...onour’s pleasure.” “Ay, and thou wouldst fain convert thy leasehold into a copyhold —the thing may chance to happen, Anthony Fos- ter, if thou dost go... ... losest on all hands. But follow my counsel, and Cumnor Place shall be thy copyhold yet. Say nothing of this T ressilian’s visit—not a word until I gi... ...o, not a glimpse of hope, that this thy leasehold may be transmuted into a copyhold. Thus, Alasco will leave your pewter artillery untransmigrated, an... ...Varney; “it augurs that the hour is come for converting thy leasehold into copyhold. What sayest thou to that?” “Hadst thou told me this in broad day,... ...etched light. Up and be doing, man. Think of Cumnor Place—thine own proper copyhold. Why, thou mayest found a weekly lectureship, besides endowing Jan... ..., besides the value of the wood,” said Foster; “and I am to have it all as copyhold?” “All, man—squirrels and all. No gipsy shall cut the value of a b... ...nd must that then be done?” “Ay, in very truth, Anthony, or there comes no copyhold in thy way,” replied his inflexible associate. “I always foresaw i...

...King might have wished to sit and smoke, and call it his. Such a Bauergut (Copyhold) had Gretchen given her vet- eran; whose sinewy arms, and long-dis...

...ality, and proceed to business.” Then came the particulars of freehold and copyhold, pur- chase or lease, repair or disrepair, of which Henrietta knew...

...em, kept the demesne lands in his own occupation, requiring the tenants or copyholders * So says the Register, but I suspect Erroneously. Ardington wa... ...y half a foot deep, and remained on the ground three or four days. 1635. A copyholder was hanged for murder this year. His copyhold was seized by the ... ...ed for the lease was Dr. John Young, Dean of Winchester, who purchased the copyhold of Cranbury before 1643, and retired thither when he was ex- pelle... ...d Anvyle, as Ampfield was then spelt, and thought him a severe lord to his copyholders. Morley was born at Hursley , and was sent to school at Baddesl... ...of the whole, or about 6000 acres; of which the greater part was anciently copyhold, under the Bishop and Church of Winchester. The tenure by which it... ..., the most singular custom of which is, that the youngest son inherits the copyhold of his father, in preference of all his elder brothers. The origin... ...nities of observing that it is held, espe- cially by the inferior class of copyholders, as sacred, and that they would, on no consideration, divert th... ...he services to be performed for the lord were uncertain and unlimited. The copyhold was also subject to a variety of grievous taxes, which the lord ha... ...re, and, as it seems, always were held, is remarkably strik- ing: here the copyhold is hereditary, the services are certain and limited, the fines are...

...er sister Progne how her brother-in-law Tereus had by force handselled her copyhold, and then cut out her tongue that she might not (as women will) te...

...—(Ethel would have done so long ago). “If I am not mistaken, the land is a copyhold of Sir Henry Walkinghame, held under the manor of Drydale, which b... ... and he had rather poison me than do anything to oblige me. And, as to the copyholder, he is a fine gentleman, who never comes near the place, nor doe...