knight's at a hundred
shillings. It was ordained by the charter that, if the heir be a
minor, he shall, immediately upon his majority, enter upon his estate,
without paying any relief; the king shall not sell his wardship; he
shall levy only reasonable profits upon the estate, without committing
waste or hurting the property; he shall uphold the castles, houses,
mills, parks, and ponds, and if he commit the guardianship of the
estate to the sheriff or any other, he shall previously oblige them to
find surety to the same purpose.

During the minority of a baron, while his lands are in wardship, and
are not in his own possession, no debt which he owes to the Jews shall
bear any interest. Heirs shall be married without disparagement; and
before the marriage be contracted, the nearest relatives of the person
shall be informed of it. A widow, without paying any relief, shall
enter upon her dower, the third part of her husband's rents; she shall
not be compelled to marry, so long as she chooses to continue single;
she shall only give security never to marry without her lord's
consent. The king shall not claim the wardship of any minor who holds
lands by military tenure of a baron, on pretence that he also holds
lands of the crown by socage or any other tenure. Scutages shall be
estimated at the same rate as in the time of Henry I; and no scutage
or aid, except in the three general feudal cases--the king's
captivity, the knighting of his eldest son, and the marrying of his
eldest daughter--shall be imposed but by the great council of the
kingdom; the prelates, earls, and great barons shall be called to this
great council, each by a particular writ; the lesser barons by a
general summons of the sheriff. The king shall not seize any baron's
land for a debt to the crown if the baron possesses as many goods and
chattels as are sufficient to discharge the debt. No man shall be
obliged to perform more service for his fee than he is bound to by his
tenure. No governor or constable of a castle shall oblige any knight
to give money for castle guard, if the knight be willing to perform
the service in person, or by another able-bodied man; and if the
knight be in the field himself, by the king's command, he shall be
exempted from all other service of this nature. No vassal shall be
allowed to sell so much of his land as to incapacitate himself from
performing his service to his lord.

These were the principal articles, calculated for