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term._n pasc._n 7._o &_o 8._o jâ—hannis_n 9_o dorso_fw-la claim_v against_o william_n scoteny_n the_o capital_a message_n which_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v in_o steinton_n with_o the_o appurtenance_n as_o that_o which_o belong_v to_o his_o elder_a share_n of_o the_o barony_n which_o be_v lambert_n scoteny'_v these_o sure_o be_v brother_n not_o sister_n son_n be_v of_o the_o same_o name_n and_o the_o claim_n be_v immediate_o from_o the_o seizin_n of_o scoteny_n and_o this_o claim_n be_v allow_v as_o the_o record_n show_v beside_o though_o it_o be_v general_o believe_v that_o wardship_n be_v in_o use_n before_o the_o reign_n of_o h._n 3._o and_o mr._n sylas_n taylor_n in_o his_o history_n of_o gavelkind_n 104._o hist._n of_o gavelkind_a p._n 104._o think_v he_o prove_v it_o to_o have_v be_v before_o the_o suppose_a conquest_n yet_o we_o have_v good_a authority_n that_o there_o be_v no_o express_a law_n for_o this_o before_o 4._o h._n 3._o 3._o kâ—ighton_n foe_fw-mi 2430._o aâ—_n 1219._o 4_o h._n 3._o magnates_fw-la angliae_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la regi_fw-la henrico_n wardas_n hoeredum_fw-la &_o terrarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la initium_fw-la multorum_fw-la malorum_fw-la in_o angliâ_fw-la the_o great_a man_n of_o england_n grant_v king_n henry_n the_o wardship_n of_o their_o heir_n and_o land_n which_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o many_o evil_n in_o england_n 2._o we_o find_v custom_n prevail_v beyond_o what_o be_v the_o foreign_a feudal_n law_n at_o least_o of_o some_o place_n for_o which_o i_o may_v instance_n in_o relief_n pay_v by_o the_o heir_n male_a after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o ancestor_n whereas_o i_o find_v it_o in_o cujacius_n payable_a only_o by_o the_o heir_n female_a 498._o cujaâ—iâ—s_n foe_n 498._o siquis_fw-la sine_fw-la filio_fw-la masculo_fw-la mortuus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la &_o reliquerit_fw-la filiam_fw-la filia_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la beneficium_fw-la patris_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la redimerit_fw-la if_o any_o one_o die_v without_o heir_n male_a and_o leave_v a_o daughter_n let_v she_o not_o have_v her_o father_n benefice_n unless_o she_o redeem_v it_o of_o the_o lord_n that_o relief_n be_v call_v redemption_n appear_v by_o the_o law_n of_o h._n 1._o 1._o leges_fw-la foe_n 1._o cap._n 1._o haeres_fw-la non_fw-la redimet_fw-la terram_fw-la svam_fw-la sicut_fw-la faciebat_fw-la tempore_fw-la fratris_fw-la mei_fw-la sed_fw-la legitimâ_fw-la &_o justâ_fw-la relevatione_fw-la relevabit_fw-la eam_fw-la it_o seem_v in_o king_n rufus_n his_o time_n this_o payment_n be_v so_o unreasonable_a that_o it_o be_v a_o redemption_n in_o a_o strict_a sense_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o purchase_n of_o the_o land_n but_o now_o it_o be_v to_o be_v a_o lawful_a and_o just_a relief_n 2._o the_o jus_o feodale_n mention_v in_o the_o glossary_a if_o it_o be_v not_o the_o law_n general_o receive_v where_o feud_n be_v must_v be_v the_o law_n of_o england_n in_o particular_a but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o choppinus_n knock_v this_o down_o who_o tell_v we_o that_o among_o the_o french_a juridica_fw-la potestas_fw-la be_v not_o imply_v by_o a_o feud_n margin_n against_o petyt_n p._n 31._o in_o margin_n but_o our_o apollo_n teach_v we_o that_o our_o ancient_a tenor_n be_v from_o normandy_n and_o that_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o french_a feudal_n law_n be_v of_o the_o french_a king_n feud_n wherefore_o the_o juridica_fw-la potestas_fw-la or_o jus_o dicere_fw-la be_v not_o here_o exit_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la feodali_fw-la nay_o in_o the_o same_o place_n the_o french_a feudist_n tell_v we_o 455._o choppinus_n de_fw-fr jurisdict_n andeg_n foe_fw-mi 455._o interdum_fw-la certè_fw-la baro_n castellanum_n observat_fw-la superiorem_fw-la it_o be_v certain_a sometime_o a_o baron_n be_v under_o a_o castellan_n feud_n and_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n why_o it_o may_v be_v so_o which_o be_v that_o a_o feud_n carry_v not_o with_o it_o 450._o ib._n so_o 450._o the_o potestas_fw-la juridica_fw-la which_o reason_n be_v very_o apparent_a in_o that_o a_o castellan_n be_v of_o a_o degree_n low_a than_o a_o baron_n take_v juridica_fw-la potestas_fw-la in_o the_o same_o sense_n with_o jus_o dicere_fw-la in_o the_o glossary_a a_o baron_n be_v to_o take_v law_n from_o his_o inferior_a cap._n leges_fw-la h._n 1._o cap._n and_o to_o have_v his_o land_n take_v from_o he_o without_o forfeiture_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o law_n of_o hen._n 1._o that_o be_v one_o of_o the_o judge_n in_o the_o county_n court_n be_v not_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o resiance_n but_o the_o have_v free_a land_n there_o so_o it_o must_v have_v be_v in_o the_o great_a county_n court_n of_o cheshire_n though_o they_o have_v a_o extraordinary_a power_n there_o admit_v therefore_o that_o a_o lord_n of_o another_o county_n be_v feudal_n tenant_n to_o a_o commoner_n there_o as_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o he_o may_v have_v be_v shall_v this_o lord_n have_v be_v represent_v by_o his_o capital_a lord_n there_o vid._n glos._n 2_o part_n consentire_fw-la cuique_fw-la vid._n or_o admit_v a_o lord_n there_o have_v no_o land_n but_o what_o he_o hold_v of_o a_o commoner_n as_o of_o such_o a_o one_o as_o thomas_n de_fw-fr furnival_n large_a jani_fw-la angl._n facies_fw-la nova_fw-la p._n sed_fw-la vide_fw-la the_o record_n more_o at_o large_a who_o have_v several_a very_o considerable_a manor_n may_v thomas_n de_fw-fr furnival_n represent_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o lord_n house_n but_o far_o take_v the_o jus_n feodale_n to_o be_v as_o in_o force_n with_o we_o unless_o the_o positive_a law_n give_v so_o large_a a_o power_n be_v show_v it_o be_v a_o beg_a the_o question_n for_o it_o be_v to_o prove_v the_o right_n which_o our_o wise_a antagonist_n will_v exclude_v from_o the_o question_n as_o be_v indisputable_a i_o suppose_v by_o the_o fact_n whereas_o the_o fancy_a right_n be_v use_v in_o his_o hotchpotch_n glossary_n to_o induce_v we_o to_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o fact_n but_o from_o what_o source_n be_v this_o right_o derive_v sect_n 5._o a_o improvement_n of_o the_o notion_n of_o jus_n feodale_n that_o i_o may_v make_v our_o mighty_a man_n of_o letter_n out_o of_o love_n with_o his_o darling_n glossary_n own_o 2_o part_n of_o the_o glos._n and_o his_o own_o i_o shall_v observe_v to_o he_o that_o according_a to_o that_o for_o the_o credit_n of_o which_o he_o pawn_n his_o own_o truth_n or_o his_o friend_n all_z the_o lord_n be_v right_a of_o represent_v their_o tenant_n in_o the_o great_a council_n 31._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 31._o be_v mere_o feudal_n ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la feodali_fw-la but_o all_o feud_n be_v enjoy_v under_o several_a military_a condition_n or_o service_n be_v then_o these_o be_v the_o only_a feudal_n tenor_n and_o yet_o as_o appear_v by_o domesday-book_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o authority_n there_o be_v freeman_n who_o hold_v in_o free_a or_o else_o in_o common_a socage_n though_o the_o dr._n say_v all_o the_o freeman_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v tenant_n by_o military_a service_n these_o socager_n be_v not_o chargeable_a by_o any_o without_o their_o own_o consent_n but_o like_o man_n of_o another_o government_n and_o it_o seem_v he_o will_v afford_v they_o nothing_o here_o they_o though_o call_v be_v not_o oblige_v to_o come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n which_o be_v the_o curia_n of_o the_o king_n be_v feudal_n tenant_n only_o nay_o they_o be_v never_o at_o it_o and_o therefore_o no_o wonder_n if_o the_o law_n be_v observe_v by_o and_o exact_v upon_o 43._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 43._o only_o the_o norman_n themselves_o for_o the_o other_o can_v not_o be_v bind_v and_o if_o they_o consent_v to_o any_o charge_n for_o defence_n of_o the_o government_n it_o can_v be_v only_o in_o what_o way_n they_o please_v to_o consent_v either_o in_o a_o body_n by_o themselves_o or_o unite_v with_o the_o vassal_n or_o else_o several_o at_o home_n as_o a_o mere_a benevolence_n and_o there_o be_v free_a and_o common_a socage_n tenant_n before_o the_o norman_n entrance_n and_o since_o continual_o thus_o it_o must_v always_o have_v be_v chap._n iii_o that_o domesday-book_n to_o which_o he_o appeal_v manifest_o destroy_v the_o foundation_n of_o his_o pernicious_a principle_n sect_n 1._o since_o our_o tenor_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o hold_v our_o estate_n 31._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 31._o in_o every_o respect_n with_o the_o custom_n incident_a to_o those_o estate_n be_v say_v to_o be_v bring_v in_o by_o the_o conquest_n and_o not_o only_o most_o but_o all_o free_a estate_n must_v have_v be_v feudal_n as_o knight_n service_n which_o be_v make_v the_o only_a feudal_n be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o william_n the_o first_o the_o only_a free_a service_n 39_o ib._n p._n 39_o what_o i_o have_v say_v of_o feud_n in_o the_o last_o chapter_n do_v direct_o reach_v the_o controversy_n between_o we_o though_o our_o author_n who_o have_v a_o excellent_a faculty_n of_o overthrow_v his_o own_o argument_n
will_v have_v the_o discourse_n about_o these_o ib._n ib._n nay_o and_o the_o conquest_n itself_o to_o be_v out_o of_o the_o question_n and_o then_o pray_v what_o be_v the_o question_n it_o can_v be_v whether_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la represent_v 2._o p._n 2._o or_o by_o their_o vote_n conclude_v all_o that_o hold_v by_o any_o other_o tenure_n nay_o whether_o these_o and_o their_o tenant_n can_v do_v it_o because_o this_o tenure_n and_o manner_n of_o hold_v estate_n come_v in_o with_o the_o conqueror_n i_o hope_v i_o shall_v not_o seem_v tedious_a though_o i_o be_o long_a upon_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o conquest_n that_o cornerstone_n on_o which_o if_o he_o know_v what_o he_o do_v which_o i_o can_v but_o doubt_v of_o sometime_o he_o erect_v a_o fanciful_a scheme_n of_o government_n and_o thus_o the_o lofty_a fabric_n rise_v one_o story_n upon_o another_o william_n have_v make_v a_o actual_a conquest_n petyt_n against_o mr._n petyt_n thereby_o have_v the_o absolute_a disposal_n of_o all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o kingdom_n 35._o p._n 35._o and_o do_v 176._o p._n 176._o according_a to_o his_o lawful_a power_n give_v all_o away_o to_o his_o follower_n who_o though_o french_a 35._o p._n 35._o fleming_n anjovins_n britain_n poictovins_n be_v all_o metamorphose_a into_o norman_n 43._o p._n 43._o upon_o who_o only_o the_o feudal_n law_n be_v execute_v and_o observe_v the_o king_n grantee_n though_o ordinary_o a_o tenement_n or_o possession_n neither_o add_v to_o 10._o glos._n p._n 10._o or_o detract_v from_o the_o person_n of_o any_o man_n if_o free_a or_o bind_v according_a to_o his_o blood_n or_o extraction_n may_v well_o be_v all_o the_o freeman_n of_o the_o kingdom_n because_o the_o conquest_n have_v make_v all_o the_o english_a slave_n and_o the_o king_n grant_v only_o to_o his_o great_a follower_n which_o be_v free_a before_o but_o when_o these_o grantee_n grant_v out_o to_o other_o 176._o p._n 176._o the_o subfeudatary_n make_v part_n of_o the_o freeman_n of_o the_o kingdom_n as_o hold_v by_o knight_n service_n these_o be_v the_o man_n 39_o ib._n p._n 39_o the_o only_a legal_a man_n that_o name_v and_o choose_v jury_n and_o serve_v on_o jury_n themselves_o 1._o carta_n h._n 1._o both_o in_o the_o county_n and_o hundred_o court_n terras_fw-la barones_n comitat._n qui_fw-la liberas_fw-la habent_fw-la terras_fw-la in_o which_o court_n they_o be_v the_o only_a suitor_n alas_o no_o body_n else_o have_v any_o free_a land_n in_o the_o county_n therefore_o 42._o p._n 42._o these_o must_v have_v be_v the_o man_n that_o at_o first_o elect_v two_o knight_n in_o every_o county_n out_o of_o their_o own_o number_n and_o only_o they_o be_v elector_n when_o first_o the_o body_n of_o they_o begin_v to_o be_v represent_v and_o unless_o other_o be_v impower_v by_o the_o 8_o of_o h._n 6._o c._n 7._o which_o restrain_v the_o numerous_a elector_n to_o freeholders_n of_o 40_o s._n per_fw-la ann_n as_o the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la come_v before_o the_o 49th_o in_o their_o own_o person_n and_o represent_v the_o body_n of_o the_o commons_o of_o england_n and_o when_o first_o the_o body_n of_o they_o that_o be_v the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la begin_v to_o be_v represent_v they_o only_o as_o be_v proper_a choose_v their_o own_o representative_n so_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v at_o this_o day_n and_o thus_o the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la that_o be_v they_o alone_o and_o yet_o they_o and_o their_o tenant_n by_o knight_n service_n have_v ever_o be_v and_o still_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o only_a member_n of_o the_o great_a council_n i_o know_v he_o will_v venture_v hard_a but_o he_o will_v make_v all_o this_o good_a in_o his_o next_o if_o he_o can_v there_o be_v a_o narrow_a interest_n in_o some_o for_o which_o they_o will_v sacrifice_v the_o public_a but_o i_o shall_v think_v our_o government_n will_v have_v be_v fine_o bring_v to_o bed_n by_o his_o midwifery_n when_o such_o a_o monstrous_a brat_n be_v own_a by_o it_o s._n vid._n letter_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o s._n but_o if_o king_n william_n the_o master-builder_n refuse_v what_o this_o author_n will_v make_v the_o head_n of_o the_o corner_n and_o be_v not_o so_o absolute_a a_o conqueror_n as_o to_o leave_v the_o english_a neither_o estate_n nor_o fortune_n 179._o against_o mr._n p._n p._n 43._o ib._n p._n 179._o what_o become_v of_o his_o airy_a ambuscade_n he_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o refer_v to_o doomsday_n book_n in_o every_o county_n for_o this_o fiction_n and_o that_o will_v satisfy_v a_o man_n wilful_o blind_a 176._o p._n 176._o that_o william_n the_o conqueror_n divide_v all_o the_o land_n in_o england_n among_o his_o great_a follower_n now_o what_o if_o i_o show_v out_o of_o himself_o and_o this_o book_n of_o judgement_n concern_v land_n and_o service_n that_o he_o divide_v very_o little_a of_o the_o land_n in_o england_n to_o his_o follower_n to_o be_v sure_a that_o he_o be_v far_o from_o distribute_v all_o our_o author_n spare_v 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which_o no_o man_n pretend_v that_o i_o find_v and_o william_n have_v conquer_v he_o perhaps_o there_o will_v have_v be_v a_o devolution_n of_o a_o conqueror_n right_o upon_o he_o who_o subdue_v harold_n but_o there_o be_v only_o a_o competition_n between_o these_o two_o prince_n for_o that_o dignity_n and_o authority_n which_o election_n have_v vest_v in_o harold_n it_o be_v this_o that_o william_n fight_v for_o not_o for_o the_o life_n liberty_n and_o fortune_n of_o the_o people_n and_o william_n himself_o upon_o his_o deathbed_n be_v ask_v to_o who_o he_o will_v devise_v his_o kingdom_n make_v answer_n that_o he_o will_v not_o pretend_v to_o dispose_v of_o it_o and_o give_v this_o reason_n which_o argue_v that_o he_o think_v he_o have_v no_o right_a so_o to_o do_v non_fw-la enim_fw-la tantum_fw-la decus_fw-la haereditario_fw-la jure_fw-la possedi_fw-la for_o 104._o comb._n brit._n f._n 104._o i_o possess_v not_o this_o honour_n as_o a_o right_n of_o inheritance_n which_o here_o 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not_o this_o to_o prove_v that_o william_n the_o bastard_n get_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o kingdom_n as_o he_o grant_v all_o the_o land_n of_o whole_a county_n under_o the_o word_n comitatus_fw-la but_o as_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o the_o proceed_n of_o this_o prince_n to_o his_o be_v crown_v prove_v his_o election_n so_o his_o transaction_n with_o harold_n show_v that_o he_o labour_v only_o to_o have_v that_o power_n which_o he_o say_v harold_n maintain_v by_o perjury_n suppose_v therefore_o harold_n have_v not_o oppose_v and_o without_o more_o turmoil_n william_n have_v be_v crown_v have_v he_o in_o this_o case_n be_v a_o conqueror_n in_o the_o sense_n contend_v for_o and_o what_o make_v the_o difference_n between_o his_o have_v it_o of_o harold_n free_o or_o by_o force_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n sure_o he_o will_v never_o have_v endeavour_v to_o come_v in_o by_o treaty_n to_o a_o limit_a dominion_n when_o with_o those_o advantage_n that_o be_v on_o his_o side_n he_o may_v expect_v by_o turn_v â—ut_v harold_n to_o jump_v into_o the_o absolute_a disposal_n of_o the_o whole_a land_n but_o immediate_o after_o st._n edward_n death_n he_o send_v a_o ambassador_n to_o demand_v a_o resignation_n from_o harold_n to_o which_o he_o urge_v his_o obligation_n by_o oath_n the_o gift_n of_o his_o kinsman_n the_o confessor_n be_v likewise_o pretend_v but_o harold_n argue_v for_o the_o invalidity_n both_o of_o his_o own_o oath_n and_o the_o other_o bequest_n because_o they_o be_v 439._o selden_n review_n of_o the_o history_n of_o tithe_n p._n 439._o absque_fw-la generali_fw-la senate_n &_o populi_fw-la conventu_fw-la &_o edicto_fw-la that_o â—s_n no_o act_n of_o the_o common-council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o council_n be_v represent_v by_o this_o author_n under_o the_o form_n of_o the_o roman_a council_n at_o those_o time_n when_o beside_o the_o senator_n vote_n there_o be_v the_o jussus_fw-la populi_fw-la and_o this_o be_v in_o other_o word_n 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