Great Britain -- Economic conditions; Great Britain -- Social conditions
several tenements customary for house-bote, fire-bote, plough-bote,
cart-bote, gate-bote and hedge-bote, and such like hath not heretofore
been taken for waste but always as lawful to do by the custom of the
said manor; And where also by the further custom of the said manor,
where any forfeiture is committed, perpetrated or done for any offence
whatsoever whereby there is given cause of seizure and forfeiture to the
lord of the manor for the time being, yet by the custom of the same
manor, the said forfeiture notwithstanding, they to whom the same so
forfeited should descend, remain, come, or grow after the death of such
tenant so offending, should and may lawfully claim all and singular such
tenements so forfeited or seized after the death of such offender, as
though no such forfeiture had been made; And where by the custom of the
said manor all and every the tenants of the said manor should and ought
to have from time to time in the woods of the lord of the said manor
sufficient timber for reparations of their said tenements customary at
the assignment of the lord or his officers, and if the lord the same
refuse to do upon reasonable request being thereof made to the said lord
or his steward of his court for the time being, if then their said
tenements decay, or fall down in default of reparations, there shall nor
ought any forfeiture or seizure to be made for any such waste; And where
the widows of the tenants customary of the said manor should and ought
by the custom of the said manor have their widow's estate for one penny
only; And where by their further custom the eldest son, brother or next
cousin, male or female, should inherit and have the said customaries and
after the decease of their ancestors only; And where by the custom of
the said manor it is lawful for the said tenants as aforesaid to assign
and demise the several tenements for years to any person or persons at
their will and pleasure, yet nevertheless by the custom of the said
manor it hath been lawful for the lord of the said manor misliking the
said undertenant upon one year's warning to expel and put out such
tenant, after which it shall be lawful for the said tenants that so did
demise or let their tenements to re-enter and the same to enjoy as
before, and after to let the same as before to any person or persons in
manner and form aforesaid, until such person shall be by the lord
misliked and expulsed as aforesaid; And where by the further custom of
the said manor the said tenants and every of them and their heirs and
assigns should and ought to have the masting of their own hogs in the
time of mast in the north woods of the said manor of Slindon, and
likewise the pasturing of their cattle and sheep in the said woods and
in all other the lord's commons of the said manor, paying for the
ovissing[256] and masting of every hog 2d. only; And whereas by the
further custom of the said manor the tenants aforesaid have and may at
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