case Mildmay versus Hungerford eoden die tenant for life of a copyhold with a  contingent remainder to his first son in tail take a conveyance of the  reversion in fee of the copyhold before the birth of the son the contingent  remainder be not destroy the freehold be in the lord a copyhold at Newington  be devise by dame Margaret Hungerford to the plaintiff for life remainder to  his first and other son in tail remainder to the defendant sir Giles  Hungerford in fee the plaintiff be mind to make himself absolute owner of the  estate his wife be then privement ensient of a son be advice that if he buy in  the reversion in fee from sir Giles Hungerford and take a surrender thereof to  his own use that will merge his estate for life and by consequence destroy the  contingent remainder to his son there be then no issue bear and therefore he  agree to give sir Giles Hungerford five hundred and fifty pound for the  reversion and now bring his bill to be relieve against the security give to  the defendant for that he be deceive therein in regard he now understand such  surrender of the reversion will not bar the son since bear in regard the  freehold and inheritance be in the lord so not the like inconvenience as of  freehold estate at commonlaw in respect of contingent remainder where there be  none against who to bring the prcipe there be not a tenant of the prcipe in a  copyhold for there no prcipe can be bring be parcel of the manor only and the  freehold in the Lord per Hardwicke Lord chancellor Lovel v Lovel atk and the  estate of the Lord will preserve contingent remainder against a forfeiture  where the precede estate be expire per Loughborough Lord chancellor Habergham  v Vincent Ves jun per cur pay principal interest and cost or be dismiss with  cost the bill be file against the executor of sir Giles Hungerford the  plaintiff have at a court hold that day of may surrender to the say sir  Hungerford the say premise who be then admit and at the same time resurrended  the same to the plaintiff and his heir who be thereupon admit the plaintiff to  pay cost both at law and inequity Reg lib b fol Vernon chancery case er p