Earl of Cumberlands Case

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1792
Date01 January 1792
CourtCourt of the King's Bench

English Reports Citation: 80 E.R. 587

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Earl of Cumberlands Case

terming paschi 7 jacobi. earl of cumberlands case. The cage was as followeth, (viz.) It was found by office at Kendall, 21 of Decemb. 6 Jacobi, that George, late Earl of Cumberland, (diu ante obitum suum) was seised in tail to his heirs males, of the castles and manners in Browham and Appleby, &c. The remainder to Sir Ingram Clifford in tail, with divers remainders over in tail, the remainder to the right heira of Henry Earl of Cumberland, father of the said George, and that the said George so seised by fine and recovery, conveys the premisses to the use of himself, and the Lady Margaret hia wife, for their lives, for the joyntura of the said lady, and after to the heirs males of his body ; and for the default of such issue, to the use of Francis, now Earl of Cumberland, and his heirs males of his body, and for want of such issue, to the use of the right heirs of the said Earl Georg, and that by vertue thereof, and of the Statute of Uses, the said Earl George, and the Lady Margaret his wife, were seised accordingly; and that the said earl being so seised by indenture, 15 of October, 3 of January, in consideration of blood, did covenant to stand seised of all his hereditaments, to the use of himself, and the heirs males of his body, and for want of such issue, to the use of Francis, now Earl of Cumberland, and the heirs males of his body, and for want of such issue, to the use of Francis, now Earl of Cumberland, and the heirs males of his body, and for want of such issue, to the use of the heirs of the body of the said Gorge Earl, and for want of such issue, to the use of Francis, now Earl of Cumberland, and his right heirs, by vertue [4] whereof, and of the Statutes of Uses, the said George, Earl, was seised of the premisses in tail, to him and the heirs males of his body, with remainders over as last above mentioned, and the said Earl George so being seised, by his last will in writing, 19 Ootob. 3 Jacabi, voluit, & declaravit in his Anglicanis verbis, (videlicet) and where I have by my deed bearing elate, &c. conveyed the premisses ut supra with power of revocation, I do hereby ratifie and confirm the same, and do hereby, for further assurance thereof, devise and bequeath, all my castles, mannors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, as in the deeds, prout, &c. per dictam ultimam voluntatem'plenius liquet, & apparet, & ulterius dicunt...

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