“This is the final Concord, made in the Court of Galfred, the Son of
Peter, and afterwards recorded and inrolled[303] in the Court of our
Lord the King, at Westminster, in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign
of King Henry the Second, on Tuesday after the feast of the Apostles
Simon and Jude, before[304] _E._ Bishop of Ely, and _I._ Bishop of
Norwich, and _R._ de Glanville, Justice of our Lord the King, and
other faithful and trusty servants of our Lord the King, then there
present, between the aforesaid _G._ the Son of Peter and _R._ the son
of Reginald, of the Advowson of the Church of All Saints of Shuldham,
and common of pasture of Heddon, concerning which there was a dispute
between them; to wit, that the aforesaid _R._ has acknowledged to the
aforesaid _G._, as his Right, the Advowson of the aforesaid Church,
and has quitted-claim to the aforesaid _G._ and his Heirs, from him
and his Heirs for ever, if he had any right in the Advowson of the
aforesaid Church: also the aforesaid _R._ quit-claims to the aforesaid
_G._ the Common of Pasture of Heddon—And all the purprestures[305]
which _G._ has made in Shuldham, in the Woodland[306] and Mills and
Crofts[307] and Turbaries[308] of Shuldham, of which the said _R._
reserves nothing, unless that which is necessary to burn in his House
for him and his Heirs, without making any sale; and all[309] external
folds,[310] (except his own) and the bidden days[311] of external
ploughs, and the Customs[312] of Hens and Eggs. And for this Concord
and quit-claim, the aforesaid _G._ has given to the said _R._ twenty
marks of silver.” And observe, that such a Concord is termed final,
because it puts an end to the matter,[313] so that neither of the
litigating parties can ever after recede from it. For if either of them
fail to adhere to it, or to perform his part of it, and the other party
complain, the Sheriff shall be directed to put him by safe pledges,
that he appear before the King’s Justices to answer, wherefore he has
not kept such fine. I mean, if the party complaining, has previously
given the Sheriff security, to prosecute his claim. For this purpose,
the following writ shall issue——
[Footnote 303: _And inrolled_ omitted by the Bodln. and Dr. Milles’s
MSS.]
[Footnote 304: _G. Bishop of Ely, I. Bishop of Norwich, and Ranulph
de Glanville, &c. Justices in Eyre, in the year 1179, 25 Hen. 2. &c._
according to Bodl. MS.]
[Footnote 305: Vide Infra, L. 9. c. 11. where our author explains the
import of the Term.]
[Footnote 306: _Frusseto_, or, as Lord Coke writes it, _frasseto_,
signifies a wood or ground that is woody. (Co. Litt. 4. b.)]
[Footnote 307: _Croftis_. A croft is said to be synonymous with what
farmers call a _close_. The term is used by Ingulphus, and derived from
the Saxon _croft_ or _cruft_.]
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