case edmund administrator during the minority of whether his wife of patience  Maud vers shaler Administration during the minority of one entitle to  administration shall not cease till his age of twentyone year above p and the  case there cite burn Ec l Com dig Com dig Bac Abr in debt upon bind for  against the defendant the plaintiff as administrator aforesaid aver that  whether his wife be under the age of twentyone year the defendant plead in bar  that whether be above the age of eighteen year the plaintiff demurrer and it  be urge by sergeant Pratt that administration during minority determine when  the person for who minority it be grant be seventeen year f age but sergeant  Cheshire on the other side urge that there be a difference between  administration grant during the minority of a executor and administration  grant during the minority of one who be entitle to the administration for in  the first case the administration determine when the executor attain the age  of seventeen year for at that age the executor by the spiritual law be able to  take the executorship upon himself of which our law take notice but in the  case of a administration which be grant by the authority of the statute Edward  c the person who have administration grant to he ought to be capable by our  law by which the legal age be twentyone and consequent administration grant to  another during his minority do not determine till his age of twentyone year  and this distinction be agree to in the case of ThomasSupra p a and Freeke W  rot comens and in other case there cite the court seem at first to doubt and I  mention that it be so resolve in the case of Thomas and Freeke which case I  argue and the court of king bench principal rely upon this reason that  administration be grant by virtue of the statute Edward c and consequent the  age when a administrator ought to take the administration upon himself must be  the full age allow by our law the court take time to consider but afterward be  attend with the record of the case of Thomas vers Freeke and be inform by some  of the spiritual court that for forty year pass the usage there be to grant  administration only to person of the age of twentyone and to grant  administration till the person entitle to it attain his age of twentyone  judgement be give for the plaintiff comens er p note the age of seventeen year  allow to be the age when a executor may take the executorship upon himself be  in conformity to the spiritual law which allow a infant of seventeen year to  be proctor or agent for another