The Clerks vade mecum, or, A choice collection of modern presidents according to the best forms extant, and such as have not formerly been printed : containing all sorts of bargains and sales, leases, mortgages, grants, covenants, surrenders &c. : usefull for all persons that have relation to the practick part of the common law ... / fatihfully perused by T.P.
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- The Clerks vade mecum, or, A choice collection of modern presidents according to the best forms extant, and such as have not formerly been printed : containing all sorts of bargains and sales, leases, mortgages, grants, covenants, surrenders &c. : usefull for all persons that have relation to the practick part of the common law ... / fatihfully perused by T.P.
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- London :: Printed by T.M. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell,
- 1655.
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"The Clerks vade mecum, or, A choice collection of modern presidents according to the best forms extant, and such as have not formerly been printed : containing all sorts of bargains and sales, leases, mortgages, grants, covenants, surrenders &c. : usefull for all persons that have relation to the practick part of the common law ... / fatihfully perused by T.P." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33419.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- The PREFACE to the Reader.
- ERRATA.
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legal formulary
- Articles of Agreement for a Carpenter.
- An Award made betweene Executors.
- Another form of an Award.
- Another form of an Award short.
- A Lease of a Coal-Mine, or Coal-Pit.
- Articles of agreement for passing a Particular, rated in Fee simple un∣der the Great Seal, to two Paten∣tees, and from them to the pur∣chaser.
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Articles of agreement indented, had, made, &c. between
A. B. &c. of the one party, andC. D. of the o∣ther party, for filing a book in Re∣version granted by her Majestie, as followeth, viZ. - Articles of agreement for passing a Lease in Reversion.
- Covenants to set up a grate of Iron to be placed about a Tomb.
- Covenants to hew and make an Alablaster Tomb.
- A Lease of a Ferry.
- A Deafeazance of an obligation for∣feited.
- A Defeazance of a Statute and Obli∣gation.
- Assignment of a Judgment upon an Attachment in the Mayors Court.
- An Assignment of a Statute, with a Letter of Atturney.
- A Lease of Tithes.
- A Lease of a Messuage, with an increase of rent paid quarterly, in the name of a fine or income.
- A Lease of a manor.
- A Lease of Land.
- An assignment of a lease, and bond to perform the covenants of the same lease.
- To give an Acquittance upon Receipt of Rent.
- An Assignment of divers Obligations and Bills.
- A Lease of a Messuage, and of Lands.
- A Lease of Lands in exchange.
- A Grant of an Annuity or rent-charge.
- Assignment of an Annuity or Rent-Charge.
- A Covenant of further assurance.
- A Covenant to pay mony yearely du∣ring a mans life.
- An assignment of rent reserved by a Lease, granted in consideration of service.
- A clause to avoid the Survivorship of a mans Wife.
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An Assurance devised in a very rare forme. Penned by
Mr. Atkinson Counsellor. - A Lease of a Mill.
- Recital of an original lease.
- A lease with two rents reserved.
- A Lease of a Tenement with good Covenants.
- A demise of a Lease forfeited for non-payment of Rent.
- Recitall, where the Lease may not be seen.
- A Lease upon Condition in Mortgage, for Collateral Security.
- To repay money if the Lessee be put out of possession.
- The recital of an Indenture, and Cove∣nants of a Lease for term of lives.
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A lease for lives with Fine and Reco∣very,
per Blunden & alios. - Assurance of a Jointure by Fine and Recovery.
- Assignment of an extent, and the land thereby extended.
- Assignment of an extent, upon a sta∣tute forfeited to the Queen.
- A Confirmation of a Lease, short.
- A Confirmation to the assignee of a Lease to him assigned from the chief Lord.
- A Grant from the Queen, of the goods of one that is outlawed.
- A grant of the forfeiture of a recogni∣zance, acknowledged before two Ju∣stices of the peace, to the Queens use.
- An Indenture for Marriage.
- A Mortgage of Letters patents, and the Land thereby granted.
- A Bargaine and sale to the Queene of Lands, upon a Condition for the Redemption thereof.
- A Grant of an annuity for the main∣tenance of an Alms-house, or of an Hospital.
- A bargain and sale of land mortgaged made from the mortgagee and the morgagor, before the day of redem∣tion, to another.
- A Bargaine and sale upon condition made to Feoffees in trust.
- An Indenture of bargain and sale ab∣solute.
- An Indenture of Covenants to the for∣mer Indenture, whereupon a Recovery is passed.
- A covenant to surrender Copy-hold lands, &c.
- A Bargain and Sale of Swans, and a Swan mark.
- A Bargain and sale of Underwood.
- A sale of a ward or a wardship.
- An Assignment of a Ward.
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A Deede of gift upon condition to bee void upon the the tender of
5 s. - A sale of Billets, and wood, or timber.
- An Indenture for limitation of uses and estates.
- A deed of Revocation, very large.
- A Revocation very short.
- An Indenture between executors.
- The form of a Will
- To sue forth a writ of Entry of a Ma∣nor.
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To sue forth a Recovery in the Hastings Court,
London, upon a writ of Right. - An other for a Recovery to bee pas∣sed.
- For a Recovery passed.
- A Release of a Proviso, or condition for payment of mony reserved upon an Indenture of Bargaine and Sale.
- A Release where three have a Joynt estate of Inheritance.
- A Release of an assignment made upon condition.
- A Release of a Mannor.
- A Release of a Rent reserved in a pair of articles of agreement.
- A release of a Condition in an Inden∣ture of bargain and sale, with the pro∣viso recited.
- A release of an annuity.
- A release of the condition and other co∣venants in an Indenture of mortgage, with a confirmation from the mortga∣gor to the mortgagee.
- A release of errors in passing a fine & recovery and other assurance.
- A Conveyance out of a Letters patents.
- A Surrender to the King of a Lease for years.
- A Surrender of a lease for lives to the King.
- A Grant of Indenization to Aliens borne.
- A Deed of Gift of Land with∣out Indenture.
- A Deed of Feoffment for a Wives Joynture.
- A Refeoffment upon the same.
- A Grant of an Annuity for life.
- An Assignement of an Apprentice.
- A Covenant to make an Acquittance upon payment of money.
- An Indenture of Bargain and Sale.
- A Sale of an Apprentice his Inden∣ture, and terme of yeers.
- A Release from one Patentee to the other.
- A Release from one Purchaser to another.
- A feoffment with a letter of Atturney upon condition expressed in an Indenture.
- A Feoffment upon condition of payment of money.
- A Letter of Atturney to receive possession and seisin.
- A Feoffment in part of performance of Covenants in a certaine Inden∣ture.
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A Proviso for payment of monies. - A Letter of Attorney to receive an Annuity.
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A Grant of the presentation to a Vica∣
age. - A grant of a representation, reciting a former gift: Extrordinary.
- A Gift of ones interest in an advow∣son.
- A Presentation by the King.
- Another Presentation by the King.
- A Presentation by a common person to a parsonage.
- A Confirmation from the King of a Presentation.
- A Gift of an advowson from the King.
- Another Grant from a Bishop.
- A Licence for none Residence. A Qualification.
- A Licence for the admission of a Chap∣lain into Service.
- A Grant of the Office of keeping a great House, and a Park.
- A Grant of the goods of a Person out∣lowed.
- An Indenture of allotment of severall parts of Land.
- To avoid the Title of Survivorship, where lands are granted to two.
- An Indenture where two have joynt estate, upon condition that either of them may have an equall part in the land or money lent, taking no benefit by Survivorship.
- An Indenture of partition.
- An Indenture between Partners.
- An Indenture where three have pur∣chased Land jointly, that upon sale thereof, all summes of money shall bee equally divided amongst them.
- An Indenture where a Lease is gran∣ted to three joint lessees, that every of them is to pay his part of the rent, and equall part in the charge of repairing, ond other charges.
- An Indenture for an under Sheriff.
- A Warrant to the Auditors for making particulars from the Lo. Treasurer.
- A Letter of Atturney to take possession of a Patentee.
- A Warrant from the King, for a Lease in reversion.
- The fees and Charges for passing a book of fifty pound per Annum in the Kings general sale, at every Office &c.
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The Charges at Mr.
Osbornes office, and Mr.Fanshawes office for su∣ing out a bond entred for Wards, in the sale. - A Letter of Atturnie to deliver a Lease upon the ground for triall of an Ejectment.
- An indorsement upon the same.
- A Letter of Atturney to take possession.
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A Letter of atturnie to make compo∣sition for letting and setting of Lands. - A Generall Letter of Atturnie to enter into, and to let and set lands.
- The Grant of a Keepership of a Park.
- A Deputation of a Bailiff or Receiver.
- The grant of a Stewardship, or keeping of Courts.
- The form of an Award yeilded up.
- A Letter of Licence from Creditors, to Debtors.
- A Licence to passe over Sea.
- A Licence for a Buck and a Doe during the life of the grantee.
- A Licence to transport Beer.
- A Certificate for payment of the Subsi∣die.
- A Licence to a Butcher to sell Flesh.
- For an Undersheriff a Condition.
- To surrender lands.
- To cure a Disease, or to repay the money.
- To stand to an Award.
- Not to sell Lands had by Marriage.
- To assure a summe of mony in conside∣ration of a marriage.
- To repay mony had with an Apprentice.
- Not to demise lands without licence.
- To pay mony yearly, during the life of the obligee.
- To assure an estate.
- To procure a surety to enter bond by a day.
- To pay mony upon the obtaining a lease from the Queene.
- That the lessee shall not carrie away a∣ny wainscot or windows at the end of his lease.
- That the deputy atturny shall pay costs and charges for all actions unlawfully prosecuted by him in the name of the grantor.
- To procure a lease for years, in conside∣ration of a sum of mony.
- To save one harmless of a baile in the Kings Bench.
- To acknowledg satisfaction upon a judg∣ment in an information.
- For delivery of wool.
- That the Lessee shall pay the rent reser∣ved by his Lease.
- To make and deliver a release, by a day at a certaine place.
- The obligor to pay mony for wares deli∣vered in trust, to another that shall make default of payment.
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To assure lands after recovery had by the meanes of
C D. - To deliver writings to be cancelled at a day certaine, and place.
- To repay mony upon misliking of a bar∣gaine in Communication.
- To save one harmless for delivery of an Indenture.
- For a Purveyor of wheat for his Majestie.
- To seal a lease by a day, according to a draught thereof already made.
- To procure lands to be passed in Fee-simple from his Majestie and the Patentee, to convey it to the Obli∣ligee by a day, hee then paying the Patentee a sum of money.
- To pay a sum of money upon the passing of lands from his Majestie in Fee: and to procure a survey of the woods, and to pay for them.
- To make an assurance of land.
- A bond for non-residency.
- An Indenture of Annuitie.
- An Indenture of Bargaine and Sale of a Mannor, with necessary Cove∣nants.
- An Indenture to lead the use of a Fine.
- A Patent made to be Keeper of a Park with a grant of an Annuity.
- An Indenture of Division between two Joint Purchasors, with a Rehearsal of their Grant.
- A Lease of a house in London.
- A Deed of Gift made to one, to save harmlesse from all Bonds.
- A lease of a house and certaine lands made in consideration of a certaine sum of mony, the fee-simple being in the lessor.
- An assignment of the same lease and premisses to a third person in trust, upon condition, that if the mo∣ny be not paid, the assignment to bee void.
- A morgage of a lease for imdempnity of certain sureties bound in an obligation made to another in trust for their use.
- A Bill of sale.
- A release of lands mortgaged.
- A Deed of Revocation.
- A Grant and Sale of the Reversion of certaine Lands.
- An assignment of a Recognizance with very good Covenants therein in∣serted.
- A generall Release.
- A Release unto one that hath lost the Counterpart of his Lease.
- A release of fines and forfeitures due to the King and the informer, upon the statute of recusancy.
- A Resignation or release from one used in trust of all the benefit hee might claim by vertue of any Covenants in the Indenture.
- An Indenture for justifying of actions, upon setting over a statute.
- An Indenture between the Scavengers and the Raker, for cleansing the streets.
- A Condition to pay a summe of mony at two several payments.
- A Letter of Atturney to receive a debt, and give discharge.
- A Letter of Atturnie General, for the receiving of Rent, and monies due from time to time.
- A Generall release.
- A short Letter of Atturnie to receive mony due upon Bond.
- A Form of an award.
- A Lease made in consideration of the Surrender of a former Lease, for a longer time, if three live so long, with good Covenants.
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A grant of an extent penned by Mr.
Tho. Bromely then Solicitor. - The copy of a recognizance taken by a Justice of Peace, for the appearance of certain persons at the Sessions.
- A surrender of the captainship of a Ca∣stle.
- An assignment of a bond for perfor∣mance of Covenants.
- A Release of an annuity.
- A short lease of certain Tythes, to com∣mence immediately after the expira∣tion or determination of a lease in being.
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A deed of gift in English. - Another deed of gift.
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A deed of gift. - A Release of Dower.
- A Release from one that hath lost his Articles of agreement.
- A Form or preamble of a Will.
- An assurance of a Joynture to the Wife, with remainders in taile.
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A Lease of a Farm-house, and cer∣taine Lands with necessary co∣venants. - An Assignment of two severall obli∣gations.
- An Assignement of two Apprentices, and their years to come.
- A Proviso, that if the Lessor be min∣ded to surrender his grand Lease, to take a further estate in the pre∣misses, then the demise to be void.
- A Letter of Attorney to enter upon Lands, and to deliver a Lease made to Another.
- A Letter of Attorney to enter upon Lands, and to deliver a Lease.
- An Assignment from Patentees of part of their Grant.
- A condition to pay money within four dayes after, if the parties bound in an obligation pay it not at the day.
- A short Assignment to a third Person.
- A Condition to pay a summe of Money to Children at their severall ages, according to the Will by which it was given, the Bond made to the Executors.
- A Condition for payment of Money to a Child when he comes to age, and in the mean time to find it, and bring it up.
- A Grant of an Advowson from the King.
- A Sale of a Moity of a Rent reserved by Lease.
- A Mortgage of Lands.
- A Covenant that after default of Pay∣ment the possession of lands in mort∣gage shall be delivered to the mort∣gage, and also all Deeds and writ∣ing concerning the same.
- A Letter of Atturney upon Covenants.
- A Condition of Arbitrement, gene∣rall and speciall.
- A Condition for the truth of an Apprentice, and to restore the value of all such goods as by proof shall appear he hath embezelled.
- A Condition to acknowledge satisfa∣ction upon a Judgement.
- A Condition to save harmeless of a Bail.
- A Condition to make Assurance upon Request.
- An assignement of Lands exten∣ded to certaine uses.
- A Release taken from one used in Trust.
- A Bond taken by the Sheriffes of London for ones Appearance.
- The Condition.
- A Condition to finde one his Diet by the year.
- A Letter of Attorney to enter upon Lands and to deliver a lease made to another.
- A defeasance upon a Bond sued to A Iudgement.
- A Recognizance from one to one.
- A Recognizance from two to one.
- A surrender of a Lease for obtaining a New Lease.
- A revocation of a suit.
- An Indenture of partition.
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A grant of a rent, reserved by lease. - A Letter of Atturnie upon a specialty being not due, with covenants to ju∣stifie Actions.
- A Let. of atturny upon an extent, for the King to enter on certain lands, and to grant leases thereof.
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A Covenant for the leavying of a fine. - A Covenant to surrender at the next Court.
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A covenant for further assurance. - A Covenant, that the Premises are dis∣charged of incumbrances.
- A Covenant, that he is lawfully seized, and hath power to demise.
- A Covenant, That the Lessee shall not commit waste, cut nor sell the trees, without the consent of the Lessor.
- A Liberty to make Leases.
- An Indenture of Covenants for passing of a Recovery in the Common Pleas to cut off an Intail.
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A Defeazance for payment of
100 l.per annum, for a certain time. - An assignment of an annuitie.
- An Indenture of Defeasance for the making void of all former Statutes, payment of the mony, and perfor∣mance of covenants.
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A Bond to Church-wardens, conditio∣ned to pay
4 li. per Annum, to the poor of the Parish, and upon the death of any surety to put another in his stead. - A Discharge of an apprentice from his service.
- A Condition for passing a Fine.
- A condition to save harmless of a Re∣cognizance taken, for ones appearing.
- An Indenture of Apprentiship.
- A Condition to repay all such charges as the Tenant shall be at by reason of the payment of his rent, there being con∣troversie concerning the Title of the house.
- A Condition to discharge the Church∣wardens and Parishioners of a child born in the Parish.
- A condition for the surrender of co∣py-hold lands, and to cause him to be admitted Tenant.
- Another for quiet enjoying.
- Another for the assurance of land.
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A condition to pay a sum of mony, after ten pounds
per centum, if the party be living at the day of payment, if dead, to abate the interest, and some of the principal. - A Condition to lend a sum of mony at a certain day nominated for a certaine time then following, without interest.
- Another for payment of an annuity.
- Another to pay a certain sum of money at a day, and then to put in other Sureties for payment of another sum at a day then following.
- A Condition for performance of an Award
- A Condition to save harmless of a Re∣cognizance taken for ones appearance.
- A Condition to save harmlesse for the bailing of one at two severall acti∣ons.
- Another for payment of mony if a man be non suited.
- Another for to pay a sum of mony at a day, and then to put in other security for the payment of another sum, at a day then following.
- A Condition for performance of cove∣nants.
- An Indent. of covenants concerning a bargain and sale of a Manor, with a Proviso.
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A Grant of Receivorship from a Noble man. - A short Letter of Atturney for the set∣ting over of a bond.
- A Letter of Atturney, to receive a sum of money out of the Exchequer, being parcel of a greater sum given to me by the King, by Privy Seal.
- A Condition of Arbitrament Gene∣ral.
- An annuity given for ones advice in the Law.
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A conveyance in fee simple of a house and lands &c. - A condit. not to revoke a let. of atturny, but to justifie all actions to be brought for the recovery of the debt.
- A Condition to save harmlesse a Te∣nant by reason of the payment of his rent.
- An assignment of the moity of a house and goods.
- A Release of Lands in performance of Articles.
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A Condition for the delivery of cer∣tain writings by a day to be can∣celled. - A Feoffment.
- A letter of atturny upon a bond.
- The forme of a deputation of a Pa∣tent.
- An assignment of a lease, in trust whereof, the assignor is to take a further estate in the premises.
- An assignment of a Judgement.
- A Release for wast done.
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A Letter of Atturney to enter upon Lands, to deliver a Lease made to a∣nother. -
A Condition to save harmlesse Sureties bound for the Behaviour. -
A Condition concerning Marriage. - Another concerning marriage.
- A Condition for the resignation of a Prebendary upon Request.
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An Indenture Tripartite, of Mort∣gage of several Tenements in
Lon∣don, and a Recovery thereof, had in the Hustings Court, and the uses specified. - A Condition, to pay a sum of Mony at a time after the day of Marriage, or hour of death, which shall first happen.
- A Release of Errors in a Fine.
- A release of all right &c. in Lands to him in possession.
- A grant of an advowson.
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A Clause to insert, after the Reddend. that if the rent be unpaid, after the day, the lease to determine. - An assignment and release.
- An exact Table, as well Alphabeti∣call, as methodical; for the preceding Treatise.