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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i._n e._n if_o any_o one_o depart_v this_o life_n intestate_a etc._n etc._n imply_v liberam_fw-la testandi_fw-la facultatem_fw-la a_o free_a liberty_n to_o dispose_v otherwise_o by_o will_n as_o do_v also_o that_o law_n of_o his_o successor_n the_o 36._o confessor_n ratify_v and_o reinforce_v by_o his_o successor_n the_o conqueror_n provide_v that_o the_o child_n of_o person_n intestate_a shall_v equal_o divide_v the_o heritage_n in_o which_o respect_n and_o because_o by_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o the_o widow_n as_o neither_o do_v that_o other_o law_n of_o canutus_n par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 75._o it_o tacit_o seem_v to_o exclude_v she_o i_o know_v not_o well_o what_o much_o pertinent_a to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n can_v be_v conclude_v from_o that_o law_n and_o as_o not_o from_o this_o so_o neither_o i_o conceive_v from_o that_o law_n of_o king_n hen._n 1._o cap._n 1._o because_o it_o concern_v
part_n of_o the_o land_n and_o the_o three_o part_n of_o all_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o land_n be_v gavelkind_a do_v escheat_n to_o the_o king_n for_o want_v of_o heir_n which_o land_n be_v ever_o since_o enjoy_v under_o the_o king_n title_n by_o escheat_n and_o john_n wall_n upon_o a_o trial_n recover_v against_o white_a the_o devisee_fw-mi whereby_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n be_v never_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n and_o so_o it_o be_v agree_v per_fw-la curiam_fw-la pasch_fw-mi 37._o el._n in_o c._n b._n in_o halton_n and_o starthop_n case_n upon_o evidence_n to_o a_o jury_n of_o kent_n &_o it_o be_v then_o say_v that_o it_o have_v be_v so_o resolve_v before_o and_o there_o it_o be_v say_v per_fw-la curiam_fw-la that_o fitz._n nat._n brev._n 198._o l._n be_v to_o be_v understand_v where_o there_o be_v a_o special_a custom_n that_o the_o land_n be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n and_o he_o that_o shall_v conclude_v upon_o that_o place_n of_o fitz_n nat._n brev._n 198._o l._n that_o all_o gavelkind_a land_n be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n may_v as_o well_o conclude_v that_o all_o land_n in_o every_o city_n and_o burrow_n in_o england_n be_v deviseable_a which_o be_v not_o so_o as_o appear_z by_o mr._n littleton_n who_o say_v that_o in_o some_o burrough_n by_o custom_n a_o man_n may_v devise_v his_o land_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o gavelkind_a land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n etc._n etc._n then_o a_o man_n may_v devise_v they_o by_o word_n without_o writing_n as_o it_o be_v agree_v in_o 34._o h._n 8._o dyer_n 53._o for_o a_o man_n may_v devise_v his_o good_n and_o chattel_n by_o a_o will_v nuncupative_a so_o may_v he_o likewise_o devise_v his_o land_n deviseable_a by_o custom_n because_o they_o be_v esteem_v but_o tanquam_fw-la catalla_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o mischievous_a thing_n if_o all_o the_o gavelkind_n in_o kent_n shall_v be_v deviseable_a by_o word_n only_o to_o these_o argument_n and_o objection_n against_o the_o custom_n certain_a answer_n and_o exception_n by_o the_o learned_a counsel_n of_o the_o adverse_a party_n have_v be_v frame_v and_o return_v in_o behalf_n thereof_o reducible_a to_o three_o head_n which_o to_o avoid_v all_o just_a suspicion_n of_o partiality_n and_o prejudice_n wherewith_o some_o zealous_a advocate_n and_o contender_n for_o the_o custom_n have_v be_v and_o may_v again_o be_v ready_a to_o asperse_v i_o i_o shall_v here_o subjoin_v together_o with_o such_o answer_n and_o argument_n by_o way_n of_o reply_n as_o i_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o learned_a counsel_n of_o the_o other_o side_n in_o further_a and_o full_a refutation_n of_o they_o who_o endeavour_n to_o uphold_v the_o custom_n the_o learned_a counsel_n argument_n in_o behalf_n of_o the_o custom_n first_o they_o deny_v the_o old_a book_n of_o 4._o edw._n 2._o fitzh_n mortdancester_n 39_o â—o_o be_v lâ—w._n but_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n lie_v of_o land_n deviseable_a if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o his_o ancestor_n die_v seize_v unless_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o defendaut_n claim_v by_o some_o other_o title_n but_o if_o the_o defendant_n plead_v that_o the_o land_n be_v by_o custom_n deviseable_a and_o be_v devise_v unto_o he_o it_o be_v a_o good_a bar_n of_o the_o action_n second_o they_o rely_v much_o upon_o the_o book_n of_o fitzherb_n natura_fw-la brevium_fw-la fol._n 198._o which_o say_v that_o a_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la lie_v where_o a_o man_n be_v seize_v of_o land_n or_o tenement_n in_o any_o city_n or_o burrow_n or_o in_o gavelkynd_n which_o land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o will_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n etc._n etc._n whence_o they_o infer_v that_o all_o gavelkynd-land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n three_o they_o cite_v the_o treatise_n call_v consuetudines_fw-la cantiae_fw-la in_o the_o book_n call_v old_a magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o lambards_n perambulation_n of_o kent_n fol._n 198._o that_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n may_v be_v give_v or_o sell_v without_o the_o lord_n licence_n and_o they_o interpret_v the_o word_n give_v to_o be_v by_o will_n and_o the_o word_n grant_v to_o be_v by_o deed_n the_o reply_n to_o the_o foregoing_a argument_n by_o such_o as_o stand_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o custom_n as_o to_o the_o first_o objection_n against_o the_o argument_n take_v from_o the_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n they_o reply_v thus_o first_o they_o maintain_v that_o the_o custom_n alone_o without_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n to_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n as_o well_o as_o the_o custom_n with_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v pleadable_a in_o bar_n for_o which_o there_o be_v not_o only_o that_o book_n of_o 4._o edw._n 2._o but_o also_o bracton_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 272._o ubi_fw-la non_fw-la iaceo_fw-la assisa_fw-la mortis_fw-la antecessoris_fw-la among_o his_o plea_n in_o abatement_n of_o the_o writ_n have_v before_o treat_v of_o plea_n in_o bar_n to_o it_o cadit_fw-la assisa_n say_v he_o propter_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la loci_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o civitatibus_fw-la burgis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o 22._o assis_n pl._n 78._o where_o upon_o the_o like_a plea_n the_o writ_n be_v abate_v and_o fitzherb_n nat._n brev._n fol._n 196._o i._o who_o authority_n they_o think_v strange_a to_o be_v deny_v in_o a_o matter_n of_o law_n wherein_o he_o be_v a_o judge_n and_o yet_o so_o strong_o rell_v on_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o custom_n in_o a_o place_n whereto_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n and_o so_o be_v it_o practise_v and_o allow_v in_o itin._n johan_n de_fw-fr stanton_n 6._o edw._n 2._o and_o the_o reason_n give_v by_o the_o book_n why_o such_o a_o custom_n be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n to_o this_o writ_n be_v because_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o writ_n may_v be_v true_a that_o the_o ancestor_n die_v seize_v etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o the_o heir_n have_v no_o title_n where_o the_o land_n be_v deviseable_a and_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o this_o writ_n that_o the_o die_v seize_v must_v be_v traverse_v and_o though_o the_o tenant_n plead_v the_o feoffment_n of_o the_o ancestor_n or_o other_o matter_n in_o bar_n that_o be_v not_o matter_n of_o estoppell_n to_o the_o heir_n as_o a_o fine_a recovery_n &c_n &c_n yet_o must_v he_o traverse_v the_o die_v seize_v and_o the_o jury_n shall_v be_v summon_v and_o charge_v to_o inquire_v if_o the_o ancestor_n thy_fw-mi quo_fw-la obiit_fw-la seisitus_fw-la fuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o so_o be_v the_o book_n of_o 9_o assis_n pl._n 22._o 27._o hen._n 8._o 12._o brooke_n mortdancestor_n 1._o old_a nat._n brev._n fol._n 117._o and_o diverse_a other_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o opinion_n to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o book_n of_o law_n against_o that_o book_n of_o fitzherb_n mortdancestor_n 39_o until_o the_o 15_o of_o king_n charles_n launder_v and_o brook_n case_n crook_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 405._o obiter_fw-la upon_o the_o trial_n of_o this_o custom_n 2._o admit_v that_o at_o this_o day_n 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in_o that_o at_o rochester_n intervening_a and_o happen_v in_o the_o interim_n of_o those_o two_o statute_n the_o one_o of_o uses_n make_v anno_fw-la 27._o the_o other_o of_o will_n enact_v anno_fw-la 32._o hen._n 8._o ah_o time_n most_o proper_a for_o the_o custom_n if_o any_o such_o in_o be_v by_o iâ—s_a fruit_n the_o immediate_a free_a devise_n of_o land_n by_o will_n at_o pleasure_n without_o that_o mediate_a collateral_a and_o by-way_n that_o periphrasis_n of_o feoffment_n and_o their_o uses_n which_o now_o be_v out_o of_o door_n to_o assert_v and_o show_v itself_o all_o which_o in_o my_o opinion_n do_v plain_o tend_v to_o the_o dis-proof_n of_o this_o custom_n of_o devise_v land_n in_o kent_n by_o will_n before_o that_o statute_n of_o will_n as_o for_o example_n 1._o in_o the_o will_n of_o thomas_n bourne_n of_o tenterden_n date_v 3._o may_v 1538._o in_o the_o archdeacon_n registry_n at_o canterbury_n lib._n 21._o quatern_n 7._o and_o where_o say_v he_o there_o be_v a_o act_n late_o make_v to_o avoid_v use_n of_o will_n yet_o my_o mind_n be_v that_o clement_n my_o son_n shall_v have_v my_o house_n and_o shop_n in_o tenterden_n with_o the_o appurtenance_n to_o him_z in_o fee._n and_o that_o john_n bourne_n my_o son_n shall_v have_v all_o my_o land_n lie_v in_o the_o parish_n of_o hawkherst_n to_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n in_o fee._n and_o i_o give_v to_o my_o say_a son_n john_n xl_o s._n upon_o condition_n that_o he_o will_v abide_v and_o stand_v to_o the_o divide_v and_o order_n of_o my_o land_n as_o my_o mind_n be_v before_o express_v and_o if_o he_o will_v not_o stand_v to_o and_o abide_v the_o say_a order_n and_o division_n but_o to_o shift_v his_o part_n thorough_o than_o i_o will_v the_o say_v xl_o s._n shall_v remain_v and_o be_v have_v to_o alice_n my_o wife_n also_o i_o give_v to_o clement_n my_o son_n iij._o l._n upon_o condition_n that_o he_o do_v stand_v to_o and_o abide_v the_o division_n and_o order_n of_o my_o land_n and_o tenement_n according_a as_o my_o mind_n be_v before_o express_v and_o if_o the_o say_v clement_n de_fw-fr refuse_v my_o say_a order_n and_o division_n of_o my_o land_n and_o shift_v his_o part_n thorough_o than_o i_o will_v the_o say_v iij._o l._n shall_v remain_v and_o be_v have_v to_o alice_n my_o wife_n etc._n etc._n argument_n have_v there_o be_v a_o custom_n for_o devise_v land_n by_o will_n what_o need_v that_o notice_n to_o be_v take_v here_o of_o the_o act_n for_o avoid_v use_n of_o will_n and_o why_o be_v the_o testator_n put_v to_o it_o thus_o to_o work_v and_o wage_v his_o son_n to_o consent_v to_o that_o partition_n and_o division_n of_o his_o land_n by_o a_o legacy_n in_o money_n to_o be_v forfeict_v upon_o their_o refusal_n and_o for_o choose_v to_o shift_v or_o divide_v thorough_o as_o a_o thing_n in_o their_o power_n by_o law_n which_o can_v not_o be_v have_v there_o be_v any_o such_o custom_n 2._o in_o thomas_n sayer_n alias_o lamberd_n will_v of_o feversham_n date_v in_o may_n 1538._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n and_o book_n quatern_n 9_o some_o land_n be_v devise_v away_o from_o the_o two_o female_a inheritrice_n to_o be_v sell_v and_o a_o partition_n also_o make_v between_o they_o of_o other_o land_n whereupon_o a_o legacy_n in_o money_n be_v give_v to_o the_o heir_n at_o law_n to_o wage_v they_o to_o consent_n and_o condescend_v to_o that_o devise_n and_o division_n in_o these_o word_n item_n i_o will_v and_o bequeath_v to_o isabel_n and_o margaret_n my_o two_o daughter_n to_o each_o of_o they_o 6._o l._n 13._o s._n 4._o d._n to_o be_v pay_v to_o they_o by_o benet_n my_o wife_n in_o money_n or_o moneyworth_n in_o four_o year_n next_o after_o my_o decease_n upon_o condition_n that_o my_o say_v two_o daughter_n their_o heir_n and_o their_o assign_v to_o suffer_v this_o my_o present_a will_n and_o testament_n to_o take_v effect_n according_a as_o i_o before_o have_v will_v and_o if_o my_o say_v two_o daughter_n their_o heir_n and_o their_o assign_v do_v this_o refuse_v that_o my_o say_a will_n can_v take_v none_o effect_v according_a as_o i_o before_o have_v will_v than_o i_o will_v my_o say_v two_o daughter_n nor_o their_o assign_v shall_v take_v no_o benefit_n nor_o profit_n of_o none_o of_o my_o bequeath_v to_o they_o before_o bequeath_v etc._n etc._n argument_n the_o same_o quaere_fw-la here_o as_o before_o viz._n what_o need_v this_o conditional_a legacy_n in_o money_n have_v it_o not_o be_v free_a to_o they_o and_o in_o their_o power_n and_o choice_n whether_o his_o will_n for_o the_o sale_n of_o some_o land_n and_o for_o the_o division_n of_o other_o shall_v take_v effect_n or_o not_o 3._o in_o john_n crowmers_n will_n of_o pogylston_n esquire_n date_v in_o february_n 1538._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n book_n and_o quatern_n this_o clause_n to_o our_o purpose_n be_v remarkable_a item_n i_o will_v that_o each_o of_o my_o three_o daughter_n benet_n elizabeth_n and_o grace_n have_v 13._o l._n 6_o s._n 8._o d._n of_o such_o debt_n as_o their_o husband_n do_v owe_v i_o so_o that_o their_o husband_n be_v content_a that_o such_o land_n as_o i_o have_v purchase_v go_v according_a to_o my_o devise_n and_o will_n or_o else_o not_o etc._n etc._n argument_n the_o like_a quaerie_n here_o as_o before_o where_o also_o note_n that_o although_o he_o mention_v a_o devise_n of_o land_n by_o will_n yet_o no_o such_o will_n be_v either_o prove_v or_o register_v because_o probable_o incumbent_a and_o void_a in_o law_n the_o like_a whereof_o may_v be_v suppose_v of_o sparcklins_n will_n of_o thanet_n date_v in_o march_n 1539._o in_o the_o same_o book_n and_o registry_n quarern_v 14._o where_o his_o mansion_n place_n at_o bronston_n be_v say_v to_o be_v bequeath_v to_o his_o son_n john_n whereas_o no_o such_o thing_n appear_v by_o the_o approve_a will_n nor_o be_v any_o land_n at_o all_o devise_v by_o it_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o cacherells_n will_v of_o norborne_n date_a anno_o 1537._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n and_o book_n quatern_n 8._o where_o some_o legacy_n in_o money_n be_v charge_v upon_o a_o house_n there_o say_v to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o party_n charge_v and_o his_o wife_n whereas_o no_o such_o gift_n appear_v by_o the_o will_n 4._o in_o sarlys_n will_n date_a anno_o 30._o hen._n 8._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n and_o book_n quatern_n 11._o where_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o his_o three_o daughter_n we_o have_v this_o clause_n item_n i_o will_v that_o he_o my_o brother_n shall_v have_v my_o part_n of_o my_o house_n at_o why_o call_v jancock_n during_o his_o life_n if_o that_o may_v be_v suffer_v by_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n 5._o in_o the_o will_n of_o william_n byx_n of_o linsted_n date_v 1538._o in_o the_o same_o registry_n lib._n 22._o quatern_n 1._o occurr_n this_o passage_n i_o will_v and_o bequeath_v all_o the_o profit_n commodity_n ferme_n rent_n of_o all_o my_o land_n whatsoever_o etc._n etc._n unto_o my_o brother_n germane_a laurence_n byx_n unto_o the_o timos_fw-la that_o my_o son_n laurence_n and_o nicholas_n come_v to_o the_o age_n of_o 22._o year_n etc._n etc._n also_o to_o my_o daughter_n marriage_n 10._o l._n to_o be_v raise_v out_o of_o those_o profit_n etc._n etc._n and_o pay_v by_o my_o brother_n laurence_n provide_v always_o if_o the_o law_n will_v not_o suffer_v nor_o admit_v my_o brother_n laurence_n to_o enjoy_v and_o take_v up_o the_o ferme_n etc._n etc._n of_o my_o land_n than_o i_o will_v that_o each_o of_o my_o say_a son_n etc._n etc._n shall_v pay_v the_o say_v 10._o l._n unto_o my_o say_a daughter_n marriage_n etc._n etc._n 6._o thomas_n hunt_v of_o pluck_o in_o his_o will_n date_v in_o the_o year_n no_o month_n 1540_o probable_o some_o time_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n that_o year_n make_v in_o the_o same_o registry_n book_n and_o quatern_n give_v to_o his_o wife_n the_o issue_n of_o his_o land_n for_o life_n and_o after_o her_o death_n the_o land_n themselves_o to_o his_o son_n john_n charge_v with_o some_o legacy_n in_o money_n to_o his_o young_a brother_n anthony_n and_o his_o child_n but_o with_o this_o proviso_n if_o this_o my_o will_n say_v he_o stand_v not_o good_a and_o effectual_a in_o the_o law_n than_o i_o will_v that_o my_o say_a message_n and_o premise_n after_o the_o death_n of_o my_o say_a wife_n shall_v remain_v to_o my_o say_v two_o son_n i._o and_o a._n and_o to_o their_o heir_n for_o ever_o etc._n etc._n 7._o the_o like_a clause_n to_o this_o occurr_n in_o the_o will_n of_o john_n hubberd_n of_o westerham_n date_v the_o 23th_o of_o july_n 1537._o in_o the_o bishop_n of_o rochester_n registry_n viz._n also_o if_o it_o do_v please_v god_n to_o visit_v my_o wife_n and_o all_o my_o child_n with_o death_n than_o
or_o the_o like_a unnatural_a at_o the_o least_o and_o far_o fetch_v if_o not_o violent_o force_v for_o first_o admitting_z kind_a to_o signify_v a_o malechild_n in_o the_o dutch_a or_o belgic_a tongue_n as_o it_o do_v not_o more_o than_o a_o female_a be_v a_o word_n common_a to_o child_n of_o either_o sex_n knecht_n indeed_o with_o they_o as_o cniht_v with_o our_o ancestor_n the_o english-saxons_a be_v of_o that_o knecht_n signification_n yet_o be_v not_o this_o kind_n of_o land_n so_o restrain_v in_o point_n of_o descent_n only_o to_o the_o male_n but_o that_o as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o land_n descendible_a at_o the_o common_a law_n the_o female_n in_o their_o default_n that_o be_v where_o the_o male_n be_v want_v be_v capable_a of_o succession_n to_o it_o and_o in_o the_o same_o way_n of_o partition_n with_o the_o male_n nay_o be_v any_o of_o the_o son_n dead_a in_o the_o father_n life_n time_n leave_v a_o daughter_n behind_o he_o such_o daughter_n shall_v divide_v with_o her_o uncle_n in_o this_o 547._o land_n what_o then_o shall_v we_o admit_v kind_a to_o signify_v the_o issue_n be_v it_o male_n or_o female_a as_o indeed_o it_o do_v either_o come_v of_o the_o saxon_a or_o old_a english_a cennan_n or_o vocâ—_n cennian_n parere_fw-la to_o bring_v forth_o whence_o with_o they_o the_o word_n or_o participle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o first-begotten_a or_o first-born_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o only_o beget_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d terrigena_fw-la one_o that_o be_v bear_v or_o breed_v of_o the_o earth_n yet_o be_v not_o this_o land_n so_o tie_v to_o the_o issue_n but_o that_o in_o default_n thereof_o i._n e._n where_o that_o be_v want_v such_o as_o be_v in_o the_o transversal_a or_o collateral_a line_n as_o in_o other_o land_n descendible_a at_o the_o common_a law_n may_v and_o do_v inherit_v it_o as_o for_o instance_n when_o one_o brother_n die_v without_o issue_n all_o the_o other_o brethren_n may_v and_o do_v inherit_v as_o do_v their_o respective_a issue_n too_o in_o case_n of_o their_o default_n jure_fw-la repraesentationis_fw-la but_o with_o this_o restriction_n in_o the_o nephew_n case_n succeed_v with_o their_o uncle_n viz._n that_o the_o descent_n be_v then_o in_o stirpes_fw-la not_o in_o capita_fw-la nevertheless_o it_o go_v not_o as_o the_o irish_a 49._o gavelkynd_n to_o all_o the_o male_n of_o the_o same_o lineage_n for_o in_o this_o as_o in_o other_o inheritance_n propinquior_fw-la excludit_fw-la a._n propinquum_fw-la nor_o yet_o neither_o to_o all_o the_o next_o in_o one_o line_n of_o kindred_n as_o they_o pretend_v that_o be_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v cyn_n to_o signify_v kindred_n as_o indeed_o it_o do_v for_o then_o brother_n and_o sister_n both_o be_v alike_o near_o in_o degree_n shall_v equal_o inherit_v a_o thing_n it_o seem_v allow_v by_o the_o old_a german_a custom_n witness_v what_o we_o have_v from_o germanor_n tacitus_n haeredes_fw-la successoresque_fw-la svi_fw-la cuique_fw-la liberi_fw-la etc._n etc._n not_o restrain_v the_o succession_n to_o the_o male_a issue_n as_o neither_o do_v the_o divid_fw-la civil_a law_n whereas_o we_o know_v that_o as_o by_o the_o hoâ—om_n feudal_n custom_n abroad_o where_o male_n be_v the_o female_n be_v exclude_v from_o succession_n so_o by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o a._n england_n woman_n or_o female_n shall_v not_o partake_v with_o male_n according_a to_o that_o rule_n lay_v down_o in_o the_o statute_n call_v praerogativa_fw-la regis_fw-la cap._n 16._o foeminae_fw-la non_fw-la participabunt_fw-la cum_fw-la masculis_fw-la which_o by_o the_o way_n be_v understand_v only_o of_o such_o as_o be_v in_o equal_a degree_n but_o do_v â—yn_v or_o kind_n here_o intend_v and_o denote_v a_o man_n issue_n the_o gavelkynder_n child_n what_o may_v we_o say_v then_o to_o a_o conveyance_n of_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n to_o a_o guild_n or_o corporation_n aggregate_v of_o many_o suppose_v a_o hospital_n as_o a_o instance_n of_o that_o nature_n shall_v be_v produce_v 9_o by_o and_o by_o they_o be_v a_o dead_a hand_n how_o then_o be_v the_o etymology_n in_o that_o case_n justify_v where_o be_v the_o kind_n the_o party_n issue_n here_o to_o make_v good_a the_o derivation_n but_o since_o by_o occasion_n mention_n be_v make_v of_o such_o a_o gift_n or_o conveyance_n to_o stranger_n from_o the_o proper_a issue_n or_o heir_n let_v i_o thus_o far_o further_o add_v that_o in_o case_n it_o be_v call_v gavelkynd_n from_o debitum_fw-la vel_fw-la tributum_fw-la soboli_fw-la i._n e._n due_a or_o give_v to_o the_o issue_n as_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n how_o come_v it_o then_o to_o pass_v that_o as_o before_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n gavelkynd_n land_n might_n by_o deed_n or_o other_o lawful_a conveyance_n and_o that_o dominâ—_n in_o this_o case_n inconsulto_fw-la and_o invito_fw-la too_o contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o what_o with_o the_o feudist_n be_v proper_o term_v 341._o feâ—_n be_v free_o give_v or_o 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socage_n oppose_v to_o chivalry_n knight-service_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o all_o likelihood_n intend_v by_o that_o rusticana_fw-la servitus_fw-la occur_v rustâ—canâ—_n in_o a_o charter_n of_o walâ—heâ—â—nus_n maminoâ—_n grant_v the_o â—â—thery_a of_o bertrey_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rochester_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-fr prâ—dicto_fw-la dominio_fw-la in_o rusticanam_fw-la servitutem_fw-la translatum_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v in_o mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n cap._n 11._o pag._n 313_o as_o for_o the_o original_n of_o socage_n there_o 1._o be_v that_o refer_v we_o for_o the_o find_n of_o it_o to_o a_o notable_a passage_n in_o gâ—rvasius_n tilburiensis_n his_o book_n entitle_v dialogus_fw-la soâ—ccarii_fw-la who_o live_v and_o write_v in_o hen._n 2._o day_n which_o to_o bring_v the_o reader_n better_o acquaint_v with_o the_o state_n of_o affair_n in_o the_o disposal_n of_o our_o countrymen_n freehold_n in_o those_o elder_a time_n when_o as_o 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etc._n etc._n the_o same_o b._n author_n fol._n â—6_n and_o elsewhere_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o sort_n of_o tenant_n ad_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la villanorum_fw-la sockmannorum_fw-la per_fw-la conventionem_fw-la de_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la dominorum_fw-la licet_fw-la hoc_fw-la esset_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la villenagium_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o passage_n if_o not_o totidem_fw-la verbis_fw-la yet_o in_o substance_n often_o repeat_v of_o he_o in_o my_o judgement_n intimate_v thereby_o that_o practice_n of_o the_o tenant_n curry_v favour_n and_o comply_v with_o their_o lord_n whereof_o in_o tilburiensis_n and_o their_o obtain_n thereby_o to_o better_v their_o estate_n and_o by_o degree_n to_o creep_v out_o of_o villeinage_n into_o a_o kind_n of_o socage_n a_o tenure_n thus_o grow_v to_o that_o latitude_n and_o so_o comprehensive_a as_o it_o help_v to_o make_v that_o dichotomy_n into_o which_o all_o the_o kingdom_n land_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o common_a person_n in_o point_n of_o tenure_n be_v 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and_o have_v the_o name_n of_o tenure_n in_o socage_n be_v this_o because_o say_v he_o socagium_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la servitium_fw-la socae_fw-la &_o soca_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la caruca_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o soak_v or_o a_o plough_n in_o ancient_a time_n for_o so_o he_o add_v for_o further_a confirmation_n before_o the_o limitation_n of_o time_n of_o memory_n a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o tenant_n which_o hold_v of_o their_o lord_n by_o socage_n aught_o to_o come_v with_o their_o plough_n every_o of_o the_o say_a tenant_n for_o certain_a day_n in_o the_o year_n to_o plough_v and_o sow_v the_o demesne_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o for_o that_o such_o work_n be_v do_v for_o the_o livelihood_n and_o sustenance_n of_o their_o lord_n they_o be_v quit_v against_o their_o lord_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o service_n etc._n etc._n and_o because_o that_o such_o service_n be_v do_v with_o their_o plough_n this_o tenure_n be_v call_v tenure_n in_o socage_n etc._n etc._n 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lie_v of_o land_n which_o be_v deviseable_a by_o testament_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o appear_v by_o divers_a book_n as_o namely_o 4._o edw._n 2._o mortdanc_fw-la 39_o 22._o assiz_n 78._o and_o fitz._n nat._n brevium_fw-la 196._o 1._o but_o it_o appear_v by_o bracton_n fol._n 276._o b._n that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n will_v lie_v of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n and_o so_o it_o appear_v by_o divers_a ancient_a record_n quod_fw-la vide_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr berewicke_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 21._o edw._n 1._o copia_fw-la fol._n 1_o 7_o 22_o 24._o &_o in_o itinere_fw-la h._n de_fw-fr stanton_n anno_fw-la 6._o edw._n 2._o copia_fw-la fol._n 1_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 13._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n lie_v of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n but_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n do_v not_o lie_v of_o land_n within_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n because_o land_n be_v there_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n as_o it_o appear_v in_o dicto_fw-la itinere_fw-la h._n de_fw-fr stanton_n fol._n 3_o 4_o 6._o and_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n which_o be_v ancient_o part_v of_o the_o county_n of_o kent_n there_o be_v a_o special_a custom_n use_v to_o devise_v land_n lie_v within_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o city_n and_o to_o prove_v their_o will_n in_o the_o court_n of_o burgmote_a in_o the_o same_o city_n but_o there_o need_v no_o such_o custom_n if_o all_o the_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n have_v be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n also_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o ancient_a will_n of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n do_v mention_v feoffee_n of_o the_o land_n devise_v etc._n etc._n as_o appear_v by_o the_o register-book_n of_o will_n at_o canterbury_n and_o at_o rochester_n whereby_o it_o do_v appear_v that_o the_o devisor_n be_v cestuy_a que_fw-fr use_n and_o not_o owner_n of_o the_o land_n devise_v and_o although_o some_o will_n of_o land_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o feoffee_n yet_o there_o be_v feoffee_n of_o the_o same_o land_n as_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o deed_n of_o feoffment_n thereof_o and_o twenty_o to_o one_o do_v mention_n feoffee_n etc._n etc._n also_o sir_n john_n fineux_n chief_a justice_n de_fw-fr r._n b._n sir_n robert_n read_v chief_a justice_n de_fw-fr c._n b._n and_o sir_n john_n butler_n justice_n etc._n etc._n devise_v their_o land_n in_o kent_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n and_o make_v mention_n of_o feoffee_n etc._n etc._n which_o have_v there_o be_v a_o custom_n to_o devise_v no_o question_n they_o have_v take_v of_o it_o etc._n etc._n also_o many_o ancient_a deed_n of_o feoffment_n of_o land_n in_o kent_n refer_v to_o will_n sc_n dedi_fw-la concessi_fw-la etc._n etc._n a._n b._n omne_fw-la terras_fw-la &_o tenementa_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la opus_fw-la &_o usum_fw-la perimplendi_fw-la ultimam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la meam_fw-la etc._n etc._n also_o there_o be_v will_n to_o be_v find_v of_o land_n in_o diverse_a other_o county_n of_o this_o realm_n whereby_o land_n be_v devise_v before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n and_o no_o mention_n make_v of_o any_o feoffee_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o register-book_n of_o the_o prerogative_n court_n and_o in_o diverse_a other_o place_n and_o yet_o without_o doubt_n they_o bad_a feoffee_n seize_v to_o their_o use_n etc._n etc._n or_o else_o they_o can_v noâ—_n there_o devise_v the_o same_o also_o the_o house_n and_o land_n in_o city_n and_o burrough_n which_o be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n be_v reckon_v inter_fw-la catalla_fw-la sua_fw-la but_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o all_o the_o socage_n land_n in_o kent_n which_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v gavelkind_a shall_v be_v reckon_v inter_fw-la catalla_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o register_n fol._n 244._o there_o be_v fourteen_o several_a writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la and_o none_o of_o they_o make_v mention_n of_o any_o county_n etc._n etc._n nor_o of_o gavelkind_n but_o secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la or_o secundùm_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la burgi_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o gavelkind_a land_n be_v deviseable_a by_o custom_n etc._n etc._n the_o devisee_n can_v have_v no_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la because_o there_o be_v none_o before_o who_o the_o action_n or_o writ_n shall_v be_v bring_v etc._n etc._n also_o mr._n lambard_n in_o his_o perambulation_n write_v of_o the_o custom_n of_o kent_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o custom_n to_o devise_v land_n nor_o the_o treatise_n call_v consuetudines_fw-la cantiae_fw-la in_o the_o old_a mag._n charta_n fol._n 147._o which_o without_o doubt_n they_o will_v not_o have_v omit_v if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o such_o custom_n etc._n etc._n also_o between_o the_o statute_n of_o 27._o h._n 8._o of_o uses_n and_o the_o statute_n of_o 32._o of_o h._n 8._o of_o will_n there_o be_v very_o few_o will_n make_v of_o land_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o register-book_n before_o mention_v and_o the_o most_o of_o such_o will_n as_o be_v then_o make_v be_v but_o few_o in_o number_n do_v make_v mention_n of_o feoffee_n also_o the_o common_a practice_n ever_o since_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n have_v be_v such_o that_o if_o a_o will_v be_v make_v void_a for_o a_o three_o part_n by_o a_o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la of_o part_n of_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n that_o three_o part_n shall_v descend_v to_o the_o heir_n and_o the_o devisee_fw-mi shall_v not_o have_v it_o and_o this_o appear_v by_o special_a livery_n in_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n prove_v the_o same_o and_o by_o diverse_a witness_n that_o can_v prove_v the_o same_o to_o be_v so_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o sanders_n case_n of_o maidstone_n in_o anno_fw-la 9_o jacobi_n regis_fw-la all_o the_o land_n be_v devise_v by_o will_n and_o after_o the_o will_n be_v avoid_v for_o a_o three_o part_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la of_o a_o small_a
1647._o ja._n armachanus_fw-la a_o table_n or_o index_n of_o the_o principal_a content_n a._n aehte_v what_o p._n 84_o agium_fw-la in_o the_o termination_n of_o word_n what_o signify_v p._n 137_o akerland_n what_o p._n 117_o allodiarii_n p._n 123_o allodium_fw-la the_o same_o with_o bocland_n p._n 88_o 110._o the_o word_n derive_v p._n 105._o more_o proper_o in_o england_n since_o the_o conquest_n p._n 126._o proper_a only_a to_o the_o king_n to_o grant_v p._n 126_o almesland_n what_o p._n 119_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n where_o it_o lie_v p._n 152_o 157_o averbred_n what_o p._n 25_o aver-land_n what_o p._n 116_o avermannus_n p._n 116_o b._n bedrip_a what_o p._n 17_o benebred_n what_o p._n 17_o beneficium_fw-la of_o same_o signification_n ancient_o that_o feudum_n of_o latter_a time_n p._n 10â—_o benerth_n what_o p._n 18_o benrip_a what_o p._n 17_o bere-gafol_a what_o p._n 29_o ber-land_n what_o p._n 118_o bermannus_n what_o p._n 118_o bians_n what_o p._n 18_o black-maile_n what_o p._n 34_o black-rent_n what_o p._n 34_o blank-ferme_a what_o p._n 34_o bocland_n what_o p._n 84._o whence_o so_o call_v p._n 112._o how_o various_o denominate_v p._n 121_o whether_o ancient_o deviseable_a p._n 89._o whether_o otherwise_o alienable_a p._n 87_o 88_o the_o same_o with_o allodium_fw-la p._n 8_o 110._o retain_v after_o the_o conquest_n p._n 120_o bordarii_n p._n 118_o bord-land_n what_o p._n 114_o 118_o bordmanni_n p._n 118_o burghyard_n what_o p._n 22_o 189_o bydel_n what_o and_o whence_o derive_v p._n 20_o c._n mr._n cambdens_n derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n p._n 3_o carropera_fw-la p._n 24_o carucae_fw-la procariae_fw-la what_o p._n 18_o rogaâ—ae_fw-la p._n 19_o carucage_n what_o p._n 133_o charter_n diverse_a of_o those_o in_o ingulphus_n question_v and_o how_o far_o and_o why_o p._n 101_o chivalry_n and_o socage_n two_o tenor_n comprehend_v all_o the_o land_n in_o kent_n and_o elsewhere_o in_o england_n p._n 129_o cniht_n in_o the_o saxon_a language_n what_o p._n 7_o coke_n sir_n edward_n his_o derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n p._n 3_o the_o conqueror_n progress_n &_o proceed_n after_o his_o victory_n near_o hastings_n p._n 69._o his_o charter_n of_o restitution_n of_o church-land_n p._n 68_o conquest_n the_o time_n about_o it_o very_o rapacious_a p_o 67_o contract_n of_o marriage_n a_o saxon_a form_n or_o model_n of_o it_o p._n 75_o 76_o coredy_a what_o p_o 19_o 20_o corne-gavel_a what_o p._n 16_o corporation_n ancient_o enfeoff_v with_o land_n in_o gavelkind_n p._n 8_o cotarii_fw-la what_o p._n 116._o their_o tenement_n change_v into_o gavelkind_n p._n 59_o cotland_n what_o p._n 116_o cotmani_n what_o ibid._n custom_n hardly_o leave_v p._n 5._o beginning_n within_o memory_n no_o custom_n ibid._n of_o gavelkynd_n a_o common_a law_n in_o kent_n p._n 44_o its_o essential_a property_n p._n 49._o how_o different_a from_o tenure_n p._n 144_o cyricena-socne_a what_o p._n 133_o d._n de_fw-fr rationabili_fw-la parte_fw-la bonorum_fw-la the_o writ_n so_o call_v whether_o lie_v at_o the_o common_a law_n or_o by_o custom_n p._n 78_o 91_o dome_n in_o the_o termination_n of_o word_n what_o signify_v 106_o dover_n castle_n the_o lock_n and_o key_n of_o all_o england_n p._n 70_o drench_n what_o p._n 124_o drincelean_n what_o p._n 29_o drofden_n what_o p._n 117_o drof-land_n what_o p._n 116_o drof-mannus_a what_o ibid._n dunland_n what_o p._n 117_o e._n error_n if_o settle_v difficult_a to_o remove_v p._n 62._o often_o cause_v for_o want_n of_o altercation_n ibid._n estate_n in_o england_n universal_o partible_a before_o the_o conquest_n and_o how_o p._n 77_o 78_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la the_o writ_n so_o call_v where_o it_o lie_v 153_o 159_o f._n fald-socne_a what_o p._n 134_o fald-worth_n what_o ibid._n fee_fw-mi not_o alienable_a without_o the_o lord_n consent_n p._n 8._o whether_o ancient_o deviseable_a p._n 84_o natural_o not_o deviseable_a and_o why_o p._n 162_o fee_n whether_o any_o in_o england_n before_o the_o conquest_n p._n 103_o 111._o become_v patrimonial_a in_o many_o place_n p._n 162._o what_o in_o their_o original_n p._n 108._o how_o change_v afterward_o ibid._n female_n capable_a of_o succession_n in_o gavelkynd_n land_n p._n 7._o exclude_v from_o succession_n with_o male_n p._n 8_o feudastra_n what_o p._n 57_o feuduto_n novum_fw-la &_o antiquum_fw-la p._n 40_o feudum_n the_o word_n how_o ancient_a p._n 101_o 102._o derive_v p._n 104_o feud_n in_o deadly_a feud_n whence_o derive_v p._n 107_o fief_n de_fw-fr haubert_n and_o de_fw-fr roturier_n p._n 36_o filctale_a what_o p._n 30_o fildale_n what_o ibid._n fine_n for_o the_o enfranchise_n of_o land_n p._n 59_o fird-socne_a what_o p._n 174_o fodrum_n what_o p._n 25_o folcland_n the_o nature_n of_o it_o p._n 78_o see_v also_o p._n 114_o 126._o folgarii_n what_o p._n 115_o foot-average_a what_o 116_o forgable_a what_o 30_o forland_n what_o 118_o forsohoke_v 31_o fosterland_n what_o 119_o francus_n bancus_fw-la 51_o 178_o frankalmoigne_n p_o 40_o 142_o frankfee_n 56_o freehold_n whether_o ancient_o deviseable_a 84_o frithsocne_a what_o 133_o g._n gabella_n what_o p._n 13_o gablum_fw-la what_o p._n 13._o terram_fw-la ponâ—â—e_fw-la gablum_fw-la what_o 14_o gabulum_fw-la denariorum_fw-la 26_o gafel_n gafol_n gafnl_o gavel_n what_o signify_v 10_o gafolgylda_n 33_o gafol-hwitel_a â—6_n gaigneurs_n what_o 25_o gavel_n absurd_o render_v gifeeal_n in_o many_o compound_n 10_o gavelate_n what_o 31_o gavelbred_n what_o 25_o gavel-bord_n what_o 22_o gavel-corne_n what_o 16_o gaveldung_n what_o 21_o gavel-erth_a what_o 17_o gavelet_n what_o 31_o gavelfother_n what_o 25_o gavelikendey_n 33_o gavelkynd_n the_o word_n vulgar_a derivation_n propose_v pag._n 2._o scan_v p._n 6._o reject_v ibid._n a_o new_a etymon_n propose_v and_o assert_v p._n 10._o the_o custom_n so_o call_v a_o common_a law_n in_o kent_n p._n 44._o not_o causal_a of_o partition_n in_o land_n so_o call_v p._n 44._o what_o it_o comprehend_v p._n 48._o the_o tenure_n so_o call_v almost_o universal_a in_o kent_n p._n 44._o whether_o eo_fw-la nomine_fw-la obtain_v in_o wales_n p._n 53._o whether_o a_o tenure_n or_o a_o custom_n p._n 100_o prescription_n in_o it_o not_o good_a and_o why_o p._n 44_o whether_o socage_n and_o it_o synonimy_n p._n 55._o grant_n of_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n p._n 38._o when_o cease_v p._n 51._o see_v more_o in_o partition_n villain_n gavelkynd_n land_n female_n capable_a of_o it_o p._n 7._o the_o nature_n of_o it_o in_o point_n of_o partition_n scan_v p._n 42._o no_o prescription_n good_a there_o and_o why_o p._n 46._o liable_a to_o work_n p._n 57_o whether_o deviseable_a in_o kent_n before_o the_o stat._n of_o will_n p._n 151._o descendible_a to_o collateral_a kindred_n p._n 7._o ancient_o convey_v to_o gild_v and_o corporation_n pag._n 8._o alienable_a from_o the_o proper_a heir_n p._n 9_o all_o partible_a land_n not_o call_v gavelkynd_n p._n 10._o gavelman_fw-mi p._n 33_o gavelmed_n what_o 20_o gavel-nohâ—_a what_o 25_o gavel-ote_a what_o 21_o gavel-reft_a what_o 22_o gavel-rip_a what_o 19_o gavelrod_n what_o 22_o gavels_a what_o 23_o gavelswine_n what_o 23_o gavel-timber_n what_o 22_o gavelwerk_a what_o 24_o gavelwood_n what_o 23_o ge_n how_o use_v with_o the_o saâ—ons_n p._n 38_o gecind_n misconstrued_n by_o mr._n lambard_n 37_o geneat_a what_o 14_o gersuma_n what_o 59_o grant_n of_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n when_o cease_v 51_o h._n hade_n head_n hod_z hood_z etc._n etc._n in_o the_o termination_n of_o word_n what_o signify_v 106_o haereditament_n what_o 83_o hamsoâ—ne_n what_o 134_o hereslit_n what_o and_o whence_o derive_v 32_o hide_v land_n what_o 117_o hlaford-soâ—ne_a what_o 134_o horse-average_a what_o 116_o hodgepodge_n 91_o hunig-gavel_a what_o 28_o 1._o in-average_a what_o 116_o ingulfus_n charter_n many_o of_o they_o question_v and_o how_o far_o and_o why_o 101_o inheritance_n the_o word_n how_o accept_v in_o england_n 83_o 84._o inheritance_n in_o england_n universal_o partible_a before_o the_o conquest_n and_o how_o 77_o 78_o inland_n what_o 114_o 119_o k._n kent_n with_o other_o county_n conquer_v and_o overrun_v by_o will._n 1._o p._n 66._o servi_n there_o p._n 74._o also_o nativi_fw-la 75_o kind_a in_o dutch_a what_o and_o whence_o derive_v p._n 6_o 7_o knecht_n in_o dutch_a what_o 7_o knight_n service-land_n natural_o incapable_a of_o partition_n 48_o knyghren-gyld_a 135_o knight_n whether_o any_o here_o in_o england_n before_o the_o conquest_n 123_o kind_a in_o gavelkynd_n of_o what_o signification_n 37_o l._n mr._n lambard_n his_o twofold_a derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n p._n 3._o whereof_o one_o reject_v the_o other_o admit_v p._n 5._o mistake_v in_o the_o construction_n of_o gecind_n 37_o land_n all_o in_o kent_n and_o throughout_o england_n either_o of_o chivalry_n or_o socage_n tenor_n p._n 38._o all_o in_o england_n either_o ancient_a demesne_n or_o frank_n fee_n p._n 57_o and_o subject_a to_o tenure_n 126._o descend_v not_o alienable_a of_o old_a without_o the_o heir_n consent_n 39_o purchase_v alienable_a at_o
gavel-reâ—ter_a etc._n etc._n whereof_o also_o i_o shall_v entreat_v further_o by_o and_o by_o be_v it_o then_o last_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o land_n mere_a descent_n in_o this_o kind_n to_o all_o the_o heir_n alike_o suppose_v a_o plurality_n of_o heir_n be_v all_o the_o regard_n those_o ancestor_n of_o we_o have_v to_o sway_v and_o regulate_v their_o judgement_n by_o to_o who_o the_o name_n the_o term_n do_v owe_v its_o first_o original_n be_v that_o in_o probability_n ground_n enough_o to_o satisfy_v they_o of_o the_o congruity_n and_o suitableness_n of_o the_o name_n to_o and_o with_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n name_v as_o name_n we_o know_v shall_v suis_fw-la be_v vix_fw-la credo_fw-la i_o doubt_v it_o for_o my_o part_n in_o brief_a then_o to_o recollect_v what_o have_v be_v say_v 1._o if_o female_n be_v capable_a of_o this_o succession_n as_o well_o as_o male_n where_o the_o male_a issue_n fail_v 2._o if_o collateral_a kindred_n be_v capable_a thereof_o as_o 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which_o thus_o have_v it_o hoâ—omâ—nnus_fw-la nulla_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la defuncti_fw-la in_o feudo_fw-la manente_fw-la vel_fw-la valente_fw-la it_o be_v then_o i_o say_v a_o usual_a thing_n with_o their_o lord_n consent_v at_o least_o to_o dispose_v of_o their_o land_n by_o will_n especial_o their_o bocland_n thence_o haply_o among_o other_o title_n give_v it_o as_o be_v sometime_o term_v and_o turn_v ruffian_n alodium_n otherwhile_o a._n terra_fw-la hereditaria_fw-la often_o jâ—râ—al_n terra_fw-la libera_fw-la not_o seldom_o call_v bocland_n terra_fw-la testamentalis_fw-la that_o be_v as_o a_o old_a leiger-book_n in_o guildhall_n london_n expound_v it_o terra_fw-la quam_fw-la homo_fw-la potuit_fw-la in_o lâ—cto_fw-la svo_fw-la languens_fw-la legare_fw-la with_o this_o limitation_n notwithstanding_o that_o such_o bocland_n be_v not_o by_o precaution_n in_o the_o original_a gift_n or_o grant_n liable_a to_o that_o or_o the_o like_a restriction_n in_o point_n of_o alienation_n occur_v in_o the_o 37th_o of_o king_n alfred_n law_n which_o nevertheless_o extend_v bâ—t_v to_o stranger_n a_o man_n be_v there_o forbid_v to_o alienate_v his_o land_n of_o that_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n â—xtra_fw-la cognationem_fw-la vel_fw-la progeniem_fw-la or_o in_o the_o civil_a law_n phrase_n extra_fw-la familiam_fw-la from_o his_o own_o kindred_n or_o family_n whence_o perchance_o it_o come_v afterward_o to_o pass_v that_o in_o such_o terragentilitia_n the_o heir_n concurrence_n be_v require_v and_o use_v in_o the_o alienation_n instance_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o dispose_v land_n by_o wâ—ll_n i_o mean_v may_v be_v give_v in_o abundance_n but_o a_o few_o may_v serve_v the_o turn_n to_o pass_v over_o as_o obvious_a because_o public_a king_n alfred_n will_v at_o the_o â—nd_n of_o his_o act_n and_o life_n by_o asserius_fw-la though_o i_o may_v here_o perhaps_o not_o impertinent_o take_v up_o that_o of_o regis_fw-la ad_fw-la exâ—mplum_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o let_v that_o pass_v i_o say_v as_o also_o for_o the_o like_a reason_n to_o omit_v byrhâ—riâ—ks_n will_v of_o mepham_n in_o kent_n extant_a in_o the_o perambulation_n pag_n 492._o whereunto_o if_o need_n be_v i_o can_v add_v many_o more_o example_n as_o well_o out_o of_o st._n alban_n private_a history_n now_o of_o late_o make_v public_a by_o my_o decease_a friend_n dr._n watts_n as_o from_o the_o record_n of_o the_o church_n of_o canterbury_n whereof_o beside_o the_o copy_n of_o some_o whole_a will_n i_o have_v by_o i_o several_a extract_n to_o let_v all_o these_o pass_n i_o say_v i_o shall_v only_o instance_n in_o a_o will_n or_o two_o one_o of_o a_o very_a eminent_a personage_n a_o etheling_n monarch_n prince_n ethelstan_n by_o name_n the_o son_n of_o king_n ethelred_n which_o i_o shall_v set_v before_o you_o in_o the_o appendix_n scriptura_fw-la 18_o as_o scriptura_fw-la 22_o the_o other_o with_o some_o imperfection_n and_o misprision_n here_o and_o there_o i_o confess_v but_o through_o the_o transcriber_n fault_n that_o enter_v they_o in_o the_o leaguer_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o ignorance_n it_o shall_v seem_v of_o
the_o saxon_a tongue_n and_o character_n which_o i_o dare_v not_o undertake_v to_o rectify_v thus_o for_o practice_n as_o for_o law_n beside_o that_o power_n in_o all_o man_n in_o those_o time_n to_o devise_v land_n in_o general_n by_o their_o will_n without_o any_o violence_n deduce_v and_o conclude_v from_o that_o 68_o of_o canutus_n law_n provide_v how_o a_o man_n whole_a estate_n the_o lord_n heriot_n only_o except_v shall_v be_v dispose_v of_o in_o case_n he_o die_v intestate_a we_o have_v a_o more_o express_a law_n for_o it_o afterward_o the_o 76th_o i_o mean_v for_o such_o land_n at_o least_o as_o be_v there_o term_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n as_o mr._n lambard_n construe_v it_o terraomni_fw-la light_fw-la soluta_fw-la or_o as_o it_o be_v turn_v in_o jornalensis_n and_o the_o 35th_o of_o the_o confessor_n law_n de_fw-la heretochiis_fw-la in_o mr._n lambard_n fol._n 136._o a._n terra_fw-la acquietata_fw-la comitatus_fw-la testimonâ—o_fw-la let_v i_o illustrate_v it_o by_o a_o passage_n in_o a_o charter_n cant._n of_o king_n edmund_n to_o aelâ—here_o his_o thane_n in_o the_o year_n 941._o of_o certain_a land_n and_o possession_n there_o call_v mulanton_n run_v thus_o prout_n pater_fw-la ipsius_fw-la aelsheri_fw-la priorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la sub_fw-la contestamine_n totius_fw-la popularis_fw-la senatus_n sua_fw-la pecunia_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la alio_fw-la prout_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la mos_fw-la erat_fw-la adquâ—sivit_fw-la in_o effect_v it_o be_v as_o i_o conceive_v if_o not_o the_o same_o with_o bocland_n call_v terratestamentalis_fw-la not_o only_o because_o deviseable_a but_o also_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o public_a testimony_n of_o the_o shire_n require_v and_o use_v in_o the_o pass_n of_o it_o otherwise_o than_o by_o will_n such_o land_n like_o that_o mention_v of_o mr_n selden_n tit._n of_o hon._n par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 5._o pag._n 631_o and_o there_o say_v to_o be_v hold_v quâ—etè_fw-la &_o absque_fw-la omni_fw-la câ—lumnia_fw-la or_o like_o that_o pass_v or_o convey_v as_o in_o sir_n henry_n spelmans_fw-mi council_n pag._n 319._o and_o 333._o as_o be_v unquestionable_o a_o man_n own_o as_o upon_o the_o purchase_n or_o grant_v of_o it_o confirm_v and_o assure_v to_o he_o in_o the_o legal_a way_n of_o those_o time_n such_o haply_o like_o those_o of_o latter_a time_n pass_v by_o fine_a the_o conveyance_n whereof_o be_v record_v and_o enrol_v or_o enter_v in_o the_o shiâ—e-book_n in_o public_a shire_n moâ—e_n after_o proclamation_n there_o make_v for_o any_o to_o come_v in_o that_o can_v lay_v challenge_n or_o pretend_v right_a unâ—o_o it_o whence_o not_o improbable_o our_o manner_n of_o record_v conveyance_n sometime_o as_o in_o canterbury_n â—_o in_o the_o hundred_o sometime_o in_o the_o burgemoâ—e_n otherwhile_o in_o both_o whereof_o i_o be_o not_o unfurnished_v of_o instance_n thus_o for_o that_o kind_n of_o land_n now_o for_o bocland_n and_o how_o the_o law_n stand_v there_o bocland_n sir_n henry_n spelman_n i_o confess_v be_v clear_a of_o opinion_n against_o all_o power_n of_o alienation_n in_o the_o owner_n and_o that_o of_o necessity_n it_o must_v â—e_v leave_v to_o descend_v to_o the_o heir_n and_o thence_o be_v call_v terra_fw-la â—aereditaria_fw-la ground_v upon_o that_o 37th_o of_o king_n alureds_n law_n which_o he_o there_o recite_v under_o favour_n that_o law_n clear_o make_v for_o the_o contrary_a allow_v unto_o the_o possessor_n a_o power_n of_o alienation_n save_v where_o his_o hand_n be_v tie_v from_o it_o by_o a_o express_a provision_n and_o prohibition_n to_o the_o contrary_a from_o those_o the_o ancestor_n or_o who_o else_o it_o come_v unto_o he_o from_o a_o caution_n in_o my_o apprehension_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o a_o exception_n which_o as_o alien_n civilian_n use_v to_o say_v firmat_n regulam_fw-la in_o non_fw-la exceptis_fw-la and_o as_o for_o its_o name_n of_o terra_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la and_o the_o argument_n 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lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o num_fw-la 9_o as_o also_o â—od_a cap._n num_fw-la 6._o where_o he_o be_v express_v for_o the_o tenant_n acquital_n from_o all_o other_o service_n some_o be_v express_v in_o the_o charter_n make_v he_o by_o his_o lord_n than_o what_o be_v specify_v therein_o alia_fw-la omne_fw-la servitia_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la quae_fw-la expressa_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la tacitè_fw-fr videntur_fw-la esse_fw-la remissa_fw-la and_o satis_fw-la acquietat_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la specialiter_fw-la non_fw-la onerat_fw-la see_v he_o again_o cod_n lib._n cap._n 36._o num_fw-la 8._o at_o these_o word_n cum_fw-la teneatur_fw-la sockmannus_n defendere_fw-la tenementum_fw-la sâ—um_fw-la erga_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la per_fw-la cerium_fw-la redditum_fw-la in_o pecunia_fw-la numerata_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la quid_fw-la tale_n quod_fw-la tantundem_fw-la valeat_fw-la quae_fw-la consistunt_fw-la in_o pondere_fw-la numero_fw-la vel_fw-la mensura_fw-la in_fw-la solido_fw-la 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pleasure_n ibid._n censual_a not_o censual_a 35._o how_o many_o several_a kind_n of_o land_n before_o the_o conquest_n 114._o as_o also_o since_o 115_o landagendman_n what_o 15_o landboc_a what_o 112_o land-gabel_a what_o 15_o land-gafol_a what_o ibid._n leaf-gavel_a what_o p._n 27_o lef-silver_n what_o ibid._n les-gavel_a what_o ibid._n les-gold_n and_o lesyeld_a what_o ibid._n liberum_fw-la feodum_fw-la what_o 56_o lyef-geld_a what_o 27_o m._n mailer_n what_o p._n 34_o mailman_n what_o ibid._n mail-payer_n what_o ibid._n mala_fw-la what_o ibid._n maltgavel_a what_o 27_o malt-peny_n what_o ibid._n malt-shot_a what_o ibid._n manopera_fw-la what_o 24_o mete-gavel_a what_o 31_o mirroir_n the_o book_n so_o call_v censure_v 104_o molland_n what_o 117_o molmannus_n what_o ibid._n monday-land_n what_o 120_o mortdancester_n the_o assize_n so_o call_v where_o it_o lie_v 152_o 157_o mortmain_n what_o 40._o the_o tenure_n of_o it_o double_a ibid._n n._n name_n to_o be_v suitable_a with_o thing_n very_o convenient_a 11_o nativi_fw-la in_o kent_n 75_o neatland_n what_o 114_o nider_v alias_o nthe_v a_o nickname_n of_o what_o signification_n &_o whence_o derive_v 65_o o._n oale-gavel_a what_o 24_o ordericus_n vitalis_n his_o relation_n of_o the_o conqueror_n proceed_n and_o progress_n after_o his_o victory_n near_o hastings_n p_o 71_o ordinary_a his_o power_n of_o distribute_v intestates_fw-la good_n here_o in_o england_n when_o beginning_n as_o also_o in_o scotland_n and_o normandy_n 79_o over-land_n what_o 119_o out-average_a what_o 116_o p._n parcener_n how_o many_o sort_n 42_o paroc_n what_o 23_o partition_n in_o gavelkynd_n land_n neither_o from_o the_o name_n nor_o nature_n of_o it_o only_o 44._o nor_o from_o prescription_n 46._o but_o partly_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o and_o partly_o from_o custom_n and_o what_o 47._o the_o antiquity_n of_o it_o 61._o whether_o inherent_a in_o the_o land_n 247_o 150._o why_o more_o general_a in_o kent_n than_o elsewhere_o 52_o 61._o whether_o bring_v hither_o by_o odo_n out_o of_o normandy_n 61_o 81._o whether_o continue_v there_o by_o composition_n with_o the_o conqueror_n 62_o partition_n but_o one_o property_n or_o branch_n of_o gavelkynd_n 48_o 146._o out_o of_o kent_n whence_o obtain_v ibid._n &_o 54_o partition_n of_o good_n 79_o peny-gavel_a what_o 26_o some_o phrase_n in_o ingulphus_n ancient_a charter_n question_v p._n 101_o pictavensis_n his_o relation_n of_o the_o conqueror_n proceed_n and_o progress_n after_o his_o victory_n near_o hastings_n 69._o himself_n the_o conqueror_n chaplain_n and_o a_o eyewitness_n ib._n portfocâ—_n what_o 135_o 136_o portsoken_n what_o 135_o potura_fw-la what_o 29_o prescription_n not_o good_a in_o gavelkynd_n and_o why_o 44_o r._n rationabili_fw-la parte_fw-la bonorum_fw-la 78_o &_o 91_o redditus_fw-la albi_fw-la what_o 34._o nigri_fw-la what_o ib._n restitution_n a_o charter_n of_o it_o by_o the_o conqueror_n 68_o ripsilver_n what_o 19_o rochester_n castle_n besiege_v by_o will._n 2._o 64_o rodland_n what_o 117_o romney_n the_o conqueror_n passage_n by_o it_o in_o his_o march_n to_o dover_n 69_o s._n contract_n of_o marriage_n in_o saxon_a 75._o the_o edition_n of_o it_o correct_v 76._o several_a will_n in_o saxon_n 85_o scip_n ship_n in_o the_o termination_n of_o word_n what_o signify_v 106_o scotale_a what_o 29_o scrude-land_n what_o p._n 119_o seisin_n how_o deliver_v in_o the_o saxon_n time_n 112_o servi_n in_o kent_n 74_o servitus_fw-la rusticana_fw-la 127_o sextary-land_n what_o 119_o smithesland_n what_o 118_o soca_n socha_n soak_v sokne_v what_o 133_o 137_o socage_n free_a and_o base_a 55._o the_o derivation_n of_o the_o word_n and_o what_o it_o signify_v 129._o whether_o it_o and_o gavelkynd_n synonima_n 55._o its_o original_a 127._o opposite_a to_o villeinage_n 139_o socage-land_n and_o service_n so_o call_v elsewhere_o in_o kent_n term_v gavelkynd_n 49_o socagium_fw-la the_o distinction_n of_o it_o into_o liberum_fw-la and_o villanum_fw-la whence_o 141_o socmanni_n 137_o sokerevi_n 134_o sokmanry_n 137_o spelman_n sir_n henry_n his_o derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n 3_o spot_n story_n of_o the_o kentishman_n encounter_n and_o composition_n with_o the_o conqueror_n exhibit_v question_v refute_v 63._o a_o mere_a monkish_a â—igment_n and_o why_o devise_v 71._o when_o he_o live_v 64._o his_o commixture_n of_o falsity_n 63_o stigand_n the_o archbishop_n depose_v for_o oppose_v the_o conqueror_n not_o warrant_v by_o ancient_a story_n 75_o sul-aelmesse_a what_o 132_o swilling-land_n what_o 117_o swine-gavel_a what_o 23_o swine-money_n what_o ib._n swine-paneges_a what_o ib._n swinhey_n what_o 190_o t._n tainland_n 121_o tenure_n all_o land_n in_o england_n subject_n to_o it_o 126._o how_o different_a from_o custom_n 144_o tenure_n 1_o by_o divine_a service_n 2_o in_o frankalmoigne_n 3_o in_o fee_n ferm_n 4_o by_o petite_fw-fr sergeanty_n 5_o by_z escuage_z certain_z 6_o in_o burgage_n all_o socage_n and_o whence_o 130_o 141_o tenure_n in_o mortmain_n twofold_a 40_o tenor_n in_o chivalry_n and_o socage_n all_o land_n both_o in_o kent_n and_o elsewhere_o throughout_o england_n reducible_a to_o one_o or_o tother_o of_o they_o 129_o tenor_n in_o gavelkynd_n new_o create_v 9_o what_o before_o the_o conquest_n 112_o terra_fw-la ad_fw-la gablum_fw-la posita_fw-la what_o 14_o terrae_fw-la censuales_fw-la what_o 36_o terra_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la 84._o libera_fw-la 58_o 84._o susanna_n 118._o testamentalis_fw-la 84_o 86._o unde_fw-la nemini_fw-la respondetur_fw-la 120_o thegenes_n 1â—3_n theine_n p._n 123_o threnge_n ibid._n tol-s_a what_o 24_o truth_n often_o lose_v by_o too_o much_o altercation_n 62_o twygavel_a what_o 28_o twysket_a what_o ibid._n v._o verstegan_n his_o derivation_n of_o gavelkynd_n 3_o villani_n in_o kent_n 73_o villeinage_n opposite_a to_o socage_n 139_o villain_fw-fr service_n when_o first_o cease_v so_o general_o in_o kent_n 58_o villain_fw-fr and_o villeinage_n in_o england_n in_o the_o saxon_n time_n 66._o in_o kent_n since_o the_o conquest_n 72._o and_o in_o gavelkynd_n land_n 73._o as_o also_o before_o the_o conquest_n 75_o vilienagium_fw-la privilegiatum_fw-la 141_o unlandagend_n what_o 1â—_n utland_n 114_o w._n wareland_n what_o 118_o weilreif_n what_o 65_o weregavel_a what_o 28_o werk-gavel_a what_o 26_o werkland_n 57_o white-rent_n what_o 34_o will_n in_o saxon_n 85_o wood-gavel_a what_o 26_o word_n in_o ingulphus_n more_o ancient_a charter_n a_o sort_n of_o they_o question_v 101_o work-land_n what_o 115_o the_o writ_n de_fw-fr rationabili_fw-la parte_fw-la bonorum_fw-la whether_o lie_v at_o the_o common_a law_n or_o by_o custom_n 78_o &_o 91_o the_o writ_n of_o exit_fw-la gravi_fw-la querela_fw-la where_o it_o lie_v 153_o 159_o young_a yokeland_n what_o 117_o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la nomina_fw-la si_fw-la nâ—scis_fw-la perit_fw-la &_o cognitio_fw-la rerum_fw-la isid_n oâ—ig_n l._n 1._o cap._n 7._o arist_n 1._o phys_n &_o 2._o metaphys_n idem_fw-la 2_o metaphys_n sir_n hen._n spelman_n in_o voce_fw-la gaveletum_n britannia_n in_o kent_n kent_n the_o english_a lawyer_n p._n 73._o 73._o interpreter_n in_o voce_fw-mi perambul_n p._n 528._o 528._o see_v the_o addition_n to_o dr._n casaubon_n treatise_n of_o use_n and_o custom_n custom_n see_v sir_n ed._n coke_n instit_n part_n 1._o fol._n 115._o a._n ff_o de_n reg._n jur._n l._n quod_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la initio_fw-la duarenus_n commenâ—_n in_o tit._n de_fw-fr pactis_fw-la p._n 49._o â—_o â—_o see_v kilianus_n diction_n verb._n knecht_n lamb._n peramb_v p._n 547._o vid._n dictionar_n nostr_n anglo-sax_n iâ—_n vocâ—_n vocâ—_n davies_n report_v le_fw-fr irish_a cust_n de_fw-fr gavelkind_n fol._n 49._o 49._o â—racton_n de_fw-fr acqâ—iren_n rer_n dominio_fw-la fol._n â—4_n a._n a._n de_fw-fr morib_n germanor_n germanor_n l._n inter_fw-la filios_fw-la l._n famil_n hercis_o l._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la à _fw-la liberis_fw-la â—f_n de_fw-fr lâ—b_n agnosâ—_n l._n si_fw-mi major_n in_o si_fw-la l._n communi_fw-la divid_fw-la divid_fw-la lib._n 1._o feud_n tit_n 6._o parag._n 2._o &_o ibi_fw-la hoâ—om_n hoâ—om_n li._n hen._n 1._o c._n 70._o glanvil_n li._n 7._o c._n 3._o bracton_n fol_n 65._o a._n a._n and_o another_o in_o the_o appendix_n scripture_n 9_o 9_o see_v vulteius_n de_fw-fr feud_n li._n 1._o c_o 8._o nu_fw-la 37._o p._n 341._o 341._o glanvil_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o 1._o see_v the_o â—_o proposition_n proposition_n perambuâ—_n p._n 544_o 544_o anno_fw-la 18_o edw._n 1._o 1._o lib._n 3._o â—â—l_n 374._o a._n a._n conveniunt_fw-la rebus_fw-la nominâ—_n saepe_fw-la suis_fw-la suis_fw-la nominae_fw-la cum_fw-la re_fw-la consentiant_fw-la platâ—_n the_o sapient_a gafol_fw-mi what_o signify_v glossar_n verb._n gabellâ—_n gabellâ—_n peramb_v p._n 529._o 529._o instit_n p._n 1._o fol._n 142._o 2._o 2._o in_o archiv_n eccles_n cant._n cant._n fortè_fw-la heâ—eâ—_n contain_v four_o gallon_n so_o fleta_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 12._o 12._o coke_n instit_n p._n 2._o p._n 58._o 58._o spelm._n gloss_n in_o voce_fw-la voce_fw-la lamb._n archaion_n fol._n 45._o cap._n 2._o 2._o spelm._n gloss_n in_o voce_fw-la â—avel-â—orn_a corn-gavel_a cavel-erth_a cavel-erth_a in_o archiv_n archiep._n cant._n biaus_n benerth_n benerth_n et_fw-la omnes_fw-la tenentes_fw-la de_fw-la isto_fw-la jugo_fw-la