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not_o pay_v a_o fine_a for_o distrain_v his_o tenant_n for_o service_n and_o custom_n 52._o h._n 3_o cap._n 3._o a_o fraudulent_a conveyance_n to_o defeat_v the_o lord_n of_o his_o ward_n shall_v be_v void_a cap._n 6._o the_o king_n shall_v have_v primer_n seisin_n neither_o the_o heir_n nor_o any_o other_o shall_v intrude_v into_o their_o inheritance_n before_o he_o have_v receive_v it_o out_o of_o the_o king_n hand_n as_o the_o same_o inheritance_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v take_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n and_o his_o ancestor_n in_o time_n past_a if_o the_o land_n be_v accustom_v to_o be_v in_o the_o king_n hand_n by_o knight_n service_n or_o serjeanty_n or_o right_a of_o patronage_n 52._o h._n 3._o cap._n 16._o if_o a_o heir_n marry_v within_o age_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o guardian_n before_o he_o be_v pass_v the_o age_n of_o fourteen_o year_n it_o shall_v be_v do_v according_a as_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o merton_n and_o of_o they_o that_o marry_v after_o 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priority_n of_o feoffment_n shall_v make_v a_o title_n for_o wardship_n cap._n 16._o the_o chief_a lord_n shall_v have_v a_o cessavit_fw-la against_o the_o tenant_n if_o he_o cease_v for_o two_o year_n to_o do_v his_o service_n writ_n of_o ravishment_n degard_v allow_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o party_n offend_v though_o he_o restore_v the_o ward_n unmarried_a or_o pay_v for_o the_o marriage_n shall_v nevertheless_o be_v punish_v by_o two_o year_n imprisonment_n 13_o e._n 1.35_o the_o feoffee_n shall_v hold_v his_o land_n of_o the_o chief_a lord_n and_o not_o of_o the_o feoffor_a 18_o e._n 1._o quia_fw-la emptores_fw-la terrarum_fw-la a_o save_n to_o the_o king_n of_o the_o ancient_a aid_n due_a and_o accustom_a 25._o e._n 1.6_o the_o king_n shall_v have_v the_o wardship_n of_o his_o tenant_n which_o hold_v in_o chief_a &_o the_o marriage_n of_o the_o heir_n primer_n seisin_n assignment_n of_o dower_n to_o the_o widow_n marriage_n of_o the_o woman_n tenant_n devide_v their_o land_n in_o coparcinery_n hold_v of_o he_o and_o they_o which_o hold_v of_o he_o in_o serjeanty_n shall_v pay_v a_o fine_a at_o the_o alienation_n 17._o e._n 2._o a_o freeman_n shall_v do_v his_o homage_n to_o his_o lord_n 17._o e._n 2._o knight_n fee_n shall_v not_o pass_v in_o the_o king_n grant_n without_o special_a word_n 17_o e._n 2.16_o he_o shall_v be_v answer_v the_o mesne_fw-la rate_v of_o land_n come_v to_o he_o by_o his_o tenant_n death_n 28._o e._n 3.4_o &_o where_o sundry_a of_o the_o king_n tenant_n hold_v of_o he_o immediate_o as_o of_o his_o duchy_n of_o lancaster_n do_v by_o sundry_a recovery_n fine_n and_o feoffment_n in_o use_n defeat_v the_o king_n of_o wardship_n of_o body_n and_o land_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o the_o king_n and_o his_o heir_n shall_v have_v the_o wardship_n and_o custody_n of_o the_o body_n and_o land_n of_o cestui_fw-fr que_fw-fr use_n and_o if_o they_o be_v of_o full_a age_n shall_v have_v relief_n notwithstanding_o any_o such_o conveyance_n and_o a_o 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