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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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.
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London :: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers,
1627.
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Law -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00741.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.
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Prerogatiue.
Grand Sergeantie, that is to say, Te∣nure* 1.1of the Kings person, for euerie grand Serieantie is a tenure in chief, being of none but of the King, to doe vnto him a more speciall seruice whatsoeuer by the person of a man, as to beare his banner or Lance, * 1.2 to lead his horse, to carrie the sword before him at his coronation, to be his sewer, but∣ler, or caruer, to be one of the chamberlains of the receits of the Exchequer, or to finde a man to war for him whersoeuer within the foure Seas, for if he can find none to do the seruice for him, he must doe it himselfe, is a* 1.3
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special knights seruice in chiefe, where the* 1.4king in stead of reliefe, shal haue the value of the Land by a yeare.