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Tenure by Socage in chiefe giueth the King primer seisin, or the value of that lād * 1.1 by a yere, if the heire be of the age of xiiij at his ancestors death: therfore there the heire shal be driuen to sue his liuerie, but not if he be vnder xiiij, at the death of his ancestor. And if being vnder xiiij he sue his liuerie, it shall be vna cum exhibibus; but not if hee sue it at xiiij. If one hold of the Kings per∣son to doe something concerning war, but
not to be performed by the person of a mā, as to giue him yearely a bow, sword, dag∣ger, &c. it is called pettie Sergeantie, and is but a tenure in Socage.
Knights Seruice is a seruice touching * 1.2 war to be don by the body of a man. As if one hold by Escuage vncertaine, that is to say, by being himself or some other for him with the King 40 dayes well and conveni∣ently arrayed for the warre (if he hold by a whole knights fee; or 20 dayes if hee hold by the moity of a knights fee, & so by pro∣portion) whensoeuer the King maketh a voyage royal into Scotland, &c. else to pay so much mony as shall be assessed by parli∣ament. * 1.3 Or if a man hold of any Lord to keepe his Castle in time of warre (which is called Castle-gard) or to blow a Horne in time of inuasion by enemies, which is cal∣led Cornage.
To all knights seruice homage is inci∣dent, * 1.4 but not vnto Socage. Here the Lord∣ship is the (a) 1.5 Lords (b) 1.6 to his own vse, Therfore his executors shal haue the ward during the heires nonage (c) 1.7 & that til xxj of an heire male. And therfore if the lord ma∣rie a male that is his ward, before 21. yet he shal be in ward for the land til that age.
33. H. 8. Br. Liue∣rie & onster lo¦maine 60. Stamf. prer. c. 35. H. 6. 52. F. N. B. 250.
Lit. chap. of knight-seruice.
F. N. B. 83. c.
7. E. 4. 28.
Littlet. 22.
Lit. 72.
Br. gard 111▪