clviii taverner and cromwell case upon a evidence unto a jury contain  difficulty and matter in law it be find videlicet that the bishop of Norwich h  be seize of the manor of Northelman in the right of his bishopric and at his  court hold within the same manor grant parcel of the demesne of the say manor  to one taverner and his heir where of the say land in truth there be not any  demise by copy before and so the say land continue in copy until h at which  time taverner commit a forfeiture which be present the bishop seize the land  as forfeit and grant the same again by copy to taverner in fee and so from  thence it continue in copy until Elizabeth which interval between h and  Elizabeth amount to year it be the opinion of the whole court in this case  that the continuance for year be requisite to fasten a customary condition  upon the land against the lord it be also agree by the court that although the  original commencement and that customary interest do commence TO h ut above  from which time unto Elizabeth year pass yet the seizure for a forfeiture  which happen h interrupt utter Leonard the continuance from the time which may  by the law have perfect Leonard er p the customary interest so that now the  time before the forfeiture ought not to be account in this case but the  original beginning of the copyhold shall be hold to be h when the grant de to  make new by copy be make between which time and Elizabeth S a interval but of  year within which time a customary interest can be attach upon the land and  then before sufficient time encurred c the lord may well enter upon such a  tenant at will for as yet there be not any custom beget by sufficient time to  bind he it be also agree by the justice that if the lord of a manor be seize  of a ancient copyhold for forfeiture or by reason of escheat and let the same  at will without any copy for diverse year one after the other that that be not  any interruption of the customary nature of the land but that the lord may  grant it again by copy as to other parcel of the land it be give in evidence  that at a court late hold at Northelman it be present by the homage there that  taverner the plaintiff be a copyholder of the say manor have forge a customary  of the say manor contain diverse false custom pretend they to be true custom  of the say manor and that he have forge and put a seal to it about which this  word videlicet Northelman be engrave and that he have procure diverse  copyholder of the say manor to set their seal to it and that he say unto they  that that customary shall be put into the church of Northelman among the  charter and evidence of the say church and that he have now make his copyhold  as good as his freehold and if the say offence commit by the plaintiff ut  above be a forfeiture of his copyhold be the question it be argue by Popham  who be of counsel with the plaintiff that without further matter it be not any  forfeiture and yet he confess it be a forgery against the first branch of that  statute of Elizabeth cap and so he say it be late adjudge in the starchamber  but as to the point of forfeiture be put this difference if the lord demand  his service of his copyholder there if the copyholder upon debate between the  lord and himself show forth such a forge customary and counterpleads the  demand of the lord with it now it be a forfeiture for that the inheritance of  the lord be thereby hazard as if the copyholder after the forfeiture keep it  himself and do not encounter his lord in his demand with it in his service the  same be not any forfeiture as if the copyholder before any rend be due say  that be will not pay any rend to the lord hereafter or when a court be to be  hold that he will not after appear to do any suit at the court of his lord c  but if his rend be due he deny it or when the court be hold he say that be  will not do any suit the same be a forfeiture as it be late adjudge in the  king Leonard bench in the case between sir Christopher Hatton and his  copyholder of his manor of Wellingborough so if a copyholder be with the other  copyholder charge upon oath to inquire of the article of the courtbaron and  sufficient matter be give to they in evidence to induce they to find a matter  within their charge and they or any of they obstinate refuse to find the same  the same be a forfeiture of his copyhold as it be adjudge in the case of sir  Richard Southwell knight and Thurston Clench justice conceive that in the  principal case the offence of the plaintiff be not any forfeiture no more than  if a copyholder make a charter of feoff of his customary land and deliver the  same as his deed to the party but do not execute it by livery the same be not  a forfeiture it be that be tie by gawdy sergeant who be of counsel with the  defendant to the contrary for he say that if a copyholder will forge a deed of  feoff purport that the lord of the manor have feoff he of the say customary  land notwithstanding that he keep such charter himself without show it forth  yet it be a forfeiture at the length the court wish the jury to find the  special matter and to refer the same to the court whether it be a forfeiture  or not in this case another matter be move videlicet the ancestor of the  plaintiff have purchase diverse several copyhold from several copyholder by  several copy whereof he die seize or commit several offence by which he  forfeit to the lord all his copyhold for which the lord seize and grant they  again to his ancestor with the ancient rend and to his heir tenendum per  ancient the condition of a slave consuet c and afterward the same copyholder  commit waste whether the same shall now trench to forfeit all the copyhold  land which be grant ut above by one entire copy or only that which be before  the seizure hold by the same rend et nothing ultra for these word tenendum per  ancient Leonard er p the condition of a slave do not trench only to the  quantity of the service but also to the quality sure several so as there shall  be several service as before as if a be seize of copyhold land on the part of  his father and of other copyhold land on the part of his motherland thereof  die seize and his son and heir be admit to it by one copy and by one  admittance now if that son die without issue the copyhold shall descend  several the one to the heir on the part of his father and the other to the  heir on the part of his mother c and afterward the jury find the special  verdict and the special matter ut above c cro roll Leonard trin Elizabeth in  the exchequer