coke aid TO the king hill James in the common plea tenant in burgage shall pay  aid to the king to make his old son a knight note a great part of London be  abbey or chantry land and the land of person attaint notam that in this term a  question be move to the court which be this if tenant in burgage shall pay aid  a unto the king to make his old son a knight and the point rest upon this if  the tenure in burgage be a tenure in socage for by the ancient commonlaw every  tenant in knight service and every tenant in socage be to give to his lord a  reasonable aid to make his old son a knight and to marry his old daughter and  that be uncertain at the commonlaw and also uncertain when the same shall be  pay and this appear by Glanville lib cap fol who write in the time of Henry h  nothing autem that which is fixed stalutum be de Aujusmodi help to hand over  well to drive out etcetera are some prterea casus in who although owner to  give help to loosen are certan form prscrivta ab man nest ut thread  suusethCures fiat mile well a abolish by stat car cap coke report er p si  birthright svan son maritaveri etcetera and in the beginning of the chapter it  be call the pure milk of reason anxilium because then it be not certain but to  be moderate by reason in respect of circumstance and by the preamble of the  statute of Westminster year e cap where it be say forasmuch as before that  time reasonable aid to make one son knight or to marry his daughter be never  put in certain coke nor when the same ought to be pay nor how much be take the  say Act put the say two uncertainty to a certainty that for a whole knight fee  there be take but S and of land hold in socage S and of more more and of less  less accord to the rate by which the aid itself be make certain that none may  levy such aid to make his son a knight until his son be of the age of fifteen  year nor to marry his daughter until she be of the age of seven year and Fleta  who write after the say ait call they rationabilia to give help adfilium  soldier faciendum v el ad son birthright maritand and by the statute of e  where it be provide that no tax shall be take but by common consent of the  realm there be a exception of the ancient aid c which be to be intend of these  aid due unto the king by the ancient commonlaw but notwithstanding the say Act  of Westminster it be doubt whether the king because he be not express name be  bind by it and therefore in the that year of Edward the king take a aid of S  of every knight fee for to make the black prince knight and nothing then of  land hold in socage to take away all question concern the same the same be  confirm to he in parliament and afterward year e cap it be enact that  reasonable aid to make the king old son knight and to marry his old daughter  shall be demand and levy after the form of the statute make thereof and not in  other manner that be to say of every knight fee hold of the king without mean  S and no more and of every land hold of the king without mean in socage S and  no more now Littleton lib cap fol b say burgagetenureis where a ancient  borough be of which the king be lord and those who have tenement within the  borough bold of the king their tenement that every tenant for his tenement  ought to pay to the king a certain rend and such tenure be but tenure in  socage and all socageland be contributory to aid and therefore a tenant in  burgage shall b contributory to it and it be to be observe and so it appear in  the register fol and that in a writ of right if the land or tenement be hold  by knight service it be say quas danat rashly de Le per slavery uniusfeodi  soldier and if the land be hold in socage the writ be quas proclaim rashly de  ten per book slavery One librce cumin etcetera so as socagetenure in all writ  be call book slavery and by the writ of aid f n b it be command to the sheriff  quod just c facias to have a the pure milk of reason help de soldier et book  to hold nest in bailiff tua c so as the same writ make a distinction of knight  service by the name of soldier and of socage by the name register fol of book  to hold and in the b the writ of right for a house in London which be hold of  the king in burgage be in these word king mayor vet guard et viscount London  prcipimus thou quod without dilation tevealis g de to make one messuagio c in  London queen proclaim rashly de nobisper book slavery c which prove that  tenure in burgage be a tenure in socage but it appear by the book of avowry  and Henry so ancient demesne it be resolve by all the justice in the  exchequerchamber that no tenure shall pay for a reasonable aid to marry the  daughter or to make the son a knight but tenure by knight service and tenure  by socage but not tenure by grand sergeant nor no other and h agree to the  case of grand coke sergeant and by the say book it appear that tenure by  frankalmoign and tenure by divine service shall not pay for they be none of  they but tenure in burgage be a tenure in and therefore the say book prove  that such a tenure shall pay aid and I conceive that tenure by petit sergeant  shall pay also aid for light lib cap fol say that such a tenure be but socage  in see the statute of h cap of use in the preamble concern aid to make the old  son knight and to marry the daughter note to former edition vide little  Manutium de senate Romano page of aid institute by Romulus ad to buy back  corpus domini et ad son colocandas c per client towards patron burgage tenure  quid note tojormer edition coke report er p effect but Fitzherbert n b a  avouch h that tenant by petit sergeant shall not pay aid for the book only  extend to grand sergeant if the house in a city or borough be hold of the king  in burgage and the king grant the signory to one and the city or borough to  another to hold of he then those house shall not be contributory to aid for  they be not immediate hold of the king as be require by the law and I conceive  that he who hold a rend of the king by knight service or in socage shall pay  aid for the word of the Act of Westminster cap be from henceforth of a whole  knight fee only be take S of land hold in socage S and the mesne be say in  supposition of law to bold the land and it be not reason that the tenant by a  feoff before the statute shall prejudice the lord of his benefit and although  it be say that a tenure in socage be slavery slipper as Littleton say and the  same can be apply to house to that it be answer that the land upon which the  house be build or if the house fall down may be make arable and be plough and  a rend may be hold in socage and yet it be not subject to be plough but by a  possibility afterward escheat to the lord of the land see Huntington Polydore  Virgil and hollingshed chronicle fol Henry aid be levy by Henry to marry Maud  his old daughter to the emperor videlicet of every bide of land c and see the  grand customary of Normandy cap there be a chapter of aid whereof the first be  to make the old son of his lord a knight and the second to marry his old  daughter and see a statute make in year h which begin thus Rem j prfati  communes ivy parliament Prdido to step out ex assent a master Of et of a time  in speech parliament similiter to step out to go away proefato king quandan  pecunice top in loco two rationabilium auxilior sew together grandeur de jure  debt is owed tam ration creation nobilissimi son Himself birthright bonce  memorize domini arthuri recently Princeps Wallice how ration marriage et  conducting around nobilissimi princi Pis Margaritce fern sum primogenit how  etian to multiply pro royal power Himself per petua pace et tranquillitate c  that which is fixed way et manner levand pron  interrog  indeed permission  tenor c sequitur in hc word forasmuch as the king our sovereign Lord be  rightful entitle to have two reasonable aid accord to the law of this land the  one for the make knight the right honourable his first beget son Arthur late  prince of Wales decease and the other for the marriage of the right noble  princess his first beget daughter Margaret now marry to the king of scot and  also that his highness have bear great and inestimable charge for the defence  of the realm c consider the premise and if the same aid shall be levy and bad  by reason of their tenor accord to the ancient law of the jand shall be to  they doubtful and uncertain and great unquietness for the search and not  knowledge of their several tenor and their land Chargeable to the same have  make humble petition unto his highness gracious to accept and take of they the  sum of coke as well in recompense and satisfaction of the say two aid as for  the say great and inestimable charge c as be aforesaid the king to eschew and  avoid the great vexation trouble and unquietness which to they shall have  ensue if the say aid be levy after the ancient law and for the good and  acceptable service of the noble of this realm and other his faithful subject  in their own person and otherwise do to his grace and thereby sustain manifold  cost and charge to his great honour and pleasure do pardon the say two aid and  accept the offer aforesaid and that the poor of his say commons shall not be  contributory to the say sum of have pardon parcel thereof and do accept of in  full satisfaction c and that the city and borough town and place be in every  shire not by themselves Accountable in the exchequer for fifteen and ten be  Chargeable with the shire c and all city and borough not contributory c but  Accountable by themselves c shall be Chargeable by themselves towards the  payment of the say with such sum as under the Act particular appear c and  there under the Act appear the several taxation of every several county city  borough c and that the city of London be tax to S d the city of Norwich to S I  d the city of Canterbury to S d ob Norfolk S d Suffolk S d ob c the sum of all  the sum then express be whereof Allowable for fee and wage of commissioner and  collector S d and so remain S and d note that the university of Cambridge and  Oxford and the college of Eton be except coke report er p see rot h ex part  remem dom thesaur in scaccario in help we concession ad primogenitamfiliam our  men maritand and note that king Henry III have aid grant to he in parliament  ad isabellam sister svan of to a general officer maritand but that be of  benevolence rot h ibidem show r Johannes Le Franrois Baro de Scaccario quod  cum lord king non to wrinkle nisi S de intearo fee soldier de help ad  primogenitamfiliain svan maritand Radol fill Rad fill mich injust to drive out  de eoden S ad birthright son sum be maritay d pro two birth One fee soldier et  averia svan thou I e she de I e P two ni I et therefore mandahvm be Vic come  bedd et buck quod venire to make c predict b ad to answer eiden John deira  dict transgression et predict averio c so as it appear by this that some hold  that the statute of Westminster aforesaid be but a confirmation of the  commonlaw and that the king also ought not to take more but that be doubt ib  in royal power Edward rot de help ad military spirit which be mean of  knighthood of the king son in the time of Henry III et Isabel Countess  Albenzarte perdonata I S d pro eoden help because Baldwinus de islander frater  he ciYus hres self be to be infra xtatem etin custodian he et because teventes  dictce lsabellce a load per slavery military man de predict money note that  that be before the statute of Westminster and by that it appear that if one  within age be in ware of the king he shall not be contributory to aid but his  tenant which hold of he and then hold of the king by reason of ware shall pay  aid unto the king as it appear by that record ibidem Edward king selection  elfidelibus VicKancetRico de b coke health to know quod in gn primo die June  year royal power our men prlati Comiles baron et cxteri Ha ates de royal power  our men concediturpro see et totan partnership the same royal power inpleno  parliament our men we to go away S de one fee soldier in speech royal power ad  help adprimb begotten son our men maritand levand as hujusmodi help alias in  grammatical case similar things to lift up to become used who indeed relief  faciend pro dictam partnership easimento thus far supersedim faciend gracious  assignavim thou ad give notice of or fix a day help c note that his old  daughter be marry to the earl of bar bid TR Edward de help concession ad  militiamfilii king ibidem hill Henry rot de rational help de will lord Boos  for the marriage of blanch the king old daughter out of the manor of Wragby in  the county of Lincoln the like m rot h rot Lincoln and rot Lincoln and rot  Lincoln and Tr r h rot Kane and rot Kane and rot Kane see ibidem b Edward rot  Cantab de help de son king birthright soldier faciend per Episco pum Eliensem  by which it appear that a bishop for his land which he bold by knight service  or socage shall pay aid but those who hold by frankalmoign or by divine  service shall not pay aid as before be say see ibidem Edward rot and de  auxiliand ad primogeniture son king soldier faciend and collector thereupon  appoint by all which before cite it appear that tenure in burgage be subject  to the payment of aid and note that a great part of London be abbey or chantry  land and the land of person attaint and all those which be immediate hold of  the king by knight service or in socage shall be contributory to the payment  of aid c note that this double charge be in respect that they be discharge of  any contribution for socage which I conceive be for the difficulty to find the  socage tenure note to former edition coke report er p