An exact abridgement in English of the eleven books of reports of the learned Sir Edward Coke, knight, late lord chief justice of England and of the councel of estate to His Majestie King James wherein is briefly contained the very substance and marrow of all those reports together with the resolutions on every case : also a perfect table for the finding of the names of all those cases and the principall matters therein contained / composed by Sir Thomas Ireland.

Sir George Cursons case. 7. Jac. Cur. Wardor. fol. 75.

SIr W. L. seised of a reversion expectant upon taile (made to his sonne) of land in Capite, Covenants to stand seised to the use of his neece, the sonne dy∣eth, the King shall not have primier seisin.

1. Resol. It was Collusion apparent within the Statute of Marlebr. cap. 6. to infeoffe the heire appa∣rent; and if he infeoffe others upon Collusion aver∣rable; but no averrement shall be where the re∣mainder or reversion is left in a stranger, or upon a Devise.

2. Or otherwise to dispose in the Statute of 32. H. 8. have relation to wills onely, for before the Statute every man might dispose of his lands by act executed.

3. The Clause in the said Statute which saveth pri∣mier seisin to the King, hath relation onely to acts executed, for the King shall have without that pri∣mier seisin of the third part not devised, but without that he shall not have it of any part conveyed by act executed.

4. If the grandfather convey land to the sonne living the father, this is out of the Statute, otherwise

if the father be dead: and so a gift to a Collaterall Kinsman, who is not heire apparent, is out of the Statute, for none will (by intendment) disinherit his heire to defeate the King of the Wardship, or primer seisin, and so is the experience of the Court of Wards.