great discretiō take the helpe and opinion of some skilful Surgeon to consider thereof before they determine vpon the case Mainprise MAinprise is when a mā is arrested by capi as then the Judges may deliuer his bodie to certeine menne for to keepe and to bringe him before them at a certaine daye and these be called mainpernours and if the partye appeare not at the daye assigned the mainpernoures shal be amerced Mannour MAnnour is a thinge compounde of diuers thinges as of a house lande arrable pasture meadowe woode rent auowson court baron and such like make a manor this ought to be by longe contynuaunce of time to the contrary◠whereof mans memory cannot tel for at this day a manor cānot be made because a court baron cānot nowe be made and a manour cannot be w tout a court baron suters or fréeholders two at the least for if all the fréeholdes except one escheate to the lord or if he purchase al except one there his manor is gone for that it cannot bée a mannor without a court Baron as is aforesaid and a court baron cannot bée holden but before suters not before one suter therfore where but one fréehold or fréeholder is there cannot bée a mannour Manumission MAnumission is in ii sortes the one is a manumission expressed the other a manumissiō implyed or secreat Manumission expressed is when the Lord maketh a déed to his villen to enfraunches hym by this word Manumittere which is as much to say as to let one goe out of an other mans hands or power The manner of manumittinge or infraunchising in old time most vsually was thus The Lorde in presence of hys neyghbours toke the bonde manne by the heade saying I wil that this manne be frée and therewyth shewed him forwarde out of hys handes and by this hée was frée without anye more a doe Manumissyon implyed wythout this woode Manumittere is when the lorde maketh an obligation to his villē to pay him money at a certein daye or suith him wher he might enter without sute or graunteth vnto his vyllen an annitie or lesseth lande to him by déede for yeres or for life in dyuers such like cases y e villen thereby is made frée Maximes MAximes be the foundations of the lawe the conclusions of reason and are causes efficient certein vniuersall propositions soe sure and perfect that they may not bée at any time impeached or impugned but ought alwaies to bée obserued and holden as strong principalles and aucthorities of thēselues although they cannot be proued by force of argument or demonstratiōs logicall but are knowen by enduction by y e way of sence memory As for example it is a maxime that if a man haue issue 2. sonnes by diuers women and the one of them purchase landes in fée and dieth wythout issue the other brother shall neuer be hys heyre c. Also it is an othermaxime that lāds shal discēd frō the father to y e sōne ▪ but not frō the sōne to y e father for that is an ascention c. diuers such like there be Maynour MAynour is when a théefe hath stolne and is followed with hue and cry and taken hauing y t founde about him which he stole that is called the maynour And so we cōmonly vse to saye when we finde one doing of an vnlawfull act that wée tooke him with the maynour or maner Misprision MIsprision is when on knoweth that an other hath committed treason or felony and will not discouer him to the Q. or to her councell or to any magistrat but doth conceale the same A chapleine had fixed an olde seale of a patent to a newe patent of non residence and this was holden to bée misprision of treason onely and noe counterfeiting of the Q. seale Also if a man knowe mony to be counterfet bringe the same out of Irelād hither into England and vtter it in payment this is but mysprision of treason and no treason soe it is in diuers such like cases And in al cases of misprision of treason y e partie offendor shall forfayt his goods for euer and y ◠profets of his landes for terme of his life and his body to prison at the Q. pleasure And for misprision of felonie or trespas y e offēdour shalbée committed to prison vntill hée haue founde suerties or pledges for his fine which shal be assessed by y e ducretion of y t Justices before whom he was conuict And note that in euerie treason or felonye is included misprision and where any hath cōmitted treason or felony the Q. may cause y e sāe to be indited and arramed but of misprision onely if she will Shewinge of deedes or Recordes SHewinge of déedes or Recordes is as if for example an actyon of dette be brought against one vppon an obligation or by Executors c. there after that the pleyntife hath declared he ought to shewe his obligatiō or y ◠executour the testamēt to the court and soe it is of Recordes And the diuersitye béetwene shewing of deeds or Recordes hering of déeds or records is thus he y ◠pleades the deede or record or declares vppon it to him it doth appertaine to shewe the same And the other agaynst whom such déede or record is pleaded or declared and is thereby to bée charged may demaunde hearing of the same déed or record which his aduersarie brigeth or pleadeth against him Mortgage or Morgage MOrtgage or Morgage is whē a mā maketh a feoffement to another on such condition that if the feoffour pay to the feoffée at a certaine day xl li. of money that then the feoffour may reenter c. In thys case the feffée is called tenaunt in morgage And as a mā may make a feoffement in fée in morgage so hée may make a gift in tayle or a lease for terme of life or for term of yeares in morgage And it seemeth that the cause why it is called morgage is for that it standeth in doubt whether the feoffor will pay the money at the day appointed or not and if hée fayle to pay then y ◠land which hée layed in gage vppon condition of paymēt of y e money is gone from him for euer so dead to him vpō cōditiō But if he pay y ◠money then is the gage dead as to y ◠tenāt y t is to say the feoffée for this cause it is called in latin mortuum vadium as master Littleton sayth or rather mortuum vas as I thinke Mortmaine MOrtmaine was whē lands were geuen to a house of religion or to a cōpany which be corporat by y e kings graūt then the land is cōe into mortmain that is to say in English a dead hand and the kynge or the lord of whō y e lād to holden may enter into thē Mulier MUlier is a word vsed in our lawe but howe aptly I cannot tell nor doe wel knowe howe
right to present is called patron Age prier AGe prier is wheÌ„ an accion is brought against an infant of lands that hee hath by discent there he shal shewe the matter to the court shall pray that the action shal abide til his ful age of one and twenty yeres and so by awarde of the court the suit shal surcesse But in a writte of Dower in Assise also in such actions where the infaÌ„t coÌ„meth in of his own wroÌ„g he shal not haue his age Also note well y â— there be many diuersities of ages for y â— Lord shal haue ayde of his tenant in socage for to marye hys doughter when y â— doughter of the lord is of thage of vii yeres and also aide for to make his sonne heire knight when hée is of the age of seuen yeres Also a womaÌ„ which is maryed at the age of ix yeres yf her husband die seysed shal haue dower not before nine yeres Also xiiij yeres is y â— age of a womaÌ„ y â— she shal not be in ward if she were of such age at y â— time of the death of her auÌ„cester but if she were w tin y â— age of xiiii yeares and in ward of y e lord theÌ„ she shal be in ward til y â— age of 16. yers also xxj yeres is the age of y â— heire male to â—ée in warde and after y â— out of warde also it is y â— age of male and female to sue to be sued of lands which they haue or clayme by discent to make al maner of contractes bargaines and not before But if such an infaunt w t the age of xxj yeres geue his goods the donee take them hee may haue an action of trespas but otherwise it is if hee delyuer them him selfe Agreement A GréemeÌ„t is after this sorte defined or expouÌ„ded in master PlowdeÌ„s ComeÌ„taries AggreamentuÌ„ is a worde compounded of two wordes namely of Aggregatio and Mentium that is to say agremeÌ„t of minds so that agréement is a consente of myndes in some thinge done or to bee done and by drawinge together of the ij words Aggregatio meÌ„tiuÌ„ by the hasty short pronouncing of theÌ„ they be made one woorde to wit AggreameÌ„t ' which is no other thing then a ioining putting cuppling knitting together of ij or moe mindes in any thinge done or to bée don Sée after in Testament And this agréement is in iij. maners The j. is an agrement executed al ready at y â— beginning The second is an agreement after an act done by an other and is an agreement executed also The third is an agremeÌ„t executorie or to be don in time yet to come The first which is an agreement executed already at y â— beginning is such wher of mencion is made in y â— stat of 25. E. 3. cap. 3. of clothes in y â— iiij statute which saith that y â— goods things bought by forestallers beinge therof attainted shalbée forfait to the Queene if the huyer haue therfore made gree with the seller in which case this woorde Gree which is otherwise called agrement shal be vnderstood agremeÌ„t executed y â— is paiment for y â— things The secoÌ„dmaner of agrement is where one doth a thing or act and an other agrees or assentes thereto afterward as if one doe a disseisin to my vse and after I agree to it nowe I shal be a disseisour from the beginning such agréement is an agréemeÌ„t after an act don The iij. agremeÌ„t is wheÌ„ both parties at one tyme are agreed that such a thing shal be done in time to come and this agréement is executory in as much as the thing shal be done after and yet there their â—â—indes agreed at one tyms but because the perfourmance shal be afterwarde and so the thinge vppon which the agreemeÌ„t was made remaynes to be done y â— agréemeÌ„t shal be said executory And y â— the statute of 26. H. 8. cap. 3. doth prooue where it saith that euery vicar person such like c. before their actual possession or medling w t the profits of their benifice shal satisfie content c. or agree to pay to the vse of the Quéene the first fruits c. and if any such person vicar c. enter in actual possessioÌ„ c. this agrement is to be vnderstoode executory as y â— coÌ„mon vse prooues for it is vsed y â— he w t one or ij w t him doe make two or thrée obligations for it to bée payed at certeine dayes after And this agréement executorye is denided in ij pointes One is an agréement executory which is certein at the beginninge as is sayed laste béefore of the first fruits The other is where y â— certentye doth not appeare at the first and y â— parties are agréed y â— the thinge shal be performed or payed vppon the certenty knowen As if one sell to an other al hys wheat in such a tasse in his barne â—nthreshed it is agréed betwene theÌ„ y â— he shal pay for euery bushel xij d. when it is threshed cleaned measured Aide AIde is when tenaunt for terme of life tenaÌ„t in dower tenant by curtesie or tenant in tayle after possibilitie of issue extinct is impleded then for that y â— they haue noe estate but for terme of lyfe they shal pray in aid of him in the reuersion proces shalbée made by writ against him to coÌ„e and plede with the tenaÌ„t in the defence of the land if he wil but it behoueth that they agree in plee for if they vary the plée of the tenaÌ„t shal be taken and then the aide prayer is voide but if hee come not at the second writte then the tenant shal aunswere sole Also tenaunt for terme of yeares tenaunt at wil tenaunt by Elegit and tenaunt by statute merchaunt shall haue aide of him in the reuersion theseruant and baylie of their mayster when they haue done any thing lawfully in the right of their maister shal haue aide Ayde of the Kynge is in lyke case as it is sayed béefore of a common personne and also in manye other cases where the king may haue losse although that the tenaunt be tenaunt in fee simple hée shal haue aide as if a rent bée demaunded against the kynges tenant which holdeth in chiefe he shall haue aide and so hée shall not haue of a common person Also where a Citie or borough hath a fee ferme of the kinge any thinge bée demaunded agaynst them which béelongeth to the fée ferme they shal haue ayde for the losse of the king Also a man shall haue ayde of the kynge in the stéede of voucher Also the kynges Bailife the collector and purueyour shall haue ayde of the kinge as well as the officers of other persons Alien ALien is he whose father him selfe were both borne out of the Quéenes legeance and if such an
lawe because that in the eye and consideration of the lawe hée is demed to be in possession for asmuch as hée is tenant to euery mans action that will sue concerning y e same lands or tenementes Preamble PReamble taketh hys name of the preposition Pre before and the verbe Ambulo to goe see ioyned together they make a compound verbe of the first coniugatyon Preambulo to go before and hâ—â—â—of the first part or beeginning of an act is called y â— preamble of the act which preamble is a key to open the minds of the makers of the act and y e mischiefes that they in tende to remedy by the same as for example the statute made at West â–ª minster the first the 37. chapter which giueth an attaint the preamble of which is thus For as much as certain people of y e realme dout very little to giue false verdictes or othes which they ought not to do wherby many people are disherited and lose their right it is prouided c. Prescription PRescription is when one hath had or vsed any thinge sith the time whereof no minde is to to the contrary Presentment PResentment is when a manne which hath ryght to géeue a benefice spiritual nameth the personne to whome hée will geue it and maketh a writing to the Bishop for him that is a presentation or presentmeÌ„t Pretensedright or Title PRetensed right or title is where one is in possession of landes or tenements and an other who is out of possession claimeth it or sueth for it Nowe the pretensed right or title is said in him who soe doth sue or clayme And if he afterward come to y e possessioÌ„ of the same laÌ„ds or tenements his right or title is extinâ—t or suspendedin the lande Priuie or priuite and Pris uies PRiuie or priuite is where a lease is made to hold at wil for yeres for life or a feoffement in fée and in diuers other cases nowe béecause of this that hath passed betwéene these partyes they are called priuies in respect of straungers betwéene whom noe such dealinges or conueyances hath ben Also if there be Lorde and tenaunt and the tenaunt holdeth of y e lorde by certein seruice there is a priuitie betwene theÌ„ because of the tenure and if the tenaunt be disseysed by a straunger there is no priuitie béetwéene the dissâ—â—our and y â— lord but the priuitie styll remaineth béetwéene the Lord and the tenant thâ—t is disseysed and the Lord shall auowe vpon him for that he is his tenant in right and in the iudgment of the lawe Priuies are in diuers sortes as namely priuies in estate priuies in déede priuies in lawe priuies in right and priuies in bloode Priuies in estate is where a lease is made of the manner of dale to A. for lyfe the remâ—ynder to B. in see there both A. and B. are priuies in estate for their estates were both made at one time And soe is it in the first case heare where a lease is made at wil for life or yeres or a feoffement in fée y â— lessées or feoffées are called priuies in estate so are their heires c. Priuyes in déede is where a lease is made for lyfe and afterwarde by an other déede the reuersion is graunted to a straunger in fée thys grauntee of the reuersion is called pryuie in déede béecause that hée hathe the reuersyon by deede Priuie in lawâ—is where there is Lorde and tenaunt the tenaunt lesseth the tenauncye for lyfe and dyeth without heire and the reuersion escheates to the lord hée is said priuie in lawe béecause that hée hath his estate onely by she lawe that is to saye by escheat Priuie in ryght is where one possessed of a terme for yeres graunts his estate to an other vppon coÌ„dition maketh his executours and dieth nowe these executors are priuies in right for if the condityon bee broken and they enter into the lande they shall haue it in the right of their testatour and to his vse priuie of blade is the heire of y â— feoffour or donor c. Alsoe if a fine be leuied the heires of him y t leuied the fine are called priuies Priuiledges PRiuiledges are lyberties and Fraunchises graunted to an offyce place Towne or manner by the Quéenes great Charter letters patentes or act of parliament As Tolle sake Socke Infangtheefe vtfangethéefe turne tolle oredelfe and diuers such like for which looke in their proper titles and places Next frende NExt frend and warden in Socage is all one and is where a maÌ„ seysed of landes holden in Socage dieth hys issue within age of 14. yeares then the next frind or next of kinne to whom the lands cannot come or discende shall haue the keepinge of the heire and of the land to the only vse of the heire vntil he come to the age of 14. yeares and then at that yeares hée may enter and put him out and bringe hym to accompt but in that accompt hée shalbée allowed for all reasonable costes and expences beestowed either vppon the heire or his land And the next frind or next of kynne to whom the inheritaunce cannot discend is thus to be vnderstoode if the landes discend to the heire from his father or any of the kyn of his fathers side theÌ„ the mother or other of the mothers side are called the next of kynne to whom the inheritaÌ„ce cannot dyscende for beefore that it shal so dyscende it shall rather escheat to the Lorde of whom it is holden and so it is to be vnderstoode where the landes come to the heire from hys mother or any of y e kyn of his mothers side TheÌ„ the father or other of the fathers side are called the next of kin to whom the inheritaunce cannot discende but shal rather escheat to the Lorde of whom it is holden Protestation Protestation is a sauinge to the partie that so pleadeth by protestation to bée concluded by any matter alledged or obiected agaiÌ„st him vpoÌ„ which he caÌ„not ioin issu And is no other thing but an exclusion of the conclusion for hée that taketh the protestation excludes the other party to conclude hym And thys protestatyon ought to stand with the sequele of the plea and not to bée repugnant or otherwise contrary Purchase PUrchase is the possess that a manne hath in landes or tenements by his owne act meanes or agréement and not by title of â—iscent from any of his auncestours Quarentine QUarentine is where a man dieth seysed of a maner place and other lands whereof his wyfe ought to bée endowed then the woman shall hold the manner place xl dayes within which time her dower shalbée assigned But if shée marie w tin the 40. daies shée shall loose her quarentine Fifteene FIftéene is a payment graunted in parliameÌ„t to the Quéene by the Temporaltie namely the 15. part of their goods And was vsed in auncient tyme to bée leuied vppon their Cattayle goynge in their groundes which thynge was
very troublesome and therefore nowe for the most part that way is altered and they vse to leuy the same by the yarde or Acre or other measure of lande By meanes whereof it is nowe lesse troublesome and more certen then before it was And euery Towne and coūtrey doe knowe what summe is to be payed amonge them and howe the same shal be raysed Wée read that Moyses was the first that did number the people for he nūbred the Israelits and therefore the first taxe subsidy tribute or fiftéene was inuented by him amonge the Hebrues as Polidore Uirgil doth thinke Regrator REgrator is hée that hath corne vittailes or other thinges sufficient for his owne necessary néede occupation or spendinge and doth neuerthelesse engrosse and buy vppe into hys handes more Corne vittailes or other such thinges to the entent to sell the same againe at a highe rand déerer price in faires marketes or such like places Reioynder REioynder is when the defendant maketh aunswere to the Replication of the plaintyfe And euery Reioynder ought to haue these ii properties specially that is to say it ought to bee a sufficient aunswere to the Replication also to followe and enforce the matter of the barre Reliefe REliefe is sometimes a certen some of money that the heire shall pay to the Lord of whō those landes are holden which after the discease of his auncestour are to him dyscended as next heire sometymes it is the payment of an other thinge and not money And therefore reliefe is not certen and a like for all tenures but euery sundry tenure hath for the most part hys speciall reliefe certayne in it selfe Neyther is it to bée payed alwayes at a certen age but varyeth therein also acording to the tenure As if the tenaunt had landes holden by knyghtes seruics except great Sergeantie and die his heire being of full age and helde his lands by the seruice of a whole knightes fée the Lord of whome that lands are soe holden shal haue of the heire 100. s. in the name of relyefe And if he helde by lesse then a knightes fée hee shal pay lesse and if more then more hauinge respect alwaies to the rate for euery knightes fée an hundred shillinges And if hée helde by graunde serieantie which is alwayes of the Quéene and is also knightes seruice then the relyefe shalbée the value of the lande by the yeare besides al charges issuinge out of the same Reliefe that the lorde shal haue for lands holdē in Socage is soe much more as the rent that the tenaunt holdeth his lande in Socage by as if hee holde by a penye rent and die the lorde shal haue that peny rent and a peny ouer for reliefe of what age soeuer the tenaunt be at the death of his auncestour And note that insome cases the lord shal haue his reliefe immediatly after the death of his tenaunt if it soe be that the tyme of the yeare wil suffre the same to be gotten as money corne flesh fish spices or any such like and for default of payement the lorde maye therefore of cōmon right presently distraine But in some cases the Lorde must stay for his reliefe a certen time when necessitie soe constraineth As if the tenāt helde by a rose a chery a strawbery or such like die in winter he shal not haue reliefe til roses cheries and strawberies are naturally fresh and ripe which is about midsomer then he shal haue one for rent an other for reliefe There is an other kind of reliefe that is payd after the death change or alienation of fréeholders that hold in auncient demesne and otherwise is paied as a knowledge of the tenure betwene y e lord and the tenant The same is not certein how much But doth vary according to y e custome of the mannour or tenure and is to be presented by the homage or sutours at the next court day of the same maner And note that alwaies when the reliefe is due it must bee payed at one whole payment and not by partes although that the rent bée to be payed at seueral festes Remainder REmaynder of lande is the lande that shal remaine after the particuler estate determined As if one graunt lanoe for terme of yeres or for lyfe the remaynder to I. S. that is to saye that when the lease for yeares is determined or lessée for life is dead that then y ◠land shal remaine shal be or abide with to or in I. S. Replication REplication is when y ◠defendaunt in any action maketh an aūswere and the plaintife maketh an aunswere to that that is called the replicatiō of the plaintife Reprises ▪ REprises are deductions payments and dueties that goe yearely and are payed out of a manour As rent charge rent secke pentions corodies annuities such like Resceipt REsceit is when an action is brought agaynst the tenaunt for terme of life or tenaunt for terme of yeres and he in the reuersion commeth in and praieth to be receiued to defende the land and to plede wyth the demaundaunt And when hée commeth it behoueth that hée bée alway redy to plede with the demaundant Reseruation REseruation is taken diuers waies hath diuers natures as some times by way of exception to kéepe that which a mā had before in him as if a lease bee made for yeares of ground reseruing y e great trées growing vpon the same nowe y e lessée may not meddle w t thē nor w t any thing y t commeth by reason of thē so longe as it abideth in or vpon the trées as mast of Oke Chestnut Aples or such like but if they fall from the trées to the ground then they are in right the lessées for y ◠ground is set to him and al theruppon not reserued c. Sometimes a reseruation doth get and bringe forth an other thynge which was not before As if a m◠lease his lāds reseruing yerely for y e sāe xx li. c. and diuers other such reseruatiōs thereby And note y e in auncient time their reseruations were as wel or for the more part in victualles whether flesh fish corne bread drink or what els as in mony vntill at the last and that chiefely in the raigne of kinge Henry the first by agrement y ◠reseruation of victuals was changed into ready money as it hath hither so since continued Retraxit REtraxit is the preterperfectēce of Retraho compound of Re and Traho which make Retraho to pull backe and is when the party plaintife or demaundant commeth in proper person into the court where his plea is and sayth that hée wil not procéede any farder in the same c. Now this shal be a barre to the accion for euer Reeue REeue is an officer but more knowen in auncient tyme then at thys day for almost euery manour had then a Réeue and yet styll in many coppy hold manners where the old custome any thing preuayleth
definitiō of villenage is villein of bloude and of tenure And it is he of whome the Lord taketh redemptyon to mary his daughter to make him frée it is hée whom the lord may put out of his lāds and tenements at his wil alsoe of al his goods and cattel And note wel y t a sokmā is no pure villeine nor a villeine oweth not ward mariage nor reliefe nor to do any other seruices real And note wel that the tenure in vyllenage shall make noe frée man villeine if it be not continued sith tyme oute of mynde nor vyllayn land shal make no frée manne villeine nor frée lande shall make noe villeine frée except that the tenāt haue contynued frée sith the tyme of noe minde but a villeine shal make frée land villein by seysin or claime of y e lord And note wel that if a villain purchase certaine land take a wife alien and dieth before the claime or seysin of y e lord y e wife shalbée endowed And note wel y t in case that the lord bring a Precipe quod reddat against the alien the which voncheth to warraunt the issue of the villaine which is villeine to the Lorde hée shal haue the voucher by protestation y e Lorde may say that notwithstandinge that hee plede with his villeine yet his villeine shall not bée enfraunchised And note well that a bastarde shall neuer bee iudged bylleyne but by knowledge in court of recorde And note well that if det be due by a Lord to a free man and he maketh two men his executours the which bée villeynes to the sayed Lorde and dyeth the villeines shall haue an actyon of dette agaynst their Lorde notwythstandinge that he plede with them And if he make protestation they shall not bée for so much enfraunchised for that that they be to recouer the dette aforesaid to the vse of an other person that is to say to the vse of their testatour and not to their owne vse And if the tenāt in dower haue a villeine which purchaseth certaine land in fee and after the tenaunt in dower entreth shée shal haue the land to her to her heires for euer more the same lawe is of tenaunt for terme of yeres of a villein And note wel that the Lorde may roble his villain bete and chastice at his wil saue onely that he may not maime him for then he shal haue appell of mayme agaynste him ¶ And note well that a villaine may haue iij. actions against his lorde y t is to say appel of death of his aunce stour appel of rape don to his wife appel of maime And note well if two parceners bring a writ of Nyefe one of thē be nonsute the nonsuite of hym shalbée iudged y t consuit of them both soe that if the non-suite be after apparance they shalbée put oute from that actiō for euer for the lawe is such in fauour of liberty And note well if two haue a vylleine in comen one of them make to him a manumission he shal not be made frée against both And note wel that in a writ de Natiuo habendo it behoueth that the lorde shewe howe hee cōmeth priuy of the bloode of the villeine of whome hée is Lorde c. And if hée nor none of hys auncestours were not seysed of none of hys blood he shall not wynne by his action if y ◠villein haue not knowledged in court of record him selfe to bée his villein And note wel that in a writ of Niefe may not be put more niefes then ij this was first brought in in y ◠hatred of bondage But in a writ de Libertate probanda may bée put as manye nyefes as the plaintife will ¶ And note well that if the vylleyne of a Lorde bée in auncien demesne of y e king or other towne priuileged within a yere and a day the lorde may seise him and if he dwel in the same towne or other place fraunchised by a yere and a daye without seisin of the Lord he hath noe power to seyse him after if hée goe not in estraie out of the foresaid fraunches Taile ¶ To hold in the taile is where a man holdeth certaine lāds or tenements to him and to his heires of hys body béegotten And note wel that if y ◠land be géeuen to a man and to his heires males and hée hath issue male hee hath fée simple and that was adiudged in y e parliament of our Lord the kynge But where landes or tenementes bée géeuen to a man and to his heirs males of his body begotten then hée hath fée tayle and the issue female shal not bée enheritable as it appereth the xiiii yere of Edward the third in assise Taile apres possibilitie ¶ To hold in the taile after possibilitie of issue extinct is where lād is geuē to a mā to his wife to the heires of their ii bodyes ingendred and one of them ouerlyueth the other wythout issue betwéene them béegotten hée shall holde the lande for terme of hys owne life as tenaunt in the taile after possibilitie of issue extinct And not withstanding that he do wast he shal neuer be impeched of that wast And note that if hée alien hée in the reuersion shal not haue a writte of entre in consimili casu But hée may enter and hys entre is lawfull per Robertum Thorpe chiefe Justice Frankmariage ¶ To holde in frankemariage is to holde in the seconde tayle lymit in the statute of Westminster seconde cap. 1. And the feoffour shal acquite y ◠feoffée of al maner of seruices vnto y e 5. degrée be past and y e feffour shal do all the seruice and suites duringe y e sayde terme And after the heires of the feoffée shall doe it for that that the priuitie of bloud is past And if hée bée distrained for seruyce hée shal haue a writ of Mesne agaīst him supposing that he held the lands of him but he shal not haue the foreiudgement if it be not in aduauntage of his issues And note well that after the fowerth degrée be past he shall bee attendaunt of as much seruice to the donour as the donour is attendant to the Lord paramount And if hée do felony for which he is attaint the king shal haue his lands for terme of his life naturall And after hys death hys issue shal inheryte as by force of the tayle And in this case none shall haue hys lands by way of eschete no more then in any other taile And in case that the tenant die without heire of hys body begotten the lande shall reuert to the donour as it shoulde in the common tayle And if a manne let his land to another in franke mariage yeldynge to hym a certayne rent by yeare hée shall hold this land in the common tayle and not in frankemariage for by the rent reserued these woordes
béefore a temporall Judge c. and the prisoner praieth his clergye that is to saye to haue hys booke which is as much as if hée desired to bée dismyssed from the Temporall Judge and to bee deliuered to the Ordinarie to purge hym selfe of the same offence This priuyledge at the firste was not soe generall in respect of the parties that should take benefite thereby as it afterwarde beecame to bée for at the beginninge beinge a popishe inuentyon the patrons thereof were very partial and wolde not that any should reape commodity thereby but their popish priestes only and such as were wythin orders as aforesayed and this arose amonge them partlye through their great pride dysdayninge to bee vnder the obedience of their natural kinges and temporall correctyon and partelye of polycie for shame lest the leude maners of their spiritualty should come to the open view examination of y e layetie as they distinguish them noe meruaile at al for w tin a fewe of the first yeres of king Henry y e secoÌ„ds raigne the clergie of the Realme had committed aboue one hundred seueral murders vppon hys subiectes as the Kinge was certenly informed besides many robberies and other outrages for remedy whereof order was taken by y e king his nobilitie and w t much a doe the Clergie consented therto y t if any clerke from thence forth committed felony or treason he should first be degraded and afterwarde deliuered to the lay power there to receiue as to his offence belonged c. at y â— last in fauor of life a thing to bee shewed indifferently towards al mankinde and for the loue of lerninge it was graunted to al men that could reade though they were neither priestes nor w tin orders And since in parliament made vpon good considerations it hath ben restreined and taken away in dyuers cases as in wilful murder Burglary and such others Clerke attaint Clerke conuict CLerkes are in ii sorts that is to say Clerkes attaint Clerkes conuict Clerke attaint is he which prayeth his clergy after iudgement gyuen vpon him of the felony and hath his clergy allowed such a Clerke may not make his purgatioÌ„ Clerke conuict is hée which prayeth his clergy before iudgment gyuen vppon him of the felony and hath hys clergy to him graunted such a clerke may make his purgation Colour COlour is a fayned matter which the defendant or tenant vseth in his barre when an accion of trespas or an assise is brought against him in which he gyueth the demandant or plaintife a shewe at the first sight that he hath good cause of accion where in troth it is no iust cause but onely a colour and face of a cause And it is vsed to the intent that the determynatyon of the accion should bée by the Judges and not by an ignorant Jury of xii men And therefore a colour ought to bée a matter in law or doubtfull to the common people as for example A. bringes an assise of land against B. and B. saith that hee hym selfe did let the same land to one C. for terme of life and afterwarde did graunt the reuersion to A. the demaundaunt and after C. the tenaunt for terme of lyfe died after whose decease A. the demaundaunt claiming the reuersion by force of that graunt whereto C. the tenaunt for life did neuer atturne entred vpoÌ„ whom B. entred against whom A. for y â— entre bringes this assise c. this is a good colour because the comoÌ„ people thinke that the land will passe by the grauÌ„t without atturnement where in déede it wil not passe c. Also in an accion of trespas colour must bée geuen and of them are an infinite number one for example In an accion of trespas for takinge away of the playntifes beastes the defendaunt saith that before y e pleintife had any thing in theÌ„ hée himselfe was possessed of theÌ„ as of his proper goodes and deliuered them to A. B. to redeliuer them to him againe when c. and A. B. gaue them vnto the plaintife the plaintife supposing the propertie to be in A. B. at y â— time of the gift tooke them and the defendant tooke them from the plaintife whereupon the plaintife bringeth y e accion this is a good colour and a good plea. Colour of office COlour of office is alwaies takeÌ„ in y e worst part signifieth an act euel done by the countenance of an office and it beareth a dissemblinge face of the right office where as the office is but auaile to the falsehod the thinge is grounded vpoÌ„ vice and the office is as a shadowe to it But reason of the office vertue of the office are taken alwayes in the best part and where the office is the iust cause of the thynge and the thynge is pursuing to the office Collusion COllusioÌ„ is where an accion is brought agaynst another by hys owne agreement if the plaintife recouer then such recouery is called by collusion and in some cases the collusion shall bée enquired of as in a Quare impedit an assise such like But in auowry nor in a writ of entrie or any accyon personall the collusion shall not bée inquyred Common law COmmon lawe is for the most part taken 3. waies first for the lawes of this Realme simple without any other lawe as customary lawe Ciuil lawe Spirituall lawe or whatsoeuurr els lawe ioyned vnto it as when it is disputed in our laws of England what ought of right to bée determyned by the comon lawe and what by the spirituall lawe or Admirales Court or such like Secondly it is taken for the kinges courtes as the kynges bench or common place onely to shewe a difference béetwéene them and y â— base courtes as Customary courts courtes barons county courtes pipouders and such like as when a plea of land is remoued out of auncient demesne because the laÌ„d is frank fée pleadable at the coÌ„mon lawe y t is to say in y â— kings court and not in auncien demesne or in any other base court Thirdly and most vsually by the comon law is vnderstoode such laws as were generally taken and holden for lawe before any statute was made to alter the same as for example Tenant for life nor for yeares were not to be punished for doinge wast at the common lawe tyll the statute of Glocester ca. 5. was made which doth giue an action of wast against them But tenant by the curteâ—y and tenaunt in dower were punishable of wast at the common law that is to say by the vsual and comon receiued laws of y â— Realme before the sayd statute of Glocester was made Comon COmmon is the right y t a maÌ„ hath to put his beastes to pasture or to vse to occupy the grouÌ„d that is not his owne And note y â— there be diuers comons that is to say comoÌ„ in grosse common appendaunt comon appurtenant comoÌ„ because of neighbourhod Common
father brother cosin or other man that he wolde appoint should take it if it were a house of Monkes and if hée were founder of a house of Nuns or women theÌ„ the same for his mother Sister Cosin or other woman that hée would direct thither And alwaies this was prouided for that hée that had Corody in a house of Monkes might not seÌ„d a woman to take it Nor where Corody was due in a Nunry there it was not lawful to appoint a man to receiue y â— same for in both cases such presentation was to bée reiected And this Corody was due as well to a coÌ„mon person y â— was foundor as where the kinge him selfe was foundor But where the house was holden in frankalmoign there the tenure itselfe was a discharge of Corody against al menne Except it were afterward charged voluntaryly as when the kinge woulde send his writ to the Abbey for a Corody for such a one whoÌ„ they admitt there the house should be charged for euer whether the kynge were foundor or not Crowner CRowner is an auncient officer of trust and of great aucthoritie ordayned to be a principal conseruator or kéeper of the peace to beare recorde of the pleas of the Crowne and of his owne sight and of diuers other things many in number c. But at this day either y e aucthoritie of the Coroner is not so great as in fore tyme it was whereby the office is not had in like estimation Or els the Shirife and those y â— haue aucthoritie to choose the Coroner are not so careful as they should be in their election therefore it is nowe almost come agayne into that plight that it was in king Edward the firsts daies when this statute followinge was made Forasmuch as meane menne and vndiscréete nowe of late are commonly chosen to the office of Coroner where it is requisite that wyse men lawfull and able should occupie such offices It is prouided that through all Shires sufficient mâ—n shoulde bee chosen to bée coroners out of the most wyse and discréetest knightes c. And although the letter of this statute be not precisely obserued yet at the least the entend should be followed as nigh as might bée that for the default of knights GeÌ„tlemen furnished with such qualities as the statute setteth downe of whych sort there bee many might be chosen with this addicioÌ„ that they be vertuous good knowne Christians Corporation COrporation is a permanent thing y â— may haue succession And is an assembly and ioining together of many into one fellowshipp brother hoode and minde whereof one is hedde chéefe the rest are the body this hedde body knitte together make the corporation And of corporatyons some are called spiritual and some temporal and of those that are spiritual some are corporations of dead persons in lawe and some otherwise and some are by aucthoritie of the kynge onely and some haue byn of a mixt aucthoritie and of those that are temporal some are by aucthoritie of the kynge also and some by the common lawe of the Realme Corporation spiritual and of deade persons in lawe is where the corporation consisteth of an Abbot and Couent and these had beginninge of the kinge and the man of Roome when he had to doe here Corporation spiritual and of able persons in lawe is where the corporation consisteth of a Deane and chapter and his corporation had béeginninge of the Kynge onely Corporation Temporal by the king is where there is a maier and coÌ„minalty Corporation Temporal by aucthoritie of the coÌ„mon law is the asseÌ„ble in parliament which coÌ„sisteth of the Quéene the hedde of the corporation and of the Lordes spiritual and temporal and the comons of y e realme y â— body of y â— corporation Bodies politike BOdies politike are Bishops Abbots Priors Deans persoÌ„ of a church and such like which haue succession Corruption of Blodde COrruption of blodde is when the father is attaynted of felonye or treason then his blode is sayed to be corrupt by meanes wherof his children cannot bée heires to him nor to any other auÌ„cestour And if hee were a noble man or gentlemanne before hee and al his chyldren thereby are made vnnoble vngentle hauinge regarde to the nobilitie or gentrye that they clayme by their father which cannot bée made hole againe without aucthority of parliament Couenant COuenaunt is an agréement had béewéene two personnes where euery of them is bounden to the other to parfourme certeyne couenauntes for hys parte Couerture COuerture is when a man a woman ar maried together Nowe the tyme of the contynuaunce of this mariage betwene them is called couerture and the wife is called a woman couert Couin COuin is a secret assent determined in the hartes of ij or more to the preiudice of any other As if tenaunt for terme of life wil secretly coÌ„spire with an other that y â— other shal recouer against the tenaunt for lyfe the lande whiche hée holdeth c. in preiudice of him in the reuersion Counterplea COunterplee is where one bringeth an actyon and the tenaunt in his aunswere and plee voucheth or calleth for any manne to warraunt his title or praieth in aide of an other which hath better estate then hée as of hym that is in the reuersion or if one that is a straunger to the action come and pray to bee resceyued to saue his estate if the demaundaunt reply thereto and shew cause that he ought not to vouche such one or that hée ought not of such one to haue ayde or that such one ought not to bée resceyued this plée is called a counterplée Cinque portes CInque portes be certein hauen townes fiue in number to which haue bene longe since graunted manye libertyes that other porte Townes haue not and that first in the time of king Edward called y â— coÌ„fessor who was before y â— coÌ„quest hath beÌ„ encreased since chiefly in y e dates of y e ij Edwards the first second since y â— conquest as appereth in the booke of Domesday other olde monuments which in this worke beinge to longe to cite I meane bro. N. to omit set you here downe y â— copy of an auncient record in freÌ„ch which y e worship full our louing and very good father master Iohn Tvvine of Caunterbury gaue me out of his booke called W. Biholt sometime a monck of y â— abbey of Saynt Augustines wherein you shal learne which were auÌ„cieÌ„tly accoÌ„pted y â— v. ports their memberz what seruices they ow where their court ought to be kept before whom and of what matters they may hold plee w t such like worthy to be knowen thereby you shal perceiue also y â— y e olde rude verse doth falsely name y e v. ports in reckninge them vp after this sort Douer Sandwicus Rye RuÌ„ney Frigmareuentus Douer Sandwich Rie Rumney Wichelsey which is meÌ„thy FrigmareueÌ„tus c. which recorde
sue any accyon in the Quéens court if he remaine excommunicate xl daies wil not be iustified by his Ordinarie then the Bishoppe shall sende hys letter patent to the Chauncellour and thereupon it shal be commaunded to the sheriffe to take the body of hym y â— is accursed by a writte called de Excommunicato capiendo til hée hath made agréement wyth the Church for the contempt and wronge and when hée is iustified and hath made gréement then the bishop shal send his letters to y â— Quéene certifiyng the same and then it shal be commaunded to the shirife to deuer him by a writ called Excommunicato deliberando Exchange EXchaunge is where a man is seysed of certaine land and an other manne is seysed of other lande if they by a déede indented or without déede if the Landes be in one selfe countie exchaunge the landes so that euery of them shal haue others landes to hym so exchaunged in fée fée tayle or for terme of lyfe that is called an exchaunge and it is good wythout lyuere and seysin And in exchaunge it behoueth that the estates to them limitted by thexchange be equal for if one haue an estate in fée in hys land and the other hath estate in the other land but for terme of lyfe or in tayle then such eschaunge is void but if y e estates bée equal and the landes bee not of equal value yet the exchange is good Also an exchange of rent for Landes is good soe an exchaunge beetwene rent and common is good and that ought to bée by déede And it béehoueth alway that these woordes exchaunge bée in the deede or els nothing passeth by the déede except that hée haue liuery and seisin Execution EXecutioÌ„ is where iugement is geuen in any actyon that the playntife shal recouer the land the debt or dammages as the case is and wheÌ„ y t writ is awarded to pute him in possession that is called a writte of Executyon and when he hath the possession of the lande or is payed of the debt or dammages or hath the bodie of the defendant awarded to prison then hée hath executyon and if the plée be in the countie or court barron or hundred and they deferre the iudgement in fauoure of the partie or for other cause then the demaundaunt shal haue a writ of Executione iuditij But in a writ of Debt a man shal not haue recouerye of any lande but of that whiche the defendaunt hath the day of the iugement yelded And of chattelles a manne shall haue executyon onelye of the chattelles which hée hath the day of executyon sued Executour EXecutour is when a man maketh his testament and last will and therein nameth the personne that shall execute his testament then hée that is so named is hys executour and such an executour shall haue an actyon agaynst euerye debtour of hys testatour and if the executors haue assets euery one to whoÌ„ the testator was in debt shall haue an action against the executor if hée haue an obligatioÌ„ or specialtie but in euery case where y â— testator might wage his lawe no actioÌ„ lieth against the executour Extinguishment EXtynguishement is where a Lorde of a manor or any other hath a rent goynge out of lande and hee purchaseth the same lande soe that hée hath such estate in the lande as hée hath in the rent then the rent is extinct for that that a manne may not haue rent goinge out of hys owne lande And when any rent shalbée extinct it behoueth that the lande and the rent bée in one hande and also that the estate that hee hath bée not defesible and that hée haue as good estate in the lande as in the rent for yf hée haue estate in the lande but for terme of lyfe or yeares and hath a fée simple in the rent then the rent is not extinct but is in suspence for that tyme and then after the terme the rent is reuiued Also if there bée Lorde mesne and tenaunt and the Lorde purchaseth the tenauncy then the menaltie is extinct but that mesne shall haue the surplusage of the rent if there bée any as a rent secke Also if a manne haue a hye waye appendant and after purchase the lande wherein the hye way is then the waye is extinct and soe it is of a common appendaunt Extortion EXtortion is a wronge don by an officer as a Maier Bailife Sherife Eschetor or other offycer by colour of hys office in takinge excessiue reward or fée for executyon of hys sayde office or otherwyse and is no other thynge in déede then playne robbery or rather more odius then robbery for robbery is apparant and alwaies hath wyth it the countenance of vice but extortion being as great a vice as robbery is carrieth w t it a countenance of vertue by meanes whereof it is the more hard to be tryed or dyscerned and therefore the more odious and yet some there bee that will not sticke to stretch their office credit and conscieÌ„ce to purchase mony as well by extortion as otherwise according to y â— saying of y e poet Uirgil What can be told or what is that that huÌ„ger swéete of gold doth not constraine men mortal to attempt Failing of record FAilynge of recorde is when an action of trespas or such like is brought against one and the defendaunt sayeth that the plaintife before this brought an accyon for the same trespas in an other court recouered damage c. And demauÌ„deth iudgmeÌ„t of the court if he shall agayne haue this actioÌ„ c. And y â— plaintife sayth there is â—oâ— such record WhereupoÌ„ y â— defendant hath a day giueÌ„ him to bring in the record at which day hee fayleth or bryngeth in such a one as is nor barre to this action theÌ„ he is said to faile of hys record and therupon the plaintife shal haue iudgment to recouer c. Deede DEode is a proofe and testimonie of the agréement of the partye whose déede it is to the thing contayned in the déede as a déed of feoffement is a proofe of the liuery of seysin for y e land passeth by the liuery of seysin but when y â— déede and the liuery are ioyned together that is a proofe of the liuery and that the feoffour is content that the feoffée shal haue the land And note that al déedes are either indeÌ„ted wherof there bée two thrée or more as the case requireth of which y e feoffour grauntor or lessour hath one the feofrée graÌ„tee or lessee an other and peraduenture some other body also another c. or els they are poll deedes or single and but one which the feoffée grauntée or lessée hath c. And euery deede consisteth of thrée pryncipal points and if those thrée be not ioyned together it is noe perfect déed to bynd the parties namely writinge sealing and deliuery The first point is writing wherby is shelved y â— parties names to the déed
their dwelling places their degrées y e thiÌ„g grauÌ„ted vpoÌ„ what coÌ„sideratioÌ„s the state limitted the tyme when it was graunted and whether simply or vpon condition with other such lyke circumstaÌ„ces But whether the parties vnto the déede writ in the ende their owne names or set thereto their markes as it is coÌ„monly vsed it maketh noe matter at al as I thinke â–ª for that is not ment where it is sayde that euerie déede ought to haue wrytynge The second poynt is sealinge which is a farder testimony of their consents to that contained in the déede as appereth by these wordes In witnesse whereof c. alwayes put in the later end of déedes wythout whych woordes y e deede is insuffycient And because we are about sealing and signing of deedes it shal not bee a misse brother Nicholas here to shewe you for antiquities sake the maner of signing subscribing of déedes in our auncestors the Saxons tymes alfashion different from that wée vse in these ourdaies in this that they to their déedes subscribed their names commonly addinge the signe of the crosse and in the end did set downe a great number of witnesses not vsing at that time any kynde of seale And wée at thys day for more suerty both subscribe our names although that bée not very necessary as I haue aforesayde put to our seales vse the helpe of testimony besids That former fashioÌ„ continued throughout vntyll the tyme of the conquest by the Normans whose maner by litle and litle at the leÌ„gth preuayled amongst vs for the first sealed Charter in Englande is thought to bee that of king Edward the confessour to the Abbey of Westminster who beinge brought vp in Normandy brought into thys Realme that and some other of their guises with him And after the comminge of William the Conquerer the Normans lykynge their owne countrey custome as naturally all nations do reiected the maner y â— they sound here and reteined their owne as Ingulphus y e Abbot of Croyland who came in with the conquest witnesseth sayinge The Normans doe chaunge the making of writings which were want to bée firmed in England with Crosses of Gold and other holy signes into the printing waxe and they reiect also the maner of y â— English writing Howebeit this was not don all at once but it increased came forward by certen steppes and degrées so that first and for a season the kinge onely or a fewe other of y e nobilitie besides him vsed to seale Then y â— noble men for the most part and none other whych thinge a manne may sée in the hystory of Battell Abbey where Rycharde Lucy chyefe Justice of England in the time of king Henry the second is reported to haue blamed a meane subiect for that hée vsed a priuate seale when as that pertayned as he sayde to the kyng and nobilitie onely At which time also as Iohn Rosse noteth it they vsed to ingraue in their seales their owne pictures counterfaites couered wyth a longe coate ouer their Armours But after this the Gentlemen of the better sort tooke vp the fashion and béecause they were not al warriours they made seales ingrauen wyth their seuerall Coates or shyeldes of armes for difference sake as the same aucthour reporteth At the length about the time of kinge Edwarde the thirde seales became verâ— coÌ„mon soe that not only such as bore armes vsed to seale but other menne also fashioned to them selues signets of their owne deuise some takynge the letters of their owne names some flowers some knottes florishes some birdes or beastes and some other thinges as wee nowe yet dayly beholde in vse Some other maner of sealinge béesides these haue ben herd of amonge vs as namelye that of king Edward the third by which he gaue To Norman y â— hunter the hop the hoptowne with al the boundes vp side downe And in witnesse that it was sooth he bit the waxe with his fore tooth The like to this Brother Nicholas our reuerend and good father amonge other antiquities seruing my purpose shewed mée in a lose paper but not very auÌ„tieÌ„tly wrytten and therefore hée willed mée to estéeme of it as I thought good it was as followeth I William king geue to thée Powlen Koiden my hope and my hoplandes with the boundes vp downe from heauen to earth from earth to hel for thée and thinâ— to dwel from mée and mine to thée and thine for a bowe and a brode sagit quaÌ„t ieo veigne pur huÌ„ter sur yarrowe En testmoigne que ceo est veray ieo mord cest cere oue madent En la prence de Magg Maud Margery Et mon iij. fits Henry Item ceo de Alberic de veer conteinaunt le donation de Hatfield al quel il fixe vn curt noyer haft cuttell semblable al vn viel demy denierwhit tle en stede de vn sigille oue diuÌ„s tiels seÌ„blables Mes asc ' peraduenture voilent peÌ„se q' ceux fueront receiue en common vse et custome et que ils ne fuerount les deuifes pleasures dun peu singuler persons such are no lesse deceiued then they that deme euery charter and wrytinge that hath no seale annexed to bée as auncient as the Conquest whereas in déede sealinge was not commonlie vsed til the tyme of kinge Edward the iij. as hath ben already said The third point is deliuery which although it be set last is not the least for after that a déede bee written and sealed if it be not deliuered al y e rest is to noe purpose And this deliuery ought to be done by the partye him selfe or his sufficyent warraunt and so it shall binde him whosoeuer wrot or sealed the same and by this last act the déede is made perfect according to the intent and effect thereof and therefore in déedes the deliuerie is to be proued c. So thus you see y â— writinge sealing without deliuery is nothiÌ„g to purpose That sealing deliuery where there is noe writinge woorketh nothing Nor writinge and delyuerie wythout sealinge also maketh noe déede Therefore they al ought â—oyntlye to concurre to make a perfect dede as is before said Farme or ferme FArme or ferme is the chiefe measuage in a village or towne and thereto belonginge great demeasnes of al sortes hath bene vsed to be let for terme of life yeres or at wil. Also the rent y â—is reserued vpon such or like leases is called farme or ferme And farmor or fermor is he that occupieth the farme or ferme or is lessée thereof Also in some places counties euery lessée for life yeres or at wil although it be of neuer soe smal a cottage or house is called farmor or fermour And note that they aâ— called farmes or fermes of y â— Saxon woord Feormian which signifieth to féede or yelde victuall For in the auncieÌ„t time their reseruations were as well or for the more part in victualles as money
fower sonnes and dieth and after the lessée for lyfe dyeth nowe the eldest sonne onely of I. Stile shall haue thys land for hée is right heire and that is a good name of purchase 37. H. 8. in master Brooke ti Done et Remaynder 42. But if the landes had byn gyuen to John Stile for lyfe the remaynder to hys next heire male thys had byn an estate taile in John Stile him selfe and then the lande should haue discended to al his sonnes in so much as in that case y e wordes next heire male be not a name of purchase Howbeit it was greatly doubted 3. 4. Phil. et Mariae as Justice Dalison reporteth if a remainder bée deuised by testament to the next heire male whether in that case the eldest brother onely shal haue it in so much as in the vnderstandinge of the lawe whych is a iudge ouer al customes he is the next heire male and therefore inquire of it As touching vouchers it appeareth 11. E. 3. that al the heires in Gauelkynd shal be vouched for the warraunty of their Auncester and not the eldest onely But the opinion of Master Littleton li. 3. cap. 13. and of the Iustices 22. E. 4. is clere y t the eldeâ—â— sonne onely shal be rebutted or barred by the warranty of the auncestour to be short the eldest sonne onely shal enter for the breache of a condition But the rest of the brethren shalbée ioyned with hym in suinge a writte of Attaynt to refourme a false verdict or Errour to reuerse an erronious iugement And they al shal be charged for the debt of their auncestour if so be y t they al haue assets in their handes But if the eldest onely haue assets remayninge and the residue haue aliened their partes then he onlye shal be charged after the mind of the booke 11. E. 3. c. And thus much for this part shal suffice Nowe a woorde or ij of other thinges confusely yet apertaininge to this matter notwythdinge not soe necessarie for your purpose to bée knowen as those aforesayde It appereth in a written report at large of 16. Edwardi 2. which is also partlye abridged by master Fitzherbert titulo Prescription that it was tryed by verdicte that noe manne ought to haue common in Landes of Gauelkinde howbeit the contrarye is well knowen at this day that in many places y e same booke saith y t the vsage of Gauelkinde is that a man may lawfullye inchase or driue out into the high waye to their aduenture the beastes of any other personne that hée shall fynde doynge dammage in his lande and y t he is not compellable to impounde them which thing is practised at this day The parlyament 15. Henrici sexti cap 3. mindinge to amplifye the priuiledges of Gauelkynde graunted to the tenauntes of that lande exemption in Attaints in such sort as the inhabitaunts of auncyent demeane and of the fiue portes before had But within thrée yeares after vppon complaynt of some of the Countrey which enfourmed the Parlyament house that there was not in the whole Shire thirtye or fortye personnes that holde to the value of xx pounde lande out of Gauelkinde who in default of others and by reason of that exemption were continuallye molested by returnes in Attaintes that act was vtterly repealed The statute 14. H. 8. cap. 6. gyueth libertye to euery manne hauing highwaie through hys lande in the welde that is worne déepe and incommodious for passage to lay out another waye in ome such other place of hys lande as shalbée thought méete by the vyewe of two Justyces of the peace and twelue other men of wysdome and discretion The general law made 35. H. 8. 17. for the preseruation of Copeises woodes thorough out the Realme maketh plaine exception of all woodes within this wealde vnlesse it be of such as bée common c. And here an ende of thys matter sauinge that I wil make master Litteltons annswere to such as happelye wil demaunde what reason thys custome of gauelkinde discent hath thus to deuyde lande a monge al the males coÌ„trary to the manner of the whole Realme béesides The yonger sonns sayth he be as good gen telmen as the elder and they beinge a like déere to their common auncestour from whom they claime haue so much the more néede of their freÌ„ds helpe as thorowe their minority they be lesse able then the elder Brother to helpe theÌ„selues c. Gelde GElde that is to bee quite of seruile customes which were woÌ„t to be geeuen and are yet giuen as hornegelde and such like Grithbrech GRithbrech that is the kinges peace broken because Grith in English is pax in latin Hangwite HAngwite that is to be quite of a théefe or relon haÌ„ged without iugement or escaped out of your custody Hariot HAriot is in ii sortes the one hariot Custome the other haryot seruice Hariot seruice some fay is alwaies expressed in a mans graunt or déede that hée holdeth by such seruyce to pay hariot at the time of his death and thys hariot is payable after y e death of the tenaunt in fée simsimple Hariot Custome is where hariotes haue byn payed tyme out of mynde by custome And thys may bée after the death of tenant for lyfe c. But to speake therof generally Hariot is the best beast whether it be horse Oxe or Cowe that the tenaunt had at the tyme of his death And may bée either seysed or a distresse taken for it whether it be hariot seruyce or hariot custome to the Lordes vse of whom the tenaunt held by hys Bailife or other officer béelonginge to hys manour But of right the Lord nor hys officer should not take hariot before it bée presented at the next court holden that the tenant is dead and that such a beast is due to the Lord for his hariot Haybote or Hedgebote HAybote or hedgebote is necessarie stuffe to make and mend hedges which lessée for yeares or for lyfe of common right may take vpon the ground to him leased although it bée not expressed in his lease and although it bée a lease by woordes without wrytinge Haybote also may bée takeÌ„ for necessary stuffe to make Rakes forkes and such like instrumeÌ„ts wherewith men vse in sommer to tedde make hay and so a lessée for yeares tooke it it was allowed him by hys lessor the rather as I suppose for that such instruments are commonly made of slender vnder wood which by the common lawe lessee for yeres may cut and take as is aforesaid Hidage HIdage that is to bée quit if the king shal taxe al the land by hides Note that a hyde of land is a whole ploweland And this kynde of taxinge by hides was much vsed in old tyme as well for prouision of armour as paymentes of money that chefely in kinge Etheldredes daies a kinge in thys Countrey before y e conquest who in the yeare of Christ 1006. when as the Danes landed
it should come in y ◠sence as wée there take it For accordinge to the proper significatiō mulier is a defiled woman like as it is vsed by vlpianus in a certen place after this sort if I thought that I had bought a virgin when it was a defiled woman the bargayne was not good Hereby you may sée y t multer is a woman that hath had y e company of a man But to leaue the right signification Mulier is taken in our law for one that is lawfully begotten and borne and is alwayes vsed in comparison with a bastarde onely to shewe a difference betwene thē as thus for example A man hath a sonne by a woman before mariage that issue is called a bastard and vnlawful And after they entermary and haue an other sonne this second sonne is called mulier that is to say lawfull and shalbée heire to hys father but that other cannot bée heire to any manne because it is not knowen nor certen in the iudgement of the lawe who was hys father and for that cause is sayd to bée no mannes sonne or y e sonne of the people and so wythout father according to this old verse To whom the people father is to him is father none and all To whom the people father is wel fatherlesse wée may him cal And alwaies you shal find this addition to thē bastard eldest mulier yongest when they bée compared together Murder MUrder is a wilful killinge of a man vppon malice forethought and seemeth to comeof the Saxon woord Mordren which so signifieth And Mordridus is the murderer euen vntil this day amonge them in Sexonie from whence wée haue most of our words as hath byn often said Negatiua preignans NEgatiua preignans is when an action or information or such like is brought against one and the defendant pleadeth in barre of the actyon or otherwyse a negatiue plea whych is not soe specyall an answere to the actyon but that it includeth also an affirmatiue As for example if hée in reuersion enter vppon tenant for life supposinge that hée hath aliened in fee which is a forfaiture of hys estate and the tenaunt for life saith that hée hath not aliened in fée this is a negatyue wherein is included an affirmatiue for although it bée true that he haue not aliened in fée yet it may bée that hée hath made an estate in tayle whych is also a forfayture and then the entry of hym in the reuersion is lawefull c. Also in a Quare impedit the Quéene makes tytle to present to a Prebende for that the Temporaltyes of the Bishoprick were in her hāds by the death of W. late Bishop c. The defendant saith that it was not voyd being the temporalties in the Quéens handes by the death of W. this is a negatiue preignans for it may bée in the Quéenes hāds otherwyse then by the death of W. and it suffiseth the Quéene if it bée in her handes by any meanes c. Soe it is where an Information was brought in the Cheker against John Stile for that he bought wooll beetwéene shering time and the Assumptyon such a yeare of John N. The defendaunt sayth that hée dyd not buy any of John N. as it is alledged c. this is called a negatiue preignans for if he bought it of any other yet hée is culpable for the buyinge Niefe NIefe is a womā that is bonde or a vyllen woman but if shée mary a frée manne shee is thereby made frée for euer although y t her husbande die and she suruiue hym because that shée and her husband are but one person in lawe and shée ought to bée of the same nature and condytion in law to al intents that her husband is But her husband is frée to all intentes without any condityon in lawe or otherwise and so by consequens the wife ought to bée and is frée according to y ◠nature of her frée husband then if she were once frée and clerely discharged of bōdage to al entents she cānot be niefe after w tout especial act done by her as diuorce or cōfessiō in court of Record and that is in fauour of liberty therefore a frée woman shal not be bounde by taking of a villē to her husband But their issue shal bée villens as their father was which is contrary to the Ciuile lawe for there it is said y ◠birth followeth the belly Bōdage or villenage had beginninge amonge y ◠Hebrewes his original proceding of Canaan y ◠sōne of Cham who because that hée had mocked his father Noe to scorne lying desolutly whē he was drunke was punished in his sonne Chanaan w t penalty of bondage Nihil dicit NIhil dicit is when an action is brought against a man the defēdant appéeres the plaintife declares the defendant wil not aunswere or pleades to the action doth not maintaine hys plea but makes defaut nowe vpon this defaut he shal be condemned because he saith nothing Nomination NOmination is where one may in right of his maner or otherwise nominate and appoint a worthy clarke or man to a personage vicarage or such like spiritual promotion Nonabilitie NOnabylitye is where an action is broughte against one and the defendaunt saieth that the playntife is not able to sue any action and demaundeth iudgement if hée shal bee aunswered There are vj. causes of nonability in the pleintife as if he bée an outlawe or an alien borne but that dysabilitye is in actiōs reales and mixt onely and not in actyons personalles except hee be an alien enemye or condempned in premunire or professed in religion that is to saye the Roomish religion or accursed or a villen and sueth hys Lorde but this last is noe ple for an other y ◠is not lord to the villen Bare or naked Contract BAre Contract or naked promise is where a manne bargaineth or selleth his lāds or goods or promiseth to geue to one money or a horse or to builde a house or doe such a thinge at such a daye and there is no recompence appoynted to him for the doinge therof As if one saye to an other I sel or geue to you al my landes or goodes and there is nothing appoynted assigned or agréed vppon what the other shal giue or pay for it so y t there is not one thinge for an other this is a naked contract and voyde in lawe for not perfourmaunce thereof noe action lyeth for of a naked cōtract commeth noe action Oredelfe O Redelfe is where one claimes to haue y ◠ore that is founde in his soile or ground Outfanthefe OUtfangthiefe that is y ◠theues orfelōs of your lād or fée out of your lād or fée taken w t felony or a stealing shal be brought backe to your court and there iudged Owelte OWelte is when there is Lorde mesne tenant and y e tenaunt holdeth of the mesne by the same seruices that the meane
curtesy of Englande is there where a man taketh a wife inheritrix and they haue issu a soÌ„ne or daughter and the wife dieth whether y e issue be deade or a liue y e husbande shal hold this laÌ„d for terme of his life by the curtesie of England and by y e law And in this case the fée and the right remaineth in the person of hym of whome he holdeth And for that this tenant may not alien in fée nor for terme of anothers lyfe and if he doe it is lawful to him in the reuersion to enter Fee simple ¶ To holde in fee simple is to holde to any man or woman to him and to his heires and to his assignes for euermore Franke tenure ¶ To hold in frée hold is to holde for terme of his own life or for term of an other mannes life And in this case the fée the right remaineth in y â— person of him of whom he holdeth And for that this tenaÌ„t may not alieÌ„ iÌ„ fée nor for term of life And if he doe it is well lawful to him in whom the fée and the right abydeth to enter Dower ¶ To hold in dower is where a man inherit taketh a wife and dieth y e heire shal enter and endowe the wife of y e third part of al that that was to her husbande in hys life in fée simple or fée taile and shée shall holde these landes for terme of her life as her frée holde Terme dans ¶ To holde for terme of yeres is not but chattel iÌ„ effect for no action is mayntenable against y â— termour for the recouering of the fréehold for no fréehold is in hym A lease for terme of yeres is a chattel real and the other chattel personall al goodes which are remouable are chattelles personals Mortgage ¶ To holde in morgage is to hold for a certayne terme vpon condition y â— if the lessour pay so much money at such a day that he may enter and if not that the other shall haue a fée simple or fée tayle or frée holde And in euery case where landes or tenements be géeuen to a manfor a certaine terme vpon condition of the part of the lessor for to make y â— lessee to haue more loÌ„g time or terme if the other do not as the condition is the landes and tenementes vntyll the day that the condytion should bee done bée holden in morgage as in a deade gage ¶ And note well that if land be let to a man in morgage in fée simple or in fée tayle vpon condition that if the first lessour as is before sayd pay so much money at such a day that hée may enter if not that the lessée haue the saÌ„e estate in the lands that the lessour did him graunt at y â— â—eginnynge And if before the day assygned the lessée be disseysed he shal haue assise of nouel disseisin And in case that if the lessée take a wife die lessed before the day assigned the womaÌ„ shall bée endowed And note wel that if y e lessour after the death of the lessée pay not the mony at y â— day assigned then y â— woman shal hold her dower and the issue her heritage And in case the lessour at y e day assigned pay the money to the heire of the lessée then he may put out the woman and the heire also of all the lande first let And if a man géeue landes to an other in the tail yelding to him a certaine rent by the yeare one entre for defaut of paimeÌ„t y â— donée taketh a wife and dieth seysed the woman shal bee indowed And in case that after the rent be behind the donour may enter put out the woman and the heire also And note well that if landes bée let to a man in morgage in fée vppon condition the lessée doth alien the lessour shalbée charged to pay the money to the alienée not to the seffée as it is said Burgage ¶ To holde in burgage is to holde as if the burgeis holde of the king or of another Lord lands or tenementes yeldinge to him a certain rent by y â— yere or els there where another man then burgeis holdeth of any Lord landes or tenementes in burgage yeldinge to him a certayne rent by yeare Socage ¶ To hold in socage is to hold of any lord lands or tenements yelding to him a certaine rent by y e yeare for all maner seruices And note wel that to hold by socage is not to hold by knightes seruice nor there longeth ward mariage nor reliefe But they shal double once their rent after the death of their auncestours according to that y t they be wont to pay to their Lorde And they shall not bée ouer measure greued as it appereth in the treatyse of wards and reliefes And note well y t socage may bée sayde in thrée manners that is to say Socage in free tenure Socage in auncient tenure Socage in base tenure Socage in frée tenure is to holde fréely by certaine rent for all maner of seruices as is before sayd and of that the next kms body shall haue the ward to whom the heritage may not discend til the age of xiiii yeares that is to say if the heritage come by the part of the father they of the parte of y e mother shal haue the ward coÌ„trary wise ¶ And note wel that if the gardeine in socage do make wast he shall not bée peched of wast but hée shall yelde accompt to the heire when hée shall come to his full age of xxi yeares and looke the Statute of Marlebridge cap. xvij for thys matter Socage in auncieÌ„t tenure is that where the people in auncieÌ„t demesne helde whych vse no other wrytte to haue then the writte of ryght close which shal be determined according to the custome of the mannour and the Monstrauerunt for to discharge theÌ„ wheÌ„ their Lorde distrayneth them for to do other seruice that they ought not to do And thys writ of Monstrauerunt ought to be brought against the lord those tenants hold al by one certain seruice these bée frée tenantes of auncient demesne Socage in base tenure is where a man holdeth in auncient demesne that may not haue the monstrauerunt and for that it is called y â— base tenure ¶ To holde in fée ferme is to holde in fee simple yeldinge to the lorde the value or at the least the fourth part by yere and hée oughte to doe noe other thinge but as it is coÌ„teined in the feffemeÌ„t and hee that holdeth in fée ferme ought to doe fealty and not reliefe Franke fee. ¶ To holde in franke fée is to holde in fée simple landes pledable at the coÌ„mon lawe Base fee. ¶ To holde in fée base is to holde at the wil of the Lorde Villenage ¶ To holde in pure vyllenage is to doe al that y e Lorde wyll him commaunde ¶ The