INDEX.
A.
Abbots cannot without King’s consent alien, 123
—— of Canons Regular may appear for their Order, 229
Absence of Lords, 65
—— of Parties, 30
—— of Summoners, 26
—— of Tenant, 27
—— of Demandant, 28
Accusations, 278
Accuser, certain or uncertain, 278, 279
Admeasurement of Dower—Writ of, 112
Administration, who entitled to, 137
Advocatio (Note 1.), 69
Advowsons—general doctrine of, begins at, 69
Æsnecia (Note 1.), 127
Afforciament (Note 1.), 53
Age, Writ to ascertain, 261
Aids (Note 1.), 190
Aisiamenta (Note 1.), 239
Allegiance, 177, 178
Amercements, 202
—— in County Courts belong to Sheriff, 193
Appeal of Felony, 141
Appellans (Note 3.), 275
Appeals, who may prosecute, 282
Arbelastarius (Note 1.), 232
Arrha (Note 4.), 216
Assisa (Note 1.), 36
Assise Grand (see Grand Assise), 44
Assises, general doctrine of, begins at, 246
Assise of darrein presentment, 263
—— mort d’auncestor, 246
—— novel disseisin, 270
—— when it lies not for burgage tenure, 255
Attachment (Note 1.), 66
Attornato faciendo—Writ de, 226
Attornies—general doctrine concerning, begins at, 223
Attorney may cast Essoins for himself, 226
—— may be removed, 228
Avunculus (Note 1.), 125
B.
Bailiff cannot, as such, appear as Attorney, 225
Ballivus (Note 1.), 225
Banco, Justicii in (Note 2.), 41
Baro (Note 3.), 173
Bastards cannot inherit, 147
—— formerly inherited in Wales (Note 1.), 148
—— who succeed to, 150
Bastardy, when bar to an Assise, 254
—— Writ to inquire concerning, 148
Bishops cannot without King’s consent alien, 123
—— do not when consecrated perform Homage, 180
—— do when consecrated perform Fealty, 180
Bladum (Note 2.), 33
Boscus (Note 2.), 239
Breve (Note 4.), 4
Burgage Tenure—not entitles King to Custody, 142
—— when it bars an Assise, 255
C.
Campio (Note 2.), 36
Capital Messuage not allotted in Dower, 108
Cellarii (Note 1.), 229
Champion, when hired, inadmissible, 38
—— if formerly a Villein, objectionable, 89
—— when conquered how punished, 39
—— collusively vouched (Note 2.), 219
Charters, proof of, 214
—— falsifying, 290
Chattels when forfeited, 152, 156
—— of Intestate, 151
—— of Usurer, 151
—— not distrained for non-appearance, 199
Chief Manor not allotted in Dower, 109
Chirograph, 168
Clamat (Note 1.), 5
Clamor popularis, 286
Coin false, 290
Commodatum (Note 2.), 214
Concord, why called Final, 166
—— breach of, how punished, 167
Concords, general doctrine of,—begins at, 161
Conditions, 206
Conductum (Note 1.), 221
Confiscation, 282
Consanguinity in questions of freedom, 85
—— in questions of Intestacy, 137
—— bar to Assise of mort d’auncestor, 255
Constitution (Note 1.), 49
Consuetudines (Note 4.), 165
Consuetudinibus et servitiis—Writ de, 192
Contempt of Court, 30, 66, &c.
Contemptus Brevium (Note 4.), 4
Contenement (Note 3.), 190
Contracts private, 221
Counts, when they vary from Writ, effect of, 244
Courts inferior—when allowed Records, 170, 173
——, County—differ in their Customs, 244
—— of Lords—differ in their Customs, 234
Crimen falsi (Note 2.), 2, 290
Croftum (Note 3.), 164
Curtesy of England (Note 1.), 158
Custody of Heirs, 139
—— discharges Relief—when, 184
Customs, 128, 133
Custum (Note 1.), 29
D.
Darrien presentment—Writ of, 263
Debt—Writ of, 198
Debts—Pleas concerning, 198
—— how proved, 213
Default, how punished, 16
Deposit, 199
Descents, general Canons of, 124
—— amongst Grecians, Normans, Lombardi, &c. (Note 2.), 125
Desponsatio (Note 1.), 94
Disseisins, 270
Distresses, 103, 179, 191, 199, 228, &c.
Divisa (Note 1.), 133
Divorce for Incontinence bars Dower, 110
—— for Relationship bars Dower, 110
Dominium (Note 1.), 123
Dower, general doctrine of, begins at, 93
—— in what senses used, 93
—— ad Ostium Ecclesiæ, 94
—— Ex assensu Patris, 111
—— admeasurement of, 95
—— how demanded, 101
—— not of land already in Dower, 109
—— its assignment not postponed for Heir’s Infancy, 109
—— barred by Divorce for Incontinence or Relationship, 110
—— Writ of Right of, 99
Duel, Trial by, 33
—— its rise and decline (Note 1.), 34
—— reason of (Note 1.), 35
—— not allowed in questions of Villenage, 88
—— not waged by Villein-born though Knighted, 89
—— Courts not bound to defend their Records by, 171
—— Courts bound to defend their Judgments by, 171
—— in Criminal matters, 282
—— when only compromised by License, 282
Duodecimâ Manu (Note 2.), 8
E.
Earnest, 216
Ecclesiastical Court—holds not plea of Debt—when, 212
—— when it has Jurisdiction generally, 245
Election of Knights on Grand Assise, 48
Enfranchisement—modes of effecting, 88
—— under Saxons (Note 1.), 88
Escambium (Note 1.), 61
—— when Bracton wrote (Note 1.), 61
Escheat for want of Heir, 154
—— for incontinence of female Heir, 154
—— for felony, 154
—— for conviction of Theft, 156
—— for Outlawry, 155
Essoins, principal kinds of (Note 1.), 6
—— general doctrine of—begins at, 6
—— not allowed by one of full age against Minor, 256
—— nor in Novel Disseisins, 251
—— may be cast by Attorney for himself, 226
Essoiners may appoint Essoiners, 18
—— Writ to take as Defaulters, 13
Essonium (Note 1.), 6
Exceptions to Jurors, 50
Exchequer, 142
Executors—who, 136
F.
Failure of Justice in Lord’s Court, 234
Faldæ (Note 2.), 165
Faldæ secta (Note 2.), 165
Falsifying Judgments, 172
False-claim, punishable, 30
Famâ publicâ (Note 2.), 278
Fealty, 129, 157
Fee, how lost, 179
Felony—appeal of, 141
—— forfeits Land, 154
Females, Custody of, 143
Feme sole may make a Testament, 134
—— covert cannot without Husband’s consent, 134
Feodum (Note 2.), 103
Fidei interpositio (Note 2.), 280
Final Concord—forms of, 162, 163
Fine—bar to Assise of mort d’auncestor, 254
Fines—general doctrine of—begins at, 161
Forfeitures, 154, 155, 156, 179, 282, &c., &c.
Forgeries, 290
Forinseca (Note 1.), 165
Forisfacio (Note 2.), 146
Forisfamiliatus (Note 1.), 131
Fossatum (Note 4.), 272
Frankalmoigne, 114
Freedom, how proved, 85
—— not to be purchased with Villein’s own money, 89
—— means of acquiring, 88
Frussetum (Note 2.), 164
G.
Gifts of Land—how far allowed, 114
—— —— defective without seisin, 114
Grand Assise, 44
—— —— bars to, 42
—— —— the Essoins it allows, 49
—— —— concerning what things, 51
Gyldam (Note 4.), 90
H.
Heirs—how far bound by Ancestors’ Gifts, 124
—— how divided, 124
—— when disinherited (see Forfeiture, Escheat, &c.)
—— in right line preferred to transverse line, 124, 129
Heres remotior (Note 4.), 117
—— Ultimus, a Man’s Lord, 153
Hiring, 221
Homage, difference between and Fealty (Note 1.), 128
—— performed by Husband of Eldest Daughter, 128
—— general doctrine of, begins at, 175
—— must be received by Lord, when, 177
—— performed to several Lords for different Fees, 177
—— liege, when due, 177
—— form of, 177
—— effect of, 178
—— not performed by Women, 176
—— not by consecrated Bishops, 180
—— for what due, 181
—— to whom, 182
Homicide, its species, 285
—— properly so called, 286
—— not bailable, 281, 285
Hue and Cry, 286
Husbands—their power over their Wives’ Inheritance, 129
—— perform Homage for Wives’ Land, 177
I.
Impetitio (Note 1.), 262
Imprisonment, 279, 281
Incendiaries, 288
Incontinence in female Heirs how punished, 146
—— divorce for, bar to dower, 110
Infamy, 56
Institution (Note 1.), 49
Interrogations in Pleas of Crown, 279
Intestacy, 136, 151
J.
Judgments inferior Courts bound to defend by Duel, 171
—— falsifying, 172
—— in Capital Offences, 280
Judicium Dei, 282
Jurata, 46, 194
Juris Utrum (Note 1.), 266
Jurors, 50, 194
Justices Itinerant (Note 2.), 151
Justicia (Note 3.), 141
Justiciare (Note 1.), 192
Justicii in Banco (Note 2.), 41
K.
King’s Death, crime of, 2, 278
—— Peace, 3, 27, 30, &c.
—— Writ of Warranty, 8
—— Charters falsifying, 290
Knight’s Heir in custody of Lord, 140
Knights summoned as Jurors on Grand Assise, 48
Knight’s Fee, relief of, 185
Knight, if formerly Villein, objectionable as Champion, 90
L.
Languor (Note 2.), 15
Law, loss of, 39
Læse Majesty, 2, 278
Legacy, 137
Lex Apparens (Note 2.), 279
Libertate probanda, writ de, 84
Limitation of mort d’auncestor, 247
—— of Novel Disseisin, 272
Loans, 199
Locatum (Note 1.), 221
Lords may distrain their Tenants, 179
M.
Magna Assisa Eligenda, writ of, 48
Mahemium (Note 3.), 282
Manor chief not to be allotted in Dower, 109
Maritagium (Note 1.), 113
Marriage of female Heirs—Lords consulted on, 144
Marriage-hood, free or not, 156
Mayhem protects from duel, 282
—— what, 282
Measures false, 290
Medletum or Melletum (Note 1.), 3
Messuage capital, 109, 127
Metal discovering, 284
Minor when bound to answer generally, 260
—— must answer Minor in his custody, 140
—— no Essoin against, by one of full age, 256
Minority of Heir of a Knight, 139
—— —— of a Sockman, 139
—— —— of a Burgess, 139
Misericordia (Note 1.), 28
Mort d’Auncestor, Assise of, 257
—— —— bars to, 254
—— —— writ of, 247, &c.
Mortgage, 284
—— when usurious, 209
Mulier (Note 1.), 97
Mulieratus filius (Note 2.), 116
Mutuum (Note 1.), 204
Murder, 285
—— not bailable, 2, 285
N.
Nativus (Note 2.), 83
Ne injuste vexes, writ of, 237
Nihil habet, writ of, 106
Non-plevin (Note 1.), 14
Novel-Disseisin, assise of, 270
—— —— meaning of Term (Note 1.), 270
—— —— allows no Essoin, 250, 274
—— —— allows of vouching warrantor, 275
Nuisances, 194, 273, 274
O.
Ordeal (Note 1.), 283
Outlawry, 154
Oxland (Note 2.), 162
P.
Parage (Note 3.), 181
Parentela (Note 3.), 110
Pares (Note 1.), 180
Pasture, admeasurement of, 238
—— disseisin of, 274
Perjury, 55
Persona (Note 2.), 69
Pleas, how divided, 1
—— criminal appertaining to Crown, 2, 278
—— criminal appertaining to Sheriff, 3
—— civil discussed in King’s Court, 3
—— civil discussed in Sheriff’s Court, 4, 236
Pledges 27, 200
—— in criminal cases, 6, 7, 279
—— of Essoiners, writ to summon, 13
Pone, writ of, 100
Possession, writs to deliver, 14, 40, &c.
Præcipe quod reddat, writ of, 5
Precariæ (Note 3.), 165
Presentation, when devolving on Tenant in Dower, 109
Proclamo (Note 1.), 86
Prohibition, writs of, 46, 82, &c.
Purchase, 216
Purgation by ordeal, 283
Purpresture, or Propresture, 193
Putagium (Note 3.), 147
Q.
Quæstus, or Questus (Note 3.), 95
Quit-claim, 254
R.
Rape, 2, 289
Rationabili parte Bonorum, writ of, 137, 240
Rationabilibus divisis, writ of, 197, 239
Recognitiones (Note 2.), 4
Recognitions, general doctrine of, 246
Record, courts of, 170
Records, of inferior courts not conclusive, 170
—— when allowed to inferior courts, 170
—— no court bound to defend by Duel, 171
Recreantisa (Note 3.), 39
Rectatus (Note 2.), 27
Reliefs, 184
Relief of Knight’s Fee, 185
—— of Socage Lands, 185
—— of Baronies, 185
—— once paid not again due, 184
—— when not due (Note 2.), 184
Replegiare (Note 1.), 73
Replegiare de averiis, writ of, 238
Reseantisâ (Note 1.), 10
Respectus (Note 1.), 22
Responsalis (Note 1.), 223
Right, writs of, 231, 233, &c.
Robbery, 288
Roberia (Note 2.), 288
Rustic may bring an Appeal, 282
—— tried by water-ordeal, 283
S.
Sale, 216
Seals, 213
Sedition, 2, 278
Seisina (Note 2.), 7
Seneschallus (Note 2.), 225
Sequela (Note 1.), 238
Serjeanties, 186
Servientes (Note 1.), 20
—— Domini Regis (Note 1.), 20
Sextarii (Note 1.), 47
Sheriffs, their jurisdiction, 2, 4, 236, &c.
—— entitled to Amercements in county courts, 193
Socagium (Note 3.), 118
Socage Lands, how descendible, 126
—— —— how long partible (Note 2.), 126
—— —— Relief of, 185
Sockman’s Heir in whose custody, 142
Stagnum (Note 1.), 273
Steward cannot, as such, act as Attorney, 225
Stika, or Stica (Note 2.), 47
Succession, Rules of, 124
Suits, how removed from Lord’s to County Court, 235
Summons, doctrine of, begins at, 5
—— writs of, 5, 48, &c.
Suretyship, 201
T.
Tales, 52
Terminus (Note 2.), 22
Testaments, 134
Theft, 2, 156, &c.
—— cognisable by Sheriffs, 2
Toft (Note 3.), 162
Treasure Trove, 2, 284
Treason, 2, 278, &c.
Turbaria (Note 4.), 164
U.
Ultima presentatio, Assise of, 262
Ultimus Heres, a Man’s Lord, 153
Utlagatus (Note 3.), 154
Usury, when Mortgage amounts to, 209
—— punishment of, 151
Usurers, not convicted whilst living, 151
V.
Vassal, 178
Vicinetum (Note 1.), 32
View, 31
—— writ directing, 32
Villa privilegiata (Note 3.), 90
Villeins-born, 91
Villenage, general doctrine of, begins at, 83
—— plea of, not held by Sheriff, 84
—— when bar to an Assise, 254
Villenagium (Note 1.), 83
W.
Wardship, 139, 258, &c.
Warrantia Dici, writ of, 8
Warrantor, writ to compel him to appear, 62
Warrantus (Note 2.), 59
Warranty, general doctrine of, begins at, 59
—— writ of, 62, 102
—— vendors bound in, 218
Waste of Felon’s Lands, 155
Widows must ask Lord’s consent to marry, 145
—— not liable to custody, 147
—— do not forfeit for Incontinence, 147
Wife cannot, in Husband’s life, sell her dower, 97
—— her husband may sell her Dower, 97
—— may appoint Husband her Attorney, 227
Will of Lands not allowed, 115, 136
—— of personal, how far allowed, 134
—— —— —— witnesses to, 136
—— —— —— under Ecclesiastical cognizance, 137
Women can do no Homage, 176
—— in what cases they can prosecute Appeals, 286, 287
Writs, Errors in the effect of, 244
—— forms of, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 25, 32, 40, &c., &c.
FINIS.