Thanks Sandra. All now quite clear. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Lovegrove" <lovegrove@one-name.org> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:53 PM Subject: [OEL] WRIT OF FORMEDON > Don's enquiry about Plea of Assize etc., had me chasing back to the > English Legal History textbook which explains thus (hold on hard: it's > really quite technical). The Chancery court had already invented the > form of action "Formedon in Remainder" to enable an action by the > remainderman under an entail (still with me?) In 1279 an improvement > was introduced by the statute "De Donis"(concerning gifts") to provide > an action to deal with similar problems of the issue in tail (still > there?). This new action was called the writ of "Formedon in the > Descender". So there we have it. I hope that's quite clear now! > > (I have formula specimens of the wording of these writs ni case you > would like to identify which of them were involved.) > > SANDRA LOVEGROVE > > Researching LOVEGROVEs in all places and at all times. > Please do visit the LOVEGROVE Information Centre on > http://www.lovegrove.org.uk > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donald Tomkinson" <don.tomkinson@lineone.net> > To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 02 August 2004 17:01 > Subject: PLEA OF ASSIZE 1384, ETC. > > > > I'd be very glad of an explanation of the following terms in a Plea > of > > Assize of 1384: > > > > CHIVALER > > > > DISSIEZED (dispossessed?) > > > > WRIT OF FOMEDON > > > > SIESIN (possession?) > > > > MESNE TENANT > > > > ENFEEOF > > > > BANCO > > > > Also in Final Concords,1609 > > > > DEFORCIANTS > > > > Don Tomkinson > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > To contact the list administrator: > OLD-ENGLISH-admin@rootsweb.com > >