case attorneygeneral versus mayor c of Coventry Lord chancellor one claim a  feefarm rend under the stat of car and the land be sequester out of which the  rend issue court order the grantee of the feefarm rend may take his remedy at  law for the rend notwithstanding the sequestration the plaintiff have obtain a  decree against the corporation of Coventry for pound and upward belong to sir  Thomas white charity and for nonpayment thereof have obtain a sequestration  and take possession of all the corporationlands the earl of Aylesford have a  feefarm rend of pound per and Payable by the corporation move the court that  the sequestrator may be order to pay it out of the money in their hand and  upon that motion it be refer to a master to examine and state the nature of  the demand this come on before Lord chancellor assist by Parker and king Ch  just upon exception take by the earl of Aylesford to the master report the  master have report that the commissioner name in the sequestration be not in  possession of any land or other matter liable to the feefarm rend of pound per  and former Payable by the defendant the mayor and corporation of Coventry to  the crown r l upon the report it appear that queen Isabel have a grant for  life of the toll fine and amerciament c of the town and the reversion in fee  grant to prince Edward they grant the same to the corporation reserve a  feefarm rend of pound per and and the estate afterward come to the crown the  franchise toll fine and amerciament be by several charter confirm to the  corporation reserve the Vernon chancery case pound per and which have be  constant pay to the crown until the feefarm rend be sell and this feefarm rend  be purchase from the trustee appoint by the Act car cap by the Lord chancellor  Nottingham and by he devise to the Lord Aylesford his young son under who the  earl of Aylesford claim r l to who it be pay until about two year since and  the act of parliament to encourage purchaser give they the like liberty the  crown have to distrain not only upon the estate grant but upon any of the land  of the tenant who ought to pay the feefarm rend for the plaintiff it be insist  first that this be a rend original reserve to a subject and consequent void  for although the crown may yet a subject can reserve a rend out of a  incorporeal inheritance so   Litt a et vide the Lord Mountjoys case Rep p a at  the bottom but to that it be answer that the subsequent charter have confirm  the grant reserve the same rend it make the rend good and beside at this  distance of time have be so long pay it will be presume to be well reserve  second it be object that the feefarm rend issue only out of toll fine  amerciament c the grantee can not distrain upon the land of the tenant the act  of parliament provide that a purchaser of a feefarm may distrain on all or any  of the land of the tenant for the time be that shall hold any land charge with  the say rend but here the tenant hold no land charge for nothing be charge  with the rend but the toll fine and franchise vide on this point note next  page say non allocatur three it be insist that although the king may distrain  in any of the land of the tenant yet it must be Vernon chancery case admit  that if the tenant alien any part of his land or if he devise nay if he lease  to a tenant at a rend although but at will the king can distrain upon those  land be no part of the land original charge with the rend and so it be upon a  recovery by elegit and therefore even the crown be precarious in the matter  the tenant may at any time determine that right of distrain by alien by devise  or set his land it be only liable while it be in his own hand and therefore no  great regard be to be give to such privilege and if the tenant may do it even  by a voluntary act if a tenant at will be to be exempt from that power of  distress a strong the sequestrator who come in by process and by a judicial  proceed for a just debt ought in equity to be equal regard and put a equal  foot with those who come in by elegit upon Lord chancellor declare that all he  can do upon the motion be to declare Vernon chancery case er p that  notwithstanding the sequestration the earl of Aylesford may take his remedy at  law as he shall be advice the word of the order be as follow whereupon and  upon hear the stat Charles ill c read his lordship be of opinion that the earl  of Aylesford stand in the place of the crown as grantee of the crown of the  say feefarm rend of pound per and and that the statute car give the like  remedy to a purchaser of feefarm rend as the crown have and there be more want  of remedy where the thing be incorporeal than where land be charge but on the  motion of the say earl and on the say report and what be now use in argument  his lordship can relieve he further than that all difficulty be remove which  this court have bring and do therefore declare that the say earl may without  any apprehension of contempt of this court distrain for the say rend as he  shall think fit notwithstanding the say sequestration or any process of this  court and if the party go to law and any replevin shall be bring on such  distress any lease or pretend lease of the say sequestrator be not to be give  in evidence Reg lib a fol vide p wms SC and reference there and note Parker Ch  just seem by the report of the principal case in p wms to have be of opinion  that the court may reasonable enough have order the sequestrator to pay the  rend as before the sequestration the corporation pay the feefarm rend  voluntary and now appear sensible of the earl right and that put the earl to  distrain be put the charge of this suit upon the estate Vernon chancery case  de term S michaelis in curian porter