Feodary
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An ofllcer In the court of wards, appointed by the master of that court, by virtue of the statute 32 Hen. VIII. c. 46, to be present with the escheator at the finding offices and to give In evidence for the king as to value and tenure. He was also to survey and receive rents of the ward-lands and assign dower to the king’s widows. The office was abolished by stat.
12 Car. II. c. 24; Kennett, Gloss.; Cowell.