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On the death of John de Henley, who was without issue, Sir William acted as feoffee of de Henley's estate, granting the manor of Henley to the Crown, then worn by Edward III (1327–1377).Lysons (1796) Sir William also stood as legal guardian to the last male heir of the de Cahaignes (or Keynes) family, high sheriffs of Dorset and Somerset and lords of Dodford in Northamptonshire, and his sister Wentiliana. Following the death in boyhood of the heir in 1337 and, shortly afterwards, Wentiliana without issue, Sir William used "artful chicaneries" to transfer the estate of Dodford to John Cressy, a grandson of Lettice Ayote, herself great-aunt of the late heir and Wentiliana, instead of to one Alice, in whom "the right of inheritance clearly vested".Cleveland (1889) The "chicaneries" were as follows: > That after the death of Wentiliana, he excited (incited) a woman to present > herself before persons unknown, and personate Elizabeth Keynes, as late > coming from the Holy Land, 'in white clothyn as it were in an estate of > innocencye;' when on discreet examination she was found to be 'a beest > envenymed through the covetye of the said Brantingham.
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Various chicaneries were practiced by the steamboat companies to increase the tonnage charges for items shipped. One authority states that gross tonnage was measured at 100 cubic feet to the ton, which would still permit the steamboat companies to fix the "ton" for customer charges at 40 cubic feet. Steamboat capacity was measured by tonnage. Gross tonnage was the total volume capacity of the boat, while registered tonnage was the total theoretical volume that could be used to carry cargo or passengers once mechanical, fuel and similar areas had been deducted.
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