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[001] Order A. to render to B., rightfully and without delay, so much land with the appurtenances
[002] in such a vill which he claims is his right by reason of a gift which the
[003] same A. made him by his charter, as the same B. says, and in which the same A.
[004] has no entry except by this, that he intruded himself into that land, contrary to his
[005] gift and charter, after the death of such a one, who held that land in dower of the
[006] aforesaid B. and thence did him service all her life, and which ought to revert to the
[007] aforesaid B. after the death of the aforesaid woman by reason of the gift of the same
[008] A., as the same B. says.’ Or in another way, if the donor and the donee die, a stranger
[009] intrudes himself, and the heir of the donee claims, let the following writ be drawn
[010] for him.

Of a dower given in the lifetime of the wife who held the dower and whose service was attorned to the donee.1


[012] ‘The king to the sheriff, greeting. Order A. rightfully and without delay to render to
[013] B. so much land with the appurtenances in such a vill which he claims is his right by
[014] reason of a gift which C., the father of D., made to E., the father of the aforesaid
[015] B., whose heir he is, in which the said A. has no entry except by this, that he intruded
[016] himself2 into that land after the death of such a woman who held that land in
[017] dower of E. the father of the same B., whose heir he is, and who did him service
[018] therefrom all her life, and which ought to revert to the aforesaid B. after the death
[019] of the aforesaid woman by reason of the gift which the aforesaid C. made to E.,3
[020] as the same B.4 says. And unless he does so etc.,’ And thus dower reverts.



Notes

1. Om: ‘et sic non ad heredem’

2. ‘nisi per hoc quod se intrusit,’ as above

3. ‘E’

4. ‘B’