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Rh and concerning weights, it ſhall be in like manner as of meaſures.

ſhall be given or taken henceforth for a writ of inquiſition of life or member, but it ſhall be granted freely and ſhall not be denied.

any hold of us by fee-farm, or by ſoccage, and hold likewiſe land of others by knight-ſervice, we will not have the cuſtody of the heir, nor of the land which is of the fee of another, by reaſon of ſuch fee-farm, ſoccage, or burgage, unleſs ſuch fee-farm owe knight-ſervice.

will not have the wardſhip of the heir, nor of the land of any perſon, which he holds of another by knight-ſervice, by reaſon of any petit ſerjeantry by which he holds of us, as by the ſervice of giving us arrows, knives, or ſuch like.