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issue but with two daughters, the manorial lands would be split into two moieties still, however, within the original undivided parish, controlled by the husbands of each daughter, and the advowson would be held by each daughter's husband jure uxoris in turn. The husband of the elder daughter would have the right to the first presentation, that is to say, the right to appoint a new priest to the first vacancy, whilst the husband of the second daughter--or more usually, given the life tenure of priests, their

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