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himself_o heddis_n &_o erkenwaldi_n episcoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la aldermannorum_fw-la i._n e._n procerum_fw-la meorum_fw-la &_o seniorum_fw-la sapientum_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o multa_fw-la aggregatione_fw-la servorum_fw-la dei_fw-la which_o be_v of_o churchman_n as_o i_o take_v it_o alured_v brief_o praef._n consilio_fw-la sapientum_fw-la meorum_fw-la edward_n the_o elder_a propose_v his_o 7._o law_n not_o as_o senatus-consultum_fw-la but_o as_o edictum_fw-la principis_fw-la viz._n ego_fw-la edovardus_fw-la rex_fw-la iis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la reipub._n praesunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la mando_fw-la ut_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o after_o by_o the_o absolute_a word_n praecipio_fw-la statuimus_fw-la volo_fw-la yet_o those_o wherein_o he_o and_o guthrun_n the_o dane_n join_v be_v call_v foed_n senatus-consulta_a ethelstane_n make_v his_o epilogue_n exit_fw-la prudenti_fw-la vlfhelmae_n archiepiscopi_fw-la aliorumque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la necnon_a omnium_fw-la optimatum_fw-la &_o sapientum_fw-la mandato_fw-la svo_fw-la congregatorum_fw-la edmund_n in_o a_o great_a assembly_n praef._n tam_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la quam_fw-la laicorum_fw-la cui_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la oda_n &_o wulstanus_n archiep._n plurimique_fw-la alii_fw-la episcopi_fw-la edgar_z praef._n in_o frequenti_fw-la sapientum_fw-la senatu_fw-la ethelred_n praef._n in_o sapientum_fw-la concilio_n canuius_fw-la say_v politic_a sapientum_fw-la adhibito_fw-la consilio_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la angliam_fw-la observari_fw-la praecipio_fw-la as_o for_o edward_n the_o confessor_n his_o law_n come_v not_o to_o we_o as_o they_o be_v compose_v by_o himself_o but_o as_o the_o paragraph_n of_o they_o be_v collect_v by_o the_o conqueror_n and_o augment_v afterward_o in_o which_o collection_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o institution_n but_o recite_v of_o a_o passage_n of_o st._n austin_n touch_v tithe_n it_o be_v speak_v as_o of_o former_a time_n that_o haec_fw-la concessa_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la meaning_n the_o several_a kind_n of_o tithe_n there_o mention_v but_o whether_o these_o word_n extend_v to_o a_o concession_n of_o they_o by_o parliament_n as_o we_o now_o call_v it_o or_o by_o a_o voluntary_a contribution_n of_o they_o yield_v unto_o by_o the_o king_n the_o baron_n and_o the_o people_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n i_o leave_v to_o other_o to_o determine_v to_o come_v to_o time_n of_o the_o conqueror_n wherein_o novus_n seclorum_fw-la nascitur_fw-la ordo_fw-la and_o from_o whence_o as_o from_o a_o new_a period_n we_o must_v now_o take_v all_o our_o projection_n the_o great_a establishment_n of_o his_o own_o and_o of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n law_n be_v say_v in_o the_o title_n to_o be_v that_o which_o gulielmus_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la cum_fw-la principibus_fw-la suis_fw-la constituit_fw-la post_fw-la conquisitionem_fw-la angliae_fw-la other_o author_n instead_o of_o principibus_fw-la have_v barones_n and_o though_o all_o his_o law_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v ordain_v by_o his_o charter_n in_o his_o own_o name_n only_o yet_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o
to_o the_o grant_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o grant_n and_o the_o modus_fw-la concessionis_fw-la or_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o distinct_a thing_n and_o aliud_fw-la from_o the_o grant_n for_o so_o the_o print_a case_n represent_v their_o opinion_n if_o the_o reservation_n of_o the_o tenure_n and_o the_o grant_v of_o the_o land_n be_v aliud_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la two_o distinct_a thing_n in_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o whole_a grant_v make_v and_o the_o authority_n give_v by_o the_o say_a commission_n for_o the_o make_v thereof_o then_o the_o patent_n may_v be_v void_a as_o to_o the_o tenure_n and_o yet_o good_a for_o the_o grant_v of_o the_o land_n but_o if_o the_o reservation_n of_o the_o tenure_n be_v incident_a unto_o the_o authority_n and_o include_v within_o it_o and_o the_o reservation_n of_o the_o tenure_n and_o the_o grant_v of_o the_o land_n make_v up_o but_o one_o entire_a grant_n so_o that_o the_o one_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o other_o and_o the_o reservation_n of_o the_o tenure_n be_v modus_fw-la concessionis_fw-la then_o the_o grant_n of_o the_o land_n reserve_v a_o diverse_a or_o contrary_a tenure_n to_o that_o which_o their_o nude_v authority_n do_v warrant_v they_o to_o reserve_v be_v a_o do_v of_o idem_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la and_o so_o the_o whole_a act_n be_v void_a they_o who_o plead_v for_o the_o validity_n of_o the_o letter_n patent_n as_o to_o the_o land_n and_o their_o be_v void_a only_o as_o to_o the_o tenure_n urge_v among_o other_o argument_n that_o tenor_n in_o capite_fw-la be_v bring_v into_o england_n by_o the_o conquest_n but_o grant_n be_v by_o the_o common-law_n and_o therefore_o grant_v be_v more_o ancient_a than_o tenor_n the_o tenure_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v aliud_fw-la from_o the_o thing_n grant_v and_o to_o prove_v that_o this_o tenure_n come_v in_o with_o the_o conqueror_n they_o cite_v mr._n selden_n in_o his_o spicileg_n ad_fw-la eadmerum_fw-la p._n 194._o where_o he_o have_v that_o out_o of_o bracton_n de_fw-fr acquir_n rerum_fw-la dominio_fw-la b._n 2._o forinsecum_fw-la servitium_fw-la dicitur_fw-la regale_n servitium_fw-la quia_fw-la spectat_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o conquestu_fw-la fuit_fw-la adinventum_fw-la but_o this_o argument_n and_o the_o authority_n be_v both_o over-ruld_a and_o it_o be_v affirm_v that_o tenor_n be_v not_o bring_v into_o england_n by_o the_o conqueror_n but_o be_v common_a among_o the_o saxon_n their_o answer_n to_o mr._n selden_n opinion_n with_o the_o reason_n upon_o which_o they_o ground_v their_o position_n i_o will_v transcribe_v at_o large_a from_o the_o print_a case_n the_o book_n be_v very_o scarce_o and_o this_o the_o only_a point_n wherein_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n be_v concern_v it_o be_v answer_v that_o mr._n selden_n in_o that_o place_n do_v bare_o recite_v the_o word_n of_o bracton_n not_o deliver_v any_o opinion_n of_o his_o own_o for_o in_o that_o book_n cite_v pag._n 170._o and_o in_o his_o title_n of_o honour_n the_o last_o edition_n p._n 612._o we_o find_v that_o he_o be_v of_o another_o opinion_n and_o that_o this_o tenure_n be_v in_o use_n in_o england_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saxon_n what_o be_v those_o thani_fw-la majores_fw-la or_o thani_fw-la regis_fw-la among_o the_o saxon_n but_o the_o king_n immediate_a tenant_n of_o land_n which_o they_o hold_v by_o personal_a service_n as_o of_o the_o king_n person_n by_o grand_a serjeanty_n or_o knights-service_n in_o capite_fw-la the_o land_n so_o hold_v be_v in_o those_o time_n call_v thainland_n as_o land_v hold_v in_o socage_n be_v call_v reveland_n so_o frequent_o in_o doomsday_n haec_fw-la terra_fw-la fuit_fw-la terra_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la thainland_n sed_fw-la postea_fw-la conversa_fw-la est_fw-la in_o reveland_n coke_n instit_n sect._n 117._o after_o some_o year_n that_o follow_v the_o come_n of_o the_o norman_n the_o title_n of_o thane_n grow_v out_o of_o use_n and_o that_o of_o baron_n and_o barony_n succeed_v for_o thane_n and_o thainland_n whereby_o we_o may_v understand_v the_o true_a and_o original_a reason_n of_o that_o which_o we_o have_v in_o the_o lord_n cromwel_n case_n 2._o coke_n 81._o that_o every_o barony_n of_o ancient_a time_n be_v hold_v by_o grand_a serjeanty_n by_o that_o tenure_n be_v the_o thain-land_n hold_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saxon_n and_o those_o thain-land_n be_v the_o same_o that_o be_v after_o call_v barony_n it_o be_v true_a the_o possession_n of_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n be_v first_o make_v subject_n to_o knights-service_n in_o capite_fw-la by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n for_o their_o land_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saxon_n in_o pura_fw-la &_o perpetua_fw-la eleemosyna_fw-la free_a ab_fw-la omni_fw-la servitio_fw-la saeculari_fw-la but_o he_o than_o turn_v their_o possession_n into_o barony_n and_o so_o make_v they_o baron_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o tenure_n so_o that_o as_o to_o they_o this_o tenure_n and_o service_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o conquestu_fw-la adinventum_fw-la but_o the_o thain-land_n be_v hold_v by_o that_o tenure_n before_o as_o the_o king_n thane_n be_v a_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la so_o the_o thanus_n mediocris_fw-la or_o middle_a thane_n be_v only_o a_o tenant_n by_o knights-service_n that_o either_o hold_v of_o a_o mean_a lord_n and_o not_o immediate_o of_o the_o king_n or_o at_o the_o least_o of_o the_o king_n as_o of_o a_o honour_n or_o manor_n and_o not_o in_o capite_fw-la what_o be_v that_o trinoda_fw-it necessitas_fw-la which_o so_o often_o occur_v in_o the_o grant_n of_o the_o saxon_a king_n under_o this_o form_n exceptisistis_fw-la tribus_fw-la expeditione_n arcis_fw-la &_o pontis_fw-la exstructione_fw-la see_v it_o in_o a_o charter_n of_o king_n etbeldred_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o coke_n 6._o report_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o which_o be_v after_o express_v by_o salvo_n forinseco_fw-la bracton_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 26._o &_o 35._o 12._o edw._n 1._o guard_n 152._o 26._o ass_n 66._o selden_n analect_n anglobrit_fw-mi 78._o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n be_v mistake_v who_o in_o his_o glossary_a verbo_fw-la feudum_fw-la refer_v the_o original_n of_o feud_n in_o england_n to_o the_o norman_a conquest_n it_o be_v most_o manifest_a that_o capite_fw-la tenor_n tenor_n by_o knights-service_n tenor_n in_o socage_n frank-almoigne_a etc._n etc._n be_v frequent_a in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saxon_n and_o if_o we_o will_v believe_v what_o be_v cite_v out_o of_o a_o old_a french_a customary_a in_o a_o ms._n treatise_n of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o tenor_n in_o england_n which_o be_v in_o many_o man_n hand_n all_o those_o tenor_n be_v in_o use_n long_o before_o the_o saxon_n even_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o britain_n there_o it_o be_v say_v the_o first_o british_a king_n divide_v britain_n into_o four_o part_n and_o give_v one_o part_n to_o the_o arch-flamen_n to_o pray_v for_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n a_o second_o part_n he_o give_v to_o his_o earl_n and_o nobility_n to_o do_v he_o knights-service_n a_o three_o he_o divide_v among_o husbandman_n to_o hold_v of_o he_o in_o socage_n the_o four_o part_n he_o give_v to_o mechanical_a person_n to_o hold_v in_o burgage_n but_o that_o testimony_n be_v wave_v there_o be_v little_a certainty_n or_o truth_n in_o the_o british_a story_n before_o the_o time_n of_o caesar_n neither_o will_v they_o make_v use_n of_o that_o which_o we_o be_v teach_v by_o william_n roville_n of_o alenzon_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o grand_a customier_n of_o normandy_n that_o all_o those_o custom_n among_o which_o these_o tenor_n be_v be_v first_o bring_v into_o normandy_n out_o of_o england_n by_o edward_n the_o confessor_n beside_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v we_o find_v feud_n both_o the_o name_n and_o thing_n in_o the_o law_n of_o those_o time_n among_o the_o law_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n cap._n 35._o where_o it_o be_v thus_o provide_v debent_fw-la enim_fw-la universi_fw-la liberi_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la feodum_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la tenementa_fw-la sua_fw-la arma_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la semper_fw-la prompta_fw-la conservare_fw-la ad_fw-la tuitionem_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o servitium_fw-la dominorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n lambard_n archaionom_fw-la 135._o this_o law_n be_v after_o confirm_v by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n vid._n coke_n instit_n sect._n 103._o as_o these_o tenor_n be_v common_a in_o those_o time_n so_o be_v all_o the_o fruit_n of_o they_o homage_n fealty_n escuage_z relief_n wardship_n for_o releif_n we_o have_v full_a testimony_n in_o the_o relief_n of_o their_o earl_n and_o thanes_z for_o which_o see_v the_o law_n of_o king_n canutus_n cap._n 66_o &_o 69._o the_o law_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n cap._n de_fw-fr heterochiis_fw-la and_o what_o out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o doomsday_n coke_n have_v in_o his_o instit_n sect._n
time_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o make_v otherwise_o than_o for_o life_n or_o three_o life_n for_o so_o i_o find_v they_o in_o the_o abby-book_n and_o i_o also_o suppose_v that_o they_o to_o who_o these_o land_n be_v grant_v be_v the_o thani_n episcopi_fw-la &_o thani_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la speak_v of_o in_o doomsday-book_n and_o that_o the_o land_n themselves_o be_v such_o as_o in_o the_o same_o book_n be_v usual_o call_v thain-land_n ecclesiae_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o abbatis_n but_o i_o see_v they_o be_v lade_v with_o many_o service_n which_o the_o land_n of_o the_o king_n thane_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o dignity_n and_o person_n be_v free_a from_o therefore_o when_o this_o very_a bishop_n by_o another_o charter_n grant_v tres_fw-la cassatas_fw-la three_o hide_n of_o land_n in_o cungle_v cuidam_fw-la ministro_fw-la regis_fw-la to_o one_o of_o the_o king_n thanes_z name_v alfwold_n and_o to_o his_o mother_n if_o she_o survive_v during_o their_o life_n he_o put_v no_o service_n upon_o the_o king_n thane_n but_o say_v plena_fw-la glorietur_fw-la libertate_fw-la excepta_fw-la expeditione_n rata_fw-la pontis_fw-la arcisve_fw-la constructione_n the_o common_a exception_n in_o grant_n unto_o the_o king_n thanes_z as_o before_z appear_z and_o yet_o the_o service_n thereby_o except_v belong_v not_o either_o to_o the_o bishop_n or_o the_o king_n himself_o otherwise_o than_o pro_fw-la bono_fw-mi publico_fw-la and_o common_a necessity_n after_o all_o this_o i_o beat_v still_o upon_o the_o old_a string_n that_o here_o yet_o be_v nothing_o to_o prove_v wardship_n or_o marriage_n or_o as_o the_o law_n then_o stand_v a_o tenure_n by_o knights-service_n for_o we_o have_v make_v it_o manifest_v that_o expedition_n and_o build_n of_o castle_n and_o bridges_n be_v no_o feodal_n service_n nor_o grow_v by_o tenure_n and_o as_o for_o these_o that_o be_v tie_v to_o ride_v and_o go_v up_o and_o down_o with_o their_o lord_n baraterius_n a_o old_a 8._o feudist_n say_v that_o a_o knight_n fee_n may_v be_v give_v so_o ut_fw-la vassallus_fw-la in_o diebus_fw-la festivis_fw-la cum_fw-la uxore_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la vadat_fw-la and_o the_o feudal_a law_n itself_o infer_v as_o much_o lib._n 2._o tit._n 3._o but_o our_o bracton_n speak_v of_o our_o law_n here_o in_o england_n the_o invest_v feud_n in_o his_o time_n touch_v such_o tenant_n call_v they_o rodknight_n alias_o radknight_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 35._o nu_fw-la 6._o ut_fw-la siquis_fw-la debeat_fw-la equitare_fw-la cum_fw-la domino_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-la manerio_fw-la in_o manerium_fw-la and_o say_v not_o that_o it_o be_v knight-service_n but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o serjantie_n and_o that_o although_o such_o sometime_o do_v homage_n yet_o the_o lord_n shall_v not_o have_v ward_n and_o marriage_n admit_v notwithstanding_o that_o it_o be_v knight-service_n and_o that_o the_o land_n thus_o hold_v be_v knight_n fee_n during_o the_o life_n of_o the_o tenant_n yet_o where_o be_v the_o wardship_n marriage_n and_o relief_n who_o shall_v undergo_v these_o servitude_n since_o the_o tenure_n and_o all_o the_o service_n be_v determine_v with_o the_o life_n of_o the_o tenant_n chap._n xxvii_o inducement_n to_o the_o conclusion_n see_v then_o that_o neither_o the_o great_a thanes_z nor_o the_o lesser_a thanes_z among_o the_o saxon_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o our_o knight-service_n upon_o who_o then_o if_o it_o be_v in_o use_n among_o they_o do_v it_o lie_v for_o as_o touch_v the_o clergy_n it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o law_n of_o edw._n the_o confessor_n cap._n 11._o that_o the_o king_n and_o the_o people_n magis_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la confidebant_fw-la orationibus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o armorum_fw-la defensionibus_fw-la and_o the_o report_n itself_o confess_v pag._n 3._o in_o pede_fw-la that_o the_o possession_n of_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n be_v first_o make_v subject_n to_o knight-service_n in_o capite_fw-la by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o 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by_o socage_n therefore_o if_o all_o kent_n in_o the_o saxon_n time_n be_v gavelkind_a then_o can_v there_o be_v no_o tenor_n by_o knight-service_n in_o all_o that_o county_n for_o glanvil_n lib._n 7._o c._n 3._o tell_v we_o that_o where_o the_o inheritance_n be_v divideable_a among_o the_o son_n it_o be_v socage_n and_o his_o reason_n be_v because_o that_o where_o it_o be_v hold_v by_o knight-service_n the_o primogenitus_fw-la succedit_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la this_o kentish_a custom_n be_v ab_fw-la initio_fw-la the_o general_a law_n of_o england_n and_o of_o all_o nation_n jew_n 2_o greek_n roman_n and_o the_o rest_n and_o so_o continue_v even_o till_o this_o day_n where_o the_o feodal_n law_n have_v not_o alter_v it_o which_o first_o happen_v here_o in_o england_n when_o the_o norman_n introduce_v their_o feud_n settle_v the_o whole_a inheritance_n of_o they_o upon_o the_o elder_a son_n which_o the_o ancient_a feodal_n law_n itself_o do_v not_o as_o we_o before_o have_v note_v till_o 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any_o manor_n thereof_o hold_v by_o knight-service_n for_o fitz-herbert_n d._n say_v that_o nul_fw-fr terres_fw-la sont_fw-fr ancient_a demesne_fw-la forsque_fw-la terres_fw-la tenus_fw-la en_fw-fr socage_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o tenant_n in_o ancient_a demesne_n will_v claim_v to_o hold_v of_o the_o lord_n by_o knights-service_n it_o be_v good_a cause_n to_o remove_v the_o plea_n because_o that_o no_o land_n hold_v of_o a_o manor_n which_o be_v ancient_a demesne_n be_v hold_v by_o other_o service_n of_o the_o lord_n than_o by_o socage_n for_o the_o tenant_n in_o ancient_a demesne_n be_v call_v socmanni_n that_o be_v to_o say_v tenant_n deal_v carve_v angl._n le_fw-fr plough_n thus_o far_o fitz-herbert_n now_o if_o in_o the_o manor_n of_o the_o king_n himself_o there_o be_v then_o no_o land_n hold_v by_o knight-service_n throughout_o all_o england_n it_o will_v then_o in_o all_o probability_n follow_v that_o there_o be_v none_o likewise_o among_o his_o subject_n in_o the_o saxon_n time_n and_o consequent_o that_o our_o feudal_n law_n be_v not_o introduce_v before_o the_o conquest_n mr._n cambden_n by_o their_o own_o confession_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n and_o mr._n selden_n himself_o who_o they_o allege_v against_o i_o be_v clear_o with_o i_o as_o before_o i_o have_v show_v if_o these_o our_o three_o opinion_n avail_v nothing_o we_o have_v yet_o a_o four_o to_o strengthen_v bracton_n we_o great_a bracton_n the_o most_o learned_a in_o our_o ancient_a law_n and_o custom_n that_o have_v be_v in_o this_o kingdom_n who_o speak_v of_o forinsecum_fw-la servitium_fw-la as_o the_o genus_fw-la to_o these_o tenor_n say_v lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o nu._n 7._o fol._n 36._o a._n that_o it_o be_v call_v regale_n servitium_fw-la quia_fw-la spectat_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o conquestu_fw-la fuit_fw-la adinventum_fw-la here_o bracton_n also_o refer_v the_o invention_n to_o the_o 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be_v now_o corrupt_o so_o call_v for_o triding_n or_o thrithing_n those_o thing_n therefore_o that_o can_v not_o be_v determine_v in_o the_o hundred-court_n either_o for_o difficulty_n or_o miscarriage_n thereof_o be_v from_o thence_o bring_v unto_o the_o trthe_n where_o all_o the_o principal_a man_n of_o three_o or_o more_o hundred_o be_v assemble_v do_v debate_n and_o determine_v it_o or_o if_o they_o can_v not_o do_v then_o send_v it_o up_o nnto_o the_o county_n court_n to_o be_v there_o decide_v as_o in_o parliament_n by_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o county_n this_o appear_v by_o the_o law_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n cap._n 34._o where_o it_o be_v say_v erant_fw-la &_o aliae_fw-la potestates_fw-la super_fw-la wapentachia_n quas_fw-la vocabant_fw-la ðriðingas_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v there_o be_v other_o jurisdiction_n over_o wapentake_n or_o hundred_o which_o they_o call_v thrithing_n because_o they_o contain_v a_o three_o part_n of_o the_o province_n or_o county_n 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kingdom_n i_o will_v here_o adjoin_v as_o it_o stand_v in_o the_o book_n of_o ramsey_n abbey_n sect._n 197._o willielmus_fw-la rex_fw-la angl._n h._n camerario_fw-la salutem_fw-la fac_n convenire_fw-la &_o consedere_fw-la tres_fw-la hundredos_fw-mi &_o dimidium_fw-la apud_fw-la flicceham-burgh_n propter_fw-la terram_fw-la illam_fw-la de_fw-la holm_n quae_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la ringstedam_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la abbas_n ramesiae_fw-la reclamat_fw-la ad_fw-la victum_fw-la &_o vestitum_fw-la monachorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la abbas_n poterit_fw-la ostendere_fw-la ratione_fw-la &_o testimonio_fw-la comprovincialium_fw-la quod_fw-la antecessor_n illius_fw-la eandem_fw-la terram_fw-la habuerit_fw-la eo_fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la pater_fw-la meus_fw-la fuit_fw-la vivus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la tunc_fw-la praecipio_fw-la ut_fw-la illam_fw-la terram_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la quae_fw-la just_o pertinent_a ad_fw-la abbathiam_fw-la svam_fw-la pacifice_fw-la &_o honorifice_fw-la habeat_fw-la testae_fw-la r._n bigod_n apud_fw-la wind._n out_o of_o which_o writ_n i_o conjecture_v that_o this_o h._n camerarius_fw-la to_o who_o it_o be_v direct_v may_v be_v trithingreve_n of_o that_o part_n of_o the_o county_n the_o rather_o for_o that_o the_o writ_n name_v he_o not_o vicecome_fw-la as_o in_o the_o next_o precedent_n it_o do_v another_o man_n viz._n will._n rex_fw-la o._n vicecomiti_fw-la salutem_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o that_o these_o three_o hundred_o and_o a_o half_a be_v to_o be_v judge_n of_o the_o cause_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n fac_fw-la consedere_fw-la that_o be_v cause_v they_o to_o sit_v down_o together_o for_o magistrorum_fw-la &_o judicum_fw-la est_fw-la sedere_fw-la famulorum_fw-la &_o ministrorum_fw-la stare_n therefore_o it_o be_v say_v exod._n 18._o 13._o moses_n sit_v to_o judge_v the_o people_n and_o the_o people_n stand_v about_o he_o whereupon_o hugo_n also_o note_v magistrorum_fw-la est_fw-la sedere_fw-la to_o this_o purpose_n also_o 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quo_fw-la sensu_fw-la accipiendum_fw-la 185._o cinque-port_n privilege_n grant_v to_o they_o by_o king_n edward_n the_o confessor_n etc._n etc._n 26._o clacklose-hundred_n 139._o clergyman_n forbid_v to_o use_v hunt_v 109_o 112_o 113._o &_o seq_n when_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o prove_v wi_n 129._o prohibit_v by_o justinian_n to_o meddle_v with_o those_o matter_n ibid._n cley_n harbour_n 151._o de_fw-fr clifford_n rob._n marshal_n of_o england_n 167._o k._n canute_n charter_n of_o donation_n to_o the_o thane_n orc._n 20._o coin_v of_o england_n in_o q._n elisabeth_n time_n 203_o etc._n etc._n colloquia_fw-la 65._o comites_fw-la who_o and_o why_o so_o call_v 3._o commendati_fw-la 35._o congham_n 145._o conradus_n salicus_n make_v a_o constitution_n touch_v feud_n 4_o 5._o consecration_n a_o strange_a one_o of_o eadmer_n a_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n 119._o consilium_fw-la regni_fw-la 60._o controversy_n among_o the_o ancient_a britain_n by_o who_o judge_v 74._o conveyance_n of_o land_n how_o make_v by_o the_o saxon_n 8._o cossher_v what_o 60._o cossey_n 157._o county_n in_o england_n 5._o county-court_n how_o often_o keep_v 54._o be_v proclaim_v a_o seven-night_n beforehand_o ib._n earl_n county_n and_o bishop_n diocese_n have_v but_o one_o limit_n 130_o 131._o ecclesiastical_a and_o secular_a cause_n there_o decide_v 131._o courtbaron_n 4._o it_o be_v original_a 51._o court-leet_n 51._o sometime_o grant_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o manor_n ibid._n court-christian_a or_o ecclesiastical_a when_o it_o spring_v up_o 131_o 132._o high_a court_n of_o justice_n why_o they_o sit_v not_o in_o the_o afternoon_n 89_o 90._o why_o they_o sit_v not_o all_o some_o day_n 90_o 91._o why_o they_o sit_v on_o the_o rogation_n day_n ibid._n why_o on_o some_o festival_n and_o not_o on_o other_o 91_o the_o admiralty-court_n why_o always_o open_a 94._o chancery-court_n say_v to_o be_v always_o open_a ib._n cowshil_fw-la 153._o creak_n 149._o cromer_n 152._o crostwick_n 153._o crowner_n office_n not_o before_o the_o conquest_n 27._o d_o dane-blood_n 149._o dane-law_n 45._o dane_n not_o capable_a of_o devise_v land_n by_o will_n 22_o david_n i_o king_n of_o scotland_n and_o earl_n of_o huntingdon_n 11_o 131._o dean_n his_o office_n and_o function_n 50._o the_o privilege_n of_o a_o bishop_n dean_n ibid._n deerham_n west_n 140._o defensor_fw-la plebis_fw-la 129._o degradatio_fw-la militis_fw-la 185._o deira_n a_o province_n 13._o demain_v or_o demesne_n what_o 12._o ancient_a demesne_n have_v not_o any_o land_n by_o knight-service_n 44_o 57_o d'evreux_n robert_n earl_n of_o essex_n viscount_n bourchier_n etc._n etc._n 171._o send_v into_o spain_n with_o a_o army_n ibid._n storm_v cadiz_n ibid._n create_a marshal_n of_o england_n ibid._n make_a lord_n deputy_n of_o ireland_n ibid._n when_o behead_v ibid._n dies_fw-la juridici_fw-la 72_o 73._o die_v feriale_n 72._o dies_fw-la pacis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ibid._n 79._o 82._o dies_fw-la pacis_fw-la regis_fw-la ibib_fw-la &_o 82._o dies_fw-la novem_fw-la lectionum_fw-la 91._o dies_fw-la feriati_fw-la repentini_fw-la 93._o dower_n why_o judge_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n 132._o downham_n 140._o druid_n who_o 74._o the_o sole_a judge_n of_o controversy_n among_o the_o old_a britain_n 74._o suppose_a to_o have_v use_v the_o greek_a tongue_n 103_o have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o the_o latin_n ibid._n dudley_n john_n duke_n of_o northumberland_n and_o earl_n marshal_n of_o england_n 170._o e_o eadmere_n a_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n make_v archbishop_n of_o st._n andrews_n in_o scotland_n 119._o king_n eadwigus_n charter_n of_o thaneland_n grant_v to_o aelswine_n 19_o earl_n marshal_n of_o england_n 169_o 170_o 171._o earl_n of_o a_o county_n see_v alderman_n earldom_n not_o hereditary_a in_o ancient_a time_n 13._o earldom_n in_o france_n ibid._n &_o 14._o earl_n among_o the_o saxon_n 13_o 14._o earl_n no_o title_n of_o dignity_n ancient_o 13._o their_o office_n depend_v on_o the_o king_n pleasure_n ibid._n a_o earl_n heriot_n 31._o easter-term_n how_o limit_v ancient_o 83._o easter-week_n when_o exempt_v from_o law_n business_n 76._o ebsam_fw-la in_o
richard_n tribunus_n regis_n or_o marshal_n to_o king_n henry_n ii_o 166._o hundrador_n 51._o hundred_o their_o original_n 50._o hundred_o court_n 51._o hunt_v forbid_v to_o clergyman_n 109_o 112_o 113_o 114_o 115._o hide_n what_o 17._o when_o disuse_v 4â—_n i_o ibreney_n rad._n de_o 190._o iceni_n 135._o eorum_fw-la nomina_fw-la &_o derivatio_fw-la ibid._n icenia_n 135._o ejusdem_fw-la termini_fw-la ibid._n coelum_fw-la &_o solum_fw-la 13â—_n ina_n king_n of_o the_o west_n saxon_n adjust_v the_o quantity_n of_o rent_n for_o every_o ploughland_n 15._o by_o who_o advice_n he_o make_v his_o law_n 61._o make_v a_o strict_a law_n against_o work_v on_o sunday_n 57_o ingolsthorp_n 146._o inland_a what_o 12._o intwood_n 157._o k._n john_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la 63._o john_n marshal_z to_z king_n henry_n i._n 165._o irregularity_n of_o clergyman_n wherein_o it_o consist_v 109_o 112._o i_o shall_z fluvius_fw-la unde_fw-la dictus_fw-la 135._o ejusdem_fw-la aestus_fw-la 139._o islepe_o sim_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 90._o jury_n take_v out_o of_o several_a hundred_o in_o a_o county_n 53._o jurour_n prohibit_v to_o have_v meat_n etc._n etc._n till_o agree_v of_o their_o verdict_n 89._o jus_fw-la gentium_fw-la 2._o justice_n of_o eure_n when_o institute_v 27._o justinian_n the_o emperor_n when_o he_o flourish_v 129._o he_o prohibit_v clergyman_n to_o take_v cognizance_n of_o wi_n ibid._n justitium_fw-la what_o 72._o k_o keninghall_n 158._o kent_n the_o custom_n of_o gavelkind_n in_o that_o county_n 43._o kettringham_n 15â—_n the_o king_n the_o fountain_n of_o all_o feud_n and_o tenor_n 1â—_n the_o king_n to_o have_v his_o tenant_n land_n till_o the_o heir_n have_v do_v homage_n 3â—_n the_o king_n universal_a lord_n of_o his_o whole_a territory_n 37._o ancient_o grant_v church_n to_o layman_n 115_o knight_n what_o among_o the_o saxon_n 51_o 58._o why_o there_o be_v but_o two_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n for_o a_o county_n 64._o knight's-fee_n 3_o 4_o 51_o 58._o when_o introduce_v 45._o the_o number_n of_o they_o ibid._n the_o value_n of_o a_o knights-fee_n ibid._n knight-service_n 2_o 7._o kymberley_n 158._o s_o sacha_n &_o soca_n what_o in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n 51._o salique_n bring_v the_o german_a feodal_a right_n into_o france_n 5._o shall_v in_o norfolk_n 151._o sandringham_n 146._o sanhadrim_n when_o and_o where_o the_o judge_n of_o it_o sit_v 75._o satrapy_n among_o the_o saxon_n 50._o saxon_n the_o first_o planter_n of_o the_o german_a rite_n in_o great_a britain_n 5._o their_o charter_n translate_v 7._o the_o manner_n of_o make_v their_o conveyance_n 8_o distinction_n of_o person_n among_o they_o 11._o how_o many_o degree_n of_o honour_n they_o have_v 16._o how_o they_o hold_v their_o land_n 40._o what_o oblige_v they_o to_o so_o many_o kind_n of_o service_n ibid._n saxon_n very_o much_o give_v to_o drunkenness_n 89._o when_o they_o take_v possession_n of_o england_n 100_o they_o sweep_v away_o the_o roman_a law_n there_o 101_o yet_o take_v somewhat_o from_o they_o 102._o why_o their_o law_n be_v not_o at_o first_o put_v in_o writing_n ibid._n when_o they_o have_v write_v law_n ibid._n the_o use_n of_o will_n unknown_a to_o the_o ancient_a saxon_n 127._o our_o saxon_n observe_v the_o civil_a law_n in_o their_o will_n 128._o scutagium_fw-la 36_o 37._o sedgeford_n 146._o segrave_n nicholas_n marshal_v of_o england_n 167._o seignory_n wherein_o it_o consist_v 2._o service_n how_o many_o sort_n of_o they_o upon_o land_n 17._o personal_a service_n 40._o praedial_a ibid._n alodial_a ibid._n beneficiary_n ibid._n colonical_a ibid._n servitia_fw-la militaria_fw-la what_o 46._o the_o difference_n between_o they_o and_o servitutes_fw-la militares_fw-la ibid._n seymour_n edward_n duke_n of_o somerset_n nephew_n of_o king_n edw._n vi_o 169._o make_a lord_n treasurer_n and_o earl_n marshal_n of_o england_n ibid._n shardlow_n joh_n justice_n of_o oyer_n have_v a_o licence_n to_o hear_v cause_n on_o a_o festival_n 95_o 96._o sharnburn_n 146._o history_n of_o the_o family_n 189_o etc._n etc._n shelton_n 156._o shouldham_n 142._o shire_n gemot_a what_o 53._o signioral_a authority_n what_o 6â—_n snetsham_n 146_o 189_o 190_o etc._n etc._n socage_n 3_o 7_o 33_o 43._o socman_n 1â—_n 15_o 57_o sprowston_n 153._o stanchow_n 146_o 19â—_n star_n chamber_n court_n 94_o 95._o stigand_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n depose_v 119._o stock-chappel_n 146._o stow-bardolfe_a 140._o strangbow_n gilb_n earl_n of_o pembroke_n and_o marshal_n of_o the_o king_n palace_n 165._o suitor_n of_o the_o hundred_o 51._o when_o and_o by_o who_o call_v at_o this_o day_n ibid._n summons_n the_o manner_n of_o it_o in_o the_o empire_n 36._o sunday_n how_o exempt_v from_o law_n suit_n 76._o sustenance_n what_o 59_o swasham_n 141._o swainmote-court_n 85._o syndici_fw-la who_o 63_o 64._o synod_n of_o eanham_n when_o hold_v 78._o t_o talbot_n george_n earl_n of_o shrewsbury_n 171._o execute_v the_o office_n of_o lord_n high_a steward_n of_o england_n ibid._n tallagium_fw-la 60._o tasburg_n 156._o tassilo_o duke_n of_o bavaria_n do_v homage_n to_o king_n pipin_n 34._o tenant_n land_n of_o how_o many_o sort_n 4._o tenant_n by_o knight-service_n 4._o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la 10._o tenant_n in_o menalty_n ibid._n tenant_n paraval_n ibid._n tenant_n land_n or_o the_o tenancy_n 12._o tenant_n what_o they_o be_v in_o ancient_a time_n 51._o tenant_n in_o socage_n 57_o tenant_n force_v to_o pay_v a_o fine_a upon_o the_o marriage_n of_o a_o daughter_n 60._o to_o furnish_v their_o lord_n with_o provision_n ibid._n to_o present_v they_o with_o gratuity_n ibid._n tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la 2._o by_o knight-service_n 4_o 7._o the_o original_a of_o tenor_n 4._o tenure_n in_o socage_n 4_o 7._o tenor_n for_o life_n ibid._n what_o tenor_n be_v in_o use_n among_o the_o saxon_n 7._o when_o first_o use_v ibid._n no_o tenor_n in_o capite_fw-la among_o the_o saxon_n 10._o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la of_o two_o sort_n ibid._n the_o fruit_n of_o feodal_a tenor_n 24._o the_o name_n of_o tenor_n not_o use_v by_o the_o saxon_n 40._o terminus_n what_o it_o signify_v 71._o when_o the_o word_n become_v frequent_a ibid._n term_n their_o definition_n and_o etymology_n 71._o several_a acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n 70._o full_a term_n and_o puisne_n term_v ibid._n the_o original_a of_o term_n 73_o &_o 77._o two_o term_n among_o the_o welsh_a 74._o the_o term_n lay_v out_o according_a to_o the_o ancient_a law_n 82._o the_o ancient_a bound_n of_o hilary-term_n 82_o 83._o of_o easter-term_n 83._o of_o trinity-term_n 84_o 85._o of_o michaelmass-term_n 85_o 86._o how_o trinity_n term_n be_v alter_v 87._o michaelmass-term_n how_o abbreviate_v 88_o why_o the_o term_n be_v sometime_o extend_v into_o the_o vacation_n 95._o terra_fw-la regis_fw-la 57_o terrae_fw-la testamentales_fw-la 12._o terrington_n 138._o tertium_fw-la denarium_fw-la 14._o testament_n and_o last_o will_v not_o in_o use_n among_o the_o ancient_a hebrew_n 127._o not_o find_v in_o scripture_n before_o christ_n time_n ibid._n express_o mention_v by_o st._n paul_n ibid._n not_o use_v by_o the_o saxon_n or_o norman_n ibid._n the_o custom_n of_o make_v will_n from_o who_o take_v up_o ibid._n how_o many_o witness_n to_o a_o will_n require_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n 128._o thane_n or_o theoden_a who_o 10_o 11._o their_o several_a kind_n 16._o not_o proper_o a_o title_n of_o dignity_n ibid._n the_o etymology_n of_o their_o name_n ibid._n the_o quality_n of_o their_o person_n ibid._n the_o nature_n of_o their_o land_n 17._o the_o word_n thane_n have_v no_o relation_n to_o war_n 21._o a_o thane_n heriot_n 31._o thaneland_n not_o subject_a to_o feodal_a service_n 18._o charter_n of_o thaneland_n grant_v by_o saxon_a king_n 19_o 20._o the_o occasion_n of_o grant_v they_o 21._o thaneland_n alienate_v ibid._n devise_a by_o will_n 22._o grant_v to_o woman_n ibid._n no_o service_n upon_o they_o but_o what_o be_v express_v ibid._n dispos_fw-mi d_o of_o at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o owner_n 23._o charge_v with_o a_o rent_n ibid._n may_v be_v restrain_v from_o alienation_n ibid._n thaneland_n and_o reveland_n what_o 38._o thani_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o minores_fw-la 16._o thani_fw-la regis_fw-la ibid._n theinge_v 50._o his_o jurisdiction_n ibid._n theowe_n and_o esne_n who_o 11._o thetford_n 158._o thokus_n dominus_fw-la de_fw-fr sharnburn_n 189._o thola_fw-la the_o widow_n of_o ore_n have_v a_o grant_n of_o certain_a land_n of_o k._n edw._n the_o confessor_n 20._o obtain_v a_o licence_n to_o devise_v her_o land_n and_o good_n 34._o thrimsa_n what_o 15._o thrithingreves_n or_o leidgereuâ—s_n their_o office_n and_o authority_n 52._o what_o cause_n be_v usual_o bring_v before_o '_o they_o ibid._n tribunus_n militum_fw-la rei_fw-la militaris_fw-la aut_fw-la exercitus_fw-la 165._o tribute_n 59_o trimarcesia_n what_o 3._o trinity-term_n its_o ancient_a bound_n 84_o 85._o how_o it_o be_v alter_v and_o shorten_v 87._o trinodis_fw-la necessitas_fw-la 17_o 43._o trithing_n or_o lath_n 50._o why_o so_o call_v 52._o turf_n why_o so_o call_v 139_o 140._o tydd_n