whatsoever of or in those lands so by her surrendered and granted as aforesaid.

Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that no husband which hereafter shall be married to a wife seized of any copyhold land within the said manors, shall power right or interest by surviving the wife and fining with the lord, or otherwise by customs of the said manors, or either of them, to have, hold, or keep, or otherwise to convey or dispose the said lands from the right heir of the said wife; or that any woman which hereafter shall be married to a husband seized of any copyhold lands within the said manor, shall have any power, right, or title by surviving her husband, or otherwise by the custom of the said manors, have, hold, or keep, or otherwise to convey and dispose, the said lands from the heir of the said husband.

And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that all customs and usages heretofore used or allowed within the said manors, or either of them, concerning the having and enjoying of any of the said customary lands and tenements by any widow

of any customary tenant of the same manors or either of them, or by any after taken husband of such widow, or by the heirs of any such wife or after taken husband, or concerning the descending of any of the said customary lands or tenements to any other person or persons, or in any other manner or form than is herein before declared, shall be utterly void and of no effect; and that all other lawful customs and usages heretofore used or allowed within the said manors, or either of 'em, not being repugnant and contrary to the true meaning of this act, shall, be and remain good and effectual, and are and shall be ratified and confirmed by the authority of this present act.

No. X.

Custom as to the Estate of the Husband and Wife, in the Manor of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, previously to the preceding Act, 1 Car. 1. Extracted from the Survey of the Manor.

To the fowerteenth and fyfteenth articles they answere and saye, that to theire knowledge, not any ffreehoulder, customary tenante, or other houlding land of or belonging unto this mannor, hath committed any treason, felony, or other acte, whereby the land or other benefit ought to fall to the prince. And they know not of any tenante of this mannor to stand outlawed; nether know they that any bastard doth possese any land within or belonging as hereunto A supposed father, or unto any other, nor any alien or stranger not made denison.

To the sixteenth article they answere and saie, that the customs of the mannor are di

vers: Feyrst, the customary tenants in basse tenure of this mannor doe respectively hould and are seized of their tenements of an estate of inheritance customarie, (viz.) sibɩ et heredibs. suis, descendible to their yongest sonnes, and in defalte thereof to theire yongest daughters, and in defalte thereof to their yongest brothers, and in defaltet hereof to theire youngest sisters, &c. according to the custome of the sayd mannor.

Allsoe, if any customary tenant aforesayd, make his ffyne for his admittance and dye, havinge a wyfe, she is to have the land or tenemente whereunto her sayd husband was so admitted, for her lyfe and twelve years after, if she shall dispose of it. And yf the wyfe shall marry agayne, and her husband that she shall soe marry shall agree with the lord and make his fyne, then shall he gaine and have the land or tenement to him and his, of an estate of an inheritance discendable to his yongest sonne, or in default thereof to his yongest daughter, according to the custome of the mannor; and yf he over live his wyfe, and dye without issue of his body, his customary tenement shall goe to the yongest yssue male of the body of

the fyrst husband by whome the land did move; and for defalte of such issue male, then shall it go to the yongest issue female of such fyrst husband: and yf such fyrst husband be deade wth out such issue of his body, then doth it go to the kindred of every last husband in order so longe as any can be found being heires by discente, or taken in marriadge by purchase; that is to saye, yf he bee a taker, then only to the issue of his body in manner as aforesayd, and if he be heire then in full course of discente according to the custom of the mannor as is before fyrst declared in answer to this article. Allsoe, yf any man marry with any heire female of any customarie tenement in basse tenure, then yf he will make a fyne with the lord to make himsealfe the lord's tenante of his wieve stenement, as he may if he will, his ffyne is certyne, (viz.) double the rente. Allsoe, if any man who doth purchase any customary tenement escheated, doth marry a wyfe, which wyfe over liveth, shee is to have the same customary tenement during her life and twelve yeares after, yf she shall soe dispose it; and yf the same wyfe shall happen to marry another husband whoe shall make his ffyne and agree with the lord