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Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II
… last the king gave to them and their successors, with 'waif and straif,' chattels of felons and fugitives, view of …
Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II
… and fees they shall have all manner of chattels called 'waif' and 'stray,' deodands, treasure trove etc., and may by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and they were said to be claiming pleas of the crown and waif in the manor of Bridgnorth in 1292. 95 The earliest …