Land in Fetters: Or, The History and Policy of the Laws Restraining the Alienation and Settlement of Land in England. Being the Yorke Prize Essay of the University of Cambridge for the Year 1885 |
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... appears , when Wulfred grants to the church " aliquem partem meae propriae hereditariae terrae , ' without any ... appear in the customs of some manors , e.g. Millan in Norfolk , where , if any copyholder wishes to sell his land , his ...
... appears , when Wulfred grants to the church " aliquem partem meae propriae hereditariae terrae , ' without any ... appear in the customs of some manors , e.g. Millan in Norfolk , where , if any copyholder wishes to sell his land , his ...
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... appears to me to prove conclusively the identity of the manorial communities in their tenures , customs , and services , with the communities existing before the Conquest , and undoubtedly holding land in common . And if this is so it ...
... appears to me to prove conclusively the identity of the manorial communities in their tenures , customs , and services , with the communities existing before the Conquest , and undoubtedly holding land in common . And if this is so it ...
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... appear to contradict this theory ; and the difficult questions of early manorial customs can hardly be solved till the treasures of history in the Court Rolls of the Manors are brought to light . III . The Folc - land was the land of ...
... appear to contradict this theory ; and the difficult questions of early manorial customs can hardly be solved till the treasures of history in the Court Rolls of the Manors are brought to light . III . The Folc - land was the land of ...
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... appears to have held an estate of folc - land , and the Abbot to have obtained its regrant as unfettered book - land . But as from the nature of this tenure no charter existed to record its incidents , it is impossible to speak of it ...
... appears to have held an estate of folc - land , and the Abbot to have obtained its regrant as unfettered book - land . But as from the nature of this tenure no charter existed to record its incidents , it is impossible to speak of it ...
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... appears to be the peril guarded against in Alfred's law : - " The man who has boc - land which his kindred left him ; then ordain we that he must not give it from his kindred , if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden by ...
... appears to be the peril guarded against in Alfred's law : - " The man who has boc - land which his kindred left him ; then ordain we that he must not give it from his kindred , if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden by ...
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