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Stat. Marlb. - Wardship Act 1267

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 2 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1267 c. 6
Year1267
Statutes made at Marlborough, alias Marleberge, 18 Novemb . Anno 52 Hen. III.and Anno Dom. 1267 A fraudulent Conveyance to defeat a Lord of his Wardship, shall be void.

(52 Hen. 3) C A P. VI.

'AS touching them that use to infeoff their eldest Sons and Heirs, being within Age, of their Heritage, for to defraud the Lords of the Fee of their Wardships, it is provided, accorded, and agreed, that by occasion of any such Feoffment no chief Lord shall lease his Ward. (2) Moreover, touching them that fain false Feoffmentsof their Lands, which they will lease for Term of Years, for to defraud the chief Lords of their Wards, wherein it is contained, that they are satisfied of the whole Service due unto them until a certain Term; so that such Feoffees are bound at the said Term to pay a certain Sum to the Value of the same Lands, or far above; so that after such Term the Land shall return unto them, or to their Heirs, because no Man will be content to hold it upon the Price; it is provided and agreed, that by such Fraud no chief Lord shall leese his Ward. (3) Nevertheless, it shall not be lawful to them to disseise such Feoffeeswithout Judgment, but they shall have a Writ for to have such a Ward restored unto them; and by the Witnesses contained in the Deed of Feoffment, with other free and lawful Men of the Country, and by the Value of the Land, and by the Quantity of the Sum payable after the Term, it shall be tryed whether such Feoffments were madebona fide , or by Collusion, to defraud the chief Lords of the Fee of their Wards. And if the chief Lords in such Cases recover their Wards by Judgment, the Feoffees shall nevertheless have their Action to recover such Term or Fee, which they had therein, when the Heirs come to their lawful Age.

And if any chief Lords do...

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