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A93107	An exact collection of choice declarations, with pleas, replications, rejoynders, demurrers, assignement of errours and the entries of judgments thereupon affirmed. / Collected by VV. S. one of the clerks of the upper bench office : in the reignes of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and the late King Charles. Diligently perused, and translated into English, for the benefit and helpe of young clerkes. With an exact table, wherein may be found the principall matters contained in the whole book.	W. S., One of the clerks of the Upper Bench Office.; J. W.; Sheppard, William, d. 1675?, attributed name.; Small, William, 17th cent, attributed name.	1653 (1653)	Wing S3185; Thomason E210_1; ESTC R10408	294,804	288

B. the Brother the said Moity of the said Tenements which was of his the said G. B. according to the said Custom of Gavelkind descended unto the said I. B. and unto one R. B. as Kin and Heirs of the whole bloud of the said G. B. c. namely as Sons of H. B. Brother of T. B. Father of the said T. Father of the said T. B. the Son and G. B. by which they the said I. B. and R. B. before the said time in which c. into the said Moity of the said Tenements entred and thereof were seized in their Demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seized before the said time in which c. thereof Infeoffed the said I. M. To have to him and his Heirs for ever by vertue of which said Feoffement the said I. M before the said time in which c. demised the said Moity unto the said I. B. for the said Term of two years yet in being as the same I. B. before hath alleged by vertue of which said demise the said I. B. of that Moity was possessed untill the said I.C. at the said time in which c. chased the said Horse out of the 20. Acres of Land as the said I. B. before complaineth Without this that it hath or from the time of which memory is not it had any such Custom in the said County of Kent that whensoever two Heirs Males Coparceners of the half bloud of whatsoever Parent begotten should be inheritable of any Lands or Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind in the said County and either of those Heirs should dye without Heir of his body seized of his purpart of such like Inheritance that then the other Heir Coparcener of the same Heir surviving might inherit and by all the said time was inheritable and hath inherited and ought to inherit according to that Custom that purpart of all the Lands and Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind aforesaid of the other Heir so without Heir of his body dying before any other Kin of the same Heir of the whole bloud so dying without Heir of his body as the said H.C. before in pleading hath alleged And this c. whereupon from which the said H. C. the said Trespass being acknowledged prayeth judgement and his damages by reason of the said Trespass before acknowledged prayeth judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespass to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon Custom And the said H. C. as before saith that it hath and from the time which memory doth not remain it had such Custom in the said County of Kent that whensoever two Heirs Males Coparceners of the half bloud of whomsoever begotten were inheritable of any Lands or Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind in the same County and either of those Heirs should dye without Heir of his body seized of his put part of such like inheritance that then the other Heir Coparcener of the same Heir superviving might inherit and by all the time aforesaid was inheritable and hath inherited and ought to inherit according to that Custom the purpartie of all the Lands and Tenements of the said tenure and nature of Gavelkind of the said other Heir so without Heir of his body dying before any other Kin of the same Heir of the whole bloud so without Heir of his body dying as the said H. before in pleading hath alleged Enter the Court will advise before the Ven ' fac ' adjudged and a speciall rendting of his Judgement thereupon in which they were before to confer with the Justices of the Bench and a Writ of Ven ' fac ' of the body of the County of Kent should be awarded And of this he putteth himself upon the Country and the said I. B. likewise And because the Court of the Lady the Queen hereof c. issues aforesaid between the said parties before joyned will advise before any Writ of Venir fac ' to the Jury to try the issue should be adjudged day is given to the said parties before the Lady the Queen in what State now untill in 8. days of St. Hillary whensoever c. then to attend and hear the Order or Judgement of the said Court of and upon the premises for that that the Court of the Lady the Queen thereof c. At which day before the Lady the Queen at Westminster commeth the said parties by their said Attorneys And c. And so it was continued by 10. Terms then next following c. And in this thing the inspection and view diligently aswell the said issues as in all and singular the premises by the Court of the Lady the Queen of the Bench is to be had and consulted with for that the Tryall of the said Issue doth touch and concern the Comunalty of the said County and it is the Custom that a Writ to call a Jury to try that Issue of the body of the said County of Kent should Issue forth and should be directed to the Sheriff of the same County by which the command is to the Sheriff of the same County that he should cause to come before the Lord the King in 8. dayes of St. Hillary wheresoever Ven ' fac ' of the body of the County of Kent awarded c. 24. aswell Knights c. of the body of the said County by whom c. And who neither c. to recognize c. because aswell c. the same day is given to the said parties there c. AND the said W. saith Plaintif saith that he held the said twenty acres of Land of the said Prior by Fealty Sure of Court and the rent of four shillings and for that rent behind the said Priaccustomed to distrain Without this that the Prior was seized of the Rent-charge as c. that the said R. B. the taking of the said Cattell and Chattells in the said place in which c. ought not to acknowledge just c. because he saith that he himself was seized of the said Ten acres of Land with th' appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee and so thereof seized the same twenty acres of Land with th'appurtenance held of the aforesaid T. late Prior of the said Church by Fealty and Sute to the Court of him the said late Prior of his Mannor of I. in C. aforesaid to be held from three weeks to three weeks and by the Rent of four shillings unto the said late Prior at the Feast of St. Michael th'Arch-Angell yearly to be paid And the said W. M. and all those whose estate he hath in those twenty acres of Land held those twenty acres of Land with th' appurtenances of the said late Prior and his Predecessors heretofore Priors of the said Church by that Service and Rent in the right of the said Church from time out of mind held and by all the said time the said late Prior and all

c. whereupon he prayes judgment c. And the aforesaid R.F. sayes that he gave not of his own proper mony to the aforesayd I.P. the aforesaid 6 s. and 8 d. nor any penny thereof nor to the aforesaid T.R. the aforesaid 3 s. and 4 d. nor any penny thereof to speak their verdict for the aforesaid R. M. Defendant in the playnt aforesaid as the aforesaid W.C. above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Countrey And the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner c. AND the aforesaid T.W. by L.D. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. and all contempt and whatsoever c. And sayes that the aforesaid I. H. ought not to have his Action aforesaid against him because he saith that the aforesaid I. W. the said time wherein c. and long before and after was the servant of him the said T. W. reteyned with him in the service of a Common Labourer at D. in the County of R. And further saith that the aforesaid I. W. for whose part and long before the said time wherein the maintenance aforesaid was supposed to be made at D. aforesayd came unto him the said T.W. and requested him that he in the name of him the said I.W. would ask a certaine man learned in the Law of the Land to be of Counsell with him the said I.W. in the plaint aforesaid And that the said I.W. would well and sufficiently reward him for his labour By virtue of which request the same T.W. the said time wherein the maintenance aforesaid is supposed to be made at W. in the County of Middlesex came unto one W. F. a learned man in the Law of the Land and asked him the said W.F. to be of Counsell with him the said I. W. in the plaint aforesaid and told him the said W.F. that the aforesaid I. W. him the said W. F. would well and sufficiently reward him for his labour Which said comming to the aforesaid W.F. asking and speaking to him the said W. F. out of the Cause aforesaid are the aforesaid maintenance whereof the aforesaid I. H. above complaines And this c. whereupon c. AND the aforesaid I. H. sayes The Plaintife replies be was not his servant that he by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his Action aforesaid because he saith that the aforesaid I. W. the said time wherein c. was not the Servant of him the said T W. now retained in Service with him the said T.W. as the same T.W. above by pleading hath alleadged and this he prayes may be enquired of by the Countrey and the aforesaid Defendant in like manner therefore Command is given to the Sheriffe that he cause to come before our Lord the King at W. such a day twenty foure as well Knights c. of the Visenage of D. aforesaid by whom c. SVffolk ss T. A. who prosecutes as well for our Lady the Queen is for himself Declaration upon the Statute of mayntenance for buying of a title of Land complaines of John Calfe in the custody of the Marshall c. of a plea that he render to her the sayd Lady the Queen and the aforesaid T. A. two hundred marks for the value of one Messuage and eight Acres of Land Scituate and lying in the fields of C. in the County of Suffolk which to them the said Lady the Queen and the aforesaid T. he owes and unjustly detaines for that that is to say whereas in the Statute in the Parliament of our Lord King Henry the 8th late King of England Father of out Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster in the County of M. the 28th day of Aprill in the 11th yeare of his Raign held and there begun and from thence unto the 23 day of July then next following by diverse proroguings then and there held amongst other things it was enacted that no person or persons of whatsoever state degree or condition soever they should be of who should from thence following bargain buy or sell or by any wayes obtaine gaine or have any right or title of any person or persons in or to any Mannors c. And so recite the Statute untill One Moyetie of the said forfeitures to be to her the said Lady the Queen and the other Moyety to the party who thereupon should prosecute in any of the Courts of our Lady the Queen of Record as in the Statute aforesaid amongst other things more fully is contained yet the aforesaid I. little weighing the Statute aforesaid nor seating the punishment contained in the same the 24 day of June in the 4th yeare of our Lady the Queen one Messuage and eight Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in C. at C. in the County aforesaid of one R.F. by him the sayd I. then and there paid and afterwards to be payed bought obtained and had to him and his Heirs for ever knowing that the same R. F. nor any of his Ancestors had any right or claime to the aforesaid Messuage and eight Acres of Land with the Appurtenances nor were thereupon ever possessed of the same Messuage and eight Acres of Land nor of any reversion or remainder thereof And knowing also that he the same R. F. received not the Rent or profit thereof by the space of one whole year next before the said bargain grant and provision so between them as is aforesaid made Which said Messuage and eight Acres of Land aforesaid with the Appurtenance are worth to be sold two hundred Marks at the least By which the Action accrued to her the said Lady the Queen and to the aforesaid T. A. to require and have of the aforesaid I. the aforesaid two hundred Marks for the value of the Messuage and the aforesaid eight Acres of Land with the Appurtenances yet the aforesaid I. although often required c. the aforesaid two hundred Markes to her the said Lady the Queen nor to the aforesaid T. hitherto he hath not paid but the same to them the said Lady the Queen and to the aforesaid T. hitherto to pay he hath denied and as y●t denieth and the same to them the said Lady the Queen and the aforesaid T. as yet unjustly detaineth Whereupon he saith that he is worsted and hath damage to the value of 200 s. And thereupon aswell for our Lady the Queen as for himselfe be brings his Suit c. The Defendant pleads he bought not the Land against the forme of the Statute AND the aforesaid I P. by T.S. his Attorney comes and defends the force injury when c. and all contempt whatsoever c. And by Protestation not acknowledging any thing in the Declaration aforesaid specified to be true for Plea he saith that the same I. bought not obtained or had to him and his Heires of the aforesaid R. F. the aforesaid Messuage and 8 Acres of Land with the Appurtenances against the

dayes of St. Michael wheresoever c. 24. c. of the visonage of H. by whom c. And who neither c. To Recognize c. Because aswell c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. And as to this that the aforesaid W. allegeth that there is had such a Record in which is contained that he together with other c. were sworn c. And calls that to be upon Record in the Rols of the aforesaid late Iustices of the Peace under the custody of the Iustices of the Peace of our Lord the King that now is in the County aforesaid residing It is said by the Court here that the same W. have that Record at his Perill before our Lord the King at the aforesaid dayes of St. Michael if it shall seem expedient unto him and upon this the same W. prayes a Writ of certiorare c. And it is granted unto him By which command is to the same Justices of our Lord the King that now is that having searched the Rols and other their Remembrances in their custodie being of Record and what thereupon of the premises they shall find in them to our Lord the King at the aforesaid eight dayes of St. Michael they send the same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid and the aforesaid Thomas Dorham lately Iustice of the Peace of the aforesaid late King and Iustice of the peace of our said Lord the King that now is to whom the Writ of our Lord the King that now is was directed to certifie c. To him the said Lord the King hath certified as followeth In the Inquisition c. And as to that that it was commanded the Sheriff that he should cause to come between the said R. and I. 24. c. to make the Iury aforesaid And the Sheriff returns the names of the 24. whereof none c. Therefore command is given to the Sheriff that he destrein them c. that they be before our Lord the King in eight dayes of St. Hilary wheresoever c. to make the Iury aforesaid the same day c. that is to say aswell to the aforesaid I. thereupon as to the said W. in the state they are now in of hearing the aforesaid certifying because the Court is not advised c. A Declaration in the nature of Conspiracy for cousening one to be falsly Indicted for a common Barenton Trin. 1. Jacobi Regis Rot. 869. LOndon ss William Berkwith complains of R. P. L. G. and E. M. in the custody of the Marshall c. for that whereas the same W. was a good true and lawfull c. And of a good name same and reputation c. and without any crime of Baretory seditiousness or causer of any Murder Manslaughter or disturber of the peace of our Lord the King untouched unaccusused and unspotted hath hitherto remained By reason whereof c. yet the aforesaid Defendants not ignorant of the premises plotting c. such a day and year at London in the Parish of St. Laurence in the old Iury London in the Ward of Cheap London before R. Salstonstall then Maior of the City aforesaid W. VVeb and I. Spencer Knights Iustices of our Lady the Queen for the keeping of the peace in the Citie aforesaid and the Suburbs of the same as also assigned to hear and determine of divers Felonies Trespasses and other Misdemeanours within the same City and the Suburbs thereof made and committed falsly and maliciously they caused and procured to be Indicted for that he the aforesaid Plaintiff such a day and year aforesaid having not God before his eyes but moved and seduced by a diabolicall instigation at London that is to say in the Parish of St. Sepulchers without Newgate in the Ward of Farington without in the Suburbs of the City of London aforesaid and divers other dayes and seasons aswell before as after that time within D. aforesaid was and yet is a very evill person of dishonest name fame and conversation a common Baretor and a great disturber of the Peace of our Lady the Queen so that he is very like to make and cause murder manslaughter strifes discords and other great grievances between the true and faithfull subjects of our Lady the Queen that now is to the great damage and hurt of the good and faithfull subjects of our said Lady the Queen and to the most pernicious example and evill encouragement of all other Malefactors in the like kind and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen her Crown and dignities as also against the form of the Statute in the like case published and provided Upon which afterwards command was to the Sheriffs of London by the Writ of our Lady the Queen that they should cause the aforesaid W. to come before the Justices of our Lady the Queen at the Gaol delivery of Newgate held for the City of London at the Justice Hall in the Old Baly in the Parish of St. Sepulchers in the Suburbs of the City aforesaid on Wednesday the 15. day of February in the 40. l. year aforesaid before R. Salstonstall Maior of the City aforesaid John Popham Knight chief Justice of the Pleas c. E. Anderson Knight chief Justice of the Common Bench Francis Darcy Knight R. Martyn Knight I. Hart Knight W. Web Knight John Croke Recorder of the City aforesaid S. Somes and N. Moseley Aldermen of the City aforesaid M. Dale and I. Dalton Esquires Justices of the Lady the Queen assigned for her Gaol delivery of Newgate aforesaid of the Prisoners therein being the aforesaid Plaintiff under the Custodie of H. Rowe and I. Moore Aldermen and Sheriffs of the City aforesaid at the Bar then and there brought in proper person before the aforesaid Iustices and then and there had to hear the Indictement aforesaid said that he of the Trespass and contempt in the Indictement aforesaid above specified was in nothing thereof guilty as in the Indictement aforesaid was supposed and of that he then put himself upon the Country and the aforesaid Queen in like manner c. Therefore it was commanded the aforesaid Sheriff of the City aforesaid that they cause to come before the Iustices aforesaid thereupon a Iury there immediatly and who neither c. To Recognize c. Because aswell c. And the Iurors of that Iurie by the aforesaid Sheriffs of the City aforesaid to that impanelled and called in like manner then and there came to wit I. L. T. R. c. and so recite the Iury who to speak to the truth of the premises in the Indictment aforesaid specified being chosen tryed and sworn said upon their oaths that the aforesaid Plaintiff was not guilty of the Trespass and contempt aforesaid in the Indictement aforesaid specified as by the same testimony was supposed Therefore it was then considered by

the Justices aforesaid that the aforesaid Plaintiff should goe quit without day c. By reason of which said premises the aforesaid Plaintiff hath been enforced and compelled to expend and lay out great sums of mony and been at very great trouble and loss about the cleering of himself and the restitution of his good name fame and reputation and the evacuating and making voyd of the aforesaid Indictment To the damage of him the said Plaintiff of 100. l. And thereupon he brings his Sute c. Not guilty pleaded to this T. Farrer Attorney for the Plaintiff I. Wem Attorney for the Defendant ACTIONS OF CONTINUANCE CONTINUANCES AFterwards the Processe being thereupon continued between the parties aforesaid Continuance of a Decem tales upon the Roll. of the aforesaid Plea put here between them in respite before the Lord the King at VVestminster untill Tuesday next after fifteen dayes from the day of Easter from thence next following for default of Jurors c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the Jurors of that Jury being called some of them came and some of them came not And because the residue of the Jurors of the aforesaid Jury appeared not Therefore the Jury aforesaid is further put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill Friday next after the morrow of the holy Trinitie for want of Jurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have their bodies c. And he is to put ten others c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid there c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the Sheriff retorns the names of the ten others of which now c. And as to the further Execution if the Writ aforesaid the Sheriff retorns that the Writ aforesaid was so lately delivered unto him that for the shortnesse of time he could not make any further Execution Therefore the Jury is further put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill Friday next after fifteen dayes of St. Michael for want of Jurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have the bodies c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid here c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid and the Jurors of that Jury some of them came and some of them came not Therefore the Jury aforesaid is further put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill Thursday next after from the day of St. Michael in three weeks for want of Jurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have their bodies c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. At which day before Continuance upon a Summons ad Auxiliand c. came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the Sheriff sent not thereupon the Writ Therefore it is commanded him as otherwise that he Summon by good Summoners the aforesaid W. that he be before c. such a day wheresoever c. to joyn himself in aid to the foresaid L. to expect and maintain that issue with the aforesaid L. if c. And further c. And as to the trying of those issues above joyned The Jury is thereupon to come before our Lord the King at the same Term wheresoever c. And who neither c. to Recognize c. Continuance of a Demurrer in Law and an Issue AT which day here came the parties aforesaid c. And because the Justices will advise themselves of and in the aforesaid Plea whereupon the parties aforesaid have above demurred in Law before they thereupon render Judgement Therefore day is given to the parties aforesaid here until eight daies of St. Hillary of hearing thereupon this judgement Because the Justices here have not as yet c. And as to the trying of the issue aforesaid between the same parties by the Countrey to be tried above joyned The Sheriff hath not sent the Writ Therefore as formerly Command is to the Sheriff that he cause to come at the same Term twelve c. To Recognize in form aforesaid c. Continuance of Scire facias in a Writ of Error AT which day before our Lord he King at Westminster came the aforesaid Plaintif in a Writ of Errour in his proper person And the Sheriff sent not the Writ thereupon c. Therefore as otherwise it is Commanded the Sheriff that by honest men c. he make known to the aforesaid Defendant that he be before our Lord the King such a day wheresoever c. To hear the Record and Processe aforesaid And further c. The same day is given to the aforesaid Plaintif by the aforesaid Manuceptors c. Continuance of a Judgement after Verdict AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And because the Court of our Lord the King here of their judgement to be rendred of and upon the Premisses are not as yet advised Therefore day is given to him the said Plaintif in the same state c. is now in before our Lord the King untill such a day wheresoever c. of hearing thereupon their judgement c. AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster Continuance of an Exigent came the aforesaid Plaintif by his Attorney aforesaid And the aforesaid Defendant came not nor the Sheriff thereupon sent the Writ Therefore Command is to the Sheriff that if now he cause him to be called from County to County untill he shall be Outlawed if not c. And if c. then he shall take him and safely keep him so that he may have his body before our Lord the King such a day wheresoever c. AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster Continuance of a Distringas in Attaint came aswell the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid as the aforesaid three Jurors of the first inquisition formerly appearing in their proper persons And the Sheriff hath not sent the Writ Therefore the Jury of the tweny four Knights aforesaid remains to be taken before our Lord the King on the Morrow c. wheresoever c. for default of Jurors of the same Jury of 24. Knights c. And Command is to the Sheriff that he distrein the Jurors of the same Jury of 24. Knights by all their lands c. And that of the issues c. So that he may have their bodyes before our Lord the King at the same Term The same day is given aswell to the parties aforesaid as to the aforesaid three Jurors of the first inquisition aforesaid now appearing c. THe Jury between C. S. by his Attorney Plaintif Continuance● of a Jurata for want of Juror and a Decem Tales awarded and E. R. of

a Plea of Debt put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill such day c. unless c. first c. at such a place c. by the form of the Statute c. Come for default of Jurors At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorney aforesaid And the aforesaid Justices before whom c. have sent here the Record of the Jury aforesaid before them had in these words Afterwards at the day and place aforesaid reciting the Record untill came as well the within named c. as the within written c. And the Jury likewise called some of them came and some of them came not as appears in the Panell c. Therefore as formerly the Jury aforesaid is put in respite before our Lord the King c. untill c. Therefore the Sheriff c. is to put ten such c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid here c AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster Continuance upon a matter in Law and Verdict came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And because the Court of our Lord the King here aswell of their judgement upon the Verdict aforesaid as of their judgement of the matter in Law above pleaded to be rendred are not as yet advised Day is thereupon further given to the said parties in the state wherein they are now before the Lord the King at Westminster untill eight dayes of St. Hillary wheresoever c. of hearing thereupon their judgement c. for that the Court of our Lord the King here is not as yet c. Continuance in Attaine where the Sheriff Reto●●s not the Writ and out of the assent of the parties the Jury is not taken AT which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came as well the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid as the aforesaid seven Jurors of the first Inquisition aforesaid formerly appearing in proper person And the Sheriff Retorns the Writ to our Lord the King thereupon in all things prepared and executed But the Jurors of those twenty four Knights aswell of the assent of the parties aforesaid and the aforesaid seven Jurors of the former Inquisition aforesaid as of the Jurors aforesaid of the twenty four Knights remains to be taken before our Lord the King untill the Morrow c. wheresoever c. And Command is to the Sheriff that he distrein the Jurors of the same Jury of twenty four Knights by all their lands c. And that of the Issues c. And that he have their bodies c. before our Lord the King at the same Term c. the same day is given aswell to the parties aforesaid as to the aforesaid seven Jurors of the first Inquisition aforesaid now appearing c. Continuance by a Writ of adjournment BEfore which day the Plaint aforesaid was adjourned by the Writ of our Lord the King of Common adjournment untill eight dayes of St. Hillary then next following wheresoever c. At which said eight dayes of St. Hillary the Plaint aforesaid was further adjourned by the Writ of our Lord the King of Common adjournment untill from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes unto the Castle of Hertford At which day c. Continuance of the Jurata where the Plaintif acknowledgeth one of the Defendants to be dead AT which day came aswell the aforesaid P. as the aforesaid R. by their Attorneys aforesaid And the aforesaid P. sayes that the aforesaid A. is dead c. Therefore against him nothing is further thereupon to be done c. And thereupon the parties aforesaid now appearing The Sheriff thereupon sent not the Writ c. Therefore as formerly the Jury aforesaid is put in respite before our Lord the King untill in eight daies c. wheresoever c. for default of Jurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have their bodies c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid now appearing c. Continuance of a Jurata by the assent of the parties THe Jury between I. S. Esquire Plaintif and T. W. of c. of a Plea of Trespass put in respite here untill such a day c. aswell of the assent of the parties aforesaid as of the Iurors of the same Iury now here at this day to wit from the day of Easter c. appearing Therefore the Sheriff is to have their bodies c. THe Iury between T. W. Gent. by his Attorney Plaintif Jurata which serves either for debt trespass or Ejectione firme And G.D. of c. of such a Plea put in respite before our Lord the King at Westminster untill Tuesday next after Eight dayes of Saint Michael unlesse the Iustices of the Assizes of our Lord the King in the County aforesaid assigned to be taken first on Monday the eighth day of August at Newark upon Trent in the County aforesaid by the form of the Statute c. Come for default of Iurors c. Therefore the Sheriff is to have the bodies c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid here c. And it is to be known that the Writ of our Lord the King thereupon the fourth day of July in this self-same Term before our Lord the King at Westminster is delivered of Record to the Deputie of the Sheriff of the County aforesaid in form of Law to be Executed under a penaltie c. UNless the beloved and faithfull c. John Popham Knight This difference in Guild-hall London before the Chief Justice Chief Iustice of our Lord the King of the Pleas in the Court of him the said Lord the King before him the said King assigned to be held first on Saturday next after c. at Gild-hall London by form of the Statute c. as in the next before ACTIONS of COMMITTITVR COMMITTITUR Committitur of a Prisoner to the Marshall being under the Custodie of the Sheriff by a Case AFterwards to wit the twenty fifth day of May then next following before our Lord the King at Westminster came W. R. in his proper person under the Custody of the Sheriff of the County aforesaid in Execution for the damages aforesaid by vertue of the Writ of our Lord the King of Capias ad satisfaciendum to him the said Sheriff of and upon the Premisses directed which said R. is committed to the Marshall c. there to remain untill c. according to the form of the judgement aforesaid c. Committitur of a Prisoner upon a Case COmmand was to the Sheriff that he should take c. Whereof he is Convict And now here know aswell the aforesaid A. by his Attorney aforesaid as the aforesaid Defendant in his proper person by the Sheriff of the County aforesaid brought to the Bar And the Sheriff now retorns that he took the bodies of him the said Defendant And

c. into the possession of him the said R. by that deed ever passed into the said Mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. before the said time in which c. entred upon the possession of which said R. thereupon the said S afterwards that is to say at the said time in which c. into the said Mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. claiming the said Tearm then to come of and in the same re-entred and the said Close as the proper close of him the said S. then and there did break and the said grass as the proper grasse of him the said S. then and there growing with his cattell did eat up tread and consume as unto him it was lawfull and this c. whereupon c. Judgement if action c. NOt to be precluded because he saith that well and true it is that before the said time of the said Trespas done the said late Master and fellowes of the said late Colledge were seized of the said Mannor with the appurtenances whereof the said hundred acres of pasture with the appurtenances in which the said Trespas was done are and at the said time of the said trespas done and also from the time the contrary of which memory c. were parcell in his Demesne as of fee and so thereof seized they the said Master and fellows before the said time of the said trespas done and before the said demise of the said Mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. unto the aforesaid S. in form aforesaid made that is to say the last day of January in the twentieth year of the Raign of the said late King at E. in the said county of N. by their certain Deed with the common Seal of the same late Master and fellowes Sealed whose date is the same day and year did demise and to farm let unto one E.B. and the said S. the said mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. to have and to hold to the same E. and S. from the feast of the invention of the holy Crosse from thence forth next insuing untill to the end and Tearm of ●fty years from thence next following and fully to be compleat in manner and form as the said S. in his bar before in pleading hath alleadged And further the same R. saith that by a certain Act in Parliament of the Lord Henry the eighth late King of England Father of the said now King at Westminster in the county of Middlesex the twenty eighth of Aprill in the thirty first year of the Raign of him the late King began and there then held and continued untill the twenty eighth day of June then next following amongst other things it was enacted ordained and established by him the late King and the Lords spirituall and temporall and also the commonalty in the same Parliament then assembled and by the authority of the same that not only all late Monasteries Abbyes Priories Monks Houses Colledges Hospitalls Fryers Houses and other Religious and Ecclesiasticall Houses and Places Scites Circuits Precincts Mannors Demesnes Granges Messuages Lands Tenemenss Meadowes Pastures Reversions Services Woods Tythes Pensions Portions Rectoryes Appropriations Vicaridges Chappell 's Advowsons Patronages Annuities Interests Entries Conditions Commons Courts Leets Liberties Priviledges Franchises and all the rest of the Hereditaments whatsoever henceforth immediatly and then presently but also all other Monasteries Abbyes Priories Monks Houses Colledges Houses of Monks Colledges Hospitalls Fryers houses and other religious and Ecclesiasticall houses and Places which from thenceforth afterwards should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced forsaken forfeited surrendred or in any other manner come to the Kings most excellent Majesty and also all Scites Circuits Precincts Mannors Demesnes Granges Messuages Lands Tenements Mannors Pastures Rents Reversions Services Woods Tythes Pensions Portions Rectories Appropriations Vicaridges Churches Chappell 's Advowsons Nominations Patronages Annuityes Rights Interests Conditions Commons Court Leets Liberties Priviledges Franchises and other Hereditaments whatsoever belonging or appertaining unto them or any of them whensoever as often as they should be dissolved suppressed renounced forsaken forfeited surrendred or by any other means should come unto the Kings Excellency they should be vested deemed and adjudged by the authoriry of the same Parliament in the true actuall and reall seizin and possession of the said late King his heirs and Successors for ever in the State and condition as at the making of the same act then were and even as all the said late Monasteries Abbyes Priories Monks Houses Colledges Hospitalls Fryers Houses and all religious and Ecclesiasticall houses and places so dissolved suppressed renounced forsaken forfeited surrendred or come to the Kings Excellency as it is before said as also the said Monasteries Abbies Priories Friers Houses and all Religious and Ecclesiasticall Houses and Places which then afterwards should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced forfeited surrendred or become to the Kings Excellency the Scites Circuites Precincts Mannors Demesnes Granges Lands Tenements and the rest of the Premises whatsoever should be in the same Act specially and particularly recited nominated and expressed by expresse Words Names Titles and Faculties in their kindes natures and qualities And further it was enacted by the said Authority that if any Abbot Prior Prioresse or other Ecclesiasticall Governor or Governesse of any Monastery Abbey Prior Monks House Colledge Hospitall Friers House or other Religious Houses or Places which then afterwards should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced forsaken forfeited surrendred or come to the Kings Highnesse within one yeare next before the first day of the same Parliament had made or from thence afterwards should make any Demise or Grant under their Conventuall or common Seale or otherwise for tearm of yeares or life or lives of the Scite Circuit and Precinct of their aforesaid Monastery Abbey Priory House of Monks Colledge Hospitall House of Friers or other Religious or Ecclesiasticall House or Place or of any part of them or of any Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements Rectories appropriate Tithes Pentions Portions or other Hereditaments belonging or pertaining to their aforesaid late Monastery Abbey Priory House of Monks Colledge Hospitall House of Friers or Religious or Ecclesiasticall House or Place Which Mannors Messuages Granges Lands Tenements Rectories appropriate Tithes Pentions Portions and other Hereditaments whatsoever had not been before the same Demise commonly used to be let nor set to Farm but kept and reserved in the manurate Tillage or Occupation of the aforesaid Governor or Governesse for Maintenance of Hospitality and good House keeping or within one yeare next before the first day of the same Parliament had made or afterwards should make any Demise or Grant for tearm of life or for tearm of yeares of any Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements Meadowes Pastures Woods Rectories appropriate Tithes Pentions Portions Churches Chappels or other Hereditaments whatsoever whereof and in which the State or Interest for tearm of life yeare or yeares at the time of the making any

acre of Land with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee in right of his Vicaridge aforesaid And being so thereof seized before the same time of the Trespasse aforesaid made to wit the first day of June in the 33 yeare of the Reigne of our Lord the King that now is at E. aforesaid in the County aforesaid demised the same Tenements with the appurtenances to him the said Plaintiffe To have and to occupy to him the said Plaintiffe and his assignes from the feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist then next following untill the feast of St. Michael the Arch-angel in the 35 yeare of the Reigne of our Lord the King that now is By vertue of which demise hee the said Plaintiffe of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances was possessed untill the aforesaid Defendants the day and yeare aforesaid in the Declaration aforesaid above specified by force and armes c. the close and house of him the said Plaintiffe at E. aforesaid they did break against the peace of our Lord the King that now is as he above against them complaineth And this c. Wherefore for that the aforesaid Defendants the breaking of the close and house aforesaid above acknowledgeth he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. The Defendants maintain their plea and traverse their D●mise AND the aforesaid Defendants as formerly say that the aforesaid I.R. was seized of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee in right of his Vicaridge aforesaid as they above have alleadged Without that that the aforesaid I.R. demised the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to the aforesaid Plaintiffes as the same Plaintiffe above alleadgeth And this c. Whereupon as formerly he prayes judgement and that the aforesaid Plaintiffe may be debarred from having his action aforesaid of the breach of the close and house aforesaid against them c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe as formerly sayes that the aforesaid I. R. demised to him the said Plaintiffe the same Tenements with the appurtenances as he above hath alleadged And this bee prayes may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid Defendants in like manner c. Iustification in Trespasse by vertue of a demise made to the Testator who bequeathed the same to his wife AND the aforesaid R.F. by R. M. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes and whatsoever c. not guilty c. And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be done the aforesaid R.F. sayes that the aforesaid R.R. and I. ought not to have their action aforesaid against him c. because hee sayes that the close and house aforesaid as also the place in which the trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be done was and the aforesaid time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made were one Messuage and one close of Land containing in it fifteen acres of Land with the appurtenances in S. aforesaid whereof before the said time wherein c. one I. A. Esq was seized in his demesne as of Fee And so being thereof seized before the said time wherein c. to wit such a day year and place did demise the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to one R.W. of c. To have and to hold to him and his Assignes from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel then next following unto the end and terme of forty years from thence next following and fully to be compleat and ended By vertue of which Demise the same R. W. was thereof possessed And so being thereof possessed before the said time wherein c. to wit such a day year and place made his last Will and Testament And by the same willed and declared that Elizabeth his wife immediately after the decease of him the said R. W. should have and enjoy his state terme and interest which he then had to come in the Tenements aforesaid The forme of pleading where the Lease accrued to the husband under the wifes title with the appurtenances And afterwards and before the said time wherein c. the same R.VV. dyed After whose death the aforesaid E. was of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances possessed and so being thereof possessed before the said time wherein c. to wit such a day year and place took to husband him the said R. F. By which he the said R. F. was of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances possessed and the aforesaid Plaintiffes claiming the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances by colour of a certaine Deed of Demise to them thereupon made for terme of their life by the aforesaid I.A. long before the aforesaid Demise by the same I. A. to the aforesaid R. W. thereupon in forme aforesaid made where nothing of these Tenements with the appurtenances into the possession of them the said Plaintiffes by that Deed ever passed into the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances before the said time wherein c. did enter Upon whose the said Plaintiffes possession thereupon the same Defendant afterwards to wit the same time wherein c. into the same Tenements with the appurtenances did re-enter and the grasse aforesaid then there growing which the aforesaid Cattell did eat up tread down and consume and the ground aforesaid in the aforesaid fifteen acres of Land with his ploughes aforesaid he did break up as it was lawfull for him to do And this c. Wherefore he prayes judgement whether the action c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes The Plaintiffe pleads that before the dom●se c. the aforesaid Feoffee enfeoffed the Plaintiffe and others to the use of a stranger that he by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against the aforesaid Defendants because he sayes that before the aforesaid time of the Trespass aforesaid made the aforesaid I.A. was seized of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee and so being thereof seized before the said time wherein c. and before the aforesaid foure and twentieth day of September in the year c. of the same Tenements with the appurtenances enfeoffed them the said Plaintiffes and one R. E. Knight and W. L. to hold to them and their heires for ever to the use of one T. A. son and heir apparent of the aforesaid I. A. and Mary the wife of him the said T.A. and the heires of their bodies of them lawfully begotten By vertue of which said Feoffement they the said Plaintiffes and R. and W. were thereof seized in their demesne as of Fee to the same use And the said Plaintiffes and R. and W. to that use being so thereof seized the aforesaid J.A. the aforesaid foure and twentieth of September in the eighteenth year aforesaid with the appurtenances

to the aforesaid R.W. To have and to hold to him and his assignes from the aforesaid feast of St. Michael the Arch-angel from thence next following unto the end and terme aforesaid By vertue of which demise hee the said R. W. was thereof possessed and so being thereof possessed the aforesaid such a day and year and place made his last Will and Testament in writing and by the same willed and declared that the aforesaid Elizabeth his wife immediatly after his decease should have and enjoy his state terme and interest which he then had to come in the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances and after the same R.VV. dyed after whose death the aforesaid E. into the Tenements aforesaid entred and was thereof possessed and so being thereof possessed afterwards to wit the aforesaid tenth day of M. in such a yeare aforesaid the same E. tooke to husband the aforesaid Defendant By which the same Defendant was of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances possessed as he above hath alleadged and hee being so thereof possessed the aforesaid R.E. and VV.L. before the time wherein c. at London in the Parish c. dyed after whose death the same Plaintiffes before the said time wherein c. into the Tenements aforesaid with their appurtenances did re-enter and were thereof seized in their demesne as of fee to the use aforesaid by right accruing c. And further the same Plaintiffes say that the Trespasse aforesaid whereof they now complaine was made in the Mid-time between the aforesaid Feoffement by the aforesaid I. A. to them the said Plaintiffes and the aforesaid R.E. and VV.L. of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in forme aforesaid made and the said Re-entry of them the said Defendants in the same and this c. VVhereupon for that the aforesaid Defendants the Trespasse aforesaid in the Tenements aforesaid above acknowledged they the said Plaintiffes pray judgement and their damages by occasion of that Trespasse to bee adjudged unto them c. The Defendant maintaines his Plea and tracurses the Feoffeoment AND the aforesaid Defendant sayes that before the said time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made the aforesaid I. A. was seized of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee And so being thereof seized before the said time wherein c. to wit the aforesaid three and twentieth day of S. in the aforesaid such a year at S. aforesaid demised the same Tenements with the appurtenances to the aforesaid R.VV. to have and to hold to him the said R.W. and his assignes from the aforesaid feast of St. Michael the Archangel then next following unto the end and terme aforesaid By vertue of which demise he the said R.W. was thereof possessed and so being thereof possessed the aforesaid such a day year and place made his last Will and Testament and by the same willed and declared that the aforesaid Elizabeth his wife immediately after the decease of him the said R.W. should have his whole state terme and interest which he then had to come of and in the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances and afterwards the same R.W. at S. aforesaid dyed after whose death the aforesaid Elizabeth was of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances possessed and so being thereof possessed before the said time wherein c. at S. aforesaid took to husband the same Defendant By which the same Defendant before the said time wherein c. into the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances did enter and was thereof possessed as hee above hath alleadged Without that that the aforesaid I. A. before the aforesaid such a day and year enfeoffed the aforesaid Plaintiffes and others of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances The traverse of the Feoffement To hold to them and their heires for ever to the use of the aforesaid T.A. and M. and the heires of their bodies lawfully begotten as the aforesaid Plaintiffes above have alleadged And this c. VVhereupon he prayes judgement And that the aforesaid Plaintiffes may be debarred from having their action aforesaid against him c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffes as formerly Issue upon the Traverse say that the aforesaid I.A. before the aforesaid foure and twentieth day of S. in the aforesaid such a yeare enfeoffed them the said Plaintiffes and the aforesaid R.E. and W. of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to hold to them and their heires to the use of the aforesaid T.A. and M. and the heires of their bodies lawfully begotten as they above have alleadged And this they pray may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid Defendants in like manner c. Therefore it is commanded the Sheriffe that he cause to come c. AND the aforesaid T.P. by R. F. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when Iustification in Trespasse for the taking of goods by pretext of gift from the Plaintiffe to the Defendants wife while she was sole c. And as to the coming by force and arms c. not guilty And as to the residue c. the same T. not acknowledging himselfe to have taken and carried away so many goods or chattels nor that the goods or chattels were of so much value as by the Writ and Declaration aforesaid is supposed saith that the aforesaid I. E. ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that the aforesaid I. before the said time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid is supposed to be made to wit such a yeare and place gave to one A. the wife of the aforesaid T. the goods and chattels aforesaid to hold to him and his assignes for ever By vertue of which said gift the same A. was thereof possessed and afterwards tooke to husband the same Defendant And that the aforesaid A. was possessed of the goods and chattels aforesaid at the time wherein the aforesaid Defendant took her to wife By which the same Defendant the goods and chattels aforesaid as his own proper goods and chattels at the time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to bee done at R. there found tooke and carried away as it was lawfull for him to doe And this hee is ready to averre Whereupon hee intendeth not any injury in that behalfe should be assigned to his person c. The Plaintiffe said that the wife of the Defendant while she was sole give backe to him the goods AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe not acknowledging any thing by the aforesaid Defendant before alleadged to be true sayes that he by any thing pre-alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him c. because he saith that before the aforesaid time wherein c. there was certaine communication had between him the said Plaintiffe and the aforesaid A. of Matrimony between them to be contracted And thereupon the aforesaid A. him the said Plaintiffe treated with such flattering and dissembling