tenuit.

"Data obsidione coram civitate Eboraci."

This charter does not create a different title, but gives the lands
as held by the former possessor. The monarch assumed the function
of the fole-gemot, but the principle remained--the feudee only
became tenant for life. Each estate reverted to the Crown on the
death of him who held it; but, previous to acquiring possession,
the new tenant had to cease to be his own "man," and became the
"man" of his superior. This act was called "homage," and was
followed by "investiture." In A.D. 1175, Prince Henry refused to
trust himself with his father till his homage had been renewed and
accepted, for it bound the superior to protect the inferior. The
process is thus described by De Lolme (chap, ii., sec. 1):

"On the death of the ancestor, lands holden by 'knight's service'
and by 'grand sergeantcy' were, upon inquisition finding the tenure
and the death of the ancestor, seized into the king's hands. If the
heir appeared by the inquisition to be within the age of twenty-one
years, the King retained the lands till the heir attained the age
of twenty-one, for his own profit, maintaining and educating the
heir according to his rank. If the heir appeared by the inquisition
to have attained twenty-one, he was entitled to demand livery of
the lands by the king's officers on paying a relief and doing
fealty and homage. The minor heir attaining twenty-one, and proving
his age, was entitled to livery of his lands, on doing fealty and
homage, without paying any relief."

The idea involved is, that the lands Were HELD, and NOT OWNED, and