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
28. Hugh Andrew's son gives the lord 4s. for leave to marry; pledge,
Robert Serjeant.
29. Juliana Forester gives the lord 12d. in order that for the future
no occasion may be taken against her for neglect of suit of court.
30. John Franklain is put in seisin of his father's tenement and gives
the lord 20s. for entry; pledge, Robert Serjeant.
31. Henry Cross gives the lord 4s. for license to marry; pledge, Robert
Serjeant.
32. Isabella Warin gives the lord 4s. for leave to give her daughter
Mary in marriage; pledge, John Serjeant.
33. It is presented by the whole township that Ralph le War has
disseised the lord of a moiety of a hedge, whereas it had often been
adjudged by award of the court that the said hedge belongs as to one
moiety to the lord and as to the other to Ralph, and the said Ralph
claims and takes to his use the whole to the lord's damage etc. Also
they say that the said Ralph holds Overcolkescroft, which land by right
is the lord's.
34. It is presented by unanimous verdict of the whole court that if
anyone marries a woman who has right in any land according to the
custom of the manor and is seised thereof by the will of the lord, and
the said woman surrenders her right and her seisin into the hands of
the lord and her husband receives that right and seisin from the hands
of the lord, in such case the heirs of the woman are for ever barred
from the said land and the said right remains to the husband and his
heirs. Therefore let William Wood, whose case falls under this rule,
hold his land in manner aforesaid. And for the making of this inquest
the said William gives the lord 6s.8d.
35. The tenements of Lucy Mill are to be seized into the lord's hands
because of the adultery which she has committed and the bailiff is to
answer for them.
- -The chief pledges present that Cristina daughter of Richard
Maleville has married at London without the lord's licence; therefore
let the said Richard be distrained. He has made fine with 12d. Also
that Alice Berde has done the same; therefore let her be distrained.
Also that Robert Fountain -has committed a trespass against William
Gery; therefore the said Robert is in mercy; pledge, Humfrey; fine, 6d.
Also that Richard Maleville has drawn blood from Stephen Gust;
therefore he is in mercy; fine, 2s.
36. Geoffrey Coterel in mercy for a battery; fine, 12d.; pledge, Adam
Serjeant. Geoffrey Coterel for trespass in the hay; fine, 6d.; pledge,
Alan Reaper. Hugh of Senholt in mercy for trespass in the green wood;
fine, 6d.
37. Hugh Wiking in mercy for delay in doing his works; fine, 6d. Hugh
Churchyard for trespass in [cutting] thorns; fine, 6d. Thomas Gold in
mercy for trespass in the wood; fine, 3d.; pledge, Robert Grinder.
38. William Dun in mercy for subtraction of his works due in autumn;
fine, 2s. Avice Isaac for the same, 6d.; Hugh Wiking -for the same,
6d.; Agnes Rede in mercy for her daughter's trespass in the corn
[grain], 6d.
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