Husband marries again, then the fecond Wife can have but her Widowhood, by the Cuftom.

Alfo, That if any be taken Tenant in any Tenement within the Lord's Court, by the Steward there appointed in the Abfence of the Lord, by Virtue of the Lord's Warrant or Direction therein, the Party fo taken Tenant by the faid Steward, upon the Direction or Warrant aforefaid, fhall quietly enjoy the fame during his Term fpecified in his Copy according to the Custom.

Alfo, That any Man once taken Tenant in any Tenement by the Steward of the Court in the Prefence of the Homage, by the Lord's Confent, and having a Copy, altho' by reafon of the Abfence of the faid Lord the fame be not figned, yet the Tenant having fuch a Copy, fhall enjoy the fame according to the Custom of the Manor.

Alfo, That no Tenant within the faid Manor can fell, fell or cut down any Oak or Ash, standing or growing upon his Tenement, that he holds of the faid Manor, without Licence of the Steward or Bailiff, or some other Officer affigned by the Lord of the said Manor, upon Pain of forfeiting his Tenement for fuch Offence.

Alfo, That every Tenant within the faid Manor may use the Elms ftanding and growing upon his Tenement at any Time without any Denial, provided he bestows the fame Elms upon the Reparations of his Tenement.

Alfo, That every cuftomary Tenant and Cotager within the faid Manor may at his Will and Pleasure take, dig, and cut Turf, Fern, Heath and Furz, upon the Lord's Common, Hills and wafte Grounds within the Precinct of the faid Manor, for his Use and Commodity, but can fell none; and for fuch Sufferance and Licence he fhall pay Yearly to the Lord's Ufe Sixpence for Fernage.

Also, That no Tenant of the faid Manor can dwell from his Tenement or Cotage for the Space of one Year and a Day, without the Licence and Confent

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of the Lord of the Manor first obtained, upon Pain of forfeiting his Eftate.

Alfo, That the Tenants within the faid Manor may not fue one another out of the Court of this Manor, if the faid Court can hold Plea of the Action, without Licence from the Lord firft had and obtain'd. The Manner of the Pleas of the Court are an Action of Debt not above one Pound nineteen Shillings and eleven Pence three Farthings; and an Action upon the Cafe, or of Trefpafs, in Damages not above the fame Sum; and if any offend herein, to be prefented and amerced.

Alfo, That all the Tenants within the faid Manor do, at the Command of the Lord of the Manor or his Affigns, attend to make good and perfect the Bounds and Boundaries between him and other Lords next bordering.

Alfo, That all the cuftomary Tenants within the faid Manor ought to have fufficient and neceffary Fire-Boot, Frith-Boot, and Stakes, every Year twice, viz. at the Invention of the Holy Crofs, commonly called Holy-rood Day, and at the Feaft of St. Michael the Archangel, by the Delivery of the Officers by the faid Lord appointed, doing no Wafte. Every fuch Tenant, for fuch Fire-Boot, Frith-Boot, and Stakes, fhall pay yearly unto the faid Lord or his Affigns, at the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, Sixpence. And if the Bailiff, or other Officers appointed by the Lord, refuse to deliver the faid Fewel, then, in the Prefence of two honest Men, they may take it themselves.

Alfo, That all the cuftomary Tenants within the faid Manor ought to have Common of Pafture for their Cattle and Sheep in Heath-Hill, Weft-H. and H. Moor; and for fuch Common of Pafture they must drive the Moor of H. Yearly, and bring all fuch Cattle there being from Time to Time, as often as they fhall be thereunto by the faid Lord or his Affigns required and warned; and the fame Drift to deliver to the Farmer of the Capital Meffuage and Tenement alled the Court-Houfe,

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Alfo, That if any Strayers, Sheep, and other Cattle, fhall come and happen in the faid Manor, and there remain the Space of one Year and a Day without lawful Claim of the Owners, the Tenant, in whofe Keeping fuch fhall be, fhall pay at the Feaft of St. Michael the Sum of Sixpence for every Sheep, and have the fame; and for every other Cattle, being in the Cuftody of them, or any of them, to be and remain to the only Ufe of the Lord, if they prove Strays.

Alfo, That every cuftomary Tenant may take and make Tillage upon the Lord's Waftes and Commons, by the Appointment of the Bailiff or other Officer, paying for every Acre fo tilled to the Lord's Ufe Yearly, at the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, Sixpence; and after two Crops had off and from the faid Ground, the fame to be and remain Common again.

Alfo, That every cuftomary Tenant holding by Copy of Court-Roll or otherwife, ought to pay his or her Rents due to the Lord of the Manor, within fifteen Days next after the Feaft of St. Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of the Bleffed Virgin Mary, Yearly.

Alfo, That the Bailiff or Tythingman fhall Yearly, within the faid Manor, nominate and chufe two honeft and fufficient Men of the customary Tenants, to be fworn by the Steward, without Partiality or Affection, to affefs and deem of all Amerciaments happening at any Court Baron or Law-day, and prefented by the Homage against any Perfon or Perfons, either Free Suitors or cuftomary Tenants, of the faid Manor..

Alfo, That at the Death, Surrender, or Forfeiture of any Copyhold Tenant within the faid Manor, the Bailiff and Tythingman, with the Homage and Tenants, fhall take and chufe the beft Goods living of the Party fo deceafed, as Ox, Horfe, Mare, Cow, Sheep, &c. (But if there be no fuch living Beaft,

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then to chuse the best dead Goods) for the Lord's Ufe, for and in the Name of an Heriot.

Alfo, That every Copyholder being principal Taker, having in his Copy three or two Lives, may at any Time at his Pleafure, the Lord of the Manor thereunto confenting, exchange any one of the faid Lives, or all of them, fo that none of the Reverfions of the faid principal Taker at firft have been chargeable with the Payment of the Fine, or any Part thereof.

Alfo, That the Lord of the faid Manor cannot take in and inclofe any Part of the Common, and demise the fame to any Tenant, without the whole Confent of the Homage.

The Manner of Keeping Courts Leet, Courts Baron, and Courts of Survey, with the Charge to the Juries; and the Forms of Entring thofe Courts in the Minute-Books, and in the Court-Rolls: With Precedents of great Variety of Prefentments, Amerciaments, Eftreats, Copies of Court-Roll for Life and in Fee, Grants, Surrenders, Admittances, Copies of Licence, and all other Proceedings of that Nature.

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HE firft Thing that must be done by the Steward, in order to the Keeping of his Court, is to fend his Precept to the Bailiff of the Manor, to fummon the Tenants to appear at the Time and Place which he fhall fix for the Keeping of the Court. This Notice to the Tenants is ufually given by the Bailiff a Fortnight before the Court is kept; but if it be lefs, it is fufficient; and it is commonly done either in the Church of the Manor or Parish which it is in, on a Sunday immediately after the Morning Service, or at the Church Door at the fame Time.

The Steward's Precept to the Bailiff to warn the Court.

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pearances at a Court Leet and Court Baron, to be "held for W. A. Efq; for his Manor of B. at the "ufual Place, on Monday the Twenty-ninth Day of