Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776Reilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776
Reilly, S. A.
Law -- England -- History
aforesaid villeins, the lord shall have as a heriot his best animal, if
he had any; if, however, he have no living beast, the lord shall have
no heriot, as they say. The sons or daughters of the aforesaid villeins
shall give, for entrance into the holding after the death of their
predecessors, as much as they give of rent per year. Sylvester, the
priest, holds one acre of meadow adjacent to his house and owes yearly
3s. Total of the rent of tenants for life, 3s. Petronilla atte Holme
holds a cottage and a piece of land and owes at Easter and Michaelmas -
; also, attendance, relief, and heriot. Walter Herying holds a cottage
and a piece of land and owes at Easter and Michaelmas 18d., attendance,
relief, and heriot. Isabella Mariner holds a cottage and owes at the
feast of St. Michael 12d., attendance, relief, and heriot. Jordan atte
Melle holds a cottage and 1 1/2 acres of land and owes at Easter and
Michaelmas 2s., attendance, relief, and heriot. William of Batelesmere
holds one acre of land with a cottage and owes at the feast of St.
Michael 3d., and one cock and one hen at Christmas of the value of 3d.,
attendance, relief, and heriot. John le Man holds half an acre of land
with a cottage and owes at the feast of St. Michael 2s., attendance,
relief, and heriot. Hohn Werthe holds one rood of land with a cottage
and owes at the said term 18d., attendance, relief, and heriot.
Geoffrey Caumbreis holds half an acre and a cottage and owes at the
said term 18d., attendance, relief, and heriot. William Hassok holds
one rood of land and a cottage and owes at the said term 18d.,
attendance, relief, and heriot. The same man holds 3 1/2 acres of land
and owes yearly at the feast of St. Michael 3s. for all. Roger Doget
holds half an acre of land and a cottage, which were those of R. the
miller, and owes at the feast of St. Michael 18d., attendance, relief,
and heriot. Thomas le Brod holds one acre and a cottage and owes at the
said term 3s., attendance, relief, and heriot. Agnes of Cayworth holds
half an acre and a cottage and owes at the said term 18d., attendance,
relief, and heriot. Total of the rents of the said cottagers, with the
value of the hens, 34s.6d. And it is to be noted that all the said
cottagers shall do as regards giving their daughters in marriage,
having their sons tonsured, cutting down timber, paying heriot, and
giving fines for entrance, just as John of Cayworth and the rest of the
villeins above mentioned." The above fines and penalties, with heriots
and reliefs, are worth 5s. yearly.
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