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bote, Plough-bote, according to the custome belonging to his 
Coppyholde; also any offence or trespass done amongst the tenants 
ought to be tried in the Ladyes court. 
XXI. Item.—If any Tenant make spoil or waste, or cut down 
any timber tree without license of the Ladyes officers, then he 
shall forfeit his estate if the Homage find it, and if the Homage 
do not present it when it is made to appear to them, then if two 
or three witnesses do come into court and testifye upon their 
oaths, it is sufficient. 
XXII. Item.—It hath been used and accustomed that the Ladye 
or her officers shall make grants of any coppyholde or customary 
tenement out of Court, either at Shaftesbury or elsewhere, at 
their pleasure, and also may take surrenders out of the Court at 
any place, if there be ¢iree or four of the Ladyes tenants pre- 
sent to witness. 
XXIII. Item.—If any two persons holding or clayming any 
coppyholde by virtue of one graunt or coppye, the one being ad- 
mitted and in possession according to the custome, and the other 
in the sequil of the coppye or joined in takinge, yet the Ladye 
or her officer may graunt the revercon of them both to any other 
person or persons as they will. 
XXIV. Item.—The custome is, that any woman may take the 
revercon of her husband or of any other person, and also take 
any hold in possession. 
XXV. Item.— The custome is, that the Ladyes officers may 
graunt any coppyholde for the term of one lyfe, two lyves, three 
lyves, or fower lyves, either in possession or revercon. 
XXVI. Item.—Every Tenant must, upon a reasonable warnenge, 
serve to the Courts twice by the year, or oftener if the canse so 
require, and also must do all their custom workes, unless they be 
dispensed withall, and pay their rents at fower times in the 
year, if they be demanded. 
Other customes there be used, which continuance of time doth 
stablish, and which be not here written. 
We have spoken in a previous page (p. 61) of the value of the 
Abbess’ possessions and emoluments in Bradford at the time of 
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