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Jgofmcfifefb. Curia (Wagna (Couti QBaron) of feabg 

 (Wcirgaref ^auogc. formcrfg wife of ^ir 3o3n ^atjoge. (JKf.* 

 3efi> i^cre on ^^urebag nerf affcr i^e fcasi of ^. <l!!::af3««"i»^t 

 (^irgim in f^e 10 gear of (&. Wftnx^ mi. ('>•. 26 Nov., 

 A.D. 1494.) 



Homage"'' Jury. Will. Croft, John Ffaunchall, Rob. Haselome, 

 Will. Fflynt, John Watts, Edm'*. Watts, Will. Brokhous, Ric. 

 Moggson, Tho. Wolstenholme, Will. Harry, Nich. White, 

 John Barunesley, John Newbolt, Tho. Wodhus Jun'-. John 

 Harry Jtm." 



John Newbotte, of \\'odthorpe, surrendered a tenement called 

 "■/achomwic^' in Victharn to the use of (reoffry Swifte and 

 Emmota his wife, for 39 years next following the date of this 

 court. The said Geoffry was admitted tenant. 



John King surr'' a mess, in " Alylntlwrpe " to the use of William 

 King his son and the heirs of his body. 



William King surrendered a messuage to the use of the s'' John 

 King and Margery his wife — his father & mother. 



Will. Crofte surr'* 3 mess, and 3 bovates &c in " Fawnchall gate" 

 to the use of William his son and his heirs, with succes- 

 sive remainders to his other children, brothers of the 

 s'' William, viz Roger, John, and Edward, and then to his 

 own right heirs. 



* ^Homage' (Fr.) is derived from ^ Homo,'' and this duty is called 



^homage ' because when the tenant does this service he says " / become your 



man." The form is given in Stat. 2 of 17 Ed. II. in these words : " When a 



freeman shall do homage to his lord of whom he holds in chief, he (kneeling) 



shall hold his hands together between the hands of his lord and shall say 



[lus — ' / become your man from tliis day forth for life, for fiiember and for 



vortdly honour, and shall owe you my faith for tin land I hold of you, saving 



khe faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the King, and to mine other loi ds. ' " 



. religious man (Bishop or other) may do homage but may not say to his I»rd 



*' Ego devenio homo vester," because he has professed himself to be only God's 



aan, but he may say, " I do unto you homage, and to you shall be faithful and 



Royal." {Tho. Blount.) (Montfaucon, in his A )it/yuities of France 17^,0, has a 



jfine plate of Louis II. doing homage to Charles V. for the Earldom of 



Clermont, pi. cxxix. p. 65. See Fealty under a.D. 1538. 



