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Page 415
... lands in the same parish , both belonged to a religious * house , [ * 32 those lands were discharged of tithes by this unity of possession : 4. By prescription ; having never been liable to tithes , by being always in spiritual hands ...
... lands in the same parish , both belonged to a religious * house , [ * 32 those lands were discharged of tithes by this unity of possession : 4. By prescription ; having never been liable to tithes , by being always in spiritual hands ...
Page 458
... lands , which are ( as is before mentioned ) subject to no escheats for felony , though they are to escheats for want of heirs . ( ƒ ) Thus much for the two grand species of tenure , under which almost all the free lands of the kingdom ...
... lands , which are ( as is before mentioned ) subject to no escheats for felony , though they are to escheats for want of heirs . ( ƒ ) Thus much for the two grand species of tenure , under which almost all the free lands of the kingdom ...
Page 492
... lands , yet if Jane dies , and he marries a second wife , that second wife shall never be endowed of the lands entailed ; for no issue that she could have , could by any possibility inherit them . ( v ) A seisin in law of the husband ...
... lands , yet if Jane dies , and he marries a second wife , that second wife shall never be endowed of the lands entailed ; for no issue that she could have , could by any possibility inherit them . ( v ) A seisin in law of the husband ...
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