A. D. ¥324^ Anno decimo feptimo Edward 1 II. Stat. 1. 18 j Cotton MS. refervat fibi eadem feoda et advocationes cum do- tibus licet inter alias perfonas aliter fuerit obferva- tum. c himfelf fuch Fees, Advowfons, and Dowers, albeit F ' tz - *■'«*. 7, 9- 8 that among other Perfons it hath been obferved other- 2 Ro11 'S 1 ' ' wife.' CAP. XVI. His Prerogative in having the Lands -of Felons attainted. ITEM Rex habebit omnia catalla dampnatorum felonum & fugitivorum ubicunque invema fue- fint Et fi ipfi habeant liberum tenementum tunc illud ftatim capiatur in manum Regis et Rex ha- bebit omnes exitus ejufdem per unum annum et unum diem & tenementum illud vaftabitur & de- ftruetur de domibus & gardinis bofcis & aliis qui- bufcunque ad predi£tum tenementum pertinenti- bus exceptis hominibus quorurtdam privilegiato- rum inde per Regem Sc poftquam Rex habuerit an- num & diem & vaftum tunc reddatur tenementum illud Capitalibus dominis feodi rllius nifi prius fa- ciant finem pro anno die et vafto De confuetudine tamen dicitur quod poft annum & diem terre & te- nementa felonum Glouceftr' redduntur & rever- tentur proximo Heredi cui debuerant defcendiffe fi fafla non fuiffet felonia & in Kane' in Gavelkynde the Fader to the Bough and the Sone to the Plough & ibidem omnes heredes mafculi participant here- ditatem fimiliter omnes femine fet femine non par- ticipant cum mafculis Et mulier poft mortem viri fui habet medietatem pro dote fua et fi fornicetur in viduitate perdit totum vel ft fit defponfata viro. flat, ALSO the King fliall have the Goods of all Fe- ' Ions attainted, and Fugitives, wherefoever they be found. (2) And if they have Freehold, then it fhall be forthwith taken into the King's Hands, and the King fhall have all Profits of the fame by one Year and one Day, and the Land fhall be wafted and deftroyed in the Houfes, Woods, and Gardens, and in all Manner of Things belonging to the fame Land, excepting Men of certain Places privileged by_ the King therefore. (3) A-nd after our Lord the King 9 fj. hath had the Year, Day, and Wafte, then the Land c. n fhall be reftored to the chief Lord of the fame Fee, unlefs that he fine before with the King for the Year, the Day, and the Wafte. (4) Neverthelefs it is ufed Cuftoms of in the County of Gioucefler by Cuftom, that after one Gloucester and Year and one Day the Lands and Tenements of Fe- ent ' Ions fhall revert and be reftored to the next Heir, to whom it ought to have defcended if the Felony had not been done. And in Kent, in Gavelkind, (The' Father to the Bough, the Son to the Plough) ( 5 ) there Stamf. Prerog. all Heirs Males fhall divide their Inheritance, and z °- *>• likewife Women ; but Women fhall not make Par- tition with Men. (6) And a Woman after the By 27 U. 8. c. Death of her Hufband fhall be endowed of the Moie- 2 4- *»« <"" <l>* ty ; (7) and if fhe commit Fornication in her Wi- ^m^T/fZ* dowhood, or take an Hufband after, fhe fhall lofe her jupcli, """ Dower.' Modus faciendi Homagium & Fidelitatem, Anno 17 Edw. II. Stat. 2. and Anno Dom. 1324. How a Freeman fhall do his Homage, how his Fealty ; and a "Villain's Fealty. Q Cotton MS. Claudius, D. 2. U A N T fraunk homme fra hommage a fon feignur de qi il tient fon chief mefuage il tendra fes mains jointes perentre les mains fon Seignur & dirra iflint. Jeo deveigne voftre homme de ceo jour en avaunt de vie & de membre & de terren honor & foi vous porterei del tenement qe jeo clayme.tenir de vous fauve le foi qe jeo doi a noftre Seignur le Roi. Et quant fraunk homme fra hommage a autre qe a fon chief Seignur & pur fimple tenement il tendra fes mains jointes perentre les mains fon Seignur & dirra iffint. Jeo deveigne voftre homme de ceo jour en avaunt & foi vous porterei del tenement qe jeo clayme tenir de vous fauve le foi qe jeo doy a no- ftre Seignur le Roi &a mesautres Seignurages. Quant fraunk homme frafeaute il tendra fa main outre le livre et dirra iffint. Ceo oiez vous mon- fieur R. qe jeo vous ferrei foial et loial et foy vous jporterei des tenementz qe jeo clayme de vous et loialment vous r conufter-ei et loialment vous ferrei les cuftumes et les fervices qe faire doie as termes afiignez fi moy eide Dieux et les Seintz.. , Conuf. ?I. ' TX7^"^^ a F reeman fhall do Homage to hia Fltz. Grant, 9, ' wV Lord of whom he holdeth in chief, he fhall So, 83. ' " ■ hold his Hands together between the Hands Fit: ' of his Lord, and fhall fay thus: I beco;?ie you?- Man ' from this Day forth for Life, for Member, and for ' worldly Honour, and /hall owe you Faith for the Lands ' that I hold of you, favrng the Faith that I owe unto oar' 1 Lord the King, and to mine otlur Lords, 1 IT. When a Freeman fhall do Fealty to his Lord, F .; tZi Avowry, ' he fhall hold his Right Hand upon a Book, and fhall 109. ' fay thus : Hear you my Lord R. that I P. Jhall be to you ' both faithful and fr ue, and Jhall owe my Fidelity unto i you for the Land that I hold of you, and lawfully Jl>all' ' do fuch Cuftoms and Services as my Duty is to you at the 1 Terms aflkned. So help me God and all his Saints.- 4 nr.
