Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs in the County of KentJ.R. Smith, 1851 - 352 pages |
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... marriage , children , and widows 187 Anglo - Saxon marriage settlements Wife's dower by the custom of Kent . 199 • 200 XVI . Tenancy by the curtesy - One moiety of xiv Contents .
... marriage , children , and widows 187 Anglo - Saxon marriage settlements Wife's dower by the custom of Kent . 199 • 200 XVI . Tenancy by the curtesy - One moiety of xiv Contents .
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... marriage , but which is immediately explained to mean from one thane's land to that of another : Lp hy ponne ut of lande lædan pille on oðres þegnes land . & c . — If , however , they wish to take her off the land to another thane's ...
... marriage , but which is immediately explained to mean from one thane's land to that of another : Lp hy ponne ut of lande lædan pille on oðres þegnes land . & c . — If , however , they wish to take her off the land to another thane's ...
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... marriage or not ) during his life , if he so long continue a widower , and unmarried . But this estate ceases upon a second marriage . By the Common Law of England . I. DESCENT . To the eldest son , or heir male , by primogeniture . II ...
... marriage or not ) during his life , if he so long continue a widower , and unmarried . But this estate ceases upon a second marriage . By the Common Law of England . I. DESCENT . To the eldest son , or heir male , by primogeniture . II ...
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... marriage to the heir . " 133 130 Ure , ' i.e. use , or custom . 131 Peramb . Kent , p . 561 . 132 Robinson on Gavelkind , p . 176 . 133 Robinson on Gavelkind , p . 237 . The earliest provision for the infant heir , which I 21 ...
... marriage to the heir . " 133 130 Ure , ' i.e. use , or custom . 131 Peramb . Kent , p . 561 . 132 Robinson on Gavelkind , p . 176 . 133 Robinson on Gavelkind , p . 237 . The earliest provision for the infant heir , which I 21 ...
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... married persons have a child , and then the husband die . XXXVIII . " If a ' ceorl ' and his wife have a child between them , and the ' ceorl ' die , let the mother have her child and feed it . Let VI shillings be given her for its ...
... married persons have a child , and then the husband die . XXXVIII . " If a ' ceorl ' and his wife have a child between them , and the ' ceorl ' die , let the mother have her child and feed it . Let VI shillings be given her for its ...
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A.-Saxon Adisham ætatis Æthelheard aforesaid age of xv Anderida Anglo-Saxon anno antient archbishop assise barons Bede bishop boc-land borough Britain called Canterbury charter Christ Church Chronicle common law Conquest county of Kent court custom of Gavelkind debet dedit deed descent dimid dower Edward England English escheat feoffment feudal folc-land freehold Gauylekend Gavel Gavelkind lands grant hath heirs Hengist and Horsa holden husband inheritance Inst Johannes John justices justices in Eyre Jutish Kanc Kentish king king of Kent king's kingdom kingdom of Kent knights Lambard lathe liberties livery lord Magna Carta manors moiety Offa omnes parliament persons prædicti quæ quòd Reculver regis regni reign Richard of Cirencester Robinson on Gavelkind Rochester Roman says seised seisin sicome socage Somner statute sunt tenant tenements tenure terra terres Thomas Trinoda Necessitas wapentake wife William Willielmus writ þam
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Page 337 - An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths, and affidavits;' and to make other Provisions for the abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
Page 186 - ... the force and effect of leases or estates at will only, and shall not either in law or equity be deemed or taken to have any other or greater force or effect; any consideration for making any such parol leases or estates, or any former law or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 236 - They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when the castles were finished they filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and by day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver and tortured them with pains unspeakable ; for never were any martyrs tortured as these were.
Page 237 - Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land — wretched men starved with hunger — some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich: some fled the country — never was there more misery, and never acted heathens worse than these.
Page 189 - I led her blushing like the Morn ; all Heaven, And happy constellations, on that hour Shed their selectest influence ; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill ; Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whispered it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal, and bid haste the evening star On his hill top to light the bridal lamp.
Page 234 - Smith very feelingly complains, " when he came to his own, after he was out of wardship, his woods decayed, houses fallen down, stock wasted and gone, lands let forth and ploughed to be barren...
Page 238 - ... away the Court of wards and liveries and tenures in capite, and by knights service, and purveyance, and for settling a revenue upon his Majesty in lieu thereof...