Primer Seisin
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primer seisin · Marriage · feudal incidents · marriage (feudal incident) · marriage as a feudal incident · relief · wardship
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The cluster of feudal incidents (wardship, marriage, relief, primer seisin) owed by tenants to their lords, discussed extensively as background to Magna Carta's provisions.
16, primer seisin extended over serjeanty as well as knight’s service.
the guardianship went to the relations of the ward, and not to his feudal lord.
All three forms of feudal obligation—service, incidents, and aids—have long been obsolete in England.