the English Parliament, Limitation of Writs Act 1235 (1235)
“ Several Limitations of Prescription in several Writs. Co. Lit. 114. b. 115. b. 2 Inst. 94.Altered by 3 Ed 1. c. 39. and farther by 32 H. 8. c. 2. 21 Jac. 1. c. 16.Touching Conveyance of Descent in a Writ of Right from any Ancestor from the time of KingH ENRY the elder, the Year and Day, it is provided, that from henceforth there be no Mention made of so long time, but from the time of King HENRY our Grandfather; (2) and this Act shall take effect atPentecost, the One and twentieth Year of our Reign, and not afore, and the Writs before purchased shall proceed. ”
