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A Translation of Glanville

by Ranulf de Glanville

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Chap. IV

“The King to the Sheriff, Health.446 If G. the Son of T. shall make you secure of prosecuting his claim, then summon by good Summoners, twelve free and lawful Men of the Neighbourhood of such a Vill, that they be before me, or my Justices,447 such a day, prepared upon their oaths to return, if T. the father of the aforesaid G. was seised in his Demesne as of Fee of one Yardland, in such a Vill, the day on which he began his Journey to Jerusalem, or to St. Jago, in which Journey he died.——And, if he began his Journey since my first Coronation, and if the aforesaid G. be his nearer Heir. And, in the mean time &c.” as before. But, if the Heir be within age, then the Writ will be as follows——

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