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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A Surrender in Trust, and the Trust declared: Trustees, Covenant not to commit, &c. any thing that may amount to a Forfeiture.

Whereas the said A. B. hath with his own proper Monies bought and purchased of C. D. of, &c. Lord of the Manor of Belton, in the County of, &c. (amongst other Lands and Te∣nements, in certain Articles indented and made between the said C. D. of the one part, and the said A. B. of the other part, and bearing date the, &c.) the customary Messuage, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, hereafter men∣tioned, that is to say, &c.. And whereas also the said E. F. G. H. and I. K. customary Te∣nants of the said Manor, of and in the custo∣mary Messuage, Lands and Premisses, did by Surrender bearing date, &c. according to the Custom of the said Manor, surrender into the Hands of the said C. D. Lord of the Manor aforesaid, all and singular the customary Mes∣suage, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments before mentioned, to the use and behoof of them the said I. S. and P. S. their Heirs and Assigns, to the intent and purpose that the said C. D. or other the Lord or Lords of the said Manor of, &c. or the Steward or Stewards of the said Manor for the time being, at the next Court to be holden for the said Manor, should admit or cause to be admitted them the said I. S. and P. S. Tenants of and to all and sin∣gular the said, &c. as by the said Surrender, relation being thereto had, may more at large appear. Now this Indenture farther Witnesseth, That the said I. S. and P. S. for the avoiding Page 334 and clearing all doubts, questions and ambi∣guities which may hereafter arise or grow, touching or concerning the said Surrender ta∣ken in their Names, as aforesaid, do, and either of them doth by these presents voluntarily and spontaneously acknowledge, express and de∣clare, That the said Surrender so had and ta∣ken as aforesaid, was had, taken, passed and done by the special direction and appointment of the said A. B. in trust to and for the only use, benefit and behoof of him the said A. B. his Heirs and Assigns for ever, and to and for none other use, intent or purpose what∣soever. And farther the said J. S. and P. S. do for themselves, their Heirs and Assigns, freely and absolutely disclaim any other Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim or Demand, of, in, to, or out of the said customary Messu∣age, Lands and Tenements, and Premisses, or any part thereof, but such only as they have by virtue of the Surrender aforesaid, in and upon the Trust aforesaid. And the said I. S. and P. S. for themselves, their Heirs, Execu∣tors and Assigns, do covenant and grant, to and with the said A. B. his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, that they the said I.S. and P. S. their Heirs or Assigns, shall not and will not at any time or times hereafter, act, do, per∣mit, or willingly or wittingly suffer any act, matter or thing whatsoever, that may amount to or cause a Forfeiture of the said Premisses, or any part thereof, or whereby the said Pre∣misses or any part thereof may be destroyed, extinguished, impeached or incumbred. In Witness, &c.

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