Sentence:  A widow may be <WSD>endowed</WSD> of all her husband's lands, tenements, and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, under the restrictions before-mentioned, unless there be some special reason to the contrary. Thus, a woman shall not be <WSD>endowed</WSD> of a castle built for defence of the realm, because it ought not to be divided. But of a castle that is only for the private use and habitation of the owner, a woman shall be <WSD>endowed</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To provide with a (husband's property) or a (given to a bride).