41. Things begin to happen when the Cottons, a wealthy American family, inherit nearby Scoatney Hall and become the Mortmains 'new landlords. 42. They eliminated tax exemptions for ecclesiastical donations, put a 15 % tax on property passing into the hands of the Church in mortmain . 43. Drawing into conclusion that Jem has died, Will resumes to Cadair Idris but is trapped with Tessa by a barrier concocted by Mortmain . 44. May 1337 saw the house having confirmation of a number of small grants in mortmain on the payment of a fine of 1 mark. 45. Both brothers are repelled by this display and, as they walk away, Cassandra overhears them resolving to drop all acquaintance with the Mortmains . 46. Mortmain is the final deserter; he leaves before the party makes a stop at Jericho, refusing to enter a city he considers wicked.47. During the " bienio progresista " period ( at the forefront of which were Espartero and Don Carlos; and of the mortmains . 48. The Statute of Uses three centuries after the Statutes of Mortmain would attempt, with only partial success to end the practice of cestui que use. 49. The Baudelaires admit to their identity and plan to travel with Olivia to the Mortmain Mountains to determine if one of their parents is really alive. 50. The novel relates the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains , struggling to live in genteel poverty in a decaying castle during the 1930s.
