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That which is Issuable ought to be pleaded certainly.

ONe avows for that, that the Plaintiffe held of him by a Knights Fee, and this is not good, for that he doth not shew by what Knights Fee, 12 H. 8. fol. 13.

3 H. 7. f. 2. One traverses the Office found after the death of the Lord Greystock, the Kings Tenant, which was found that he died seised, and he said that the Dean of York recovered against the Lord G. in a Writ of Right, long before the finding of the Office, and it may be he re∣covered against him long before the finding the office, and it might be, after the death of the Lord Greystock, and for that it is not good, for it is uncertain. So if one plead that he entred for that, that his Tenant aliened in Mort∣main, he ought to shew that he entered within the year, otherwise it is not good.

26 H. 8. fol. 2. Debt upon Obligation, indorsed with condition, if he make an Estate, as it shall be devised by the Plaintiffe, Defendant saith, that he hath made an Estate, and it is not good, without shewing what Estate.

1 H. 7. fol. 13. One comes to reverse an Outlawry of Felonie, and pleads that he was in the Castle of Oxford, at the time of the Outlawry published, and for that he doth not shew, in what County the Castle is, nor under whose custody, it is uncertain, and not good, for these are Issuable.

2 H. 7. f. 6. Dower against the Heire, he saith, that he was ready to render Dower, if she would deliver to him the Writings concerning his Land, and for that he doth not shew what Writings, incertain, it is nor good, for it is Issuable.