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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 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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 sell_v away_o from_o the_o heir_n by_o the_o custom_n to_o a_o mere_a stranger_n contrary_a to_o the_o old_a common_a law_n of_o 1._o england_n except_o in_o some_o few_o case_n as_o in_o frankalmoigne_n or_o in_o marriage_n with_o a_o man_n daughter_n a_o reasonable_a part_n may_v be_v give_v with_o some_o limitation_n and_o distinction_n between_o land_n of_o inheritance_n and_o purchase_n as_o now_o since_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n if_o not_o before_o as_o some_o of_o late_o seek_v to_o persuade_v we_o a_o matter_n which_o i_o shall_v reserve_v proposition_n alâ—iori_fw-la indagini_fw-la it_o may_v be_v and_o daily_o be_v by_o devise_n of_o will_n and_o testament_n how_o be_v the_o next_o heir_n right_a to_o this_o land_n preserve_v when_o there_o be_v that_o freedom_n of_o give_v or_o devise_v it_o away_o or_o how_o can_v this_o liberty_n &_o that_o etymology_n consist_v yet_o further_o do_v not_o mr._n lambard_n somewhere_o 544_o say_v that_o no_o gavelkynd_n partition_n can_v be_v challenge_v but_o only_o where_o the_o custom_n of_o division_n have_v prevail_v and_o that_o gavelkynd_n be_v not_o try_v by_o the_o manner_n of_o socage-service_n but_o only_o by_o the_o touch_n of_o some_o former_a partition_n if_o â—o_o no_o land_n then_o can_v proper_o be_v call_v gavelkynd_n wherein_o this_o custom_n of_o partition_n have_v not_o yet_o obtain_v what_o shall_v then_o be_v think_v of_o those_o new_a create_a tenor_n in_o gavelkynd_n whereof_o until_o the_o statute_n of_o 1._o quia_fw-la emptores_fw-la terrarum_fw-la example_n be_v very_o obvious_a and_o frequent_a in_o the_o old_a record_n both_o of_o the_o cathedral_n at_o canterbury_n and_o of_o the_o neighbour_n abbey_n of_o st._n augustine_n and_o elsewhere_o afford_v many_o ancient_a grant_n of_o land_n in_o gavelkynd_n to_o what_o original_n shall_v the_o name_n there_o be_v refer_v to_o any_o customable_a partition_n nothing_o less_o for_o where_o can_v that_o be_v find_v in_o gavelkynd-land_n of_o novel_a tenure_n for_o want_v of_o that_o competency_n of_o precursory_a time_n of_o they_o necessary_o presuppose_v to_o frame_v the_o custom_n in_o who_o conceive_v the_o name_n take_v from_o such_o accustomable_a partition_n moreover_o if_o partition_n be_v the_o thing_n that_o give_v name_n to_o gavelkynd_n then_o shall_v all_o partible_a land_n wheresoever_o be_v so_o call_v but_o there_o be_v in_o part_n abroad_o out_o of_o kent_n partible_a land_n not_o call_v gavelkynd_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o the_o assumption_n see_v the_o stat._n 32._o hen._n 8._o cap._n 29._o purposely_o make_v to_o change_v the_o customary_a descent_n of_o the_o land_n of_o osweldbeck_n soak_v or_o lordship_n in_o nottinghamshire_n and_o what_o do_v a._n bracton_n intimate_v less_o in_o his_o sicut_fw-la de_fw-la gavelkynd_n vel_fw-la alibi_fw-la ubi_fw-la terra_fw-la â—st_fw-la partibbilis_fw-la ratione_fw-la terrae_fw-la add_v hereunto_o that_o the_o word_n as_o to_o the_o main_a part_n of_o it_o gavel_n frequent_o occur_v in_o the_o old_a record_n of_o some_o manor_n out_o of_o kent_n sometime_o simple_o but_o for_o the_o most_o in_o composition_n for_o example_n gavel-erth_a gavelate_v gavellond_n gavel-man_n gavelswine_n gavelwood_n gavelrod_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o more_o anon_o and_o shall_v the_o same_o thing_n contrary_a to_o that_o rule_n of_o law_n â—_o 1._o ff_n de_fw-fr rerum_fw-la permutatione_n diverso_fw-la jure_fw-la censeri_fw-la for_o i_o suppose_v none_o will_v render_v it_o there_o be_v out_o of_o kent_n and_o where_o no_o gavelkynd_n partition_n take_v place_n gifeeal_n nor_o will_n this_o derivation_n any_o better_a stand_n with_o gavel_n where_o it_o help_v to_o the_o composition_n of_o some_o word_n here_o use_v in_o kent_n in_o former_a time_n at_o least_o beside_o that_o of_o gavelkynd_n such_o as_o be_v all_o or_o most_o part_n of_o those_o afore-remembred_n to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v gavel-rip_a gavel-ote_a gavels_a gavelbred_n gavel-bord_n gavel-timber_n gavel-corn_n
to_o themselves_o a_o quitrent_a as_o it_o be_v in_o signum_fw-la dominii_fw-la that_o be_v they_o reserve_v to_o themselves_o the_o service_n and_o grant_v to_o the_o hospital_n the_o usum_fw-la fructum_fw-la or_o they_o grant_v the_o utile_fw-la dominium_fw-la to_o the_o hospital_n and_o reserve_v the_o directum_fw-la to_o themselves_o so_o that_o whereas_o bracton_n and_o 26._o other_o make_v mention_n of_o a_o tenure_n in_o feodo_fw-la quoad_fw-la servitia_fw-la &_o none_o in_o dominico_fw-la refer_v to_o the_o chief_a lord_n and_o of_o another_o in_o feodo_fw-la &_o dominico_fw-la &_o none_o in_o servitio_fw-la relate_v to_o the_o freeholder_n the_o former_a may_v here_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o feoffor_n the_o latter_a to_o the_o feoffee_n in_o this_o deed_n but_o this_o parergon_n and_o now_o to_o wind_v up_o all_o concern_v this_o first_o proposition_n and_o not_o to_o enlarge_v with_o any_o further_a instance_n wherein_o i_o may_v be_v infinite_a for_o assert_v this_o truth_n of_o our_o gavelkynd_n derivation_n gavelkynd_n we_o see_v be_v the_o land_n right_a name_n who_o etymology_n be_v never_o wrest_v to_o gife-eal-cyn_a who_o signification_n of_o censual_a rent_n land_n or_o rent-service_n land_n be_v never_o question_v till_o that_o within_o our_o father_n memory_n one_o and_o all_o by_o a_o kind_n of_o error_n jure_fw-la veluti_fw-la successionis_fw-la transmit_v to_o they_o run_v a_o head_n in_o a_o wrong_n and_o mistake_a derivation_n proposition_n ii_o the_o nature_n of_o gavelkynd-land_n in_o point_n of_o partition_n disallow_v then_o gavelkynd_n as_o to_o the_o name_n of_o it_o to_o be_v derivative_a from_o partition_n our_o next_o enquiry_n shall_v be_v if_o on_o the_o contrary_a partition_n owe_v itself_o to_o gavelkynd_n or_o to_o what_o other_o cause_n before_o i_o further_o enter_v into_o which_o research_n or_o offer_v any_o resolution_n to_o the_o quaere_fw-la give_v i_o leave_v to_o preface_n it_o with_o certain_a rule_n ground_n and_o principle_n in_o this_o case_n fit_a to_o be_v premise_v you_o be_v then_o desire_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o here_o in_o england_n we_o acknowledge_v no_o land_n no_o inheritance_n partible_a twofold_n or_o divisible_a but_o what_o be_v so_o either_o first_o by_o law_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o female_n succeed_v for_o lack_v of_o male_n whether_o in_o knight-service_n land_n or_o socage_n which_o in_o this_o point_n differ_v not_o or_o what_o second_o be_v so_o by_o custom_n as_o in_o our_o present_a case_n of_o gavelkynd_n and_o such_o like_a no_o parcener_n of_o land_n i_o say_v in_o point_n of_o inheritance_n or_o succession_n but_o either_o according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o common_a law_n or_o by_o custom_n as_o term_v by_o littleton_n and_o our_o more_o modern_a book_n the_o same_o in_o effect_n with_o what_o of_o elder_a time_n in_o bractons_n 418._o language_n be_v call_v 1_o ratione_fw-la personarum_fw-la 2_o ratione_fw-la rei_fw-la vel_fw-la terrae_fw-la in_o the_o next_o place_n let_v i_o adjoyn_v what_o in_o this_o point_n of_o partition_n be_v deliver_v by_o those_o two_o ancient_a and_o famous_a sage_n of_o our_o law_n glanvill_n and_o bracton_n whereof_o the_o former_a 3._o speak_v thus_o cum_fw-la quis_fw-la ergo_fw-la hereditatem_fw-la habens_fw-la moriatur_fw-la si_fw-la unicum_fw-la filium_fw-la heredem_fw-la habuerit_fw-la indistinctè_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la filius_fw-la ille_fw-la patri_fw-la svo_fw-la succedit_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la si_fw-mi plures_fw-la reliquerit_fw-la filiâ—s_fw-la tunc_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la utrum_fw-la ille_fw-la fuerit_fw-la mile_n sive_fw-la per_fw-la feodum_fw-la militare_fw-la tenens_fw-la aut_fw-la libre_fw-la sokemannus_n quia_fw-la si_fw-la mile_n fuerit_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la militiam_fw-la tenens_fw-la secundùm_fw-la jus_o regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la primogenitus_fw-la filius_fw-la patri_fw-la succedit_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la nullus_fw-la fratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la partem_fw-la inde_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la petere_fw-la potest_fw-la si_fw-mi verò_fw-la fuerit_fw-la libre_fw-la sokemannus_n tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la dividetur_fw-la hereditas_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la filios_fw-la quotquot_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la part_n aequales_fw-la â—7_n si_fw-la fuerit_fw-la socagium_fw-la &_o id_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la divisum_fw-la salvo_fw-la tamen_fw-la capitali_fw-la messuagio_fw-it primogenito_fw-la filio_fw-la pro_fw-la dignitâ—te_fw-la aâ—sneciae_fw-la suae_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la rebus_fw-la satisfaciâ—t_fw-la aliis_fw-la ad_fw-la valentiam_fw-la si_fw-mi vero_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la divisum_fw-la tunc_fw-la primo_fw-la genitus_fw-la secundum_fw-la quorundam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la totam_fw-la hereditatem_fw-la obtinebit_fw-la secundùm_fw-la autem_fw-la quorundam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la postnatus_fw-la filius_fw-la heres_fw-la est_fw-la item_n si_fw-la filiam_fw-la tantùm_fw-la unam_fw-la reliquerit_fw-la quis_fw-la heredem_fw-la tunc_fw-la id_fw-la obtinet_fw-la indistinctè_fw-la quod_fw-la â—e_n filio_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la sin_n autem_fw-la plures_fw-la filias_fw-la tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la indistinctè_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsas_fw-la dividetur_fw-la hereditas_fw-la sive_fw-la fuerit_fw-la miles_n sive_fw-la sokemannus_n pater_fw-la earum_fw-la salvo_fw-la tamen_fw-la primogenitae_fw-la filiae_fw-la capitali_fw-la messuagio_fw-it sub_fw-la formâ_fw-la praescriptâ—_n etc._n etc._n thus_o glanvill_n harmonious_o follow_v and_o almost_o verbatim_o of_o 15._o bracton_n who_o word_n on_o this_o argument_n be_v these_o si_fw-mi libre_fw-la sockmannus_n moriatur_fw-la pluribus_fw-la relictis_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la &_o participibus_fw-la si_fw-la haereditas_fw-la partibilis_fw-la â—it_n &_o ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la divisa_fw-la haeredes_fw-la quotquot_fw-la erunt_fw-la habeant_fw-la part_n svas_fw-la aequales_fw-la &_o si_fw-la unicum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la 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passage_n in_o king_n john_n charter_n make_v to_o hubert_n the_o archbishop_n for_o the_o change_a gavelkynd-land_n into_o knights-fee_n at_o large_a exemplify_v by_o mr._n lambard_n peramb_v pag._n 531._o xenia_n averagia_n &_o alia_fw-la opera_fw-la quae_fw-la fiebant_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la iisdem_fw-la convertantur_fw-la in_o redditum_fw-la denariorum_fw-la aequivalentur_fw-la witness_v in_o the_o three_o and_o last_o place_n not_o to_o multiply_v instance_n in_o a_o case_n so_o clear_a a_o inquisition_n find_v after_o the_o death_n of_o isabel_n de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr alto_fw-mi widow_n sometime_o of_o orpington_n record_v in_o a_o lieger_n of_o that_o cathedral_n whereof_o expect_v a_o copy_n in_o the_o appendix_n scriptura_fw-la 10._o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o at_o this_o day_n and_o time_n out_o of_o mind_n haply_o from_o richard_n the_o second_o lazzi_n time_n such_o servile_a work_n proper_o call_v villein-service_n have_v be_v as_o they_o still_o be_v intermit_v or_o 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the_o name_n nor_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o land_n alone_o nor_o from_o prescription_n nor_o yet_o from_o any_o particular_a custom_n that_o this_o property_n there_o proceed_v but_o partly_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o land_n and_o partly_o from_o custom_n not_o i_o say_v a_o particular_a one_o but_o a_o general_a custom_n extend_v throughout_o the_o whole_a county_n in_o censual_a land_n or_o land_n let_v for_o cens_n or_o what_o be_v all_o one_o with_o it_o gavel_n or_o gafol_n to_o say_v hold_v in_o fief_n or_o inheritance_n roturier_n as_o call_v in_o normandy_n and_o other_o part_n of_o france_n the_o antiquity_n whereof_o and_o how_o beginning_n in_o kent_n and_o why_o more_o general_a there_o than_o elsewhere_o shall_v be_v the_o argument_n of_o our_o next_o discourse_n proposition_n iii_o the_o antiquity_n of_o gavelkynd-custome_n in_o point_n especial_o of_o partition_n and_o why_o more_o general_a in_o kent_n than_o elsewhere_o master_n lambard_n 545._o 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property_n that_o property_n of_o be_v censual_a land_n which_o gavelkynd_n denote_v and_o which_o can_v be_v intend_v of_o any_o land_n hold_v in_o demesne_n and_o not_o in_o service_n cease_v and_o be_v quite_o extinguish_v there_o be_v require_v to_o make_v the_o land_n censual_a a_o censual_a tenant_n one_o that_o hold_v by_o censual_a service_n such_o as_o here_o be_v none_o especial_o in_o the_o king_n case_n when_o once_o the_o land_n be_v come_v home_o again_o reduce_v to_o its_o first_o principle_n and_o reunite_v to_o what_o like_o fief_n be_v oppose_v to_o service-land_n the_o lord_n inland_n or_o demesne-land_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o common_a lord_n or_o to_o the_o crown_n 11._o à _fw-la quo_fw-la omne_fw-la feudamoventur_fw-la &_o â—riuntur_fw-la the_o fountain_n whence_o all_o tenor_n be_v derive_v as_o in_o the_o king_n case_n from_o whence_o by_o the_o let_v it_o out_o in_o gavelkynd_n it_o be_v former_o sever_v to_o this_o purpose_n see_v petri_n gregorii_n tholosani_fw-la syntag._n jur._n univer_v lib._n 6._o cap._n 5._o num_fw-la 11._o but_o of_o this_o also_o hitherto_o for_o i_o hasten_v to_o a_o end_n proposition_n v._n whether_o before_o the_o statute_n of_o will_n 32._o and_o 34._o h._n 8._o gavelkynd-land_n in_o kent_n be_v deviseable_a or_o not_o in_o answer_v whereof_o hold_v with_o those_o which_o resolve_v it_o in_o the_o negative_a howbeit_o for_o my_o part_n not_o study_v partium_fw-la but_o veritatis_fw-la amore_fw-la i_o shall_v oppose_v to_o such_o as_o hold_v the_o contrary_a what_o argument_n be_v bring_v against_o they_o and_o their_o opinion_n in_o a_o case_n of_o mr._n hall_n of_o kent_n verbatim_o as_o i_o find_v they_o publish_v in_o print_n which_o here_o follow_v with_o their_o title_n reason_n and_o authority_n to_o prove_v that_o gavelkind-land_n in_o kent_n be_v not_o nor_o be_v ancient_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n first_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n in_o law_n that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n do_v not_o lie_v of_o land_n which_o be_v deviseable_a by_o testament_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o appear_v by_o divers_a book_n as_o namely_o 4._o edw._n 2._o mortdanc_fw-la 39_o 22._o assiz_n 78._o and_o fitz._n nat._n brevium_fw-la 196._o 1._o but_o it_o appear_v by_o bracton_n fol._n 276._o b._n that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n will_v lie_v of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n and_o so_o it_o appear_v by_o divers_a ancient_a record_n quod_fw-la vide_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr berewicke_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 21._o edw._n 1._o copia_fw-la fol._n 1_o 7_o 22_o 24._o &_o in_o itinere_fw-la h._n de_fw-fr stanton_n anno_fw-la 6._o edw._n 2._o copia_fw-la fol._n 1_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 13._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n lie_v of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n but_o a_o assize_n of_o mortdancester_n do_v not_o lie_v of_o land_n within_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n because_o land_n be_v there_o deviseable_a by_o custom_n as_o it_o appear_v in_o dicto_fw-la itinere_fw-la h._n de_fw-fr stanton_n fol._n 3_o 4_o 6._o and_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n which_o be_v ancient_o part_v of_o the_o county_n of_o kent_n there_o be_v a_o special_a custom_n use_v to_o devise_v land_n lie_v within_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o city_n and_o to_o prove_v their_o will_n in_o the_o court_n of_o burgmote_a in_o the_o same_o city_n but_o there_o need_v no_o such_o custom_n if_o all_o the_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n have_v be_v deviseable_a etc._n etc._n also_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o ancient_a will_n of_o gavelkind_a land_n in_o kent_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o uses_n do_v mention_v feoffee_n of_o the_o land_n devise_v etc._n etc._n as_o appear_v by_o the_o register-book_n of_o will_n at_o canterbury_n and_o at_o rochester_n whereby_o it_o do_v appear_v that_o the_o devisor_n be_v cestuy_a que_fw-fr use_n and_o not_o owner_n of_o the_o land_n devise_v and_o although_o some_o 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
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 the_o law_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v otherwise_o yet_o it_o appear_v by_o all_o the_o authority_n aforesaid_a that_o in_o those_o time_n the_o law_n be_v take_v to_o be_v that_o the_o mortdancestor_n do_v not_o lie_v where_o there_o be_v such_o a_o custom_n but_o it_o be_v a_o good_a plea_n in_o abatement_n of_o the_o writ_n and_o yet_o assize_n of_o mortdancestor_n be_v then_o frequent_o bring_v and_o maintain_v of_o land_n in_o kent_n as_o appear_v by_o bracton_n and_o the_o book_n abovesaid_a 3._o whether_o the_o custom_n alone_o be_v pleadable_a in_o abatement_n or_o the_o custom_n with_o a_o actual_a devise_n be_v to_o be_v plead_v in_o bar_n they_o say_v it_o can_v be_v show_v if_o it_o can_v they_o challenge_v they_o to_o do_v it_o who_o will_v maintain_v the_o custom_n that_o it_o be_v ever_o plead_v one_o way_n or_o other_o either_o in_o abatement_n or_o in_o bar_n to_o any_o one_o of_o all_o that_o multitude_n of_o assize_n of_o mortdancestor_n bring_v at_o large_a in_o that_o 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