doe fill vp so much as shal be digged by him or them Item If any person or persons being Tenant Letting of lands for more then 31 yeeres 4 months is a forfeicture customarie shall without licence by Indenture or other writing or otherwise let his said customarie Lands or Tenements for more yeeres then one and thirtie yeeres and foure moneths it shal be a forfeiture of his estate by the custome of the said Mannors and of either of them being found and presented by the Homage or else otherwise lawfully and sufficiently proued Item For Treason or Felony whatsoeuer that shal be committed by any Copy-holder of the said 49 For what offences these copy-holders shall forfeit their estates Mannors or of any of them for which hee shal be lawfully attainted hee shall forfeit his Copyhold Lands and Tenements to the Lord of the said Mannor And for all other offence or offences act or acts whatsoeuer for which a Free-holder ought by the common lawes of the land to forfeit his free-hold lands and tenements there a Copy-holder of the said Mannors or of either of them shall forfeit as a Free-holder ought to forfeit in like case his Free hold But if a copyholder be out-lawed for any cause sauing Treason or Felony the Lord Outlawâ—ie vnles for treason or felony shal be no forfeiture shall not haue the issues or profits of his lands And if a copyholder make a Feoffement of his copyhold gift in taile or lease for life or liues by Deede or without Deede by liuerie and seizin therevpon or shall suffer a Recouerie at the Common More forfeitur of estate viz. making a Feoffements guift in tale lease for liues suffering a Recoldy at the common law law leuie a Fine or wilfully refuse and deny to pay doe or performe his rents fines suites customes and seruices at any time hereafter due to the Lord or Lords of the said Mannors or of either of them for their said copyholds the same wilfull refusall being presented to the Homage by the Leuijng a fine or willfull denying to pay the rents fines c. oathes of three customarie Tennants with the Reeue or his Deputie the said Tennants or Reeue nor his Deputy being none of the Lords seruants and being found and presented by the homage the same shal be holden and reputed a forfeiture of his estate whatsoeuer hee shall haue by copy of Court Roll at the time of any such act committed or done in so much of his and their copyhold Lands and Tenements as hee shall haue committed any such act onely for so much of his lands tenements out of the which the said quit-rent and other duties is demanded and shal be due and wilfully denied by the said Tenant or tenants as aforesaid Or if any copyholder shall in the Or disclaiming to hold of the Lord. Lords Court or elsewhere in any Court of Record disclaime to hold his said copyhold Lands and tenements of the Lord of the Mannor whereof his Lands and tenements are holden or shall by pleading in the Lords Court or other Court of Record Or claiming their copy-holds to be free holds wilfully claime their copyholds to bee Free-holds or willingly and wittingly pleade in any Real action at the common law in chiefe as a Free-hold Or plead wittingly in a reall action at common law in chiefe as a Free-holder Tenant or shall willingly and wittingly doe any other act or things in or concerning his now Lands and tenements which shal be a disseisin or disinheritance of the Lord or Lords of the said Mannors or of either of them their heires or assignes Or doe any other act which shal be a disseisin of the Lord. other then such acts as in these Articles are especiall mentioned or dispensed withall that then hee shall forfeit his and their estate of and in the same Lands and Tenements so disclaimed to be holden or claimed to be Freehold or for which he shall pleade in chiefe or doe any such other act or thing as is aforesaid Finally the Lord of the said What other forfeictures the Lord shall haue Mannors or of either of them shall haue all such other forfeitures issues profits and aduantages of the said Copyholds as shaâ—l grow due to him by any Statute Lawes of this Realme being not against and contrarie to these Articles customes heere expressely set downe Item If any person or persons hauing any estate 50 The act or neglect of tennant for liues or yeeres shall not preiudice those in remainder of any copyhold lands or tenements holden of the said Mannors or of either of them for terme of life or liues or for terme of yeeres or in the right of their wiues of any estate although he she or they shall doe or suffer or neglect to doe any act or acts during the time aforesaid in or vpon the said Copyhold Lands or Tenements which may or shal be contrary to the custome of the said Mannors or of either of them The same act or acts so being done shall not preiudice or be hurtfull vnto the next person or persons to whom the said customarie Lands or tenements should or ought to remaine reuert or come nor to the said wife or her heires not being partie in Court or consenting in Court to the said act or forfeiture nor that the Lord of the said Mannors or of either of them shall take any longer aduantage issues or profits of the same Copyhold Lands or Tenements then during the time of such estates as is aforesaid of the partie committing doing or assenting to such act or acts So that after his or their decease or estates determined the said Lands and Tenements shall remaine reuert or come to the next person or persons or to such person or persons to whom the same should haue comen or remained or goe or reuert immediately after such estate or estates ended or determined as though there had beene no such act or acts done contrary to the tenor or true meaning of these presents by any such person or persons Item The particular or priuate act or acts of any 51 The priuat act of any tennants contrary to these articles shall not extend to be a breach of the customes to the hurt of the rest customary Tennant or tenants of any of the said Mannors which shall happen to be done wilfully by or betweene them or any of them and the Lord or Lords of the said Mannors or either of them and his or their Reeue or of either of them contrarie to the Articles true meaning of these presents neither doth nor shal extend to be coÌ„strued to bee a breach of the ancient Customes of the said Mannors or of either of them to the hurt or preiudice of the rest of the customarie Tenants but of themselues onely doing the said particular act 52 Tennant for life or yeeres making wast shal be fined by the homage Item
grounds and commons and laying of bridges ouer the said common Sewers and shall make their accompt in that behalfe to the Homage at the generall Court when the yeere for which they were chosen shall expire 63 The homage may make By-lawes which shall binde the tennants Item The copyhold and customarie Tennants may make by lawes at their generall Courts when neede shall require which custome shal be so continued and the said by lawes so by them made shall binde all the Copyhold Tenants of the said Mannors or of either of them so the same bee not contrarie to the true meaning of these Articles Item By the custome of the said Mannors and of either of them Tennants in taile of customarie 64 Recoueryes may be suffered to barre intailes lands and tenements may suffer common recoueries within the said seuerall Mannors with single or double vouchers or by agreement forfeit the said lands and tenements into the Lords hands for the cutting of the estate taile which custome by these Articles shal haue still continuance and such Recoueries and forfeitures are and shall bee good to bare the said in-taile Item Whensoeuer there shal be any Court or 65 Tennants not appearing at set courtes shall not be amerced aboue 4 pence Courts Baron or other then the said two generall Courts kept within the said Mannors or either of them no copyholder ought nor shall be amerced aboue the summe of foure pence for any default of his apparance at any the same Court or Courts except the said two generall Courts neither shall incurre any forfeiture or seisure of his Copyhold lands or tenements or any other Damage for any such default And the said Amerciament to bee taxed by the Affurors tenants of that Court. Item The Steward or his Deputy is to haue 66 The Stewards fees such Fees and allowances as hereafter are expressed viz. for euery Surrender taken out of Court fiue shillings and nothing for any Surrender taken in Court for euery woman couert Baron that shal be examined sixe shillings eight pence for euery admittance of euery person two shillings for entering euery Surrender and making the copie of Court Roll therevpon sixe shillings eight pence for euery precept for a view of partition and entring the same and the returne thereof vpon the Court Roll and the copie thereof two shillings sixe pence And if it exceede two sheetes of paper then for euery sheete ouer and aboue two sheetes twelue pence more For searching the court Rolls for euery yeere foure pence For euery purchased Court thirteene shillings foure pence For entring a note of a Lease granted of any Lands or tenements containing the date quantitie of lands or tenements certaintie of terme to whom the same shal be granted and for a note thereof to the party sixe pence For these things before expressed the Steward shall haue onely such Fees as before is declared and for all other things hee shall haue as formerly hath anciently beene vsed not more Item All Messuages Tenements and Cottages 67 Buildings to be erected shall pay fines as those allreadie built that shall hereafter bee built vpon any the copyhol Lands whereof the customes are hereby meant to bee declared shal be held and enioyed by the copyhold Tenants thereof vnder the same customes and Articles herein declared as the Lands whereon they shal be built are holden and enioyed But shall pay such fines therefore as is before declared for Messuages Tenements and Cottages 68 The Lord shall not seuer from the mannor any of these copy-holds to any persons in fee simple or other estate of freehold c. that shal be new built Item The Lord of the said Mannors or of either of them their heires or assignes shal not at any time hereafter grant or conuey seuered from the Mannor wherof the same is now holden or ought to bee holden any of the Messuages Cottages Lands Tenemements or Hereditaments whereof any of the said persons named parties to the said Indenture herevnto annexed is now copyholder or customarie Tenant to any person or persons in Fee-simple fee-Fee-taile or for terme of life or other estate of freehold or for any estate or terme other then by copie of Court Roll according to the customes of the said Mannors and true meaning of these presents and the Iudenture whereunto the same are annexed except the Freehold to be granted or seuered at the petition and desire of such person or persons as then shal be copyholder thereof according to the true meaning of these presents And it the Lord hath granted away the Freehold of any the copyhold Lands or Tenements wherof the custome is hereby ment to be declared hee shall get and take the same backe againe and the same shall notwithstanding such grant or alienation be annexed to the Mannor whereof it was or is held and shal be held and enioyed by the Tenant his heires and assignes thereof by copie of Court Roll of the same Mannor vnder the rents seruices and customes in these Articles expressed and not otherwise And also that the Lord shall admit by his Steward or his Deputy all such Tenant and Tenants that ought of right to be admitted vpon the presentment of the Homage AN ALPHABETICALL TABLE OF THE NAMES OF THE COPYHOLD TENANTS OF THE MANNORS OF STEPNEY alias STEBVNHVTH and HACKNEY for whom the said Decree concerning the customes aforesaâ—d was made in Chancerie the two and twentieth day of Iuly in the fifteenth yeere of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lord King Iames against the said Right Honorable Thomas Lord Wentworth then Lord of the said Mannors A VIncent Amcots Limehouse Iacob Ashley Limehouse William Adams Limehouse Will. Ardington White Chappel Thomas Abbot Popler Iane Alder Popler Nicholas Ask with Hackney William Alder of Ratcliffe highway B William Bygot Ratcliffe William Barnet White Chappell Robert Borne Pop. Hugh Bullock vxor Henr. Banister Esquire Hackney William Bird vx Hackney Nicholas Burton Hackney Edward Browne Hackney Gyles Bynckes Hackney Gyles de Budt Hackney Edmond Barbor Oldford Henry Barbor Francis Barbor Tho Baxter vxor Bowe Michael Bonner Bowe Iohn Briggs vxor Bowe Christopher Baker Ratcliffe William Browne Robert Benns Peter Baker Alice Bland Raph Bowers Thomas Best Quescell Bratost alias Lee Limehouse Iohn Ball Iohn Bennet Robert Bradshaw Mathew Barret Richard Bromfield Elizabeth Bedford Iohn Bigot C Thomas Commins Nicholas Cosens Thomas Crane Richard Catcher Edward Catcher Thomas Croxall William Cooke vxor Walter Henley in Reuersion Thomas Catcher Hackney Iohn Catcher Richard Cheyney Francis Clerkevid Iohn Catcher William Catcher Thomas Catcher Iohn Cowper White Chappell Tho Coxan Walter Cooke Ratcliffe Walter Coale Peter Croxall Mary Cope Limehouse Elizabeth Clerke Marion Crispe Popler Mary Carpenter Iohn Chandler Bowe William Clarke George Cooke Inholder Isaack Cotton Richard Catcher fil Tho Iohn Coleman White Chappell D Nicholas Diggins Mileend William Dickinson Hackney Iames Deane William Dauis Nicholas Dickens
shall or should accomplish his full age of one and twentie yeeres or within fiue yeeres then next after he shal or should accomplish his full age of one and twentie yeeres And by the person of non sanae memoriae within fiue yeeres next after he shall recouer and become of Sanae memoriae and by the heire of such person of non sanae memoriae within fiue yeeres next after the death of his said Auncestor or before And by the said person that shall be so out of the Realme or his heires within fiue yeeres after he shall returne or if hee shall not returne by his heires within fiue yeeres after his death and by the said person or persons in prison within one whole yeere next after his 11 No dower for woemen â—or Courtesie of England for men or their enlargement from such imprisonment Item In the said Mannors or either of them women ought not to haue Dowers of any customary lands or tenements within the Mannors aforesaid nor in any of them nor men to haue any estate as Tennants by the curtesie of England Item If any shal be seized of any customarie 12 Estates of inheritance shall discend according to Gauelkynde lands or tenements holden of the said Mannors or of either of them of an estate of Inheritance and shall haue two sonnes or three sonnes or more or hauing no sonnes shal haue diuers daughters or hauing neither sonnes nor daughters shal haue diuers Collatterall heires in one neerenesse of bloud or that are to make their resort from those that were of the same neerenesse of bloud to the Tenant dying They shall be all co-heires to their said Father Mother or other Auncestor touching the said customary lands and tenements according to the custome of Gauelkinde Item If any man or woman die seized as aforesaid 13 Touching discents where the tennant left issue of any customarie lands or tenements of any estate of Inheritance holden of the said Mannors or of any of them and shall haue issue two or three sonnes or more whereof one or two or more of them shall be married and haue issue in the life of their Father or Mother and shall die before his or their said Father or Mother or hauing no sons shall haue diuers daughters whereof one or more shall be married and haue issue and dye in the life of the Father or Mother That then the said issue shall inherite and be co-heire with the said sonne or sonnes daughter or daughters that shall suruiue his her or their said Father or Mother that so shall die seized as is aforesaid whether the said issue be male or female according to the custome of Gauelkinde Item If any person or persons die seized as aforesaid 14 How lands shal discend to those of the whole blood where the tennant left no issue and shall leaue behinde him neither sonne nor daughter then the next of his or their kinne being of whole bloud shal be heire or heires to the said persoÌ„ or persons so dying seised That is to say his her or their brother or brothers brother or brothers children or childrens children according to the custome of Gauelkinde and so forth as long as any of that issue shall be on liue being of the whole bloud and in default of such issue the sisters and sisters children according to the custome of Gauelkinde and so forth so long as any issue shal be on liue and of the whole bloud and for lack of such issue the Vncles and their issues being of the whole bloud so long as any issue shal be liuing And in default of such issue the Aunts and their children so long as any shal be liuing of the whole bloud and for lacke of such issue the next of kinne of the whole bloud according to the custome of Gauelkinde Item If any person so dying seised as aforesaid 15 Males et Females of one venter cannot ioyne to be coheires without issue of his body and hauing diuers brothers of the whole bloud whereof the one or some of them shall haue beene married and shall haue issue and after issue had shall die before the said brother dying seised as aforesaid That then the issues of the said brother or brothers so dying before him that dyed seized as aforesaid shall ioyne and be co heire with the brother or brothers that suruiueth the brother that so dyed seised as aforesaid whether the said issue be males or females But males and females of one Venter cannot ioyne to be co-heires together So that the course of discents is to bee obserued by the said custome according to the custome and nature of lands in Gauelkinde Item Likewise shall the issue of the daughter 16 Touching discents that shall die in the life of the Father or Mother be co-heire with the Aunt that liueth being of the whole bloud Item Likewise shal the Vncles and the Vncles 17 Discenâ—s brothers children being of the whole bloud be coheires together as aforesaid Item Likewise shall the Aunts and the Aunts 18 Discents sisters children ioyne and bee co-heires as aforesaid and so forth of all further degrees of all Collaterall heires being of the whole bloud which may conuey themselues to bee any Cozens and heires of the whole bloud to any person or persons dying seized of any of the aforesaid customarie lands or tenements according to the custome of Gauelkynde Item By the custome of the said seuerall Mannors 19 How Copyholders of inheritance may Surrender euery copyholder of Inheritance in fee-simple may Surrender his said copyhold lands and tenements or any part or parcell thereof vnto the Lord to the vse of any person or persons and to his and their heires for euer or to his or their heires of his or their bodies or any otherwise in See also in the first article in the 20 21 c articles taile or for life or liues or yeeres or to any person or persons and his or their heires To the intent the said Copyhold Tennant may declare his last Will and Testament vpon the same Lands and Tenements or to any other vse or vses vnlesse it be to any corporation or corporations or bodies pollitique or corporate and euery copyholder in taile or for life liues or yeeres of either of the said Mannors may in like manner by the customes of the said Mannors and of either of them Surrender their Copyhold lands tenements or hereditaments or any part thereof according to the nature of their estates so the same Surrender be made according to the custome concerning Surrenders as afore in these presents is specified or hereafter ensueth And all the same persons to whose vse euery Surrender shal be made are to haue their copies made to hold of the Lord by the Rod according to the custome of the Mannor whereof they beene holden by the Rents and seruices therefore due and accustomed Vpon euery of which Surrenders the Fine and
hereafter at any time or times in any wise being Item That for the better ratifyings establishing That a Decree shal be had in Chauncery to confirme the now agremeÌ„ts confirming strengthning perfecting and making good of all and singuler the said articles couenants agreements certaintie of fines vsuages customes inlargements and alterations of vsuages and customes compositions liberties priuiledges freedomes immunities discharges matters and things in the said Indenture and Schedules contained and for the setting forth of what estate the said Tho Lo Wentworth is now and then shall be seised of the said Mannors and premisses vpon a bill of complaint against his Lordship in his Maiesties high Court of Chancerie to bee exhibited his Lordship will appeare and make such answere and further such proceedings that therevpon a perfect decree with the free consent and agreement of his Lordship may bee had and there enrolled against his Lordship his heires and assignes By which the said Articles couenants agreements certainty of fines vsuages and customes and alterations of vsuages and customes and all the compositions liberties priuiledges freedomes immunities discharges matters and things in the said Indenture and Schedules or any of them contained shall be decreed ratified established made good and be put in vre vsed enioyed for euer Item That hee the said Thomas Lo Wentworth his heires and assignes at his and their That an act of Parliameâ—t shall be procured to confirme the same for euer owne proper costs and charges will procure at the first Session of the next Parliament of our Soueraigne Lord the Kings Maiestie his heires or successors one statute or act of Parliament By force whereof the said Articles couenants agreements certaintie of fines vsuages customes enlargement and alterations of vsuages customes compositions liberties priuiledges benefits freedomes immunities discharges matters and things in the said Indenture and Schedules or either of them expressed shall be established ratified enacted and confirmed to be and to continue for euer of force and to be put in vre and vsed for euer hereafter in such state manner and forme qualitie condition and degree as the same are in the said Indenture or Schedules or any of them expressed for and concerning the lands tenements and The Tennants must pay twenty pounds towards the charge of iâ— hereditaments whereof they now are copy-holders or reputed copyholders Towards the charges of the procuring of which said Act of Parliament the said tenants are to pay vnto the said Tho Lo Wentworth his heires or executors within one month next after the obtaining passing therof the somme of 20. pounds Item That he the said Tho Lo Wentworth For better assuranc within fiue yeares his heires and assignes at any time within fiue yeeres next ensuing the date of the said Indenture before such Act of Parliament as aforesaid had and obtained at the costs in the law of the said Copyhold tenants or some of them vpon request made vnâ—o him the said Tho Lo Wentworth his heires or assignes by the said Sir Iohn Iolles William Gough Edmund Barber Iohn Eglesfield Isack Cotton Thomas Best Richard Hoskins George Saris Henry Dethick Iohn Howland Thomas Yardley Iohn Lowden Richard Cheyny Gresham Hoogan William Palmer Nicholas Dickens Nicholas Diggins Peter Sumner Iohn Bennet Richard Edwards Michael Bonner and Nicholas Hollam or any ten of them or any ten of the heires or assignes of them shall and will make doe acknowledge execute and suffer all and euery such further acts deeds and assurances for better settling assuring and confirming of the vsuages customes benefits liberties priuiledges immunities discharges certaintie of Fines compositions agreements matters and things in the said indenture and Schedules contained as by them or any ten of them or any ten of the heires or assignes of them shall be reasonably deuised aduised and required That leases may be let for 31 yeeres and 4 months without lisence Item That euery one of the said Copihold tennants their heires and assignes shall and may freely hereafter from time to time graunt lease or demise by deede or otherwise without See article 38. licence or copie of Court Roll such or so much of their said lands tenements hereditaments to such person and persons and for such terme and estate not exceeding thirtie one yeeres and foure monethes in possession from the time of the making of any such graunt or demise as to them and euery or any of them respectiuely shal be thought fit or necessarie without any forfeite of estate seizure claime disturbance deniall or impeachment of his Lordship his heires or assignes or any of his or their officers So alwaies that such graunt lease and leases so to be made be at the first or second generall Court for the mannor whereof the lands or tenements so happening to be granted leased or demysed are parcell to bee holden next after the making thereof bee published in open court of that Mannor before the homage there and a remembrance thereof to be required to be made in the Rolles of the said Court for the date terme and quantitie of lands cottages or tenements so granted leased or demised Which remembrance of the said Tho Lo Wentworth couenanteth and granteth for him his heyres and assignes To and with the said Sr Iohn Iolls and the rest of the said Copyhold tenants vpon the tender of a certainty therof in writing to the Steward or deputy Steward of that Mannor for the time then being together with sixe pence in money for the entring thereof shall be in the Court Rolls of that Mannor duely and in conuenient time and without delay enrolled and a note thereof deliuered by the Steward or his deputy to the party so leasing or any for him without any other consideration fee or reward to be giuen or paide for the same Recitall of the Letters Pattens from the King to my Lord concernning the Freehold Item That whereas the said Tho Lo Wentworth by his Highnesse letters pattents vnder the great Seale of England dated the 19. day of Iuly in the thirteenth yeere oâ— his Maiesties raigne of England c. and forty eight of Scotland Hath obtained licence to grant to such of his Maiesties liege people as he shall thinke fit messuages cottages lands tenements and hereditaments parcell or reputed parcell of the said Mannors To hold to them their heires and assignes in free and common Socage respectiuely of his said Mannors of Stepny and Hackny by such and the same rents and seruices and other profits as in the conueyances thereof shall be expressed and not to hold of the King in Capite nor of any of his Maiesties Honors or Mannors in Knights seruice as by the said letters pattents more at large may appeare Now if the said Tho Lo Wentworth shal not at the first If the Act of Parliament be not Procured then the Tennants vpon request shal be made Freeholders Session of the next Parliament procure such an
or Mannors for the time being or his or their officers to distraine and auow as for rents and for want of distresse to seize the Lands and Tenements for the which the said fine or fines are to be paid and to enioy the same to his or their owne vse vntill he or they shal be fully satisfied and paid the said Fine or Fines to bee paid by him or them that so ought to pay the same Item If any customarie or copyhold Tennant 36 The like he may doe for non payment of the quitrent of the said Mannors or of either of them shall not pay his rents for his copyhold for which the same is due and demanded by the said Reeue or his Deputie Then it shall bâ—e lawfull for the Lord or Lords of the said Mannor or Mannors for the time being or his or their Officers to distraine and anow and for want of sufficient distresse to seize the lands and tenements out of the which the same ought to be paid and to take and enioy the rents issues and profits of the same to his or their owne vse vntill he or they shal be fully satisfied and paide the same rents by him or them that so ought to pay the same Item That when any Tenant dyeth seized leauing 37 Who shal be Gardian his heire vnder the age of fourteene yeeres the next of the kinne to whom the said Lands and Tenements cannot discend shall haue if hee shall require it the custodie of the heire and of his lands and tenements committed vnto him for the vse of the heire vntill he come to the age of fourteene yeeres as is aforesaid then he to choose his own See article 33. Gardian and the former Gardian at any time after vpon reasonable request to yeeld accompt to the heyre of the profits of his lands receiued Item If any person or persons be disposed to let his or their customarie Lands or Tenements to any other person or persons and to their executors 38 Tennants may let leases for 31 yeeres and foure months without any lysence or Fine and assignes for the terme of one and thirtie yeeres or lesse the same person or persons haue and shall haue full power and authoritie to set or let to farme his or their Copyhold Lands or Tenements to any person or persons their executors administrators and assignes for the terme of one and thirtie yeeres and foure monethes or lesse in See the abstract of the indenture pag. 7. possession from the time of the making thereof by writing without any licence to him or them to be granted and without paying any fine to the Lord or incurring any forfeiture or seisure of or for the same So as the same lease doe not exceede one and thirtie yeeres and foure monethes from the time of the making thereof But such lease is and If such leases be not presâ—nted to the homage within on yeere after the making they shall be void ought to be presented to the Homage of the Mannor whereof the Lands or tenements so leased are held within one yeere after the making thereof or else the same lease so made and not presented as aforesaid shal be void and of none effect Item The custome of the Mannor is to giue to 39 Either mannor is vpon euery chaung of Lord to pay fiue pounds for recognition money the Lord of euery of the said Mannors vpon the change of euery Lorâ— at the next Court after the first entry bona fide ten pounds of lawfull money of England That is to say out of each Mannor fiue pounds for the Recognition and acknowledging the seruices which is to be leauied and collected by the Reeue for the time being amongst all the Copyholders of the said Mannors respectiuely according to the rates they shal be taxed at by the Homage at the next Court to bee holden after the comming of the new Lord. Item The Homage of euery of the said Mannors 40 How the Reeue of either manor is to be chosen ought yeerely at the generall Court to be holden next after Michaelmas to elect and choose seuerall Reeues for euery of the said Mannors That is to say to elect and choose two customarie Tenants either of the said persons named parties to the said presents their heires or assignes or of others not named to beare the Office of the Reeue for each of the said Mannors namely he that was before in election if he be aliue and one other or if he be dead two other to the intent the Lord of the said Mannors or of either of them or his Steward may appoint the one of them so elected for one whole yeere that is one to serue for each of the said Mannors So hee be appointed within that Mannor of which he is a tenant and for which he shal be so chosen which Reeue being so appointed He shall serue one whole yere ought to take vpon him the said Office for one whole yeere then next ensuing to execute the same by himselfe or his Deputie for whom he shall answere and to be subiect to accompt and answere What sine he shall pay if he refuse for the same as in the said presents is set downe And if a Copy-holder shal be duely chosen and appointed by the Homage to bee the Lords Reeue as aforesaid and according to his turne presented by the Homage and shall refuse to serue the said Office by himselfe or his Deputic then euery such person so refusing within the said Mannor of Hackney shall pay for a fine sixe pounds thirteene shillings and foure pence And euery such person so reâ—using within the said Mannor of The homage shall chose another vntill one doe accept and serue Stebenhuth shall pay for a fine ten pounds to the Lord of the Mannor whereof his Lands are holden And the Homage of the same Mannor shal be charged from time to time to choose another Reeue in the place of him that so shall refuse vntill such time as for the same Mannor one bee chosen that shall and wâ—ll serue the said Office And euery Copyholder that shal be chosen and appointed to the said Office as aforesaid and shal refuse to serue the same office shall pay the fine aforesaid to the Lord of that Mannor for his refusall the one halfe The halfe of fines payd by refusers shal be allowed him who next shall serue of all which fine or fines of Tenant or Tennants so refusing to accept and execute the said office of Reeueship according to the true meaning of these Schedules the Lord or Lords of the said Mannors or either of them of whom respectiuely such tenant or tenants so refusing shall hold ought and shall from time to time allow vnto such person or persons as being chosen and appointed to be Reeue as aforesaid and shall and will next after the refusall of any one or more of the said tenants so chosen accept and
art 48. Leet these tennants beeing Reeues are not to be charged with the Leet booke art 42. Marckes Meares and Stakes how to set betwixt Tennants art 59. Partition how to make betwixt Coheires Ioint-tennants and tennants in common art 54. Pownd of the Lord and cattell impounded how to deliuer article 55. 56. 58. Quit-rents when to be paide c. art 2. 36. 41. Reeue to take surrenders art 20. Surrenders taken by him when to be presented 22. How to be chosen 40. How long to serue Ibidem His fine for refusing to serue Ibid. A new to be chosen vpon refusall Ibid. The succeeding Reeue shall haue halfe of the fine of the former refusing and detaine it in his accompt Ibid. His lands shal be seised for not paying rents and fines 41. His forfeiture for not paying Ibid. He is not to answeare any quit-rents vnlesse hee knowe the tennant or the land Ibid. Discharged of the Leet booke Court Baron and dinners 42. Who may be chosen Reeue 43. What allowance and fees he shall haue for executing the office 44. He must deliuer the Rentall to his successor or shall be amerced 45 Recoueries to barre Intailes art 64. Recognition money at the Caunge of the Lord art 39. Surrenders how they are to be made art 1. 19. How to bee taken before Headbrough or Reeue art 20. How to be taked of women couert baron art 21. 24 When surrenders are to be presented art 22. 25. Surrenders made according to these articles are good 27. Surrenders to make the wife a Ioincture art 29. Those to whose vse landes are surrendred ought within three yeares after the presentment to take them vp art 34. Stakes marckes and meares betwixt tennants art 59. Stewards fees particularly set downe art 66. Seuering the Lord of the Mannor may not seuer any of these Copyholders to any person in fee art 68. Titles in controuersie how to decide see Claime  Woemen couert baron see Surrenders  Wast tennants for life or yeares making wast shall be fined by the Homage art 52. FINIS LONDON Imprinted by WILLIAM IONES with consent of the said right honourable THOMAS LORD WENTVVORTH the fourth day of December 1617. Anno. 21. Jacobi Regis MEMORANDVM that according to the former Couenaunts and agreements in this Booke conteyned his said Lordship hath Honorably procured the Acte of Parliament so long desired for perpetuall establishment of the sayd Customes benefits and priuiledges togegether with certaine expositions enlargements and explanations thereunto added The copy of which Acte Verbatim is as followeth viz. An Acte for confirmation of the Copyhold estates and Customes of diuerse Copy-holders of the Mannors of Stepny and Hackney according to certeyne Indentures of agreement and a Decree in the High Court of Chauncery made betweene the Lord of the said Mannors and the Copyholders IN most humble manner doe beseech your most Excellent Maiestie Your Highnes most humble and loyall subiect Thomas Lord Wentworth Lord of the Mannors of Stepney alias Stebenheath and Hackney in Your Maiesties County of Middlesex and Your Highnes most humble and obedient subiects Sir Iohn Iolles knight and all the other Copiholders and customary Tenants of the sayd Mannours or of either of them being parties to certaine Indentures bearing date the twentieth day of Iune in the fifteenth yeare of your Highnes Raigne of England made betweene the said Tho Lo Wentworth of the one parte and the sayd Sir Iohn Iolles divers other Copy-holders and Customary tenants of the said Mannors in the same Indentures named of the other part and all the now Copi-holders customary tenants of the said Mannors and of either of them claiming by from or vnder the said Copy-holders and Customary tenants parties to the said Indentures That whereas heretofore 〈◊〉 of thâ— Indenture oâ— the â—0 of â—unâ— se◠〈…〉 diuers questions and Differences haue arisen and beene moued betweene your said subiect Tho Lo Wentworth and the Copy-holders and customary tenants of the sayd Mannors for and concerning the Copyhold lands tenements hereditaments and estates of and within the same Mannors and diuers customes benefits priuiledges discharges other matters concerning the said Copy-hold estates and premises For appeasing whereof and for preuention of the like and all others which in time to come might happen or grow betweene the said Lord his heyres or assignes and others Lords of the said Mannors and the said Copy-holders and customary tenants named in the said Indentures and others tenants of their tenements that shall be hereafter The same Indentures together with certaine schedules thereunto annexed were by the mutuall consent and agreement of the said Lord and tenants made sealed deliuered and duly inrolled in Your Maiesties High court of Chauncery In which said Indentures and schedules are conteined and comprised diuers customes orders immunities discharges benefits and priuiledges by which the said Copy-holders and customary tenants their heires and assignes were and are to take hold vse and enioy inherit alien demise and dispose all and euery or any the landes messuages tenements cotages and hereditaments which they euery or any of them respectiuely then held claimed or enioyed by force or pretence of any grant before that time made by Copy of Court Roll of the sayd Mannors or either of them And diuers other agreements betweene the said Lord and Copy-holders or customary Tenants as in and by the said Indentures and schedules more at large it doth and may appeare Which said Indentures and schedules The Indenture of the 20 day of Iune was decreed in Chancery See Pag 12. and all the matters therein conteyned in or shortly after Trinitie terme in the said Fifteenth yeare of Your Highnes raigne vpon a bill exhibited into Your Maiesties said court of Chauncery by the said Copy-holders against the said Lo Wentworth and vpon the same Lords answer thereunto were duly confirmed established and Decreed by the Decree of your Maiesties said court of Chauncery as by the said bill answere and Decree remaining of Record in the said court it doth also appeare And whereas in the said Indentures one Recitall of the clause for making of Leases See Pag 7. and Pag 39. Clause or Article is conteined in these words following And the said Thomas Lord Wentworth for him his heyres and assignes doeth by these presents grant and agree to and with the said Sir Iohn Iolles and all other the persons named to be parties to these presents and to and with the heyres and assignes of euery of them that euery one of them and euery of their heires and assignes shall and may freely hereafter from time to time grant lease or demise by Deed or otherwise without licence or copy of Court rolle such or so much of the lands tenements and hereditaments or any part or parts thereof of which they or any of them are Copy-holders or customary tenants or reputed to be Copy-holders or customary tenants to such person and persons and for such terme and
estate not exceeding Thirty and one yeares and foure momonethes in possession from the time of the making of any such grant or demise as to theÌ„ and euery or any of them respectiuely shall be thought fit or necessary without any forfeiture of estate seizure claime disturbance deniall or impeachment of the said Thomas Lo Wentworth his heires or assignes or any of his or their officers So allwayes that such grants lease and leases so to be made be at the first or second generall court for the Mannor whereof the landes or tenements so happening to be granted leased or demised are parcell to be holden next after the making thereof be published in open Court of that Mannor before the Homage there and a Remembrance thereof to be required to be made in the Rolles of the same court for the date terme and quantity of lands cottages or tenements so granted leased or demised Which remembrance the said Thomas Lord Wentworth couenanteth and granteth for him his heires assignes to with the said Sir Iohn Iolles and all other the said persons named parties to these presents and their and euery of their heires and assignes vpon the tender of a certainty thereof in writing to the Steward or Deputy Steward of that mannor for the time then being together with six pence of lawfull money of England for the entring thereof shall be in the court rolles of that Mannor duly and in conuenient time and without delay inrolled and a note thereof deliuered by the Steward for the time being or his Deputy to the party so leasing or any for him without any other consideration fee or reward to be giuen or paid for the same And in the said Schedules one other article Recitall of the 38 article see Pag 39. to the like effect is conteyned in these wordes following Item if any person or persons be disposed to let his or their customary lands or tenements to any other person or persons and to their executors and assignes for the terme of one and thirty yeares or lesse the same person or persons haue and shall haue full power and authority to set or let to farme his or their copy-hold landes or tenements to any person or persons their executors administrators and assignes for the terme of one and thirty yeares and foure monethes or lesse in possession from the time of the making there of by writing without any licence to him or them to be granted and without paying any fine to the Lord or incurring any forfeiture or seizure of or for the same So as the same lease doe not exceed one and thirty yeares and foure monethes from the time of the making thereof But such lease is and ought to be presented to the Homage of the Mannor whereof the landes or tenements so leased are held within one yeare after the making thereof Or else the same lease so made and not presented as is aforesaid shall bee void of none effect as in and by the said Indentures and Schedules appeareth The intent and true meaning of which said Indentures The intent of the Clause and Article was to make good all leases not exceeding 31. yeares and 4. monethes and of all and euery the said parties thereunto was and now is That the said clauses and articles should shall be taken and construed to be to confirme allow and make good all euery leases and grants made and to be made and entred as aforesaid although any such lease or grant leases or grants hath or haue beene or shall be made or limited to commence or beginne from after or at any day or time after the making or date thereof so as the whole terme granted or to be granted in or by such lease or grant leases or grants together with the time incurred or to to incurre from the day of the date or making thereof vntill the day or time limited or to be limited for the beginning or commencement thereof do not exceed Thirty and one yeares and foure monethes in the whole And the said seuerall limitations and prouisions conteyned in the said first recited clause or article for or concerning such publishing of the said leases or grants and such requiring of a remembrance thereof to be made in the said rolles and such tender of the Certainty thereof inwriting and of the said six pence for the entry thereof as in and by the same clause or article is prescribed or metioned And the said limitation or prouision conteyned in the said last recited clause or article for or concerning such presenting of such leases to the said Homage as in and by the same last recited clause or article is prescribed or mentioned were inserted into the sayd seuerall clauses or articles respectiuely as is aforesaid To the onely intent And to prevent frauds c. and purpose to preuent frauds to be vsed by any Copy-holders of the said Mannors or either of them in letting his or their Copy-hold lands or tenements for yeares at a small rent or otherwise and afterwardes surrendring the same to the vse of some other person or persons for money or other considerations as if it were in possession and not charged with any such Lease or grant But not with any purpose that the neglect or omission of publishing any such Lease or But not to giue any forfeictur to the Lord for neglect grant in the court of the said Mannors or either of them or of any request to be made for any such remembrance thereof to be made in the Rolles of the said Court or of the tendring of a certainty of any such lease in writing to the said Steward or Deputy Steward of any of the said Mannors or of the said six pence for entry thereof or of the presenting thereof to the sayd Homage as in and by the said recited clauses or articles is limited or mentioned should giue or be any cause of forfeiture or seizure of any of the said copyhold premisses so to be leased or granted to the Lord of the said Mannors or either of them for the time being but onely to make such Leases and Grantes for and in respect of such neglect or omission as is aforesaid vtterly voyd of no eâ—â—ect which said intent true meaning of the said Indentures and of the said parties thereunto is testified agreed and declared in and by certaine other Indentures made betweene the said parties to the said first recited Indentures and bearing date the last day of The Indentures of the 30 of Iune Iune in the said Fifteenth yeare of your Maiesties Raigne May it therefore please Your most excellent Maiesty at the humble suite of your said subiects and for the setling of perpetuaâ—l peace and quietnesse amongst them in and concerning the premisses That it may be enacted by your highnesse with the assent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament Assembled and be it enacted by the Authority of