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A52524 The arguments of the Right Honourable, the late Lord Chancellor Nottingham upon which he made the decree in the cause between the Honourable Charles Howard esq., plaintiff : Henry, late Duke of Norfolk, Henry Lord Mowbrey his son, Henry Marquess of Dorchester and Richard Marriott, esq.: defendants : wherein the several wayes and methods of limiting the trust of a term for years, are fully debated. England and Wales. Court of Chancery.; Nottingham, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1621-1682.; Howard, Charles, d. 1713.; Norfolk, Henry Howard, Duke of, 1628-1684. 1685 (1685) Wing N1402; ESTC R30748 19,382 38

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THE ARGUMENTS Of the Right Honourable the late Lord Chancellor NOTTINGHAM Upon which he made the DECREE IN THE CAUSE BETWEEN THE Honourable Charles Howard Esq Plaintiff Henry late Duke of Norfolk Henry Lord Mowbrey his Son Henry Marquess of Dorchester and Richard Marriott Esq Defendants WHEREIN The several Wayes and Methods of limiting the Trust of a Term for Years are fully debated LONDON Printed for George Tatarshall Esq of Finchamsted in the County of Berks. MDCLXXXV The Arguments of the late Lord Chancellor Nottingham upon which he made the Decree in the Cause between the Honourable Charles Howard Esquire Plaintiff Henry late Duke of Norfolk Henry Lord Mowbrey his Son Henry Marquess of Dorchester and Richard Marriot Esquire Defendants Wherein the several wayes and methods of limiting the Trust of a Term for Years are fully debated The First Argument THis is the Case The Plaintiff by his Bill demands the benefit of a Term for two hundred Years in the Barony of Greystocke upon these settlements Henry Fredericke late Earl of Arundel and Surry Father of the Plaintiff and Defendant had Issue Thomas Henry Charles Edward Francis and Bernard and a Daughter the Lady Katharine Thomas Lord Maltravers his eldest Son was Non compos Mentis and care is taken to settle the Estate and Family as well as the present circumstances will admit And thereupon there are two Indentures drawn and they are both of the same date The one is an Indenture between the Earl of Arundel of the one part and the Duke of Richmond the Marquess of Dorchester Edward Lord Howard of Eastcricke and Sir Thomas Hatton of the other part it bears date the Twenty first day of March 1647. Whereby an Estate is conveyed to them and their Heirs To these uses To the use of the Earl for his life After that to the Countess his Wife for her life with power to make a Lease for 21. Years reserving the antient Rents The remainder for 200. Years to those Trustees and that upon such trusts as by another Indenture intended to bear date the same day the Earl should limit and declare and then the remainder of the Lands are to the use of Henry and the Heirs Males of his Body begotten with like remainders in Tail to Charles Edward and the other Brothers successively Then comes the other Indenture which was to declare the Trust of the Term for 200 Years for which all these preparations are made and that declares that it was intended this Term should attend the inheritance and that the profits of the said Barony c. should be received by the said Henry Howard and the Heirs Males of his Body so long as Thomas and any Issue Male of his Body should live which was consequently only during his own life because he was never likely to marry and if he dye without Issue in the life time of Henry not leaving a Wife privement Enseint of a Son or if after his death the Digniy of Earl of Arundell should descend upon Henry Then Henry or his Issue should have no farther benefit or profit of the Term of 200 Years Who then shall But the benefit shall redound to the younger Brothers in manner following How is that To Charles and the Heirs Males of his Body with the like Remainders in Taile to the rest Thus is the matter setled by these Indentures how this Family was to be provided for and the whole Estate govern'd for the time to come These Indentures are both sealed and delivered in the presence of Sir Orlando Bridgman Mr. Edward Alehorne and Mr. John Alehorn both of them my Lord Keeper Bridgman's Clerks I knew them to be so This Attestation of these Deeds is a Demonstration to me they were drawn by Sir Orlando Bridgman After this the Contingency does happen for Thomas Duke of Norfolk dies without Issue and the Earldome of Arundel as well as the Dukedom of Norfolk descended to Henry now Duke of Norfolk by Thomas his death without Issue presently upon this the Marquess of Dorchester the surviving Trustee of this Estate assigns his Estate to Marryot but he doth it upon the same Trusts that he had it himself Mr Marryot assigns his interest frankly to my Lord Henry the now Duke and so has done what he can to merge and extinguish the Term by the signing it to him who has the Inheritance To excuse the Marquess of Dorchester from cooperating in this matter it is said there was an absolute necessity so to do Because the Tenants in the North would not be brought to renew their Estates while so Aged a person did continue in the Seigniory for fear if he should dye quickly they should be compelled to pay a new Fine But nothing in the World can excuse Marryot from being guilty of a most wilful and palpable Breach of Trust if Charles have any Right to this Term so that the whole contention in the Case is to make the Estate limited to Charles void void in the Original Creation if not so void by the common Recovery suffered by the now Duke and the Assignment of Marryot If the Estate be Originally void which is limited to Charles there is no harm done but if it only be avoided by the Assignment of Marryot with the concurrence of the Duke of Norfolk he having notice of the Trusts then most certainly they must make it good to Charles in Equity for a palpable breach of Trust of which they had notice So that the question is reduced to this main single point Whether all this care that was taken to settle this Estate and Family be void and insignificant and all this provision made for Charles and the Younger Children to have no Effect I am in a very great strait in this Case I am assisted by as good advice as I know how to repose my self upon and I have the fairest opportunity if I concur with them and so should mistake to excuse my self that I did errare cum patribus but I dare not at any time deliver any Opinion in this place without I concurr with my self and my Conscience too I desire to be heard in this Case with great benignity and with great excuse for what I say for I take this question to be of so universal a Concernment to all mens Rites and Properties in point of disposing of their Estates as to most conveyances made and setled in the late times and yet on foot that being afraid I might shake more settlements than I am willing to do I am not disposed to keep so closely and strictly to the Rules of Law as the Judges of the Common-Law do as not to look to the Reasons and Consequences that may follow upon the determination of this Case I cannot say in this Case that this Limitation is void and because this is a point that in Courts of Equity which are not favoured by the Judgments of the Courts of Law is seldome debated with any great industry at the Barr