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6. Heirs shall be married without disparagement,
Hw their near blood relations having notice
arriage. beforehand.

7, 8. A widow shall receive freely, within forty days
i of her husband’s death, her dowry
Hits, and inheritance; and shall have her
quarantine (forty days’ residence) in the family mansion.
She shall not be forced to re-marry ; but if she wish to do
so. must obtain the lord’s consent.

15. The King shall not empower mesne lords to
exact other than the three ordinary
Aidsof mesne lords. 435 to ransom the lord's person, to
knight his eldest son, and once to marry his eldest
daughter,—and these of reasonable amount.
16. No one shall be compelled to render more than
the due service for a knight's fee or
other free tenement,
29. No knight shall be compelled to pay for castleguard,
 if he be willing to perform the
Cust onary, service in person, or (on reasonable
excuse) by a proper deputy; and whilst on service in the
army, he shall be free from the duty of castle-guard.
32. The King shall not hold the lands of convicted
felons except for a year and a day, at
Lads of felons the expiration of which time the lands
shall be given up to the lords of the fees.

37. The King shall not have the wardship of land
Wardship of lands held in chivalry of a mesne lord, by
held of mesne lords. reason of the sub-tenant also holding
other land of the King, either in fee-farm, socage, burgage,