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1424 |
Common Pleas |
Waste |
Curia
Diversite |
Cottesmore, John Sjt (for P)
Martin, John JCP
Cottesmore, John Sjt
Rolf, Thomas Sjt (for D)
Cottesmore, John Sjt
Rolf, Thomas Sjt
Paston, William Sjt
Cottesmore, John Sjt
Martin, John JCP
Cokayn, John JCP Cokain
Martin, John JCP
Babington, William CJKB
Cokayn, John JCP Cokein
Rolf, Thomas Sjt
Martin, John JCP
Rolf, Thomas Sjt
Martin, John JCP
Rolf, Thomas Sjt
Cottesmore, John Sjt
Rolf, Thomas Sjt
Martin, John JCP |
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B., Sir J. of, hypothetical defendant
R., hypothetical defendant
W., hypothetical defendant |
S., county of |
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Statham Attourney 19, Briefe 64, Nomen Dignitatis 3
Fitzherbert Wast 33, Briefe 8, Nomen dignitatis 1, Attourney 1, Dower 1
Brooke Waste 5, Misnomer 62, Nosme 2 (not 28), Attorney 3, Garrauntie datturney 1 & 41, Generall briefe 3, Dower 91, Brief 6 (not in margin) |
cross-referenced in 1366.063 = Pasch. 40 Edw. 3, pl. 31, fol. 25b
Hil. 6 Ric. 2 (cited in Statham) in Replevin, an attorney could state that his master was dead
20 Hen. 6, fol.1
10 Hen. 7, fol. 2
13 Edw. 4, fol. 3
48 Edw. 3, fol. 23
33 Hen. 6, fol. 13
Littleton Tenures 139
3 Hen. 6, fol. 13
Dyer 37, pl. 41
8 Hen. 4, fol. 14
Dyer 79, pl. 51
3 Hen. 6, fol.55
14 Hen. 6, fol. 19
19 Hen. 6, fol. 1
35 Hen. 6, fol. 5
32 Hen. 6, fol. 36
7 Edw. 4, fol. 26
6 Hen. 7, fol. 14
9 Edw. 4, fol. 25
3 Hen. 6, fol. 17, 57
10 Hen. 7, fol. 4b
21 Edw. 4, fol. 12 (contra)
6 Hen. 7, fol. 14b
14 Hen. 6, fol. 18
6 Edw. 4, fol. 4
9 Hen. 6, fol. 42
7 Hen. 7, fol. 2
Perkins, Profitable Boke, 68a
2 Edw. 4, fol. 27
1 Hen. 5, fol. 7b
4 Edw. 4, fol. 32b
4 Hen. 7, fol. 7
11 Hen. 7, fol. 6
27 Hen. 8, fol. 26 |
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| Brief de Wast fuit porte envers Beatrice, qui fuit la feme T.Counte d'Arundel. Et le plaintiff |
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Plaintiff counted that defendant widow committted waste in various manors held in dower.
Plaintiff assigned waste for not working arable land, but by the opinion of the Court this was not waste.
Plaintiff assigned waste for manumission of villeins, but by the opinion of the Court this was not waste, because the reversioner could seize the villeins back.
Plaintiff amended his count.
Defendant pleaded that the writ named her widow of an earl, and should have named her 'Countess'.
Plaintiff replied that defendant did not deny that she was the earl's widow.
After much discussion, the writ was awarded good.
Defendant pleaded that the writ stated 'waste of houses and men' where it should have stated 'waste of houses and exile of men'.
The opinion of the Court was that the writ was good.
Defendant pleaded that there was no such vill in the county known by such name.
Martin JCP said that the writ should abate. |
writ: 'fecit vastum & destructionem in domibus & in hominibus' &c
Sjt Cottesmore (for P): el avoit lesse terre arrable, giser fresh & nient manoire, issint que la terre est cressant tout d'espines (= thorns), & des auters arbres; per ceux parolx, 'que un fuit Dux' qu'il aver tiel nom a un temps, le quel est determine; le nom del Contesse commence per cause d'espousels, le quel nom de Dignitie durant a tout sa vie
Martin JCP: per le greindre & long temps que la terre gist fresh & nient manure, la terre en luy mesme est melior, & en tiel Cas poit estre (not?) dit un mauvais husbandry, & ne serra dit pur wast; Mettons que le brief ust este tiel, 'Praecipe tal- Comitissae' &c. sera il bon ple, adire que per l'ou il est nom Contesse, el n'est my Contesse? Jeo di que non, sans monstrer matter special coment il ad perdu le nom; s'ils sont alles hors del Seigniorie per compulsion del defendant cest peut estre dit wast; Et peut estre dit que el ad fait wast en les villeins come en ascun auter chose, car villeins sont frantenement & enheitance a un home come ascun auter terre, car femes seront endowes des villeins; nest my inconvenient
Et ouster assigna pur wast, de cest que el aver fait manumissions a certeins villeins,le queux furent assigne a luy en dower, & ceo ne fuit tenus pur wast per Tout le Court; Pur cest que cest peut my endurer forsque a terme de vie del tenant en dower, car apres la mort le tenant,&c. celuy en le revercion seisera eux, nienobstante les manumissions, mes si el ust abate le villein ou constreine eux de faire auters services qu'ils ne firent devnat, issint qils alent hors de cel Seigniorie, jeo (the reporter? Martin JCP?) di que cest sera dit wast, & en nul auter maner; 'Quod nota'
Sjt Rolf (for D): le brief est porte envers B. qui fuit la teme T. Conte Arundel; fuit une Contesse, & uncore est; nient nome Contesse; le brief seroit 'vastum &c. & exilium de hominibus'
Sjt Paston: pur ceo que est un nom de Dignitie, il covient quel soit mis per expresse pole (should be parol?)
Cokayn JCP: le brief suppose que el est la feme d'un Conte, & issint en Ley fuit un Contesse |
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Thomas fitz Alan was Earl of Arundel from Oct. 1400 to 13 Oct. 1415. His cousin John d'Arundel was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Arundel 3 Sept. 1415 , died 21 Apr. 1421, and his widow was styled Countess of Arundel and married Walter, Lord Hungerford. |
Waste assigned for leaving arable land 'fresh' and unworked, and growing thorns and other trees, but it was held that this was not waste. Martin JCP: the longer land is left fresh and untilled, the better
Manumission of villeins by a tenant in dower was not waste, because after her death he who had the reversion could seize them, notwithstanding the manumissions.
Defendant Countess pleaded that she should have been named 'Countess' in plaintiff's writ and not 'wife of the Earl'
Martin JCP asked Sjt Paston, 'Who pleaded this plea' and Sjt Paston replied 'the attorney, Sir'. Martin JCP: This cannot be, for the attorney wil not plead misnomer of the name of his master (reference to an attorney's client as 'master')
Martin JCP: If villeins go away from a lordship by defendant's compulsion, this could be said 'waste', and it could as well be said that defendant committed waste in the villeins as in any other thing, because villeins are freehold and inheritance to one as any other land, for wives will be endowed of villeins
Sjt Rolf: I grant well that wives will be endowed of villeins appendant, but not of villeins in gross; I never saw by what writ a widow could demand dower of villeins in gross
Martin JCP: a wife will be endowed of villeins whether appendant or in gross; a villien in gross is in one's inheritance, and this was the opinion of all the Court
Beatrice, Countess of Arundel, was plaintiff in a writ of Detinue in 1424.028 = Trin. 2 Hen. 6, pl. 19, fol. 16a-16b |
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Martin JCP's first speech seemed to be missing a 'not' in the second line.
Statham Attourney 19 dated this Pasch., quoted a hypothetical warrant of attorney 'J. atte Style pro loco suo', and stated that an attorney could plead misnomer of his master if he (the master) was made a knight, and in Hil. 6 Ric. 2, in Replevin, an attorney could say that his master was dead.
Statham Briefe 64 dated this Pasch., and ascribed a speech by Martin JCP to Sjt Cottesmore (speaking as a Justice).
Statham Nomen Dignitatis 3 dated this Pasch. and named W. as late Earl of Arundel |
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Widow
Earl
Count
Manor
Dower
Parcel
Assignment
Lease
Arable Land
Fresh
Working (manoire)
Cause
Case
Husbandry
Opinion
Manumission
Villein
Endurance
Term of Life
Tenant in Dower
Death
Reversion
Seizure
Abatement
Constraint
Services
Lordship
Manner
Amendment
Judgment
Purchase of Writ
Countess
Name
Amount
Denial
Duke
Common Understanding
Supposition
Intention
Showing
Special Matter
Name of Dignity
Express Words
Proof
Contrary
Allegation
Termination
Commencement
Marriage
Espousals
Word
Distinction
Plea
Loss
Agreement
Naming
Attorney
Pleading
Misnomer
Master
Knight
Warrant of Attorney
Enlargement
Advice
Award
Answer
Exile
Compulsion
Freehold
Inheritance
Endowment
Inconvenience
Villein Appendant
Villein in Gross
Reasonable Dower
General Writ
Special Declaration
Consequence
County
Vill
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