| A few cases occur, but only a few, where a messuage is held without land. |
| Peter renounced his claim on the messuage and two virgates and in return Roger gave half the mill at Wycherly to Peter and the use of his woods. |
| If her husband only held the one messuage in the town, the widow may still hold it by free bench, but her husband's children shall lodge with her in the house. |
| Harris's first appearance in the Dulwich papers occurs in 1595 when he witnessed the bargain and sale of a share in a jointly held messuage, from John Alleyn to Edward. |
| The following is an abstract of the services of a tenant who held a messuage and xviii. |
| On the other hand, a poor woman holds a messuage, and need do no more than carry water to the mowers. |
