CHAP. III.
“The King to the Sheriff, Health.[444] 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, on such a day, prepared on their oath to return, if T. the father of the aforesaid G. was seised in his Demesne as of Fee, of one Yardland, in that Vill, on the day of his death—if he died after my first Coronation,[445] and if the said G. be his nearer Heir. And, in the mean time, let them view the Land and cause their names to be imbreviated; and summon, by good Summoners, R. who holds that Land, that he be then there to hear such Recognition; and have there the Summoners &c. Witness &c.” But, if the Ancestor was seised in the manner before mentioned, and had begun a Voyage, then, the Writ will be as follows——