28。Y。B。，M。41Edw。III，22：’Chold：Sileseigniourdisseisiesontenauntilestenelecciondeltenantdeuseraccionenlecourtleseigniourouenlecourtleroy’Fitzherbert，Abr。
Aunc。Dem。9。Liberassis。41Edw。III，pl。7，f。253：
’Wichingham：Siletenantenaunciendemesnefuitdisseisiparleseigniorenaunciendemesneilestavolunteletenantdeporterlassisealcomenleyouenaunciendemesnemesecontrasileseigniorsoitdisseisiparletenant，ilnepuitailloursaversonrecoveriequeenlecourtleroy。’
29。StoneleighRegister：’ItemannoreguiRegisEduardifiliiRegisHenricivijRicardusPeytotulitbreuederectoversusabbatemdeStonleetaliosdetenementisinFynhamincuriadeStonle。’ThereareseveralinstancesintheCourtRollsofKing’sRipton，Hunts。SeeApp。V。
30。Bract。Note-book，834：’PreceptumestvicecomitiquodpreciperetballivismaneriiDom。RegisdeHaueringesquodrecordarifacerentinCuriaDom。RegisdeH。loquelamquefuitineademcuriaperbreueDom。Regisinter，’etc。：652istothesamepoint。Imustsay，however，thatIdonotagreewithMrMaitland’sexplanation，vol。II。p。501，n。4：’JohnFitzGeoffreythedefendantpleadingancientdemesnecannotanswerwithouttheKing。Tenetnominealieno。Bract。f200。TheprivilegesoftenantsinancientdemesnearetheKing’sprivileges。’JohnFitzGeoffreyistheKing’sfirmarius，andtheotherdefendantsvouchhimtowarranty。AfterhavingpleadedtothejurisdictionoftheCourtheputsinasecondplea，’salvopredictoresponso，’namely，thatthetenementclaimedisencumberedbyotherandgreaterservicesthanpaying15s。toholdfreely。Thisisclearlythefarmer’spointofview，andassuch，hecannotanswerwithouttheking。Ilaystressonthepointbecauseapersonpleadingancientdemesne，althoughnotholdingnomineproprioinstrictlaw，iscompelledtoanswerwithouttheKinginthemanorialcourtandbythemanorialwrit。