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[001] right to such persons with respect to so much land with the appurtenances in such a
[002] vill which they claim is the reasonable part which belongs to them (males or females)
[003] of the free tenement which belonged to such a one, their father (or ‘mother,’ ‘grandfather’
[004] or ‘grandmother,’ ‘uncle’ or ‘aunt’) in the same vill, and to hold of you by the
[005] free service of so much a year for all service, of which such a one deforces them. And
[006] unless you do so the sheriff of such a place shall, lest we hear further complaint for
[007] default of right. Witness etc.’ Or thus: ‘which they claim is the reasonable part which
[008] belongs to them of the free tenement which belonged to such a one, their father (or
[009] ‘mother,’ ‘uncle’ or ‘aunt,’ as above).’

The writ of right to bailiffs of a soke or guardians of honours.


[011] ‘The king to the bailiffs of the soke of such a place (or ‘the guardian of such an honour’),
[012] greeting. We order you without delay to do full right to such a one with respect
[013] to so much land with the appurtenances in such a vill which he claims to hold of the
[014] aforesaid soke (or ‘the aforesaid honour’) by the free service of so much a year for all
[015] service, of which such a one deforces him. And unless you do so the sheriff shall, lest
[016] we hear further complaint for the default of right. Witness etc.’

The writ of right if one ought to hold of the king in chief.


[018] 1‘The king to the sheriff, such a one, greeting. Order such a one that rightfully and
[019] without delay he return to such a one so much land with the appurtenances in such a
[020] vill which he claims as his right and inheritance and to hold of us in chief, as to which
[021] he complains that the aforesaid, such a one, unjustly deforces him. And unless he
[022] does so, and [if] the demandant has made you secure with respect to the prosecution
[023] of his claim, then summon the aforesaid, such a one, by good summoners to be before
[024] our justices at Westminster on such a day to show why he has not done so. And have
[025] there the summoners and this writ. Witness etc.’ If the land ought to be held of an
[026] heir who is under age, then let the writ be this.

The writ of right to a guardian where the heir is under age.


[028] ‘The king to the guardian of the land and of the heir of such a one, greeting. We order
[029] you rightfully and without delay to do full right to such a one with respect to so much
[030] land with the appurtenances in such a vill which he claims to hold of the aforesaid heir
[031] by the free service of so much a year for all service, of which such a one deforces him.
[032] And unless you do so the sheriff of such a place shall, lest etc.’

The writ to bailiffs of manors according to the customs of manors.


[034] ‘The king to his bailiffs of such a vill, greeting. We order you without



Notes

1. Clanchy in E.H.R., lxxix, 542


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