Lease of land.
A bailiff cannot by any usage make lease of the land of his master [for] an estate of freehold. 19 Ass. 9. 1 Roll. Abr. 339.
Payments.
Bailiff of a manor may pay rents issuing out of the manor, and shall have allowance, but e contra where he pays debts of the lord due by contract or obligation, for this is out of his power. 4 H. 7. 14. Br. Bailie. 27.
Cutting trees, &c.
Bailiff may justify cutting the great trees for repair of a house, or the covering of it as it was before, but not with more costly covering, and the same law is of amending pale, hedge, or such like, without command of his lord; but he cannot cover with tile what was before thatch, nor make new house, nor make pale where hedge was before, unless by special commandment of his master. 12 H. 7. 25. Br. Baillie, 42. & vide plenius Trespas. 288.
Licence to walk
over ground.
A bailiff may give licence to another to walk over the ground, for this is a trespass to the possession only, and the bailiff hath the disposition of the profits of the possession. (dub.) 1 Roll. Abr. 339.
Damage feasant.
A bailiff of a manor may himself or command another to take beasts damage feasant on the land, for he hath the care of all things within the manor. 1 Roll. Abr. 339.