31. It transpired that he had allowed the lord of the manor, Henry Mauvesyn, to take the disputed land into wardship . 32. Elizabeth demanded a further payment of ?, 000 for overseeing the wardship and a further ?, 000 for suing his livery. 33. As a tenant-in-chief of the crown the wardship of his heir fell to the crown under the feudal system. 34. Robert Wroth proposed a package of reforms to the House, some apparently sponsored by Cecil, including the vexed issue of wardship . 35. His death resulted in " Skrene's case ", which was of some importance on the law of wardship . 36. This was particularly true when the wardship of Geoffrey's son Arthur and lordship of Brittany was contended between 1202 and 1204. 37. By now the wardship was even more valuable, as Richard had inherited the Mortimer estates on the death of the Earl of March. 38. The young George Bromley was left without a father in 1533 and must have undergone a protracted wardship but nothing is known of it. 39. Thus he compelled Worcester to cede the wardship of Corbet to John Burley, a Shropshire MP and a retainer of the young earl. 40. This grant was to continue during the minority of John, Thomas son and heir, giving Richard the rights of wardship and marriage.
