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Assize of mort d'ancestor
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In English law, the assize of mort d'ancestor ("death of ancestor") was an action brought where a plaintiff claimed the defendant had entered upon a freehold belonging to the plaintiff following the death of one of his relatives. The questions submitted to the jury were, "was A seised in his demesne as of fee on the day whereon he died?" and "Is the plaintiff his next heir?"WEB,weblink Introduction: Original Writs, British History Online, 2017-01-17, This assize enabled the heir to obtain possession, even though some other person might have a better right to the land than the deceased.- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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Origins, development and end
Mort d'ancestor was one of the so-called "petty assizes" established by Henry II in the wake of the Assize of Clarendon (1166) and the Assize of Northampton (1176).An introduction to English Legal History, J.H. Baker 4th edition Oxford University press, p 234 According to the Assize of Northampton, the lord must not prevent the heir having seisin forthwith on the ancestor's death, making this almost the final step in the development of common law heritability:"Early Actions", in Historical Foundations of the Common Law, S. F. C. Milsom "4. Item, if any freeholder had died, let his heirs remain possessed of such 'seisin' as their father had. ... And according to the result of the inquest let restitution be made to his heirs".Assize of Northampton, in D. Baker ed., The Early Middle Ages (London 1966) p. 150Doris Stenton has argued however that it was only some time after the Assize of Northampton that the (purchasable) writ of mort d'ancestor itself was introduced, allowing individuals to seek justice for themselves in the royal courts (as opposed to the general enquiries of the two main Assizes).Doris Stenton, 'England: Henry II', in Cambridge Medieval History Vol V (Cambridge 1926) p. 586-7 Whereas Northampton was mainly concerned with lords preventing heirs taking seisin, the new writ also covered the case of competing heirs to the same property.W. Warren, Henry II (1973) p. 344Like the other petty assizes, the new writ was immediately popular, being quicker, cheaper and simpler than feudal justice;S. H. Steinberg ed., A New Dictionary of British History (London 1963) p. 282 and like them too it gradually developed from a preliminary to a final action, while the range of relations who could claim heritage was also widened (in the 13th century) from close to far.S. H. Steinberg, ed. (1963), A New Dictionary of British History, London, p. 282 and p. 229With the other two petty assizes, it was abolished in 1833.EB1911, Assize,Examples
Ranulf de Glanvill's Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England give several examples of mort d'ancestor writs, which were issued to a sheriff as a command from the king. The general form was:- The sheriff shall, upon receiving security from the plaintiff, summon twelve local men to testify in the king's court,
- whether the plaintiff's relative held the land as a heritable estate ("was seised in his demesne as of his fee"),
- whether the relative died after the king's coronation, and
- whether the plaintiff was his heir.
- Before their court appearance, these witnesses should view the land and sign their names on the writ.
- The sheriff shall also summon the defendant or his representative to hear the testimony.
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References
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- {{Citation | last = Surtees Society | title = Pedes finium ebor. regnante Johanne, AD MCXIX â AD MCCXIV | place = Durham | publisher = Andrews and Co. and others | series = Publications of the Surtees Society | volume = 94 | year = 1897 | url =weblink }}.
Further reading
- Sutherland, Donald W. The Assize of Novel Disseisin. Oxford University Press. 21 June 1973. {{ISBN|0-19-822410-9}}.
- Pollock, Sir Frederick and Frederic William Maitland. weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070928142843weblink">The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2nd edition. 30 September 1996. {{ISBN|1886363226}}.
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