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1481 |
Common Pleas |
Trespass |
Custome |
| Mich. (2nd) |
21 |
Edw. 4 |
22 |
53b-54a |
Tremayle, Thomas Sjt
Bryan, Thomas CJCP Brian
Nele, Richard JCP
Choke, Richard JCP
(Bridges, Thomas Sjt Brig.) |
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A., deceased husband of B.
B., widow of A. |
A., in Old Barton
Old Barton (ancien Barton), vill of
(Kent) |
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Fitzherbert Barre 119
Brooke Customes 72 (not Barre) |
18 Edw. 4, fol. 3
18 Hen. 8, fol. 1
43 Edw. 3, fol. 32
21 Hen. 7, fol. 40
40 Edw. 3, Lib. Ass. pl. 41
45 Edw. 3, Lib. Ass. Fitzherbert Prescription
5 Hen. 7, fol. 38, Brooke Barre 72? |
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| En Transgressioun le defendant dit que si A. fuit seisi d' un mese xx acres de terre en A. d' ont le lieu, &c. & prist a feme un B. & |
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Defendant pleaded that one was seised of a house (and) 20 acres of land of which the place (of the supposed trespass was part), that the holder of the land married a wife and died seised, which house and land were part of a tenancy that was in a vill, the custom of which tenancy was, and had been from time immemorial, that the widow after her husband's death, whether the husband died seised of fee simple or of fee tail, would have the estate for a term of her life, and defendant showed that the husband had been seised in his demesne as of fee, that he died seised, and that the widow held in by force of this custom, and was seised in her demesne as freehold, and that defendant as the widow's servant justified.
Plaintiff replied that the custom was not good because defendant did not show that the vill was an ancient borough, nor that it was incorporated (a corporate vill), and also defendant did not show that the widow had this land as tenant for a term of life and not in name of dower (?).
Bryan CJCP said that a custom could extend in one vill.
Nele JCP agreed.
Choke JCP said that a custom could extend in a vill that was not a borough nor a corporate vill. |
(for D:) le quel mease & terre est parcel d' un tenure, que est en mesme le ville appel 'ancien Barton', le custome de quel tenure est, & ad este temps, &c. que le feme apres le mort son baron (si le baron morust seisi de fee simple ou en tail) auera l' estate pur terme de sa vie
Sjt Tremayle (for P?) Semble que le custome n' est bon, s' il ne monstre que le ville est ancient borough, ne ad corporacion & auxy ne monstre que le feme ad cest en nosme de dower, mes come tenant a terme de vie, & jeo entende que le Frank bank (= freebench) ne serra forsque en villes corporat
Bryan CJCP: Le custome de Gavelkind est, que le feme aura le moity des terre son baron si el vive chaste, & auxy en ascun pais le custome est que le feme aura le tierce part des biens, & auxy bien poit un custome extende en un ville, come en un County, car un ville poit prescriber que ils ount ewe un chemin a lour Esglise, ou d' eslier iiij homes pur punish nusances nient redresses, ou de assesser pains en lour 'bylaws' de touts haies, chemins, & auters petits nusans, & tielx sont bon prescription, mes cesty que allege le custome de Borough english, covient monstrer que le ville ou, &c. est ancien borough
Nele JCP Dit, que le custome poit extende a un champ tamen, & ne monstre coment, &c.
Choke JCP dit que le custome poit estre en ville, que n' est borough, ne ville corporate, car jeo sache ou en tiel cas le feme per le custome ne serra endow del moity de terre son baron, &c.; Et auxy jeo sache ou el n' aura en dower per le custome d' un ville que le iiij part, &c. |
custom in a vill (as to a tenancy) that the widow after her husband's death, whether the husband died seised of fee simple or in (fee) tail, would have the (deceased husband's) estate for a term of her life
Sjt Tremayle (for P?): it seems that the custom is not good if he (defendant) does not show that the vill is an ancient borough, nor has incorporation (corporation), and also (defendant) does not show that the widow did (not) have this in name of dower, but as tenant for a term of life, and I understand that Free bench (Frank bank, dower in copyhold land) will only be in corporate vills
Bryan CJCP: the custom of gavelkind is that the widow (feme) will have half (le moity) of her husband's land if she lives chastely (vive chaste), and also there is some country (pais) in which the custom is that the widow (feme) will have the third (one-third) part of goods, and also a custom could well extend in one vill, as in one county, because a vill can prescribe that they have had a road (chemin, right of way) to their church, or to choose four men to punish nuisances not abated (redresses), or to assess penalties (pains) in their by-laws (bylaws) of all hedges (haies), roads (chemins), and other petty nuisances, and such are good prescription, but he who alleges the custom of borough English, ought to show that the vill where (he has the custom), etc. was an ancient borough
Nele JCP said that the custom can extend to a single field (champ), and (Nele JCP) did not show how (this could be pleaded)
Choke JCP: the custom can extend in a vill that is not a borough, nor a corporate vill, because I know where in such a case the widow (feme) by the custom will not be endowed of half her husband's land, etc.; and also I know where she will have dower, by the custom of a vill, only of a fourth (one-fourth) part, etc. |
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Fitzherbert Barre 119, fol. 116v, also dated this Trin. 22 Edw. 4: Transgressioun port vers un feme, que dit que il y ad un tenor appel besto- (beston? bestom?) tenor en tiel ville et que toutz l'z tenementz & terrez de mesme le tenor &c. que home est seisi en fee ou taile et prist feme et devie le feme avera touts ces terres a terme de sa vie, et dit que le lieu &c.est un carue et parcel de mesme le tenor de temps dont &c. et plede oustre come tenant en &c. solonque le custome; Sjt Bridges: il nest ple, car il ne monstre que le ville est corporate ou auterment auncien burgh ne de que ilz sont tenus, & tout le court tient le ple bon nient obstant cest, come en gavelkind ou burgh English et la il ne monstre le corporacion del ville ne d auncient de burgh, ne que ilz sont tenus, mes dirra que sont en tiel ville en Kent, et tout le terre deins et ceo est tenus de gavelkind, et sont et ount estre depart; vide en title de prescripcion 40 & 45 lib. ass. |
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Seisin
House (mese)
Acre
Place
Marriage (prist a feme)
Wife (feme)
Taking A Wife
Death (morust)
Dying Seised
Parcel
Tenancy (tenure)
Vill
Calling (appel)
Custom
Local Custom
Time Immemorial
Widow (feme)
Husband
Fee Simple
Fee Tail
In Tail
Estate
Term Of Life
Showing
Demesne
Fee
Holding In (tient eins)
Force
Freehold
Servant
Justification
Seeming
Bad Custom
Good Custom
Borough
Ancient Borough
Corporation
Incorporation
Name
In Name Of
Dower
Tenant For Life
Understanding (entende)
Free Bench
Freebench
Frank Bank
Corporate
Corporate Vill
Incorporated
Gavelkind
Half (moity)
Moiety
Life
Living
Chastity
Living Chastely
Country (pais)
One-Third
Third Part
Goods
Extension
Extending
County
Prescription
Road (chemin)
Way (chemin)
Right Of Way
Church (Esglise)
Choice (eslier)
Punishment
Nuisance
Redress
Remedy (redresses)
Assessement
Penalty (pains)
Bylaw
Byelaw
By-Law
Hedge (haies)
Petty Nuisance
Good Prescription
Allegation
Borough English
Field (champ)
Tamen
Knowledge (sache)
Case
Endowment
Fourth Part
One-Fourth |
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