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.

Carter, Samuel, barrister at law.

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Surrender to the Use of ones last Will, to which a Codicil is annexed, and which is present∣ed by the Jury, and Admittance to Tenant for Life.

Hanc ad Curia Baron hic tenta 15 die Febr Anno Dn̄i 1689. com{per}tu & psentat’ fuit per tunc Homagiu qd vicesimo quarto die Augusti tunc ult’ preterit’ W: H. un custom Tenen pdict’ Manerii secundum consuet’ ejusdem Manerii sursu redd tot’ Messuagiu sive Tenementu suu com∣munit’ cognit’ per nomen de, &c. infra Man pdict’ simul cum curtilagiis & {per}tin adinde spectan ad usum ultime vol sive Testamenti sui sub manu & Sigillo suo in scriptis modo ad hanc Cur present’ est {per} homagium qd pdict’ W. H. obiit seit’ de Mes∣suagio predict’ cum pertin & in plen & aperta Cur C. H. •id & relicta Dn̄i W. in propria persona sua ven & protulic hic in Cur ult’ vol sive Testa∣mentum dicti W. nu{per} viri sui defunct’ debito mo∣do Page 382 fact’ & probat’ in Cur Prerogativa Cantuarge∣ren dat’ 26 die Augusti Anno Domini 1689. cu∣jus tenor quoad pmissa pdict’ sequitur in his ver∣bis sequen (viz.) Item, I give and bequeath the said Messuage or Tenement with the Ap∣purtenances unto, &c. my now Wife, for and during the term of her natural Life, together with all the Rents, Issues and Profits arising or co∣ming from the same, and after her decease, &c. Et {per} Codicilla dicto testam annex' & cum eadem {pro}bat’ continentem sic (viz.) Whereas I have be∣queathed unto my loving Cousin, &c. {pro}ut per eandem volunctat’ & codicil int’ alia plenius liquet & apparet Et super inde pdict’ C. petit se admitti ad Messuagin sive tenementu & curtilaḡ pdict’ cu pertin {pro} termino vite sue naturalis secundum for∣mam & effectu testamenti pdict’ cui Domini {per} Se∣neschallu suu pdict’ concesser inde seisinam {per} vir∣gam habendu sibi & Assign suis pro termino vite sue naturalis remanere in forma pdict’ tenend de Dn̄is {pro} virgam ad vol Dominoru secundu con∣suetud & dat Dominis de fine {pro}ut patet in mar∣gine fecit fidelit’ & admiss. est inde tenens.

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