No 5. • Houshold shall live and be main17 Ed. 11 Stat 1. tained competently with the Profits of the same, and the Residue 'besides their Sustentation shall be kept to their Use, to be deli'vered unto them when they 'come to right Mind; so that 'such Lands and Tenements shall ' in no wise be aliened within the Time aforesaid; and the King 'shall take nothing to his own Use. And if the Party die in such Estate, then the Residue shall be distributed for his Soul by the Advice of the Ordinary.' Regist. 266. which was aken c. 24. de exitibus earundem vivant ex sustineantur competentur et resi duum ultra sustentationem eorundem rationabilem custodiatur ad opus ipsorum liberandum eis quando memoriam recuperaverint. Ita quod predicte terre et tene. menta infra predictum tempus non alienentur Nec Rex de exitibus aliquid percipiat ad opus suum et si obierit in tali statu tunc illud residuum distribuatur pro anima ejusdem per consilium ordinariorum. Cap. 11.-His Prerogative in having the Wreck of the ་ ' out the Realm, Whales and great sturgiones captos in mari vel alibi infra regnum exceptis quibusdam locis privilegiatis per Reges. Cap. 15.-His Prerogative, that Knights Fees, Advow. sons, and Dowers do not pass from him without special Words. HEN our Lord the King WH 10 Co. 63. Roll. 151. vel concedit aliquod manerium vel terram cum pertinentiis nisi faciat in carta sua vel scripto expressam mentionem de feodis Militum advocationibus ecclesiarum & dotibus cum acciderint ad predicta manerium vel terram perlinentibus tune hiis diebus Rex reservat sibi eadem feoda et advocationes cum dotibus licet inter alias personas aliter fuerit observatum. Cap. 16.-His Prerogative in having the Lands of Felons attainted. the Goods of all Felons attainted, and Fugitives, wheresoever they be found. And if 'they have Freehold, then it shall be forthwith taken into the King's Hands, and the King 'shall have all Profits of the same ITE have TEM Rex habebit omnia catalla dampnatorum felonum et fugitivorum ubicunque inventa fuerint Et si ipsi habeant liberum tenementum tunc illud statim capiatur in manum Regis et Rex habebit omnes exitus ejusdem per unum annum et unum diem et tenementum illud vastabitur et by one Year and one Day, and • destroyed in the Houses, Woods, No. 5. ' and Gardens, and in all Manner 17 Ed II. Stat. 1. destruetur de domibus et gardinis the King bath had the Year, 9 H. 3, stat. 1, ments of Felons shall revert and be restored to the next Heir, to 'whom it ought to have descended if the Felony had not been done. And in Kent, in Gavelkind, "(The Father to the Bough, the Stamf. Prerog. Son to the Plough,) there all 20, b. Heirs Males shall divide their Inheritance, and likewise Wo" men; but Women shall not 'make Partition with Men. And ' a Woman after the Death of her Husband shall be endowed of the Moiety; and if she commit For- By 27 H. 8 c. 24, none but the King nication in her Widowhood, or can pardon Felotake an Husband after, she shall nes, or make Juslose her Dower.' tices No. 6. 1 Henry IV. c. 6.-In a Petition to the King, of Lands, Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. TEM au fyn qe nostre dit Seignur le Roi en temps avenir ne soit deceuz en ses grauntes ou douns annuels ou en fee ou en acunes offices par lui a doners fairs ou graunters il voet de lassent des Seignurs espirituelx & temporelx susditz & a la requès des ditz communes estre conseillez par les sages de son conseil es choses touchantz lestat de lui & de son Roialme sauvant toutefoitz sa libertee. Et voet & ad ordeinez & establiez de lassent susdit qe toutz ceux qi desore enavant demanderont du Roi terres tenementz rentes I TEM, To the Intent that our 1 Hen. IV c. 6. said Lord the King in Time to come shall not be deceived in his Grants or Gifts annual, or in Fee, or in any Offices by him to be given, made, or granted, he will, by the Assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal aforesaid, and at the Request of the said • Commons, be counselled by the wise Men of his Council in Things touching the Estate of him and of his Realm, saving always his Liberty. Also he hath ordained and stablished by the Assent aforesaid, That all they which from henceforth do ' demand of the King, Lands, 3 Co. 31. 32 H. 6, f2.1. No. 6. 1 Hea. IV, c. 6. Tenements, Rents, Offices, An nuities, or any other Profits, shall 'make express Mention in their Petitions of the Value of the Thing so to be demanded, and also of that which they have had of the King's Gift, or of other Co. Lit. 133, a. his Progenitors or Predecessors before. And in case they make not such Mention in their said Petitions, and that duly proved, 'the King's Letters Patents thereof made shall not be available, nor of any Force nor Effect, but 'wholly revoked, repealed, and ⚫adnulled for ever; to the Punish ment of thein which so have ⚫ done Deceit to the King, as they that be not worthy to enjoy the • Effect and Benefit of the Letters Patents to them granted in this 'Behalf.' Expounded by 2 H. 4, c. 2. Restrained by 6 H. 4, c. 2. offices annuitees ou autres profitz qeconges facent expresse mention en lour petitions de la value de la chose ensi a demander et auxi de ce qils ont eue du dour de Roi ca des autres ses progenitours on predecessours pardevant. Ei en cas qils ne facent tiel mention en lour ditz petitions et ce duement prove soient les lettres patentes da Roi ent faites nient vaillables ne de null force neffect Mais de tout revokez repellez et aduullez par touz jours au punissement de ceux qensi ont fait tiel deceit au Roi come ceux gi ne sont pas dignes denjoier leffect et benefice des lettres patentes a eux grauntez en celle partie. 8 H. VI. c. 16. An Escheator shall take uo quest, but by such Per sons as be retuined by the Sheriff. Rast, p. 315. No. 7. 8 Henry VI. c. 16.-By what Persons Escheators shall find an Office, and in what Time he shall certify it. A Patent made of Lands seised upon an Inquest. " TEM, To eschew the Do Ileus, Grievances, and Dis herisons, which daily do happen to many of the King's Hege People by the Escheators, for "that they take Inquests, to enquire before them, as well by "Virtue of the King's Writs, as "of their Offices, favourably and "not duly, by People not im"panelled nor returned to them "by the Sheriffs of the Counties, " and more often for their private "Gain, and for the Disherison of "the King's liege People, than "for the Profit of the same our "Lord the King, and also for "that the Lands and Tenements "of many of the King's liege "People be seised into the King's "Hands upon such Inquests, or "let to ferm by the Chancellor "or Treasurer, before such Inquests be returned in the Chan"cery;" our Lord the King hath ordained, by the Authority of this present Parliament, that no Escheator or Commissioner TEM pur eschuer lez dolours ITE grevancez et disheretisons qi de jour en autre aveignant as plusours lieges nostre Seignur le Roy par les eschetours de ceo qils preig nent enquestes denquerer devaunt eux sibien par vertue des briefs nostre Seignur le Roy come de lour office favourablement & noun duement par gentz nient empanellez ne retournex a eux par les viscountz des countes & pluistost pur lour propre gayne & pur disherelison des lieges nostre Seignor le Roy qe pur profit mesme nostre Seignur le Roy Et auxi de ceo qe les terres & tenemeniz des plosours lieges nostre Seignur le Ray sur tiel enquestes et autres et lessez par le Chaunceller ou Tresorer a ferme devaunt ceo qe mesmes les enquestes soient retournez eu la Chancellarie nostre Seignur le Roy est ordine par auctorite de cest present parlement qe nul eschetour ne commissioner No. 7. preigne ascunement ascun enquest take in any wise any Inquest to denquerrer sinon des gentz reinquire, but of People returned 8 Hen. VI. c. 16. tournez et empanellez par le visand impanelled by the Sheriffs count en le counte deins quell it in the County within which he est eschetour ou commissioner.is Escheator or Commissioner. Et si ascun eschetour ou commis- And if any Escheator or Comsioner preigne enqueste des gentz 'missioner take Inquests of Peo- When Lands qi ne sount mye enpanellez ne re- ple, which be not impanelled King's Hands uptournez par le viscount come de- nor returned by the Sheriff, as is on an Inquest of guis est dit et ent par examination 'aforesaid, and thereof by Exa- Office, shall be let ou autrement al suite de partie qemination, or otherwise, at the 13 H. 6, c. 6. Suit of the Party, which for himself or for the King, or any other Person that will sue, be duly convict, for every Inquest so taken that he incur the Pain ⚫ and Forfeiture of xl. li. to be paid, that is to say, the one Half to the King, and the other Half to the Party grieved, at whose Suit he shall be convict. And that no Lands nor Tene'ments seised into the Hand of our Lord the King, upon such pur luy mesmes ou par le Roy ou 'cheators or Commissioners, be seised into the to ferm. The Lands shall be let to ferm to Office. c. 13. Seignur le Roy tanqe les ditz en-Lands and Tenements shall in- tirely and continually remain in him that tendereth ' of their Lands or Tenements, that then the same Lands or dence, proving their Traverse to ⚫ Statute made the thirty-sixth • Year of King EDWARD III. after 36 Ed. 3, st. 1, This Act and 18 H. VI. c. 6, post No. 9, extend to the Case of Land to which the Crown is intitled by Escheat, and also to prevent recovering, on the Demise of the King, in Ejectment. Doe v. Redfern, 12, 1. 96, where the Subject is very elaborately discussed. c. 13. No. 7. 8 Hen. VI. c. 16. the Conquest, to hold until the Issue taken upon the same Traverse be found and discussed for the King, or for the Party, finding sufficient Surety to pursue the said Traverse with Effect, and to render and pay to our Lord the King the yearly Value of the Lands where the Traverse · shall be so taken, if it be dis'cussed for the King. And if any Letters Patents of any of the Lands or Tenements be made to the contrary to any other Person, or let to ferm within the said Month, after the said Month of Return, they shall be holden for · none. And that the Escheators or Commissioners, upon Pain of the Forfeiture of xx. li. to be paid, that is to say, the one Half 18 H. 6, c. 7. to the King, and the other Half to the Party at whose Suit he ⚫ shall be convict, return the Inquests before them taken into the Chancery of our Lord the King, or into the Exchequer, ' within a Month next after the taking of the same. And every Man which will sue for the • King shall have the Suit in this 'Behalf. Provided always, That this Statute begin and take Et'fect and Force in the Feast of • Easter, next coming, and not before, to endure for ever.' Escheators & Commissioners shall return an Office tound before. them quest a tenir tanqe lissue sur mesme le travers pris soit et discussu pur le Roy ou pur le partie trovant sufficiant suerte de suir le dit travers ove effect et de rendre et paier a nostre Seignur le Roy le annuel value des tenementz dont le travers ensi serra priz sil soit discusse pur le Roy. Et si ascuns lettres pa tentz des ascuns terres ou tenementz soient faitz au contrarie a ascuns autre persone ou lessez a ferme deins le dit moys apres le dit mois du retourne soient voides et tenuz pur null. Et qe les eschetours et commissioners sur peine de forfaiture de xx li. a paiers cestassavoir lun moite al Roi & lautre moite al parte a qi suyt il serra convict retournent en la Chauncel larie nostre Seignur le Roy ou en leschequer les enquestes devaunt eux prisez deins un moys proscheyn apres la prise dicelles. E eyt chescun qi voet suyr par le Koy la suyte en cell partie. Pur veu toutz foiz qe cest estatut com. mence et preigne effect et force en la fest de Pasqe proschein avenir a durer pepetuelment et nemye devaunt. 18 Hen VI. c. 1. No. 8. 18 Henry VI. c. 1.-Letters Patent shall bear the Date of the King's Warrant delivered into the Chancery. NRST, Whereas by Suit made to the King by divers "Persons, it hath been desired by "their Petitions, to have Offices, "Ferms, and other Things of the "Gift and Grant of the King, by "his gracious Letters Patents "thereof to them to be made, "desiring by the same Petitions, the same Letters Patents of the "King to bear Date at a certain Day limited in the same, the which Day is often long before, "the King's Grant to them thereupon made have born the PRIMEREMENT come par suite fait au Roy par divers gentz ad este desire par lour petitions daver offices fermes & autres choses del don & grannte du Roy par sez gracious lettres patentz ent a eux a faire desirauntz par icell petitions mesmes les lettres patentz du Roy de porter date a cer tein jour limite en icell le quell jour est sovent longement devaunt le graunte du Roy a eux faitz de lour ditz petitions parount les lettres patentz du Roy a eux sur |