 A widow shall have her marriage portion and inheritance forthwith and without any difficulty after the death of her husband, nor shall she pay anything to have her dower or her marriage portion or the inheritance which she and her husband held on the day of her husband's death, and she may remain in the chief house of her husband for forty days after his death, within which time her dower shall be assigned to her, unless it has already been assigned to her, or unless the house is a castle, and if she leaves the castle, a suitable house shall be immediately provided for her, in which she can stay honourably until her dower is assigned to her in accordance with what is aforesaid, and she shall have meanwhile her reasonable estover of common, that shall be assigned to her for her dower a third of all her husband's land, which was his in his lifetime, unless a smaller share was given her at the church door. No widow shall be forced to marry so long as she wishes to live without her husband, provided that she gives security not to marry without our consent if she holds of us, or without the consent of her Lord if she holds of another.