Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 283
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] maintained and perfected, and be valid and of good effect forever; and that whomsoever the aforesaid Petitioner hath given the said manor or portion thereof, or assigned any rents or usufruct thereon to, shall use the same according to the laws, statutes and customs of the place in which they are situate, in the same manner and in all forms and ways, as if the said gifts or grants were made and executed before the General Company or other their agents, whom it may concern. Provided, that whomsoever the abovenamed Petitioner shall give, order or make over the aforesaid Fief to, whether man or woman, shall be bound, within a year and six weeks after the death of the aforesaid Petitioner, or his or her entrance into possession of the above described Fief, to do homage unto us and no one else, and pay the rights thereunto appertaining and belonging, all without fraud, guile or craft.