Tenir per seruice de chiua­ler est a tenir ꝑ homage feoalte & escuage & treit a luy garde mariage & relyef. Et nota que ser­uice de chiualer est seruice de terre ou de tenemētꝭ pour armes porter en guerre en defence du roialme. et doit garde mariage et relief per la reason q̄ uul est able ne de poiar & ne puit auer cōnusaunce darmes porter auaūt q̄il soit dage de. xxi. ans Et pour taunt que le seignour ne ꝑdra ceo q̄ de droit doit auor & q̄ la poiar de la roiasme de rien ne soit ēfeble. La lay voet ꝑ cause de son tendre age q̄ son seignour luy auera en sa garde tāq̄ al pleyn age de luy. cestass auoir. xxi. ans

Tenir per graunt sergeantie est sicome vn home tient certeyn terrz ou ten̄tez de roy daler oue luy en sō host ou de porter son van̄ oue luy en ces guerres / ou amesner sō host ou tiel semblable.

¶ Et la appent garde mariage et relief: sicome il appiert en la tretise de gardes & re­liefs

Tenir per petit sergeātie est sicome vn hōme tient de roy terres ou ten̄ ­tez rendaūt a luy vn cotel / vn escu vn fete vn arke san̄z corde / ou au­tre seruice semblables a la volun­te le primer sesour. Et la nappēt garde marriage ne relief. come a­piert magna carta capitulo. xvi.

¶ Et nota q̄ home ne puit tenir per graūte seriātie ne per petit seriātie si non del roy

Tenir per escuage est a tenir ꝑ seruice de chiualer. Et la appēt garde [Page] [...] [Page] [...] [Page] mariage et relief.

¶ Et nota que home ne puit tenir ꝑ escuage si non que if teigne per homage pur ceo q̄ escuage de coie droit tret a luy homage come if fuist aiuge eu āno. xxi Edwardi tercii.

¶ Et nota q̄ escuage est vn certen somme dargent. & doit estre leue per le seignour de sō tenaunt solonq̄le de quantite de sō tenure quant lescuage court ꝑ tout engleterre. Et ordeigne est per tout le counseil de ēgleterre q̄ chescht tenaūt donera a sō seignour & ceo est ꝓp̄mēt pour susteyner la guerre ꝑ ē ­tre engleterre et ceux de escose ou de galeys & non pas ꝑ ētre autres terres pur ceo q̄ les auaunt ditz ter­res serront de droit appēd a la roialme dengleter

Tenir per homage aūcestrel est ou [...]eo & mon auncesters out ten̄tez de vous & de vous aūcesters de tem̄ps [...] memorye ne court ꝑ homage fealte & certē rent. & nest pas a te [...]er ꝑ seruice de chiualer. & la nappent gard mariage ne relyef. Et nota q̄ homage puit cē dit en deux man̄s. s. homage auncestrel & homage de fait homage aūcestrel est la ou voꝰ et vous aūcesters oūt ten̄uz de moy & mez aūcesters puis le temps d no­n̄ memorye ꝑ homage fealte & cer­tein rēt. Homage d fait est ta on ieo enffeffe vous mesmes a tenir de moy ꝑ homage & rent. Et entaunt que cest homage comence per mon fait il est nome homage de fait Et nota q̄ homage aūcestrel treit aluy vouch. cestassauoir garrāte del aūcestres mes uō pas homage de fait

[Page] ¶ Tenir ꝑ la courtesie dēgleterre? est la ou home prent femme enhe­rite & ont issue fitz ou fille et la fe­mme deuie soit la issue mort ou en vie: le baron tiendra cest terre a terme de sa vie ꝑ la courtesie dengleterre & per la ley. Et en cest case le fee et le droyt remaynt en la person celuy de que il tient. Et pur ceo cest tenaunt ne puit pas alyene en fee ne a terme dautre vye. Et sill face bien list a celuy en le reuerciō dēter

¶ Tenir en fee simple est a tenir a ascun home ou femme a lui & a ses heirs & a ses assignes po (ur) toutz io (ur)s Tenir en frank tenure est a tenir a terme de sa vie de mesne ou a terme d autre vie Et en cest cas le fee & le droyt remaynt en la person ce­luy de q̄ il tyent Et pour ceo celle tenaūt ne puit pas aliē en fee ne a t̄m de aut̄ vie. Et sil face viē list a celu en q̄lle fee & le droit d moertdenfrer Tenir en dowet. est lou home en­heryte prent femme & diuie leir en­tra & endowera la fēme de la tierce partye de tout ceo que fuyst a son baron en sa vie en fee simple ou fee tayl & ele tyendra celes terres pour terme de sa vie cōe sō frāk tenemēt Tenir a terme dās nest forsq̄ chattel en effect q̄r nul accyō est mayntenable enuers le termer quaunt a recouerer de frank tenement quar nul fraūk tenement est a lui. Lesse a t̄me dās est chastel real Et lautre chatel est toutz biēs & estmouable Tenir en morgage est atenir a certē terme sur condycyon q̄ si le lessour paye taūtz deners a tyel iour que il [Page] puit entret & si non q̄ lautre eit fee simple ou fee tayl ou frāk tenemēt Et en chesch cas lou ters ou ten̄tes sount dones a home a certeyn t̄me sur condicion d parte le lessour pur faire le lesse auoyt pluis lōge tēps ou terme si lautre ne face sy come la condiciō est les terres & ten̄tz tāq̄ le iour q̄ la cōdicion serroit fait sōt tenꝰ en morgage q̄ si en mort gage Et nota que si terre soit lesse a vn home en morgage en fe simple ou en fee tayl sur cōdicion q̄ si le p̄mier lesso (ur) come deuaūt est dit paye tātz des deners a tiel iour q̄ il puit ētre & si non q̄ le lesse eit mesme lestat en les terres q̄ le lessour luy graūte adep̄mes. & si deuaūt le iour assis le lesse soit dissi il ada assise de no [...]dissin. Et en cas q̄ si le lesse pren femme & deuie seisy deuaūt le iour assis sa femme serra endowe Et nota q̄ si le lesso (ur) ap̄s le mort le lesse ne paye les denyers a le iour assis adōquez la femme tiendra sa dower & lissue son heritage Et en cas q̄ le lessour a le io (ur) assis pay les denerz al heir d le lesse dōq̄z il p ^t ouster la fēme & leir auxi d to ^t la t̄re p̄meremēt lesse Et si vn ho ^e done t̄res a vn autre en la tail rē ­daūt a luy certei rēt ꝑ an & vn ētre pur faut d paymēt le done p̄nt fēmme & dui seise la fēe ferra endowe Et en cas si ap̄es le rēt soit aderer le donour p ^t ētre & oustre le fēme & leit auxi Et nota q̄ si t̄res soiēt les sez a vn ho ^e en morgage en fee sur certei cōdicion [...]e lesse alyene le les­sour serra chace d payer lez deniers [Page] al aliē & nō pas a sō feffe co ^e il est d ^t

¶ Tenir en burgage est a tenir si come les burgois teignēt de roy ou de autre seignour terres ou ten̄tes rendaūt a luy vn certeyn rent ꝑ ā. ou autrement la ou vn autre ho ^e q̄ burgoys tient dascū seignour t̄res ou ten̄tz en burgage tendaūt a lui vn certei rent ꝑ an

¶ Tenir en socage est a tenir das­cū seignour t̄res ou ten̄tz rendaunt a luy vn certei rent p̄ an. pur toutz maners des seruices. Et nota que tenir ꝑ socage nest pas tenir ꝑ ser­uice de chiualer ne la appent garde mariag ne relyef mes ilz doubler ōt vn foitz lour rent ap̄s la mort lour aūcestr solō q̄ ceo q̄ soleit paier a lo (ur) seignour & ils ne serrōt ouster me­sure greues. Come il appiert en la treatise de gardes & de reliefs. Et nota q̄ socage p ^t estre dit ē trois maners. s. socage en fraūk tenure Socage en āxien tenur & socage de basse tenur Socage en franke tenur est a tenir fraūchemēt ꝑ certei rent pur toutz manerz des seruyces co ^e deuaūt est dit. & d ceo le proschē amy ada le garde a q̄ leritage ne p (ur) ramie dscēdre tāq̄ al age lek d xiiii āscestassauoir si leritage veigne ꝑ le ꝑt le piere ceux de ꝑte lamier adōt le gard & econtra. Et nota q̄ si gardei ē socage face wast il ne setl mye enpeche de wast mez rendra accompte all heir quaūt viendra a pleyn age d. xxi ās Et vies lesta tut de marlebrige ca ^o. xv. pur cest matier. Socage de auncien tenur est ceo ou gens en aūcion demesne [Page] tenoit q̄ ne so [...] et au [...] vl auoir q̄ le monstrauerunt pur eux discharge quaūt lour seigno (ur) eux disreie pur faire autres seruices q̄ fair ne duissent Et cest brief doit estre porte en uers lour seignour et ceux tenaūtz leignent toutz ꝑ vncerteyn seruicz Et ils sount frank tenaūtis daūciō dmesne Socage en basse tenur est lou ho ^e tiēt en aūciō demesne q̄ ne puit auer le mōstruer̄ et pur ceo il est appelle de basse tenure

¶ Tenir en fee ferme est a tenir en fee siple rendaūt a le seigno (ur) le valew ou la moyte on al meinis le quart partie ꝑ an. Et ne doit autre chose fail mes sirome est cōtynu en le feffemēnt. Et q̄ tiēt en fee ferme doit fair fealte & nient relyef

¶ Tenir en frank fe est a tenir en fee siple t̄te pledable a la coie ley.

¶ Tenir en fee basse esta tenir a la volunte le seignour

¶ Tenir en pure vilenage est af­faire to ^t ceo q̄ le seignour luy, voet cōmaūdet. La difiniciō d vilenage est Vilei d sāk & d tenur Et il est d q̄ sō seignour prent redempcion de sa file marier ou soy mesmee enfrā chise Et le seignour puit lun ouster dez t̄res ou ten̄tz a sa volūte a āxi d [...]outz ses benz & chateux

Et nota que sokman nest pas pure vilei ne vilei ne doit pas gard mariage ne relyef ne faire autres ser­uices reals. Et nota q̄ tenure en vylenage ne ferra nul fraūk ho ^e vilei sil ne soit cōtenu puis le tēps d noū memoryer ne vilei t̄re ne fer / a frāk ho ^e vilein ne frāk t̄re ne feri vilei [Page] frāk sinoū q̄le tenaūt soit cōtynue fraūchement puis le tēps d noū memorye. mes vilei fer̄frāk t̄re vilei ꝑssin ou ꝑclaim sō seigno (ur) Et nota q̄si vilei purchase certein t̄rz & prēt feme & aliē & duie duaūt le claim ou ssin d sō seigno (ur) la fēmeserl ēdow Et nota q̄ en cest casq̄ le seigneour porte precipe quod reddāt ēuers la­liene son vilen le q̄il vouche agarrāte le issue la vilei q ^t est vilei a la seignour il aba la vonche Et ꝑ ꝓ­testaciō le seignour puit sauer q̄ nō obstāte q̄il plede one son vilei vn­quore son vilei ne setra mye ēfraū chife. Et nota q̄ bastard ne serra iā mes auigge vilein si noun per conifaūce in court de record

Et nota q̄ si det soit due ꝑ vn seygnour a vn fraūk ho ^e & if face deux homes ses executours les queux foūt veleins al dit seignour & diuie ses vileis adōt acciō d dette ēuers lour seignour niēt abstāt q̄il plede ouesq̄ eux & sil face ꝓtestacyon ils ne serront pur taunt enfraunchir. pur ceo q̄ ils soūt a recouer le dett ^e auaūt dit al oeps dū au tre ꝑsō ces­tassauoir al oeps lo (ur) testato (ur) & mēt aol [...] oeps dmesne Et si le tenaūt ē dower e [...] vn vilei le q̄lie purchace certē t̄re ē fe & puis le tēaūt ēdouer entre ele ada la t̄re a lui & asez heiris a toutz io (ur)s & ūi la ley est d tēaūt a t̄me dāsdū vil Et not̄q̄ le seigno (ur) [...] ^t robber sō vilein naufrer & chastiser a sa volūte salue q̄ il ne p ^t luy mahaym quar dōqz il ada appeld mahayme enuers luy. Et nota que vylein puit auer troys accions en uer seignour soncestassauoir [Page] appel de mort sō aūt. appel de tape fait a sa fēme & appel de mahaim Et nota si deux perceuers portent brief de noifie & lū deux so ^r noūsui le nounsuit de lui serra aiugge la noūsuyt de ambydeux yssynt que si le nounsuit soit ap̄s apꝑans ils serrōt oustes de cest accion a toutes to (ur)s q̄ar la ley est tiel i fauorē libertatis. Et nota si deux ount vn vil leien coie et vn deux face a lui vn manumissiō il ne serra mie enfraū chife enuers ābideux. Et nota q̄ en brief d natiuo habendo il couient q̄ le seigno (ur) moust [...] com ^• il adueigna priue d sāk a celuy villei d que il est seigneour &c. & sit ne nul d ses aū ­cestr ne soit sessy d nul de sō sāk ill ne gainera si le villein nad pas conu ē court de record lui estī sō villei Et nota q̄ ē brief d noifte ne purrōt eē mis plusours neifꝭ q̄ deux taūt solemēt & hoc ītroduct ū fuit priꝰ in odiū setuitutis. mes en brief d li­bertate probāda poutront estre mis tauntz nief co ^e le pleyntif. voudra. Et nota q̄ si le neif de seigno (ur) soyt en anxien de mesne de roi ou autre vil priuelegie deiz lā & iour le seigno (ur) puit lui seisir & sildmore ē la dit ville ou lieu fraūchise ꝑ vn ā & vn iour saūs le ssin d sō segneor il nad mie poair d lui seser ē ap̄s sil ne va en estrai dhors le suisdit fraūchise Tenir en le tail est lou ho ^e tient certei t̄ez ou ten̄tz a lui & a sez heris d sō corps engēders Et nota q̄ si la t̄re so il dōe a vn ho ^e & a sez heirs males & il ad issue male il ad fe siple & ceo fuist a iugge en le ꝑleamēt nost̄ seignor [Page] le roy / mes lou t̄res ou ten̄tz fount dones a vn ho ^e & a ses heirs males d sō corps ēgeder il ad fee tayl & lissue femal ne serl. my ēherite vt patet a ^o. xiiii Edwardi. iii en ū assis

¶ Tenir en le tayl ap̄s possibit ^e d issue est extiēt lou [...] est dōe a ho ^e & a sa fēme & a les heirs d lo (ur) deux corps ēgenders lū deux suruiue lau t̄saūs issue ētre eux issāt il tiēdra la t̄re a t̄me de sa vie demesne co ^e tenaunt en le tayle ap̄s possibilite dissue extient. Et noun obstāte q̄ il face wast il ne serr iammes em peche de cel wast Et nota sil alien celui enla reuercyon nauera bryef dentre cōsimeli casu. Mes il puit entrer et sō entre est congeable per Robercum thorp chief. iustec.

¶ Tenir en fraūk mariage est a tenir en le secoūd tail limite en lesta ^t de westm̄. ii. ca ^o primo. Et le feffo (ur) quitera le feffe d toutz maners des seruices tāq̄ le quart degre soit pas & le feffour serra toutz les seruicz & suitz durāt la dit t̄me. Et puis les heires le feffe le ferriot pur ceo q̄ le priuite d sāk est passe. Et sil soit dister pur seruice il ada brief d mesne enuers lui supp̄ q̄ il tieut les t̄es de lui mes il nada pas le foriugment sil ne foit en auaūtage d ses issues Et nota q̄ ap̄s la q̄rt dgre soit passe il sera ottendaūt des taūtz des ser­uyces a le donour come le donour est attendaunt al seigneour ꝑ āoūt Et sill face felonye pur quoy il est atteit le roy ada sa t̄re pur t̄me d sa vie naturel. & ap̄s sa mort sō issue serra enherite co ^e ꝑ force d la tayl [Page] Et en cest cas nul ada sa t̄re ꝑ vol deschet niēt pluis q̄ en aut̄ tail Et encas que le tenaunt deuie saunce heier be son corpus engender la t̄re reuertera a le donour come fer­toit en la coie tayl Et si home lessa sa terre a vn auter en fraunk ma­riage rendaunt a luy vn certairēt per an. Il tyendra cestterre en le comine tayl. & nyent en fraunke mariage. quar par le rent reserue cestes parrolx in liberum marita­gium sount tout oustrement voy­des issint que la tenur serra enten­duz solōque la tenur en le coie tayl

¶ Et nota que le done en fraunk mariage ad condicyon ānexe a luy non obstante que il nest pas expressement declare en le ch [...]e deldone. vt patet per statut̄ westsm secoūde ca ^o. primo de donis condicionalibꝰ

¶ Et nota qùe home ne doner̄pas terres ne tēnementz en fraunk mariage forsque lou le femme est p̄ue d saūk a se donour Quar autremēt naue roit home ne fēme ascū estat ꝑ tiel feffemēt fors q̄ a terme de vie Tenyr en fraunk almoiegne est a tenir terr̄ ou ten̄tz pur dieu seruir & seit esglise dower saūs sake nul au­tre manere de seruice

Et nota q̄ en cest cas le donour est mesne & suy doit acquiter fraunche mēt ē uersle chief seignour & auxy ceux q̄ teignout ē fraūk almoygne ne ferroit feoalte mes. ceux q̄ teig­nōt en fraūk mariag ferrōt fealte Tenir per elegit est lou home ad recouere det ou dam̄ per brief deuers vn autre ou par connusaunce ou en autre maneris? Il Auera [Page] de islā vets luy vn bryef iudiciall nome elegit. dauer execucion del [...] moyte d toutes ses terres & chaute­ux exceptis bovis & affris a sa ca­ruces tanq̄ le det ou les dam̄ soient oustrē ēt leues ou payes a lui & durā te cest terme il est tenaunt ꝑ elegit

¶ Et nota syl soyt ouste deinz le terme il auera assise de no dissin & ap̄s vne reoddissin si myster soit & cest doūt par lestatut de westm̄. ii. ca ^o. xvii & auxi per le q ^•te de mes­me lestatut celuy que ad son estate sill soit onste auera assise & rediss­ein si mister soit. Et auxi sil face ses executours & deuie & ses executours entrōt & puis soient oustes ils aueront ꝑ lequite de mesme lesta­tut accyon come luy mesme suisdit Mes syll soyt ouste & puis face ses executours & deuie ses executours pourront entrer & sils soient estop­pes de lour ent̄ ils aueront vn bri­ef de trespace sur lour mat̄e & cace

¶ Et nota sil face wast en tout la terre ou en parcel laut̄ auera ēuers luy mayntenaūt vn bryef iudiciall hors de la primer record nosme venire facias ad computādum ꝑforce de quel serra enquis sil ad leue toutes les deniers ou parcel asil ad le­ue les deniers. donques serra en q̄s a quaunt le wast amounte. Et si le wast amountesi non a parcell donques tauntes des deniers que le wast amounta serra abrigge de les suisditz deuers quex fuela est­ers leues. Mes sill ad fayt pluys waste que le auaūntdyt somme dargent q̄fuist a estre leue amoūte [Page] lauter serta discharge mayntenant de toutez les deners susdites & recouera sa terre Et pur sa superfluite de wast fait ouster ceo q̄ amounte a le dit summe il recouera ses ba [...] sēgles / & mesme la ley est de ses execut̄ & auxi de cestuy q̄ ad son estat Et nota q̄ en elegit si le vic. retorn que il auoi [...] rien lour de la reconi­saunce sait. Mes q̄ il purchase ter­re puis le tēps adōquez la partie pleynt̄ auera nouel brief dauer executiō de ceo Mēse la ley dun esta tut merchaunt. Et nota que apres le. Fieri facias lomme puit auar le elegit mes uon ecoutra. en tannt q̄ le elegit est de pluys haut nature q̄ le Fieri facias

¶ Et nota / que si home recouer ꝑ brife de det & sue vne Fieri facias et le vic. retourne q̄ la partye nad ryens dou [...]t il puit faire gree a la partye cy auera dōques le pleyntif vn esegit ou vn Capias sicut alias & plur. Et si le vic. retourne a le capias m [...]tto vobis corpꝰ & if nad riens dont il puit faire gree al a ꝑtie il serra maunde al Saole de Fiet & illōq̄z demoura tāq̄ il ad fait gre a la partie & si le vic. retourne non est inuentus adonques issera lex­igent enuers luy

¶ Et nota que en brief de det port deuers person de saynt englise q̄ nad rien de lay fee & le vic. retourne que il nad riens per que il puit estre so m̄ adonquez suera le pleyntif bref all euesq̄ q̄ il face venir son clerk & leuesque luy ferra venir ꝑ sequestracion del esglise

[Page] Et nota q̄ si home porte brief d det & rec. & face ses exec. & deuie ils a dōt execuciō non obstāte q̄ il soit de inz lā ꝑ vn scire facias;

¶ Tenir ꝑ lesta ^t merchaūt est lou home conust apayre certei deniers a vn ai [...]re a certeyn iour duaūt le mair baillie ou autre gardei dascun ville q̄ ad poiar d faire execuciō de mesme lestar̄ut & sile oblige ne pai a le iour assis le det & riē d ses biēs t̄re ou ten̄tz ne putront estre troues deiz la gard le mair ou gardeyn a­uaūtdit mes en autres lieux d hors dōq̄s le reconise suera le recōisaūce & obligaciō oue vn certification al chaūcery d south le seal le roy & il ada hors d sa chaūcerye vn capias al vic. d q̄l coūte il est d sui prēdre & mettre en prison sil ne soit clark tā q̄ il ad sayt gre d la det Et vn quar ter del ā ap̄s ceo q̄ il serra pris il auera sa t̄re liuere a lui mesmes p (ur) faire gre a la ꝑtie de dette. Et il puit vendre tāq̄ il est ī prison & sa vē ­de serra bon & estable. Et sil ne face gree deins la quart̄ dun an ou si soit retorn q̄il nest troue & sil ne so­it clerk adōq̄s se reconise puit auer bref de la chaūcery q̄ est appelle

Extēdi fac. direct all toutz vic. lou il ad t̄res denxtendr ses t̄res & ces biens a lui & lui seiser en les t̄r̄z p (ur) les tenir a lui & a ces heiris & a ces assignes tāq̄ le det soit leue ou pay & ꝑ cel tēps il est tenaunt ꝑ le statut m̄chaūt Et nota q̄ en lestatut mer­chaūt se reconise ada execucion de toutz ses t̄rez q̄ le reconisour auoit iour d la reconisaūce fait & vnquez [Page] puis ꝑ force de mesne lestatut

Et not̄ q̄ quaūt ascū wast ou distruccion est fait ꝑ le reconise ou ꝑ celui qui ad son estate le reconisour & ses execut̄ aueroūt mesme la ley come est suisdit de le tenaunt ꝑ elegit. Et ceo ꝑ lestatut merchaunt darl fait a Westm̄ Et nota si tenaūt ꝑ lestatut merchaūt tient oustre sō t̄me celuy q̄ ad droyt puyt suer enuers luy ve nil fac. ad cōputād. ou entrel tātost

Troys man̄ de tentis ysont cestas sauoir rent seruice rent charg & rēt sek. Rent seruice est lou vn home tient dun autre ꝑ foialte & pur faire suit a sa court & rendaunt a luy vn certein rēt ꝑ ā pur toutz maners dez seruices. Et nota que si le seignour foit seisy de les seruices & rēt auaūt dites & ils soient aderel & il dystre [...] & le tenaūt rescue la distres il puit auēr assise ou brief de rescous, mez il est pluis necessarie pur luy auer assise q̄ brief de rescous pur taūt q̄ ꝑ assise il recoda son rēt & ses dam̄ mes ꝑce brief de rescous il ne reco. mes les reprises & les dam̄. Et no­ta q̄ si le seignour ne soit mie seisy del rent & seruice & ils souut aderer & il distreyn pur eux & tenaūt repn̄t la distresse il ne p ^•mye auer assise mes brief de rescous. Et not̄ q̄ si le seignour distreyn son tenaūt en socage pur seruice de chiualer q̄l nē d dit de luy & auowe pur m̄z les ser­uices en cowrt de recorde il serra charge ꝑ tiels seruices ꝑ

¶ Finch termino hillar anno. xlvi:

[Page] Et nota q̄ si le seigno (ur) ne puit mie trouer distresse ꝑ. ii. ans. il ada ds le tenaūt bl d cessauit ꝑ bienniū vt patet ꝑ lestatut d westm̄. ii ca ^o xxi Et si le tenaūt deuie en [...] le tēps & sō issue entr le seign (ur) ada ds lissue [...]l denil sur cessauit ou si le tenaūt ali [...]e le seigno (ur) ada d [...] le aliene la­uaūtdit bre. Mes si le seignour ad issue & diuie & le tenaunt soit en a­rerage de dites rent & seruices de le tēps le pier dell issue & ne mie in tēps del issue il ne puit mye distre­pur arerage en tēps sō pier & il na [...]a asc. aut̄ recouere [...] le tenaunt ou ascū aut̄ purt. q̄ tiel auaūtage est done ꝑ le ley al te [...] aūt Et not̄ q̄ rēt seruice est a ql appent fealte mes a rent charge & rent sek ne appent pas fealte me [...] il appēt a rent ser­uice de comine droit

Rent charge est ou home graunt c [...]ten rent issāt d ses t̄res ou ten̄tz a vn autre en fee simple ou en fe tayl ou a t̄me de vie per fait sur cō dicion q̄ aq̄l heure q̄ le rēt soit ade­rer biē list a graūte ou a sez heires ou assignes distr ē m̄ la t̄re ou ten̄t Et nota q̄ si le rent soit a derer biē list a le graūte ꝑ eleccion ad bre dā nuite ou il puit distreiner & si la distresse soit rauisede luy & il ne fuist mye seisy adeuaunt il nad mye re­couere forsq̄ ꝑ brief de rescous q̄t lo distres primeremēt fait ne done a luy ssin forsq̄ sil happe le rent ad­euaunt quar sil fuist seisy del rent adeuaūt & puis le rent soit aderer & il distreyn & rescoꝰ a luy soit fait il auera assise on brief de rescous

[Page] Et nota q̄ en chescun assise de rent charge & dānuel rent & en brief dā nuz te couient a celuy q̄ porte brief de monstre auaunt especialte: ou autrement il ne mayntenera assis mes en mordaūcestre ou formedoū en la destendr̄ & autres briefz ē lez q̄ux title est done ou compris d rēt charge ou dānuel rent nest mye bo soigne de mounstre especialte.

Et nota q̄ si home graūte rēt charg a vn autre & le graunte pourchace le moyte de la terre dōt le rent est issant tout le rent est extient.. Et si le graūte relesse a le graūtour p̄ ­cel de la rent vnquore tout le rent nest exteint Mes en rent seruice non obstance que le seignour ad la moyte pourchase de la terre: dount le rent est issant vnquor le rēt nest pas ex [...]yent forsq̄ a la moyte & la cause est de didsite pur ceo que rent seruice puit estre seuere a vn ꝑson mes nemye rent charge

Et nota q̄ si rent charge soit graūte a deux ioyntement & lun relese vn quor lauter auera la moite del rent Et auxy si lun pourchace le moy­te de la terre dont le rent est issant lauter auera le moyte del rent de son compaignion Et si disseisour charge la terre a vn estraunge & le disseasie porte lassise & recouer le charge est defete

Mes si celuy que ad droyt charge la terre & vn estraunge fayn vn faux occion enuers luy q̄ nad droit et recouera per def. le charge de­uiurra

[Page] ¶ Et nota que en cas qun purpartie soit perentre deuy perceners [...] piuis terre soit a lotte a lun que a lautre & celuy que ad pluis de terre charge sa terre a lautre et el happe le rent el mayntenera assise sauns especyalte Et si le graūte lauoit en fee simple ou en fee tayl et ad is­sue & deuie si lissue porte vn forme don ou assise de mortdaunc. il ne serra iammes charge de monstr es­pecialte.

¶ Rent sek est lou home tient de moy per homage fealte & autres seruices redaūt a moy vn certei rēt per an. & ieo graunte cest rēt a vn autre reseruaunt a moy le seruices

¶ Et nota que en rent sek si home sol [...] seisy del rent & le rent soit aderere t [...]ne puit mie distreyner nies il ada assise de no. dissin

¶ Et nota q̄ si rent sek soit graūte a vn ho ^e & a ses heirs & le rent soit aderere et le grauntour deuie lier ne purra mie distreiner ne recouera le arrerage de temps son piere si come est auaūt dit en rent seruice.

¶ Et en [...] la maner est adil en rēt charge on annuel rent Mes en toutes les rentes auauntdites leir purra auer pur arerage en son temps demeane tiel auaūtage come auoit son pier en sa vie

Et nota q̄ en rent sek si ho ^e ne soit seisy del rent et il soit aderer il est saūs recouerer pour ceo q̄il fuist sa folie dmesne adp̄mes quaūt le rēt fuist graūt a lui ou reserue q̄il ne prest [...]mye ssin del rent si come vn dener ou deux

[Page] Et nota q̄ home nē puit mye auet Cessauit ꝑ bienniū ou autre brief dentel sur cessauit pur nul rent sek aderere ꝑ. ii. ās. mes ils purtōt to ^• soulement pur rent seruice vt pa­let in statuto Et nota q̄ en rent sek il couient p (ur) lui que sue pur le tent sek pur mre fait al tenaūt ou aut̄ ment le tenaūt ne serra mie charge del rent forsq̄ lou le rent seke fuis rent seruice adeuaunt / come en cest cas seigno (ur) mesne & tenaūt & chu [...] deux tient dautr ꝑ homag & foialte &. xs de rent le signour ꝑamounte purchase lez terres ou ten̄tz de le tenaunt tout le seignourie le mesne forsq̄pris le rent est extient. Et pur cest cause cest rent est deuenus rent sek & le rent seruice chāge qar lōme ne puit distr pur cest rent Et en cest cas celuy q̄ demaunde le rent ne serra iāmes chace d mōstre fait auxi en brief d mordaūc. aiel ne be sayle d rēt sek ne boysoi mre especialte pure. q̄ cestes briefz d possessiō cōp̄hendont vn title deinz eux mesmez cessauoir q̄ laūc fuit seisi d mesme le rent & continua sa possessiō ꝑ cause d q̄lle ffin la ley suppose q̄ est auxy auerrable ꝑ pays tamen q̄re quar ascū [...] supposōt q̄ il couiēt affi forse a moūster auaūt fairle p (ur) c. q̄ rēt sek est vn choce encōtre coie droit auxiben co ^t rent charge. mes en assise de no. dissin & en brief dēt̄ sur dissin porte de rent sek il cou [...]ēl de fiforce mō stre auaūt fait purc. q̄ rent sek est vn choce encoūtre coie droit sinō ile case suisdit ou i [...] fuist rent seruice adeuaūt

[Page] Et assise de no. dissin brief denter sur cessauit ne conteignēt deiz eux nulle title. Mez supposent vn dis­sin estre fait a le pleyntyf. Et dētē ­demēt le ley la dissin ne done null cause dauertement en countre coie droit mes de fyne force il mounster auaunt especyalt̄

Suite seruice est a venir a la court de. iii. semaignes en trops semaignes ꝑ an entier. & pour ceo serra home dister & nient amercye

Suite reals est a venit a la courte del lete & ceo nest forsq̄ deux foytes en an & pour ceo home serra amer­cye & non pas distreyne.

TO hold by knyght seruyce yj to hold by homage fealte & escuage and it drawyth to hyr ward / mariage and relefe / and know thou that knyght ser­uyce is seruyce oflandys or tenementtys to bere armys in warr in the defence of the realme / and it owith warde mariage and relyeffe by reason that none is able nor of power nor may not haue knolege to bere armys before that he be of the age of. xxi. yeres / and for so mych that the lorde shall not lese that that of ryght he owght to ha­ue / and that the power of the realme of no thyng shalbe made weke The lawe wythe cause of his tender age that the lord hym shall haue in his warde tyll the full age of hym / that is to saye. xxi. yeres.

¶ To hold by graunt seriauntye is as if a man hold certayn landys or tenementis of the kynge to goo with hym in his host / or to bere his baner with hym in his war­rys / or to lede hys hoste / or sych lyke / and ther longeth ward mariage and reliefe as it apperyth in the tretyse of wardys and relyfyes.

¶ To hold by petyt sergeaūtye is as yf a man hold of the kyng landys or tenemen­tys yeldyng to hym a knyf / a bokeler a she­fe of arows a bow with out stryng or o­ther lyke seruyce at the wyll of the furste feffour / and there belongyth not ward maryage ne relyef as it apperit in magna car­ta. capt. xvi. and markewell that a man may not hold by graunt sergeauntye nor petyt sergeaūtye but of the kyng.

¶ To hold by escuage is to hold by knyght seruyce and ther belongyth ward [Page] [...] [Page] [...] [Page] maryage & relyeff / & mark well that a man may not hold by escuage but that he holde. by homage for that that escuage of comyn ryght drawyth to hym homage / as yt was Juggyd the. xxi. yere of edwarde the thy­rde / And note well that escuage ys a cer­teyne some / of money and owght to bele­uyed by y ^e lord of his tēaūte after y ^e quātite of his tenour / when escuage rennyth by all englond / & is ordeyned by all the counsell of ynglond what euery tenent shall gyff to hys lord / and that is properly for to mayn­teyn the warrys betwene englonde and them of skotland or of walys / and not betwene other landys for that that those for sayd londys shuld be of ryght be longynge to the realme of englond.

¶ To hold by homage aunectrell is where I or my auncestours haue holden of you and of your auncestors from y ^e tyme wher of no mynd rennyth by homage fealte & certayn rēt / and it is not to hold by knygh tys seruyce / and there longith not warde maryage nor relyfe / and note well that ho­mage may be sayd in. ii. maners. that is to say homage auncetrell? and homage de fait / homage auncetrel is ther where you or your auncetours haue hold of me and myn auncetors after the tyme of no mynd be homage fealte & rent / homage defeat is vere where I ēfeff your selfe to hold of me by homage and rent and in so myche that thys homage beginyth by my dede yt ys callyd homage de fayt / And note well that homage auncetrell drawyth to hym vou­cher that is to say / warrauntye of aunce­tours / But not homage de fayte.

[Page] To hold by y ^e courtesey of iglōde is ther where a mā taketh a wyfe iheryte / & they haue issue a sōe or a doghter & the wyfe dy­eth whether y ^e issue be ded or a lyue / y ^e hus­band shall hold this land for terme of his lyft by the cortesye of englond / and by the law / for in this case the fee and the ryght remaynyth in the person of hym of whom he holdyth / And for that this tenant may not aleyn in fee nor for terme of a nother lyfe / and yf he do it is well lawfull to hym in the reuercyon to enter.

¶ To hold in fee symple is to hold to any man or woman to hym and to his heyrys and to his assyners for euermore.

¶ To hold in fre hold is to hold for terme of his own lyfe or for terme of another­mannys lyfe and in this case the fee and the ryght remayneth in the person of hym of whome he holdith / and for that this te­nāt may not aleyn in fee nor for terme of lyfe / And if he do it is well lawfull to hym i whome y ^e fee & y ^e ryght abydyth to enter.

¶ To hold in dower / is where a man in he ryte takyth a wyfe and dyeth / the heyre shall enter & indowe the wyfe of the thryd parte of all that that was to her husband in his lyfe in fee symple or fee tayle / and she shall hold these landis for terme of her lyfe as her free hold.

¶ To hold for terme of yeres is not but chatell in effect / for no accion is maytena­ble agayns the termour as to the recoueryng of the free hold / for no fre hold is in hym / a lesse for terme of yeres is chatell reall / and other chatell is all good is which is moueable.

¶ To hold i morgage is to hold to certeyn terme vppon condicion that yf the lessour pay somuch money at such a day that he [Page] may enter / & yf not y ^t y ^e other shal haue a fee symple or fee tayl or fre hold / & i euery case wher landꝭ or tenemētꝭ be gyffyn to a mā to a certayne terme vppon cōdycyon of y ^t part of y ^e lessour for to make y ^e lesse to haue more long tyme or terme yf y ^e other do not as y ^e cōdiciō ys / y ^e lōdys & ten̄tꝭ vntyll the day y ^t ye condiciō shuld be done / be holdyn in morgage / as in a dede gage.

¶ And note well that yf land be let to a mā in morgage i fee symple or i fee tayle vppō condycion y ^t yf the furst lessour as is before seyd pay so much money at sych a day that he may enter / and yf not y ^t the lesse haue the same estate in the landys y ^t the lessour dyd hym graunt at the begynnyng. and yf before the day assyned the lesse be dissesyd he shal haue assise of nouell disseysyd. & i case y ^t yf y ^e lesse take a wyfe & dye seysed before y ^e day assyned y ^e womā shalbe endowed.

¶ And note well that yf the lessour after y ^e deth of the lessee pay not the money at the day assygned then the woman shall hold her dower and the issue his herytage.

And in case y ^t the lessour at the day assyned pay y ^e money to the heyre of y ^e lessee thā he may put out the womā & the heyre also / of all y ^e land furst let / And yf a mā gyft lādys to another in the tayle yeldyng to hym a certayn rēt by y ^e yere / & an entre for defaut of paymēt / y ^e donee takyth a wyfe & dyeth seisyd / y ^e womā shalbe indowyd / An ī case y ^e after y ^e rēt be behynd y ^e donour may ent & put out the womā & y ^e heyr also.

¶ And note well y ^t yf lādys be lett to a māin morgage in fe vppon condicyon / y ^e lessee doth aleyn / the lessour shalbe chargid to pay the money [Page] to y ^e alyene & not to the feffee as it is sayd:

¶ To hold in burgage is to hold as yf the bnrgeys hold of the kyng or of another lorde landys or tenementys yeldynge to hym a certayne rent by the yere / or ellys there where an other man than burgeys holdith of any lord lādꝭ or tenemētꝭ i but gage yeldynge to hi a certayne rēt by yere

¶ To hold in socage is to hold of any lord landꝭ ortenemētꝭ yeldynge to hym a cer­teyn rēt for all maner seruyce.

¶ And note well y ^t to hold by socage is not to hold by knyghtys seruyce / nor there longyth not ward mariage nor relyef / But they shall double onꝭ theyr rent after y ^e deth of theyr auncetours acordynge to that that they be wont to paye to theyr lorde / And they shall not be ouer mesure greuyd as it ap­peryth in y ^e treatyse of wardis & reliefys.

¶ And note well that socage may be sayd in thre maner that is to say. Socage i fre tenure. Socage in auncyent tenure / ond Socage in basse tenure / Socage in free tenure is to hold frely by certayne rent for all maner of seruyce as is before seyd / and of y ^t y ^e next kinꝭ body shall haue the ward to whome the herytage may not destend / till the age of. xiiii. yeres that is to sey / yf the heritage come by the part of the fadyr / they of the part of the modyr shall haue the ward and contrary wyse.

¶ And note well y ^t yf y ^e gardeyn in socage do wast he shall not be pechid of wast but he shall yelde accompt to the heyre whan he shall come to his full age of. xxi. yeres / and loke y ^e statute of marlebryge. capitilo. xv. for this matter / Socage in auncyent tenure is that where y ^t people in auncyon demesne [Page] hold which vse no nother wryt to haue thā y ^e mōstrauer for to discharge thē whē yeyr lord distrayneth thē for to do other seruyce y ^t they ought not to do / & this wryt ought to be brought a gayns the lord / and those tenentys hold all be on certayne seruyce / & they be free tenantꝭ of aūcion demesne / Socage in basse tenur is wher a mā hol­dith in auncion demesne y ^t may not haue y ^e mōsttaruerunt / and for that it is callyd the basse tenure.

¶ To hold in fee ferme is to hold in fee symple yeldyng to the lord the valwe or at the / lest the forth ꝑt by yere / and he ought to do no nother thyng but as it is contey­nyd in the feffement / and he that holdyth ī fee ferme owght to do fealte & not relyef.

¶ To hold in frank fee is to hold in fee symple landꝭ pledable at the cōmyn law.

¶ To hold in fee basse is to hold at the wyll of the lord.

¶ To hold in pure villennage is to do all that the lord wyll hym commaunde / The difinicion of villenage is villeyn of blod & of tenure / and it is he of whom the lord takyth redempcion to marye his dough­ter / or to make hym free / and it is he whom the lord may put out of his landys and tenementys at his will / and also of all his goodys and catell.

¶ And note well that a sokman is no pure villeyn nor a villeyn owyth not ward ma­riage nor relief nor to do no nother ser­uyce reall.

¶ And note well y ^t y ^e tenure in villenage shal make no fre mā villeyn if it be not cō ­tynued syth tyme out of mynd nor villeyn lād shall make no fre man villeyn / nor fre lād shal make no villeyn fre but yf that the [Page] tenaunt haue contynuyd fre sith the tyme of no mynd / But a villeyn shall make free land villeyn by seysyn or claym of the lord

¶ And note wel that yf a villeyn purchase certayn land & take a wyfe and aleyu and dyeth before the claym or seisyn of the lord the wyfe shall be indowed.

¶ And note well that in case that the lord bryng a precipe (quam) reddat agayns y ^e aliene the which vonchith to warrant the issue or of the villeyn which is villeyn to the lord / he shall haue the voncher / and by protes­tasyon the lord may saue that notwithstō ­dyng that he plede with his villeyn / yet his villeyn shall not be in fraunchisid.

¶ And note well y ^t a bastard shall neuer be iugyd villain / but by knolege in cowert of record.

¶ And note well that yf det be dew by a lord to a freman and he makyth .ii. men his executours y ^e which be villeyns to the seyd lord & dyeth the villeynys shall haue an accion of det agayns theyr lord. And not withstondyng y ^t he plede with thē / and if he make protestacion they shal not be for so mych infraūchesid / for y ^t that they be to recouer the det before sayd to the vse of another parson / y ^t is to say to the vse of theyr testatour and not to theyr own vse / And if the tenant in dower haue a villeyn which purchesith certayn lond in fee and after y ^e tenent in dower enteryth she shall haue the land to her & to her heyrꝭ for euer more & the same law is of tenēt for terme of yerys of a villeyn.

¶ And note well y ^t the lord may rob his villayn bete & chastyce at his will / saue on­ly y ^t he may not mayne hym / for thā he shal haue appell of mayne a gayns hym.

¶ And note well that a villeyn may haue .iii. accions agayns his lord that is to sey [Page] appell of deth of his aūcester appell of rape don to his wyfe and appell of mayme

¶ And note well yf .ii. parceuers bryng a wryt of neofe and one of them be nonsute / the nonsute of hym shalbe tuggid nonsute of them both so that if the nonsute be after apparance they shalbe put out from that accion foreuer / for y ^e law is such in fauour of liberte.

¶ And note well if .ii. haue a villeyn in comyn and one of them make to hym a manumissiō he shall not be made fre agayns both.

¶ And note well that in a wryt de natiuo habēdo it be houyth that the lord shew how he comyth preucy of the blod of that villeyn of whom he is lord &c. & yf he nor none of his auncestours were not seysid of none of his blod / he shall not wyn by his accion / yf the villeyn haue not knolegyd in court of record hymselfe to be his villeyn.

¶ And note well that in a wryt of nyefe may not be put moo nyefys than twayn / but i a writ de libertate ꝓbāda may be put as maney nyefys as y ^e pleītyf wyll.

¶ And note well that yf the villeyn of a lord be in auncion demesne of the kyng or other town pryuylegyd / within a yere and a day the lord may seyse hym / & if he dwell in the same town or other lace fraunche­sid by a yere and a day without seysyn of the lord he hath no power to seyse hym af­ter / yf he go not in estray owt of y ^e forsayd fraunchese.

¶ To hold in the tayle is where a man holdyth certayne landys or tenementys to hym and to his heyrys of his body begoten.

¶ And note well y ^t if y ^e lond be gyffyn to a man & to his heyres malis and he hath issu male / he hath fee symple. & that was ad iuggid in y ^e parleament of our lord [Page] the kyng. But where landys or tenementꝭ be gyffyn to a man & to his heyrꝭ malys of his body begoten thā he hath fee tayle & the issue femall shal not be īherytable / as it ap­pethry y ^e .xiiii. yere of edward y ^e .iii. ī assise.

¶ To hold in the tayle after possibilite of issue extent is where landys is gyffyn to a man & to his wyfe and to the heyrꝭ of theyr .ii. bodyes ingendred and one of theym ouerlyffyth the other without issue betwen thē goyng owt / he shall hold y ^e land for t̄me of his own lyfe as tenēt in the tayle after possibilite of issue extynct. And not with­stōdyng y ^t he do wast he shall neuer be impeched of that wast.

¶ And note well yf he aleyne / he ī y ^e rexcion shalnot haue a wryt of entre in cōsīli casu. But he may enter & his enter is lawfull ꝑ Robertum Thorp chefe Justic̄.

¶ To hold in frank mariage is to hold in y ^e second tayle lymyt in y ^e statute of westm̄ seconde. Capitilo primo. And the feffour shall acquyt y ^e feffe of all maner of seruyce vnto y ^e fyfte degre be past. & y ^e feffour shall do all the seruyce & suytes duryng y ^e sayd terme / & aft y ^t heyrꝭ of y ^e feffe shal do it / for y ^t y ^t the p̄uite of blod is past & yf he be dys­treynyd for seruyce he shall haue a wryt of mesne agaynꝭ hym supposyng y ^t he hyld y ^e landꝭ of hym / but he shall not haue y ^e for­iugmēt yf it be not ī auaūtage of his issues And note well y ^t after y ^e .iiii. degre be past he shalbe atendant of as mych seruyce to y ^e donour as y ^e donour is attendaūt to the lord ꝑamoūt & if he do selony for which he is attayn / the kyng shall haue his lādꝭ for terme of his lyfe naturall / & after his deth his issue shal inherytcas by force of y ^t tayll [Page] & i vis case nōe shal haue his landꝭ by way of escheyte no more thā in any other tayll / And in case that the tenaunt dye without heyre of his body begotton the land shall reuerte to the donour as it shuld in the cō ­myn tayle / And if a man lett his land to another in frāk mariage yeldinge to hym a certeyn rent by yere he shall hold this land in the tomyn tayle and not in frank mari­age for by the rent reseruyd these wordys in liberū maritagium be all vtterly voyd so that the tenoure shalbe intendyd after the tenuer in the commyn tayle.

¶ And note well that y ^e gyft in frank mariage hath a cōdiciō anerid to hit notwith­stondyng that it be not opynly declared in the dede of the gyft as it apperith by the statute of westm̄ second capitilo primo de donis condicionalibus

¶ And note well that a man shall not gyft londys nor tenementys in frank mariage but where the woman is preuey of blod to the donour / for ellys the man nor the wo­man shall haue no nother estate by the fef­fement but forterme of lyfe

¶ To hold in franke almoyne is to hold landꝭ or tenemētꝭ for to serue god & holy chirch to indow without doyng any other maner of seruyce / And note well that in this case le donour ys measne & ought to acquyte hym frely agayns y ^e chefe lord / & also they y ^t hold i frank almoyn shal do no fealte / but they that hold i frank mariage shall do fealte.

To hold by elegit is wher a mā hath reco­ved det or dāage by wryt agayns another or by knolege ori other māer / he shal ha [...]e [Page] wethin the yerē agayns hym ā wryt Judi­ciall callyd elegit to haue execucion of the halff of all his landys and chatellys excep­tys oxyn and bestys of his plow tyl the det or the damagys be vtterly leued or payd to hym & durig this terme he is tenaūt bi ele­git.

¶ And note well yf he be put out within the terme he shall haue assise of nouell dis­seysyn and after a redisseysyn yf nede be / & this is gyffyn by the statute of westm̄. ij. capitelo. xvii / and also by the equite of the same statute / he that hath his estate yf he be put owt shal haue assise and a redyssey­syn yf nede be / and also yf he make his executours and dye & his executours enter & after be put out they shall haue by the eq̄te of the same statute such accion as he hym selff befor sayd / but yf he be put owt & after make his executours and dye hys execu­tours maye enter and yf they be stoppyd of theyr entre they shall haue a wryt of trespas vppon theyr matter and case.

¶ And note well yf he doo wast in all the land or percell the other shall haue agayns hym mayntenaunt a writ Judiciall owt of the furst recorde callyd a venire facias ad cōputand. by whych it shalbe inqueryd yf he haue leued all the money or percell? and yf he haue not leued the money than it shalbe inquerid / to how mych the wast amountyth / and yf the wast mounte but to percell / than as much of the money as y ^e wast amoūtyth shalbe abredgid of y ^e for sayd money which was to beleued / but if he haue dōe more wast thā y ^e forsayd some of money which was to be lene amoūtyth [Page] the other shalbe dyschargyd by & by of all y ^e sayd money & shal recouer the land / and for the suꝑfiuite of the wast made aboue y ^e that amountyth to the seyd some he shall recouer his damagꝭ syngle / & ye same law is of his executours & also of hym y ^e hath his estate / And note well that in an elegit / yf the shyryff retorn y ^t he had nought the day of the reconysaunce made / but that he purchaysyd landꝭ after the tyme / then the ꝑte pleyntyf shall haue a new wryt to haue execucion therof / the same law is of a stature marchaunte

And note wel vat for after a fierifacias a mā may haue the elegit but not contrary wyse / for so mych that the elegit is of more hyer nature thā the fieri facias / And note well / y ^t yf a man recouer by a wryt of det & sewyth a fieri facias & the shyryff retorne y ^t the parte hath no thynge wherof he may make gre with the parte then y ^e pleyntyff shall haue a capias sicut alias / & a plur es & yf the shyryff retorn at the capias mitto vobis corpꝰ & he haue nothyng wherof he may make gre to the parte / he shalbe send to the pryson of the flete & ther shall abyde tylhe hath made grement with the parte & yf the shrryf retourne nō est inuentꝰ then there shal go forth an exigent agayns hym

/ And note well y ^t in a wryt of det brought agayns a parsō of holy church which hath nothyng of lay fee & the shyryff retornyth that he hath nought by whiche he may be somyned than shall the pleyntyff shew a wryt to the bysshop that he make his clerk to come and y ^e bysshop shall make hym to come by sequestraciō of the church

[Page] ¶ And note wel y ^t yf a mā bryng a wryt of det & recoū. & make his executours & dyeth they shall haue execuciō not withstōdyng y ^t hit be withi y ^e yere by a fierifacias.

¶ To hold by statute marchaūt is where a mā knolegith to pay certayne money to another at a certayn day before the mayre baylyff or other warden of any town that hath power to make execucion of the same statute and yf the oblige pay not the det at the day / and no thynge of his goodys lan­dys or tenementys may be found within the ward of the mayre or gardeyn be fore­seyd but in other placys without / than the reconyse shal se we y ^e reconysaūce & obliga­ciō with a certificaciō to y ^e chaūcery vn­der y ^e kyngꝭ seale / & he shall haue owl of y ^e chauncery a capias to y ^e sheryf of the coūte where he is to take hym and to put hym in prisō yf he be not a clark / tyl he haue made grement of the dett / And one quarter of the yere after that that he shalbe takyn / he shall haue his land delyueryd to hym selff to make gree to the parte of the det / and he may sell it whyle he is in prison & his sale shalbe good & lawfull / And yf he do not gree within a quarter of a yere or yf it be retornyd y ^t he be not found then the reco­nise may haue a wryt of y ^e chaūcery which is callyd extendifacias direct to al shyryfꝭ wher he hath landys to extend hys landꝭ & goodys to hym & to seyse hym in his landꝭ to hold them to hym and to his heyrys and his assignes til y ^t y ^e det be leuyd or payd and by this tyme he is tenaūt by statute mar­chaūt.

¶ And note well y ^t in a statute mar­chaūte y ^e reconise shall haue execuciō of all y ^e landꝭ which y ^e reconisour had y ^e day of y ^e reconisaūce made & any tyme [Page] after / by force of the same statute.

¶ And note well y ^t whan any wast ordys­trucciō is made by y ^e reconise or by hym y ^t hath his estate / y ^e reconisour or hys execu­tours shall haue the same law as is before seyd of y ^e tenant by elegitg / and that is by the statute marchaunt iate made at westm̄

¶ And note well yf y ^e tenaunt by statute marchaūte hold ouer his terme he y ^t hath ryght may sew a gayns hym a venire far. ad cōputand. or ellys enter by and by.

¶ Ther be thre maner of rentys that is to sey rent seruyce rent charge and rent sek rent seruyce is where a man holdyth of a nother by fealte and for to do suyt to his court and yeldynge to hym a certayn rent by the yere for all maner of seruyces.

¶ And note well that yf the lord be seysed of the seruyce & rent beforesayd and they be behynd and he dystrayne and the tenāt rescow the distresse he may haue assise or a wryt of rescous / but it is more necessary for hym to haue assise than a wryt of res­couse / for so much that by assise he shall re­couer his rent and his damagis / but by a wryt of rescous he shall not recouer but the thyng and the damagis.

¶ And note well that yf y ^e lord be not sei­sid of the rent and seruyce and they be be­hynd and he dystrayn for them and the te­naunt take agayne the dystresse / he shall not haue assise but a wryt of rescous.

¶ And note well that yf the lord distrayn his tenaunt in socage for knyghtys ser­uyce which is not with sayd of hym and a vow for the same seruyce ī court of record he shalbe chargyd by the same seruyce / per

¶ ffynch termino hillare anno. xlvi.

[Page] ¶ And note well that yf the lord may not fynd a distresse by. ii. yere / he shall haue a­gayns the tenaunt a wryt of cessauit per biennium / as it aperith by the statute of westm̄. ii. capitilo. xxi. And yf y ^e tenāt dye the same tyme and his issue enter / the lord shall haue agayns the issue a wryt sur ces­saunt / or yf the tenant alayn / the lord shal haue agayns the alieue the foresayd wryt But yf the lord haue issue and dye and the tenant be in arerage of the sayd rent and seruyce in the tyme of the fadyr of the issue and not in y ^t tyme of the issue / he may not distrayne for the areragis in the tyme of his fader / & he shal haue no nother recouere agayns y ^e tenāt or any other for that y ^t sych aduaūtage is gyffyn by the law to y ^e tenāt.

¶ And note well that rent seruyce is / to the which be longith fealte / but to rent charge and rent sek longyth not fealte but yt be longyth to rent seruyce of comyn ryght.

¶ Rent charge is where a man grauntyth certayne rent goyng owt of his landys or tenementys to a nother in fee simple or in fee tayle or for terme of lyfe by dede vppō condycionn that at what day that the rent be behynd it shalbe well lawfull to the gra­unte or his heyres or assynys to distreyn in the same landys or tenementys.

¶ And note well that yf the rent be behynd it is well lawful to the graūte by eleccyon to haue a wryt of annuite / or ellys he may distreyn / & yf y ^e dystresse be takyn a gayns his will fro hym & he was neuer seysyd before he hath no recouere but by writ of res­cous / for y ^e distresse furst takyn gyffyth not to hym seisi but yf he hap y ^e rēt before for yf he were seisyd of y ^e rent before & after y ^e rēt be behynd & he distreyn & rescous to hī be mad he shal haue assise or a writ of rescous

[Page] ¶ And note wel that in euery assise of rent charge and ānuall rent or in a writ of ānu­ite it behouyth to hym that bryngyth the wryt to shew forth an especialte / or ellys he shall not maytayne assyse / but in a mor­daūcest our or formedoū in the descender or other wryttꝭ in the which tytle is gyffyn or cōprisid of rent charge or anuell rent it nedyth not to shew especialte.

¶ And note well that yf a man graunt a rent charge to a nother / and the graunte purchase the halff of the land wherof the rent is goynge owt / all the rent is extynct and yf the graūte relesse to the grauntour parcell of the rent / yet all the rent is not ex­tynct / But in rent seruyce not withston­dyng that the lorde hath purchaysyd the halff of the land wherof the rent is goyng owt / yet the rent is not extynct but for the halff / and the cause is of the dyuersite for that that rent seruyce may be seueryd to one parson but not rent charge.

¶ And note well that yf rent charge be grauntyd to two ioyntenauntys and the one relesse / yet the other shall haue the halff of the rent / and also yf one purchase the halff of the land wherof the rent is goyng owt the other shall haue the halff of the rent of his companion / And yf the disser­sour charge the land to a straunger and the disseyse bryng assise and recouer the charge is defetyd / But yf he y ^t hath ryght charge the land and a straunger fayne a false accion agayns hym and recouer by defaute / the charge abydyth.

[Page] ¶ And note well that in case that purparte be betwen two perceners and more land be alottyd to one than to the other and she that hath more of y ^e land chargyth her land to y ^e other and she happyth y ^e rent she shall maynteyn assise without especialte / and yf the graunte haue it in fee symple or in fee tayle and hath issue and dyeth / yf the issue bryng a formedone or assysc of mordaun­cestour he shall neuer be chargid to shew an especialte.

¶ Rent sek is wher a man holdith of me by homage fealte & other seruyce yeldyng to me a certayne rent by the yere and I graunt this rent to a nother reseruyng to me the seruyce.

¶ And not well that in rent sek if a man be seisid of the rent / and the rent be behynd he may not distreyn but he shal haue assise of nouell disseysyn.

¶ And note wel that yf rent sek be graun­tyd to a man and to his heyrys and the rēt be behynd & y ^e graūtour dye the heyre may not distrayne nor shall not recouer the a­reragis of the tyme of his fadyr as it is be fore sayde of rent seruyce.

¶ And in the same maner it is to sey of rēt charg or anuell rent / But in all these rentꝭ before sayd the heyr may haue for the areragis in his own tyme sych aduauntage as his fadyr had in his lyfe.

¶ And note well that in rent sek yf a man be not seisid of the rent and it be behynd he is without recouer for that that it was his own foly at the begynnyng when the rent was grauntyd to hym or reseruyd that he toke not seisin of y ^e rent as a peny or. ii. d.

[Page] ¶ And note well y ^t a man may not haue a cessa uit per biennum or a nother wryt of entre sur cessauit for no rent sek behynd by. ii. yerꝭ but they may all only for rēt ser­uyce as it apperyth in the statute.

¶ And note well y ^t in rent sek it behouyth for hym that sewith for the rent sek for to shew a dede to the tenaunt or ellꝭ y ^e tenāt shall not be chargyd of y ^e rent but wher the rent sek was rent seruyce before / as in this case / lord mesne & tenant & euery of them holdyth of other by homage fealte &. x. s. of rēt / y ^e lord ꝑamount purchaysith y ^e lādꝭ or tenementꝭ of y ^e tenant / all the signioury of the mesne but y ^e rent is extynet / And for this cause this rent is become rent sek / & y ^e rent seruyce chaūgyd / for he may not dis­treyn for this rent / & i this case he y ^e demaū dith the rēt shal neuer be chargyd to shew a dede / also in a wryt of mordauncestour ayle nor besayle of rent sek it nedyth not to shew a specyalte for y ^• y ^• these wryttꝭ of possessiō do cōprehend a tytle within them selff that is to say that the auncestour was seised of the same rent and continuyd his possessiō by cause of which seysyn the law supposith that it is also auerable by the countrey tamen quere for some suppose that yt be houyth of nessite to shew forth a dede for that that rent sek is a thyng agayns comyn ryght as well as rent char­ge / But in assise of nouell disseysyn and in a wryt of entre sur disseysyn brought of rent sek it behouyth of necessite to shew forth a dede for vat that rent sek is a thyng agayns comyn ryght except in y ^e case befor seyd where it was rent seruyce before

[Page] And assise of nouell dissyesyn a wryt or entre sur cessaunt conteyn with in them no tytle but suppose a disseisyn to be don to the playntyff and of the intēdement of the law the disseysyn gyffyth no cause of auerment agayns comyn ryght but of ne­cessite it be houyth to shew forth a dede

Sewte seruyce is to come to the court of thre wekys to. iii. wekes by the hole yere & for that a man shalbe distreynyd and not amercyed.

Sewte reall is to come to the court of the lete / and that is not but. ii. tymys in the yere and for that a man shalbe amercyed and not dystraynyd.