father held of him in Knights service Mich. 50. Hen. 6. Rolle 75. AND the aforesaid R.L. by W. B. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. And as to the comming by force and armes and the wounding aforesaid sayes that he is in nothing thereof guilty c. And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made sayes that no action c. because he saith that one W.C. was seized of one Messuage and one hundred acres of Land with the appurtenances in H. in the County of L. in his Demesne as of Fee and so being thereof seized the same Messuage and Land with the appurtenances he held of him the said R. as of his Mannor of H. in H. aforesaid in the County of L. by Knights service that is to say by Homage Fealty and Escuage of our Lord the King of 40 s. when it shall happen unto 10 s. and unto more more c. and unto lesse lesse c. And by doing service of suite unto the Court of him the said R. of his Mannor of H. aforesaid two times of the yeare by reasonable warning to him the said W. thereupon made of which said services the same R. was seized by the hands of the aforesaid W. C. as by the hands of his true Tenant and after and before the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made the same W. dyed of such his Estate of and in the Messuage and Lands aforesaid with the appurtenances seized after whose death the same Messuage and Lands with the appurtenances did discend to the aforesaid H. as to the sonne and heire of the said W. which said H. as yet remaines within the age of one and twenty years By which the same R. after the death of him the said W. at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made as the Keeper of him the said H. during his minority by reason of his Tenure aforesaid his hands softly upon the said H. at H. aforesaid he laid and the body of him the said H. by reason of the premise he there seized and took and in his custody by the time aforesaid he kept as it was lawfull for him to do which said seizing and taking of him the said H. and laying hands of him the said H. out of the cause aforesaid and the keeping of him are the same assault beating imprisoning and evill handling whereof the aforesaid H. above now complaineth And this he is ready to aver Whereupon hee prayes jugdement whether the aforesaid H. ought to have his action aforesaid against him c. And the aforesaid H. sayes that he by any thing before by him the said R. pre-alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him of the assault beating evill handling and imprisonment aforesaid because by protestation that the aforesaid W. did not dye seized of the aforesaid Messuage and Lands for plea he saith that the same W. held six acres of Lands parcell of the aforesaid C. acres of Land at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid made of the said R. by fealty and rent of 20 d. by the yeare at the feasts of the birth of our Lord and S. Michael the Arch-angel by equall portions yearly to be paid for all services Without that that the said W. held the aforesaid Messuage Traverse the holding by Knights service and a hundred acres of Land with the appurtenances or any parcell thereof of the aforesaid R. by Knights service in the forme wherein the same R. above by pleading hath alleadged And this he is ready to aver Whereupon for that that the aforesaid R. above hath acknowledged c. he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that assault c. to be adjudged unto him c. AND the aforesaid R. sayes Issue upon the Traverse that the aforesaid W. held the aforesaid Messuage and a hundred acres of Land with the appurtenances of the aforesaid R. by Knights service in the forme wherein hee the said R. above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid H. in like manner c. Therefore the Jury between them is to come c. Trespasse and assault against the man and wife the man pleads not guilty and assault demesne for his wife AND the aforesaid T. and A. by W. F. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And the aforesaid T. sayes that he is in nothing thereof guilty c. And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid H. and I. in like manner c. And the aforesaid T. and A. for the aforesaid A. say that as to the coming by force and armes or whatsoever which is against the peace c. say that shee is in nothing thereof guilty And of this they put themselves upon the Country and the aforesaid H. and I. in like manner And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made the same T. and A. for the aforesaid A. say that the aforesaid H. and I. ought not to have their action aforesaid thereupon against them because they say that the aforesaid I. the day and yeare aforesaid on her the said A at E. aforesaid made an assault and her there would beat wound and evill entreat unlesse she the said A. had then defended her selfe And so the evill if any to her the said I. then and there happened that was of the proper assault of her the said I. and in the defence of the said A. And this the same T. and A. for the aforesaid A. are ready to aver Whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid H. and I. ought to have thereupon their action aforesaid against them c. AND the aforesaid H. and I. say that they by any thing before pre-alleadged ought not to bee debarred from having their action aforesaid against the said T. and A. for that they say that the aforesaid A. by force and armes of her proper injury and without such cause by them above alleadged on her the said I. the day and year above written made an assault and her the said I. did beat wound and evill treat as the same H. and I. above by their Writ and Declaration aforesaid against them complaine And this they pray may be
satisfaction of the Trespasse aforesaid which said Gallon of Sacke the same J. afterwards to wit the same day and yeare at S. aforesaid gave to the aforesad R. according to the forme and effect of the concord aforesaid And which said Gallon of Sack the same R. of the aforesaid I. in full recompence and satisfaction of the Trespasse aforesaid then and there accepted And this he is ready to aver Whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid R. ought to have his action aforesaid against him c. The Plaintiffe replies no such Concord AND the aforesaid R. sayes that he ought not by any thing before pre-alleadged to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him because he saith that between him the said R. and the aforesaid I. there was not any such agreement had as the aforesaid I. above by pleading hath alleadged And this he prayes may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid I. in like manner c. ' Against a Butcher for selling by deceitfull weights London THo Smith complains of H. Vasey for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid Henry such a day and year and by many years then last past was a Butcher and by a great part of that time at London in the Parish c. the art of a Butcher so used and exercised accustomed to kill and dresse both Oxen and Cowes in the best manner behoved his art and the flesh of them by Haverdepoys weight according to the Lawes of this Kingdome of England was wont and accustomed for a great part of the time aforesaid to put to sale and utter to divers of the liege and faithfull subjects of our said Lord the King he the same H. afterwards at divers times to wit between the same such a day c and the fifth day of May then next following at London in the Parish c. three hundred weight of Oxe beefe not being according to the Lawes of England Haverdepoys weight to him the said T. he did falsely and fraudulently put to sale the aforesaid Henry faithfully affirming the weight by which he the said H. the aforesaid three hundred weight of Oxe beefe to him the said T. had sold as aforesaid to be Haverdepoys weight according to the Laws of England to the great deceit of him the said T. Whereupon he saith that he is worsted and hath damage to the value of 10 s. And thereupon he brings his suit c. Justification in Trespasse for a â—â—rriot custome AND the aforesaid I. Randal by I.S. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and armes he saith he is in no wise thereof guilty And as to the taking and driving away of the aforesaid two Cowes he sayes that the aforesaid A. ought not thereupon to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that long before the said time of the trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made one N. Dering lately the husband of the aforesaid A. dead was seized in his demesne as of Fee of and in two Tenements whereof one Tenement called A. and the other Tenement called B. lying and being in L. aforesaid in the aforesaid County of Southampton within the Hundred of Odham And that the same N. held the aforesaid Tenements with the appurtenances of the aforesaid Iohn Randal by fealty and a certaine rent by the yeare that is to say the aforesaid Tenement called A. by fealty and the rent of three shillings and four pence and the other Tenement called B. by fealty and the rent of one shilling and six pence And further the same I. R. sayes that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid there is had and time out of mind there hath been had an ancient and laudable custome that is to say that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid every Lord of every Tenant for the time being after the death of every Tenant who dyed seized in his demesne as of fee of any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments within the same Hundred in manner and forme aforesaid that is to say by fealty and a certaine rent onely should take the best living beast of the cattell of the same Tenant in manner and forme aforesaid dying of which the same Tenant died possessed for a Herriot for every such Tenant and the same I.R. in fact saith that the aforesaid N. after and before the said time of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made to wit the tenth day of December last past before the day of the obtaining of the Bill aforesaid he the said I. R. being thereupon Lord and the aforesaid N. Tenant of him the said I. R. within the aforesaid Hundred at the time of his death being and of the aforesaid two Cowes being possessed at Warblington in the aforesaid County of Southampton of the aforesaid two Tenements dyed in his demesne as of Fee seized after whose the said N. his death by reason of the premises the aforesaid I.R. the aforesaid two Cowes of the best living beasts of the cattell of which the aforesaid N. dyed possessed for and in the name of Herriots according to the aforesaid ancient and laudable custome of right used and due he took and drove away as it was lawfull for him to doe and this he is ready to averre whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid A. ought to have her action aforesaid against him c. AND the aforesaid A. sayes The Plaintiffe pleads by protestation that as to the taking of one Cow no such custome for pleade son tort Demesne and traverses the plea. that she by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having her action aforesaid against him the said I. because by protestation that the aforesaid N. in his life time held not of the aforesaid I. the aforesaid two severall Tenements called A. and B. by the services aforesaid as the aforesaid I. above alleadgeth And as to the taking of one Cow of the Cowes aforesaid for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called H. the aforesaid H. by protestation saith that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid there is not had nor time out of minde there hath not been had any such ancient and laudable custome that is to say that the Lord of every Tenant for the time being within the Hundred of O. aforesaid after the death of every Tenant who dyed seized in his demesne as of fee of any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments within the same Hundred should take the best living beast of the cattell of the same Tenant in manner and forme aforesaid dead of which the same Tenant dyed possessed for a Herriot for every such Tenant yet for plea the aforesaid A. saies that the aforesaid J. the day and year aforesaid in the Declaration aforesaid above specified of his own proper injury and without such cause by him the said I. above by pleading alleadged the Close of her the said
A. aforesaid at L. aforesaid he did breake and the aforesaid one Cow of the aforesaid Cowes he took and drove away in manner and forme as the same A. above against him complaineth Traverse of the place Without that that the aforesaid Tenement called A. is within the Hundred of O. aforesaid as the aforesaid J. above by pleadings hath alleadged and this c. whereupon for that that the aforesaid J. the taking of one Cow of the aforesaid Cowes taken for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called A. above acknowledgeth the same A. prays judgement and her damages by occasion of the taking and driving away of that Cow to be adjudged unto her c. The Plaintiffe pleads as to the other Cow that the Defendant took the Cow de son toyt demesne and traverses the custom And as to the taking of the other Cow of the aforesaid Cowes for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called B. the aforesaid A. saies that the aforesaid J. of his own proper injury and without such cause by him above by pleading alleadged the aforesaid day and yeare in the Declaration aforesaid above specified the Close of him the said A. aforesaid at L. aforesaid he did breake and the aforesaid other Cow of the Cowes aforesaid he tooke and drove away in manner and forme as the same A. above against him now complaines Traverse of the custome Without that that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid there is had or time out of mind there hath been had any such laudable and ancient Custome Issues upon both Traverses that is to say that the Lord of every Tenant for the time being within the Hundred of O. aforesaid after the death of every Tenant who should dye seized in his Demesne as of fee of any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments within the said Hundred held by fealty and rent should take the best living beast of the cattell of the same Tenant in manner and forme aforesaid dead of which the same Tenant dyed possessed for a Herriot for every such Tenant as the aforesaid I. above by pleading hath alleadged and this c. whereupon for that the aforesaid I. the taking and driving away of the aforesaid other Cow of the Cowes aforesaid above in like manner acknowledgeth for iâ— Herriot for the aforesaid Tenant called B. the same A. in like manner praies judgement and her damages by occasion of the taking of that Cow to be adjudged unto her c. AND the aforesaid I. as to the taking of the aforesaid one Cow of the Cows aforesaid for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called A. taken and driven away as formerly saies that the aforesaid Tenement called A. is within the Hundred of O. aforesaid in manner and form as the same I above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country and the aforesaid A. in like manner c. and as to the taking and driving away of the other Cow of the Cowes aforesaid for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called B. the same I. as formerly sayes that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid is had and time out of mind there hath been had any such c. as before in the last Traverse in manner and forme as the same I. above in like manner by pleading hath alleadged and of this in like manner the aforesaid I. puts himselfe upon the Country and the aforesaid A. in like manner c. therefore as well to the trying c. the Jury thereupon is to come c. AND the aforesaid W. and R. by R. D. their Attorney Iustification of cutting of wood for Estators by prescription come and defend the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and Armes or whatsoever which is against the peace c. as also the cutting taking and carrying away of a hundred Oakes and two Ashes and 80 Cart-load of under wood of the aforesaid C. Cart-load of under-wood sayes that they are in no wise thereof guilty And of this c. And as to the taking and carrying away of twenty Cart-load of the aforesaid C. Cart-load of under-wood residue as also the whole residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made they the same W. and R. say that the aforesaid E. ought not to have her action aforesaid against them because they say that the Close aforesaid as also the places wherein the Trespasses aforesaid are above supposed to be made and at that same time wherein those Trespasses were supposed to bee made were a certaine Wood called Mylnehop Wood containing in it 60 acres of Wood with the appurtenances in M. aforesaid and that long before the said time wherein c. as also at the same time wherein c. the aforesaid W. was seized of one Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances in M. aforesaid in his demesne as of fee and that to the same Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances the same W. and all his Ancestors and all they whose estate the same W. now hath and the aforesaid time wherein c. had of and in the aforesaid Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances had and from time out of minde were accustomed to have for themselves their Farmers and Tenants of the same Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances reasonable Estators in the aforesaid C. acres of Wood for their owne proper necessary fire-boot in the same Messuage of him the said W. to be spent and burnt as unto the same Messuage Fire-booâ— and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances belonging By which he the same W. in his owne proper right and the aforesaid R. as the servant of him the said W. the same time wherein c. in the aforesaid sixty acres of Wood with the appurtenances did enter And the aforesaid twenty Cart-load of underwood residue c. for the aforesaid necessary fire-boot of him the said W. according to the custome aforesaid in the aforesaid Messuage to be spent and burnt in the aforesaid sixty Acres of Wood with the appurtenances then growing and uncut by using there the common of Estevors of him the said W. they cut downe took and carried away as it was lawfull for them to doe Which said entry into the aforesaid sixty acres of wood with the appurtenances out of the cause aforesaid is the same entring and breaking of the Close aforesaid And which said cutting downe taking and carrying away of the aforesaid twenty Cart-load of underwood residue of and for necessary fireboot aforesaid according to the custome aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. as aforesaid cut downe taken and carried away are the same cutting taking and carrying away of the same twenty Cart-load of underwood residue c. whereof the aforesaid E. above against them complaines And this they are ready to aver Whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid E.
lost afterwards to wit such a day yeare and place to the hands and possession of the aforesaid I. C. by finding came yet the aforesaid I. C. knowing the writing aforesaid to bee the proper writing of him the said R. and to him the said R. of right to belong and pertaine plotting and contriving him the said R. wholly to debarre and exclude from the recovery of the aforesaid two hundred pound That writing to him the said R. although afterwards to wit such a day yeare and place hee hath beene thereupon required hee hath not delivered but that writing to deliver to him the said R. hitherto hee hath altogether refused and the writing aforesaid and the profit thereupon comming afterwards to wit such a day yeare and place to his the said I. C. proper use and profit hee hath converted and disposed to the damage of him the said R. three hundred pound And thereupon hee brings his Suit c. Trâ—ver for a Ring Sur. I. G. complaines of G. C. in the custody of the Marshall c. for that that is to say whereas the same I. such a day yeare and place was possessed of a certaine gold Ring and one precious Stone called a Puffyn set and infixed in the same Ring as of his owne proper Ring And so as in other Actions of Trover The Defendant pleads he bought it in open Market AND the aforesaid G.C. in his proper person comes and defends the force and injury when c. And sayes that the aforesaid I. ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because by protestation that the aforesaid Ring the aforesaid time wherein c. was worth but seven shillings and no more And that the aforesaid I. was not thereof possessed as of his proper goods and chattels in manner and forme as the same I. above against him complaineth For Plea he saith that the City of London is an ancient City of our Lady the Queen and of her Progenitors late Kings of England And that within the same City there is had and from time out of minde there hath been had a certaine publicke and open Market in every open place within the same City weekly every day in the week the Lords day onely excepted for all manner of persons to buy and sell whatsoever matters and merchandizes within the City aforesaid in every part of the same City in all open places and shops of the City aforesaid every day in the week the Lords day onely excepted from the rising of the Sunne to the setting of the same And that long before the said time wherein c. to wit such a day and yeare one R.A. was possessed of the Ring aforesaid at the City of London in the Parish of St. Botolphs in the Ward of Aldersgate London And so being thereof possessed afterwards to wit such a day and yeare at such a place in the Parish and Ward aforesaid that is to say about ten of the clocke before noon of the same day in a certaine open shop there in a certaine place called Little-Britain in the Parish and Ward aforesaid the same Ring then there being sold to him the said G. for seven shillings to him then by the aforesaid G. paid By vertue of which said sale in forme aforesaid made the aforesaid G. was of the Ring aforesaid possessed as of his proper Ring By which he the said G. the Ring aforesaid the time wherein c. to his owne proper use and profit as it was lawfull for him to doe And this he is ready to aver whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid I. ought to have his action aforesaid against him ANne Lady G. complaines of M. N. in the custody of the Marshall c. for that that is to say Action of the case for scandalizing of a title whereas the same Lady A. such a day and yeare and long before and continually after hitherto was seized in demesne as of Fee of and in the Mannor of S. with the appurtenances in the County of C. whereof a great peece of Land containing a hundred acres called the Warren is and time out of minde was parcell And whereas also the same Lady A.G. and all they whose estate she now hath of and in the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances from time out of minde were used to have a free Warren of Conies in the aforesaid hundred acres of Land called the Warren And the aforesaid Lady A. of the Mannor aforesaid and the aforesaid hundred Acres of Land called the Warren being seized as aforesaid had conference with divers persons of and for the sale of the Mannor aforesaid and Warren aforesaid with the appurtenances and thereupon might have had divers great summes of money for the Mannor and Warren aforesaid yet the same M. not ignorant of the premises plotting and contriving her the said Lady A. greatly to disturbe and vexe And to bring into scandall and ignominy the right title and interest of her the said Lady A. of and in the Mannor and Warren aforesaid with the appurtenances such a day yeare and place to very many of the faithfull subjects of our Lady the Queene and chiefly to I.P. Esquire who had conference with the same Lady A. of and for the purchasing of the Mannor and Warren aforesaid with the appurtenances and who then intended to buy the same Mannor and Warren with the appurtenances of the same Lady A. falsely and maliciously spoke pronounced and published that one R.G. then was the true Lord and Proprietor of the third part of the aforesaid hundred acres of Land and Warren aforesaid with the appurtenances And that she the Lady A.G. had no good right state title or interest in the same third part of one hundred Acres of Land and Warren aforesaid Whereas in truth the aforesaid R. G. then was not Lord or Proprietor of the aforesaid third part of the one hundred Acres of Land and Warren aforesaid nor of any parcell thereof but the same Lady A. was and yet is the true and sole Lady and Proprietor of the whole hundred Acres of Land and Warren aforesaid with the appurtenances and thereof sole seized in her demesne as of Fee By reason of which said false speaking asseveration and publication the aforesaid state title and interest of her the said Lady A. in the Mannor and Warren aforesaid with the appurtenances are fallen into great scandal and ignominy And the aforesaid I. P. who would have given for the Mannor and Warren aforesaid with the appurtenances to be purchased from the aforesaid Lady A. two thousand pounds and had offered to purchase the Mannor and Warren aforesaid of the same Lady A. hath thereupon now refused to give any manner of summe for the same to her the said Lady A. and as yet refuseth nor by that meanes can the same Lady A. the same Mannor and Warren aforesaid with the appurtenances nor any parcell thereof be able to sell to any person for
Withernam so many of the cattell of the aforesaid I. M. as are of the value of those cattell and the same to the aforesaid E. D. he cause to be delivered untill these cattell to the aforesaid E. he will deliver and put by sure and safe pledges the aforesaid I. M. that he be before c. such a returne c. to answer the Keepers c. as well of the contempt as the aforesaid c. of the damages and injuries to him in that behalfe brought The same day is given to the aforesaid E. c. THE TABLE A. ABatement where two Tenants in Common and but one named in the writ Title of Abatement Fol. 1 Abatement for Misnomer of a Town pleaded and Issue upon it 2 Abatement for Misnomer of the addition of a Name 2 Abatement for Misnomer in the Sur-name 3 Appeal of Robbery against the Principalls and Abbettors where some are Bailed and others not the triall and Verdict 5 Avowry for Rent arreare title Replevin 25 Avowry for Rent arreare title Replevin 27 Avowry for services and suit of Court undone title Replevin 29 Avowry for homage unperformed and Rent unpaied title Replevin 32 Avowry for Rent arreare title Replevin 34 Avowry for Rent behind and services undone title Replevin 38 Acknowledgement to an avowry and Judgment thereupon title Replevin 39 Avowry for Damage-feasant title Replevin 38 Avowry for Rent unpaid and services and suit of Court undone title Replevin 40 Avowry for Rent arreare title Replevin 41 Attornment of tenant to the Lord title Replevin 43 Avowry for Rent behind and homage and fealty title Replevin 44 Avowry by one Defendant and justification as a servant by the other for a Rent-charge behind title Replevin 49 Aide prier and joynder thereupon title Replevin 50 Avowant maintaines his plea and traverses Nonage pleaded in bar to him title Replevin 51 Avowry by virtue of a special custome within a Mannor title Replevin 54 Avowry of taking goods by a Maior of a Towne for tole denied title Replevin 55 To the avowry the Plaintiff pleads that he is Burgess of the Burrough of B. and that by reason thereof he is discharged of all toles within the Town of H. title Replevin 56 Avowry as to part of the Cattell that he took it for a Herriot and as to the other that he did not take title Replevin 58 Avowry by one Defendant as damage feasant and no caption by the other title Replevin 67 Avowants plead that they tooke the Cattell by the name of a Distresse and they put them in open Pound where they perished title Replevin 69 Aide prier after issue joyned title Trespass 35 Assise upon no â—ell disseisin of tenements c. and judgment upon it and a Habere facias Possessionem title Assise 9 In assise the Originall anâ— the returne thereof title Assise 10 In assise the Habeas Corpus Juratorum and return title Assiâ—e 11 Assise upon novell disseisin a declaration in it title assise 11 In assise no disseisin pleaded title assise 12 Audita querela upon an escape by a Bailiff of a Liberty title Audita querela 15 In Audita querela the Defendants appeare by Attorney and imparle 18 Admission of one under age to sue by Prochain â—my to be entred upon record upon the Rule where the declaration is entred title errour 40 Affirmation of a judgment after a writ of errour in the Exchequer chamber title errour Fol. B. BAR especiall to an advowâ—â—â—â—tle Replevin 2â— Bar to an advowry for that the Defendant took the Catter out of his Fee title Replevin 31 Bar to an advowry for that the Defendant hath nothing in the tenements c title Replevin 36 Bar to an advowry that he did not hold the Land by the services c. title Replevin 40 Bar to an advowry that the Defendant was never seised of the Rent and services c. title Replevin 43 Bar to an advowry that the Defendant took the Cattell out of his fee c. title Replevin 45 Bar to an advowry that the property of the Chattells himselfe and not in another title Replevin 47 Bar pleaded in Avowry by Nonage title Replevin 50 Bar to an Advowry that the Land wherein a Herriot was taken was without the Fee title Replevin 66 Bar for want of inclosure pleaded to an Avowry for Damage-feasant title Replevin 67 Bar to a justification that it is the Free hold of the Plaintiff and not of the other title Trespasse 83 C. CAse for scandall of a title Title trespasse upon the case 72 Case for scandalous words that the Plaintiff was a Felon title trespasse of the case 74 Case for stopping of a way title trespasse of the case 76 Case upon a promise in consideration of money to secure goods beyond the â—eas title trespasse upon the case 77 Case against a Sherif for not arresting one upon an execution being in his presence title trespasse upon the case 79 Case upon an assumpsit to save one harmlesse from an Obligation title trespasse upon the case 82 Custome of London that the Rector of any Church may let the Land of his Church with the assent of the Wardens of that Parish and of honest Persons Vestrie men title Trespasse 89 Custome speciall pleaded amongst heirs in Gavelkind title Trespas 96 Colour pleaded the manner of it title Trespasse 101 Conveyance pleaded in consideration of Marriage title Trespasse 101 Colour by demise of Copie of Court Roll Title Trespas 110 Colour by Feoffement Title Trespasse 30 Custome for a Mortuarie pleaded Title Trespas 32 Charge given to the Jury upon Assize Title Assize 13 Conspiracie Declaration in it for causing one to be endicted for witch craft Title Conspiracie 20 Conspiracie Declaration in it for one who was indicted together with others before the Justices of the Peace and afterwards acquit by the Justices of Assize Title Conspiracie 22 In Conspiracie one Defendant Justifies as a Counsellor giving advice and the other as witnesses Title Conspiracie 23 Case upon a Trover and conversion of a Reclaymed falcon Title Trespas upon the Case 73 Case for keeping a Dogge accustomed to bite Sheep Title Trespasse upon the Case Case upon Warrantie of a Hawke Trespas upon the Case 74 Case for stopping of a Water-course title Trespas upon the Case 74 Case against an Inne-keeper for selling his Guests Horse title Trespas upon the Case 75 Case for warrantie of Cattell fold title Trespas upon the Case 75 Case upon a promise on a Bargain title Trespas upon the Case 76 Case against one for cheating with false Dice title Trespas upon the Case 77 Case upon a Trover of a Recognizance title Trespas upon the Case 77 Case upon a Trover and Conversion for a Ring title Trespas upon the Case 78 In Case upon trover and conversion the Defendant pleads that he bought the goods in open Market c. title Trespas upon the Case 78 Case against one for scandalls of a title title Trespasse upon the Case 79 Case against