Lavv, or, a discourse thereof in foure bookes. Written in French by Sir Henrie Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by the same author.

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Title: Lavv, or, a discourse thereof in foure bookes. Written in French by Sir Henrie Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by the same author.
Author: Finch, Henry, Sir, d. 1625.
Publication: London :: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers,; 1627.
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Subject terms: Law -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Statutes.

Merton. Cap. 7. The Lord marrying the heire within foureteene yeares of age, in such sort as he be disparaged, shall loose the custodie and whole commodity of the wardship, if the Wards friends complaine of it.

The heire full of age shall satisfie his lord for the value of his marriage, as much as any man would giue, before hee receiue his land.

Merton. Cap. 6. An heire, after foure∣teene yeares of age, marrying himselfe without the Lords licence (who tendreth to him a couenable marriage) the lord shall hold the land, after the heires full age of one and twentie years, so long till he may receiue the double value of the marriage.

Westm̄. 1. Cap. 22. The Lord may hold the land of heirs females, two yeares after their age of 14. within which two years, if he marry them not, they shall goe

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quite, without giuing any thing for the Wardship or marriage. And if they wil not accept a couenable mariage tendred by the lord, he shall hold the land til xxj and ouer, till hee haue taken the value of the marri∣age.

4. & 5. Phil. & Mar. cap. 18. A woman aboue xij, & vnder xvj, agreeing to a person that contracteth matrimony with her con∣trarie to the form of the stat. (which see fo. 〈…〉〈…〉) the next of her kinne to whom the In∣heritance should come after her death, shal from the time of such assent, haue all the lands, &c. which he had at the time in pos∣session, reuersion, or remainder during her life.

If one hold sundrie Lands of diuers Lords, the wardship of bodie goeth to the Lord of that land which the Tenant held first. Who is called a Lord by prioritie, and * 1.1 the other by posteriority. And it is the feof∣ment of the land which maketh the priori∣tie: for the pleading is, That hee holdeth this land of him per antiquius feoffamentū, then he holdeth the other lād of the other. Therefore if the Tenant of Lands hol∣den by prioritie, maketh a feoffement in fee, and take an estate backe againe in fee, this land shall bee holden by posterioritie. But if the lord by prioritie grant his seigni∣orie in fee, yet the tenure shall bee of the grantee by prioritie. So though the gran∣tor

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take an estate of the Seigniory backe againe in fee.

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F. N. B. 142.

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