Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776: June 2011 (Sixth) EditionReilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776: June 2011 (Sixth) Edition
Reilly, S. A.
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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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