the English Parliament

“ Moreover, touching them that fain false Feoffments of their Lands, which they will lease for Term of Years, for to defraud the chief Lords of their Wards, wherein it is contained, that they are satisfied of the whole Service due unto them until a certain Term; so that such Feoffees are bound at the said Term to pay a certain Sum to the Value of the same Lands, or far above; so that after such Term the Land shall return unto them, or to their Heirs, because no Man will be content to hold it upon the Price; it is provided and agreed, that by such Fraud no chief Lord shall leese his Ward. ”

“ And if the chief Lords in such Cases recover their Wards by Judgment, the Feoffees shall nevertheless have their Action to recover such Term or Fee, which they had therein, when the Heirs come to their lawful Age. ”