aders . ▁According ▁to ▁Go ody , ▁in ▁Late ▁Med ieval ▁England , ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁pre domin ated ▁in ▁fe ud al ▁ten ures ▁and ▁among ▁the ▁pe asant ry ▁of ▁large ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Mid lands . ▁Pat ril ine al ▁ult im ogen iture ▁(" B or ough ▁English ") ▁pre va iled ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁champion ▁country . ▁Part ible ▁inheritance ▁( g avel kind ) ▁pre va iled ▁in ▁Kent , ▁East ▁Ang lia ▁and ▁the ▁C elt ic ▁areas . ▁ ▁Both ▁prefer ential ▁prim ogen iture ▁and ▁prefer ential ▁ult im ogen iture ▁were ▁pract iced ▁in ▁pre - re volution ary ▁Russia , ▁where ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁succeeded ▁as ▁family ▁head ▁and ▁inherited ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁other ▁sons . ▁" The ▁young est ▁son , ▁if ▁he ▁remained ▁with ▁the ▁father , ▁inherited ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁also ▁at ▁times ▁other ▁property " ▁( min or at ). ▁However , ▁the ▁share ▁of ▁land ▁and ▁move ables ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁sons ▁was ▁only ▁slightly ▁smaller ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁el dest ▁and ▁the ▁young est ▁son . ▁Only ▁in ▁the ▁southern ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁was ▁the ▁house ▁inherited ▁by ▁the ▁young est ▁son ; ▁in ▁the ▁north ▁it ▁was ▁inherited ▁by ▁the ▁el dest ▁son . ▁ ▁The ▁Russian ▁family ▁of ▁around ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁considered ▁property ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁house , ▁agricult ural ▁implements , ▁liv est ock ▁and ▁produce ▁as ▁belonging ▁collect ively ▁to ▁all ▁family