Advowsons were among the earliest incorporeal hereditaments, and often held in fee tail. However, estates and interests in land, including incorporeal hereditaments, continue. Robert White was granted licence to enter his lordships and hereditaments in 1481. He retains incorporeal hereditaments from his late father. By the Bankruptcy Act 1883 the writ of elegit extended to lands and hereditaments only. They are regarded as incorporeal hereditaments, and are either appendant or in gross. In his work, Lynch devotes a chapter to such incorporeal hereditaments as "Honorary Hereditary Officers". Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal.