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[001] the said A. has no entry except through C., once the husband of the mother of the said
[002] B., whose heir he is, who sold it, as he says, etc.’ If one makes a gift while the heir is
[003] within age and in his wardship, and the heir claims on his own seisin, let the writ then
[004] be in this form:

While he was within age and in wardship.


[006] ‘The king to the sheriff, greeting. Order A. that rightfully and without delay he
[007] render to B. who is of full age, as it is said, so much land with the appurtenances in
[008] such a vill which he claims is his right and inheritance and in which the aforesaid A.
[009] has no entry except through C. who had nothing except wardship therein while the
[010] same B. was within age and in his wardship, as he says. And unless he does so etc. (as
[011] above).’

If the heir claims on an ancestor's seisin.


[013] If an heir claims land on the seisin of his ancestors which a guardian has aliened while
[014] he was within age and in his wardship, let the writ then be in this form. ‘Order etc. (as
[015] above) which he claims is his right and inheritance and in which the same A. has no
[016] entry except through C., who had nothing but wardship therein while such a one, the
[017] father (or ‘mother,’ ‘brother’ or ‘sister,’ ‘grandfather’ or ‘grandmother,’ ‘uncle’ or
[018] ‘aunt,’ ‘cousin’ or ‘ancestor’) of the same B., whose heir he is, was within age and in
[019] his wardship, as he says etc. And unless etc.’ Or in another way, ‘and in which he has
[020] no entry except through C. whose father (or other ancestor) held that land in wardship
[021] with the same B. while the said B. was within age, and who now is of age, as it is
[022] said, of which land his father (or other ancestor) died seised only by reason of the
[023] wardship of the said B. And unless he does so etc.’ Or in another way, ‘in which the
[024] said A. has no entry except through C., who demised that land to him while that land
[025] was in the wardship of the said C. by our precept. And unless he does so etc.’ Or in another
[026] way, ‘Order A. that rightfully etc. he render to B. who is of full age so much land
[027] etc. which he claims is his right and inheritance and in which he has no entry except
[028] by reason of wardship, because the aforesaid land is of the fee of the same A. And
[029] unless he does so etc.’ Or thus: ‘in which he has no entry except through C. whose
[030] father had that land in wardship with the same B. while B. was within age, who is now
[031] of full age, of which land his father died seised by reason of the wardship of the said B.
[032] And unless he does so etc.’ Or in another way ‘in which the same A. has no entry except
[033] through C., who demised that land to the same A. while the same B. was in his
[034] wardship



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