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Cart for sale
Like new. Broken wheel. 1641 Yorkshire Rave Cart. Cover the distance between Blackpool and Hull in record time. Also needs new axle (wheels not included). Continue reading
Home for dog
Dog with slight case of distemper. Red, with bushy tail. Urinates a lot and likes to dig holes in the cabbage patch. Doesn’t get along with other dogs. Wife says it’s me or the dog. Continue reading
The Warbler
There’s lots to be said about the birds that inhabit the marshes that surround the Town of Hull. But that will have to be informed by an expert. Continue reading
Illuminated Texts
Do you have news from your village? Send us an illuminated text describing events of note. The latest goings on; witch dunking, sheep shearing, Morris dancing, and mystery plays et ceterus will all find good mention. Continue reading
Demesne (domain)
Under the feudal system, all the land retained and managed by a lord of the maonor, for their own use, occupation or support. Distinguished from land sub-enfeoffeed to sub-tenants. Continue reading
Enfeoffment
Deed by which a person is given land in exchange for a pledge of service. English law. Right to pass to heirs as inheritance. Continue reading
Escheat
Transfer real property of a person who has died without heirs to the Crown or state Common Law (reverted to feudal lord) Continue reading
Disseise
To wrongly remove (a party) from real property that is lawfully possessed. To deprive (a person) of the possession of land, especially wrongly or by force. Continue reading
Freehold
A tenure of real property by which an estate, or an estate for life, is held, in fee simple or fee tail. Continue reading
Fee simple
A “fee” is a vested, inheritable, present possessory interest in land. Continue reading
Copyhold
Tenure of land held according to the custom of the manor. A title deed received by the tenant, a copy of the relevant entry in the manorial court roll. A tenant/mesne lord legally known as copyholder. Continue reading