 | William Bohun - Tithes - 1730 - 496 pages
...Cuftom, fhews it to be fo. And note $ Selden in his Hiftory of 'fitles^ p. 287. fays, the antient Ufe was to bring the Mortuary along with the Corps when it came to be buried, and prefented in its Name. Ergo commonly called Corfe Prefents. This Cuftom feems borrowed from the Heathens^... | |
 | Paul Dudley - 1731 - 98 pages
...Mr. Selden in his treaties offithes, fays^ " The Antient Cuftom, according to the Church Canon, 5- was to bring the Mortuary along with the Corps, when...to. be buried, and to offer it to the Church as a ^Satisfaction for the fuppofed Negligence the Dcfund had ** been Guilty- of,in not paying of his Perfonal... | |
 | Law - 1740 - 486 pages
...he Deceafed. We are told that the ancfcat Cuftom was to bring the Mortuary along with the Corpfe, as it came to be buried, and to offer it to the Church, in Satisfaction of the fuppofed Negligence or Omifïïon the Deceafed had been guilty of, in not paying... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 862 pages
...470. Cornell. Selden says that the usage anciently was, bringing the mortuary along with the corpse n, and government. But to punish, as the law does at present, satisfaction for the supposed negligence and omissions the defunct had been guilty of, in not paying... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - Dictionaries. Ecclesiastical - 1854 - 614 pages
...that is dead. Selden tells us, it was usual anciently to bring the mortuary along with the corpse, when it came to be buried, and to offer it to the Church as a satisfaction for the supposed negligence and omission the deceased had been guilty of in not paying... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - Dictionaries. Ecclesiastical - 1854 - 626 pages
...that is dead. Selden tells us, it was usual anciently to bring the mortuary along with the corpse, satisfaction for the supposed negligence and omission the deceased had teen guilty of in not paying... | |
 | Thomas Tayler - Dictionaries, Polyglot - 1856 - 592 pages
...church on a person's demise. Setden says that the usage was to bring the Mortuary along with the corpse, when it came to be buried ; and to offer it to the church, as a satisfaction for the supposed negligence and omissions the deceased had been guilty of, in not paying... | |
 | Thomas Tayler - English language - 1866 - 618 pages
...church on a person's demise. Seld?n says that the usage was to bring the Mortuary along with the corpse, when it came to be buried; and to offer it to the church, as a satisfaction for the supposed negligence and omissions the deceased had been guilty of, in not paying... | |
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Selden tells us, it was usual anciently to bring the mortuary along with the corpse, when it came to be buried, and to offer it to the Church as a satisfaction for the supposed negligence and... 