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TEnure in Soccage is, where the Tenant holdeth of his Lord by fealty, suit o•• Court, and certain Rent for all manner of Service.
The Lord shall not have the Wardship but a relief presently after the death of his Te∣nant.
A Relief for Soccoge land, is a years ren•• and is to be paid presently upon a discent o•• purchase. As if the Land were held by Fealty and 10s. Rent per annum, ••0s. shall be pai•…•… for Relief.
The next of the kin to whom the inheri∣tance
may not discend, shall have the Ward∣ship of the Land, and of the heire, untill his age of 14. years, to the use of the heire, at which age, the heire may call him to account.
If the Guardian die, the heire cannot have an Action of account against the Executor of the Guardian.
The Executor of the Guardian may not have the Wardship, but some other of the next of kin; the Husband may not alien the interest of the Wife, in the Guardianship, nor hold it; if she die, it may not be sold.
If another man occupie the Lands of the heire, as warden in Soccage, the heire may call him to account, as Guardian.
If the Guardian hold the Lands, after the heire is 14. the heire shall call him to account, as his Bailiff.