Lyttleton, His Treatise of Tenures in French and English"The ornament of the Common Law." Lyttleton, His Treatise of Tenures, in French and English. A New Edition, Printed From the Most Ancient Copies, And Collated With the Various Readings of the Cambridge MSS. To Which Are Added The Ancient Treatise of the Olde Tenures, And the Customs of Kent. Originally published: London: S. Sweet, 1841. lv, [1], 727 pp. Hardcover. New. With index. Parallel text in Law-French and English. Written during the reign of Edward IV [1442-1483], Littleton's Tenures was much admired for its learning and style. It is concerned with the doctrines of old English Common Law regarding the tenures of real estate as well as issues related to real property. This venerable work, which Coke called "the ornament of the Common Law, and the most perfect and absolute work that ever was written in any humane science," is a considered a landmark because it renounced the principles of Roman law in favor of a set of guidelines and doctrines drawn from the Year Books, and when necessary, hypothetical cases. Sir Thomas Littleton [1402-1481] was a King's Serjeant, Judge of Assize and Justice of the Common Pleas. T.E. Tomlins [1804-1872] was a notable legal writer and antiquarian. His is best known for his Popular-Law Dictionary (1838). (He is confused sometime with his uncle, Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, the prolific legal writer and editor of the later editions of Jacob's Law-Dictionary.) |
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... fealty and homage on accession to seignorial property ; and in the event of a transfer , by sale or gift , or other- wise ( except in hereditary succession ) , the seignory was subject to the payment of a quint , or fifth part of the ...
... FEALTY III . ESCUAGE IV . KNIGHT SERVICE 123 . 126 135 V. SOCAGE · 155 VI . FRANKALMOIGN 169 VII . HOMAGE ANCESTREL 178 VIII . GRAND SERJEANTY 187 IX . PETIT SERJEANTY 191 X. TENURE IN BURGAGE 193 XI . VILLENAGE 206 XII . RENTS 242 BOOK ...
... fealty , until the fourth degree is past , and after that the fourth degree be past , the issue in the fifth degree , and so forth , the other issues after him shall hold of the donor , or of his heirs , as they hold over , as aforesaid ...
... fealty and rent . When no rent is reserved on the particular estate , fealty however results of course , as an incident quite inseparable , and may be demanded as a badge of tenure , or acknowledgment of su- periority ; being frequently ...
... fealty shall be incident ; and which shall only de- scend to the heirs of his father's blood , and not to his heirs general , as a remainder limited to him by a third person would have done : for it is the old estate , which was ori ...
Contents
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PETIT SERJEANTY | 191 |
TENURE IN BURGAGE | 193 |
VILLENAGE | 206 |
RENTS | 242 |
PARCENERS | 277 |
PARCENERS BY CUSTOM | 297 |
JOINTTENANTS | 324 |
TENANTS IN COMMON | 342 |
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102 | |
BOOK II | 117 |
FEALTY | 123 |
ESCUAGE | 126 |
KNIGHT SERVICE | 135 |
SOCAGE | 155 |
FRANKALMOIGN | 169 |
HOMAGE ANCESTREL | 178 |
GRAND SERJEANTY | 187 |
ESTATES UPON CONDITION | 367 |
DESCENTS WHICH TOLL ENTRIES | 425 |
CONTINUAL CLAIM | 444 |
RELEASES | 471 |
CONFIRMATION | 522 |
ATTORNMENT | 542 |
DISCONTINUANCE | 574 |
REMITTER | 617 |
WARRANTY | 648 |
538 in marg for and of my right read and release of my right 636 in n for origninal read original 661 in marg for issue read assets | 661 |
693 sixth line from the bottom for serront read ferront | 693 |