Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs in the County of KentJ.R. Smith, 1851 - 352 σελίδες |
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Adisham ætatis aforesaid age of xv ancestors Anderida Anglo-Saxon anno antient archbishop assise barons Bede bishop boc-land borough Bretwalda Britain called Canterbury charter common law county of Kent court custom of Gavelkind debet dedit deed descent devisable dimid dower ecclesiæ England escheat feoffment feudal folc-land freehold fuit Gauylekende Gavel Gavelkind lands granted hath heirs Hengist holden Horsa husband inheritance Inst Johannes John justices Jutish Kanc Kentish king of Kent king's kingdom kingdom of Kent knights Lambard lathe liberty livery lord Magna Carta manors moiety omnes parliament persons possessions prædicti quæ quòd Reculver regis regni reign Robinson on Gavelkind Rochester Roman Saxon says seised seisin sheriff shillings socage Somner statute sunt suum tenant tenements terra terres thereof Thomas Tithes Trinoda Necessitas Victoria wapentake wife William Writ Writ of Right þam
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Σελίδα 281 - Kent, or the custom of any borough, or any other particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Σελίδα 333 - An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parliament, intituled " An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths, and affidavits;' and to make other Provisions for the abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
Σελίδα 182 - ... the force and effect of leases or estates at will only, and shall not either in law or equity be deemed or taken to have any other or greater force or effect; any consideration for making any such parol leases or estates, or any former law or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Σελίδα 232 - They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when the castles were finished they filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and by day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver and tortured them with pains unspeakable ; for never were any martyrs tortured as these were.
Σελίδα 328 - An Act for abolishing arrest on mesne process in civil actions, except in certain cases; for extending the remedies of creditors against the property of debtors ; and for amending the laws for the relief of insolvent debtors in England.
Σελίδα 230 - Smith very feelingly complains, " when he came to his own, after he was out of wardship, his woods decayed, houses fallen down, stock wasted and gone, lands let forth and ploughed to be barren...
Σελίδα 334 - An Act to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled an Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions.
Σελίδα 234 - ... away the Court of wards and liveries and tenures in capite, and by knights service, and purveyance, and for settling a revenue upon his Majesty in lieu thereof...
Σελίδα 235 - that the court of wards and liveries, and all wardships, liveries, primer seisins, and ousterlemains, values and forfeitures of marriage, by reason of any tenure of the king or others, be totally taken away. And that all fines for alienations, tenures by homage, knight-service, and escuage, and also aids for marrying the daughter or knighting the son, and all tenures of the king in capite, be likewise taken away.
Σελίδα 184 - With what all earth or heaven could bestow To make her amiable : on she came, Led by her heavenly Maker, though unseen, And guided by his voice, nor uninform'd Of nuptial sanctity and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.