case ford against Hoskins easter term James roll a action on the case will not  lie against the lord of a manor for refuse to admit a copyholder but he may  obtain relief by application to the court of chancery SC Bulst SC roll ab SC  more roll Rep   light roll Rep Bulst gilbert ten Bl Rep will Cowp term Rep  term Rep action on the case against the defendant be lord of the manor of  Beaminster in the county of Dorset whereas John ford be copyholder for life of  the say manor where the custom of the manor be that a copyholder for life may  nominate his successor to have it for life and that such a person nominate  shall compound with the lord for his fine and if he can not compound then he  shall give such a fine as the homage of the manor shall assess and shall be  admit and hold for his life and allege in fact that his father nominate he his  successor to have for life and die that he tender for his composition and can  not be accept whereupon the homage assess a fine of forty shilling which he  tender to pay and the defendant will not accept thereof nor admit he whereby  he lose the benefit thereof nor can sell it and thereupon he bring the action  the defendant plead not guilty and it be find against he it be now move in  arrest of judgement that this action lie not for although it have be allege  that this custom pretend be good yet forasmuch as he who be so nominate have  not law ad remember nec law in re until admittance and a copyholder in the eye  of the law be but tenant at the lord will if the lord will not hold court he  have no remedy to compel he to admit he but by order of chancery as   b  Westwicks case Henry pl light fol the court hold that the action lie not for  he have not any interest therein and it will be infinite if every copyholder  upon pretence of refusal shall have a action for then the lord at his peril  ought to admit which will be mischievous and there never be any action bring  before these time against a lord of a manor for nonadmittance but always the  remedy against the lord be only in chancery wherefore there be not any reason  to croak throw give allowance to such frame action new devise it be therefore  adjudge for the defendant vide Henry pl n b b that action on the case lie  against a archdeacon for not inducting croak James er p