CCCXCIV the lord Dacres case stewardship of a manor office of trust grant per  Copy deputy steward in ejection strong the case be that the Lord Dacres be  seize of the manor of eversham and that I S hold the place where of the say  manor by copy for term of his life and the say lord grant the stewardship of  the say manor to the now marquis of Winchester who appoint one Chedle to be  his deputy to keep a court ad to give up the say land I S be now dead to one  Wilkins by copy for life afterward the say Chedle command one hardy his  servant to keep the say court and rant the say land by copy ut above which be  do accord the copy be enter and the Lord Dacres subsign it confirm it it be  further find that hardy have many time keep the say court both before and  after and that the custom of the manor be that the steward of the say manor  for the time be or his deputy may take surrender and grant estate by copy and  if this estate so grant by hardy be good or not be the question because by the  servant of the deputy whereas the custom find do not extend Leonard further  than the deputy it be argue that the estate grant ut above be void for a  deputy can transfer his authority over for it be all office of trust see h e  and Elizabeth it be adjudge that the duke of Somerset have diverse steward of  his land and they in the name of the say duke make diverse lease of the land  of the say duke render rend and the duke afterward assent to the say lease and  receive the rend reserve upon they and yet after the death of the say duke the  earl of Hertford his son and heir avoid they so here the assent and the  subsignment of the copy by the Lord Dacres do not give any strength to the  copy which be void at the beginning against which it be say that to take a  surrender and to grant ail estate by copy be not any Judicial act but mere a  act of service and no matter of trust be transfer to hardy for trust be repose  in he who may deceive which cant be in our case for here be a express  commandment which if hardy transgress it be absolute void for nothing be leave  to his discretion and the admit of a copyholder be not any judicial act for  there need not be any of the suitor there who be the judge and such a court  may be hold out of the precinct of the manor for no plead be hold which be  concession per totan curian and b ailiff justice if the lord of such a manor  make a feoff of a parcel of his manor which be hold by copy for life and  afterward the copyholder die although now the lord have not any court yet the  feoff may grant over the land by copy again and the whole court be clear of  opinion that the grant for the manner of it be good especial because the Lord  Dacres agree to it and judgement be give accord ante cro trin Elizabeth in the  king bench