Fleet-lane it is thus written Tot erant formulae Brev. quot sunt genera actionum quia non poterit quid sine bre agere praecipue de libero tento suo quia non tenetur quis respondere sine brevi nisi gratis voluerit cum hoc secerit quis ex hoc ei non injurabitur volenti enim scienti non fit injuria 13. By this it is to be collected that the right and possession of land may be decreed in the Chancery in a sute commenced by the parties consent as appeareth also by a President following 14. Agnis Lumbard being expulsed without proces out of Tenements in Beverley by Thomas Lumbard they submitted themselves to the Decree Order and Award of Michael De la Polle Earle of Suffolk Lord Chancellor who by writing under his Seal decreed that she should have the Tenements rents and arrerages thereof during her life and an Injunction Subpoena was awarded to the tenants to pay the rents and arrerages accordingly and to certain tenants unto whom Tho. Lumbard had leased against the will of Agnis that they should not meddle any more therewith or else they to shew cause to the contrary in decimaquinta pascha also it was then decreed by the advice of Robert Belknap chief Iustice of the Common-pleas and of John de Waltham Master of the Rolls and others that she should be put it full and peaceable seiz in thereof whereof a Writ Patent by warrant of the Counsell was directed to the Bailiffes Aldermen and Burgesses of Beverly to put her in seizin and possession and to defend her therein claus. Anno 9. R. 2. pro Agnet Lumbard CHAP VI Whether the Chancellor may intermixe his power absolute with the ordinary 1 IF an attachment of Privilege be sued against an Attorney in the Chancery this attachment is in the nature of an action at the common law and the Chancellor said that in that sute he had two powers one as a Iudg temporall another as a Iudge of Conscience for if it appear unto him upon the matter shewed in the sute that there is conscience he may judge thereof according to Conscience but all the Iudges said that he might not ludge aecording to Conscience because it is to be ruled according to common law and if there be Conscience in the matter then the party grieved may exhibite a bill thereof and in that the Chancellor may judg according to conscience 8. E. 4. 66. consc. 15. jurisd. 112. 2. One was bound unto I S. and I D. in a star staple and I S. released afterwards I S. not knowing thereof sued execution the Debtor sued an Audita querela and upon the scir. fac I S. and I D being demanded in the Chancery I D. made default and that was ruled to be a default in them both Yet this being the Court of Conscience we as well judge according to conscience as to law and it were against conscience that he which had no knowledge of the release should pay damages But Chock Iustice said that in this case they are and must be Iudges only according to Law and the Master of the Rolls said he would be advised 11. E. 4. 9. b. dammages 3. One traversed an office in the Chancery and being at issue was sent into the Kings Bench to be tryed the party came and shewed that the King had granted the Land before so he should have had a scir. â—ac against the Grantee wherefore he pursued not his Traverse and it was demanded of the Justices if he might have a scirâ— fac out of he Chancery upon the first Traverse and they all answered that he might because that in pleading a default of form should not in any case be prejudiciall in the Chancery for it cannot be called a Court of conscience if the act of a Clerke in pleading should cause the party to lose his sute and his expences 4. In Camera Scaccarij 14. E. 4. 76. traverse d' Office 39. 6. jurisdict. 76. Upon Petition made to the King and by him delivered over to the Chancellor to do right appeared that the Kings Tenant being Tenant in Taile had granted with warranty Lands and an advowson to a College and that the King had Presented by colour of the Wardship of the Heir contrary to the grant and the Incumbent pleaded for the King That the Heir had no Lands discended from his Father and that the Wardship was no Barre but because it appeared by divers Offices returnd into the Court that Lands to the value of 1000. markes were discended to the Heir Therefore the Court awarded in Conscience That the College should be restored to the Presentation without tryall by Jury that the same assetz did discend 43. ass p. 21. Agr. 75. Hereby it appeareth That although the Chancellor may not mix his absolute power with the ordinary concerning the right of the cause yet he may somewhat use the same in matters of expedition of proceedings CHAP. VII The form of the Pleadings ONe sold certain Wool to I S. and I D. for 3. l. and I S. had all the profit thereof and they were bound in severall Obligations Afterwards the Creditor sued I D. the surety upon one of the Obligations being 300l who sued a Subpoena and shewed in his Bill that the Creditor was satisfied of a great part and had given long day for the rest and exception was taken to the bill by Catesby Aâ—prentice because that the Complalntiffe alleged that a great part of the whole summe was paid and shewed not how much was paid and it may be that the money paid was for other obligations and not for this also he hath not shewen what day was given to I S. The Chancellor said that it did not lye in the notice of I. D what summe was paid or what day was appointed and therefore he cannot declare it but it must appear upon the examination of the Defendants confidence but he shall shew certainly such matter as lyeth in his knowledge Also in this Court it is not requisite that the Bill be all certaine according to the solempnity of the Common law for it is but a Petition 9. E. 4. 41. Subp. 12. et b. Conse. 3. 2. Note that the Chancellor said that a man shall not be prejudiced by mispleading or for default of form but according to the verity of his matter and the Chancellor must judge secundum conscientiam non secundum allegat For if the Complaintiffe suppose by his Bill that the Defendant hath done him wrong a d the Defendant answereth nothing yet if the Chancellor have knowledge that the Defendant did no wrong to the Complaintiffe the Complaintiffe shall not recover any thing 9. E. 4. 14 Snbp. 1â— jurisd. 51. Consc. 26. 3. Mispleading nor default of form shall not be prejudiciall to the Chancery omnes Justice in Camera Scacc. 14. E. 4.
Decree made in the Chancery by sub Poena the party may have a writ of error in the Parliament to recover the same if it be erroneous in such sort as he may have to reverse Judgements erroneously given in the Kings Bench per Chock Serjeant 37 H. 6. 3. Iurisd. 53. error 95. But note that Brook abridgeth the case that Prisot the chief Justice was of the contrary opinion which is not to be so collected by the book but by implication yet may it seem that no writ of error doth lie but a petition to the Parlament in the nature of a writ of error but Prisot said that Judgements in the Chancery upon scire facias to repeal Parents and pleas or persons priviledged are reversable by Parlament because they are Judgements but the decrees are not 2. Cholmly Serjeant said if a decree be made in the Chancery that the Chancellor hath not power to reverse that decree in the same Court but it must be redressed in the Parlament for Judgement given in the Kings Bench Common-place or Exchequer are not reversable in the same Court but in a higher Court But Knightley Serjeant said that a decree was but an Order taken by the Court for the time the which upon good causes shewed may be redressed in the same Court hut Devistall Serjeant said that if it might be so there would be an incessant confusion of all causes wherefore the Chancellor cannot reverse an absolute Decree but he may reverse a Decree which is made with a quousque for an absolute decree is much like a definitive sentence given in the spiritual Court which cannot be redressed in the same Court but by application into a higher Court and the Kings Secretary interrupted him to speak any further of the authority of the Chancery In Cancell 27 H. 8. 6. In a writ of error to reverse a Judgement of petition in Chancery the Defendant took exception that the Judgement given in the Chancery might not be reve sed in the Chancery being all one Court but in the Parlament Et non allocatur exception per Cur Cancell 42. asss. p. 22. b error 131. It seemeth that this was not properly a reversall of the petition but rather and is like to the case ensuing I the Lord Chancellor grant a patent of land and after make a patent to another of the same land the second patent is revocable in the Chancery by scire facias but not by writ of error for a Court may reform but not reverse their own Judgements 2 R 3. A statute Merchant was acknowledged in the Chancery the money payable Anno 16. and the party sued execution and his writ supposed the same to be payable Anno 14. and by this sute the Feoffee was put out of power and he sued a writ of error in the Kings Bench and it was awarded that he should be received to the sute 18 E. 3. 25. error p. 17. asss. p. 24. And Plowden reciting the case saith that if upon sutes in the Chancery according to the order of the common Law there be error that shall be reformed by a writ of error in the Kings Bench which is a higher Court 13 El. Com. 393. The Second Part of the Absolute Power CHAP. I. Of Lands IF two Copartners bring a Formidon and one of them by Covin between the Tenant and him will not joyn with the other in a true Declaration the other may compell her by such poeâ—a to joyn in the true Declaration for else the Action would abate per Mâ—â—le Iustice Ienâ—ey Serjeant in Co. Ba 6 E. 4. 10. b. consâ— 12. 2. If two men have a wood jointly and one of them felleth the wood and keepeth all the money to himself his fâ—llow hath â—o remedy by the Law for as when they took the wood joyntly they put each other in trust and were contented to occupy together so the Laâ— suffereth them to order the profitâ— thereof according to the trust that each did put in other and yet if one took all the profits he is bound in conscience to restore the half to his fellow for as the Law giveth him right onely to half the land so it giveth him right onely in conscience to the half profits and yet it cannot be said that the law is against conscience for the Law willeth not that one shall take all the profits but leaveth it to their conscience Lib. Doct Stud. cap. 19. 3. In many cases conscience shall be ruled after the Law as the eldest son shall have his fathers land by conscience as he shall in law and so he shall in law and so in Burgh English the youngest son shall enjoy the land both in law and conscience and in Gravel-kinde all the sons and daughters shall inherit together and there can be no other reason gives why it should be so in conscience but because law or custome is so lib. Doct. Stud. 2. c. 15. for divers good causes upon that ground 4. Tho. Parrick and Agnes his wife exhibited a bill conteining that one Beatrice whose heir Agnes is was seized and took to husband Thomas Bradley present in the Court and dyed Bradley continued as Tenant by the curtesie of England untill now of late he claimeth and publisheth that he hath fee-simple and withheld the Charters wherefore they prayed that he might he examined what estate he claimeth and to be recorded and to knowledge what Charters he hath to deliver them to the complainants defendant Dâ—smissum est à curia quietus sine die per consi cur co qd materia in hac supplicatione contenta non est sufficiens ad pâ—nendum ipsâ—m defend ad examinat super â—undem petition Pet. in Canc. 20 H. 6. the defendant hath authority by law to keep the Charters and although in words he claimeth fee-simple yet because it is not alleadged that he did not any act to the dis-inheritance of the complainants therefore it seemeth he was dismissed CHAP. II. Of Lands in use or trust LAnds in Lond. were devised to the devisors son and three others in fee and that one of them should have the profits during his life the devisor dyed the son and heir sued a sub p against the two others to compell them to release unto him because the use of the land ought to be in him after the death of the per â—or and it was thought reasonable per omnes Justic. in camera Scac. 3 H. 6. devise 22. 8 feofment al uses 49. So it is if the same had been done by Feofment 2. Onâ—â—made a Feofment upon confidence and afterwards declared his will to the Feoffee that one of the daughters should have the land after his decease and after that he came to the Feoffee and told him that his said daughter would not be
If any Feoffee upon trust infeoff a stranger and do sâ—ll the lâ—nd to him for money yet if he give knowledge unto the stranger that he himself 〈◊〉 iâ—â—â—ely upon trust I may compell the stronger by suâ—â—oena to perform my VVill 5 E. 4. 76. Feofments aâ— use 32. sub poena 2. 16 If Tenant in Burgh English infeoff one to the use of the Feoffor and his heirs the youngest son shall have a sub poen to recover the land but not the eldest 5 E. 4. 7. 6. Feofments al use 32. sub poena 2. 17 If one seized of land which is descended unto him from his mother do make a Feofment upon trust and then die without issue the heir by the mothers side shall have a sub p. to recover the land not the heir by the fathers side 5 E. 4. 7. b. Feofments al use 32. sub poena 2. 18 If a Tenant in tail the remainder being a stranger do make a Feofment to his use and die without issue having declared his Will the sub poena belongeth to such person as is limited by his VVill and not to him that hath the remainder but if he have declared no VVill then he in the remainder should have had the sub poena quaere E. 5. 47 sub poena 26. Feofm al use 32. But Brook thinketh that he in the remainder shall have no sub poena in neither case because he may have his remedy at the common Law 19 If the Husband and the VVife be seized in the right of the VVife and the Husband make a Feofment although he declare no VVill yet the VVife shall not have the sub poena because as Brook thinketh 20 VVhen a Feofment is made without any consideration and no use expressed the Feofment shall be intended to be to the use of the Feoffor and his heirs and also the VVife may have her cui in vita by the common Law 5 E. 4. 76. Feofments al uses 32. sub poena 21 If a man have issue a Son and a Daughter by one Wife and a Daughter by another Wife and maketh a Feofmeut to his use and dieth if the Son do take the profits and die his Sister by the whole Bloud shall have the land by sub poena and the other suffer nothing because the rule that Possessio fratris de feod simplici fecit sororem esse haeredem doth extend to uses as well as to lands 5 E. 4. 7. sub poena 3. b. Feofment al uses 33. b. discent 36. Com. 4 E. 6. 58. per Mountague capit Justic. de communi banco and if the Father had devised his land to a stranger this would have been no possessio fratris because the freehold of the use was in the stranger but if he had devised it only for years it would have been a good possessio fratris 5. E. 4. 7. sub poena 36. Consc. 12. by descent 22 If I. S. make a Feofment in trust and be afterwards attainted of Felony the lord of whom the land is holden shall not have the sub poena by Escheat 5 E. 4. 7. B. Feofment al use 34. 23 Note that the King cannot be infeoffed to any other mans use although it be so expressed neither doth any sub poena lie against him but the Feofment is good and the limitation of the use void per Markham Brian capit Iustic. 5 E. 4. 7. 7 E. 4. 17. Office 2. 24 One being infeoffed to the use of a Woman she took a Husband and the Husband sold the land to a stranger and the Woman received the money and the Feoffee at their request infeoffed the stranger the Husband died and the Wife brought a sub poena against the Feoffee who shewed the matter and the Wife demurred Starkie Apprentice if the Husband make a Feofment of the Wives land she shall avoid it by a cui in viâ—a and so if the Husband do sell the VVives use in the land this Sale shall in conscience be said the Sale of her Husband alone and not of them both and therefore the sub poena doth lie which saying was affirmed of all the Justices of both the Benches and the Chancellor said that all which a VVoman Covert doth shall be esteemed to be done for fear of her Husband and the receipt of the money by her is not material because she cannot have the free disposition thereof and the Complaintiff prayed that the Defendant might be committed unto Prison untill he made satisfaction and the Chancellor said that the Complaintiff might have a sub poena against the stranger which bought the land but Yelverton said that she might have a sub poena if the stranger had knowledge of the wrong and deceit done to her but otherwise not The Chancellor answered that the stranger knew well that she was a VVoman Covert in cam Scacc. 7 E 4. 14. Sub poena 3. B. consc. 13. b. Feofm al use 4. 25 Note that a Feoffee of trust is bound by conscience to plead all Pleas and to maintain such actions for the land as the Feoffor will have him but it shall be at the Feoffees charge per omnes Justic. but it is doubtfull whether the Feoffees be compellable to plead dilatory Pleas 7 E. 4. 29. sub poena 9. br Feofments al uses 38. 6. consc. 27. 26 Note that Coke Justice said that he sued once a sub poena against the heirs of a Feoffee upon trust and the matter was long debated and the opinion of the Chancellor and of the Justices was that the sub poena did not lie against the Heiâ— whereby he was put to exhibit his Bill in the Parlament 8 E. 4. 6. sub poena 8. B. consc. 16. Note that it must be intended that the Heir had not the land but that the land was sold before by the Feoffee to a stranger for if the Heir had the Land he is liable to the trust as well as the Feoffee 27 If I do lend money to I. S. and he infeoffeth me of his Lands and it is agreed that I shall take the profits thereof untill he have payed me if I. S. do pay the money or tender it unto me and I refuse to re-infeoff him he may compell me by the sub poena per Pigoâ— Ser jeant 9 E. 4. 25. Bar. 100. 28 It was holden in the Chancery that if any Feoffee upon trust do infeoff any other which knoweth of the trust I may have a sub poena against them both but if a stranger knowing the trust had done a Treâ—passe upon any Feoffee I might compell my Feoffee by sub poena to sue him and to recover Damages I shall have no sub poena against the Trespassor but onely against my Feoffer because he might lawfully procure his own discharge but the Reporter thinketh that the Trespassor
stranger for that were a forfeiture and the Chancellour said that in the first case it was no forfeiture in conscience but he would reform so much as was amisse done and no more and so it had oftentimes been ordered before the Chancellour 10 H. 7. 2. 41 A feoffee upon trust was seized by a sub poena by the Feoffor and the feoffee was injoyned that he should make an Estate to the feoffor before a day certain sub poena 100. lib. in Cauâ— 10 H. 7. 4. 42 The Heir of Co. qu. use shall have after the death of his father the issues and profits of the Lands as if his father had died seized thereof and he may compell the Feoffees upon trust by sub poena to infeoff him and shall have all advantages as if his father had died seised in Camera Scacc. per Wood Serjeant 13 H. 7. 7. 43 If the Feoffees upon trust will not infeoff the Feoffor he may compell them by sub poena in communi banco per Brian cap. Justic. de communi banco Danvers Justic. 14 H. 7. 19. 44 One having feoffees in trust devised by his Testament that his Feoffees should sell the Land the Feoffor died the Feoffees infeoffed others to the first use the second Feoffees may not perform the Will but the first Feoffees may and the second Feoffees may do it because there is a kinde of use in I. S. seeing he is specially named and he may compell them to sell unto him and if the Will were that the Feoffees should sell his Lands to pay his Debts the Creditors may compell the feoffees to selâ— it but if he had willed that the feoffees should sell the Land for money to be distributed there no man can compell them to make the Sale per Fineux cap. Justic. Read Tremaine Iust. If the Will were that his Executors should sell it though his Executors refuse to administer yet the ordinary Administrator may not sell it but the Executors themselves may notwithstanding the refusall cause the uses not testamentory per Finenx cap. Iusiic Angl. Read Termail Iustic. And if he will that his Land shall be sold and shew not by whom his Executors shall sell it and not the feoffees for the Executors have the greatest confidence put in them for they have the disposition of the money for which it is sold per Fineux cap. Iust. Angl. Read Tremaine Frowick Serjeant And if the Will be that the Land shall be sold the Heir shall take the profits untill it be sold per eosdem in Banco Regis 15 H. 7. 1â— b. Feofm al use 12. 45 If one having feoffees upon trust do make his Testment that they shall have an Estate to I. S. and dieth if the feoffees infeoff others to the first use the second feoffees may make the Estate by Kingsmell Serjeant 14 H. 7. 33. 23. Feofments al use 12. 46 In a Formedon against two feoffees upon trust if the feoffees refuse such Pleas as the feoffor doth minister to them or if they or one of them do refuse to vouch where the feoffor sheweth to them good cause of voucher the feoffor hath no remedy against the feoffees to compell them buy by sub poena or else by Action upon the case per toâ—am Curiam And Bradnell chief Justice of the Common-place said that if a feoffee upon trust die without Heir or die his Heir being within age or is attainted of felony so that the Land cometh to the Lord the Lord shall have it to his own use and the feoffor hath no remedy in communi Banco 14 H 8. 24. 47 The feoffees upon trust may grant the Offices of Steward and Receiver per Newdibank Serjeant if the feoffor die without Issue within age the Lord shall hold the land to his own use and if the feoffees acknowledge a Stat. Merchant and the Conusee do extend the Land he shall hold it to his own use because the said persons do come unto the Land by the operation of Law and not by their own Act nor by the Act of the Feoffees but if the feoffees infeof a stranger which hath notice of the first use there the second feoffee shall be seised to the first use though he paid a consideration Quia participes criminis consentientes agentes paci plena plectentur dolus fraus nemini patrocinetur and if the second feofment be to one that hath notice and he pay consideration then he shall be seised to the first use but if he pay no consideration nor have no notice yet it shall be to the first use per Justic. Servients If the feoffees grant a Rent for Life out of the Land without any consideration If it be to one that hath notice of the first use this Rent shall be to the use of the feoffor of the Land per Pollard Brook Fitzherbert Iust. in communi Banco 14 H. 8. 4. 48 A use shall ensue the nature of the Land for if it be use of the Burgh English Land the youngest shall have it and if of Gavel-kinde then all the Children por Pilman Serjeant 14 H. 8. 6. in banco 27 H. 8. per Pollard apprentic 49 If the feoffee upon trust die his Heir shall be subject to the trust per Bradwell cap. Just Fitzherbert Brook Justic. in communi banco â—4 H. 8. 7. 50 Note by Brook Justice that uses are created by the common Law and are relieved by conscience and all medling with the Land by the Feoffees ought to be at the desire of the Feoffor and if the Feoffee do otherwise he is chargeable in conscience 14 H. 8. 8. in communi Banco 51 If one have Feoffees in trust of Seigniory if the Tenancy do escheat unto them they shall be feised to the use of the Feoffor and so it is of Land recovered in value per 〈◊〉 Iust in communi Banco 14 H. 8 9 52 One having feoffees upon trust wills that his Executors should sell his Lard 〈◊〉 died if that Executor make another Executor in that case the Executor of the Executor cannot sell the Land because the first Executor had that power as in authority severall from his Executor ship and though the first Executor had refused the Aministration yet he might have sold the Land per curiam in cancellaâ—â—a Scacc. And if he had willed that the chief Justice should sell his Land although that the chief Justice had resigned his Office and another been placed yea the first should sell his Land per Bradwell Justic. communis Banci and if the will were that John S. should sell his Land if I. S. die his Heir cannot sell it because the trust is determined per Shelley Ingelfield Justic. Willoughby Spilman Serjeants 19 Hen. 8. 9. 53 Note by a Statute in Ann. 1 R. 3. the Will of the