单词 | by the rod |
释义 | > as lemmasby the rod P2. by the rod: (of the granting, holding, or surrendering of copyhold land tenure): by means of a ceremony during which the transfer of the tenure is symbolized by the handing over of a rod. Cf. verge n.1 4b, yard n.2 1c. Now historical.In later use simply referring to the granting, holding, or surrendering of copyhold tenure, without the symbolic ceremony. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > [phrase] > manner of taking or surrendering land by the yard1523 by the rod1607 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Sss3v Tenent by the Verge in auncient demesn..is he that is admitted by the rod in the court of auncient demesne. ?1617 in A. Munday et al. Stow's Surv. London (1633) 720/2 All Copies of Court Rolls of the same Mannors,..for the same Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, have beene made, and ought to be made, to hold of the Lord by the Rod. 1670 T. Blount Resol. Judges Statutes Bankrupts xiii. 217 Edward Leventhrop..granted the said House, Lands, and Close, to the said Richard Heydon, and his Heirs, by the Rod, at the Will of the Lord, according to the Custome of the said Mannor. 1736 Brasenose Coll. Doc. C2 88 Came and surrendered by the rod into the hands of the Lords of the fee, a cottage [etc.]. 1792 D. Lysons Environs London I. 437 Lands in this manor are held by the rod, or copy of court-roll, and descend to the youngest son. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 536 An attorney who makes a surrender ought to pursue the usual form, as by the rod, &c. according to the custom of the manor. 1877 Notes & Queries 8 150/2 The surrender and admittance ‘by the rod’ may perhaps be traced to the handing over of the steward's rod..on completion of the transaction. 1906 Trans. Essex Archaeol. Soc. 9 118 The steward granted to John out of the lord's hands, by copy of court-roll, lands called Tumours, Croyes, Calpole, and others, to hold by the rod. 1996 P. R. Schofield in Z. Razi & R. Smith Medieval Society & Manor Court xii. 437 Cottagers holding unfree land ‘by the rod’ came increasingly to act as chief pledges in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. < as lemmas |
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