In the account of the old English ilanors which has been given before, little or no mention has been made of the Copyhold lands. This was because, copyhold lands as such did not exist in the New York Manors. The Copyhold Tenure in England grew out of and was simply an enlargement by custom of the greater fi-ritij of the villein holdings of the manors, which, as has been shown, were originally terminable at the will of the Lord. As the custom of permitting the villeins to hold their lands from father to son increased, it finally became regulated by the Steward of the Manor forming a Court roll of such holdings in the Court-Baron, and for the tenants when a death or other termination of such a tenancy by gift or purchase occurred, to apply at the Court-Baron, over which the Steward, in the absence of the Lord, presided, for an entry of such change in this Court roll, a copy of which was given to the new tenant. From this custom such tenants were called "Tenants by copy of Court Roll," and in shorter terms " Copyholdere." As the tenure grew solely out of a custom of the Manors, it could only exist in Manors old enough to have a custom. But as the freehold Manors of New York, were, as above shown, all New Manors, no custom of a manor could possibly exist in the 31anors in that Province, and consequently there could not be any "Copyholds" or "Copyholders " therein.