The relation betweene the lord of a mannor and the coppy-holder his tenant. Delivered in the learned readings of the late excellent and famous lawyer, Char. Calthrope of the Honorable Society of Lincolnes-Inne Esq; whereby it doth appeare for what causes a coppy-holder may forfeite his coppy-hold estate, and for what not; and like wise what lord can grant a coppy, and to whom. Published for the good of the lords of mannors, and their tenants

Title

The relation betweene the lord of a mannor and the coppy-holder his tenant. Delivered in the learned readings of the late excellent and famous lawyer, Char. Calthrope of the Honorable Society of Lincolnes-Inne Esq; whereby it doth appeare for what causes a coppy-holder may forfeite his coppy-hold estate, and for what not; and like wise what lord can grant a coppy, and to whom. Published for the good of the lords of mannors, and their tenants

Author

Calthrope, Charles, Sir, d. 1616.

Publication

London :: Printed [by J. Okes] for William Cooke and are to be sold at his shop neere Furnivals Inne gate in Holborne,

1635.

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Subject terms

Copyhold -- Early works to 1800.

Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.

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"The relation betweene the lord of a mannor and the coppy-holder his tenant. Delivered in the learned readings of the late excellent and famous lawyer, Char. Calthrope of the Honorable Society of Lincolnes-Inne Esq; whereby it doth appeare for what causes a coppy-holder may forfeite his coppy-hold estate, and for what not; and like wise what lord can grant a coppy, and to whom. Published for the good of the lords of mannors, and their tenants." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17593.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• COPPY-HOLDS
• THE DIVISION OF CVSTOMES.
• WHEREOF CVSTOME doth Consist.
• THAT EVERY CVSTOME must be reasonable; and what shall be sayd, A reasonable Custome.
• THAT EVERY CVSTOME ought to be certaine; and what shal be sayd, a Custome certayne.
• THAT CVSTOME MVST bee according to Common right: And what shall be said such a Custome, and what not.
• THAT A CVSTOME must be upon a good Consi∣deration, and what shall bee said such a Custome, and what not.
• THAT A CVSTOME MVST be compulsary; and what shall be said such a Custome, and what not.
• THAT A CVSTOME MVST be without preiudice to the King, and by what prescription the King shall be bound, and what not.
• THAT A CVSTOME OVGHT to consist of perdurablenesse of Estate, and of an able capacity.
• WHAT NECESSITY A Court Baron is of, whereof it doth Consist, how it is defined, and what shall bee said a suf∣ficient Court Role to make a Coppy-hold.
• WHO SHALL BE SAID such a Lord of a Mannour as hath power to grant a Coppy-hold.
• WHO SHALL BE SAID such a Tenant as may be a COPPY-HOLDER.
• WHAT SHALL BE SAID such Lands or other things as de∣misable by Coppy, and may be holden by Coppy.
• WHAT SHALL BE SAID a good Surrender.
• THAT A COPPY-HOLDER must bee admitted Tenant, and what shall bee said a good Ad∣mittance of a COPPY-HOLDER.
• WHAT SHAL BE SAID a forfeiture of a COP∣PY-HOLD.
• WHAT OFFICE OR POWER entirely, or dividedly the Lord Steward, Free-holders, Cop∣py-holders, and the Bayliffs, have in the Court Baron.
• WHERE A TENANT BY Coppy may plead a speciall Custome, which is onely proper to him and his predecessors before him.
• WHERE THE TENANT may cut downe trees, destroy houses by Custome, and such like Customes, &c.
• WHERE AND HOW Tenant by Coppy, may make a Ioynture to his wife of the same Land.
• CERTAINE COPPY-HOLD cases reported in a cer∣taine BOOKE.
• 26. ELIZ.
• Errata.