Note 895 — MAGNA CARTA. (continued 5)

See c. 38 of 1217, and cf. the gloss given by Bracton (II. folio 87, b.) which makes the meaning somewhat less obscure. The Charter of 1217 contained a saving Clause: “unless the holder of the escheated barony held directly of us elsewhere.” Bracton added a second proviso, namely, unless the said sub-tenants (now Crown tenants ut de escaeta) had been enfeoffed by the king himself.