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1431 |
Exchequer Chamber |
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9 |
Hen. 6 |
30 |
27a-28b |
Juyn, John CBEx le Chief Baron
Cheyne, William CJKB Cheney
Juyn, John CBEx June Chief Baron
Vampage, John AG King's Attorney
Paston, William JCP
Cheyne, William CJKB Cheney
Fulthorpe, Thomas Sjt
Tresham, William
Babington, William CJCP
Martin, John JCP
Babington, William CJCP
Goderede, William King Sjt Godred
Hals, John JKB
Newton, Richard Kings Sjt
Cheyne, William CJKB Cheney
Paston, William JCP
Martin, John JCP
Cheyne, William CJKB Cheney (mentioned)
Paston, William JCP
Cheyne, William CJKB Cheney
Paston, William JCP
Strangeways, James JCP
Martin, John JCP
Westbury, William JKB
Babington, William CJCP
Vampage, John AG (mentioned)
Juyn, John CBEx June |
York |
Duchess of |
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B., J., hypothetical grantee
C., Mayor and Bailiffs of
A., hypothetical traitor |
Island (insula)
castle
B., church of
G., manor of
Dale
M., manor of
England (Angleterre)
B., manor of |
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Statham Grannte 6
Fitzherbert Graunt 7
Brooke Patents 4 |
16 Edw. 4, fol. 7
21 Edw. 4, fol. 48
Plowden, Commentaries 12b
8 Hen. 6, fol. 21, 22
38 Hen. 6, fol. 34, 36, 38
8 Hen. 7, fol. 4
8 Hen. 6, fol. 22
9 Hen. 7, fol. 11b
Brooke, New Cases 310
11 Hen. 6, fol. 12b
43 Edw. 3, fol. 23
12 Hen. 4, fol. 13
26 Edw. 3, Lib. Ass. pl. 24
22 Edw. 3, Lib. Ass. pl. 49
30 Edw. 3, Lib. Ass. pl. 31
26 Hen. 8, fol. 7, pl. 4
1 Hen. 7, fol. 17b
5 Edw. 4, Long Quinto fol. 128
4 Hen. 6, fol. 1
Post, fol. 35
5 Edw. 3, Lib. Ass. pl. 9
Dyer 15 pl. 81
2 Hen. 7, fol. 6, pl. 20
3 Hen. 7, fol. 6b
Dyer 352, pl. 26
Coke 2 Rep. fol. 52
Plowden, Commentaries 331
8 Hen. 6, fol. 21, 22
11 Edw. 4, fol. 1
9 Hen. 7, fol. 2
9 Edw. 4, fol. 12
21 Edw. 3, Lib. Ass. pl. 15
21 Edw. 4, fol. 57 |
the statute = Prerogativa Regis (cognisance of Assizes cannot be granted without specific words) |
| En l' Eschequer Chambre devant Touts les Justices fuit reherce, coment le Roy avoit grante |
103 |
The sheriff in his account of green wax prayed allowance for certain issues and amercements forfeited in Common Pleas by a tenant of the Duchess of York.
In Exchequer, plaintiff Duchess of York showed the court the king's letters patent and showed that the issues etc. ought to be levied by herself or by her servants.
Argument whether the king's grant to the duchess granted to her issues and amercements forfeited in the king's court.
The King's Attorney argued that the grant did not convey the issues and amercements it purported to convey. |
Martin JCP: Ad proximum antecedens fiat relatio, nisi impediatur sententia (Latin maxim, grammar terminology)
Paston JCP: nul clerk de l' Chancery ne veut mettre les paroles de Latin ensemble come les paroles d' Anglois soient: car il est en ceo cas come est de construccion d' un ympne, ou sequens, en quel cas on per voye de construction doit commence en le fine, ou 'in medio', & le verbe que vient en le fin servire tout; en cest cas les Lettres patentes poyent prendre effect per les paroles compris deins iceles per bon construccion, & nemy per entendement d' auc- subtile matter
Babington CJCP: Si tout ceo que vient puis le Habendo, que n'est pas parcele de manor, sera void, come Vampage AG dit, le grande part des Patent en Angleterre sont void; Et ceo croy bien que les plus sages de Ley ont fait Patentss en tiel forme devant cele heure, & tenir pur bon |
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Joan [nee Joan Holland], duchess of York, d. 1434, in s.v. Willoughby family, perh. c. 1300-1523, in Oxford DNB. Richard Plantagenet , born 1411, was styled Duke of York from 24 Feb. 1425 until 30 Dec. 1460; Edward 'of York' was Duke of York from 1 Aug. 1402 to 25 Oct. 1415, s.v. Edward [Edward of Langley, Edward of York], second Duke of York, c. 1373-1415, in Oxford DNB. William Tresham was an Apprentice who never became Serjeant and spoke also in 1430.074 = Mich. 9 Hen. 6, pl. 28, fol. 451-46a and 1436.060 = 14 Hen. 6, pl. 60, fol. 19b-21a and 1436.078 = 14 Hen. 6, pl. 78, fol. 26b (died in 1450; Baker, Readers and Readings, p. 15) |
The king (Hen. 5, c. 1415) granted the Duchess of York a certain island (Isle of Wight) and a certain castle (Carisbrooke Castle) with appurtenances, to hold, together wih all the issues, amercements, profits, advowsons, wardships, reliefs, wrecks of the sea and other things.
green wax = estreats of issues, fines, and amercements in Exchequer and delivered out to sheriffs under the seal of the Court to be levied by them in their counties (Les Termes de la Ley)
Argument whether the king's grant to the duchess granted to her issues and amercements forfeited in the king's court.
arguments whether royal grants in general terms or of uncertain things (e.g. chattels of felons and fugitives) are good.
Tresham: felony may be found before the coroner, or before justices of gaol dellivery, or before justices of oyer and terminer, or before the king in his bench (King's Bench)
Babington CJCP distinguished grants (to a mayor and bailiffs of a town) to hold pleas of all actions, and cognisance of all kinds of pleas
Hals JKB: issues, fines, and amercements, after they are forfeit, are merely chattels in the king, and the king can grant goods and chattels in general terms
King's Sjt Newton: The king has inheritance in issues and amercements, and so they are inheritable
Martin JCP: this word ... unless the meaning forbids it, shall relate to the words immediately preceding
Paston JCP: If every word can by grammatical construction (construccion d' grammar) be construed in one way to the advantage of the king and to the patentee's advantage in another, I say that it is right to construe the words to the patentee's advantage, etc., for no Chancery clerk will arrange Latin words as English words should be arranged, for it is the same here as in a case of the construction of a hymn (ympne) or a sequence (sequens), when one, by way of construction, ought to begin at the end or in the middle and a verb that comes at the end will serve for everything
Cheyne CJKB: when the king's grant can be understood in various respects, it shall be interpreted to the king's greatest advantage, etc. but it is different (MSS: autre; YB: semble) between other persons
Paston JCP: in this case the letters patent can take effect by the actual words contained in them, by clear construction and not by intendment or any subtle matter (plain meaning principle)
Babington CJCP: If, as Vampage AG has said, everything that follows the 'habendum' which is not parcel of the manor should be void, the greater part of patents in England would be void, and I know that the wisest men of law have made patents in such a form before this and they have been held to be good |
BL MS Reg. 20 B XVIII
CUL MS G.g. V, 8
BL MS Harleian 452
BL MS Harleian 4844
BL MS Harleian 5155 |
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in a Cheyne speech, YB has 'semble' when MSS have 'autre'
Statham Grannte 6 is a very long entry. |
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M. Hemmant, ed. Select Cases in the Exchequer Chamber, 51 SS 58-62 (1933) (variant report? dated Mich.) (Case 16) (
The Duchess of York's Case) |
King
Grant
Duchess
Island
Castle
Appurtenances
Issues
Amercement
Profits
Folk
Residence
Advowson
Wardship
Relief
Wreck of the Sea
King's Court
Emergence
Chief Baron
Sheriff
Account
Green Wax
Allowance
Common Pleas
Forfeiture
Entirety
Tenant
Exchequer
Letters Patent
Witness
Levying
Minister
Words
Discharge
Charge
Suit
Petition
Agreement
Question
Case
General Words
King's Attorney
Voidance
Seisin
Manor
Church
Appendance
Gift
Parcel
Contents
Close
Beginning
Change
Habendum
Motion
Advice
Mayor
Bailiffs
Jurisdiction (Cognisance)
Plea
Special Words
Chattels
Felon
Fugitive
Uncertainty
Finding
Coroner
Gaol Delivery
Oyer and Terminer
King's Bench
Vill
Holding Plea
Action
Mention
Assize
Special Grant
Statute
Heir
Gody
Reversion
Remainder
Descent
Ancestor
Infant
Patentee
Certainty
Effect
Point
Hands
Full Age
Livery
Debate
Dispute
Sufficiency
Understanding
Release
Debt
Bar
Nature
Outlaw
Term of Years
Inheritance
Charter
Alienaton
Tenant by Copy of Court Roll
(Copyhold)
Relation
Meaning (sententia)
Construction (of meaning)
Grammar
Advantage
Reason
Clerk
Chancery
Latin words
English words
Commencement
End
Middle
Verb
Aid
Learning
Respect
Subtlety
Loss
Venire Facias
Party
Trespass
contract
Default (non venue)
Special Case
Formedon
Country (Pais)
Panel
Belief
Wisdom
Sage
Man of Law
Form
Intent
False Petition
Deceit
Repeal
Value
Title
Right
Treason
Reward |
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