instance--Was _Juliana_ wife of _William_, the _owner_ of the estate? If
so, did she die in the lifetime of her husband? If so, did she leave issue?
semble not, and assuming her to have no direct heirs, the estate would
escheat. Was the King lord of the fee? Were William de Warburton and
Ingelram de Monceaux relatives of the _half_ blood of Juliana? If so, a
re-grant to them, if claimants, would not, I imagine, have been unusual
upon payment of a fine to the crown. It would almost seems as if a doubt
existed as to the heirship, from the expression "_whose next of kin they
_SAY_ they are_." This note is conjectural only, and is therefore offered
with much diffidence.

I.B.C.

_Suem._--_Ferling._--_Grasson_ (Vol. iii., p. 7.).--It is obvious that your
correspondent's extract from the Rotherfield court-roll is not accurately
transcribed. The original most probably contains no such words as _suem_.

_Ferling_ is a well-known word in old legal phraseology. As a term of
superficial measure it denotes a quarter of an acre; of lineal measure, an
eighth of a mile, or furlong.

_Grassum_ is the term commonly used in the northern parts of the kingdom to
signify the fine, or foregift in money, paid by a lessee for the renewal of
his lease from a lay or ecclesiastical corporation. It is derived from the
A.-S. _Gærsum_ or _Gærsame_, a treasure; the root of which is still
retained in the northern word _Gear_, goods or stuff.

[Delta].

Jan. 10. 1851.