coke a edward althams case Trin James in the common plea Thomas Laurence and  Marcia his wife by Charles cardinal their attorney demand against Edward  Altham gentle and Margaret his wife the three part of acre of land acre of  meadow and acre of pasture with the appurtenance in Gosfield as the dower of  the say Marcia of the endowment of Thomas Nash the elder sometime her husband  c and the aforesaid Edward and Margaret by John Rowley their attorney come and  say that the aforesaid Thomas Laurence and Marcia the dower of the say Marcia  of the tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c of the endowment of  the say Thomas Nash some time the husband c against they ought not to have  because they say that the say Thomas Nash some time the husband c be seize of  the tenement aforesaid hereof c in his coke report b er p demesne as of fee  and hold the same of John Wentworth Esq as of his manor of Gosfield with the  appurtenance in the county aforesaid in fee socage that be to say by fealty  only for all manner of service and demand and the say Thomas be so seize of  the say tenement with the appurtenance whereof c on the that day of April in  the year of our Lord at Gosfield aforesaid make his testament and last will in  write and by the same his last will will and bequeathe the tenement aforesaid  with the appurtenance whereof c to one Zachary Nash young son of the same  Thomas Nash to have and to hold to the say Zachary for the term of his life  and afterward there die of such estate thereof so seize after who death the  say Zachary enter into the tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c  and be thereof seize in his demesne as of freehold for the term of his life by  virtue of the bequest aforesaid coke b and the reversion of the tenement  aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c after the death of the say Thomas do  descend to one Thomas Nash as son and heir of the aforesaid Thomas Nash some  time husband c by which the say Thomas the son be seize of the say reversion  of the tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c as of fee and right  and the say Thomas so thereof be seize and the aforesaid Zachary of the  tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c so as before be say be  seize the aforesaid Marcia after the death of the say Thomas Nash some time  her husband c in the widowhood of the say Marcia while she be single that be  to say on the that day of April in the that year of the reign of the lady  Elizabeth late queen of England at Gosfield aforesaid by her write of release  which the say Edward and Margaret seal with the seal of the say Marcia bring  here into court who date be the same day and year by the name of Marcia Nash  the widow of Thomas Nash late of feringe in the county of Essex decease  remised release and altogether for her her heir executor and administrator for  ever quit claim to the aforesaid Thomas Nash son and heir of the aforesaid  Thomas Nash some time the husband of the say Marcia by the name of Thomas Nash  of Wethersfield in the county aforesaid yeoman son and heir of the say Thomas  Nash late her husband all and all manner of action as well real as personal  all suit quarrel and demand whatsoever which she the say Marcia or her  executor against the say Thomas Nash the son or his executor they ever have or  have then have or ought to have or any way then may or will have by reason of  any thing cause or deed whatsoever from the beginning of the world unto the  day of the date of the same write of release after which write of release to  the aforesaid Thomas the son make by the say Marcia as before be say the  aforesaid Thomas the son of the reversion of the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c in form aforesaid be seize at Gosfield aforesaid die of  such his estate thereof seize after who death the say reversion of the  tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c do descend to the aforesaid  Margaret as daughter and heir of the aforesaid Thomas the son by which the say  Margaret be seize of the say reversion of the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c as of fee and right and she the say Margaret so of the  same reversion as before be say be seize and the aforesaid Zachary of the  tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c in form aforesaid be seize  the say Zachary afterward at Gosfield aforesaid die of such his estate thereof  seize after who death the say Margaret enter into the tenement coke a  aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c and be thereof seize in her demesne  as of fee and so thereof be seize the say Margaret afterward and before the  day of bring the original writ aforesaid of the say Thomas Laurence and Marcia  at Gosfield aforesaid take to husband the aforesaid Edward Altham by which the  say Edward and Margaret be and yet be seize of the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c in their demesne as of fee in the right of the say  Margaret a that this be the correct mode of plead the seize of husband and  wife where the estate belong to the wife in fee Vid two take v Glascock sand  green v coal sand a and this they be ready to verify whereupon they pray  judgement if the aforesaid Thomas Laurence and Marcia dower of the say Marcia  of the coke report b er p tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c  of the endowment of the say Thomas Nash some time the husband c against they  ought to have c and the aforesaid Thomas Laurence and Marcia pray over of the  aforesaid write of release and it be read unto they in these word to all  faithful people to who this present write shall come Marcia Nash the widow of  Thomas Nash late of feringe in the county of Essex decease greeting in our  Lord God everlasting know the that I the aforesaid Marcia be in my pure  widowhood and have full power to remise release and altogether for I my heir  executor and administrator for ever to quit claim to Thomas Nash of  Wethersfield in the county aforesaid yeoman son and heir of the say Thomas my  late husband all and all manner of action as well real as personal suit  quarrel and demand whatsoever as also all my dower and title and action of  dower to I appertain by the death of the say Thomas my husband of any of his  land and tenement in Wethersfield aforesaid what or which I the say Marcia or  my executor against he the say Thomas Nash the son or his executor I ever have  have or any way hereafter may have have or may have by reason of any thing  cause or deed whatsoever from the beginning of the world unto the day of the  date of this present write of release and further know the that I the  aforesaid Marcia have give and remised to the say Thomas Nash the son all the  good late of the say Thomas my husband which be in the possession of he the  say Thomas the son or his assign at the time of the make of this write of  release in witness whereof to this ray present write I have set my seal date  the that day of April in the that year of the reign of our lady Elizabeth by  the grace of God of England France and Ireland queen defender of the faith c  which be read and hear the say Thomas Laurence and Marcia say that they for  any thing before allege ought not to be bar from have the dower of the say  Marcia because they say that the aforesaid coke b Thomas Nash some time  husband c in his lifetime and at the time of his death be seize as well of the  tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c in Gosfield aforesaid as of  two message and acre of land with the appurtenance in Wethersfield aforesaid  in his demesne as of fee and so thereof be seize at Gosfield aforesaid by his  last will and testament in write devise the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c in Gosfield aforesaid to the aforesaid Zachary Nash  young son of the say Thomas Nash some time husband c and afterward at Gosfield  aforesaid die after who death the say Thomas Nash the young as son and heir of  the say Thomas Nash some time husband c enter into the tenement aforesaid with  the appurtenance in Wethersfield aforesaid and be thereof seize in his demesne  as of fee and the say Zachary into the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c in Gosfield aforesaid enter and be thereof seize in his  demesne as of freehold for the term of his life and the say Thomas Laurence  and Marcia far say that at the time of the death the aforesaid Thomas Nash  some time husband c the aforesaid Zachary be within the age of year that be to  say of three year by which the say Marcia while she be single as guardian and  for nurture of the say Zachary enter into the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c in Gosfield aforesaid and be thereof possess the  aforesaid Thomas Nash the son be seize of the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance in Wethersfield aforesaid and that the say Zachary be seize of  the tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c in Gosfield aforesaid  in form aforesaid and the say Marcia in form aforesaid so be possess afterward  and before the make of the aforesaid write of release here in court bring at  Gosfield aforesaid it be conclude and agree between the say Marcia while she  be single and the aforesaid Thomas Nash the son that the say Marcia shall  release to the say Thomas Nash the son all her dower happen to her by the  death of the aforesaid Thomas Nash some time the husband c of all land and  tenement of the say Thomas in Wethersfield aforesaid and that the say Thomas  Nash the son shall feoff John tiler the elder and John tiler the young and  their heir of the tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c in  Gosfield aforesaid to the use of the say Zachary and the heir of his body  lawful beget and the say Thomas Laurence and Marcia far say that the aforesaid  Thomas Nash the son be seize of the tenement aforesaid in weather coke report  a er p field aforesaid in the form aforesaid and the aforesaid Marcia of the  tenement with the appurtenance whereof c in Gosfield aforesaid be possess the  say coke a Marcia afterward that be to say on the aforesaid that day of April  in the that year of the reign of the say lady Elizabeth late queen of England  abovesaid while she the say Marcia be single at Gosfield aforesaid the  aforesaid write of release to the aforesaid Thomas the son seal and deliver  and the aforesaid Thomas Nash the son on the that day of April in the that  year of the reign of the say late queen aforesaid at Gosfield aforesaid feoff  the aforesaid John tiler the elder and John tiler the young and their heir of  the tenement aforesaid with the appurtenance whereof c in Gosfield aforesaid  to the use of the aforesaid Zachary and the heir of his body lawful beget and  afterward be the say Zachary at Gosfield aforesaid die without heir of his  body lawful beget and this they be ready to verify whereupon they pray  judgement and seize of the three part of the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c in Gosfield aforesaid to be adjudge to they c and the  aforesaid Edward and Margaret say that the aforesaid plea of the say Thomas  Laurence and Marcia plead ilm manner and form aforesaid in reply and that the  matter therein contain be not sufficient in law for they the say Thomas and  Marcia the dower of the say Marcia in the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c against the say Edward and Margaret to have and  maintain and that they need not nor by the law of the land be bind thereto to  answer and this they be ready to verify wherefore for default of a sufficient  replication of the aforesaid Thomas and Marcia in this behalf the say Edward  and Margaret as before pray judgement and that the say Thomas Laurence and  Marcia from the dower of the say Marcia of the tenement aforesaid with the  appurtenance whereof c against they ought to be bar and the say Thomas and  Marcia forasmuch as they sufficient matter in law for the say Thomas and  Marcia to have and maintain their action aforesaid against the say Edward and  Margaret above by replication have allege which they be ready to verify which  matter the say Edward and Margaret do not deny nor to the same any way answer  but the averment aforesaid do altogether refuse to admit as before pray  judgement and seize of the three part aforesaid to be adjudge unto they c and  because the justice here will advice themselves of and upon the premise before  they give their judgement thereof day be give to the party aforesaid here  until in eight day of saint Michael to hear their judgement thereof because  the say justice here thereof be not yet c