case duke of Southampton as administrator of his late wife plaintiff and  Cranmer all executor of sip henry wood defendant eoden die in court Lord  chancellor the bill be bring by the duke of Southampton who Vernon chancery  case marry the daughter and heir of sir Henry wood as administrator to his  late wife for a account of the personal estate of his say wife videlicet the  profit of her real estate receive by trustee in her lifetime the case arise  upon the construction of a deed of settlement and will make by sir Henry wood  wherein among other thing it be recite that a marriage be intend between the  duke of Southampton and the daughter of sir Henry wood and then come a clause  that in case the daughter shall live to attain the age of sixteen year and  shall refuse to marry the say duke of Southampton then the say duke shall have  pound out of his personal estate and afterward there be another clause to this  effect videlicet and if it shall happen that the say intend marriage shall not  he have till after his daughter attain her age of sixteen year then he upon  such marriage have settle his real and personal estate upon the duke and his  intend wife for their life c the marriage take effect the lady be under the  age of sixteen year she life to attain sixteen year and before seventeen die  without issue the defendant counsel will have it that by this settlement to  which the will refer the personal estate be not vest so as to entitle the  administrator of the wife by reason the marriage be have before she attain the  age of sixteen and that it be sir Henry wood intent to restrain his daughter  from marry before she attain that age Lord chancellor I take the intent to be  quite otherwise the thing chief aim it be that there may be a marriage have  betwixt the duke and sir Henry wood daughter and for that intent be the clause  of pound penalty in case at sixteen year of age she shall refuse to marry he  and this latter clause be only to bring in that pound again Vernon chancery  case into the personal estate and to be settle to the same use with the rest  in case the marriage shall he have after her age of sixteen year and to I it  do in no sort imply that they may not marry before that time and therefore  decree a account c Reg lib a fol the deed be by lease and release and be very  short state in the register book after recite that the say treat for the  marriage be with the approbation of his majesty and a declaration that on the  marriage take effect his majesty will settle land in England on the plaintiff  of pound per and the clause allude to be as follow the land therein mention be  convey by sir harry wood to trustee therein name upon trust for the plaintiff  and his duchess and their child if any and if she shall refuse to marry the  plaintiff or die before the age of then that the trustee shall raise out of  the say manor c the sum of pound to be pay to the plaintiff the deed be date  the d and d of may and on the that of the same month of may sir Henry wood  make and execute his will recite and confirm the say deed and declare that if  the plaintiff or his brother George Lord palmer shall not marry the say mary  or shall die without issue by her or if either of they shall have issue by her  after the death of such issue without issue then as to those premise and all  other his land c upon trust for the say mary as therein mention enter duke of  Southampton v bishop of Litchfield the decree in this case be affirm reverse  in the house of lord that April journ Ho lord that vol p show p g Vernon  chancery case er p