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A.D. 1276.
Anno quarto Edwardi I.
Stat. 1.
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very Value of the same Walls and Buildings;  [1](2) and for how much the Buildings without the Ditch may be prized, and what they be worth, with the Gardens, Curtilages, Dove-houses, and all other Issues of the Court by the Year.

  1. ↑ 1 Roll. 201.; 2 Roll. 31.

The Demesnes.II. It is to be inquired also, how many Fields are of the Demesnes, and how many Acres of Land are in every Field,[1] and what every Acre is worth by the Year ⟨to let⟩[2]; and how many Acres of Meadow are of the Demesnes, and how many be in a Field, and how much every Acre by itself is worth by the Year to be let; (2) also how many Acres of Pasture there be,[3] and for what Beasts or Cattle the same Pasture is most necessary, and how many it will find, and of what Manner, and what the Pasture of every Beast is worth to be let by the Year.

  1. ↑ These Words are not in the Original, which seems imperfect.
  2. ↑ To let.
  3. ↑ Though these Words are not in the Original, yet they are properly inserted, as the Original is not Sense without the Addition.

The foreign Pasture.III. Also it is to be inquired of foreign Pasture, an Additive that is Common, how many, and what Beasts and Cattle the Lord may have in the fame, and how much the Pasture of every Beast is worth by the Year to be let.

The Parks and demesn Woods.IV. Also it is to be inquired of Parks, and demesn Woods, which the Lord may assert[1] and improve at his Pleasure, and how many Acres they contain, and how much the Vesture of an Acre is worth; (2) and how much the Land is worth after the Wood is felled, and how many Acres it containeth, and how much every Acre is worth by the Year.

  1. ↑ For assert, read assort.

Foreign Woods.V. Also it is to be inquired of foreign Woods, where other Men have Common, and how much the Lord may improve to himfelf of the fame Woods; and how many Acres, and for how much the Vefture of every Acre may be valued at, and how much the Ground is worth yearly after that the Wood is felled, and how many Acres it containeth, and what every Acre is worth by the Year.[1] And it is to be inquired, whether the Lord may give or sell any Thing of the Residue of the foresaid Woods, and what such Gifts and Sales are worth by the Year.

  1. ↑ These Words not in the Original.

Pawnage, Herbage.VI. Also it is to be inquired of Pawnage, Herbage of the Town, Honey, and all other Profits of Forests, Woods, Rivers, Moors, Marishes, Heaths, Turbary, and Waste, and how much it is worth by the Year.

Mills, Fishings.VII. Also of Mills, Fishings several and common, what they be Worth by the Year.

Freeholders.VIII. Also it is to be inquired of Freeholders, the which dwell without, as well as within, that is to fay, how many Freeholders there be, ⟨and who they be,⟩[1] and what Manner Lands and Tenements, and what Fees they hold, and by what Services, whether it be by Socage, or Knight's Service, or otherwise, and what they are worth, and pay yearly of Rent of Assise, and who hold by Charter, and who not; and who by old Tenure, and who by new Feoffment. (2) Also it is to be inquired of the said free Tenants, which do follow the Court of the County,[2] and which not, and what and how much falleth to the Lord after the Death of such free Tenants.

  1. ↑ And who they be, and what, &c.
  2. ↑ For of the County, read from County to County.

Customary Tenants.[1]IX. It is to be inquired also of customary Tenants, that is to wit, how many there be, and how much Land every of them holdeth; what Works and Customs he doth, and what the Works and Customs of every Tenant be worth yearly, and how much Rent of Assise he paid yearly besides the Works and Customs, and which of them may be taxed at the Will of the Lord, and which not.

  1. ↑ 4 Co. 21.
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