Medieval English Conveyances

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 10
Contents......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Abbreviations and References......Page 16
List of Year Book Cases......Page 34
Introduction......Page 49
1 Addresses......Page 76
a General......Page 79
b Appurtenances......Page 84
a Implied and express warranties......Page 91
b Compensation for failure to warrant......Page 99
c The benefit and burden of warranties with respect to assigns......Page 101
d Defence and acquittance......Page 105
2 Grants in fee: General......Page 107
1 Livery of seisin......Page 110
2 Donative words (the premise: principium, le primes)......Page 112
3 Words of inheritance (habendum)......Page 118
4 Words of tenure (tenendum)......Page 127
a General......Page 134
i Knight service......Page 136
ii Socage......Page 139
c Incidents of tenure......Page 142
1 Grants of seignories......Page 147
2 Grants of reversions upon tenancies for life and years......Page 151
3 Grants in fee farm......Page 152
4 Grants to religious houses and other bodies......Page 160
5 Grants by religious houses and other bodies......Page 167
a Determinable and limited fees......Page 169
b Oaths......Page 170
c Provisions relating to maintenance of buildings......Page 172
i Provisions for reentry......Page 176
ii Preemption clauses......Page 179
4 Grants in marriage, limited fee and fee tail......Page 182
a Grants, made in contemplation of marriage, which were not maritagia......Page 183
b Maritagia before the statute De donis......Page 185
a Grants without family connection......Page 192
b Grants with family connection......Page 198
3 The effect of the statute De donis......Page 202
a Grants in frankmarriage......Page 203
b Grants in conditional or limited fee......Page 205
5 Grants in alms......Page 212
1 Conveyances of married women's real property......Page 233
a Grant made by the wife, confirmed in a separate deed by the husband......Page 236
c Grant made by the wife, reciting the consent of the husband, but apparently not confirmed by him......Page 237
d Grant made by the husband, reciting the consent of the wife, but apparently not confirmed by her......Page 238
e Grant made by husband and wife together......Page 240
2 Dower......Page 246
a Grants of dower......Page 247
b Attempts to bar dower......Page 249
c Dealings with dower......Page 253
1 General......Page 257
2 Lords’ confirmations of tenants’ grants......Page 269
3 Lords’ confirmations to the heirs of tenants......Page 274
4 Confirmations by heirs apparent, and by heirs......Page 277
5 Later developments......Page 280
8 Grants for life and for lives......Page 284
9 Grants for terms of years......Page 302
1 Occupation leases......Page 316
2 Premium leases......Page 319
3 Leases made by freehold tenants to their lords......Page 320
4 Leases made as security for loans......Page 322
5 Leases to religious houses in alms, or without services......Page 323
6 ‘Partnership’ leases......Page 324
10 Rents......Page 326
a Annuities......Page 328
b Rentcharges and rents seck......Page 332
2 Deeds transferring rents......Page 335
3 The effect of Quia emptores (1290)......Page 346
4 Termination of rents seck and charge......Page 347
11 Exchanges......Page 349
12 Surrenders and releases......Page 367
a Surrenders by tenants in demesne, without words of release of rights......Page 370
b Surrenders by tenants in demesne, coupled with words of release of rights......Page 373
c Surrenders of seignories, by mesne lords to chief lords......Page 375
a Release of part of the service due from the tenant......Page 377
b Release of the whole service due from the tenant......Page 379
c Release operating by way of enlargement......Page 381
a Words of release added to formulas of charters......Page 383
b Releases made by separate charters......Page 385
4 The use of releases instead of confirmations......Page 387
5 Releases of rights made between independent freeholders......Page 389
13 Villeins and their lands......Page 393
a Transfers of villeins with their lands......Page 394
b Transfers of villeins without lands......Page 398
2 Transactions involving manumission......Page 402
a Grants of land to be held in villein tenure......Page 404
b Dealings by charter made between lords and their villein or customary tenants......Page 405
c Acquisition of freehold land by villeins......Page 407
d Grants made by villeins and customary tenants......Page 410
Glossary of legal terms......Page 412
Select Bibliography......Page 417
Index......Page 421