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Title: The Clerks vade mecum, or, A choice collection of modern presidents according to the best forms extant, and such as have not formerly been printed : containing all sorts of bargains and sales, leases, mortgages, grants, covenants, surrenders &c. : usefull for all persons that have relation to the practick part of the common law ... / fatihfully perused by T.P.
Print source: The Clerks vade mecum, or, A choice collection of modern presidents according to the best forms extant, and such as have not formerly been printed : containing all sorts of bargains and sales, leases, mortgages, grants, covenants, surrenders &c. : usefull for all persons that have relation to the practick part of the common law ... / fatihfully perused by T.P.
T. P.
London: Printed by T.M. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, 1655.
Notes:
Imperfect: pages torn and tightly bound with loss of print. Pages 220-243 and 624-645 from British Library copy spliced at end.
Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois Library.
Subject terms:
Conveyancing -- Great Britain -- Forms.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33419.0001.001
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title page
The PREFACE to the Reader.
ERRATA.
legal formulary
Articles of Agreement for a Carpenter.
An Award made betweene Executors.
Another form of an Award.
Another form of an Award short.
A Lease of a Coal-Mine, or Coal-Pit.
Articles of agreement for passing a Particular, rated in Fee simple un∣der the Great Seal, to two Paten∣tees, and from them to the pur∣chaser.
Articles of agreement indented, had, made, &c. between A. B. &c. of the one party, and C. D. of the o∣ther party, for filing a book in Re∣version granted by her Majestie, as followeth, viZ.
Articles of agreement for passing a Lease in Reversion.
Covenants to set up a grate of Iron to be placed about a Tomb.
Covenants to hew and make an Alablaster Tomb.
A Lease of a Ferry.
A Deafeazance of an obligation for∣feited.
A Defeazance of a Statute and Obli∣gation.
Assignment of a Judgment upon an Attachment in the Mayors Court.
An Assignment of a Statute, with a Letter of Atturney.
A Lease of Tithes.
A Lease of a Messuage, with an increase of rent paid quarterly, in the name of a fine or income.
A Lease of a manor.
A Lease of Land.
An assignment of a lease, and bond to perform the covenants of the same lease.
To give an Acquittance upon Receipt of Rent.
An Assignment of divers Obligations and Bills.
A Lease of a Messuage, and of Lands.
A Lease of Lands in exchange.
A Grant of an Annuity or rent-charge.
Assignment of an Annuity or Rent-Charge.
A Covenant of further assurance.
A Covenant to pay mony yearely du∣ring a mans life.
section
section
A Forfeiture, if the lessee be out∣lawed or attainted of Felony or Trea∣son, or for breach of any Covenant.
An assignment of rent reserved by a Lease, granted in consideration of service.
A clause to avoid the Survivorship of a mans Wife.
An Assurance devised in a very rare forme. Penned by Mr. Atkinson Counsellor.
A Lease of a Mill.
Recital of an original lease.
A lease with two rents reserved.
A Lease of a Tenement with good Covenants.
A demise of a Lease forfeited for non-payment of Rent.
Recitall, where the Lease may not be seen.
A Lease upon Condition in Mortgage, for Collateral Security.
To repay money if the Lessee be put out of possession.
The recital of an Indenture, and Cove∣nants of a Lease for term of lives.
section
Forfeiture for non payment of rent, or not doing of repa∣rations after no∣tice given thereof by the lessor.
A lease for lives with Fine and Reco∣very, per Blunden & alios.
Assurance of a Jointure by Fine and Recovery.
section
section
Assignment of an extent, and the land thereby extended.
Assignment of an extent, upon a sta∣tute forfeited to the Queen.
A Confirmation of a Lease, short.
A Confirmation to the assignee of a Lease to him assigned from the chief Lord.
A Grant from the Queen, of the goods of one that is outlawed.
A grant of the forfeiture of a recogni∣zance, acknowledged before two Ju∣stices of the peace, to the Queens use.
An Indenture for Marriage.
A Mortgage of Letters patents, and the Land thereby granted.
A Bargaine and sale to the Queene of Lands, upon a Condition for the Redemption thereof.
A Grant of an annuity for the main∣tenance of an Alms-house, or of an Hospital.
A bargain and sale of land mortgaged made from the mortgagee and the morgagor, before the day of redem∣tion, to another.
A Bargaine and sale upon condition made to Feoffees in trust.
section
section
An Indenture of bargain and sale ab∣solute.
An Indenture of Covenants to the for∣mer Indenture, whereupon a Recovery is passed.
A covenant to surrender Copy-hold lands, &c.
A Bargain and Sale of Swans, and a Swan mark.
A Bargain and sale of Underwood.
A sale of a ward or a wardship.
An Assignment of a Ward.
A Deede of gift upon condition to bee void upon the the tender of 5 s.
A sale of Billets, and wood, or timber.
An Indenture for limitation of uses and estates.
A deed of Revocation, very large.
A Revocation very short.
An Indenture between executors.
The form of a Will
To sue forth a writ of Entry of a Ma∣nor.
To sue forth a Recovery in the Hastings Court, London, upon a writ of Right.
An other for a Recovery to bee pas∣sed.
For a Recovery passed.
A Release of a Proviso, or condition for payment of mony reserved upon an Indenture of Bargaine and Sale.
A Release where three have a Joynt estate of Inheritance.
A Release of an assignment made upon condition.
A Release of a Mannor.
A Release of a Rent reserved in a pair of articles of agreement.
A release of a Condition in an Inden∣ture of bargain and sale, with the pro∣viso recited.
A release of an annuity.
A release of the condition and other co∣venants in an Indenture of mortgage, with a confirmation from the mortga∣gor to the mortgagee.
A release of errors in passing a fine & recovery and other assurance.
A Conveyance out of a Letters patents.
A Surrender to the King of a Lease for years.
A Surrender of a lease for lives to the King.
A Grant of Indenization to Aliens borne.
A Deed of Gift of Land with∣out Indenture.
A Deed of Feoffment for a Wives Joynture.
A Refeoffment upon the same.
A Grant of an Annuity for life.
An Assignement of an Apprentice.
A Covenant to make an Acquittance upon payment of money.
An Indenture of Bargain and Sale.
A Sale of an Apprentice his Inden∣ture, and terme of yeers.
A Release from one Patentee to the other.
A Release from one Purchaser to another.
A feoffment with a letter of Atturney upon condition expressed in an Indenture.
A Feoffment upon condition of payment of money.
A Letter of Atturney to receive possession and seisin.
A Feoffment in part of performance of Covenants in a certaine Inden∣ture.
A Proviso for payment of monies.
A Letter of Attorney to receive an Annuity.
A Grant of the presentation to a Vica∣age.
A grant of a representation, reciting a former gift: Extrordinary.
A Gift of ones interest in an advow∣son.
A Presentation by the King.
Another Presentation by the King.
A Presentation by a common person to a parsonage.
A Confirmation from the King of a Presentation.
A Gift of an advowson from the King.
Another Grant from a Bishop.
A Licence for none Residence. A Qualification.
A Licence for the admission of a Chap∣lain into Service.
A Grant of the Office of keeping a great House, and a Park.
A Grant of the goods of a Person out∣lowed.
An Indenture of allotment of severall parts of Land.
To avoid the Title of Survivorship, where lands are granted to two.
An Indenture where two have joynt estate, upon condition that either of them may have an equall part in the land or money lent, taking no benefit by Survivorship.
An Indenture of partition.
An Indenture between Partners.
An Indenture where three have pur∣chased Land jointly, that upon sale thereof, all summes of money shall bee equally divided amongst them.
An Indenture where a Lease is gran∣ted to three joint lessees, that every of them is to pay his part of the rent, and equall part in the charge of repairing, ond other charges.
An Indenture for an under Sheriff.
A Warrant to the Auditors for making particulars from the Lo. Treasurer.
A Letter of Atturney to take possession of a Patentee.
A Warrant from the King, for a Lease in reversion.
The fees and Charges for passing a book of fifty pound per Annum in the Kings general sale, at every Office &c.
The Charges at Mr. Osbornes office, and Mr. Fanshawes office for su∣ing out a bond entred for Wards, in the sale.
In Mr. Osbornes office
In Mr. Fanshawes Office.
The Signet, and the manner of passing thereof.
The Privy Seale.
The Privy Seale to the Chancellor of the Dutchy.
The charge of the Dutchy Seale.
The charge for drawing, are as to the Kings Attorney or Solicitor.
A Letter of Atturnie to deliver a Lease upon the ground for triall of an Ejectment.
An indorsement upon the same.
A Letter of Atturney to take possession.
A Letter of atturnie to make compo∣sition for letting and setting of Lands.
A Generall Letter of Atturnie to enter into, and to let and set lands.
section
section
The Grant of a Keepership of a Park.
A Deputation of a Bailiff or Receiver.
The grant of a Stewardship, or keeping of Courts.
The form of an Award yeilded up.
A Letter of Licence from Creditors, to Debtors.
A Licence to passe over Sea.
A Licence for a Buck and a Doe during the life of the grantee.
A Licence to transport Beer.
A Certificate for payment of the Subsi∣die.
A Licence to a Butcher to sell Flesh.
For an Undersheriff a Condition.
To surrender lands.
To cure a Disease, or to repay the money.
To stand to an Award.
Not to sell Lands had by Marriage.
To assure a summe of mony in conside∣ration of a marriage.
To repay mony had with an Apprentice.
Not to demise lands without licence.
To pay mony yearly, during the life of the obligee.
To assure an estate.
To procure a surety to enter bond by a day.
To pay mony upon the obtaining a lease from the Queene.
That the lessee shall not carrie away a∣ny wainscot or windows at the end of his lease.
That the deputy atturny shall pay costs and charges for all actions unlawfully prosecuted by him in the name of the grantor.
To procure a lease for years, in conside∣ration of a sum of mony.
To save one harmless of a baile in the Kings Bench.
To acknowledg satisfaction upon a judg∣ment in an information.
For delivery of wool.
That the Lessee shall pay the rent reser∣ved by his Lease.
To make and deliver a release, by a day at a certaine place.
The obligor to pay mony for wares deli∣vered in trust, to another that shall make default of payment.
To assure lands after recovery had by the meanes of C D.
To deliver writings to be cancelled at a day certaine, and place.
To repay mony upon misliking of a bar∣gaine in Communication.
To save one harmless for delivery of an Indenture.
For a Purveyor of wheat for his Majestie.
To seal a lease by a day, according to a draught thereof already made.
To procure lands to be passed in Fee-simple from his Majestie and the Patentee, to convey it to the Obli∣ligee by a day, hee then paying the Patentee a sum of money.
To pay a sum of money upon the passing of lands from his Majestie in Fee: and to procure a survey of the woods, and to pay for them.
To make an assurance of land.
A bond for non-residency.
An Indenture of Annuitie.
An Indenture of Bargaine and Sale of a Mannor, with necessary Cove∣nants.
An Indenture to lead the use of a Fine.
A Patent made to be Keeper of a Park with a grant of an Annuity.
An Indenture of Division between two Joint Purchasors, with a Rehearsal of their Grant.
A Lease of a house in London.
A Deed of Gift made to one, to save harmlesse from all Bonds.
A lease of a house and certaine lands made in consideration of a certaine sum of mony, the fee-simple being in the lessor.
An assignment of the same lease and premisses to a third person in trust, upon condition, that if the mo∣ny be not paid, the assignment to bee void.
A morgage of a lease for imdempnity of certain sureties bound in an obligation made to another in trust for their use.
A Bill of sale.
A release of lands mortgaged.
A Deed of Revocation.
A Grant and Sale of the Reversion of certaine Lands.
An assignment of a Recognizance with very good Covenants therein in∣serted.
A generall Release.
A Release unto one that hath lost the Counterpart of his Lease.
A release of fines and forfeitures due to the King and the informer, upon the statute of recusancy.
A Resignation or release from one used in trust of all the benefit hee might claim by vertue of any Covenants in the Indenture.
An Indenture for justifying of actions, upon setting over a statute.
An Indenture between the Scavengers and the Raker, for cleansing the streets.
A Condition to pay a summe of mony at two several payments.
A Letter of Atturney to receive a debt, and give discharge.
A Letter of Atturnie General, for the receiving of Rent, and monies due from time to time.
A Generall release.
A short Letter of Atturnie to receive mony due upon Bond.
A Form of an award.
A Lease made in consideration of the Surrender of a former Lease, for a longer time, if three live so long, with good Covenants.
A grant of an extent penned by Mr. Tho. Bromely then Solicitor.
The copy of a recognizance taken by a Justice of Peace, for the appearance of certain persons at the Sessions.
A surrender of the captainship of a Ca∣stle.
An assignment of a bond for perfor∣mance of Covenants.
A Release of an annuity.
A short lease of certain Tythes, to com∣mence immediately after the expira∣tion or determination of a lease in being.
A deed of gift in English.
Another deed of gift.
A deed of gift.
A Release of Dower.
A Release from one that hath lost his Articles of agreement.
A Form or preamble of a Will.
An assurance of a Joynture to the Wife, with remainders in taile.
A Lease of a Farm-house, and cer∣taine Lands with necessary co∣venants.
An Assignment of two severall obli∣gations.
An Assignement of two Apprentices, and their years to come.
A Proviso, that if the Lessor be min∣ded to surrender his grand Lease, to take a further estate in the pre∣misses, then the demise to be void.
A Letter of Attorney to enter upon Lands, and to deliver a Lease made to Another.
A Letter of Attorney to enter upon Lands, and to deliver a Lease.
An Assignment from Patentees of part of their Grant.
A condition to pay money within four dayes after, if the parties bound in an obligation pay it not at the day.
A short Assignment to a third Person.
A Condition to pay a summe of Money to Children at their severall ages, according to the Will by which it was given, the Bond made to the Executors.
A Condition for payment of Money to a Child when he comes to age, and in the mean time to find it, and bring it up.
A Grant of an Advowson from the King.
A Sale of a Moity of a Rent reserved by Lease.
A Mortgage of Lands.
A Covenant that after default of Pay∣ment the possession of lands in mort∣gage shall be delivered to the mort∣gage, and also all Deeds and writ∣ing concerning the same.
A Letter of Atturney upon Covenants.
A Condition of Arbitrement, gene∣rall and speciall.
A Condition for the truth of an Apprentice, and to restore the value of all such goods as by proof shall appear he hath embezelled.
A Condition to acknowledge satisfa∣ction upon a Judgement.
A Condition to save harmeless of a Bail.
A Condition to make Assurance upon Request.
An assignement of Lands exten∣ded to certaine uses.
A Release taken from one used in Trust.
A Bond taken by the Sheriffes of London for ones Appearance.
The Condition.
A Condition to finde one his Diet by the year.
A Letter of Attorney to enter upon Lands and to deliver a lease made to another.
A defeasance upon a Bond sued to A Iudgement.
A Recognizance from one to one.
A Recognizance from two to one.
A surrender of a Lease for obtaining a New Lease.
A revocation of a suit.
An Indenture of partition.
A grant of a rent, reserved by lease.
A Letter of Atturnie upon a specialty being not due, with covenants to ju∣stifie Actions.
A Let. of atturny upon an extent, for the King to enter on certain lands, and to grant leases thereof.
A Covenant for the leavying of a fine.
A Covenant to surrender at the next Court.
A covenant for further assurance.
A Covenant, that the Premises are dis∣charged of incumbrances.
A Covenant, that he is lawfully seized, and hath power to demise.
A Covenant, That the Lessee shall not commit waste, cut nor sell the trees, without the consent of the Lessor.
A Liberty to make Leases.
An Indenture of Covenants for passing of a Recovery in the Common Pleas to cut off an Intail.
A Defeazance for payment of 100 l. per annum, for a certain time.
An assignment of an annuitie.
An Indenture of Defeasance for the making void of all former Statutes, payment of the mony, and perfor∣mance of covenants.
A Bond to Church-wardens, conditio∣ned to pay 4 li. per Annum, to the poor of the Parish, and upon the death of any surety to put another in his stead.
A Discharge of an apprentice from his service.
A Condition for passing a Fine.
A condition to save harmless of a Re∣cognizance taken, for ones appearing.
An Indenture of Apprentiship.
A Condition to repay all such charges as the Tenant shall be at by reason of the payment of his rent, there being con∣troversie concerning the Title of the house.
A Condition to discharge the Church∣wardens and Parishioners of a child born in the Parish.
A condition for the surrender of co∣py-hold lands, and to cause him to be admitted Tenant.
Another for quiet enjoying.
Another for the assurance of land.
A condition to pay a sum of mony, after ten pounds per centum, if the party be living at the day of payment, if dead, to abate the interest, and some of the principal.
A Condition to lend a sum of mony at a certain day nominated for a certaine time then following, without interest.
Another for payment of an annuity.
Another to pay a certain sum of money at a day, and then to put in other Sureties for payment of another sum at a day then following.
A Condition for performance of an Award
A Condition to save harmless of a Re∣cognizance taken for ones appearance.
A Condition to save harmlesse for the bailing of one at two severall acti∣ons.
Another for payment of mony if a man be non suited.
Another for to pay a sum of mony at a day, and then to put in other security for the payment of another sum, at a day then following.
A Condition for performance of cove∣nants.
An Indent. of covenants concerning a bargain and sale of a Manor, with a Proviso.
A Grant of Receivorship from a Noble man.
A short Letter of Atturney for the set∣ting over of a bond.
A Letter of Atturney, to receive a sum of money out of the Exchequer, being parcel of a greater sum given to me by the King, by Privy Seal.
A Condition of Arbitrament Gene∣ral.
An annuity given for ones advice in the Law.
A conveyance in fee simple of a house and lands &c.
A condit. not to revoke a let. of atturny, but to justifie all actions to be brought for the recovery of the debt.
A Condition to save harmlesse a Te∣nant by reason of the payment of his rent.
An assignment of the moity of a house and goods.
A Release of Lands in performance of Articles.
A Condition for the delivery of cer∣tain writings by a day to be can∣celled.
A Feoffment.
A letter of atturny upon a bond.
The forme of a deputation of a Pa∣tent.
An assignment of a lease, in trust whereof, the assignor is to take a further estate in the premises.
An assignment of a Judgement.
A Release for wast done.
A Letter of Atturney to enter upon Lands, to deliver a Lease made to a∣nother.
A Condition to save harmlesse Sureties bound for the Behaviour.
A Condition concerning Marriage.
Another concerning marriage.
A Condition for the resignation of a Prebendary upon Request.
An Indenture Tripartite, of Mort∣gage of several Tenements in Lon∣don, and a Recovery thereof, had in the Hustings Court, and the uses specified.
A Condition, to pay a sum of Mony at a time after the day of Marriage, or hour of death, which shall first happen.
A Release of Errors in a Fine.
A release of all right &c. in Lands to him in possession.
A grant of an advowson.
A Clause to insert, after the Reddend. that if the rent be unpaid, after the day, the lease to determine.
An assignment and release.
An exact Table, as well Alphabeti∣call, as methodical; for the preceding Treatise.
part A
Articles.
Assignment.
Assurance.
Award.
B
Bargain and Sale.
Bonds.
C
Condition.
Confirmation.
Covenants.
D
Deeds.
Defeasance.
E
F
G
Grant.
I
Indentures
L
Leases.
Letters of Atturny
Licences.
M
O
P
R
Release.
S
Surrender.
W