By the Rev. W. H.. Jones. Tl 
4. Warpsuips ;—the Abbess as Lady of the Manor had the ward- 
ship of the tenant during minority. By virtue of this right she 
had both the care of his person and received to her own use the 
property of the estate. This right was exercised in the case of 
some members of the Hall family in the time of Edward I., by 
the Abbess of Shaftesbury. (Sce above, p- 31, note.) 
5. Marrraces;—another right given to the Lady of the Manor 
was that of tendering a husband to her female wards, while un- 
der age, whom they could not reject without forfeiting the value 
of the marriage; that is, as much as any one would give the 
guardians for such an alliance. This was extended afterwards 
to male wards, and became a lucrative privilege. In early deeds 
relating to the Hall family we have instances of this privilege 
being claimed, or, (which is much the same thing,) of its being 
renounced in consideration of a certain amount paid to the 
Abbess. 
Of course the Manor of Bradford had its peculiar Customs ;— 
that is, certain observances concerning the tenure of land, &c., at 
first regulated, perhaps, by the will of the chief lord, but at last, 
by long usage, acquiring the force of law. The following account 
has been compiled from a careful collation of several copies kindly 
furnished from various sources to the writer of this paper. The 
exemplifications in each case are commonly given in contracted 
Latin, a specimen of which is seen in a foot-note on the next page; 
these parts are translated and included within brackets. 
Tue Customs belonging to and concerning the landes that belong 
to the late Monastery of Shaftesburye, as appeareth in an 
antient Register thereof (whereof Bradford is parcell). 
Dated Monday next after the Feast of St. Hilary, in the 
xxv" year of King Edward the Third, (1343). 
I. Jmprimis.—If a man take a holde to himselfe and his Wyfe, 
as in this case;—[To this Court came John at Style and gave 
for a fine four pounds to the Lady of the Manor for an estate to be 
had in one messuage, and one yardland, with the appurtenances, 
to hold to himself and Alice his wife for the term of their 
