74 Bradford-upon-Avon. [ The Manor. 
be in possession of the said bargaine yet shall the second 
purchaser enjoy it when it doth fall: but if the said purchasers 
dye before either of them be in possession, then shall Thomas 
that cometh in the Habendum or sequill of the coppie lose his 
title thereof. 
X. Item.—If any customary tenant lett forth any parcel of the 
ground of his Coppyhold, then the tenant which is in revercon 
of the same tenement by custom shall have the same paying reason- 
ably for it, because he, being in possibilitye of the holde, will 
use it better than a straunger. 
XI. Item.—Ifa man take a bargaine to himself and to his son, 
not naming his wife, as thus;—[To this Court came John at Style 
and gave a fine of ten pounds for entrance and estate in one 
messuage, and one yardland, with the appurtenances, to hold to 
himself, and Thomas his son, for the term of their lives, and 
either of them longest living successively |—if the said John at 
Style marry two wyves, yet the last-named shall have widowes 
estate for that he named no wyfe. 
XII. Item.—Any Tenant that dyeth siesed of any yardland, half 
yardland, or flarthinge land, shall after his decease pay for a 
Heriot,’ his best quick Cattle: also, every Widowe shall pay after 
her death the like Heriot. 
XII. Item.—If any Widowe clayminge widowes estate do marry 
without the Ladyes license, or live incontinent or unchaste, and 
be so found by the Homagers, she doth upon that fact forfaite 
her estate, and shall after such forfaiture pay a Heriot in form 
above said. 
XIV. Item.—If any Tenant let fall his house, or suffer his house 
to be in great decay upon commandment or payne sett by the 
1 Heriot ;—This was a customary tribute of goods and chattels payable to the 
Lord of the fee on the decease of the owner of the land. Thorpe in his Glos- 
sary to the ‘ Ancient Laws and Institutes,’ derives the word from Here-geatu, 
which means literally army equipments, and denoted those military habiliments 
which, after the death of the vassal, escheated to the Lord, to whom they were © 
delivered by the heir. By degrees others besides this class of tenants were re- 
quired to pay this charge, which commonly consisted of the best quick (i.e. live) 
beast that the tenant died possessed of. This, like all other customary dues, 
was ultimately commuted for a money payment. 
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