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baronet_n mr._n roger_n chappel_n mr._n samuel_n dashwood_n thomas_n lord_n viscount_n fauconberg_n edward_n hopegood_n esq_n mr._n peter_n joy_n sir_n andrew_n king_n mr._n john_n mead_n sir_n john_n mathews_n mr._n nicholas_n mead_n mr._n thomas_n nichols_n laurence_n du_fw-fr puy_n esq_n mr._n peter_n proby_n william_n roberts_n esq_n mr._n edward_n rudge_n col._n john_n searle_n mr._n benjamin_n skutt_n sir_n william_n turner_n knight_n and_o alderman_n mr._n thomas_n vernon_n mr._n william_n warren_n the_o coat_n of_o arm_n and_o motto_n belong_v to_o this_o company_n be_v also_o depict_v in_o the_o plate_n of_o arm_n of_o the_o company_n of_o merchant_n this_o worshipful_a company_n as_o indeed_o all_o other_o be_v be_v govern_v by_o a_o master_n warden_n and_o court_n of_o assistant_n thus_o have_v brief_o treat_v of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o kingdom_n with_o some_o of_o the_o chief_a incorporate_v company_n our_o next_o business_n shall_v be_v 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to_o the_o party_n for_o so_o it_o be_v term_v in_o brook_n title_n addition_n 44._o but_o a_o honour_n to_o the_o kingdom_n and_o therefore_o it_o have_v be_v a_o ancient_a prerogative_n of_o the_o king_n of_o this_o realm_n at_o their_o pleasure_n to_o compel_v man_n of_o worth_a to_o take_v upon_o they_o that_o degree_n upon_o payment_n of_o a_o fine_a but_o we_o see_v by_o experience_n in_o these_o day_n that_o none_o be_v compel_v thereunto_o and_o that_o be_v the_o reason_n wherefore_o if_o the_o plaintiff_n be_v knight_v have_v the_o writ_n it_o shall_v abate_v because_o he_o have_v change_v his_o name_n and_o that_o by_o his_o own_o act._n and_o for_o that_o cause_n also_o by_o the_o common_a law_n not_o only_o the_o king_n but_o every_o lord_n of_o a_o manor_n ought_v to_o have_v of_o every_o of_o his_o tenant_n a_o reasonable_a aid_n to_o make_v his_o elder_a son_n a_o knight_n and_o all_o land_n be_v subject_a to_o these_o aid_n except_o only_o ancient_a demesne_n and_o 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bind_v to_o the_o daughter_n for_o so_o much_o as_o the_o father_n receive_v for_o the_o aid_n and_o if_o the_o father_n good_n be_v not_o sufficient_a his_o heir_n shall_v be_v charge_v therewith_o unto_o the_o daughter_n and_o this_o aid_n be_v so_o incident_a that_o although_o the_o lord_n do_v confirm_v unto_o the_o tenant_n to_o hold_v by_o fealty_n and_o certain_a rent_n and_o release_v unto_o he_o all_o other_o service_n and_o demand_n yet_o shall_v he_o have_v the_o aid_n to_o make_v his_o elder_a son_n a_o knight_n but_o the_o king_n be_v not_o bind_v by_o the_o statute_n aforemention_v because_o the_o king_n be_v not_o name_v in_o the_o statute_n therefore_o by_o the_o statute_n 25_o edw._n 3._o chap._n 11._o the_o king_n aid_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o like_a value_n the_o intention_n of_o the_o law_n be_v that_o a_o heir_n until_o the_o age_n of_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v knight_n service_n but_o such_o a_o presumption_n of_o law_n do_v give_v 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earl_n viscount_n or_o â—aron_n by_o this_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v out_o of_o ward_n and_o custody_n both_o for_o his_o land_n and_o body_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v propound_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la chap._n 3._o ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la ipse_fw-la dum_fw-la infra_fw-la aetatem_fw-la fuerit_fw-la fiat_fw-la mile_n nihilominus_fw-la terra_fw-la remaneat_fw-la in_o custodia_fw-la dominorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la so_o that_o although_o such_o a_o heir_n within_o age_n be_v make_v knight_n and_o thereby_o to_o this_o purpose_n be_v esteem_v as_o of_o full_a age_n yet_o the_o land_n shall_v remain_v in_o custody_n of_o the_o lord_n till_o his_o age_n of_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n by_o the_o purview_n of_o the_o say_v act._n question_n if_o the_o son_n and_o heir_n of_o the_o tenant_n of_o the_o king_n by_o knight_n service_n etc._n etc._n be_v make_v knight_n in_o paris_n by_o the_o french_a king_n whether_o he_o shall_v be_v out_o of_o wardship_n after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n or_o no_o for_o thereby_o he_o be_v a_o knight_n in_o england_n coke_n seven_o part_n b._n 2_o edw._n 4._o fol._n tamen_fw-la vide_fw-la in_o coke_n six_o part_n 74._o b._n mention_n be_v only_o make_v of_o knight_n make_v by_o the_o king_n himself_o or_o by_o his_o lieutenant_n in_o ireland_n but_o when_o the_o king_n do_v make_v a_o heir_n apparent_a within_o age_n of_o a_o tenant_n by_o knight_n service_n a_o knight_n in_o the_o life_n of_o his_o ancestor_n and_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o ancestor_n the_o say_a heir_n be_v within_o age_n shall_v in_o this_o case_n be_v out_o of_o ward_n and_o shall_v pay_v no_o value_n for_o his_o marriage_n neither_o shall_v the_o lord_n have_v the_o custody_n of_o the_o land_n for_o in_o that_o case_n by_o the_o make_n of_o he_o knight_n in_o the_o life_n of_o his_o ancestor_n he_o be_v make_v of_o full_a age_n so_o that_o when_o his_o ancestor_n die_v no_o interest_n either_o in_o the_o 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domini_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o ei_fw-la conferet_fw-la maritagium_fw-la suum_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o word_n can_v be_v understand_v when_o he_o be_v out_o of_o ward_n and_o custody_n no_o more_o than_o when_o he_o be_v marry_v after_o the_o age_n of_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n note_v hereby_o that_o the_o king_n may_v prevent_v his_o grantee_n or_o other_o lord_n of_o the_o double_a value_n by_o knighthood_n yet_o in_o such_o case_n present_o after_o the_o heir_n be_v make_v a_o knight_n after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o ancestor_n the_o lord_n may_v have_v a_o writ_n de_fw-fr valour_n maritagii_fw-la for_o the_o single_a also_o by_o the_o ancient_a common_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n if_o a_o villain_n be_v make_v a_o knight_n he_o be_v immediate_o enfranchise_v and_o if_o a_o ribald_a or_o a_o man_n of_o base_a birth_n and_o condition_n have_v strike_v a_o knight_n by_o the_o ancient_a law_n he_o shall_v have_v lose_v his_o hand_n wherewith_o he_o offend_v but_o in_o france_n it_o 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suum_fw-la 12_o de_fw-fr militibus_fw-la de_fw-fr visum_fw-la de_fw-fr n._n qui_fw-la melius_fw-la sciant_fw-la &_o velint_fw-la dicere_fw-la veritatem_fw-la adfaciendam_fw-la recognitionem_fw-la magnae_fw-la assurae_fw-la inter_fw-la a._n petent_fw-la &_o b._n tenent_fw-la de_fw-fr uno_fw-la messuagio_fw-it cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la in_o n._n unde_fw-la idem_fw-la b._n qui_fw-la tenens_fw-la est_fw-la posuit_fw-la secum_fw-la magnam_fw-la ass._n nostram_fw-la &_o petit_fw-la recognitionem_fw-la fieri_fw-la utrum_fw-la eorum_fw-la habent_fw-la jus_o in_fw-la messuagium_fw-la praed_fw-we b._n qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la sit_fw-la ibi_fw-la auditurus_fw-la illam_fw-la electionem_fw-la &_o habeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la nomina_fw-la praed_fw-we milit_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o upon_o the_o return_n of_o this_o writ_n those_o four_o knight_n must_v appear_v gladiis_fw-la cuncti_fw-la dier_n 79._o fol._n 103._o if_o the_o tenant_n make_v his_o election_n by_o battle_n 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shall_v have_v the_o land_n to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o heir_n for_o ever_o and_o the_o demandant_n and_o his_o pledge_n de_fw-fr prosequendo_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la reginae_fw-la and_o afterward_o solemn_a proclamation_n be_v make_v that_o the_o champion_n and_o all_o other_o there_o present_a which_o be_v by_o estimation_n above_o four_o thousand_o person_n may_v depart_v every_o man_n in_o the_o peace_n of_o god_n and_o the_o queen_n &_o sic_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la cum_fw-la magno_fw-la clamoro_fw-la vivat_fw-la regina_fw-la also_o if_o false_a judgement_n be_v give_v in_o the_o country_n which_o be_v the_o sheriff_n court_n than_o the_o writ_n shall_v be_v thus_o henricus_n etc._n etc._n vicecomiti_fw-la lincoln_n salutem_fw-la si_fw-la a._n fecerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n tum_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la per_fw-la breve_fw-la nostrum_fw-la de_fw-la recto_fw-la inter_fw-la johannem_fw-la l._n petentem_fw-la &_o will._n b._n tenentem_fw-la de_fw-la uno_fw-la messuagio_fw-mi &_o centum_fw-la acris_fw-la terrae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la in_o c._n unde_fw-la idem_fw-la i._n l._n queritur_fw-la falsum_fw-la sibi_fw-la factum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la judicium_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la &_o record_n illud_fw-la habeas_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la juris_fw-la apud_fw-la westminsterium_fw-la tali_fw-la die_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quatuor_fw-la legales_fw-la milites_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la comitatus_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la qui_fw-la recordo_fw-la illi_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la &_o summoneas_fw-la per_fw-la bonos_fw-es summonitores_fw-la praedictum_fw-la b._n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la sit_fw-la ibi_fw-la auditurus_fw-la recordum_fw-la illud_fw-la &_o habeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la sua_fw-la nomina_fw-la quatuor_fw-la militum_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la fitz._n nat._n brev._n itidem_fw-la e._n and_o those_o four_o must_v be_v knight_n indeed_o also_o the_o justice_n upon_o consideration_n of_o the_o usual_a word_n in_o every_o writ_n of_o venire_fw-la facias_fw-la coram_fw-la etc._n etc._n duodecim_fw-la tum_fw-la milites_fw-la quam_fw-la alios_fw-la liberos_fw-la &_o legales_fw-la homines_fw-la etc._n etc._n say_v that_o these_o word_n tum_fw-la milites_fw-la be_v not_o at_o the_o first_o put_v into_o the_o writ_n without_o effect_n plowden_n 117._o b._n for_o it_o seem_v that_o in_o diebus_fw-la
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charity_n and_o conversation_n the_o definition_n or_o description_n of_o the_o gentry_n or_o civil_a nobility_n of_o england_n chap._n xxvi_o gentleman_n generosus_fw-la seem_v to_o be_v make_v of_o two_o word_n the_o one_o french_a gentil_n honestus_fw-la vel_fw-la honesta_fw-la parent_n natus_fw-la the_o other_o saxon_a man_n as_o if_o you_o will_v say_v a_o man_n well_o bear_v and_o under_o this_o name_n be_v all_o comprise_v that_o be_v above_o yeoman_n and_o artificer_n so_o that_o noble_n be_v true_o call_v gentleman_n by_o the_o course_n and_o custom_n of_o england_n nobility_n be_v either_o major_a or_o minor_n major_n contain_v all_o title_n and_o degree_n from_o knighthood_n upward_o minor_n all_o from_o baron_n downward_o mr._n william_n mainstone_n alias_o mayneston_n of_o ye._n city_n of_o london_n merchant_n lineal_o descend_v from_o thomas_n mainston_n of_o vrchinfield_n in_o herefordshire_n gent_n temps_fw-fr edw_n ye._n 3d._o now_o marry_v to_o penelope_n daughter_n to_o sr_n thomas_n jones_n of_o shrewsbury_n in_o yeâ—_n county_n of_o salop_n kt._n one_o of_o ye._n justice_n of_o his_o mat_n be_v court_n of_o k-bench_n john_n bourne_n of_o more_o field_n in_o the_o parish_n of_o st._n leonard_n shoreditch_n in_o middz_n dr._n in_o phisicksâ—_n non_fw-la marry_v to_o eleanor_n daughter_n of_o george_n shire_n of_o wakefield_n in_o yorkshir_n bachelor_n in_o divinity_n john_n row_n of_o ye._n city_n of_o bristol_n gent._n lineal_o descend_v from_o ye._n ancient_a family_n of_o ye._n row_v of_o windley_n hill_n in_o derbyshire_n which_o say_v john_n be_v now_o marry_v to_o lucy_n sister_n &_o coheyre_n of_o anâ—thony_n hungerford_n son_n &_o heir_n of_o anthony_n hungerford_n of_o ye._n lea_n in_o wiltshire_n esq_n mr._n peter_n vandeput_fw-la of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n merchant_n john_n btome_n of_o sevenoke_n in_o kent_n gent._n ricâ—ard_o btome_n of_o chobham_n in_o the_o parish_n of_o westham_n in_o essâ—â—â—_n gent._n richard_n whitworth_n 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if_o the_o sheriff_n take_v a._n b._n gentleman_n a_o action_n of_o false_a imprisonment_n lie_v against_o the_o sheriff_n but_o if_o a._n b._n yeoman_n be_v indict_v and_o a._n b._n gentleman_n be_v produce_v be_v the_o same_o man_n intend_v it_o be_v good_a if_o a_o man_n be_v a_o gentleman_n by_o office_n only_o and_o lose_v the_o same_o then_o do_v he_o also_o lose_v his_o gentility_n by_o the_o statute_n 5_o eliz._n chap._n 4._o entitle_v a_o act_n touch_v order_n for_o artificer_n labourer_n servant_n of_o husbandry_n and_o apprentice_n among_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v declare_v that_o a_o gentleman_n bear_v etc._n etc._n shall_v not_o be_v compel_v to_o serve_v in_o husbandry_n if_o any_o falcon_n be_v lose_v and_o be_v find_v it_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o the_o sheriff_n who_o must_v make_v proclamation_n and_o if_o the_o owner_n come_v not_o within_o four_o month_n then_o if_o the_o â—inder_n be_v a_o simple_a man_n the_o sheriff_n may_v keep_v the_o hawk_n make_v 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artificer_n retailer_n labourer_n or_o such_o like_a of_o who_o tully_n say_v nihil_fw-la proficiuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la mentiuntur_fw-la and_o by_o divers_a statute_n certain_a immunity_n be_v give_v to_o man_n of_o quality_n which_o be_v deny_v to_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n of_o people_n read_v hereof_o among_o other_o 1_o jac._n cap._n 127._o by_o the_o statute_n of_o 2_o hen._n 4._o chap._n 27._o among_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o no_o yeoman_n shall_v take_v or_o wear_v any_o livery_n of_o any_o lord_n upon_o pain_n of_o imprisonment_n and_o to_o make_v fine_a at_o the_o king_n will_n and_o pleasure_n these_o yeoman_n be_v famous_a in_o our_o forefather_n day_n for_o archery_n and_o manhood_n our_o infantry_n which_o so_o often_o conquer_v the_o french_a and_o repulse_v the_o scot_n be_v compose_v of_o they_o as_o be_v our_o militia_n at_o present_a who_o through_o want_n of_o use_n and_o good_a discipline_n be_v much_o degenerate_v from_o their_o 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to_o cohabit_v in_o hamlet_n or_o village_n and_o from_o thence_o spring_v up_o town_n city_n castle_n and_o fortify_v place_n then_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o one_o city_n or_o place_n wage_v war_n against_o those_o of_o another_o and_o the_o victorious_a enlarge_v their_o territory_n and_o make_v they_o their_o tributary_n and_o thus_o increase_v in_o number_n of_o inhabitant_n form_v to_o themselves_o a_o civil_a government_n and_o grow_v in_o riches_n some_o study_a one_o art_n and_o some_o another_o some_o addict_v themselves_o to_o traffic_n whilst_o other_o employ_v their_o time_n in_o martial_a affair_n and_o what_o be_v city_n in_o these_o our_o day_n but_o the_o nursery_n habitation_n and_o receptacle_n of_o worthy_a ingenious_a wealthy_a and_o munificent_a brave_a man_n which_o make_v charles_n the_o quint_n much_o to_o glory_n that_o he_o be_v a_o citizen_n of_o ghent_n and_o henry_n the_o great_a in_o answer_n to_o a_o letter_n of_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n wherein_o he_o 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