A.D. 1340. be called, and said to the demandant:-What do you pray? Will you not have seisin of the land?-W. Thorpe. Sir, we will have that which you will reasonably adjudge.—And afterwards STONORE said:-Can you say anything in opposition to her, wherefore she shall not be admitted ?—W. Thorpe. Show first how the reversion belongs to her.-Gayneford. One W. de O. leased the same tenements, together with the other moiety, to one Christiana for term of her life, and afterwards granted the reversion to R. de Overton father of the aforesaid J., Ellen's husband, and to his heirs for ever. Christiana attorned. R. died, and after his death the reversion descended to J. as to his son and heir, and this J. granted the reversion to two persons. Christiana attorned. The two persons granted the same reversion to the aforesaid J. and Ellen in frank-marriage. Christiana attorned, and afterwards leased her estate to him who made default after default, and the latter leased a moiety to him who is essoined, and in that way we pray to be admitted.-W. Thorpe. You pray to be admitted by reason of a grant of a reversion, and the proof of that is naturally by specialty; judgment, &c.— Gayneford produced a deed of the grant to R. and another of the grant to Ellen and her husband by the two persons. W. Thorpe imparled.-And, on the morrow, Stouford said :-You have here J. son of J. de Overton who tells you, with regard to the moiety which is in danger of being lost, that the tenant holds it in severalty in the manner alleged (above) and tells you that his grandfather, R. by name, purchased the same reversion, which descended to J. his father, which J. died seised of the reversion, and he is son and heir of this same J., and so the reversion belongs to him, and he is within age and prays to be admitted to defend his right. And Stouford produced only the first deed by

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et dit al demandant :-Quei prietz vous? Ne voillez A.D. 1340. vous aver seisine de terre?-W. Thorpe. Sire, nous voloms aver ceo qe vous voillez agarder par reson.Et pus1 STON. Savez rien dire en contrare luy pur quei ele ne serra mye resceu? W. Thorpe. Moustrez a de primes coment la reversion est a luy.-Gayn. Un W. de O.3 lessa mesmes lez tenementz, ensemble ove lautre moyte, a un Christiene a terme de sa vie, et pus granta la reversion a R. de Overtone pere lavantdit J. barron Elyn et a cez heirez a touz jours. Christiene atturna. R. morust, apres R. morust, apres qi mort la reversion descendi a J. cum a fitz et heirez, lequel J. granta la reversion a ij. persones. Christiene satturna. Les queux granterent mesme la reversion a les avant dit J. et Elyne en frank mariage. Christiene satturna, et pus lessa soun estat a celuy qe fit defaute apres defaute, et il lessa la moyte a celuy qe est essone, et par tiel manere nous prioms destre resceu.-W. Thorpe. Vous priez destre resceu par reson dun grant de reversion, quel chose chiet naturelment en especialte; 5 jugement, &c.-Gayn. mist avant fait du grant a R. et un aultre grant a lui et a soun barroun par les ij. persones. W. Thorpe enparla. Et alendemeyn Stouff. Vous avez' yci J. le fitz J. de Overtone, qe vous dit qen dreit de la moyte qest a perdre le tenant le tient en severalte par la manere, ut supra, et vous dit qe soun aiel, R. par noun, purchacea mesme la reversion, qe descendi a J. son pere, quel J. morust seisi de la reversion, et il est fitz et heir mesme celuy J., issint est le reversion a luy, et il est deinz age et prie destre resceu a defendre son dreit. Et moustra avant tant solement le

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A.D. 1340. which the reversion was granted to his grandfather.W. Thorpe. There is nothing now to prevent us from having seisin of the land, except only the prayer of the woman to be admitted, and you have therefore come too late, for John de Redenesse, in a similar case, was precluded from being admitted.-SCHARSHULLE. In that case the plea was adjourned before his coming. Not so here. And if he came at the end of term, and judgment was not given, nor the matter adjourned, we would admit him.-W. Thorpe. As to the woman, at any rate, she shows nothing that proves the reversion to have been granted to the two persons through whom she claims; judgment whether she shall be admitted.— Gayneford. And we pray judgment (since we produce the first deed, and we will aver the grant to the two persons together with the attornment, and we show the subsequent grant made by the two persons to us, as above) whether we shall not be admitted. - SCHARSHULLE. Answer now as to the prayer of the infant under age.-W. Thorpe. Sir, discharge us first as to the woman, for with regard to her it is sufficiently clear that she shall not be admitted, and perhaps she will be able to take advantage of some plea between the infant and me; and therefore oust the woman, and I will answer willingly as to the infant. SCHARSHULLE. Though twenty persons were to come and pray to be admitted, and each for a separate cause, you would be put to answer to each, and with each you might take issue. And with regard to the woman we will consider; wherefore answer as to the infant.-W. Thorpe. Whereas you suppose that Christiana leased her estate to him who made default and that so the reversion belongs to you, we say that he never had anything by lease from Christiana; ready, &c.-Stouford. That is no plea without saying that the tenant has a fee or saying

primer fait qe se fist a son aiel.-W. Thorpe. Rien A.D. 1340. narest1 ore qe nous nussoms seisine de terre, mes soulment la prier la femme, par quei vous estez venuz ore trop tard, qar Johan de Reden[esse] en autiel cas fut ouste del resceite.-SCHAR. En cele cas le plee fut adjourne devant sa venue. Non sic hic. Et sil venist al fyn de terme, et jugement ne fut my rendu, ne la chose ajourne, nous ly vodroms rescever. -W. Thorpe. A mayns quant al feme ele ne moustre nule riens qe prove la reversion estre grante a les ij. persones par my quex ele cleyme; jugement si ele serra resceu.-Gayn. Et nous jugement, del houre qe nous moustromz avant le primer fait, et le grant a les ij. persones nous voloms averer ovesqe latturnement, et pus nous moustroms grant deux fait a nous, ut supra, si3 nous ne serroms resceu.-SCH. Responez ore a la priere lenfant deinz age.-W. Thorpe. Sire, deschargez nous primes de la femme,5 qar en dreit de cella il est assez clere qele ne serra mie resceu, et par cas ele purra prendre avantage dascun plee entre lenfant et moy; et pur ceo oustez la femme, et jeo respondray a lenfant volontiers.--SCHAR. Mesqe il vyndrent xx. et priassent destre resceu, et chescun par severale cause, vous serrez mys a respondre a chequn, `et a chequn vous purriez prendre issue. Et en dreit de la femme nous voloms aviser; par quei responez a lenfant.-W. Thorpe. La ou vous supposez qe Christiene lessa son estat a celuy qe fit defaute et qissint est la reversion a vous, nous dioms qil navoit unqes rien de lees Christiene; prest, &c. -Stouff. Ceo nest mye plee sanz dire qe le tenant ad fee ou a dire qe

A.D. 1340. that I have not anything in the reversion but that another has; wherefore, &c.--SCHARSHULLE. Yes, it is, for the cause for which you pray to be admitted is the manner of his tenancy by lease from Christiana, which cause he destroys, and, perhaps, the tenant has only a term for life, in which case if he say that he had a fee, the finding will be against him; wherefore answer.— Stouford examined his client, and said that he who made default held by lease from Christiana and one S. her husband, and the rest as above, and prayed to be admitted.-W. Thorpe. You shall not be admitted to that, for you previously prayed to be admitted for a certain cause, which cause we have destroyed, wherefore no law allows you to pray now for another cause.— SCHARSHULLE. He is within age, and we will not adjudge in the case of an infant within age as in the case of a man of full age; wherefore, &c.-R. Thorpe. Whereas he prays to be admitted, and has shown several tenancy, that prayer is in abatement of our writ which supposes the tenancy of the tenants to be in common; wherefore we will maintain our writ, that is to say, that they hold in common as the writ supposes; ready, &c.— Stouford. He holds in severalty in the manner we have supposed; ready, &c.-And the issue was received, &c.

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§ Præcipe quod reddat unum mesuagium quod red-brought against W. and G., and G. made default. dat against two perThe Grand Cape issued in respect of a moiety, and sons where W. had Idem dies. And on that day G. again makes default, default, and W. also now makes default.-W. Thorpe.

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