‘First, Of Widows, which after the Death of their Husbands are deforced of their Dowers, and cannot have their Dowers or Quarentine whithout Plea, whosoever deforce them of their Dowers or Quarentine of their Lands, whereof their Husbands died seised, and that the same Widows after shall recover by Plea ; (2) they that be convict of such wrongful Deforcement shall yield Damages to the same Widows ; that is to say, the Value of the whole Dower to them belonging, from the time the Death of their Husbands unto the Day that the said Widows by Judgement of our Court, have recovered Seisin of their Dower, &c. (3) and the Deforcers nevertheless shall be amerced at the King’s pleasure.’

De viduis vero I. que post mortem virorum suorum expelluntur de dotibus fuis & dotes suas, vel quarentenam habere non possunt fine placito videlicet quod quicunque deforciavent eis dotes fuas vel quarentenam suam de tenementis de quibus viri sui obierunt seisiti & ipse vidue postea per placitum recuperaverint ipsi qui de injusto deforciamento convicti suerint reddant eisdem viduis dampa sua videlicet valorem totius dotiseas contingentis a tempore mortis virorum surorum usque ad diem quo ipse vidue per judicium curie seisinam suam inde recuperaverint nichilominus ipsi deforciatores sint in misericordia domini Regis.