Ranulph, earl of Chester, made grants to his burgesses of Coventry by this charter: "That the aforesaid burgesses and their heirs may well and honorably quietly and in free Burgage hold of me and my heirs as ever in the time of my father and others of my ancestors they have held better more firmly and freer.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
Burgage tenure was not usually decided by assize.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
Nor will we have the custody of such fee farm, socage, or Burgage unless such fee farm owe knight's service.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly