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service, abrogates his right to it and withdraws the necessity. 

 Thus, in Pell's patent, it states that he has to pay a lamb 

 every year, "if the same shall be demanded." 



The Duke of York himself held his proprietary "in free and 

 common socage as of our manor of East Greenwich in our 

 county of Kent " ; and in his case the yearly quit-rent consisted 

 of "forty beaver skins when they shall be demanded, or in 

 ninety days after." 



The manor-lord, or lord of the manor, as he was variously 

 called, was subject to the general laws and to the proprietor 

 and his representative, the governor; but otherwise he was 

 fairly absolute within his manor, though he did not have the 

 power of life and death, as is sometimes popularly supposed; 

 nor was he entitled to the address of "lord"; though it has 

 often been improperly bestowed, and we read of "Lord" 

 Pell, "Lord" Morris, or "Lord" Philipse. The manor-lord, 

 or his steward, had the power to hold a baron's court and a 

 leet court to settle the differences arising within his manor; 

 and his tenants were bound to appear before these courts. 

 They were, however, exempt from jury duty with the other 

 inhabitants outside of the manors ; but they came under the 

 militia laws and formed their own companies within the bounds 

 of the manors. 



The manor-lord could do what he pleased with his lands; 

 rent them, sell them, mortgage them, give them away, and 

 leave them as he pleased at his death. He controlled the 

 hunting, hawking, fishing, lumbering, milling, mining, etc., 

 except of precious metals, within his domain; and, in several 

 cases, he had the appointment of ministers of the gospel, 

 the right of advowson, or, as it is popularly termed in England, 

 the living. 



The bounds of the manor of Pelham are fairly well defined. 



