Lex custumaria, or, A treatise of copy-hold estates in respect of the lord, copy-holder wherein the nature of customs in general, and of particular customs, grants and surrenders, and their constructions and expositions in reference to the thing granted or surrendred, and the uses or limitations of estates are clearly illustrated : admittances, presentments, fines and forfeitures are fully handled, and many quaeries and difficulties by late resolution setled : leases, licences, extinquishments of copy-hold estates, and what statutes extend to copy-hold estates are explained : and also of actions by lord or tenant, and the manner of declaring and pleading, either generally or as to particular customs, with tryal and evidence holder may recieve relief in the Court of Chancery : to which are annexed presidents of conveyances respecting copy-holds, releases, surrenders, grants presentmets, and the like : as also presidents of court rolls, surrenders, admittances, presentments, &c. / by S.C., Barister at Law.

The finding of the death of a Tenant and of the Lands and Heir with the admission of the Tenant, and a Presentment made in Court between the Heir and his Mother touching her Dower, and the Mothers Re∣lease of her Dower.

Iuratores &c. presentant quod R. B. unus cu∣stumar tenen manerii pdict’ obiit post ult’ Cu∣riam solus seisitus de & in diversis custumariis terris & Tenementis tent’ de manerio pdict’ in Dominico suo ut de feodo secundum consuetud manerii pdict’ & quod N. B. est unicus filius & heres {pro}ximus pdict’ R. secundum consuetud manerii pdict’ & plene etatis vigint’ & unius an∣nor & ultra qui presens hic in Curia petit se admitti tenentem ad omnia & singula pmissa predicta videlt’ ad unum tenementu, &c. tent’ per redditum quinque solidorum 9 d. & ad unum clausum, &c. tent’ per redditum 3 s. 4 d. per annum & ad, &c. & sectam curie omnia que quidem pmissa cum {per}tin pdict’ R. B. nuper cepit in curia manerii pdict’ de sursum redditione J. B. jun {pro}ut apud Curiam hic tent’ die Martii 8 die Octobris Anno, &c. apparet ac etiam ad unam aliam peciam terre custumar, &c. continen 12 acras, &c. pdict’ R. B. super hic in Curia mane∣rii pdict’ cepit sibi & heredibus suis post sursum redditionem inde fact’ per pdict’ J. W. {pro}ut apud Curiam, &c. plenius liquet & apparet que quidem 12 acre fuere tent’ de Domino Manerii pdict’ per redditum 14 s. & sectam Cur & admissus est inde tenens cui quidem N. seisina tradita est sibi & heredibus suis per virgam ad voluntatem Domi∣ni

secundum consuetud manerii pdict’ per servi∣tia & annuales redditus pdict’ salvo jure, &c. & dat Dn̄o de fine, &c. & fecit fidelitatem, Et postea ad eandem Curiam vener pdict’ N. B. & E. vid relict’ pdict’ R. B. & dant curie hic intelligi quod ipsi sunt agreati inter semet ipsos de & con∣cernen dote pdict’ E. in pmissis secundn con∣suetudinem manerii pdict’ super quo pdict’ E. pre∣sens hic in curia remisit & relaxavit in manus Dom pdict’ totam dotem & titulum dotis sue & demand quodcun{que} illi {per}tin secundum con∣suetudinem manerii pdict’ de & in omnibus & singular custumariis terris & tenementis tent’ de manerio pdict’ que nuper fuere pdict’ R. B. nu∣per viri sui ad opus & usum pdict’ N. B. in (plena & pacifica sua possessione inde existen) & Hered & Assign suorum imperpetuum ita quod pdict’ E. abhinc in posterum nullo modo requiret clamaret sive demandaret aliquam dotem de in sive ad pmissa vel aliquam parcellam inde secun∣dum consuetud manerii pdict’ sed inde & de & absqe omnibus actionibus & demandis talis dotis con∣cernen pmissa erit preclusa & exclusa imperpe∣tuu per hoc presens Irrotulamentu & {pro} hac remis̄ & relaxatione pdict’ E. N. dedit pdict’ E. 104 l. 3 s. 4 d. legalis monete Anglie & dedit Dom de fine &c. {pro} relaxatione pdict’, &c.