CHAP. V.

“The King to M. Health.[172] I command you that, without delay, you hold full right to A. who was the Wife of E. of one Hyde of Land, in such a Vill, which she claims to belong to her reasonable Dower, which she holds of you in the same Vill by the free service of ten shillings, by the year, for every service, of which N. has deforced her: and unless you do so, the Sheriff shall,[173] least she should anymore complain, for want of Justice. Witness &c.”


CHAP. VI.

The Plea shall be discussed in the Court of the Warrantor by virtue of this Writ, until it be proved that such Court has failed in doing Justice, concerning the nature of which, we shall speak in another place.[174] Upon proof of this, the Suit shall be removed into the County Court, through the medium of which, the Suit may, at the pleasure of the King or his Chief Justiciary, be lawfully transferred to the King’s Court by the following Writ:[175]——


CHAP. VII.

“The King to the Sheriff, Health. Put before me or my Justices, on such a day, the suit which is in your County Court, between A. and N. concerning one Hyde of Land in such a Vill, which the said A. claims against the aforesaid N. as her reasonable Dower. And Summon, by good Summoners, the aforesaid N. who holds that Land, that he be then there with his Plea. And have there,” &c.