En Brief de Trespass pur prisel certein deniers de le Plaintiff un un del ' Tales fuit challenge pur ceo que il est comen hosteler de Larons et est demurrant al un Lieu que est notorious suspitious de male fame Moy semble que ceo est principal Challenge 21. Vn Panell sur Suggestion fait al Court est fait del ' Hundred prochein adjoinant a le Hundred ou le Visne est alledge de quel Panell trois sont jurès sur le principal Et sur Tales agard un de eux est Challenge pur ceo que il n'ad riens deins le Hundred ou le Visne est alledge Moy semble que cest Challenge n'est bon per les Parolls de cest Estatute FINIS THE CASES OF Mr. Risden IN HIS READING IN August 1612. UPON The Statute of the 21 H. 8. Cap. 19. of AVOWRIES LONDON Printed for Norman Nelson at Grayes-Inn Gate in Holbourn 1680. L'Estatute de Anno XXI Henrici Octavi Cap. xix de Avowries WHERE as well the Noblemen of this Realm as divers other Persons by Fines Recoveries Grants and secret Feoffments and Leases made by their Tenants to persons unknown of the Lands and Tenements holden of them have been put from the knowledg of their Tenants upon whom they should by order of the Law make their Avowries for their Rents Customs and Services to their great Losses and Hinderances ¶ Be it therefore Enacted Established and Ordained by Authority of this present Parliament That wheresoever any Mannors Lands Tenements and other Hereditaments be holden by any manner of person or persons by Rents Customs or Services that if the Lord of whom any such Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments be so holden Distrein upon the same Mannors Lands or Tenements for any such Rents Customs or Services and Replevin thereof be made that the Lord of whom the same Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments be so holden may Avow or his Bailiff of Servant make Cognizance or Justifie for the taking of the said Distresses upon the same Lands Tenements or Hereditaments so holden as in Lands or Tenements within his Fee or Seigniory Alleadging in the said Avowry Cognizance and Justification the same Mannors Lands and Tenements to be holden of him without naming of any person certain to be Tenant of the same and without making any Avowry Justification or Cognizance upon any person certain And likewise the Lord Bailiff or Servant to make Avowry Justification or Cognizance in like manner and form upon every Writ sued of Second Deliverance And also be it Enacted by the said Authority That every Avowant and every other person and persons that make any such Avowry Justification or Cognizance as Bailiff or Servant to any person or persons in any Replegiare or Second Deliverance for Rents Customs or Services or for Damage Fesant or for other Rents or Rents upon any Distress taken in any Lands or Tenements if the same Avowry Cognizance or Justification be found for them or the Plaintiffs in the same be Non-suited or otherwise Barred that then they shall recover their Damages and Cost against the said Plaintiffs as the said Plaintiffs should have done or had if they had recovered in the Replegaire or Second Deliverance found against the said Defendants And be it also Ordained That the said Plaintiffs and Defendants in the said Writs of Replegiare or Writs of Second Deliverance and in every of them shall have like Plees and like Aid and Prayers in all such Avowries Cognizances and Iustification Plees of Disclaimer only excepted as they might have had before the making of this Act and as though the said Avowry Cognizance or Justification had been made after the due Order of the Common Law And it is further Enacted by the said Authority That all such Persons as by the Order of the Common Law may lawfully joyn to the Plaintiffs or Defendants in the said Writs of Replegiare or Second Deliverance as well without Process as by Process shall from henceforth joyn unto the said Plaintiffs or Defendants aswell without Process as by Process and to have like Pleés and like Advantages in all things Disclaimer only excepted as they might have done by the Order of the Common Law before the making of this Act. Les CASES de Monsieur RISDEN en son Lecture in August 1612. sur L'Estatute de 21 H. 8. Cap. 19. de Avowries LEctio Prima Tertio Augusti sur les Parolls del Statute That wheresoever any Mannors Lands Tenements and other Hereditaments be holden of any person or persons il monstre What Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments may be holden What person and person may hold such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and of what person and persons such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments may be holden within the Purview of the Statute and what not 1. Deux mesnes per 12 d. les mesnes font done en tayle donee esteant implede vouch A. et B. les donors A. disclaime B. enter en le garranty le Donee tient de B. per fealtie tantum mes ne tient ascun terres deins L'estatute 2. Feme Donee in tayle de mesnaltie tenus per 12 d. marrie ove tenant Seignior release al baron Le baron devie La feme devie un estranger enter l'Issue distreine il tient del donor per sealtie tantum mes tient nul terre deins l'estatute 3. Estranger levie Fine sur Conuzance de droit come ceo c. al B de son terre demesne et per fait enter eux le use est declare al A. et ses heires Donee enfeoffe deux ove garrantie al un et ses heires donee et cestuy a que le garrantie est fait morust et assets descend al Issue l'issue tient un moitie del ' Seignior survivor le Feoffee tient le auter moitie mes A tient nul terre deins l'estatute 4 Mesne tient per 6 d. et Seignior ouster per 12 d. Mesne en consideration de 20 l. destre paye bargaine et sale le mesnaltie son feme est attaint de Felony et procure sa Pardon mesne devie et sa feme marrie Bargainee que assigna le tierce part del ' mesnaltie pur sa dower et morust sans heire feme serra attendant pur 12 Mes ne tient ascun terre ou hereditament deins L'estatute 5. Le mesne en consideration de natural amour que il port a sa soer del ' demy sanke et in consideration que un A. marria sa dit soer covenant destoire seisie al use del A. et sa dit soer in tayle le remainder al Ayel A. en fee mesne morust le marriage est solemnize Pier A. est attaint de Treason et execute Ayel morust A tient Tenements et Hereditaments de Seignior deins cest Estatute 6. Copyholder en feé surrender et per fait declare que l'use apres son mort serra al son
avowry fuit destre fait al Comon Ley pur tiel service sur le person Mesme la Ley ou Tenant est a payer fine sur chescun alienac'on ceo n'est service deins cest statute Tenure per divine service est service deins cest statute Tenure a repairer un Pont ou un haut voy ou un Beacon que sont tenures pro bono publico tenure a marrier un poor Virgin annualment que est worke de Charitie tenure a trover un Preacher ou Provider les Ornaments de tiel Esglise queux sont work de Devotion En touts ceux cases coment le Seignior n'ad ascun particular benefit per le service uncore sont services deins cest statute Tenant a repairer un Castle ou private meason del ' Seignior sont tenures et services deins cest statute et uncore ils gisont solement en feasance mes fi Seignior distreine pur negligent feasans de ceux services et rescous a luy soit fait il n'avera Assize Tenure per suit al Court ou per suit al Molin le Seignior ou pur arer ou reaper le Corne del ' Seignior ne sont services deins cest statute eo que le chose destre fait esteant passe ne poiet estre fait ou recover mes solement in defect de ceo d ' aver un amercement que est auter chose que le tenure et service Harriot Custome n'est Custome deins cest Estatute Home devant l'estatute de Quia emptores terrarum dona terre al 2 a aver l'un moitie a l'un et ses heires et l'auter moitie a lauter et ses heires rendant 20 s. rent ou a cest jour dona terre a 2 a aver et tener l'un moitie a l'un en tayle et l'auter moitie a l'auter en tayle rendant 2 s. rent Feoffees et Donees ne teigne per ascun rent deins cest statute eo que al Comon Ley nul avowrie en cest case fuit destre fait sur le person Car joint avowrie ne poiet estre fait sur tenants en Comon et several Avowries sur le person ne poient estre fait eo que n'est que un rent et nemy severall Rents et nul avowrie est deins cest statute mes lou l'avowrie devant l'estatute fuit sur le person Mes si soit Seignior et Tenant et Tenant al ceo jour fait Feoffment del ' moitie coment le rent ne serra apportion uncore Feoffee tient per Rent deins cest statute eo que l'avowrie devant l'estatute fuit destre fait sur le Feoffee pur tout le rent Si terre soit lesse a volunt rendant rent ceo n'est rent deins cest statute eo que al Comon Ley en ceo case l'avowrie ne fuit destre sur le person LEctio Tertia decimo die Augusti Pur ceo que les Parols del ' statute sont ouster That if the Lord distrein and replevin thereof be sued the Lord of whom the said Lands or Tenements or Hereditaments be so holdeu may avow or his Bayliff or Servant make Conusance or justifie for taking the said distress upon the said Lands Tenements or Hereditaments as in Lands and Tenements within his Fee and Seigniory Al cest jour il est monstre in queux Acc'ons Suits et Courts le Seignior avowera en queux cases ferra Conusance et en queux cases il justifiera deins cest statute Et en queux nemy 1. SEignior et Tenant composition est fait que Tenant paya al Seignior 10 s. pur touts services Seignior devisa le Seigniory en tayle et devise ouster que ses Executors vendont le reversion et morust tenant en breif d'entrie voucha donee et Comon recoverie est ew l'Executors vendont le Reversion al 2 donee morust sans Issue vendees en Assise pur rent sont summon et sever l'un vendee morust l'auter distreine Tenant ad deliverance en Countie Coutt que est remove per Recordare le Vendee avowera deins cest Statute 2. Pere seisei de 2 acres dona l'un a son fits et a sa feme en tayle rendant rent et morust le baron esteant empleade voucha luy mesme pur saver l'Estate tayle Lieu est enter et recoverie ew baron devie feme enter en l'auter acre le heire distreine et le pleint est remove per tin Accedas ad Curiam le heire ferra avowrie deins cest statute 3. Tenant en tayle rendant rent donee suffer comon Recoverie al use A. pur vie le remainder al B. pur vie le remainder al H. en fee A. purchase le rent en fee et apres ceo grant a H. et ses heires et morust B. appere al Replevin sans ascun distresse prise ou Replevin sue H. n'avowera deins cest statute 4. Seignior et Tenant per Fealtie et rent A. recover le rent vers Seignior A. distreine et en avowrie ad Judgment irrepleg ' A. distreine avers pur mesme l'arrerages Viscount fait deliverance mes ne retorne le breif A. n'avowera deins cest statute 5. Home lessa put 10 anns et apres lessa mesme le terre pur 20 ans a comencer apres fine ou surrender del ' primer lease rendant rent et pur defalt de paiement un re-entrie le Lussee grant le reversion al B. pur vie le remainder al C. en fee Lessee pur 10 anns surrender rent est demand est arrere B. accept le rent et morust C. enter A. re-enter rent encurre durant primer 10 anns A. ad auter beastes en Withernam C. n'avowera deins cest statute 6. Seignior et 4 Iointenants per homage et rent A. purchase part de B B. et A. lease pur vie remainder en tayle Lessee pur vie purchase part de B et ceo grant al Lessors que distreine et Seignior nonsuit le Plaintiff en Replevin Lessors ount breif de retorno habendo Viscount retorne averia elongata et sur ceo auter avers sont deliver in Withernam Lessee port Second Deliverance lessors avowera deins cest Statute 7. Seignior et Tenant per 20 s. rent A. purchase le Seigniorie et grant le teirce part de ceo al B et apres en consideration de natural amour que il port a C. Evesque de Exon ' esteant son frere covenant destoier seisie al use luy et ses successors del ' Moitie del ' Seigniorie què il purchase Evesque distreine et mesme mitta ses avers in le pound en lieu des avers le Tenant evesque avowera pur 10 s. deins cest statute 8. Seignior et Tenant per 20 s. rent ove Proviso que serra Loyall al Seignior et ses heires a distreine en Black Acre Seignior grant le rent pur vie ove condic'on que si Grantee paya 10 l que il avera le Seigniorie a
shillings by the Year of Freehold for term of life that the Writs of Venire Facias which from and after the First day of April next coming shall be awarded and directed for the impanelling of such persons as shall try the same Issue shall be in this form Rex c. Precipimus c. qd ' Venire fac ' coram c. XII liberos legales homines de Visn ' de B. quorum quilibet habeat quadraginta solidat ' Terrae Tenementorum vel Reddit ' per Annum ad minus per quos Rei veritas melius sciri poterit Et qui nec c. And so forth the Residue of the said Writ after the ancient form And in every Case where it is not requisite that the Persons that shall pass upon the Tryal of any Issue joyned in any of the Kings Courts aforesaid shall dispend forty shillings by the year of Freéhold that then the Writs of Venire Facias that shall be awarded after the said first day of April shall be made after the form aforesaid omitting this Clause quorum quilibet habeat quandraginta solidat Terrae Tenementorum vel Reddit ' per Annum ad minus And that upon every such Writ and Writs of Venire Facias that shall have the said Clause quorum quilibet c. the Sheriff or other Minister or Ministers to whom the making of the Panel shall appertain shall not retorne in any such Panel any Person unless he may dispend Forty shillings by the year at the least of Estate of Freehold out of ancient Demesne within the County where the Issue is to be tryed And also shall return in every such Panel upon the same Venire facias six sufficient Hundredors at the least if there be so many Hundredors within the said Hundred where the Venew lieth upon pain to forfeit for every one being returned in any such Panel that cannot dispend forty shillings by the year as is aforesaid Twenty shillings And for every Hundredor that shall be omitted in such Return of the Number aforesaid Twenty shillings And in every Writ of Venire Facias wherein the said Clause quorom quilibet c. shall be omitted the Sheriff or other Minister or Ministers to whom the making of the Panel shall appertain shall not retorne in any such Panel any Person unless he may dispend some Lands or Tenements of Estate of Freehold out of Antient Demesne within the County where the Issue is to be tryed And also shall return in every such Panel upon the same Venire facias six sufficient Hundredors at the least if there be so many Hundredors within the said Hundred where the Venew lyeth upon like Pain as is aforesaid And furthermore be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That upon every first Writ of Habeas Corpora or Distringas with a Nisi Prius delivered of Record to the Sheriff or other Minister or Ministers to whom the making of the Return shall appertain the said Sheriff or other Minister or Ministers shall from and after the said first day of April return in Issues upon every person impanelled and returned upon any such Writ at the least five shillings And at the second Writ of Habeas Corpora or Distringas with a Nisi Prius upon every person impanelled and returned upon any such Writ ten shillings at the least And at the third Writ of Habeas Corpora or Distringas with a Nisi Prius that shall be further awarded upon every person impanelled and returned upon any such Writ thirteen shillings four pence And upon every Writ that shall be further awarded to try any such Issue to double the Issues last above specified until a full Iury be sworn or the Process otherwise cessed or determined upon pain to forfeit for every retorn to be made contrary to the form aforesaid five pounds And for a more speedy Tryal of Issues to be tryed by the Verdict of Twelve Men hereafter to be had Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That in every such Writ of Habeas Corpora or Distringas with a Nisi Prius where a full Iury shall not appear before the Iustices of Assize or Nisi Prius or else after Appearance of a full Iury by Challenge of any of the Parties the Iury is like to remain untaken for default of Iurours that then the same Iustices upon request made by the Party Plaintiff or Demandant shall have Authority by vertue of this Act to command the Sheriff or other Minister or Ministers to whom the making of the said Return shall appertain to name and appoint as often as need shall require so many of such other able persons of the said County then present at the said Assizes or Nisi Prius as shall make up a full Iury which persons so to be named and impanelled by such Sheriff or other Minister or Ministers shall be added to the former Panel and their Names annexed to the same And that every of the Parties shall and may have his or their Challenge to the Iurours so named added and annexed to the said former Panel by the said Sheriff or other Minister or Ministers in such wise as if they had beén impanelled upon the Venire facias awarded to try the said Issue And that the said Iustices shall and may proceed to the Tryal of every such Issue with those persons that were before impanelled and returned and with those newly added and annexed to the said former Panel by vertue of this Act in such wise as they might or ought to have done if all the said Iurours had beén returned upon the Writ of Venire facias awarded to try the said Issue And that all and every such Tryal had after the said first day of April shall be as good and effectual in the Law to all intents constructions and purposes as if such Tryal had beén had and tryed by Twelve of the Iurours impanelled and returned upon the Writ of Venire facias awarded to try such Issue And in case such persons as the said Sheriff Minister or Ministers shall name and appoint as is aforesaid or any of them after they shall be called be present and do not appear or after his or their Appearance do wilfully withdraw him or themselves from the presence of the Court That then such Iustices shall and may set such Fine upon every such Iurour making default or wilfully withdrawing himself as is aforesaid as they shall think good by their discretion the said Fine to be levied in such manner and form as Issues forfeited and lost by Iurours of default for their Appearance at the Common Law have beén accustomed to be levied And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That where any Iury that shall be returned by the Sheriff or other Minister or Ministers shall be made full by the Commandment of the said Iustices by vertue of this present Act that yet nevertheless such persons as were returned in the
puisne fits en tayle rendant rent et pur defalt de payment un re-entrie Copyholder morust rent est arrere le heire morust et son heire enter le heire tient de Seignior mes ne tient ascun terre deins l'estatute 7. Copyholder en feé Surrender al use del ' A. pur vie remainder al B. en fee Seignior grant le terres per Copy al C et apres admit A. en fee A. fait Lease a comencer al Michaelmas et morust Copyholder morust B. tient de Seignior mes ne tient terres deins cest Statute 8. Seignior de terres Ancient Demesne per 12 d. rent il et Estranger disseise le Tenant Seignior confirme le terres al Estranger a tener per Comen Ley per 8 d. le Disseisor tient del ' Seignior per 12 d mes tient nul terre deins l'estatute 9. Baron seisei de terres en droit sa feme il et sa feme lessont al A. et B. pur lour vies Lessees ceo lessont al C. pur vie de A. baron ad Issue feme devie baron enter Seignior release al Issue baron tient de Seignior Paromount deins cest Statute 10. Pere enfeoffe son puisne fits sur condic'on que il enfeffera auter absolutement leigne fits enter puisne fits re-enter leigne fits tient le terre mes ne tient ascun terre deins cest Statute 11. Roy ayant terre per Recusancie ceo grant ouster quam diu in manibus nostris fore contigerit le Recusant esteant donee in tayle est attaint en Praemunire le donee tient del ' Seignior mes ne tient ascun terres deins cest Statute 12. A. B. et C. Iointenants de terre devisable A. release al B B. devise la terre al Hospital de Saint Bartholomew C. et B. devie Mayor et Comminaltie de Londres tient le tierce part de terre deins cest Statute 13. Mesne levie Fine le heire de Conusor est forejudge en breif de mesne Tenant Enfant fait Feoffment rendant rent durant son nonage que al pleine age accept le arrearages feffee tient del ' Seignior Paramount deins cest Statute 14. Terre est done al Alien et al heires son corps Sur Condic'on d'aver fee Office est trove Alien performe le Condition l'alien tient le terre deins Cest Statute ☞ Issint sur les parolls de cest division quant al primer part de cco sc What Lands Tenements or Hereditaments may be holden il ad estre tenus que si Seignior mesne et tenant sont que le mesne tient deins cest Statute Car coment que le mesne n'ad riens en le terre del Seignior et le Seignior poit distreine pur les Services Et si le mesne devie sans heire ou son heire deins age Seignior avera breif d'escheate ou breif de gard supposant que il tient le terre nemy le mesnaltie mes si Seignior mesne et Tenant sont et le mesne dona le mesnaltie en tayle rendant rent le donee tient del donor mes ne tient ascun terre deins l'estatute Car la il ne tient le terre mes le mesnaltie Copyhold terre n'est ascun terre Tenement ou Hereditament tenus deins cest Statute Ancient Demesne terre est hors del Statute Terre en possession le Roy coment que soit pas temporarie estate durant ceo temps nest tenus deins cest Statute Touts Choses queux sont parcell d'un Mannor poient estre tenus deins cest Estatute Contrarie de choses regardant appendant appurtenant al Mannor come Villein Commons Chimin Courts Leets Estraies Waifes c. Advowson in grosse que commence rac̄one structure poit estre tenus deins cest Estatute Contra d'Advowson que commence ratione fundationis vel donationis Quant al Second part de cest Statute ☜ quel person poiet tener il ad estre tenus que coment les Parolls del ' Statute sont Where any Lands are holden that the Lord of whom the Lands are so holden may avow upon the Lands so holden as upon Lands within his Fee and Seigniory Touts queux parols seeme d'extender enter le veray Seignior et le veray Tenant uncore donee in tayle Lessee pur vie ou ans ou Tenant per le Curtesie teignont deins cel Statute mes Tenant en Dower ou el est attendant al heire per le tierce part des services Tenant a volunt ou sufferance Tenant per Statute ou Elegit ne teignont deins cest statute Mes si donee in tayle morust sans Issue et sa feme est endowe El est tiel Tenant en Dower que tient deins cest statute Tenant en Frankalmoigne ne tient deins cel statute contrariè de son Alienee mes tenant per divine service et auxy son alienee tient deins cel statute Moigne est un Person que poiet tener deins cel statute et ceo est solement in case de disseisin Tiels persons queux ne poient purchaser mes al use d'auters uncore poient tener deins cest statute car ils sont Tenants in facto coment nemy en droit Tenants per Tort come disseisors Abators intrudors et tiels teignont deins cest statute car ils sont tenants in facto coment nemy en droit Corporation tient deins eel statute uncore n'est Parson mes Corps Politique Doneé in tayle ou Frankmarriage discontinue et devie lour Issues teignont deins cest statute car ils sont Tenants en droit Mesme le Ley de Feoffor devant notice coment que il nest Tenant neque en droit neque en fait mes Vouchee apres entre en garranty ou Tenant qui alien pendant precipe vers lui coment que ils sont Tenants al ascun purposes uncore ne teignont deins cel statute Cestuy que use al Comen Ley ne tient deins cest statute car il ne fuit Tenant en droit neque in fait mes Feoffor devant notice coment que il nest Tenant neque en fait neque en droit tient deins cest statute come devant est expresse Tenant per Estoppell ne tient deins cest statute Quant al tierce part de cest division ☜ de quel person terre poiet estre renus diens cest statute il ad estre tenus que cestuy que n'ad que particular estate en le Seigniorie come tenant in tayle pur vie ou ans est person de quel terre poiet estre tenus deins cel statute Auxy tenant per Statute ou Elegit de Seigniorie ou Reversion sont Seigniors deins cest statute Auxi Tenant en Socage coment que il n'ad riens mes al use le heire et est accomptable uncore est Seignior deins cest statute et uncore nul de eux poiet tener deins cest statute come ad estredit devant Si Executors ou Administrators distreine
pur arrerages due al temps del ' mort le Testator ou intestate ils ne sont Seigniors ne avoweront deins cest Statute Corporac̄on est person de quel terre poiet estre tenus deins cest Statute Roy n'est person de quel terre poiet estre tenus deins cest statute eo que Replevin ne gist versus luy LEctio Secunda septimo die Augusti Pur ceo que les parolx del ' Statute sont Wheresoever any Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments be holden by any person or persons by Rents Customes or Services al cest jour Il monstre What Rents Customs and Services are meant intended and provided for within the Purview of this Act and what not 1. TEnant conust Statute et morust Seignior seisa le Gard et continua possession del ' terre ouster son terme Conusee ad la terre deliver a luy en extent Voyage Royal est sait Seignior grant le Seigniorie Escuage est assesse leGrantee a vera Sum̄ assesse mes ceo n'est Rent Service ou Custom deins l'estatute 2. Fits disseise son Pere et apres marrie per fait testifiant le assent son Pere endowe sa feme de rent en fee hors de terre feme apres attaint procure son pardon Pere et fits devie Roy grant le Rent a tener per fealtie et Rent et apres grant le Seigniorie Patentee avera le Rent Mes ceo n'est rent ou service deins l'estatute 3. Seignior mesne et tenant Le Tenant tient per 5 s. et mesne per 1 s. Seignior disseisa le Tenant et Lessa pur vie le mesne grant le surplusage Lessee pur vie devie Tenant re-enter il tient del ' mesne et rendra le Rent al grantee mes ne tient per ascun Rent ou service deins cel statute 4. Ayel Pere et fits Ayel devie Seignior encroach sur Pere Pere devie fits endowa sa Mere versus quel Ayeless recover en breif de Dower et morust Mere ne tient per ascun Rent ou service deins cel statute 5. Doneé en Frankmarriage de terres en Borough English enfeffa A que enfeffe puisne fits le Donee Pere devie Donor distreine pur faire fits Chivaler mes ceo n'est Rent ou service ou custome deins l'estatute 6. Home ad Issue 2 fits per divers venters et morust leigne grant Rent charge al B. et morust sans Issue l'auter enter et done le terre al A. en tayle B. disseisa A. et enfeoffe l'heire A A. devie B. n'avowa deins cest statute 7. Seignior mesne et Tenant per Harriot service mesne est attaint de Felony Seignior confirme al tenant a tener quite de touts manner de services mesne reverse le attainder tenant fait feoffment in fee et morust mesne n'avowera pur le Harriot deins cest statute 8. Gardein sur assignment de Dower reserve Rent pur le surplusage Les heires esteant parceners veignont al plein age et agree l'assignment l'un parcener disturbe le tenant de sa Comon l'auter distreine El avowera pur le moitie del ' Rent mes rie avowera deins l'estatute 9. A. Tenant per service a repaiter un pont est disseisie per B A. purchase le Seigniore et apres release al B. tout son droit en le tenancie savant le Seigniorie pur anns A. ad un inheritance en le Seigniorie et avowera deins cest statute pur cest service mes si il distreine et rescusse soit fait il n'avera assise 10. Tenant tient per 12 d. et mesne per 2 s tenant fait done en Frankmarriage donees font homage le mesnaltie descend ' al donor donor avera 2 s. Rent mes ceo n'est rent ou custome deins cest statute 11. Seignior et Tenant per suit a son molin Pere le Seignior purchase un acre del ' tenancie en taile et morust tenant eme blees et eux mola aylors Seignior ne distreine ne avowera deins cest statute 12. Deux Joint-mesnes per 5 s Seignior encroacha 10 s l'un mesne prist le Tenant al baron Seignior grant Seigniory l'auter mesne attorne le grantee ferra deux avowries mes ne avowera deins cest statute ☞ Issint sur les parols de cest division primerment quant a cel paroll rent il ad estre tenus que si soit Seignior Mesne et tenant et Mesne done le Mesnaltie en tayle rendant rent que ceo est bone reservation et bone rent mes durant le continuance del ' tenancie ceo n'est ascun rent deins cel statute car sont auter parols deins l'estatute Que s'il distreine et Replevin est port què it avowra issint què l'estatute extende solement a tiel rent pur quel distress poiet estre prise et icy durant le continuance del ' tenancie nul distress poiet estre mes si le tenancie escheate tunc il distreine pur touts arrerages et avowe deins cest statute Auxi si sont Seignior mesne ct Tenant le Mesne tient per rent deins cest statute Car per ceo le Seignior poiet distreine sur le tenancie Rents Charges sont hors de cest statute car nul avowrie pur eux fuit sur le terre come sur terre charge ove lour distresse Rents distreinable de Common droit come pur surplusage de mesnaltie rent sur egaltie de partic'on sur assignment de Dower rent que tenant en dower paya al heire en respect de attendancie Seigniories del ' Mesne Siegniories save per l'estatute de Chaunteries et tiels sont hors de cest Statute Il ad estre tenus que si Roy done Rent charge a tener de luy per rent et services que ceo en case de Roy est bone tenure et que si le Roy grant cest rent et service ouster que Patentee avera le rent mes il n'avowera pur ceo deins cest statute Si home fait done en tayle rendant rent et donee suffer Comon Recovery le rent remaine mes n'est rent deins cest statute Touts Rents Secks sont hors del ' statute Car ils ne sont distreinable et avowry ne poiet estre mes lou il est distresse Rents et Tenures gaine per Estoppell ne sont rents deins cest statute mesme le Ley de rents gaine del ' Tenant per Encroachment Quant al Parols Services il ad estre tenus que touts casual et accidental services come Escuage Castle Gard Aid a faire fits Chivaler ou a file marrier Releife cybien apres le mort del ' Tenant per Chivalrie come per Socage tenure sont hors de cest statute mes homage et fealty coment sont casual et accidental services sont deins cest statute eo que sont corporal services Harriot service n'est deins cest statute eo que nul
THE Excellency and Praeheminence OF THE Lavv of England ABOVE All other Humane Lawes in the WORLD Asserted In a Learned Reading upon the Statute of 35 H. 8. Cap. 6. Concerning Tryals by Iury of Twelve Men and Tales de Circumstantibus By Thomas Williams late of the Inner Temple Esq sometime Speaker of the Commons House in PARLIAMENT II. Mr. Risden's Reading upon the Statute of 21 H. 8. Chap. 19. of AVOWRIES III. Judge Hale's Opinion in some Select Cases IV. Certain Cases which have been formerly Mooted by the Society of Greys-Inn LONDON Printed by the Assigns of R. and E. Atkins Esquires for Norman Nelson at Greys-Inn-Gate in Holbourn MDCLXXX The Publisher's PREFACE THE BOOK consisting of Four several and distinct Tracts it will not be unnecessary to give the Reader a brief praeliminary Account of each And first to begin with the Reading upon the Statute of 35 H. 8. Cap. 6. of Jurours and Tales de Circumstantibus by Mr. Williams of the Inner-Temple to whom Mr. Dugdale in his Origines Juridiciales gives the Title of Prolocutor Parliamenti begun in Quadragesima 3 4 Phil. Mariae it is usher'd into the World with an Incomparable Praeface wherein is most Learnedly asserted the Excellency and Preheminence of the Lawes of England above all other Humane Lawes in the World in respect of the great Benefits and Advantages the Subjects of England do receive and enjoy in their Trials by Juries and the Verdict of Twelve honest Men of the Neighbourhood where the Fact is committed or the cause of Action doth arise Which Reading he hath divided into Nine Branches or Lectures In the First whereof he tells us in what Actions Suits and Demands the Triall provided by this Statute shall take Effect and in what not And in what Courts such Actions c. ought to be brought and commenced And in what place the Court ought to be kept And when the â—ction shall be commenc'd in one Court and shall be sent to be tried in another Court And that it is his Opinion that the Triall ordain'd by this Statute lies only in such Actions as have their Trial by 12 Men and no more and that only in such Actions in which the Proces of Venire facias Habeas corpora and Distringas doth lie against the Jurours after Issue joyn'd and in no other Actions In the Second Lecture by way of Exposition upon these words of the Statute Issues joyn'd between party and party He shews between what persons and Parties the Trial provided by this Statute shall take Effect and who shall be said to be party within the Purview of this Statute and who not Thirdly he discovers what Issue Joyn'd shall be tried according to the intendment of the Statute and what not also of what Issues the Plaintiff or Demandant may be ousted of his Triall ordain'd by this Statute and of what not And moreover forasmuch as the words of the Statute be That in every Writ of Venire facias which hath this Clause Quorum quilibet every one who shall be retorn'd ought to have Freehold of the value of 40 s. per annum at the least and every one that shall be retorn'd in the other Writ of Venire facias upon this Clause Quorum quilibet ought to have some Freehold he tells us in his Fourth Lecture what shall be said sufficient Franktenement for Jurours upon the one Writ and upon the other Fifthly you have his Opinion upon those words of the Statute That the Sheriff shall not omit to retorn such persons as have sufficient Freehold c. upon pain of forfeiting 20 s. When the Sheriff or other Minister retorns any persons who at the time of the Panel made have not any Freehold and yet have sufficient when they are to be sworn shall not lose the penalty of the Statute and when they shall lose the penalty where they retorn persons who have sufficient Freehold at the time of the Retorn and when they shall be sworn they have nothing and when they shall not lose the penalty in such case upon this Statute And when the Sheriff may by their retorn of Jurours of sufficient Freehold otherwise lose the Penalty intended by this Statute and when not Sixthly whereas the words of the Statute are That the Sheriff shall impanel upon every Venire facias 6 sufficient Hundredors and that he shall lose for every Hundredor omitted in the Panel 20 s. He shews who shall be said sufficient Hundredors according to the intendment of the Statute and who not and when he shall lose the penalty for retorning no Hundredors Seventhly he tells you upon what default or non-appearance of the Jurours the Justices of Nisi prius may award Tales according to the Statute and upon what not and when the Plaintiff or Demandant shall have a Tales upon his prayer and yet when it is retorn'd he shall not proceed to the taking of the Inquest according to the intendment of the Statute and how many persons the Sheriff may retorn upon a Tales according to the Statute In the Eighth Lecture he informs us what person Plaintiff or Demandant may pray the Tales according to the Statute and what not And what persons the Sheriff c. may retorn upon the Tales and what not Ninthly and lastly he gives us an Account what Challenges the Parties may have to the Array or to the Poll of the Tales de Circumstantibus and what not and what shall be said a Principal Challenge and what not and when the Poll-Challenge shall be drawn presently upon the Challenge and when not The Second Treatise in order is that of Mr. Risden of the same House being a Reading upon the Statute of 21 H. 8. cap. 19. of Avowries distinguished into Five Divisions or Lectures In the First whereof he shews 1. What Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments may be holden 2. What Persons may hold such Lands c And 3. Of what persons such Lands c. may be holden within the Purview of the Statute and what not In the Second Lecture he demonstrates what Rents Customs and Services are meant intended and provided for within the Purview of this Act and what not In the Third Lecture he tells us In what Actions Suits and Courts the Lord may Avow 2. In what Cases he shall make Conusance And 3. In what Cases he may Justifie within the Statute and what not Fourthly he declares his Opinion what things may be distrain'd and upon what Lands such Distress may be taken and upon what not within the Statute 2. If Seisins and other Observances in Avowries at Common Law be required in Avowries upon this Statute And Lastly he explains how far the second Branch of the Statute extends to other Rents than those are included in the first and to what other Rents And in what Cases the Defendant shall recover Costs and Damages by this Statute and in what not The Third and Fourth Parts of this Collection being Genuine and
Avowry c. Alceo primer ilest monstre quel chose poiet estre distreine et sur quel terte tiel disttess poiet estre prise et sur quel nemy deins cest statute Si seisins et auter observances en Avowries al Comon Ley sont requires en Avowries sur cest statute 1. A Devise terre al B. pur vie remainder al heires del ' Corps A remainder a son file en fee et A. B. morust leigne fits A. morust l'Issue al plein age devant son marriage satisfie Lessa al baron del ' file pur vie reservant l'ancient rent ove garrantie et apres grant le Reversion al C què ceo grant al Lessee l'Issue morust sans Issue baron devie feme lessa pur ans Seignior enter feme distreine avers del ' Lessee alant sur le Comon c'est bone distresse Mes nient prise sur terre deins cest statute 2. A. en considerac̄on d'un marriage ove B. covenant destoier seisie al use de luy mesme tanque marriage et apres al use B A. lessa pur ans ove proviso a distreine en Black Acre le marriage prist effect A. devie Lessee grant son terme sur Condition le Condic'on est enfreint grantee fait Feoffment B. enter grantor re-enter B. pur Rent encurre durant son possession distreine en black acre le distresse est bien prise Mes nemy sur terre deins cest statute 3. Seignior per Chivalrie n'ad estre seisie per 60 ans Tenant recover en Assise vers Seignior mesne devie Seignior seisa le gardship Tenant alien en mortmaine Seignior enter mesna al pleine age enter sur luy Seignior distreine l'avers del ' Tenant alant sur le Common ceo est bone distress Mes nient prise sur ascun terre deins cest Statute 4. Tenant enfeoffe son Seignior esteant Deane et Chapter Roy deins l'an enter e't per ses Letters Patents bargaine et vende le terre al A al use B. a tener del ' cheif Seignior Le Deane et Chapiter distreine Mes pur defalt de seisin n'avowera deins cest statute 5. Lesseé pur vie lessa pur vie remainder al Lessor et Seignior en fee Lessor enter Seignior ad retorne irreplevisable Seignior distreine l'avers le Tenant que veignont sur le terre per escape c'est bone distresse et sufficient seisin de avower deins cest statute 6. Disseisor de Tenant en tayle lessa al A. B. et C. successivè pur lour vies remainder al B. en fee uncle collateral del ' donee release al R. ove garranty et morust A. morust donee enter et suffer Comon Recovery donor avowera sans ascun seisin deins cest Statute 7. Baron et feme lessont terre la feme pur vie rendant Rent remainder al B. pur vie Lessee est disseise baron dtvie feme Release al disseisor touts acc'ons disseisor morust seisie et apres le terre descend al feme feme receive le rent Lessee devie feme enter et lessa pur ans rendant Rent B. enter feme ad sufficient seisin Mes n'avowera deins cest statute 8. Tenant voucha le heire al Comen Ley et puisne fits en Borough English Demandant ad Judgment et Execuc'on et le Tenant ouster puisne fits enter en le terre recover en value l'heire re-enter le Rent serra apportion Mes le distresse ne fuit prise sur ascun terre deins cest Statute 9. Pendant un precipe de terre en Borough English Estranger enter et morust seisie puisne fits lessa ceo et auter terre rendant un esperver demandant ad Judgment et enter Lessor morust ayant 2 fits puisne fits distreine sur l'auter terre il avera un esperver Mes n'avowera sur cest distresse deins cest Statute 10. Feoffeé ove garrantie a luy ses heires et assignes lessa pur vie Lessee esteant implede vouch le Lessor et ad en value un acre tenus del ' Feoffee Lessee fauxifie le recoverie et enter seoffee enter en le terre done en value Feoffee distreine avers le Lessee il poiet plede cest matter en barre del ' avowrie pur cest statute 11. Tenant en especial tayle ad Issue 2 files per severall venters disseisor lessa pur vie sur condic'on d'aver fee donee release all Lessee ove garrantie en forma predicta Pere devie condic'on est performe assets descende Lessee lessa pur vie rendant Rent leigne file enter Lessor distreine en l'un il avowera sur tout le terre deins cest Estatute 12. Doneé en tayle lessa pur vie et apres disseise Lessee et enseoffe B. son frere Lessee re-enter et morust Donee morust B. suffer recoverie Donor release al cestuy que recover B. morust sans Issue l'issue en tayle revers le recovery Donor distreine et avowera deins cest statute ☞ Issint sur le parols de cest division quant al chose que poiet estre distreine il ad estre tenus què fuit bone distress et puit droituralment estre prise per voy de distresse deyant l'Estatute est bone distresse et poiet estre distress per cest statute Car cest Statute ne differ del ' Comen Ley en le nature de distress ne en le manner ou le usage de distress Mes touchant le lieu ou le distress serra prise ad fait novel Ley er pur ceo quant al cest part ou le distresse est destre prise il ad estre tenus si Seignior et tenant sont et le Tenant ad Comon en le Wast del Seignior ut appendant ou appurtenant a son tenement le Seignior al Comen Ley poit distreine l'avers le Tenant usant le comon Mes cest distress nest prise fur ascun Tenement deins cest statute car les parols del ' Statute sont si'l distreine sur le terre tenus et replevin de ceo soit sue que il poit avow upon the same Lands as upon Lands within his Fee and Seigniory alledging in his said avowry the same Lands to be holden of him et uncore cest terre ne'st tenus de luy Mes est le Freehold Wast et demesne del ' Seignior et le Tenant ad solement en ceo un Comon pur ses avers que n'est tenus Mes si Seignior et Tenant sont de Wast et le Tenants del ' Tenant et auter inhabitants pur cause de vicinage ou auterment ount comon en le Wast Seignior poit distreine avers del ' Tenant alant sur le Wast et avow deins cest Statute Mes les avers del ' Comoners il ne poit distreine al Comen ley ne deins cest Estatute Advowson que n'est que jus presentandi poit estre tenus deins cest statute et si les avers de Patron veignont sur le Glebe terre ou sur le Cemiter