Mercheta Mulierum, and Borough-English.

[860] Sir William Blackstone says, in his Commentaries, that 'he cannot find that ever this custom prevailed in England;' and therefore he is of opinion that it could not have given rise to Borough-English.

* * BOROUGH-ENGLISH.

The custom of the manor of Woodford, Essex, is Borough-English, by which the youngest son inherits.