the aforesaid Tuesday that is to say the 27 th day of January and before this day That is to say the 15 th day of January in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 32d. The said Edward by the name of Edward Griffin of London Haberdasher At London in the Parish of St. Mary of Bow in the Ward of Cheap London by his certain Writing of Release which the said Henry with the seal of the said Edward sealed here into Court brought whose date is the said 15 th day of January in 32 d. year aforesaid released and quit claimed to the said Henry Page by the name of Henry Page of London Merchant-Taylor All manner of Actions Sutes Errors Writs of Error Quarrels Plaints and Demands whatsoever which the aforesaid Edward against the said Henry then had depending or which at any time then after he might or ought to have against the said Henry his Executors or Administrators for any matter or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world unto the day of the date of the said Writing of Release as by the said Writing here in Court shewed plainly appeareth And this the said Henry is ready to aver Whereupon he demands Judgement if the said Edward his aforesaid Writ for correcting of Errors against the said Writing of Release of the said Edward further against the said Henry he ought to maintain or prosecute A Tenant for Life the Remainder in Tail the Remainder in Fee Bargains and sels the Land in Fee to one who before the Statute of 14. Eliz. suffers a Recovery in which A. is vouched and voucheth over and he in the Remainder enters and the Entry adjudged Lawful and a Writ upon that is sued and the Plaintif doth release the Errors Michaelmass Term 38. 39. Elizabeth in the KINGS BENCH Rot. 551. Ejectione Firme The Rector of Chedingtons Case C. 1. part fol. 148. b. MEmorandum That at another time That is to say in Easter Term last Buck. ss past before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came David Loyd Clerk by Stephen Worley his Attorny And brought here in the Court of the said Lady the Queen then and there his Bill against William Wilkinson in the custody of the Marshal c. of a Plea of Trespasse and Ejectment of him out of his Farm And are Pledges of Sute John Doo and Richard Roo which Bill followes in these words ss Buck. ss David Loyd Clerk complaineth of Wil. Wilkinson in the custody of the Marshalsey of the Lady the Queen before the Queen her self being for that that is to say That whereas David Roberts Clerk Rector of the Parish Church of Chedington in the County aforesaid the 26th day of March in the year of the Reign of the Lady Elizabeth now Queen of England the 38 th at Chedington aforesaid by his Indenture sealed with his Seal and to the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is shewed bearing date the same day and year demised granted and to Farm Let to the aforesaid David Loyd The Rectory of the Parish Church of Chedington aforesaid and 60. Acres of Lands with the Appurtenances in Chedington aforesaid To have and to hold the Rectory and Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances to the said David Loyd and his Assignes from the day of the date of the Indenture aforesaid unto the end and Term of 3. years then next following and fully to be compleated By virtue of which demise The said David Loyd into the Rectory and Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances aforesaid did enter and was thereof possessed untill the said William afterwards that is to say the 10 th day of Aprill in the year abovesaid at Chedington aforesaid with force and armes c. into the Rectory and Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances upon the possession of the said David Loyd thereof did enter and the said David Loyd from his Farm aforesaid thereof his Term aforesaid not yet ended ejected expelled and amoved and him the said David Loyd from his possession aforesaid held out and doth yet hold out and other wrongs did unto him against the peace of the said Lady the Queen that now is to the damage of the said David Loyd of 20. pounds and thereof he produceth sute c. With this that the said David Loyd will aver That the aforesaid David Roberts then Rector of the Parish Church aforesaid is living and is in full life c. at Chedington aforesaid c. And now at this day Saturday next after 8. dayes of St. Michael this same Term until which day the said William had license to the Bill aforesaid to imparle and then to answer c. before the Lady the Queen at Westminster cometh as well the aforesaid David Loyd by his Attorny aforesaid as the said William by Richard Bedfield his Attorny And the said VVilliam defendeth the force and injury when c. And saith that he is not thereof guilty and of this he putteth himself upon the Countrey And the said David likewise c. Therefore a Jury before the Lady the Queen at VVestminster Saturday next after 1. moneth of St. Michael and who c. And because c. the same day is given to the parties aforesaid there c. Of which day The Jury aforesaid between the parties aforesaid was put between them in respite before the Lady the Queen at VVestminster unto Thursday next after the moneth of Ester then next following for want of Jurors c. At which day before the Lady the Queen at VVestminster come as well the said David Loyd as the said VVilliam VVilkinson by their Attornies aforesaid and the Jurors of the said Jury being called also appeared Who to say the truth of the premises being chosen tryed and sworn As to the said 60. Acres of Lands above in the Declaration aforesaid specified say upon their Oath aforesaid That the said VVilliam VVilkinson is not thereof of the Trespasse and Ejectment aforesaid guilty as the said VVilliam above in pleading hath alleged And as to the Rectory aforesaid with the Appurtenances in the Declaration aforesaid likewise specified The Jurors aforesaid likewise say upon their Oath aforesaid That long before the time in which it was supposed the Trespasse and Ejectment aforesaid to be done That is to say The second day of March in the Reign of the Lord Edward late King of England the 6th the second One Nicholas Fitz-williams Clerk was Rector of the Parish Church of Chedington otherwise Chettington foresaid And that the said Nicholas being Rector of the said Church before the time in which c. that is to say the second day of March in the second year aforesaid at Chedington aforesaid by his Indenture made at Chedington aforesaid between the said Nicholas by the name of Nich. Fitz-williams Rector of the Parish Church of Chedington in the County of Buck. of the one party and Elizabeth Elderker Widow Ralph Elderker VVilliam Elderker and
shillings 8 pence due unto the said Thomas Amerie upon one obligation of certein years yet during and upon farther Condition that the said Thomas Amerie shall bring in the said Obligation to my Executors to be cancelled and utterly discharged upon this consideration before such time as the said Thomas Amerie shall make any entry upon the premises and that the said Thomas Amerie neither his assignes shall not during the said 8 years fell any of the Woods Timber nor Undrwoods in nor uppon the said upper part but shall preserve the Woods hawts and Springs to the behoof of the Heir in remainder and after the Term of the said 8 years the said upper part to remayn to my Executors until such time as Hugh Boraston shall accomplish his age of 21 years and the mean profits to be imployed by my Executors towards the performance of this my last will and Testament and when the said Hugh commeth unto twenty and one yeares of age then I will that he shall enjoy the said upper part to him and his heirs for ever Provided alwaies that if the said Thomas Amerie do refuse to bring in his Obligation or to preserve the Woods upon the said upper part then my Executors to enjoy the premises during the said Term of 8 years paying the said Amerie his 46 shillings 8 pence during the said Term of 8 years as by the Tenement and last will aforesaid amongst other things it appeareth And farther the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid Thomas Boraston so of the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances being seised afterward that is to say the 14 th day of the aforesaid Moneth of August in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the first at Aldenham aforesaid of such his estate dyed seised and farther the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath that the aforesaid Hugh Boraston in the said Testament and last will named was Son and heir of the said Henry Boraston and that the said Hugh Boraston dyed before that he came to the age of 21 years that is to say about the age of 9 years And farther the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath aforesaid that the Interest of the premises aforesaid in the said Testament and last will mentioned and devised aswell to the said Thomas Amry and Amphillis his wife as to the Executors of the said Testament before the day of the bringing of the Bill within written ended and determined And further the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath That Philip Boraston was and is Brother and next heir of the said Hugh Boraston by colour whereof the said Philip Boraston after the aforesaid Interest of the premises to the said Thomas Amerie and Amphillis his wife and the exetors aforesaid by the aforesaid Testament and last will given and devised was ended and determined unto the aforesaid 10 Acres of Lands with the appurtenannces as brother and next heir of the said Hugh entred and was thereof sâ—ised as the Law requireth and so therof seised the said Philip boraston afterwards and before the time of the exhibitage of the Bill aforesaid that is to say the 20 day of June in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 28 demised granted and to Farm let to the aforesaid William Ambry now defendant the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in which c. To have and to hold to the said William Ambry and his assignes for a whole year from thence next following to be fully compleat and ended and so from year to year as long as both parties should please By virtue of which â—â—â—ise The aforesaid William Ambry into the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed and so thereof being possessed the aforesaid Thomas brand and Constance his wife William Davis and Margaret his wife as in the right of the said Constance and Margaret afterwards that is to say the 9 day of July in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 20 aforesaid into the aforesaid 10 Acres of land with the appurtenances in upon the possession of the said William Ambry entred and were thereof seised as the Law requireth and so thereof being seised at Aldenham aforesaid the said Thomas Brand and Constance his wife William Davis and Margaret his wife afterwards that is to say the said 9th day of July in the year 28 aforesaid by their Indenture bearing date the same day and year demised granted and to Farm let the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances to the aforesaid Richard Hynde to have and to hold the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances unto the said Richard Hynde and his assigns from the Feast of Saint John the Baptist then last past until the end term of 7 years from thence next ensuing fully to be complete ended By virtue of which demise the said Richard Hynde into the aforesaid 10. Acres of Lands with the appurtenances the aforesaid 9th day of July in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 28th aforesaid entred and was thereof possessed until the aforesaid William Ambry afterwards that is to say the aforesaid 9 th day of July in the 28 year aforesaid with force and Armes c. into the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the Appurtenances upon the possession of the said Richard Hynde thereof by the precept and command of the aforesaid Philip Boraston re-entred and him the said Richard Hynde from his possession thereof held out and yet hold out But whether upon the whole matter aforesaid in form aforesaid found the re-entry of the aforesaid William Ambry into the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances be or in Law ought to be adjudged a good or lawfull re-entry the Jurors aforesaid are utterly ignorant and thereof pray the advice of the Court of the Lady the Queen and if upon the whole matter aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Court of the said Lady the Queen that the Re-entry of the aforesaid William Ambry into the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances upon the possession of the said Richard Hynde be not nor in Law ought to be adjudged a good and Lawfull Re-entry Then the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid William Ambry is guilty of the Trespass and Ejectment within specified in manner and form as the aforesaid Richard Hynde within against him complaineth and then they Assesse the damages of the said Richard Hynde by occasion of the Trespass and Ejectment out of his Farm besides his charges and costs by him about his sute in his behalf expended to 8. shillings and for his Charges and Costs to 30. shillings and 4 pence but if upon the whole matter aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Court of the Lady
the Queen that the re-entry of the aforesaid William Ambry into the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances in and upon the possession of the said Richard Hynde be or in Law ought to be adjudged a good and Lawfull re-entry then the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath that the said William Ambry is not guilty of the Trespass and Ejectment of the farm aforesaid as he before for himself hath alleged And because the Court of the Lady the Queen here of giving their Judgement further of and upon the premises is not yet avised day thereof is given to the parties aforesaid in the state that now it is before the Lady the Queen at Westminster untill thursday next after 8 dayes of Saint Hillary to heare their Judgement thereof because the Court of the Lady the Queen here thereof not yet have avised c. At which day before the Lady the Queen at Westminster come the parties aforesaid by their Attornies aforesaid and because the Court of the Lady the Queen here of giving their Judgement of and upon the premises is not yet avised further day thereof is given to the parties aforesaid in the state it now is before the Lady the Queen at Westminster until wednesday next after 15 dayes of Easter to hear their Judgement thereof c. because c. And so from Term to Term until the plaint aforesaid was farther adjroned by another writ of the said Lady the Queen of Common adjournment before the Queen until the morrow of All Souls at the Castle of Hartford in the County of Hartford at which day before the Lady the Queen at the Castle of Hartford came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid and because the Court of the Queen here of giving their Judgement of and upon the premises is not yet avised Day thereof is farther given to the parties aforesaid in state as it is now before the Lady the Queen at the Castle of Hartford until Tuesday next after 3 dayes of Saint Hillary to hear their Judgement c. because c. Before which day the plaint aforesaid was adjorned by a writ of the Lady the Queen of common adjornement before the said Lady the Queen untill 8 dayes of Saint Hillary at Westminster at which day before the Lady the Queen at Westminster come the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid and because the Court of the Lady the Queen here of giving their Judgment of and upon the premises is not yet avised Day is further given to the parties aforesaid in state as now before the Lady the Queen at VVestminster untill VVednesday next after 15 dayes of Easter to hear their Judgement thereof c. because c. At which day before the Lady the Queen at VVestminster come the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid Upon which seen by the Court of the Lady the Queen here and the premises diligently looked into and thereof mature deliberation being thereof had Because it seemeth to the Court of the said Lady the Queen here that the entrie of the aforesaid VVilliliam Ambry above specified into the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances in and upon the possession of the aforesaid Richard Hynde was a good and lawfull re-entry therefore It is granted that the aforesaid Richard Hynde take nothing by his Bill aforesaid but that he for his false clamour be taken c. and the aforesaid VVilliam Ambry be thereof without damage c. Ejectione Firme Hillary Terme 36. Eliz. Rott 440. in the Kings Bench. Sir George Browns Case C. 3. part fo 45. WIlliam Spencer late of Swindon in the County aforesaid Yeoman and Thomas Spencer late of Swindon in the County aforesaid Yeoman were attached to answer to James Linche of a plea wherefore with force and armes one Messuage one Barn 80 Acres of Land 80 Acres of Meadow and 80 Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in Swindon which George Brown Knight to the aforesaid James demised for a Term which is not yet ended they entred and him from his Farm aforesaid did eject and other harms did unto him to the grievous damage of the said James and against the peace of the Lady the Queen that now is c. and whereupon the said James by Thomas Cooper his Attourny Complaineth That whereas the aforesaid George Brown the 22 th day of October in the year of the Reign of the Queen that now is the 35 th at Swindon aforesaid had demised to the said James the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to have and to hold the same Tenements with the appurtenances to the said James and his assigns from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel then last past until the end and Term of 4 years from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleated By virtue of which demise the said James into the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed and so thereof being possessed the aforesaid William and Thomas afterwards that is to say the 22 th day of October aforesaid in the 35 th year aforesaid with force and armes c. the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances which the said George Brown to the said James in form aforesaid demised for the term aforesaid which is not yet ended entred and him the said James from his Farm aforesaid held out and other harms c. To the grievous damage c. and against the peace c. whereupon he saith that he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 20 pound and thereof bringeth sute c. And the aforesaid William and Thomas by John Paxton their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And say that they in nothing are guilty of the Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid as the aforesaid James above against them complaineth and of this put themselves upon the Country and the aforesaid James likewise c. Therefore it is commanded to the Sheriff that he have here in 8 dayes of the Purification of the blessed Lady 12 good and Lawfull men c. by whom the truth c. and who neither c. Because aswell c. afterward the process between the parties aforesaid was continued of the plea aforesaid by Jurors put between them put in respite here until this day that is to say in 8 dayes of Saint Michael in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 37 th Unless the Justices of the Lady the Queen for Assises in the County aforesaid to be taken assigned by the form of the statute upon Thursday the 17 day of July last past at New Sarad in the County aforesaid first came And now here at this day come as well the aforesaid James Linche as the aforesaid William Spencer and Thomas Spencer by their Attorneys aforesaid and the aforesaid Justices of Assise before whom c. sent here their Record in these words Afterwards the day and place within contained before Thomas Walmesley one
of the Justices of the Lady the Queen of the Bench and Edward Fenner one of the Justices of the said Lady the Queen of pleas before the Queen her self to be holden assigned Justices of the Assiise of the Lady the Queen in the County of Wilts to be taken Assigned by the form of the statute came aswell the within named James Linche as the said within written William Spencer and Tho. Spencer by their Attorneys within mentioned and the Jurors of the Jury whereof within mention is made being called some of them that is to say William Garret of Shaw Gentleman William Bury of Crickland Thomas Puckley of Nether Haven Gentleman William Marse of Haydon John Noyse of Graston Richard Legge of Nether Haven Thomas Smith of Kinnett Thomas Stoper of Moanton and VVilliam Gouldesborough of the same came and are sworn of the same Jury and because that the rest of the Jurors of the Jury did not appear therefore other of the standers by chosen by the Sheriff of the County aforesaid at the request of the said James and by the command of the Justices aforesaid were new put whose names to the Panâ—nel within written are filed according to the statute in such case lately made and provided And the Jurors so of new put that is to say Thomas Stringer VVilliam Bundy and VVilliam Hascal likewise called came who to the truth of the matter within conteined together with the other Jurors aforesaid first impannelled chosen tryed and sworn say upon their Oath That the aforesaid VVilliam Spencer is not guilty of the Trespass and Ejectment within written as the said VViliam hath within alleged and further the said Jurors as to all the Trespass Ejectment aforesaid within written besides the Trespass and Ejectment in the Messuage within conteined and 26 Acres of the Tenements within written by the aforesaid Thomas Spencer within supposed to be done they say upon their Oath that the said Tho. is not thereof guilty as the said Tho. likewise therof within allegeth and as to the Trespass and Ejectment within written into the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land within supposed to be done the same Jurors say upon their Oath that long before the within written time in which it is supposed the Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid to be done one Richard Bridges Knight was seised as well of the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land with the appurtenances as of the other Tenements within written residue with the appurtenances in his demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seised the said Richard long before the time aforesaid in which c. by his certain writing of Feoffment Indented in Consideration of a certain Ioynture of one Iohanna the wife or Daughter of VVilliam Spencer Knâ—ght deceased from thence after to be had and ended gave and granted and in his said writing Indented confirmed to Iohn VVinchcomb the Elder of Newberry in the County of Berks. and John Knight of Newbery aforesaid the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other things to have and to hold the said Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other things to the said John VVinchcomb and John Knight their heirs and assignes for ever under this Condition following that is to say That the said John VVinchcomb and John Knight within one moneth next ensuing after the date of the said writing by their sufficient writing in Law as by the learned Councel in the Law of the said Richard â—ridges it should be avised should give grant and deliver the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other things to the said Richard and the said Johanna his wife to have and to hold the said Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other things to the said Richard and the said Johanna and to the heirs of the bodies of the said Richard and the said Johanna his wife betwixt the said Richard and the said Johanna Lawfully begotten and for default of such issue the remainder thereof to the right heirs of the aforesaid Richard for ever of the chief Lords of the Fee by the services therefore due and of right occasioned as by the said writing of Feoffment Indented Sealed with the Seal of the said Richard Bridges and bearing date the 23 th day of January in the year of the Reign of the Lord Henry late King of England the 8 th the 32 th to the Jurors aforesaid in evidence shewed more fully appeared and that by virtue of the said Feoffment the aforesaid John Winchcomb and John Knight were seised of the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Lands in which c. amongst other in their demesn as of Fee upon the condition aforesaid And farther the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath That the said John Winchcomb and John Knight being so thereof seised long before the aforesaid time in which c. and within the said one Moneth next insuing after the date of the said writing of Feoffment Indented at Walcot aforesaid in performance of the condition aforesaid and at the request of the said Richard Bridges by their certain writing Indented of Feoffment delivered enfeoffed and delivered and by the said their writing Indented they did confirm to the aforesaid Richard Bridges and Johanna his Wife the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other things to have and to hold the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other to the aforesaid Richard Bridges and Johanna his Wife and the heirs of the bodies of them the said Richard and Johanna betwixt them Lawfully begotten and for default of such issue the remaynder thereof to the right heirs of the said Richard Bridges for ever of the chief Lords of the Fee by the services thereof due and of right accustomed as by the said writing of Feoffment Indented with the Seals of the said John Winchcomb and John Knight Sealed and bearing date the 6th day of February in the year of the Reign of the aforesaid late King Henry the 8 th the 32 th aforesaid and to the Jurors aforesaid in Evidence shewed it more fully appeareth And that by virtue of the said Feofment the aforesaid Richard Bridges and Johanna were seised of the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other in their demesn as of Fee tail that is to say to the said Richard and Johanna and the heirs of their bodies between them Lawfully begotten the remaynder thereof to the right heirs of the said Richard as above is said And the said Richard and the said Johanna so thereof being had issue of their bodies between them Lawfully begotten one Anthony Bridges his Son yet living and in full life being that is to say at West Shefford in the County of Berks and that afterwards and before the time in which c. the aforesaid Richard Bridges and Johanna of the aforesaid
is the 35 th at Lugershall aforesaid dyed After whose death the said George Brown into the Tenements within written with the appurtenances in which c. upon the possession of the said Edmond Bridges William and Anthony Bridges Sons of the said Edmond thereof entred and was thereof seised as the Law requireth and so being thereof seised afterwards and before the aforesaid time in which c. that is to say the within written 22 th day of October in the 35 year aforesaid Demised to the said James the said whole Tenements within written with the appurenances in which c. To have and to hold to the said James and his assignes from the within written Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel until the end and Term within mentioned of 4 years from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleated by virtue of which demise the said James into the said Tenements within written with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed as the Law requireth upon whose possession of the said James the aforesaid Thomas Spencer as servant of the said Edmond Bridges and by his Commandment within written the time in which c. into the said Messuage and 26 Acres of Land entred and the said James from his Farm aforesaid thereof did eject But whether upon the whole matter aforesaid by the aforesaid Jurors in form aforesaid found the entry of the said Thomas Spencer into the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land with the appurtenances upon the possession of the said James thereof be a good and Lawfull Entry in Law or not the said Jurors are altogether Ignorant and Pray thereof the advise and discretion of the Justices here c. And if upon the whole aforesaid matter It shall seem to the Justices and Court here that the aforsaid Entry of the aforesaid Thomas Spencer upon the possession of the said Iames Linche be not a good and Lawfull entry in Law then the said Jurors say upon their Oath that the said Thomas Spencer is guilty of the Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid in the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land as the aforesaid Iames against him within complaineth and then they assess the damages of the said Iames by the occasion of the said Trespass and Ejectment above his charges and costs by him about his sute in his behalf expended to 4 pence and for his charges and costs to 12 pence and if upon the whole matter aforesaid It shall seem to the Justices and Court here that the aforesaid entrie of the said Thomas Spencer upon the possession of the said Iames be a good and Lawfull entrie in Law then the said Jurors say upon their Oath that the said Thomas Spencer is not guilty of the Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid in the said Messuage within alleged And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgment thereof day is given to the parties aforesaid here until in 8 dayes of Saint Hillary to hear their Judgement thereof because that the said Justices here thereof are not yet c. at which day come as well the aforesaid Iames as the aforesaid William and Thomas by their Attornies aforesaid and because the Justices here will further advise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof day farther is given to the parties aforesaid here until from Easter in 15 dayes for to hear their Judgement therof because the said Justices here are not thereof yet c. At which day here come aswell the said Iames by George Dancombe his Attorny as the said William and Thomas by their Attorny aforesaid and because the Justices here will farther avise of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof further day is given to the parties aforesaid here until the morrow of Holy Trinity to hear their Judgment thereof because the said Justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here come aswel the aforesaid Iames by the aforesaid George Dancombe his Attorny as the said Willam and Thomas by their Attorny aforesaid and because the Justices here will avise of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof further day is given to the parties here until in 8 dayes of St. Michael to hear their Judgment thereof because the said Justices here thereof are not yet At which day here come aswell the said Iames Linch by the aforesaid George Dancombe his Attorny as the aforesaid William Spencer and Thomas Spencer by their Attorny And upon this the verdict aforesaid being seen and by the Justices here fully understood it seemeth to the Justices here that the aforesaid entry of the aforesaid Thomas Spencer into the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land upon the possession of the said Iames Linch is not a good and Lawfull entry in Law Therefore It is granted that the aforesaid Iohn Linch recover against the aforesaid Thomas Spencer his Term aforesaid yet to come of and in the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land with the appurtenances and his damages aforesaid to 16 pence by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid assessed As also 26 pound 9 shillings to the said Iames at his request for his charges and costs aforesaid by the Court here of increase adjudged which damages in the whole do amount to 26 pound 10 shillings and 4 pence and the aforesaid Thomas be taken c. And also the said Iames in mercy for his false clamor against the aforesaid William Spencer of the whole Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid and against the aforesaid Thomas Spencer of the residue of the Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid thereof the said William and Thomas and the Jurors aforesaid above be acquitted therefore the said William and Thomas go thereof without day c. and hereupon the said Iames prayeth the writ of the Lady the Queen to the Sheriff of the County aforesaid to be directed to give him possession of his Term yet to come of and in the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land with the appurtenances and it is granted unto him retorneable here from the day of Saint Martin in 15 dayes c. Afterwards that is to say the 26 th day of November in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 40 th come here into Court the aforesaid Iames by the aforesaid George his Attorny and by a special warrant to him in that behalf made confessed himself to be satisfied of the damages aforesaid therefore the aforesaid Thomas of the said damages be acquitted c. Ejectione Firme Hillary Term 40. Elizabeth Rott 748. in the KINGS BENCH Adams and Lamberts Case C. 4. part fo 96. Buck MEmorandum That at another time That is to say in Michaelmass Term last past before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came Theophilus Adams Gentleman by Iohn Povey his Attorny and brought here in the Court of the said Lady the Queen then there his bill
Memorandum That Edward Coke Esquire The Attorny General of the Lady the Queen that now is who prosecutes for the said Lady the Queen present here in Court the 20th Day of June this Term in his own person for the said Lady the Queen gave the Court here to understand and be informed That whereas a Wood with the appurtenances called Alcon otherwise Aluington Wood containing by estimation 3000. Acres of Wood in Alton otherwise Aluington and Rock in the aforesaid County of Worcester in the Hands and possession of the said Lady the Queen that now is the first Day of October in the first yeer of her Reign and long before and continually after were and stood and of Right ought to be and yet ought as in the Right of her â—rown of England as in very many Records Roules and Remembrances of this Exchequer it is evident and appeareth upon Record Yet one Ann Countess of Warwick Humphry Hill Richard Bushopp and Edward Bushopp little regarding the Lawes and Statutes of the said Lady the Queen that now is but intending the Disenherism of the Lady the Queen in the premises with Force and Armes c. the first Day of October in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 27th and diverse Dayes and turns between the same first Day of October in the 27th yeer and the Day of Exhibiting of this Information in and upon the possession of the said Lady the Queen of the premises Entred Intruded and made Entry and the Issues and Profits thereof coming perceived to their own uses and had and as yet do perceive and have the same Trespass continuing and as yet continuing in contempt of the said Lady the Queen that now is and against her Lawes Whereupon the aforesaid Attorny of the said Lady the Queen for the said Lady the Queen prayes the Advise of the Courâ— in the premises And the aforesaid Ann Countess of Warwick Humphry Hâ—ll Richard Bishopp and Edward Bishopp come here to answer the said Lady the Queen of and in the premises as it is contained there And now that is to say From the day of Holy Trinity in three Weekes this Term came here the aforesaid Richard Bishopp by Arthur Salwaie his Attorny to this by special favour of the Court admitted and prayeth the hearing of the Information aforesaid and it is read unto him c. Which being read and heard and by him the said Richard fully understood The said Richard complaineth by colour of the premises in the Information aforesaid above specified to be troubled and unquietted and that not justly Because By Protestation that the Information aforesaid and matter in the same contained is not sufficient in Law and to which the said Richard is not necessitated nor by the Law of the Land bound to answer in any manner By Protestation also That the Wood aforesaid in the Information aforesaid above mentioned doth not contain nor the aforesaid time of the Trespass and Intrusion aforesaid above supposed to be done did contain in it 3000. Acres in manner and form as by the Information aforesaid above is supposeed Yet for Plea The said Richard as to the Force and Armes or whatsoever is against the Peace of the said Lady the Queen that now is As also the whole Trespass Contempt and Intrusion in the Information aforesaid above specâ—fied supposed to be done besides the Entry and Ingresse into the Wood aforesaid called Alton Wood otherwise Alvington Wood the 21th Day of February in the Yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 32th and from the same Day until the Day of Exhibiting of the Information aforesaid and besides the perceiving the Issues and Profits thereof by that time comming above supposed The said Richard saith that he in nothing thereof is guilty in manner and form as by the Information aforesaid above is supposed and upon this puts himself upon the Country And the aforesaid Attorny General of the said Lady the Queen that now is who for the said Lady the Queen in this behalf prosecutes likewise c. Therefore an Inquisition be made thereof c. And as to the Entry and Ingress into the Wood aforesaid the aforesaid 21th Day of February in the 32th Yeer aforesaid and from that Day until the Day of Exhibiting of the Information aforesaid as also to the taking of the Issues and Profits thereof by the time thereof comming above supposed to be done the said Richard saith That the said Lady the Queen that now is him the said Richard ought not any wayes to impeach or trouble because he saith That long before the aforesaid time in which it is supposed the Entry Intrusion and Ingress aforesaid to be done One Ann Countess of Warwick Widow sometimes Wife of Richard sometimes Earl of Warwick was seized of the Mannor of Abbotesley otherwise Abberley otherwise Abbedeley with the appurtenances in the aforesaid County of Worcester whereof the aforesaid Wood in which c. then and until the time of the grant here after specified made to Robert Earl of Leicester the third Day of July in the 30th Yeer of Queen Elizabeth here after mentioned whereof the Memory of Man then was not to the contrary was parcel in her Demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seized a Fine was levied in the Court of the Lord Henry late King of England the 7th at Westminst in the County â—f Middlesex from the Day of St. Hillary in 15. Dayes in the 3d Year of his Reign before Thomas Brian Roger Townsend and Iohn Haugh Justices and other the said late Kings Faithful Subjects then there present Betwâ—en him the Lord the King plantiff and the aforesaid Ann sometimes Countess sometimes Wife of the aforesaid Richard Earl of Warwick by the Name of Ann Countess of Warwick deforceant of the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. amongst other c. whereof a Plea of Covenant was sued between them in the same Court that is to say That the said Countess granted to the said Lord the King the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. And the same rendred back to him in the same Court To have and to hold to the said Lord the King and the Heirs Males of his Body begotten and if it shall happen That the said Lord the King should die without Heir Male of his Body begotten then after the decease of the said Lord the King the aforesaid Mannor with the appurtenances whereof c. should wholly Revert to the same Countess and her Heirs quieted from the other Heirs of the aforesaid Lord the King as by the Record of the aforesaid Fine in the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is of the Bench at Westminster aforesaid remaining more fully appeareth By virtue of which Fine the aforesaid late King Henry the 7th was seized of the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. in his demesn as Fee tail that
to the value of 20. l. growing with certain cattel trod and consumed and other harms to him did to the grievous damage of him the said William Thoroughgood and against the Peace of the Lady the Queen that now is c. And whereupon The said William Thoroughgood by William Aylesbury Attorney complaineth That the aforesaid William Cole the 12th day of October in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 23. with force and arms the Close and House of him the said William Thoroughgood at great Paringdon aforesaid brake and his grass to the value c. there late growing with certain cattel that is to say Horses Cows Hogs and Sheep fed trod and consumed the Trespass aforesaid as to the feeding treading and consuming of the grass aforesaid from the aforesaid 12th day of October in the 23th year abovesaid until the day of the bringing of this Writ Original of him the said William Thoroughgood that is to say the 6th day of November then next following diverse dayes and terms continuing and other harms c. To the grievous damage c. and against the Peace c. and whereupon he saith he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 40. l. and thereof he bringeth Sute c. And the aforesaid William Cole by Thomas Reynolds his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and injury when c. And as to the coming with force and arms he saith That he is not guilty thereof and of this puts himself upon the Country and the aforesaid William Thoroughgood likewise And as to the rest of the Trespass aforesaid above supposed to be done The said William Cole saith That the aforesaid William Thoroughgood ought not to have his Action against him because he saith That the Close and House aforesaid as also the places in which it is supposed the Trespass aforesaid to be done are and at the time of the Trespass aforesaid above supposed to be done were one Messuage and two Acres of Meadow with the Appurtenances called Nichols Tenement in great Paringdon aforesaid which Tenements with the apturtenances are and the aforesaid time of the Trespass aforesaid above-supposed to be done were the soyl and Freehold of him the said William Cole for which the aforesaid William the aforesaid time in which c. the Close and House aforesaid as his Close and soyl and Freehold of him the said William into the same Messuage and two Acres of Meadow with the appurtenances brake and the grass of him the said William Cole there of his own there growing with his Cattel did feed tread and consume as it was lawfull for him to do And this he is ready to aver whereupon he demandeth Judgemēt whether that the aforesaid Wil. Thoroughgood his action aforesaid against him ought to have c. And the aforesaid William Thoroughgood saith That he for any thing before alledged from having his Action aforesaid ought not to be barred because he saith That the Close and house and also the places in which the Trespass aforesaid whereof he above maketh complaint was are and at the time of the Trespass aforesaid done were one Messuage called Burrowes 8. Acres of Land called the great West field four Acres of Land called Diggins Holme and six Acres of Land called Grove field with the Appurtenances in great Paringdon aforesaid others then the aforesaid Messuage and two Acres of Meadow with the Appurtenances called Nichols Tenements in the Bar of the aforesaid William Cole above specified and this he is ready to aver wherefore in as much as the said William Cole to the Trespass aforesaid in the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances new assigned over doth not Answer the aforesaid William Thoroughgood demandeth Judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespass to be to him adjudged c. And the aforesaid William Cole as to any Trespass in the aforesaid Tenements now assigned supposed to be done he saith That the aforesaid William Thoroughgood his action against him ought not to have because he saith That long before the aforesaid time of the Trespass aforesaid above supposed to be done That the aforesaid William Thoroughgood was seized of the said Tenements with the Appurtenances new assigned in his Demesn as of Fee and so thereof being sized before the aforesaid time in which c. A Fine was Levied in the Court of the Lady the Queen that now is here that is to say at Westminster in 8. days of St. Hillary in the 10th year of her Reign before James Dyer Richard Weston John Welsh and Richard Harper then Justices and afterwards from the day of Easter in 14. days then next following granted and recorded before the same Justices and other the Queens faithfull peuple then and there present between William Chicken and Elizabeth his wife Plaintiffs and the aforesaid William Thoroughgood and Agnes his wife Defendants of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things by the names of one Messuage one Garden 45. Acres of Land 5. Acres of Meadow 10. Acres of Pasture and four Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in great Paringdon and Avydon whereof a Plea of Covenant was sued between them in the said Court here That is to say that the aforesaid Will. Thoroughood Agnes his wife acknowledged the Tenements aforesaid to be the Right of the said VVilliam Chicken as those which the said VVilliam and Elizabeth had of the gift of the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood and Agnes and them remised and quit claimed from them the said VVilliam Agnes and their Heirs to the aforesaid VVilliam Chicken and Elizabeth the Heirs of the said VVilliam forever which Fine in form aforesaid levied and had was levied to the use of the aforesaid William Chicken and Elizabeth and the Heirs of the said William forever By vertue of which Fine the aforesaid William Chicken and Elizabeth were seized of the Tenements aforesaid that is to say The said William Chicken in his Demesn as of Fee and the aforesaid Elizabeth in her Demesn as of Freehold for the term of her life And the said William and Elizabeth so thereof being seized before the aforesaid time in which c. Of the said Tenements with the Appurtenances enfeoffed one Edward Turner Esauire To have to him and his Heirs for ever By vertue of which Feoffment the aforesaid Edward was of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances seized in his Demesn of Fee By which the said William Cole as servant to the said Edward and by his Commandment the aforesaid tim in which c. the Close and House aforesaid as the Close and House soyl and Freehold of the said Edward his own brake and the grass aforesaid as the proper grass of him the said Edward in the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances new assigned then growing with his Cattel aforesaid fed trod and consumed as it was lawfull for him to do And this he is ready to aver whereupon he
to the Sheriff that he cause to come from the day of the Holy Trinity in 3. Weeks 12. c. By whom c. And who neither c. To Recognize c. Because as well c. Afterwards the processe was continued between the parties aforesaid of the Plea aforesaid by Jurors put between them in respite here until this day that is to say the Morrow of Saint Martin in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is 25th And now at this day come as as well the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood as the aforesaid VVilliam Cole by their Attornies aforesaid And the Jurors thereof impannelled likewise come who to say the truth of the premises chosen tryed and sworn say upon their Oath that the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood is a Lay-man and unlearned and that divers arrerages of the yeerly payments aforesaid to the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood the aforesaid time of making of the aforesaid Writing of Release were unpaid And also that the said Wriging of Release at the time of the sealing thereof was not read to the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood But after one Thomas VVard had begun to read that Writing to the aforesaid VVillam Thoroughgood One John VVard snatcht that Writing out of the hands of the aforesaid Thomas before he had read the first line thereof saying to the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood these words following Good-man Thoroughgood you are a man unlearned and I will declare it unto you and make you understand it better than you can by hearing it read And afterwards the aforesaid John VVard declared the aforesaid Writing of Release to the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood in these words following Good-man Thoroughgood the effect of it is this That you do release to VVilliam Chicken all the arrerages of Rent that he doth ow you and no otherwise and then you shall have your Land again meaning the Tenements aforesaid of new assigned To which the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood then answered in these words following that is to say If it be no otherwise I am content And upon that The said VVillam Thoroughgood giving credit to the words of the aforesaid John VVard then and there sealed the said Writing of Release and delivered it to the aforesaid VVilliam Chicken But whether upon the whole matter in form aforesaid found The said Writing of Release be and in Law ought to be adjudged the deed of the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood or not the Jurors aforesaid are utterly ignorant And thereof pray the Advise of the Justices and the Court here And if upon the whole matter aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Justices here that the Writing is not nor ought in Law to be adjudged the deed of the aforesaid VVilliam Thoroughgood Then the said Jurors say upon their Oath That the aforesaid Writing of Release is not the deed of the aforesaid VVillliam Thoroughgood as the said William above allegeth and they assesse Damages of the said William Thoroughgood by occasion of the Trespasse aforesaid above his costs and charges by him in this part about his Sute expended to 20. shillings and for his costs and charges to 12. pence And if upon the whole matter aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Justices here That the Writing aforesaid of Release is the deed of the aforesaid William Thoroughgood as the aforesaid VVilliam Cole above hath alleged Then the said Jurors say upon their Oath That the said Writing of Release is the deed of the aforesaid William Thoroughgood as the said William Cole above hath alleged And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof Day is given to the parties aforesaid here until in 8. dayes of Saint Hillary to here their Judgement thereof because the same Justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here cometh as well the aforesaid William Thoroughgood as the aforesaid William Cole by their Attornies aforesaid And because the Justices here will further avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof further day is given to the parties aforesaid here from the day of Easter 15. dayes to hear their Judgement thereof because the same Justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here cometh as well the aforesaid William Thoroughgood as the aforesaid William Cole by their Attornies aforesaid And because the Justices here will further avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof Day further is given to the parties aforesaid here until the Morrow of the Holy Trinity to hear their Judgement thereof because the same Justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here cometh as well the aforesaid William Thoroughgood as the aforesaid William Cole by their Attornies aforesaid And upon this The premises being seen and by the Justices here fully understood It is granted That the aforesaid William Thoroughgood shall recover against the said William Cole his damages to 21. shillings by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid assessed as also 23. pound 19. shillings to the said VVilliam Thoroughgood at his Request for his costs and charges aforesaid by the Court of Encrease adjudged which damages in the whole do amount to 25. pound and that the aforesaid VVilliam Cole be taken c. TRESPAS Easter Term Anno 310. ELIZABETH Rot. 115. in the COMMON-PLEAS C. 2. part Baldwins Case fol. 18. CCristopher Marton late of Marton in the County aforesaid Esquire was York Attached to answer Anthony Baldwin of a Plea wherefore with force and Arms the Close of him the said Anthony at Marton he brake and his Corn there to the value of 10. pound there late growing with his Feet trod and consumed and other harms to him did to the grievous damage of him the said Anthony and against the Peace of the Lady the Queen that now is c. And whereupon the said Anthony by Robert Somervile his Attorny complaineth That the aforesaid Christopher the 10th day of September in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 30th with force and Arms the Close of him the said Anthony at Marton broke and his Corn that is to say Oats to the value c. then there late growing with his Feet trod and consumed And other harms c. Whereupon he saith that he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 20. pound and thereof he bringeth Sute c. And the aforesaid Christopher by VVilliam Barton his Attorny cometh and defendeth the force and injury when c. And as to the force and Arms he saith that he is thereof not guilty And as to the rest of the Trespass aforesaid supposed to be done The said Christopher saith That the aforesaid Anthony his Action against him ought not to have Because he saith That the Close aforesaid as also the places in which it is supposed the Trespass aforesaid to be done are and the aforesaid time in which it is supposed the Trespass aforesaid to be done were 10. Acres of Land called Bromfield with the appurtenances in Marton aforesaid which 10. acres of Land with
the appurtenances are the Soil and Freehold of the said Christopher And that the said Christopher the aforesaid time in which c. the Close aforesaid as his own Close Soil and Freehold of him the said Christopher in the said 10. acres of Lands with the appurtenances brake and the Corn there as his own Corn there growing in the aforesaid 10. acres with the Appurtenances as in his own Soil and Freehold there trod and consumed as it was lawful for him to do and this he is ready to aver Whereupon he demandeth Judgement if the aforesaid Anthony his Action aforesaid against him ought to have c. And the aforesaid Anthony saith that he by any thing before alleged ought not to be barred from having his Action aforesaid Because he saith That the Close aforesaid as also the places in which the Trespass aforesaid above complaineed of was done are and the time aforesaid of the Trespass aforesaid done were 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances called Scarhill Set and VVatersey Mire in Marton aforesaid others than the aforesaid 10. acres of Lands called Bromfield with the Appurtenances in the Bar of the said Christopher above specified And this he is ready to aver Wherefore in as much as the aforesaid Christopher to the Trespass aforesaid in the aforesaid 4. acres of Lands with the Appurtenances above new assigned done doth not answer The said Anthony demandeth Judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespass to be to him adjudged c. And the aforesaid Christopher as to any Trespass in the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the appurtenances new assigned above supposed to be done saith that he thereof is not guilty as the aforesaid Anthony against him complaineth And of this puts himself upon the Country And the aforesaid Anthony likewise Therefore it is commanded to the Sheriff That he cause to come here in the Morrow of the Holy Trinity 12. c. by whom c. And who neither c. To Recognize c. Because as well c. At which day here come the parties And the Sheriff sent not the Writ c. Therfore as at first it is commanded to the Sheriff That he cause to come here from the Holy Trinity in 3. Weeks 12. c. To Recognize in form aforesaid c. At which day the Jurors between the parties aforesaid of the aforesaid Plea between them were put in respite here until this day that is to say in 8. dayes of Saint Michael then next following unlesse the Justices of the Lady the Queen to take Assizes in the County aforesaid assigned by the form of the Statute c. Upon Monday the 14th day of July last past at the Castle of York in the said County should first come And now here at this day come as well the aforesaid Anthony as the aforesaid Christopher by their Attornies aforesaid and the aforesaid Justices to Assizes before whom c. sent here their Record in these words Afterwards the day and place within written within contained before John Clench one of the Justices of the Lady the Queen to Pleas before the Queen her self to be holden assigned And Shomas Walmesly one of the Justices of the said lady the Queen of the Bench Justices of the said Lady the Queen to Assizes in the County of York to be taken assigned by the form of the Statute c. came as well the within named Anthony Baldwin as the aforesaid within written Christopher Marton by their Attornies within mentioned And the Jurors of the Jury whereof within is made mention some of them that is to say William VVharton of Dunkeswick Gentleman Adam VVyre of Ayrton Yeoman John Brown of Pathorn Yeoman Ralph VValker of Bolton Gentleman Thomas Preston of Whengille Yeoman and Henry Laycock of Felliface Yeoman come And the Jurors aforesaid are sworn And because that the rest of the Jurors of that Jury did not appear Therefore others of the Standers by to this chosen by the Sheriff of the County aforesaid are at the request of the said Anthony and by the Commandment of the Justices new added whose names to the Pannel within written are filed according to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided And the Jurors so a new added now appearing that is to say Gabriel Green William Newby John Hawton John Brorcey John Craven and WILLIAM RICHARDSON come who to say the truth of the within contained together with theother Jurors aforesaid first impannelled and sworn to say chosen tryed and sworn say upon their Oath That before the within written time in which it is supposed the Trespass within written to be done The aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances in which c. were parcel of the possessions of the late Monastery or Priory of Bolton in Craven and that one Richard late Prior of the Priory or Monastery aforesaid was seized of one Tenement Messuage or Farm called Vngthorpe in the Parish of Marton in Craven whereof the aforesaid four Acres of Land with the Appurtenances within new assigned are and the within written time in which c. were parcel in his Demesn as of Fee in the Right of his Monastery aforesaid and so thereof being seized The said late Prior with the assent of the Covent of the same place the 26. day of December in the year of the Reign of the Lord Henry late King of England the 8th the 25th By an Indenture sealed with the Common Seal of the aforesaid Prior and Covent to the Jurors in evidence shewed demised the aforesaid Tenement Messuage and Farm whereof the within written 40. Acres of Land with the appurtenances then were and yet are parcel to one Hugh Baldwin and Agnes his Wife To have and to hold to the said Hugh Baldwin and his Assigns from the date of the Indenture aforesaid unto the end and term of 31. years fully to be ended By vertue of which Demise The said Hugh and Agnes in the aforesaid four Acres of Land with the appurtenances in which c. entred and were thereof possessed the Reversion thereof to the aforesaid Prior and his Successors And the aforesaid Hugh and Agnes of the aforesaid four Acres of Lands with the appurtenances in which c. for the Term aforesaid being possessed the Reversion thereof to the aforelate Prior in form aforesaid ezpectant By a certain Act in Parliament of the said late King Henry the 8th at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the 28th day of April in the 31. year of his Reign begun and continued until the 28th day of June then next following and there then holden amongst other things it is Ordained and established by the said late King and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in the said Parliament
That the said Christo the day and yeer in the Declaration above specified entred into the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances in which c. upon the possession of the aforesaid Anthony and the Oats within written then there with his Feet trod and consumed as the aforesaid Anthony within against him complaineth But whether upon the whole matter aforesaid by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid found The aforesaid Entry of the aforesaid Christopher in the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances in which c. be a good and lawful Entry or not the said Jurors are utterly ignorant And thereof pray the Advise and Judgement of the Justices of the Court here And if upon the whole matter aforesaid by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Justices and Court here That the aforesaid Entry of the aforesaid Christopher be not a good and lawful Entry in Law in the aforesaid 4. acres of Land upon the possession of the said Anthony Then the said Jurors say upon their Oath That the aforesaid Christopher is guilty of the Trespass in the aforesaid 4. acres of Land within new assigned as the aforesaid Anthony within against him complaineth And then they assesse the damages of the said Anthony by occasion of that Trespass above his costs and charges by him about his Sute in this behalf expended to 20. shillings and for his costs and charges to 40. shillings And if upon the whole matter aforesaid It shall seem to the Justices and Court here That the aforesaid Entry of the aforesaid Christopher in the aforesaid 4. acres of Land new assigned upon the possession of the said Anthony is a good and lawful Entry in Law Then the said Jurors say upon their Oath That the aforesaid Christopher is not guilty of the Trespas within written in the within written 4. acres of Land within new assigned And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before that they give their Judgement thereof Day is given to the parties aforesaid here until in 8. dayes of Saint Hillary to hear their Judgement thereof because the said Justices here thereof not yet c. At which day come as well the said Anthony as the aforesaid Christopher by their Attorney aforesaid and upon this all and singular the premises being seen and by the Justices c. fully understood It is granted that the aforesaid Anthony recover against the aforesaid Christopher his damages to 3. l. by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid Assessed as also 11. l. 6. s. 8. d. to the said Anthony at his request for his costs and charges by the Court here of increase adjudged which damages in the whole amount to fourteen pound six shillings and eight pence and that the aforesaid Christopher be taken c. TRESPAS Michaelmass Term Anno 36. and 37. ELIZABETH Rot. 136. in the KINGS-BENCH Co. 2. part Tookers Case Fol. 62. MEmorandum that at another time that is to say in the Term of Easter Devon last past before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came William Rud by Michael Bland his Attorney and brought here in the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is then there his Bill against Edward Tooker in the custody of the Marshall c. of a Plea of Trespass and are Pledges of Sute that is to say John Doo and Richard Roo which Bill followeth in these words ss Devon ss William Rud complaineth of Edward Tooker in the custody of the Marshall of the Marshal-Sea of the Lady the Queen before the Queen her self for that he the first day of April in the year of the Reign of the Lady Elizabeth now Queen of England the 36th with force and Arms c. the Close and house of him the said William called Bertonland otherwise the Barton of Sprecombe at Morthoe in the County aforesaid broke and entred and his grass of the value of an hundred Marks in the Close aforesaid then late growing with certain Cattel that is to say with Horses Oxen Cows Hogs and Sheep fed trod and consumed and other harms to him did against the Peace of the said Lady the Queen that now is to the damage of the said William an hundred pound and thereof bringeth sute c. And now at this day that is to say VVednesday next after eight dayes of Saint Michael this Term until which day the aforesaid Edward had leave to impart to the said Bill and then to Answer c. before the Lady the Queen at Westminster cometh as well the aforesaid William by his Attorney aforesaid as the aforesaid Edward by John Halstaff his Attorney And the said Edward defendeth the force and injury when c. and saith that he is not thereof guilty and of this puts himself upon the County and the aforesaid William likewise c. Therefore it is commanded the Sheriff that a Jury come before the Lady the Queen at Westminster Friday next after 15. days of St. Hillary c. and who neither c. to recognize c. Because as well c. the same day is given to the parties aforesaid there c. Afterwards the Process is continued between the parties aforesaid of the Plea aforesaid by Jurors thereof betwixt them put in respite of the Plea aforesaid before the Lady the Queen at Westminster until Wednesday next after 15. dayes of Easter then next following unless the justices of the Lady the Queen to Assizes in the County aforesaid to be taken assigned first upon Monday the 10th day of March at the Castle of Exeter in the County aforesaid by form of the Statute c. come for want of jurors c. At which day before the Lady the Queen at Westminster come the parties aforesaid by their Attornies aforesaid And the aforesaid justices to Assizes before whom c. sent their Record before them had in these words ss Afterwards the day and place within contained before Edmond Anderson Knight Chief justice of the Lady the Queen of the Bench and Thomas Walmesley one of the justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench justices of the said Lady the Queen to Assizes in the County of Devon to be taken assigned by form of the Statute c. come as well the within named William Rud by Erasmus Ford his Attorny as the within written Edward Tooker by Thomas Clayton his Attorny And the jurors of the jury whereof within mention is made being called some of them that is to say David Matacotâ— of Saint Giles John Hayman of Shelbere John Hooper of Westdown Richard Clyeff of Chanford John Bow of the same and John Hole of Drew Steinton came and are sworn in the said Jury And because the rest of the Jurors of the said Jury did not appear Therefore others of the standers by by the Sheriff of the County aforesaid chosen at the request of the said William Rud and by the Command of the justices
at Westminster in the County of Midd. was holden at Westminster aforesaid unto the Castle of the Lady the Queen c. is adjorned c. and their holden c. Afterwards the said Lady the Queen By other Letters Patents Constituted John Clench and Francis Rodes one of her Serjants at Law Justices to Assizes in the a-aforesaid County of York c. And the said Justices by virtue of the said Lett. Patents Afterward that is to say Monday in the 4th week of Lent in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 25th At the Castle of York came before whom then and there come the aforesaid Thomas Dowman and Elizabeth by their Attorney aforesaid and pray a Writ of Reattachment to the aforesaid Edward George Richard Coats c. that they be before the Justices of the Lady the Queen at the next Assizes in her County of York to be taken assigned to be holdē at the afores Castle of York to hear the Record and their Judgement of the Assize aforesaid w hc was in the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is at the Castle aforesaid so that that Assize then be here in the State as it was in the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is before the aforesaid John Clench and Francis Gawdy Justices to Assizes c. At the aforesaid Castle of York the aforesaid Monday the 6th day of August in the year of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 24th in which day the Assize aforesaid was adjorned before the said John Clench and Francis Gawdy then Justices c. from the aforesaid Castle of York unto the aforesaid Inn of the Justices in Chancery Lane London untill the aforesaid Saturday next after the aforesaid morrow of All Souls then next following c. At which next Assizes holden at the Castle of York aforesaid Monday the 29th day of July in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 25th before the aforesaid John Clench and Francis Gawdy then Justices to Assizes c. came as well the aforesaid Thomas Dowman and Elizabeth by their Attorny aforesaid as the aforesaid Edward George Richard Coats Iohn William Robert and Robert by the aforesaid Thomas Hill their Attorny And the Sheriff that is to say Thomas Wentworth Esq now sent That the aforesaid Edward Vavasor George Richard Coats Iohn William Robert and Robert c. And upon this day is given to them before the Justices of the said Lady the Queen that now is of the Bench in the Bench at Westminster in the morrow of All Souls next comming to hear and receive what to the said Justices should seem in this behalf because the said Iohn Clench and Francis Rodes Justices to Assizes c. thereof not yet c. And the Assize aforesaid with all touching the same to the said Justices of the Bench is sent c. The Warrant of Attorny followes and the Writ of Resummons in the Roll and the Tenor of the Writ of Reattachment and Retorn of the said Writ Elizabeth c. To the Sherriffs of York greeting Reattach Edward Vavasor Esq George Richard Coats Iohn William Robert and Robert or their Bailiffs if they shall not be found before our Justices to Assizes in your County to be taken assigned at the Castle of York in your County upon Monday the 22d. day of Iuly then next to come to hear the Record and Judgement of the Assize of Novel disseisin which was in our Court at the Castle aforesaid which Assize Thomas Dowman Esq and Elizabeth his Wife there arraigned against them of 6. Messuages 300. Acres of Land 100. Acres of Meadow and 200. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Spaldington VVillytoft and Southcone So as they that Assize then be there in the same state as it was in our Court before Iohn Clench third Baron of our Exchequer and Francis Gawdy one of our Serjants at Law our Justices to Assizes in your County to be taken assigned At the aforesaid Castle of York Monday the 6th day of August last past which day the assize aforesaid for certain causes was from thence adjorned before the same our Justices unto the Inn of the Justices in Chancery Lane London Untill Saturday next after the morrow of All Souls then next following And have here the names of the Pledges and this Writ Iohn Clench at the Castle of York the 11th day of March in the yeer of our Reign the 25th Frankland Cresly The within named Edward Vavasor George Richard Coats Iohn VVilliam Robert and Robert hath not any thing nor any of them have any thing in my Baliwick by which they can be attached or any of them can be attached nor have they nor any of them hath a Bailiff or Bailiffs nor are they or any of them to be found in the same Thomas VVentworth Esq Sheriff And now here that is to say at VVestminster aforesaid at this day that is to say at the aforesaid morrow of All Souls came as well the aforesaid Thomas Dowman and Elizabeth by the aforesaid Henry Cressy their Attorny as the aforesaid Edward Vavasor George Richard Coats Iohn VVilliam Robert and Robert by Tho. Algar their Attony And because the Justices of the Bench here will avise themselves of and upon the premses before they give their Judgement thereof day is given to the parties here until 8. dayes of St. Hillary and so it is continued in 8. dayes of St. Hillary the yeer following At which day here come as well the aforesaid Thomas Dowman and Elizabeth as the aforesaid Edward Vavasor George Richard Coats Iohn VVilliam Robert and Robert by their Attornies aforesaid and upon this The premises being seen and by the Justices here fully understood It seemeth to the said Justices here That the aforesaid Indenture by the aforesaid Peter Vavasor Esq after the aforesaid Recovery in form aforesaid made and had was good and sufficient in the Law to lead the uses of the Recovery aforesaid of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenunces so that the same Recovery of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances in the view of the Recognitors of the Assize aforesaid put and in the Plaint aforesaid specified by the aforesaid Andrew VVindsor VVilliam Vavasor Peter Vavasor the younger and John Laundere against the aforesaid Peter Vavasor Esq in form aforesaid had was to those uses in the aforesaid barr of the aforesaid Edward above specified in manner and form as the said Edward in his bar aforesaid above alleged Therefore it is considered That the aforesaid Thomas Dowman and Elizabeth take nothing by their Writ aforesaid but in mercy for their false clamour c. And the aforesaid Edward Vavasor George Richard Coats Iohn VVilliam Robert and Robert go thereof without day c. Audita Querela Easter Term Anno 80. of King JAMES Doctor Druries Case C. 8. part Fol. 139. a. AT another time as appeareth in
life And afterwards there dyed of such estate thereof seised After whose death the said Zachary into the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. entred and was thereof seised in his demesn as of Freehold for the Term of his life by virtue of the bequest aforesaid and the Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. after the death of the said Thomas did descend to one Thomas Nash as Son and Heir of the aforesaid Thomas Nash sometimes Husband c. By which the said Thomas the Son was seised of the said Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. as of Fee and Right And the said Thomas so thereof being seised and the aforesaid Zachary of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. So as before is said being seised The aforesaid Marcy after the death of the said Thomas Nash sometimes her Husband c. in the Widdowhood of the said Marcy whilest she was single that is to say The 27 th day of April in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady Elizabeth late Queen of England the 35 th at Gosfield aforesaid by her writing of Release which the said Edward and Margaret with the seal of the said Marcy sealed here in Court bring whose date is the same day and yeer by the name of Marcy Nash the Widdow of Thomas Nash late of Feringe in the County of Essex deceased remised released and altogether for her her Heirs Executors and Administrators for ever quit claimed to the aforesaid Thomas Nash Son and Heir of the aforesaid Thomas Nash sometimes the Husband of the said Marcy by the name of Thomas Nash of Wetherfield in the County aforesaid Yeoman Son and Heir of the said Thomas Nash late her Husband All and all manner of Actions as well Real as Personal all Sutes Quarrels and Demands whatsoever which she the said Marcy or her Executors against the said Thomas Nash Son and Heir Executors ever have or had then had or ought to have or any wayes then might or would have by reason of any thing cause or deed whatsoever from the beginning of the world unto the day of the date of the same Writing of Release After which Writing of Release to the aforesaid Thom. the Son as before is said made The aforesaid Thomas the Son of the Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenance whereof c. in form aforesaid being seised At Gosfield aforesaid dyed of such his estate thereof seised After whose death the said Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. did descend to the aforesaid Margaret as Daughter and Heir of the aforesaid Thomas the Son By which the said Margaret was seised of the said Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. as of Fee and Right and she the said Margaret so of the same Reversion as before is said being seised And the aforesaid Zachary of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in form aforesaid being seised The said Zachary afterwards at Gosfield aforesaid dyed of such his estate thereof seised After whose death the said Margaret into the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. entred and was thereof seised in their Demesn as of Fee and Right and so thereof being seised The said Margaret afterwards and before the day of bringing the Original Writ as aforesaid of the said Thomas and Lawrence and Marcy at Gosfield aforesaid took to Husband the aforesaid Edward Altham By which the said Edward and Margaret were and yet are seised of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof in their Demesn as of Fee in the Right of the said Margaret And this they are ready to aver and demand Judgement if the aforesaid Thomas Lawrence and Marcy Dower of the said Marcy of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. Of the Endowment of the said Thomas Nash sometimes the Husband c. against them ought to have c. And the aforesaid Thomas Lawrence and Marcy demand the hearing of the aforesaid Writing of Release And it is read unto them in these words To All Faithful People to whom this present Writing shall come Marcy Nash the Widow of Thomas Nash late of Feringe in the County of Essex greeting in our Lord God everlasting Know Me the aforesaid Marcy being in my pure Widowhood and â—ull power to have Remised Released and altogether for Me my Heirs Executors and Administrators for ever quit claimed to Thomas Nash of Wetherfield in the County aforesaid Yeoman All and all manner of Actions as well real as personal Sutes Quarrels and Demands whatsoever As also all my Dower and Title and Action of Dower to me appertaining by the death of the said Thomas my Husband of any of his Lands and Tenements in Wetherfield aforesaid what or which I the said Marcy or my Executors against him the said Thomas Nash the Son or his Executors I ever had have or any wayes hereafter may have we have or may have by reason of any thing cause or deed whatsoever from the beginning of the World unto the day of the Date of this present Writing of Release And further know ye Me the aforesaid Marcy to have given and Remised to the said Thomas Nash the Son All the Goods late of the said Thomas my Husband which were in the possession of the said Thomas the Son or his Assignes at the time of the making of this deed of Release In Witnesse whereof to this my present Writing I have set my Seal Dated the 27 th day of April in the yeer of the Reign of our Lady Elizabeth by the Grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen defendor of the Faith c. the 35 th Which being read and heard The said Thomas Lawrence and Marcy say That they for any thing before alleged for having the Dower of the said Marcy ought not to be barred because they say That the aforesaid Thomas Nash sometimes Husband c. in his life time and at the time of his death was seised as well of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in Gosfield aforesaid As of Two Messuages and 200. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in Wetherfield aforesaid in his Demesn as of Fee And so thereof being seised at Gosfield aforesaid by his Last Will and Testament in Writing devised the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in Gosfield aforesaid to the aforesaid Zachary Nash younger Son of the said Thomas Nash sometimes Husband c. And afterwards at Gosfield aforesaid dyed After whose death the said Thomas Nash the younger as Son and Heir of the said Thomas Nash sometimes Husband c. into the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances in VVetherfield aforesaid entred and was thereof seised in his Demesn as of Fee and Right And the said Zachary into the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof
of the said Thomas lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue To the use of the Heirs of the body of VVilliam VViseman Father of the said Iohn VViseman and the Heirs of their bodies lawfully to be begotten and for default of such issue To the use of the Heirs of the body of the aforesaid Thomas VViseman deceased and the Heirs of their bodies lawfully to be begotten and for default such issue To the use of the Lady the Queen that now is and the Heirs and Successors of the said Lady the Queen Kings and Queens of this Realm of England for ever as by the said Indenture amongst other things it more fully manifest and doth appear By vertue of which Indenture and by force of a certain Act in Parliament of the late King Henry 8. at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the 4 th day of February in the yeer of his Reign the 27 th of transferring of uses in possession then holden set forth The said John VViseman was seised of the Reversion of the whole Island aforesaid as of Fee tail and right and for default of such issue the remainder to the aforesaid VVilliam VViseman Brother of the said John VViseman and the heirs males of the Body of the said VVilliam lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue To the use of the said Thomas VViseman another Brother of the said John VViseman and the heirs males of the Body of the said Thomas lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue the remainder thereof to of the heirs of the body of the aforesaid VVill VViseman the Father and the heirs of their bodies lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue the Remainder thereof to the heires males of the Body of the said Thomas VViseman desceased and the heirs males of their Body lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue The remainder there to the said Lady the Queen that now is her Heirs and Successors Kings and Queenes of this Kingdom of England belonging And the beforesaid John of the aforesaid Reversion of the whole Island aforesaid as of Fee tail and right in form aforesaid being seised the remainder thereof further in the form aforesaid belonging The said Thomas VViseman the Son afterwards that is to say the 15 th day of July in the year of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 26 th at great Totham aforesaid dyed without heir male of his body lawfully begotten After whose death the said John into one Moyety of the Island aforesaid with the Appurtenances entred was and yet is thereof seised in his Demesn as of Fee tail And likewise the said John was and yet is seised of the aforesaid Reversion of the other Moiety of the said Island as of the Fee tail and of right And thereof being seised And the said Richard of the said other Moiety of the aforesaid Island with the Appurtenances in form aforesaid being possessed The aforesaid 18. pounds of the Rent aforesaid for half a yeer ended at the Feast of the Birth of our Lord in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 27 th to the said John was behind and do yet remain unpaid For which Action accrued to the said John to require and have of the said Richard the aforesaid 18. pounds Yet he the said Richard although he was often required the said 18. pounds to the said John hath not yet rendered but hitherto to render to the same to him hath denyed and yet doth deny Whereupon he saith he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 20. pounds And thereof he bringeth Sute c. And the said Richard Barnard by John Cook his Attorny comes and doth defend the force and injury when c. And saith That the aforesaid John Wiseman his Action aforesaid against him ought not to have because he saith That well and true it is That the aforesaid Thomas Wiseman the Father was seised of the Island aforesaid in his Demesn as of Fee And that the said Thomas demised unto the said Richard Barnard the Moiety of the Island aforesaid with the Appurtenances And that the said Thomas Wiseman the Father by his aforesaid Testament and last Will willed and bequeathed to the abovesaid Thomas Wiseman the Son the aforesaid Reversion of the said aforesaid one Moiety of the said Island aforesaid and the other Moiety of the said Island in form aforesaid And that the said Thomas Wiseman the Son By virtue of the bequest aforesaid was seised of the one Moiety of the Island aforesaid in his Demesn as of Fee tail and of the Reversion of the other Moiety thereof in Demesn as of Fee tail and Right that is to say to him and the heirs males of his Body lawfully begotten as the aforesaid John Wiseman by his Declaration aforesaid above supposeth But the said Richard Barnard further saith That the said Thomas Wiseman the Son of the one Moiety of the Island aforesaid and of the Reversion of the other Moiety in â—orm aforesaid being seised One John Godfrey the 9 th day of June in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 26 th sued forth out of the Court of the Chancery of the said Lady the Queen that now is in the said Court of Chancery at Westminster aforesaid then being a certain writ of the said Lady the Queen of Entry upon Disseisin in the Post against the said Thomas Wiseman by the name of Thomas VViseman Gent. of the Island aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things to the Sheriff of the County of Essex directed by which Writ the said Lady the Queen that now is then commanded the said Sheriff that the said Sheriff should command the said Thomas VViseman the Son that truly and without delay he should render to the said John Godfrey the Island aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things by the name of the Mannor of Mockinghall with the Appurtenances and 22. Messuages 3. Dove-houses 23. Gardens 430. Acres of Land 162. Acres of Meadow 460. Acres of Pasture 22. Acres of Wood 110. Acres of Furrs and Heath 400. Acres of Marsh as of 50. shillings of Rent with the Appurtenances in Barlinge the great Staubrigge great Wakeringe little Wakeringe Leigh Shopland Rochford Prtâ—lewell Benflâ—â—t Foulnes Althorpe Thundersley Hadley Great Baddowe Great Totham and Gouldhanger which he claimed to be his Right and his inheritance And into which the said Thomas Wiseman then had not entry but after the Disseisin which Hugh Hunt unjustly without Judgement did to the said John Godfrey within 30. yeers then last past as he then said And whereof he then Complained That the said Thomas VViseman the Son him then did deforce And unlesse he should do it and the aforesaid John Godfrey should then make the said Sheriff secure his clamour to prosecute then he summon by good summons the aforesaid Thomas Wiseman the
the Queen that now is of giving their Judgement of and upon the premises are not yet avised Further day is given to the parties aforesaid before the said Lady the Queen at VVestminster untill Monday next after 8. dayes of St. Hillary to hear their Judgement because the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is here thereof are not yet c. At which day before the said Lady the Queen at VVestminster aforesaid come the parties aforesaid by their Attornies aforesaid And because the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is of giving their Judgement of and upon the premises are not yet avised Further day is given to the parties aforesaid before the said Lady the Queen at VVestminster untill VVednesday next after 15. dayes of Easter to hear their Judgement thereof because the Court of the said Lady the Queen here thereof not as yet c. At which day before the Lady the Queen at VVestminster come the parties aforesaid by their Attornies aforesaid And because the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is of giving their Judgement of and upon the premises are not yet avised Further day is given to the parties aforesaid before the said Lady the Queen at VVestminster untill Fryday next after the morrow of the Holy Trinity to hear their Judgement thereof because the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is thereof not yet c. At which day before the said Lady the Queen at VVestminster come the parties aforesaid by their Attornies aforesaid And because this Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is here of giving their Judgement of and upon the premises are not yet avised Further day is given to the parties aforesaid before the said Lady the Queen at Westminster untill Monday next after 8. dayes of St. Michael to hear their Judgement because the Court of the said Lady the Queen here thereof not yet c. At which day before the said Lady the Queen at VVestminster come the parties aforesaid by their Attornies aforesaid Upon which seen and by the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is here diligently looked into and fully understood all and singular the premises and mature deliberation being thereupon had Because it seemeth to the Court of the said Lady the Queen now is here That the aforesaid re-entry of the aforesaid VVilliam VVilkinson into the said Rectory with the Appurtenances in which c. upon the possession of the said David Loyd is not good and a lawful re-entry in Law It is granted that the said David Loyd shall recover against the said VVilliam VVilkinson his Term aforesaid of and in the Rectory aforesaid with the appurtenances yet to come And his damages by the Jurors in form aforesaid assessed And that the said VVilliam VVilkinson be taken c. And likewise the said David in mercy to the residue of the Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid whereof the said VVilliam VVikinson in form aforesaid stands acquitted And the said VVilliam VVilkinson thereof be acquitted c. Michelmas Term 41. 43. Elizabeth Rott 144. in the KINGS BENCH Bingams Case C. 2. part fol. 82. MEmorandum That at another time that is to say Easter Term last Dors ss past before the Lady the Queen at VVestminster came George Stroud Esquire by Simon Spatchard his Attorny And brought here in Court of the said Lady the Queen his Bill against Ralph Horsey Knight Richard Veal and Edward Goor Gent. in the Custody of the Marshall c. of a Plea of Trespasse and Ejectment of him out his Farm And are Pledges of Sute that is to say John Doo and Richard Roo Which Bill followeth in these words ss Dorset George Stroud Esquire complaineth of Ralph Horsey Kt. Rich. Veal and Edw. Goor For that That is to say That whereas one VVilliam Albert the 7th day of April in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is 41. at Melcum in the County aforesaid had demised granted and to Farm letten to the aforesaid George one messuage 120. acres of Lands 40 Acres of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture and 100. Acres of Furze and Heath with the Appurtenances in Melcum aforesaid in the County aforesaid To have and to hold the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances unto the said George and his Assigns from the Feast of the ANNVNCIATION of the blessed Lady the Virgin MARY then last past untill the end and Term of 6. years and a half of a year from thence next insuing fully to be compleat and ended By virtue of which demise the said George into the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed until the aforesaid Ralph Horsey Richard Veal and Edward Goor after that is to say the 11th day of April in the 41 year aforesaid with force and arms c into the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances upon the possession of the said George thereof did enter and the said George from his Farm aforesaid thereof his term aforesaid not being ended did eject expel and amove and the said George from his possessiion thereof did hold out and do yet hold out and other harms did unto him against the peace of the said Lady the Queen to his damage of 100 pound and thereof he bringeth sute c. And now at this day that is to say Tuseday next after 8 dayes of Saint Michael this Term untill which day the aforesaid Ralph Horsey Richard Veal and Edward Goor had Licence to imparl to the said Bill and then to Answer c. before the Lady the Queen at Westminster come aswell the said George Stroud by his Attorney aforesaid as the aforesaid Ralph Horsey Richard Veal and Edward Goor by James Hyde their Attorny and the said Ralph Richard and Edward defend the force and injury when c. and say that they are not thereof guilty and upon that put themselves upon the County and the aforesaid George Stroud likewise c. Therefore a Jury thereof before the said Lady the Queen at Westminster upon wednesday next after 8 days of Saint Hillary and who neither c. to know c. Because aswell c. The same day is given to the parties here c. ss Afterwards process continued between the parties aforesaid of the plea aforesaid by Juries put between the parties aforesaid in respit before the said Lady the Queen at Westminster until wednesday next after 18 dayes of Easter unless first the Justices of the Lady the Queen to take assises in the County first upon Monday the 3 weak of Lent at Dorchester in the County aforesaid by the form of the statute c. come for default of Jurors c. At which Wednesday before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attornies aforesaid And the aforesaid Justices of Assise before whom c. sent thither their Record before them had in these words ss Afterwards the day and place
within conteyned before Thomas Walmsley one of the Justices of the Lady the Queen of the Bench and Edward Fennes one of the Justices of the said Lady the Queen of pleas before the Queen her self holden assigned Justices of the said Lady the Queen to take Assises in the County of Dorset assigned by the form of the statute c. came aswell the within named George Stroud Esquire by Thomas Clayton his Attorny as the within named Ralph Horsey Knight Richard Veal and Edward Goor by Henry Collier their Attorny and the Jurors of the Jury whereof within mention is made some of them appeared and some of them did not appear as it appeareth in the pannel c. and some of the Jurors now appearing that is to say Richard Ham Thomas Tooner John Burt Henry Hâ—rbyn Gentleman John Young Gentleman John Butler Gentleman William Withington John Payn and Christorher Dolling in the Jury aforesaid are sworn and some of the said Jurors now appearing that is to say Thomas Heal Edward Carter Robert Chippe Henry Squib and George Frome because they between the parties aforesaid are found to be suspicious from the pannel aforesaid they were utterly drawn out and because the rest of the Jurors of the said Jury did not appear therefore others of the standers by by the Sheriff aforesaid to that being chosen at the request of the said George Stroud and by the Command of the Justices aforesaid were of new put whose names to the pannel within written are fyled according to the form of the statute in such case thereof late made and is provided and the Jurors so nâ—w put that is to say Clement Jay Nicholas Brown and Thomas Eyres being called likewise appeared who to say the truth of the matters within conteyned together with the other Jurors aforesaid first impanelled Chosen tryed and sworn say upon their Oath aforesaid that the Tenement within written in which it is supposed the Trespass and Ejectment within written to be are and time whereof the memory of men is not to the Contrary were parcel of the Mannor of Nether Melcum otherwise called Melcum Bingham with the appurtenances and that the said Mannor of Neither Melcum otherwise Melcum Biugham with the appurtenances whereof c. lyeth within the Parish of Melcum in the County aforesaid and that before the time within written in which the Trespass and Ejectment within written was supposed to be done one Robert Bingham the elder was seised for the aforesaid Mannor of Nether Melcum otherwise Melcum Bingham with the appurtenances whereof c. in his demesne as of Fee and so thereof seised held the said Mannor with the appurtenances of one John Hrosey Knight as of his Mannor of Melcam otherwise Horseys Melcum otherwise Starges Melcum in the County aforesaid by Knight service that is to say by Homage and Fealty and Escuage to the Lady the Queen of 40. shillings when it should happen 2. shillings and for more more and less less c. and the said Robert Bingham being so seised before the time within written in which c. that is to say the morrow of the Holy Trinity in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 12 a sine was levyed in the Court of the said Lady the Queen at Westminster in the County of Middlesex before James Dyer Richard Weston Richard Harper then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench and other the Queens faithfull people then present between Thomas Buckley and Henry Gawen Gentlemen plaintifs and the said Robert Bingham the Elder Deforceant Of the Mannor of Neither Melcum otherwise Melcum Bingham aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. by the names of the Mannor of Nether Melcum otherwise Melcum Bingham aforesaid with the appurtenances and 5 Messuages 4 Tofts 4 Barns 5 Gardens 2 Orchards 120 Acres of Land 30 Acres of Meadow 300 Acres of pasture 8 Acres of Wood and 20 Acres of Furze and Heath with the appurtenances in Nether Melcum other wise Binghams Melcum whereupon a plea of Covenant was between them in the said Court that is to say that the said Robert Bingham did acknowlege the said Mannor and Tenements with the appurtenances to be the right of the said Thomas Buckley as that with the said Thomas Buckley and Henry Gawen had of the gift of the said Robert Bingham and then released and quit claimed from him and his heirs to the said Thomas Buckley and Henry Gawen and the heirs of the said Thomas for ever And afterwards the said Robert Bingham granted for him and his heirs that they would warrant to the said Thomas Buckley and Henry Gawen and to the heirs of the said Thomas the aforesaid Mannor and Tenements with the appurtenances against all men for ever the Tenor of which Fine followeth in these ss Dorset ss This is a final concord made in the Court of the Lady the Queen at Westminster in the morrow of the holy Trinity in the year of the Reign of Elizabeth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen defender of the faith c. from the Conquest the 12th before James Dyer Richard Weston and Richard Harper Justices and other the Queens faithfull people there present Between Thomas Buckley and Henry Gawen Gentlemen plaintifs and Robert Bingham Esquire Deforceant of the Mannor of Neither Melcum otherwise Binghams Melcum with the appurtenances and of 5 Messuages 4 Tofts 4 Barns 5 Gardens 2 Orchards 12â— Acres of Land 30 Acres of Meadow 100 Acres of pasture 8 Acres of wood and 20 Acres of Furz and Heath in Nether Melcum otherwise Binghams Melcum whereupon a plea of Covenant was between them in the said Court that is to say that the said Robert acknowledged the aforesaid Mannor Tenements with the appurtenances to be the right of the said Thomas and those which the said Thomas and Henry had of the gift of the aforesaid Robert and the same released and quit claimed from him and his heirs to the said Thomas and Henry and the heirs of the said Thomas for ever And farther the said Robert granteth for him and his heirs that they warrant to the aforesaid Thomas and Henry and to the heirs of the said Thomas the aforesaid Mannor and Tenements with the appurtenances against all men for ever and for this Recognition remission and quit claym warranty and Concord the said Thomas and Henry give to the said Robert 150 pound sterling which said Fine of the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid whereof c. in form aforesaid Levied was had and Levyed to the use of the said Robert Bingham the Elder and Jane his wife and the heirs of the said Robert for ever by virtue whereof and by force of a certain Act of Parliament of transferring of uses into possession made at Westminster in the year of the Reign of the late King Henry the 8th of England the 27th made and provided the said Robert Bingham the elder and Jane were
and Edward Goor be taken c. Ejectione Firme Hillary Term 290. Elizabeth Rott 790. in the KINGS BENCH Barastons Case C. 3. part fol. 19. a. MEmorandum That at another time That is to say Michaelmass Term last past before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came Richard Hynde by James Long his Attorny and brought here in the Court of the said Lady the Queen then there his Bill against William Ambry in the Custody of the Marshal c. Of a Plea of Trespasse and Ejectment of his Farm and are Pledges of Sute that is to say Iohn Doo and Richard Roo Which Bill followeth in these words ss Hartford Richard Hynde complaineth of William Ambry in the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsey of the Lady the Queen before the Queen her self being for that that is to say That whereas one Thomas Brand and Constance his Wife and Milliam Davyes and Margaret his Wife the 4 th day of Iuly in the yeer of Reign of the said Lady Elizabeth now Queen of England the 28 th at Aldenhan in the County aforesaid Demised and granted and to Farm let to the aforesaid Richard Hynde amongst other things 10. Acres of Land with the appurtenances called the upper part of a Close named Reddings in Aldenham aforesaid in the County aforesaid To have and to hold the aforesaid 10. Acres with the appurtenances to the aforesaid Richard Hynde and his Assignes from the Feast of St. Iohn the Baptist then last past until the end and Term of 7. years from thence next insuing and fully to be compleat and ended By virtue of which demise The said Richard Hynde into the aforesaid 10. Acres of Land with the appurtenances the aforesaid 9 th day of Iuly in the 28th yeer aforesaid with Force and Armes c. into the aforesaid 10. Acres of Lands with the appurtenances upon the possession of the said Richard entred and him the said Richard from his Farm aforesaid the Term thereof not yet ended did eject expel and amove and then the said Richard from his possession thereof held out and as yet holdeth out And other harms to him did against the Peace of the said Queen to the damage of the said Richard of 10. pounds and thereof he bringeth Sute c. And now at this day that is to say Monday after 8. dayes of St. Michael this Term until which day the said William had license to the Bill aforesaid to imparl and then to answer c. before the Lady the Queen at Westminster come as well the aforesaid Richard by his Attorny aforesaid as the said William by Richard Belfield his Attorny and the same William doth defend the force and injury when c. And saith That he is not guilty thereof and of that he puts himself upon the Country And that said Richard likewise Therefore a Jury thereof before the Lady the Queen at Westminster Wednesday next after 15. dayes of Easter who neither c. Because as well c. the same day is given to the parties aforesaid there c. Afterwards the processe thereof was continued between the parties aforesaid in the Plea aforesaid by Juries put between them in respite before the said Lady the Queen until Wednesday next after 8. dayes of St. Michael then next following Unlesse the Justices of the said Lady the Queen to take Assizes in the County aforesaid assigned First upon Friday the 12 th day of July at Hartford in the County aforesaid by form of the Statute c. come for default of Jurors c. At which VVednesday next after 8. dayes of St. Michael before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came the aforesaid Richard Hynde by his Attorny aforesaid And the aforesaid Justices of Assizes before whom c. sent here their Record before them had in these words ss Afterwards the day and place within contained before Thomas Gawdy Knight one of the Justiceâ— of the Lady the Queen of Pleas before the Lady the Queen her self to be holden assigned and Robert Clark one of the Barons of the said Lady the Queen of her Exchequer Justices of the said Lady the Queen to take Assizes in the County of Hartford assigned by form of the Statute c. came as well the within named Richard Hynde by Henry Brantwayte his Attorny as the within written William Ambry by his Attorny within mentioned and the Jurors of the Jury whereof within mention is made some of them that is to say Richard Penifather Thomas Glascock Iohn Harmer and Stephen Nebbes came and in the said Jury are sworn And because the rest of the Jurors of the said Jury did not appear Therefore other of the Standers by chosen by the Sherif at the Request of the said Richard Hynde and by the Command of the Justices aforesaid are of new put whose names to the Pannel within written are filed according to the form of the Statute in such Case late made and provided and some of the Jurors so a new put that is to say Edward Vyall Thomas Cooker Thomas Trow Edward Asher Iohn Dermer William Tiverton Edward Iorden and Robert Carpenter came who to say the truth of the matters within contained togeether with the Jurors aforesaid first unpannelled and sworn chosen tryed and sworn Say upon their Oath That long before the Trespass and Ejectment of the Farm within supposed to be done One Thomas Boraston was seised of and in the within written 10. Acres of Lands with the appurtenances called the upper part of a Close called Reddings in Aldenham within written in his demesn as of see the said 10. Acres of Lands with the appurtenances held of one Robert Stepnigh Esq as of his Mannor of Aldenham in his free socage And further the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath That the aforesaid Tho. Boraston had issue of his body lawfully begotten Hum Boraston his Elder Son Hen. Boraston his Younger Son and the aforesaid Hum. Boraston had issue of his body Lawfully begotten Constance Boraston now the wife of the within named Thomas Brand and the within named Margaret wife of the within named William Davis and that afterwards Humphrey Boraston dyed living the said Thomas Boraston and that the aforesaid Constance and Margaret were and are Daughters and Co-heirs of the aforesaid Humphry Boraston and farther the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath that the aforesaid boraston so of and in the aforesaid 10 Acres of Land with the appurtenances being seised as before is said afterwards that is to say the 12 th day of the moneth of August in the year of our Lord 1559 in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen the first made his Testament and last Will in writing in these English words following In the name of God Amen Item I give unto Thomas Amerie and Amphillis his wife all that my upper part of my close called Redding for the Term of 8 years after my decease in recompence of one yearly Annuity of 46
Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other in form aforesaid being seised the said Richard before the aforesaid time in which c. at Lugarshall in the said County of Wilts of such his estate dyed thereof seised and the aforesaid Johanna him over-lived and held her self in the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land in which c. amongst other and was thereof sole seised in her demesn as of Fee tail in form aforesaid the remainder thereof over as before is said and farther the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath that the said Johanna being thereof so seised The aforesaid Anthony Bridges the 4 day of December in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 32 th at Walcot aforesaid by his Indenture made between the aforesaid Anthony Bridges Son of the aforesaid Richard and Johanna and Barbara then wife of the said Anthony and one Edward Langford Gentleman by the name of Anthony Bridges of West-Shefford otherwise great Shefford in the County of Berks. Esquire and Barbara his wife and Edward Langford of Lincolnes Inn Gentleman of the one part and one George Brown Knight by the name of George Brown Esquire second Son of the right Honourable Anthony Viscount of the most noble order of the Garter Knight of the other part which other part with the Seals of the said Anthony Bridges Barbara and Edward Langford Sealed bearing date the same day and year to the Jurors aforesaid in evidence shewed it was Covenanted granted condescended unto concluded and fully agreed by and between the said parties to the said Indenture in manner and form following That is to say that the said Anthony Bridges Son of the said Richard Bridges and Johanna and Edward Langford covenanted and granted for them their heirs and assigns to and with the aforesaid George Brown his Heirs and assigns by the same Indenture that they the said Anthony Bridges Son of the aforesaid Richard Bridges and Johanna and Barbara together with the aforesaid Edward Langford before Easter Term then next following would levy and acknowledge before the Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench at Westminster one Fine or diverse Fines with the proclamations according to the course of Fines in the said Court used to the aforesaid George Brown of all that Mannor of Kintbury with all and singular the Rights members and appurtenances in the aforesaid County of Berks. And of all Messuages Lands and Tenements Rents Services Advowsons Patronages Liberties Privileges Profits and Hereditaments with all and singular their appurtenances to the said Mannor belonging or appertayning and also of the aforesaid whole Tenements within specified by the name of Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances called or known by the name of Walcot lying in Swindon within written whereof the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Lands then were and yet are parcel As also of all messuages Cottages Lands Tenements Rents Services and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same belonging occupied reputed demised or taken as part or parcel thereof by the name of 40 Messuages 20 Tofts 1 Dove-house 30 Gardens 20 Orchards 1000 Acres of Land 300 Acres of Meadow 1000 Acres of Pasture 100 Acres of Wood 500 Acres of Furz and Heath and 40 shillings of free Rent with the appurtenances in Kintbury Holt Hungerford Walcot and Swindon in the Counties of Berks. and Wilts or by whatsoever number of Acres either sole or together with any other Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and that the aforesaid Fine or the aforesaid Fines concerning the premises in the said indenture before mentioned and the execution of the Fine or Fines should be and be to the use of the said George Brown and his heirs and assigns for ever to no other use intent or purpose And the said Jurors farther say That in performance and accomplishment of a Covenant and agreement in the said Indenture between the said Anthony Bridges the Son of the said Richard and Johanna Barbara and Edward Langford and the said George Brown in form aforesaid mentioned afterwards and before the aforesaid â—aster Term That is to say in the Term of Saint Hillary in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 32 th aforesaid a certain Fine was Levied in the Court of the said Lady the Queen at Westminster in the county of Middlesex before Edmund Anderson Francis Windham William Periam and Thomas Walmesly then Justices of the said Lady the Queen and other the Lady the Queens faithfull people then there present between the aforesaid George Brown plaintiff and the aforesaid Anthony Bridges Son of the said Richard and Johanna and Barbara his Wife and Edward Langford Gentleman deforceant of the whole Tenements in the said Indenture specified whereof the said Messuage and 26 Acres of Lands are and at the time of the levying of the said Fine were parcel amongst other by the names of the Mannors of Kintbury and Fally otherwise great Fally with the appurtenances and 60 Messuages 20 Tofts 3 Dovehouses 40 Gardens 50 Orchards 4000 Acres of Lands 300 Acres of Meadow 4000 Acres of Pasture 300 Acres of Wood 1000 Acres of Furz and Heath and 6 pound 13 shillings 4 pence of Rent with the appurtenances in Kintbury Holt Fally otherwise great Fally Hungerford and West Shefford otherwise great Shefford as also of the Rectory of great Fally with the appurtenances and Free Warren and liberty of a Park in West Shefford otherwise great Shefford and also of the Free Fishings Kennet in the County of Berkss And of the Mannor of Baddesden with the appurtenances and 20 Messuages 10 Tofts 12 Gardens 8 Orchards 1000 Acres of Land 100 Acres of Meadow 1000 Acres of pasture 200 Acres of Wood 500 Acres of Furz and Heath and 40 shillings Rent with the appurtenances in Baddesden Lugershall Walcot and Swindon in the County of Wilts whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the said Court that is to say That the said Anthony Barbara and Edward acknowledge the said Mannors Tenements Hereditaments Rectorie Warren liberty and Fishing with the appurtenances in the said Fine conteined to be the right of the said George as those which the said George had of the gift of the said Anthony and the same remised and quit claimed from the said Anthony Barbara and Edward and their heirs to the aforesaid George and his heirs for ever And besides the said Anthony and Barbara granted for them and the heirs of the said Anthony that they warrant to the aforesaid George his Heirs and Assigns the aforesaid Mannors Tenementâ— Rents Rectorie Warren and Liberties and Fishing with the appurtenances in the same Fine conteined against the said Edward and his heirs for ever and for this Recognition release quit claym warranty Fine and Concord the said George granted to the aforesaid Edward a certain yearly Rent of 100 pound to be going out of in the aforesaid Mannors
Tenements Rents Rectorie Warren Liberties and Fishing with the appurtenances in the same conteined and the same to him did render in the same Court to have and to hold and perceave the said yearly Rent of 100 pound to the said Edward the whole life of the said Johanna by the name of the Lady Johanna Bridges Mother of the said Anthony at the Feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Mary the Virgin the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Saint Michael the Archangel and the birth of our Lord by equal portions yearly to be paid the whole life of the said Johanna the first payment whereof to begin at the Feast of the Feasts aforesaid which next after the decease of the said Anthony should happen to be And if it should happen the said yearly Rent of 100 pound or any part thereof to be behind in part or in all after any of the aforesaid Feasts in which as before is said it ought to be paid not paid by the space of 30 dayes That then and so often the said George and his heirs forfeit to the said Edward 4 pound and 15 shillings Nomine paenae as often as the said yearly Rent of 100 pound or any parcel thereof so to be behinde should happen and that then and so often it should be well lawfull to the said Ed. all the life time of the said Johanna into the aforesaid Mannors Tenements Rents Rectorie Warren Liberty and Fishing with the appurtenances in the said Fine conteined and every part and parcel thereof to enter and distreyn and the distressess so here taken and had Lawfully to lead carry away and drive and the same to keep until as wel of the aforesaid yearly Rent of 100 pound with the areaâ—ages thereof if any should be as of the aforesaid 4 pound 15 shillings Nomine Paenae as before is said he should be fully satisfied and paid Also the aforesaid George granted to the aforesaid Anthony and Barbara the aforesaid Mannors of Baddesden and Fally otherwise great Fally with the appurtenances and 20 Messuages 10 Tofts 10 Gardens 6 Orchards 1000 Acres of Land 100 Acres of Meadow 1000 Acres of Pasture 100 Acres of Wood 500 Acres of Furz and Heath and 50 shilling Rent with the appurtenances in Baddesden Lugershall Fally otherwise great Fally and West Shefford and the Rectorie of great Fally with the appurtenance and Free Warren and Liberty of a Park in West Shefford otherwise great Shefford aforesaid parcel of the Mannors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances in the said Fine conteyned and then did render in the same Court To have and to hold to the said Anthony and Barbara of the chief Lords of the Fee by the services which to those Mannors Tenements Rents Rectories Warren and Liberty of Park do belong the whole life of the said Anthony and Barbara and to the longest liver of them without impeachment of any waste the whole life of the said Anthony And after the decease of the said Anthony and Barbara the same Mannor Tenements Rents Rectories Warren and Liberties of Park with the appurtenances wholly to return to the said George and his heirs To be holden of the Lords of the Fee by the services which to those Mannors Tenements Rents Rectory Warren and liberty of Park belonging for ever And the aforesaid Jurors further say upon their Oath aforesaid that the said Johanna in the said Messuage and 26 Acres of Land amongst other with the appurtenances in form aforesaid being seised the said Johanna afterwards and before the within written time in which c. the 7th day of October in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 32 th at Swindon aforesaid by her certain Indenture of demise between the same Johanna by the name of Jane Harcourt of Lugershall in the County of Wilts Widdow of the one party and Edward Bridges Esquire William Bridges and Anthony Bridges Sons of the sayd Edmond and their assignes of the other party made which Indenture is dated the 21 th day of August in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 32 th aforesaid aswell for and in Consideration of the surrender of one Indenture of Demise before then granted of all and singular the premises in the said Indenture to the aforesaid Johanna then after demised or to be demised of 19 years and more then to come and not expired which the aforesaid Edmond before that time had and injoyed As of a former Indenture of Demyse at or before the sealing and deliverie of the said Indenture now in Evidence shewed the aforesaid Edward Bridges had surrendred and delivered unto the hands and possession of the said Johanna as for divers other good causes and considerations the same Johanna specially moving Demised granted and to Farm let to the said Edmond Bridges William Bridges and Anthony Bridges Sons of the said Edmond the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land with the appurtenances amongst other things to have and to hold the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land amongst other to the aforesaid Edmond William and Anthony Bridges the aforesaid 2 Sons of the said Edmond Bridges for the Term of their natural lives and for the Term of the life of the longest liver and every of them successively to be injoyed Yielding and paying therefore yearly during the said Term to the aforesaid Johanna under by the name of Jane Harcourt her heirs assigns 4 pound and 2 pence of good and Lawfull mony of England at two usual Feasts or Terms of the year that is to say at the Feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Mary the Virgin 40 shillings and 1 penny and at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel the like sum of 40 shillings and 1 penny residue of the aforesaid 4 pound 2 pence as by the said indenture of Demise to the said Jurors in Evidence shewed more fully appeared by virtue of which demise the said Edmond Bridges William Bridges and Anthony Bridges Sons of the said Edmond were seised of the aforesaid Messuage and 26 Acres of Land within written as the Law requireth And farther the said Jurors say upon their Oath that the aforesaid Messuage 26 Acres within written and the rest of the Tenements in the said Indenture of Demise by the said Johanna under and by the name of Jane Harecourt to the said Edmond William and Anthony Sons of the said Edmond in form aforesaid demised were not usually demised for the greater part of 20 years next before the same demise as before is said made for so little rent as by the aforesaid Indenture thereof now in evidence shewed in form aforesaid was reserved And the aforesaid Jurors farther say upon their Oath that the aforesaid Johanna afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say the 29th day of September in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now
against Iohn Lambert in the custody of the Marshal c. of a plea of Trespass and Ejectment of him out of his Farm and are pledges of sute Iohn Doo and Richard Roo which Bill followeth in these words ss Buck Theophilus Adams Gentleman complayneth of Iohn Lambert in the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsey of the Lady the Queen before the Queen her self being for that that is to say That whereas one Robert Snelling Gentlemâ—n and Thomas Butler Gentleman the 23 th .. day of May in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen Elizabeth that now is of England the 36. at the Town of Buckingham in the County aforesaid had demised and to Farm Letten to the said Theophilus 1 Messuage and 10 Acres of Land to the said Messuage neer lying called the Conigree situate lying and being in the Town of Buckingham aforesayd in the County aforesaid To have to the said Theophilus and his assigns from the aforesaid 23 day of May in the 36 year aforesaid untill the end and Term of 10 years from thence next following and fully to be compleat and ended by virtue of which demise the same Theophilus afterwards that is to say the 16 day of April in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 39 into the aforesaid Tenements with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed until the aforesaid Iohn Lambert afterward that is to say the same 16 day of April in the 39 year aforesaid with force and Arms c. into the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances upon the possession of the said Theophilus thereof entred and him the said Theophilus from his Farm thereof his Term aforesaid not yet ended ejected expelled and amoved and from his possession thereof held out and yet holdeth out and other harms to him did against the peace of the said Lady the Queen that now is to the damage of the said Theophilus of 20 pound and thereof he bringeth sute c. and now at this day that is to say Monday next after 8 dayes of Saint Michael this Term until which day the aforesaid Iohn Lambert had licence to imparl to the Bill aforesaid and then to answer c. before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came aswel the aforesaid Theophilus Adams by his Attorny aforesaid as the said Iohn Lambert by Iohn Harborn his Attorny and the said Iohn Lambert defendeth the force and Injury when c. and saith that he is not there of guilty and of this putteth himself upon the Country and the said Theophilus likewise c. and therefore a Jury thereof was to be before the Queen at Westminster upon Monday next after the morrow of the Purification of the blessed Lady Mary by whom c. and who neither c. Because aswel c. Day is given to the parties aforesaid thence c. of which day the Jurors aforesaid between the parties aforesaid of the plea aforesaid were put in respit before the Lady the Queen at Westminster until Monday next after the Month of Easter in the year of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 41 th for default of Jurors c. At which day before the said Lady the Queen at Westminster aforesaid come the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the Jurors of the same Jury being called come likewise who to say the truth of the premises chosen tryed and sworn say upon their Oath that long before the time of the Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid that is to say the 5 day of the month of June in the year of our Lord 1431 and in the year of the Reign of King Henry the 6 after the conquest the 9 one Iohn Barton the Elder was seised of the aforesaid Messuage and of 6 Acres of Pasture parcel of the aforesaid 10 Acres of Pasture in the Declaration aforesaid specified in which it is supposed the Trespass and Ejectment aforesaid to be done amongst other in his demesn as of Fee and so thereof of the Messuage aforesaid and of the said 6 Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances parcel c. seised c. Enfeoffed William Brampton to have and to hold to him and his heirs to the behoof and use of the aforesaid Iohn Barton the Elder and his heirs By virtue whereof the aforesaid William Brampton was seised of the Messuage and 6 Acres of Land parcel c. with the appurtenances in his demesn as of Fee to the use of the aforesaid Iohn Barton and his heirs and the aforesaid William Brampton so thereof being seised the aforesaid Iohn Barton afterwards that is to say the aforesaid 5 day of the Moneth of June in the year of our Lord 1431 in the said year of the Reign of the said late King Henry the 6. the 9 aforesaid at Buckingham aforesaid made his Testament and last will within written of the aforesaid Messuage and 6 Acres of pasture parcel c. amongst other things in these words c. In the name of God Amen ss The 5 day of the Moneth of June 1431 of the late Reign of King Henry the 6 after the Conquest of England the 9 I Iohn Barton the Elder being of perfect minde and good memory do make and ordein my present Testament Indented conteyning my last will in this manner Imprimis I give and recommend my soul to God and my omnipotent Creator and Saviour and to the blessed Mary the Virgin his Mother and to all the Saints and my body to be buried in the Church of the blessed Peter the Apostle of Buckingham that is to say in the Church of Saint Romwold in the same place wherein a Marble stone for my burying I have ordeined and appointed and for this my burial there to be had I give to the building of the body of the said Church 40 shillings also I will and Ordain that speedily after my death there be celebrated for my soul 4000 Masses for the celebrating of which I give 16 pound 13 shillings 4 pence and for his payns who about this shall imply him self that fully faithfully and speedily it be performed 6 shillings 8 pence Item I give to the religious men under written that they as soon as by my Executors or their deputies they be acquainted of my death so speedily as conveniently it may be done every order of them say a Placebo and Dirige by note and the day following the Mass of Requiem with note for my soul the souls of my Father and Mother my friends and Benefactors and for the souls of all the faithfull departed that is to say to the Master and Brethren of the house and Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr of Canterbury called of Acons London 40 shillings to the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of Saint Bartholemew in west Smithfield London 40 shillings to the Abbot and Covent of Bethesden in the County Buckingham 100 shillings to the Prior and Covent of Luffeild 40 shillings to the
Forset my Chaplain Overseers of this my present Testament I ordain and appoint John Wakering Master of the Hospital of St. Bartholomew aforesaid To which my Executors and Overseer above named I give the rest of all and singular my Goods and Chattels which shall remain by me not distributed disposed nor bequeathed in this last Will faithfully and speedily to be distributed for my Soul Willing That the said Executors and Overseer according to their discretions and Consciences take of my goods what is reasonable for their pains And that my present Testament and last Will before written be as speedily as conveniently it may be by my Executors performed and executed as in the fearful day of the last Judgement for me and them before the most High Judge who is ignorant of nothing they will answer In witnesse whereof to this my present Testament indented containing my last Will I have set my Seal Dated the day year aforesaid And the Jurors aforesaid further say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid William Bramptou of the said Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture parcel c. amongst other c. as is before said so being seised The said John Barton the Elder afterwards at Buck aforesaid dyed After the death of the said John Barton the Elder the aforesaid William Brampton was seised of the Messuage aforesaid and 6. Acres of Lands aforesaid parcel c. in his Demesn as of Fee To the several uses and intents in the aforesaid last Will of the aforesaid John Barton the Testator above expressed And that the said Iohn Barton the younger after the death of the said Iohn Barton the Testator into the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances parcel c. entred and the Rents and profits thereof yearly after the death of the said Iohn Barton the Testator arising for and during the life of him the said Iohn the younger took and had and the same to the uses intents and appointments in the said Testament and last Will thereof limitted and appointed during the life of the said Iohn the younger did convert apply and pay And afterwards and before the time in which c. The said Iohn Barton the younger at Buck aforesaid dyed After whose death of the said Iohn Barton the younger the aforesaid William Brampton was seised of the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture aforesaid parcel c. with the appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee unto the uses and intents in the aforesaid last Will of the said Iohn Barton the Testator before expressed to be performed And that the said Margaret and Isabel after the death of the said John Barton the younger into the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances entred and the Rents and Profits thereof yearly after the death of the said John Barton the younger arising for and during the lives of the said Margaret and Isabel and the longer liver of them took and had and the same to the uses intents and appointments in the said Testament and last Will of the aforesaid John Barton the Testator declared limitted and appointed during the lives of the said Margaret and Isabel applyed converted and payed and the longest liver of them did apply convert and pay And afterwards and before the time in which c. The aforesaid Margaret and Isabel at Buckingam aforesaid dyed After the deaths of which Margaret and Isabel The said William Brampton was seised in his Demesn as of Fee of and in the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture aforesaid parcel c. with the Appurtenances to the uses and intents in the aforesaid last Will of the aforesaid John Brampton the Elder the Testator expressed to be fulfilled And that the said William Fowler in the Testament aforesaid named had issue of his body lawfully begotten one Richard Fowler and the said William Fowler after the deaths of the said Margaret and Isabel into the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances entred and the Rents and Profits thereof yearly after the deaths of the said Margaret and Isabel arising for and during the life of the said William Fowler took and had and the same to the uses intents and appointments in the said Testament and last Will of the aforesaid John Barton the Elder the Testator expressed during the life of the said William Fowler applyed converted and payed And afterwards the 6 th day of July in the yeer of the Reign of King Henry the 6 th the 30 th The said William Fowler at Buckingham aforesaid dyed after whose death of the said William Fowler the aforesaid William Brampton was seized of and in the said Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture aforesaid parcel c. with the appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee to the uses intents in the aforesaid last Will of the aforesaid John Barton the Elder before expressed to be fulfilled And that the said Richard Fowler had issue of his body lawfully begotten one Edward Fowler and the said Richard Fowler after the death of the said William Fowler into the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances entred and the Rents and profits therof yeerly after the death of the said William Fowler arising for and during the life of the said Richard Fowler took and had and tâ—e same to the uses intents and appointments in the said Testament and last Will of the said John Barton the Elder the Testator during the life of the said Richard Fowler applyed converted and payed that is to say until the 3 d. day of November in the yeer of King Edward the 4 th after the Conquest of England the 7 th which said 3d. day of November the aforesaid Richard Fowler at Buckingham aforesaid dyed After the death of which Richard aforesaid the aforesaid Wil. Brampton was of the Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture aforesaid parcel c. with the appurtenances seized in his Demesn as of Fee to the uses and intents in the Testament aforesaid of the said John Barton the Testator limitted and declared to be fulfilled And that the said Edward Fowler had issue of his body lawfully begotten one Gabriel Fowler and the said Edward after the death of the said Richard Fowler into the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of Lands parcel c. with the appurtenances entred and the Rents and Profits thereof yeerly after the death of the said Richard Fowler arising for and during the life of the said Edward took and had and the same to the uses intents and appointments in the said Testament and last Will declared and limitted Until the 4 th day of February in the yeer of the Reign of King Henry the 8 th the 27 th applyed converted and payed which said 4 th day of February by virtue of a certain Act of Parliament at Westminster in the County of Middlesex for transferring of uses into
possession then held made the aforesaid Edward Fowler was seized of and in the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee Tail And so thereof being seized the issues and profits thereof all his life took and had and the same to the uses and intents in the Testament of the said John Barton the Elder above expressed applyed and converted And that the aforesaid Edward so thereof being seised afterwards that is to say the 28 th day of May in the yeer of the Reign of the late King Henry the 8th the 32. at Buckingham aforesaid of such his estate dyed thereof seized After the death of which Edward Fowler The said Messuage and 6. Acres of Pasture parcel c. descended to the said Gabriel Fowler as Son and Heir of the body of the said Edward Fowler lawfully begotten By virtue of which the aforesaid Gabriel into the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture parcell c. with the appurtenances entred and was thereof seised in his demesn as of Fee tail that is to say to him and the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten the reversion in Fee simple thereof to the right Heirs of the said John Barton the Testator expectant unto the uses in the said last Will of the said John Barton the Testator expressed to be performed and the aforesaid Gabriel Fowler the issues and profits thereof to the uses and intents in the said Testament of the aforesaid John Barton the Testator to be performed limitted received disposed and converted from the time of the death of the said Edward Fowler within 5. years next before the first year of the Reign of King Edward the 6 th that is to say untill the 4 th day of May in the year of the Reign of the late King Henry the 8 th the 37 th By colour of which aforesaid premises and by force of a certain Act of Parliament of the said King Edward late King of England the 6 th at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the 4th day of November in the year of his Reign the first begun and from thence continued untill the 24 th day of the same November then next following then and there holden concerning Colleges Free Chapels Chauntries Fraternities Guilds and other spiritual promotions made and provided The aforesaid late King Edward the 6th immediatly after the Feast of Easter next following after the making of the said Act of Parliament was seised of and in the aforesaid Messuage and the aforesaid 6. Acres of pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances amongst other things in the said Testament as is aforesaid given and appointed in his demesn as of Fee in the Right of his Crown of England if the Law so in this case requireth and that afterwards the said late King dyed of the said Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture so seised if the Law of England so requireth without Heir of his body begotten after whose death the Messuage aforesaid and the aforesaid 6. Acres of pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances amongst other descended to the Lady Mary late Queen of England as Sister and Heir of the said late King Edward the 6 th If the Law of England in this case requireth By which the said late Queen Mary was seised of the Messuage aforesaid and of the aforesaid 6. Acres of pasture parcel c. amongst other in her demesn as of Fee in the right of her Crown of England if the Law this requireth and he said late Queen Mary afterwards and before the aforesaid time in which c. dyed so hereof seised if the Law of England in this case requireth without heir of her body issuing after whose death the Messuage aforesaid and the aforesaid 6. Acres of pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances amongst other descended to the said Lady the Queen that now is as Sister and Heir of the aforesaid late Queen Mary if the Law of England in this case requireth By which the said Lady the Queen that now is was of the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances amongst other seised in her demesn as of Fee in the right of her Crown of England if the Law of England so thereof requireth And the Jurors aforesaid further say upon their Oaths aforesaid That after the aforesaid Act of Parliament aforesaid in the year of the Reign of the late King Edward the 6th the first made The aforesaid Gabriel Fowler occupied the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture with the appurtenances parcel c. continâ—ed and was thereof seised in his demesn as of Feetail if the Law of England in this case requireth it having issue of his body lawfully begotten one Richard Fowler and so thereof seised continued the occupation aforesaid if the Law of England requireth it and afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say the first day of May in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 18 th at Buck. aforesaid of such his estate dyed thereof seised if the Law of England requireth By colour of which the Messuage aforesaid and 6. Acres of pasture aforesaid with the appurtenances parcel c. descended if the Law requireth to the aforesaid Richard Fowler as Son and Heir of the said Gabriel By colour of which the said Richard Fowler afterwards and before the time in which c. into the Messuage and 6. Acres of Lands aforesaid with the appurtenances parcel c. entred and was thereof seised in his demesn as of Feetail that is to say to him and the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten if the Law of England this requireth and the said Richard Fowler of the Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture aforesaid with the appurtenances parcel c. so being seised if the Law of England this requireth The said Richard after and before the time in which c. that is to say the 10th day of March in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 33th at Buckingham aforesaid By his writing bearing date the same day and year with the Seal of the said Richard sealed and to the Jurors aforesaid in Evidence shewed for a certain sum of money in the said writing specified if the Law of England this requireth enfeoffed Francis Dayrell and Edward Dayrell Gen. of the Messuage and 6. Acres aforesaid with the appurtenances parcel c. amongst other To have to the said Francis and Edward their Heirs and Assigns for ever By virtue of which the said Francis and Edward in the Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture aforesaid parcel c. entred and were thereof seised in their demesn as of Fee if the Law of Engl. this requireth so being thereof seised if the Law of Engl. this requireth The said Francis and Ed. afterwards before the aforesaid time in which c. that is to say
the 18th day of June in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 33 th aforesaid at Buck. aforesaid if by the Law of England this they could do enâ—eoffed the aforesaid John Lambert of the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances To have and to hold unto the said John Lambert his Heirs and Assigns for ever By colour of which the said John Lambert after and before the aforesaid time in which c. that is to say the said 18 th day of June in the year 33 th aforesaid into the Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture aforesaid parcel c. with the appurtenances entred and was and yet is thereof seised in his demesn as of Fee if the Law thereof requireth And the Jurors aforesaid further say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid Lady the Queen that now is as before is said seised in her demesn as of Fee in the right of her Crown of England of and in the aforesaid Messuage and 6. Acres of pasture parcel c. if the Law of England this requireth after and before the time in which c. that is to say the 27 th day of May in the year of her Reign the 34th The said Lady the Queen that now is By her Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England sealed to the Jurors aforesaid in Evidence shewed whose date is at Westminster the same day and year in Consideration of the good true faithful and acceptable Service to the said Lady the Queen that now is before that time by her wel-beloved Cosin Thomas Earl of Ormond and Osory done as for divers other causes and considerations the aforesaid Lady the Queen that now is then specially moving as also at the humble Petition c. of the said Earl of her special grace certain knowledge and meer motion Gave and granted for her her Heirs and Successors to her beloved Subjects Edmond Downing and Roger Rant Gent. the Messuage aforesaid and the aâ—oresaid 6. Acres of pasture with the appurtenances in which c. amongst other By the name of all that her late Chauntry called Bartons Chauntry situate and being in the Parish of St Peter in the Town of Buckingham and all Lands Tenements Rents and Hereditaments whatsoever with their appurtenances whatsoever situate lying and being in the said Town of Buck in the aforesaid County of Buck to the said late Chauntry called Bartons Chauntry belonging or apperteining or to the maintenance of a Chaplain or Priest and other uses superstitious in the Church of Saint Peter aforesaid according to the Ordination of John Barton the Elder before then given bequeathed lye limited or appointed To have hold and enjoy to the said Edmond Downing and Roger Raut their Heirs and Assigns to the only and proper behoof and use of the said Edmond and Roger their Heirs and Assigns for ever Yielding and paying to the said Lady the Queen that now is her Heirs and Successors yearly for ever 13. pound and 12. pence of lawful Money of England to the hands of the Receiver general of the County aforesaid for the time being or at the Receipt of the Exchequer of the said Lady the Queen her Heirs and Successors at the Feasts of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Annuntiation of the blessed Mary the Virgin by equal portions every year to be paid for all Rents exactions services demands whatsoever for the same to the said Lady the Queen and her Successors any wayes to be rendred payed or done And the said Lady the Queen that now is by her said Letters Patents for her her Heirs and Successors granted unto the said Edmond Downing and Roger Rant that the said her Letters Patents or the Enrolment of them should be of force form sufficient and effectuall in the Law against the said Lady the Queen that now is her Heirs and Successors as well in all Courts as elsewhere within her Realm of England without any confirmations licences or tollerations by the aforesaid Lady the Queen that now is her Heirs or Successors in after by the said Edmond and Roger their Heirs or Assigns or by any of them to be procured or obteined Notwithstanding the ill naming or ill reciting or non-reciting the aforesaid several Mannors Rectories Messuages Lands Tenements and other all and singular premises or any parcel thereof And no withstanding the not finding of Office and Inquisition of the premises or of any parcel thereof by which the title of the said Lady the Queen that now is ought to be found before the making of her Letters Patents aforesaid and notwithstanding the not reciting or ill reciting of any demise or grant of the premises or of any parcel thereof before then made being of Record or not of Record And notwithstanding any defects of the certain composition or Declaration of the yearly value of the premises or not Declaration of the yearly value of the premises or any part thereof in the said Letters Patents expressed and conteined and notwithstanding other defects in not naming or ill naming any Tenant Farmor or occupier of the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments aforesaid or any part thereof or not rightly naming any Town Hamlet Parish or County in which the premises or any parcel thereof be and also in not naming the premises or any parcel thereof in nature kinde or quality by colour of which said Letters Patents the aforesaid Edmond Downing and Roger Rant were of the aforesaid Messuages and 6 Acres of Land parcel c. with their appurtenances amongst other seised in their demesn as of Fee if the Law this requireth and so thereof being seised if the Law of England this requireth and the aforesaid John Lambert continuing his possessions thereof and as before is said being seised if the Law of England this requireth the said Edmond Downing and Roger Rant by their certain Indenture made the 28 day of July in the year of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 34 aforesaid Between the aforesaid Edmond Downing and Roger Rant of the one part and one Robert Snelling of East-Horsly in the County of Surrey Gentleman and Thomas butler of Grays Inn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman of the other part for a certain summ of good and lawfull mony of England to them before hand by the aforesaid Robert Snelling and Thomas Butler well and truely paid gave granted sold bargayned and confirmed to the aforesaid Robert Snelling and Thomas Butler their heirs and assigns for ever the Messuage aforesaid and the aforesaid 6. Acres of Pasture parcel c. with the appurtenances amongst other to have and to hold to the aforesaid Robert Snelling and Thomas Butler their heirs and assigns â—or ever as by the Indenture aforesaid inrolled in the close roll of the Chancery of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 10. day of December in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that
possessions thereof then being The Tenor of which Letters Patents followeth in these words The King and Queen to all to whom c. greeting Know ye That we in Consideration of the good true and faithful service of our Beloved and Faithful Servant George Howard Kt. before this time to us done and for diverse other causes and Considerations us specially moving Of special grace and of our certain Knowledge and meer motion have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant for us the Heirs and Successors of us the aforesaid Queen to the aforesaid George Howard All those two Acres of our Lands lying and being in Ashwynen in our County of Norfolk c. We also give and grant by these presents to the aforesaid George Howard Kt. Two pieces of our Lands called Nettlehamsted and VVikemans containing by estimation 15. Acres lying and being in VVymondhom aforesaid in the County aforesaid now or late in the tenure or occupation of John Coleman and late to the Monastery of VVyndmondham sometimes belonging and appertaining and being parcel of the possessions thereof c. We also give for the Consideration aforesaid by these presents for us the Heirs and Successors of us the aforesaid Queen grant to the aforesaid George Howard Kt. all and all manner of Woods and Underwoods and our Trees whatsoever of in and upon the premises growing and being and all the Land Ground or Soyl of the same Woods Underwoods and Trees and the Reversion and Reversions whatsoever of all and singular the premises above expressed and specified and to every parcel thereof as also the yearly Rents and profits whatsoever reserved upon whatsoever Demises and Grants of the premises or any parcel thereof any wise made as fully and wholly and in as ample manner and form as any Abbots Priors of the said late Abby or Priory or any of them or any Guardians or any Chapleins Chaunters or Incombents or any Chaplein Chaunter or Incumbent of Chauntry Guilds Lamps Obits and Lights aforesaid or any other or others the premises or any parcel thereof having possessing ever had held or enjoyed or ought to have hold use or enjoy as fully freely and wholly and in as ample manner and form as all and singular the premises to our hands or to the hands of the most dear Father of us the said Queen Henry the 8th late King of England Or unto the Hands of our most dear Brother of us the said Queen Edward the 6th late King of England by reason or colour of the several Dissolutions of the said late Monastery Priory Chauntry Guild Lamps Obits and Lights aforesaid or by reason of any Act of Parliament or any Acts of Parliament or any other lawful means Right or Title ought to come and in our Hands now of right by reason of the dissolutions of the said late Monastery Priory Chauntry Guild Lamps Obits and Lights are or ought to be All which singular premises with the appurtenances from us and from the Father and Brother of us the said Queen were concealed and detayned and the Rents and Revenews thereof nor of any parcel thereof to us before this time were answered And all which and singular premises with the appurtenances now in the whole do amount to the cleer yearly value of 22. pounds 8. shillings and 6. pence and not above that is to say c. the aforesaid Lands Tenements Meadows Pastures and other the premises in Possewicke Kerringham Massingham Great â—erlingham Gist Girston Holm Hunstonston Alderford Duckleborough Boyton in the Parish of St. George in the City of the County of Norwich Buckenham New Winondham Plamsted Tylenham Southelingham Dinham and Estlyham aforesaid in the said County of Norfolk to the cleer yeerly value of 56. shillings and 4. pence And if it shall happen the aforesaid Lands ands Tenements above expressed or any parcel thereof at the time of the making of these our Letters Patents to be of greater yeerly value old Rent than in those present Letters Patents is particularly specified That then it shall be lawfull for us the said King and Queen and the Heirs and Successors of us the aforesaid Queen from time time during the Term of 10. yeers after the date of these Letters Patents into all the aforesaid Lands Tenements and other the premises and every parcel thereof so being of greater yeerly value to enter and the same to seize and have in our hands and our possession to keep until we the said King and Queen the Heirs and Successors of us the aforesaid Queen of so many summs of good and lawful mony of England to how much the said greater and yeerly value of the premises or any parcel thereof according to the rate of purchase of 21. yeers do amount unto we be thereof satisfied and paid To have and to hold and enjoy the aforesaid Messuages Houses Buildings Lands Tenements Meadows Feedings Pastures Woods Underwoods Rents Services and other Hereditaments whatsoever with the appurtenances And all and singular the premises with all their appurtenances to the aforesaid George Howard Kt. his Heirs and Assignes to the proper use and behoof of him the said George and his Heirs and Assignes for ever To hold the aforesaid Messuages Lands Tenements and all and singular other the premises with their appurtenances of us and of the Heirs and Successors of us the aforesaid Queen as of our Mannor of East Greenewich by Fealty only in free Socage and not in Capite for all Rents Services and demands whatsoever for the same to us the Heirs and Successors of us the aforesaid Queen for the same to be any way rendred paid or to be done And further of our further special grace We have given and granted and by these presents for us the Heirs and Successors of us the aforesaid Queen We give and grant to the aforesaid George Howard Kt. from henceforth All and singular the Rents Reversions and profits of all and singular the premises from the Feast of the Annuntiation of the blessed Mary the Virgin last past hitherto coming or arising To have the same of our gift without account or any other thing to us the Heirs and Successors of us the aforesaid Queen in any manner to be rendred paid or done We Will also and by these presents grant to the aforesaid George Howard that he have and shall have these our Leters Patents in due manner made and sealed Without any Fine or Fee great or small to us in our Hamper or elsewhere to our use for the same any wayes to be rendred paid or done because expresse mention c. In Witnesse c. T. R. and R. at Westm the 9th day of July in the yeers the 4th 6th of Philip and Mary And further the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath That at the aforesaid time of the making of the said Letters Patents so as before is said to the aforesaid George Howard The Mannor aforesaid from the aforesaid late King and Queen was
not yet concealed nor detained but the Rents and the Reversions thereof to the said Lord the King and Lady the Queen then were answered And that Mannor was in charge and account of Record and the Rents and the Reversions thereof to the said late King and Queen Philip and Mary were answered But whether the Lands and Tenements in the Declaration above mentioned by the said Letters Patents to the aforesaid George Howard Kt. passed or not the Jurors aforesaid are ignorant and thereof pray the Advice and Consideration of the Court in the premises And if upon the whole matter aforesaid by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Justices of the Court That the aforesaid Lands and Tenements in the Declaration aforesaid mentioned by the aforesaid Letters Patents of the Lord Philip and Mary late King and Queen of England to the aforesaid George Howard did passe Then the Jurors aforesaid say that the aforesaid Edward Cockle is not guilty of the Trespasse and Ejectment as he before in pleading hath alleged And if upon the whole matter by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Justices and Court That the Lands and Tenements in the Declaration within written by the aforesaid Letters Patents of the Lord Philip and Mary King and Queen of England to the said George Howard passed not c. False Imprisonment Michaelmass Term in the 6th yeer of King JAMES in the COMMMON-PLEAS Doctor Bonhams Case Co. 8. part London HEnry Atkins of London Doctor of Physick George Turner of London Doctor of Physick Thomas Moundford of London Doctor of Physick John Argent of London Doctor of Physick John Taylor of London Yeoman And William Bowden of London Yeoman were Attached to answer to Thomas Bonham of London Doctor in Philosophy and of Physick of a Plea wherefore they together with William Dun of London Doctor of Physick and Richard Ware of London Skinner with force and Arms him the said Thomas Bonham took imprisoned and evil handled and him in Prison against the Law and Custom of the Kingdom of England did long detain and other harms to him did to the great damage of the said Thomas Bonham and against the Peace of the Lord the King that now is c And whereupon the same Thomas Bonham by Richard Coke his Attorny complaineth That the aforesaid Henry George Thomas Moundford John Argent John Taylor and William Bowden together c. the 10th day of November in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lord the King that now is the 4th with force and Arms him the said John in the Parish of the blessed Mary of Bow in the Ward of Cheap took and imprisoned and evilly handled and him there so in Prison a long time that is to say by the space of 7. dayes against the Law and Custom of this Kingdom of England detained and other harms c. to the great damage c. and against the Peace c. whereupon he saith that he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 300. pounds and thereof bringeth sute c. And the aforesaid Henry George Thomas Moundford John Argent John Taylor and William Bowden by Francis Barker their Attorny come and defend the force and injury when c. And as to the coming with force and Arms say That they are not thereof guilty And of that put themselves upon the Country and the aforesaid Thomas Bonham likewise And as to the rest of the Trespass and Imprisonment aforesaid above supposed to be done The said Henry George Thomas Moundford John Argent John Taylor and VVilliam Bowden say That the aforesaid Thomas Bonham his Action aforesaid against them ought not to have because they say That before the aforesaid time in which it is supposed the aforesaid Trespasse and Imprisonment to be done The Lord Henry late King of England the 8th the 23d day of September in the yeer of his Reign 〈◊〉 by his Letters Patents which the said Henry George Thomas Moundford John Argent John Taylor and William Bowden with his great Seal of England sealed bearing date at VVestminster the same day and yeer here in Court brought Reciting Wherereas he thought it the duty of his Kingly Office in all reason to provide for the good and welfare of his People That would first of all be done if he might in due season meet with the enterprizes of wicked men first therefore ye held it necessary to restrain the boldness of wicked men who professed Physick more for avarice than out of confidence of a good Conscience Whereupon very many incommodities did arise to the rude and credulous Cōmon-people Therefore partly imitating the example of the well-governed Cities and other Nations inclined thereunto at the request of the grave Men and Doctors John Chambre Thomas Linacre Ferdinand de Victoria his Physicians of Nicholas Hatswel John Francisco and Robert Yoxley Physicians and chiefly of the right Reverend Father in Christ and Lord Thomas titled of the Holy Church beyond Tyber Priest of the most Holy Church of Rome Cardinal of York Arch-Bishop and our Well beloved Chancellor of our Kingdom of England A College perpetual of Doctors and Grave Men who Physick in his City of London and the Suburbs and within 7. Miles from the said City every way might publickly exercise he Willed and commanded to be instituted to whom for his honour and in the name of the publick good and care as he hoped the ignorance and rashness of the malitious which he remembred as well by their example and gravity to deterr as by his Lawes late made and and by Constitution to be made by the same College to punish Which that they might more easily well accomplish to the remembred Doctors John Chambers Thomas Linacre Ferdinand de Victoria his Physicians Nicholas Hatswel John Francisco and Robert Yoxley Physicians he granted that they and all Men of the same faculty of and in the City aforesaid should be in deed and Name one Body and Comminalty perpetual or College perpetual and that the said Comminalty or College every yeer for ever might chose and make of that Cōminaltie any diligent man and skilful in the faculty of Physick to be President of the said College or Comminalty to oversee rule and govern for that yeer the College or Comminalty aforesaid and all men of the said faculty and their businesses And that the said President and College or Comminalty should have perpetual succession and a Common Seal to serve for the businesses of the said Comminalty and President for ever And that they and their Successors for ever should be persons able and capable to purchase and possesse in Fee and for ever Lands Tenements Rents and other possessions whatsoever He also granted to them and their Successors for him and his Heirs That they and their Successors might purchase to them and their Successors aswell in the said City as out of it Lands and Tenements whatsover not
the 8th the 11th at Pettesâ—o aforesaid By her certain Writing of Release which the said Warden or Rector and Scholars with the Seal of the aforesaid Sibil sealed here in Court bring whose date is the same day and yeer remised released and altogether for her and her Heirs for ever quit claimed to the aforesaid Richard Lyster Martin Linsey John Coteford John Clayton William Hogeson and Robert Taylor then of the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances in form aforesaid being seized in their full and peaceable possession then being their Heirs and Assignes for ever All her Right Claim Title Use Interest and Demand which ever she had now hath or at any time after might have of and in the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances And further the said Sibil by her aforesaid Writing granted for her and her Heirs That she the said Sibil and her Heirs the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances to the said Richard Lyster Martin Linsey John Coteford John Clayton William Hogeson and Robert Taylor their Heirs and Assignes against the then Abbot of Westminster and his Successors would warrant and for ever defend as by the said Writing of Release more fully appeareth And this the said Warden or Rector and Scholars are ready to averr whereupon they demand Judgement if the aforesaid Robert Chamberlain against the aforesaid Writing of Release the said Warranty of the said Sibil his Ancestor whose Heir the said Robert is in it contained his Action aforesaid against them ought to have c. And the aforesaid Robert Chamberlain saith that he for any thing before alleged to have his Action aforesaid ought not to be barred because he saith That long before the aforesaid Deed and before the aforesaid Alured Richard Danvers Nicholas Stathum and William Collow had any thing in the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances The aforesaid Richard Chamberlain was seized of the aforesaid Mannors with the appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee And the said Richard so thereof being seized before the gift aforesaid that is to say the 12th day of June in the yeer of the Lord Edward late King of England the 4th after the Conquest the 11th The aforesaid Richard Danvers Alured Cornburgh Nicholas Stathum and William Collow out of the Court of the Chancery of the said late King Edward the 4th at Westminster in the County of Middlesex then being brought and prosecuted a certain Writ of the said late King Edward the 4th of Right against the said Richard Chamberlain then being Tenant of the Free hold of the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenaces amongst other things to the then Sheriff of the County of Buckingham directed By which Writ the said late King then and there commanded the said Sherif That he should command the said Richard Chamberlain by the name of Richard Chamberlain Esq that justly and without delay he render to the said Richard Danvers Alured Nicholas and William by the names of Richard Danvers Alured Gorneburgh Esq Nicholas Stathum and William Collow the Mannor aforesaid with the appurtenances amongst other by the names of the Mannors of Pettesho and Eckney with the appurtenances 6. Messuages 200. Acres oâ— Land 20. Acres of Medow 200. Acres of Pasture 100. shillings Rent with the appurtenances in Pettesho Eckney Emberton which he claimeth to be his Right Inheritance And whereupon they complained Chamberlain them unjustly deforced and unlesse he do and the aforesaid Richard Danvers Alured Nicholas and William Collow should him the said Sheriâ— secure to prosecute their claim That then he summon by good summoners the aforesaid Richard Chamberlain that he be before the then Justices of the said late King Edward the 4th here that is to say at Westminster aforesaid from the 15. day of St. John the Baptist then nexâ— following to shew wherefore ye shoâ—ld not do And that he have then this summons and that Writ Because Thomas Rokes Esq Chief Lord of the same Fee remised thereof his Court to the said late King Edward the 4th At which 15. dayes of John the Baptist before Thomas Brian Kt. and his Companions then Justices of the said late King Edward the 4th of the Bench here that is to say at Westminster aforesaid came aswell the aforesaid Richard Danvers Alured Nicholas Stathum and William Collow by Thomas Gurney their Attorny as the aforesaid Richard Chamberlain by John Wildstall then his Attorny And then the Sherif of the aforesaid County of Buckingham that is to say Reginald Gray Esq then there returned the Writ aforesaid to him in form aforesaid directed in all things served and executed and sent that the aforesaid Richard Danvers Alured Nicholas and VVilliam Collow found to the said then Sherif sureties to prosecute his Writ aforesaid that is to say Richard Doo and Iohn Roo And that the said Richard Chamberlain was summoned by Iames Tye and Iohn Baker good summoners c. And hereupon The said Richard Danvers Alured Nicholas Stathum and William Callow by the said Thomas Gurney their Attorney in the said Court of the aforesaid late King Edward the 4th of the Bench here that is to say at Wostminster aforesaid at the 15. dayes aforesaid of St. Iohn Baptist Declared against the said Richard Chamberlain of and upon their Writ aforesaid and upon their Writ aforesaid by the same Thomas Gurney demanded against the aforesaid Richard Chambrlain the Mannors Tenements Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances in the said Writ of Right specified as their Right and inheritance by the aforesaid Writ of the said late King Edward the 4th because the aforesaid Thomas Rokes Chief Lord of the same Fee Released thereof his Court to the said late King And whereupon then they said That they themselves were seized of the Mannors aforesaid and of the Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances in the said Writ of Right specified in their Demesn as of Fee and Right in the time of Peace in the time of the said late King Edward the 4th taking the profits therof to the value c. And that such is their Right then they did offer c. And the aforesaid Richard Chamberlain by the aforesaid John Wildstaâ—e by his Attorny came and defended the Right of the said Richard Danvers Alured Nicholas and William when c. And their seisin of which seisin c. as of Fee and Right c. And all c. And chiefly of the Mannors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances in the said Writ of Right specified and then vouched hereof to warranty Robert King who was present in the same Court in his proper person and willingly the Mannors and Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances in the said Writ of Right specified to them then did warrant c. Whereupon the aforesaid Richard Danvers Alured Nicholas and William then demanded against the aforesaid Robert Tenant by his warranty the Mannors Tenements and Hereditaments aforesaid in the said Writ of Right specified in form aforesaid c.
the said Edward then being Tenant of the Freehold of the said Mannors with the appurtenances By which Writ the said late King commanded the said Sherif That the said Sherif should command the said Edward Chamberlain by the name of Edward Chamberlain Esquire that justly and without delay he render to the aforesaid Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop Clerk The Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances amongst other by the names of the Mannors of Pettesho and Eckney with the appurtenances and of 6. Messuages 200. Acres of Land 20. Acres of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture and 100. shillings of Rent with the appurtenances in Pettesho Eckney and Emberton which the said Nicholas and Thomas then claimed to be their Right and Inheritance and into which the said Edward Chamberlain had not entry but after the disseisin which Hugh Hunt thereof unjustly and without Judgement did to the aforesaid Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop after the first passage of the Lord King Henry Son of King John into Gascoign as they said and whereupon they complained the said Edward Chamberlain did them disseise And if the aforesaid Nicholas and Thomas Hartop secure him the said Sherif to prosecute their Claim Then he summon by good summoners the aforesaid Edward Chamberlain that he should be before the Justices of the said late King Henry the 8th here that is to say at Westminster aforesaid in the Morrow of St. John the Baptist then next following to shew why he did not do it And that he have then here the summons and that Writ At which Morrow of St. John the Baptist before Robert Read Kt. and his Companions then Justices of the said late King Henry the 8th of the Bench here that is to say at VVestminster aforesaid came aswell the aforesaid Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop by John Cowper then their Attorny as the aforesaid Edward Chamberlain by Thomas Palmer then his Attorny And the Sherif that is to say Ralph Verney Esq then returned here the Writ aforesaid in all things served and executed that is to say that the aforesaid Nicholas and Thomas found to the then Sherif sureties to prosecute his Sute aforesaid that is to say John Doo and Richard Roo And that the aforesaid Edward Chamberlain was summoned by John Den and Richard Fen And upon this the said Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop by declaring against the said Edward Chamberlain upon the Writ aforesaid Demanded against the said Edward Chamberlain The Mannors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances as their Right and Inheritance and in which the said Edward Chamberlain had not Entry but after the first passage of the Lord King Henry Son of King John into Gascoign c. And whereupon then they said that they themselves were seised of the Mannors Tenements and Rents aforesaid in their Demesn as of Fee and Right in the time of Peace in the time of the said late King Henry the 8th taking thereof the Profits to the value c. And unto which c. And thereof then they brought sute c. And the aforesaid Edward Chamberlain by the aforesaid Thomas Palmer his Attorny then defended his right when c. And then vouched thereof to warranty Thomas Fish who was then present in Court in his proper person and willingly the Mannors Tenements and Rents aforesaid to him did warrant and thereupon the said Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop demanded against him the said Thomas Fish then Tenant by his Warranty The Mannors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances in form aforesaid c. And whereupon they then said That they were sâ—ised of the Mannors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances amongst other things in their Demesn as of Fee and Right in the time of Peace in the time of the aforesaid late King Henry the 8th taking the profits thereof to the value c. And the aforesaid Thomas Fish Tenant by his Warranty aforesaid then defended his Right when c. And then prayed licence thereof to imparl and had it c. And afterwards the very same Term the aforesaid Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop returned back here into the Court aforesaid of the said late King Henry the 8th by their Attorny aforesaid and the aforesaid Thomas Fish Tenant by his warranty aforesaid did not come back but in despite of Court departed and made default Therefore then it was granted by the aforesaid Court here That the aforesaid Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop should recover their seisin against the said Edward Chamberlain of the Mannors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the appurtenances and that the said Edward should have of the Lands of the aforesaid Thomas Fish to the value and that the said Thomas Fish should be in mercy c. as by the Record and Processe thereof here in Court remaining more fully appeareth Which Recovery in form aforesaid had was had to the use and to the intent That the aforesaid Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop of the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances should enfeoff the aforesaid Richard Lyster Martiâ— John Cottesford John Clayton William Hogeson and Robert Taylor To have and to hold to them and their Heirs for ever By Colour of which Recovery The aforesaid Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop into the Mannors aforesaid with their appurtenances entred and were thereof seised in their Demesn as Fee and so being thereof seised The said Nicholas and Thomas Hartop of the said Mannors with the appurtenances did 〈…〉 off the aforesaid Richard Lyster Martin Liâ—sâ—y John Cottesford John Clayton William Hogeson and Robert Taylor To have and to hold to them and their Heirs for ever By virtue of which Fâ—â—ffment the said Richard Lyster Martin John Cottesford John Clayton VVilliam Hogeson and Robert Taylor were seised of the same Mannors with the appurtenances in their Demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seised The aforesaid Sibil in the life of the said Edw. for the better security of the said Richard Lyster Martin John Cottesford John Clayton William Hogeson and Robert Taylor in the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances according to Agreement between the same Edward and Sibil first before the aforesaid Recovery had by her Writing aforesaid of Release Remised and Released to the aforesaid Richard Lyster Martin John Cottesford John Clayton William Hogeson and Robert Taylor all her Right Claim Title State Use Interest and demand of and in the Mannors aforesaid with the appurtenances in 〈…〉 ner and form as they above have alleged And this they are ready to aver Whereupon they demand Judgement And that the said Robert Chamberlain from having his Action aforesaid against them â—e baâ—â—ed And the aforesaid Robert Chamberlain â—y Protestation taking it That the Recovery aforesaid was not had to the use and intent That the aforesaid Nicholas Evan and Thomas Hartop should infeoff the said Richard Lyster Martin John Cottesford John Clayton William Hogeson and Robert Taylor of the Mannors aforesaid with the Appurtenances By Protestation also that
holden assigned and calling before them the Barons of the Exchequer aforesaid and the reasons of the Judgement aforesaid of the said Barons being heard Because it seemeth to the aforesaid Keeper of the Great Seal of England and to the aforesaid Tresurer with the Counsel of the Justices aforesaid That in the Record and Processe aforesaid and also in the giving of the Judgement aforesaid it is manifestly erred Therefore it is granted by the said Keeper of the Great Seal of England and the aforesaid Tresurer That the Judgement aforesaid be conversed and annulled And that the aforesaid Richard Bushopp of the Entry Intrusion Trespasse and Contempt aforesaid be convicted And that the aforesaid Richard Bushopp be amoved from the possession of the premises And be Attached by his Body wheresoever c. To make fine with the Lady the Queen for the aforesaid his Trespass and Contempt whereof in form aforesaid he is convicted And that the Record aforesaid be sent back into the Exchequer aforesaid for the Execution therof for the aforesaid Lady the Q. to be done according to the form of the Statute aforesaid thereof made Therfore it is agreed by the Barons here That the Writ of the Lady the Queen that now is issue forth out of the Court here to amove the aforesaid Richard Bushopp from the possession of the premises aforesaid And to attach the aforesaid Richard by his body wheresoever c. to make fine for the Trespass aforesaid and contempt whereof in form abovesaid he is convicted retorneable here in 8 dayes of Saint Michael and it is commanded to the said Sheriff of the said County of Worcester that him the said Richard he amove attach in the form aforesaid Monstrans de Droit C. 1. part Digges Case fo 157. a. England ss Memorandum That Thomas Egerton Knight Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England Tuesday next after 8. dayes of St. Hillary this Term before the Lady the Queen at Westminster by his own proper Hands delivered here into Court a certain Record before the Lady the Queen in her Chancery had in these words Pleas before the Lady the Queen in her Chancery at Westminster in the County of Middlesex of the Term of Easter in the veer of the Reign of our said Lady Elizabeth by the Grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen defender of the Faith c. the 40 th THe Lady the Queen that now is sent her writ closed to the Sheriff of Sussex directed in these words Elizabeth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen defender of the faith c. To the Sheriff of Sussex greeting c Whereas by a certain inqusition Inacted taken at Dartford in our County of Kent the 8th day of November in the year of our Reign the 35th before Edward Fenuer one of our Justices to pleas before us to be holden assigned William Sydley Justinian Champnes Edward Cook Esquiers and William Kneaplock Gent. Deputy of our Escheator of our County aforesaid by virtue of our Commission to them and others in that behalf directed to enquire after the death of Thomas Digges Esquire by the Oaths of good and lawfull men of the County aforesaid amongst other things It is found that the aforesaid Thomas Digges in the same commission named was seised in his demesn as of Fee amongst other things of and in the Manor of Owtelmestone with the appurtenances and in all Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances to the same belonging and appertaining lying and being in the said County of Kent and of 110 Acres of Land Meadow Pasture and Wood with the appurtenances called Estendown and Beacondown lying and being in Barham and Kingstone in the said County of Kent and of and in the Manor of Yoke and Yokes Court and Fokeham and in all Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to the said Manors belonging and appertaining lying and being in the said county of Kent and of 40 Acres of Land Wood and Pasture called Throuhgly Close and Tyllers in Barham aforesaid which late were purchased of William Boyes Gentleman by way of Exchange and of 2 Acres of Land and Wood lying and being in Wemingswold in the aforesaid County and farther by the Inquisition aforesaid it is found that Thomas Arch. Bishopp of Canterbury being seised in his demesn as of Fee as in the right of his Arch Bishoprick of Canterbery aforesaid of and in the Manor of Bishopps Born with the appurtenances in the said County of Kent by an Act of Parliament at Westminster in the County of Middlesex in the yeer of the Reign of Henry late King of England the 8th the 34th made and provided amongst other things it is enacted established that one Thomas Culpeper Esq should have hold and enjoy by authority of the said Act aforesaid to him and his heirs of the bodie of him the said Thomas of the bodie of one Elizabeth somtimes his wise deceased lawfully begotten and for default of such issue the remainder thereof to the Heirs of the bodie of the aforesaid Elizabeth and for default of such issue the remainder thereof to the right Heirs of one William Hante for ever the aforesaid Manor of Bushops born with the appurtenances in the said County of Kent and then parcel of the possessions of the said Arch-Bishop to hold the Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances amongst other things of the aforesaid Lord the King his Heirs and Successors in Capite by the 20th part of a Knights Fee and the Rent of 38 shillings by the yeer By virtue of which Act of Parliament the said Thomas Culpeper entred into the aforesaid Manor with the appurtenances and was thereof seised as the â—aw required and so being thereof seised the same Thomas Culpeper by sufficient conveyance and assurance in Law conveyed and assured the aforesaid Manor of Bishopsborn with the appurtenances to one Anthony Awcher Knight to have and to hold to him and his heirs By virtue of which the said Anthony Awcher Knight in the aforesaid Manor of Bishopsborn with the appurtenances entred and was there of seised in his demesn as of Fee the estate of which Anthony Awcher of and in two parcels of Land and Wood with the appurtenances called the Haute and Reed conteyning by estimation 60 Acres of Land late were purchased by Christopher Digges Father of the aforesaid Thomas Digges in the said Commission named lying and being in Barham aforesaid and in Bourn of which he died seised the said Thomas Digges was of the aforesaid parcels of Land Wood with the appurtenances seised in his demesn as of Fee which parcel of Land and Wood with the appurtenances called the Haute and Reed at the time of the making and ordeyning of the said Act of Parliament time whereof the memory of men is not to the contrary were parcel of the said Manor of Bishopsborn the said Tho. Digges of the Manors Lands and Tenements other the premises aforesaid with the
appurtenances as before is said being seised dyed thereof so seised And farther by the same Inquisition it is found that the Manor of Yoke otherwise Yokes Court aforesaid the appurtenances in Lenham and Frensted in the said County of Kent at the time of the taking of the Inquisition aforesaid and at the time of the death of the aforesaid Thomas Digges were holden of Warham St-leger Knight as of his Castle of Leeds by the half of a Knights Fee and were worth by the yeer in all reprofits above reprises 5 pound 14 shillings And that the Manor of Fokeham and other the premises to the said Manor belonging in Framsted and Lenham at the sayd time of the taking of the said Inquisition and at the time of the death of the said Thomas Digges of whom or by what services the Jurors of the same Inquisition were altogether ignorant and they were worth by the yeer in all the profits above reprises 7 pound And that the aforesaid Manor of Outlemestone and other the aforesaid premises whatsoever with the appurtenances to the said Manor belonging and appertaining at the time of the taking of the said Inquisition aforesaid and at the time of the death of the said Thomas Digges were worth by the yeer in all the profits above reprises 20 pound and that the said Land called Eastendown and Beacondown in Burham and Kingstone aforesaid were holden of the Arch Bishop of Canterbury in the right of his Bishoprick aforesaid but by what services the aforesaid Jurors are altogether ignorant and they were worth by the yeer above reprizes 3 pound 6 shillings 8 pence and that the aforesaid Lands called the Haute and Reed late percel of the aforesaid Manor of Bishopsborne and purchased by the aforesaid Christopher Digges of the aforesaid William Awcher Esquire were holden of the said Lady the Queen in Capite by Knights service that is to say by particular according to the rate and quantity of the said Manor of Bishopsborn and that the said Lands and Pasture called Throughly Close and Tylers in Barham aforesaid late purchased by the aforesaid Christopher Digges by way of Exchange of William Boyes of who or whom or by what services they were holden the Jurors aforesaid are altogether ignorant and that the aforesaid Land and Woods called Haute and Reed and the aforesaid Land Wood and Pasture purchased of the aforesaid William Boyes were worth by the yeer above reprises 4 pound And that the aforesaid 2 Acres of Land in Wemings Woold aforesaid were holden of who or whom or by what services the aforesaid Jurors were altoge-Ignorant and they were worth by the yeer above reprises 2 shillings and that the said Thomas Digges had not nor had more or other Lands and Tenements in the said County of Kent in demesn or service of us nor of any other the aforesaid dayin which he dyed and that the aforesaid Tho. Digges dyed the 10th day of April in the yeer of our Reign the 32th leaving the said Margaret his wife w th child with Tho. Posthumus Digges And that the said Thomas Posthumus Diggs born the second day of July in the 32 year aforesaid was Son and Heir of the said Thomas Digges and that the said Thomas Posthumus Digges the Son at the time of the taking of the Inquisition aforesaid was of the age of 2 yeers 9 weeks and 6 dayes as by the Inquisition aforesaid in our Chancery retorned and in the Files there remaining of Record it more fully appeareth And whereas afterwards that is to say the 23th day of January in the Term of Saint Hillary in the yeer of our Reign the 39th before us in our Chancery aforesaid at Westminster aforesaid then being came Christopher Digges and Edward Digges Sons of the said Christopher Digges in the Inquisition aforesaid named and prayed the hearing of the Inquisition aforesaid which was read unto them which being read and heard and by them fully understood the said Christopher and Edward complained them by colour of the said Inquisition aforesaid to be grieved and molested and that they from the possession of the said Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances to the said lands called Eastendown and of two parts of so much of the demesn and of the said Manor of Owtelmestone with the appurtenances to the said Lands called Eastendown adjoyning in 4 parts to be divided as with the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown extend to the third part of all the Mannors Lands and Tenements whereof the aforesaid Christopher the Father dyed seised for the part of the aforesaid Christopher and Edward of the premises aforesaid to be expelled and amoved and that they from the possession thereof and of every parcel thereof by colour of the said Inquisition to be held out and that unjustly by cause they take it by Protestation That the Inquisition aforesaid and the matter in the same contained was insufficient in Law to which they needed not nor by the Law of the Land were holden any waies to Answer And shewing of their Right in that behalf The said Christopher and Edward said That the aforesaid Christopher Digges Father of them the said Thomas Christopher and Edward was in his life time seized in his Demesn as of Fee of and in the aforesaid Mannor of Owtelmeston in Barham in the County aforesaid and of all and singular the Rights Members parcel and appurtenaces whatsoever containing 200 Acres of Land Meadow Pasture and Wood And also was seized of and in the aforesaid Mannor of Yoke and Fockham lying and being in the Parish of Lenham Frensted and Harrisham with his Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever containing 800. Acres of Land Meadow Pasture and Wood And of and in the Mannor of Marton lying and being in the Parishes of Sturrey Hackington and Saint Stephen in the said County containing by estimation 40. Acres of Land Pasture Meadow and Wood And of diverse Gardens in the City of Canterbury containing half an Acre of Land And of and in the Mannor of Netherherds with the Appurtenances in the County aforesaid containing 200. Acres of Land And also of a certain peece of Land called Eastendown lying and being in Barham aforesaid containing by Estimation 110. Acres And of another peece or parcel of Land called Haute and Reed lying and being in the Parish of Barham aforesaid containing 61. Acres and a half and in another peece of Land lying in Barham aforesaid late as before is said purchased by Exchange of the aforesaid William Boyes containing 40. Acres of Lands which said Mannors Lands and Tenements and other the premises amount in the whole to 2500. Acres of Lands and the said Christopher Digges the Father of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in form aforesaid being seized The first day of February in the yeer of our Reign the 19th made his Testament and last Will in Writing and by the said Testament and last Will declared and limitted as to the disposition of the third part of all
and singlar the premises whereof the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father was before seized due to us or to any other for Wardship Primer-seisin Livery or any other manner That his last Will and meaning was to leave that there might descend all those his Lands and Tenements called and known by the name of Eastendown containing 110. Acres of Lands and all those Lands and Tenements and Heditaments which the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father had by descent after the death of Thomas Digges of Newington neer Sittingâ—orn Esquire then deseased And if the Lands and Tenements as above is said left to descend should not be sufficient to satisfie to us for the 3d. part was due to us then his Will meaning was That so much of the other of his Lands next adjoyning to Eastendown aforesaid should descend and should be to his said Son Thomas Digges as should be sufficient to satisfie and fulfil to us the third part And by the said his Testament expresly gave and bequeathed the other two parts of the aforesaid Mannors Lands and Tenements and other the premises before mentioned with their appurtenances whatsoever to the use of the payment of his Debts and maintainance of Martha Digges then his Wife And that afterwards the said Christopher Digges of all and singular the premises aforesaid as is before said being seized the 14th day of the moneth of March in the yeer 1566. dyed leaving after him issue Five Sons then living in full life being that is to say the said Thomas Digges in the said Commission named and the aforesaid Christopher Edward Reginald and John Digges which said John dyed in the life of him the said Thomas without issue And that the said Christopher and Edward for further shewing of their Right in the premises said and are ready to aver That the aforesaid Christopher their farther ever in his time had held or enjoyed any of the Lands and Tenements by descent of Inheritance of the said Thomas Digges of Newington aforesaid By which the third part of the said Lands and Tenements of him the said Christopher be limitted and appointed to descend to satisfie us for the Wardship of the Heir of the said Christopher according to the intent of the same Testament and last Will remained to be made and taken out of the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown and of other the Lands and Tenements of the same Christopher to the said Lands called Eastendown next adjoyning And further the said Christopher and Edward Sons of the aforesaid Christopher in Facto said That the demesn Lands of the said Mannor of Outelmeston at the time of the death of the said Christopher the Father were next adjoyning to the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown And that the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father at the time of his death had not any Lands or Tenements next situate and adjoyning to the said Lands called Eastendown than the demesn Lands of the Mannor of Outelmeston with their Rights and Members By which the third part by the aforesaid Testament and last Will left to descend ought to be taken out of the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown and of the demesn Lands of the said Mannor of Outelmeston aforesaid called Eastendown next adjoyning And also said That the aforesaid Mannors Lands and Tenements whereof the aforesaid Christopher dyed seized contained in them 2500. Acres of Lands And that the third part of the 2500. Acres of Lands is 833. Acres of Lands by which to make the Lands called Eastendown a full third part of all the Mannors and Tenements whereof the said â—hristopher Digges dyed seized ought to be taken out of the demesn Lands of the said Mannor of Outlemeston next adjoyning to the said Lands called Eastendown 733. Acres Which third part of the Mannors and Lands aforesaid after the death of the said â—hristopher Digges Father of the said Thomas Christopher Edward Reginald and John as Sons of the said Christopher descended and of Right ought to descend And that the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown as also the aforesaid demesn Lands of the aforesaid Mannor of Outlemeston are and time whereof the Memory of Man is not to the contrary are and were of the Tenure and nature of Gavelkind and for all that time parted and partable between Heirs Males By which the said Thomas Christopher Edward Reginald and John into the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown and so much of the aforesaid demesn Lands of the aforesaid MaÌ„nor of Outelmeston aforesaid called Eastendown next adjoyning as with the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown amounted to the third part of all the aforesaid MaÌ„nors Lands TenemeÌ„ts whereof the said Christ-Digges aforesaid dyed seized entred and were thereof seized in their demesn as of Fee in Copercenery And so thereof being seised The said John Digges dyed without issue of his body of his purpart thereof seised after whose death the aforesaid Thom. Christopher Edward Reginald were seised of the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown and of so much of the demesn Lands of the aforesaid Manor of Owtelmestone aforesaid called Estendown next adjoyning as with the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown did amount to the third part of all the aforesaid Manor Lands and Tenements whereof the aforesaid Christopher dyed seised and were thereof seised in their demesn as of Fee in Copercenerie they being thereof so seised the aforesaid Thomas Digges dyed thereof seised and further the said Christopher and Edward said that afterwards the aforesaid Thomas Digges in the aforesaid Commission named so thereof as is said of his purpart of the premises being seised dyed thereof seised after whose death the said Christopher and Edward together with the aforesaid Reginald into the aforesaid Lands and Tenements being as before is said of the nature and tenure of Gavelkind entred and were by virtue of the said Custome of Gavelkind thereof Lawfully seised in Copercenerie as of their purparts until after the birth of thesaid Thomas Posthumus Digges and by Colour of the Inquisition aforesaid the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown and the aforesaid Manor of Owtelmestone amongst other things were totally and wholly seised into our hands And the aforesaid Christopher and Edward utterly thereof and of their aforesaid purparts thereof to them as before is said due and belonging they were amoved and expelled unjustlie with this that the said Christopher and Edward will averr that the aforesaid Manor of Owtelmestone and the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown in the aforesaid last Will of the aforesaid Christopher the father mentioned and left to descend as afore is said are the same Lands called Eastendown and the said Manor of Owtelmestone in the Inquisition aforesaid mentioned whereof the said Christopher and Edward demand Judgment and that our hands from the two parts of the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown and so much of the Demesn Lands of the aforesaid Manor of Owtelmestone next adjoyning to the aforesaid Lands called Easten as do amount to the third part of the aforesaid Manors and Lands whereof the aforesaid Christopher the father dyed seised in 3 parts to be divided that is to say of 416 Acres of Lands which
to them for their purpart by the death of the aforesaid Christopher Digges their Father by the Custom aforesaid thereof to them due and belonging are and to them of right descended and ought to descend be amoved and that they to their said purparts of the premises together with the Issues and profits thereof and of every parcel thereof from the time of the taking of the Inquisition aforesaid and in the mean time received be restored c. And wheras we by our letters Patents under our Great Seal of England bearing date at Westminster the 7th day of September in the yeer of our Reign the 38th have committed to Margaret Digges the late Wife of the aforesaid Thomas Digges and now the Wife of Thomas Palmer Esquire the Wardshipp of the body and the Mariage of the said Thomas Posthumus Digges To have enjoy and possess the wardshipp and Mariage of the said Thomas Posthumus Digges to the said Margaret her Executors and assigns until the said Margaret her Executors and assigns the effect of the Mariage of the said Thomas Posthumus Digges receive or have or should receive or have By virtue of which the said Thomas Palmer and Margaret as in the right of the said Margaret are of the Wardship aforesaid possessed and because it seemeth expedient to us that the said Thomas Palmer and Margaret be warned before it be further proceeded in the said plea We command you by good and Lawfull men of your Bayliwick you warn the aforesaid Thomas Palmer and Margaret that they be here before us in our said Chancery in 16 dayes of Easter next following wheresoever it then shall be to Inform us and our Council wherefore our hands from the aforesaid two parts of the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown and so much of the Demesn Lands of the said Manor of Owtelmestone next adjoyning to the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown as should amount to the third part of the aforesaid Manors Lands and Tenements whereof the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father dyed seised in 4 parts to be divided that is to say of 416 Acres of Land which to the aforesaid Christopher and Edward for their purpart after the death of the Christopher their Father according to the Custom aforesaid thereof to the aforesaid Christopher and Edward are due and belonging and which to them of right descended and ought to descend be amoved and that the said Christopher and Edward to the said purparts of the said premises together with the Issues and profits thereof and each parcel thereof from the time of the taking of the Inquisition aforesaid in the mean time received ought not to be restored according to the said plea and petition of the said Christopher and Edward and farther to do and receive which our Court shall consider in this behalf Witness my self at Westminster the 23th day of January in the yeer of our Reign the 40th And have here the names of them by whom you gave warning and this writ And now at this day that is to say the aforesaid 15. dayes of Easter before the Lady the Queen in her Chancery here that is to say at Westminster aforesaid come the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Son and Edward Digges by John Rotherham their Attorny of themselves the 4th day against the said Thomas Palmer and Margaret of the Plea aforesaid and George More Knight Sherif of the said County of Sussex before the said Lady the Queen in her said Chancery here sent the said Writ executed and retorned that is to say that he by virtue of the said Writ to him directed the 12th day of April in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 40th abovesaid by John Byrstie Gent. and Thomas Wolfe Gent. good and lawful men of his Balywick gave warning to the said Thomas Palmer and Margaret to be here at this day to in form the said Lady the Queen and her Council as the Writ aforesaid in it importeth and requireth and as by the said Writ to him it was commanded At which day the said Thomas Palmer and Margaret before the aforesaid Lady the Queen in the said Court here at Westminster aforesaid according to the warning aforesaid to them as before is said given come likewise and pray licence with the Queens Council thereof to imparl before the said Lady the Queen in the said Court here until the Morrow of the Holy Trinity then next following c. Wheresoever c. And then to Answer c. And have it c. And the same day is given to the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Son and Edward Digges then and there c. At which Morrow of the Holy Trinity before the said Lady the Queen in the said Court here that is to say at Westminster aforesaid come aswel the aforesaid Christophâ—r Digges the Son and the said Edward Digges as the aforesaid Thomas Palmer and Margaret by their Attornies aforesaid And upon this the said Thomas Palmer and Margaret pray licence further with the Queens Council thereof to iâ—parl before the said Lady the Queen in the said Court here until 8. dayes of St. Michael then next coming c. wheresoever c. and then to Answer c. and have c. And the same day is given to the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Son and Edward Digges then and there c. At which 8. dayes of St. Michael before the aforesaid Lady the Queen in the said Court here that is to say at Westminster aforesaid came aswel the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Son and Edward Digges as the aforesaid Thomas Palmer and Margaret by their Attornies aforesaid and upon this the said Thomas and Margaret pray the hearing of the Writ aforesaid and it is read unto them c. Which being read and heard The said Thomas and Margaret say That the Hands of the said Lady the Queen from the said two parties of the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown and so much of the Demesn Lands of the aforesaid Manor of Outelmeston next adjoyning to the aforesaid Lands called Eastendown as amount to the third part of the aforesaid Manors Lands and Tenements in 4. parts to be divided nor from any part thereof ought to be amoved nor the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Son and Edward Digges to the aforesaid purparts of the premises above demanded together with the Issues and Profits of the purparts of the premises in the mean time aforesaid received ought not to be restored Because protesting that the aforesaid Manors and Tenements of which it is supposed the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father to have dyed seized or any part thereof are not of the nature of Gavelkind in the said County of Kent protesting also that the said Christopher Digges the Father by his last Will and Testament did not Will and Devise the Manors and
for the payment of his Debts or Legacies or for any other necessary purpose or intent It shall and may be lawful to and for the said Christopher Digges together with Sr. Henry Cripps Knight John Brook Francis Gatacre Richard Brook Thomas Leweson and Richard Horewood or three of them the said Henry Cripps John Brook Francis Gatacre Richard Brook Thomas Leweson and Richard Horewood at any time hereafter during the life of the said Christopher Digges together with and by the joynt Consent and Agreement of the said Henry Cripps John Brook Francis Gatacre Richard Brook Thomas Leweson and Richard Horewood or three of them the said Henry John Francis Richard Thomas and Richard by their Joynt Deed or Writing Indented of them the said Christopher Digges Henry Cripps John Brook Francis Gatacre Richard Brook Thomas Leweson and Richard Horewood or of the said Christopher Digges or of three of them the said Henry John Francis Richard Thomas and Richard and being sealed with the seals of the said Christopher Digges Henry Cripps John Brook Francis Gatacre Richard Brook Thomas Leweson and Richard Horewood or of the said Christoper Digges or three of them the said Henry John Francis Richard Thomas and Richard and to be inrolled in any Court of Record of our sovereign Lady the Queen or of her Heirs and Successors to make void and frustrate any of the use or uses estate or estates in these presents above mentioned expressed or declared onely for of or in any such part or parcel of the premises as by the said Christopher Digges Henry Cripps John Brook Francis Gatacre Richard Brook Thomas Leweson and Richard Horewood or by the said Christopher Digges or three of them the said Henry Iohn Francis Richard Thomas and Richard shall be thought meet and convenient and by the said Writing Indented and Inrolled shall be expresly limited and appointed and no otherwise And thereof by the said Writing Indented so to be inâ—olled of new to declare limit or appoint any such new or any other such use or uses estate or estates as to the said Christopher Digges Henry Cripps Iohn Brook Francis Gatacre Richard Brook Thomas Leweson and Richard Horewood or any three of the said Henry John Francis Richard Thomas and Richard shall be thought meet and convenient as by the said Writing Indented shall be expressed and declared and not otherwise any thing in this present Indenture contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And that immediatly from and after such new Declaration Limitation and Appointing of any new or other use or uses of or in any part or parcel of the premises by writing Intended sealed and inrolled as aforesaid than the use and uses estate or estates of such and so much onely of the premises whereof any such new Declaration Limitation or Appointment shall be so had and made shall be And the said Christopher Digges his Heirs and Assignes and all other person or persons their Heirs and Assignes which at any time hereafter shall stand and be seized of or in so much of the premses whereof any such new Declaration limiting and appointing shall be so had and made shall stand and be seized thereof to the use of such person and persons and to such use intents and conditions as shall be mentioned and expressed in the said Writing Indented and Inrolled and to none other use intent or purpose any thing above mentioned to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding In witnesse whereof the parties to these presents inter changeably to this present Writing Indented have put their Seals the day and yeer above written By virtue of which Indenture and by force of a Statute transferring of uses into possession in the Parliament of the Lord Henry late King of England the 8th the 4th day of February in the yeer of his Reign the 27th at Westminster in the County of Middlesex holden made The aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father was seized of the Manors and Tenements with the appurtenances within monstraâ—s de droit above specified in his Demesn as of Freehold for the term of his life the remainâ—er thereof to the aforesaid Thomas the Heirs Males of his Body issuing and for default of such issue The Remainder thereof to the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Christopher the Father of the aforesaid Martha lawfully begotten And the said Christopher Digges the Father so of the Manors and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances being seized the Remainder thereof to the aforesaid Thomas in form aforesaid expecting The said Christopher Digges the Father and the aforesaid Ioh. Brook Ric. Brook Tho. Leweson afterwards and before the day c. that is to say the 6th day of May in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 12th By a certain Indenture between them the said Christopher Digges the Father and the aforesaid Iohn Brook Richard and Thomas Leweson of the one part Thomas Ovington and Thomas Digges of Chertham in the County of Kent Gent. of the other paâ—t made and in the Court of Chancery of the said Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster then being the 4th day of Iunc in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 12th aforesaid in due manner of Record inrolled one part of which with the Seals of the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father Iohn Richard and Thomas Leweson sealed To the Jurors aforesaid in evidence was shewed whose Date is the same day and yeer abovesaid In which Indenture reciting the first Indenture bearing Date the 6th of May in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 10th abovesaid made between him the said Christopher Digges the Father of the one part and the aforesaid Henry Cripps Knight Iohn Brook Francis Gaâ—acre Richard Brook Thomas Ltweson and Richard Horewood of the other part Covenanted Granted and Agreed to and with the aforesaid Thomas Ovington and Thomas Digges their Heirs Executors and Assigns in manner and form as followeth in these words And also whereas The said Christopher Digges at the time of the making of the said Indenture in these presents above recited was seized of an Estate of Inheritance amongst other the Manâ—rs Lands Tenements and Hereditaments abovesaid of and in one Close in the abovesaid Parish of Barham in the occupying of Bartholmew Baker containing by estimation 3. Acres and 2. Acres of Land in Stony Rock and 3. Acres and 2. yards in Parsonage-field in the occupation of the said Bartholmew Baker in Barham aforesaid and 2. half Acres of Land in the occupying of Henry Crowd and one half Acre late in the occupation of Iohn Barham Gent. in the Parish of Barham aforesaid And also 3. Acres called Green Hill and one Acre lying in Brome lease joyning to Thomas Laddes Ground and one yard in Iohn Nashes Land lying in Barham aforesaid and Kingston next Barham in the County aforesaid
and also 16. Acres of Down Land and Pasture in the said Parish of Barham and Kingston aforesaid and Adsham in the County aforesaid in the occupying of Kembers Heirs and also the moyety of 31. Acres of Marish Land and Arable the moyety of one Tenement lying in the Parish of Woekham in the said County and 3. Acres of Marish Land more late in the occupying of Robert Formel and 5. Acres of that now in the occupying of David Deme of Littleborn Court lying in the Parishes of Littleborn and Wockham aforesaid and Ickham in the County aforesaid And also one Tenement with 7. Acres of Land lying at Stelling Mennis in the Parish of Ekham late in the occupying of Richard Ovingden 30. Acres of wood-Wood-Land in the Parish of Netherherds now in the occupying of the said Christopher Digges and 1. Acre of Arable Land in the occupying of Henry Rigden called Bedleacre and also 2. Acres of Land in Demisdale and 3. Acres in Spotts Cross half an Acre in Wholdstane in the parishes of Barham and Kingstone and 12. Bushels of Rent Barley out of William Ademe's Land in Kingston aforesaid and 3. Acres of Land at a Place called Marley within the Parish of Kingston in the occupying of James Adem and also 1. Tenement with 7. Acres of Arable Land and Pasture in the occupying of Henry Crowd in the Parish of Barham aforesaid And also 60. Acres of Arable Land Pasture and down-Down-Land in the Parish of Barham aforesaid and also 3. Acres of Meadow lying in Winch in the Parish of Tannington and 7. Seames of Rent Barley in the Parish Sutton next Sandwitch and also 3. Acres of Arable Land in the occupation of Richard Ragely in the Parish of Kingston aforesaid and 36. Acres of wood-Wood-Land Arable and Pasture and half a Messuage half a Barn and half a Stable an Outhouse and a Meadow containing 12. Acres adjoyning to the Barn in the occupying of James Herringe in the Parishes of Kingstone aforesaid and Bourn in the County aforesaid Whereupon and for and in consideration that the said Christopher Digges is endebted to divese persons in the sum of 900. pounds or thereabouts and that he the said Christopher may have full authority to sell and alienate some part of the said Lands and Tenements for the payment of his said debts It is now Covenanted Granted Condescended and Agreed Between the said Christopher Digges John Brook Richard Brook and Thomas Leweson and the above named Thomas Ovington and Thomas Digges their Heirs and Assignes And the said Christopher Digges John Brook Richard Brook and Thomas Leweson for them and every of them their Heirs and Assignes by their joynt Consent and Agreement do Covenant and Grant to and with the said Thomas Ovington and Thomas Digges their Heirs and Assignes by these presents That from the Inrollment of this present Indenture in the Queens Majesties Court of Chancery That all and every the said use and uses considerations and intents limited declared and mentioned in the abovesaid Indenture in these presents above comprised And to and as concerning only all and singular those several parcels of the premises particularly above mentioned shall be utterly void frustrate and be determined and ended And that the said Christ Digges and his Heirs and all every other person and persons which now stand or be seized or at any time hereafter shall stand and be seized of and in the said several parcels particularly above mentioned with their Appurtenances shall from the time of the Inrollment of these presents stand and be of all and every the same particular parcells above mentioned onely with their Appurtenances seized onely unto the use of the said Christopher Digges his Heirs and Assignes for ever and to no other use uses purposes and intents In Witnesse whereof the parties abovesaid to these present Indentures their Seals interchangeably have set dated the day and yeer first above written as by the Indenture aforesaid more fully appeareth By colour of which Indenture and Inrollment and by force of the aforesaid Statute of transferring of uses into possession made and provided The aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father was seized of the aforesaid parcel of Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances in the Indenture aforesaid particularly further specified as the Law requireth And further the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father of the Manors Lands and Tenements in the Monstrans de droit within written with their Appurtenances in form aforesaid being seized The said Christopher Digges the Father and the aforesaid John Brook Richard Brook and Richard Horewood afterward and before the time of the bringing of the Monstrans de droit within written that is to say the 20th day of September in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 13th By another Indenture between them the said Christophâ—r Digges the Father John Richard and Richard Horewood on the one part and the aforesaid Thomas Ovington and Thomas Digges of Chartham aforesaid on the other part made By the names of Christopher Digges of Barham in the County of Kent Esquire John Brook Richard â—rook and Richard Horewood Gent. on the other part made and in the Court of the Lady the Queen of Common Pleas at Westminster afterwards that is to say in the Term of St. Michael in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 13th and 14th in due manner of Record inrolled one part whereof with the Seals of the aâ—oresaid Christopher Digges the Father John Richard Brook and Richard Horwood sealed and to the Jurors aforesaid in Evidence shewed whose date is the same day and yeer reciting the aforesaid Indenture bearing date the 6th day of May in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 10th abovesaid made between the aforesaid Cheistopher Digges the Father of the one part and the aforesaid Henry Gripps Knight John Brook Francis Gaâ—aâ—re Richard Brook Thomas Leweson and Richard Horewood of other the part Covenanted Granted and agreed to and with the aforesaid Thomas Ovington and Thomas Digges their Heirs and assignes in maner and form as followeth in these words Whereupon and â—or and in Consideration that the said Christopher Digges is endebted to diverse persons in the sum of a 1000 pound or there abouts that he the said Christopher may have full authority to sell and alienate part and parcel of all and singular his said Lands and Tenements whatsoever for the payment of his said debts and for any other necessary purpose and intent it is now Covenanted granted condescended and agreed Between the said Christopher Digges John Brook Richard Brook and Richard Horewood and the above Thomas Ovington and Thomas Digges their Heirs and assigns And the said Christopher Digges John Brook Richard Brook and Richard Horewood for them and every of them their Heiirs and Assignes by their Joynt
consent and agreement do covenant and grant to and with the said Thomas Ovington and Thomas Diggss their Heirs and Assigns by these presents that from the time of the Inrollment of this present Indenture in the Queens Majesties Court of Chancery that all and every the said use and uses considerations and intent in any wise limitted declared and mentioned in the abovesaid Indenture in these presents above comprised and for and as concerning all and singular their Manors Messuages Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Services and Hereditaments whatsoever with the appurtenances in any wise mentioned meant comprised and specified in the abovesaid Indenture in these presents above comprised except or Meadow lying and being in the Parish of Bishopsborne in the said County of Kent contayning by estimation or thereabouts and now or late in the occupation or possession of one Vincent Edley or of his Assigns shall be utterly void and frustrate and be determined and ended and that the said Christopher Digges and his heirs and all and every person and persons which now stand and be seised or at any time hereafter shall stand and be seised of and in all and singular the said Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Services and Hereditaments whatsoever with the appurtenances or any parcel thereof in any wise mentioned meant comprised or specified in the abovesaid Indenture in these presents comprised except before excepted shall from the time of the Inrolment of these presents stand and be seised of and in all and singular the said Manors Messuages Lands and Tenements Rents Reversions Services and Hereditaments whatsoever with the appurtenances in the said former Indenture or in these presents meant contained or specified and of and in all and every part and parcel thereof except before excepted to the only use of the said Christopher Digges his Heirs assignes for ever to no other use or uses purposes or intents In witness whereof the parties abovesaid to these present Indentures their Seals enterchangeablie have set dated the day and yeer first above written as by the said other Indenture further recited more fully appeareth And the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father so as before is said of the Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments aforesaid with the appurtenances in the aforesaid Indenture bearing date the 20th day of September in the 13th yeer abovesaid as the same requireth being the said Christopher Digges the Father afterwards and before the day of the being of the Monstrans de droâ—t within written that is to say the 20th day of October in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 14th By another certain Indenture between the said Christopher Digges the Father of the one part and Richard Gaunt Gentleman and Lawrence Applegate of the other part made one part of which with the Seal of the said Christopher to the Jurors aforesaid in evidence was shewed whose date is the same day and yeer covenanted and granted for him and his Heirs to and with the aforesaid Richard Gaunt and Lawrence Applegate in manner and form as in the Indenture aforesaid is conteyned the Tenor of which followeth in these words Thiâ— Indenture made the 25th day of ctober in the 14th yeear of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady Elizabeth by the gâ—ace of God Queen of England France and Ireland defender of the Faith c. Between Christopher Digges of Barham in the County of â—ent Esquier on the one party and Richard Gaunt of the City of Canterbury Gentâ—emâ—n and Lawrence Applegate of the Parish of Saint George of the same City Draper on the other party Witnesseth That it is Covenanted granted condescended and agreed by all the parties to these Indentures by these presents in maner and form following that is to say that first the said Christopher Digges for him and his Heirs Executors and Administrators doth Covenant and grant to and with the said Richard Gaunt and Lawrence Appâ—egate their Executors and assigns by these presents that he the said Christopher and Martha his Wife before the end of this Instant Term of Saint Michael upon the writ of Covenant to be persued by the said Richard and Lawrence out of the high Court of Chancery and retornable before the Queens Majesties Justices of the common plea at Westminster shall acknowledge and levy a fine of all those the Manors Lands Tenements Meadows Marshes Pastures Feedings Woods Underwoods Rents and Services to any the same Manors appertaining or in any waies belonging set lying and being in the Parishes of Barham Kingstone Bishop Borne Patiâ—chborne Littleborne Wellborne Sturrey Harrisham Saint Stephens Hackington Netherherds Lenham Brensted in the County of Kent and also all other the Lands Tenements whatsoever which he the said Christopher Dighes now hath or late had in the same County and that by he names of Owtelmestone Mayton Hackington and Yokes Court with the appurtenances 40 Messuâ—ges 20 Tofts 1 Mill 3 Dovehouses 20 GardeÌ„s 10 Oâ—châ—rds 1000 Acres of Land 100 Acres of Meadow 100 Acres of Pasture 600 Acres of Wood 10 Acres of Heath Furze 5 pound Rent the Rent of 10 Quarters of Barley with the appurtenances in Barham Kingstone Bishopsborne Bridge Patricksboone Littleborne Wellborne Sturrey St. Stephens Hackington Netherherds Lenham Harrisham Frensted Sutton Repple and Sholden and nevertheless it is covenanted granted and agreed between the said Christopher Digges Rich Gaunt Lawrence Applegate they their Heirs Executors Assignes do covenant and grant by these presents to and with the said Christopher Digges his Heirs Executors and Assignes in form following that is to say that the same Fine and the use and execution of the same as to the Manor of Yokes Court with the appurtenances and one Messuage called Fokeham 500 Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture by estimation be it more or less with the appurtenances set lying and being in the parishes of Fremsted Lenham Harrisham in the County of Kent aforesaid 160 Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture in the Parish of Netherherds Nackington and Patricksborne in the said County And all those Lands arable and Pasture conteyning by estimation 200 Acres called Gore and Ilding lying and being in the Parishes of Barham and Kingstone now late in the 〈◊〉 of James Herenge and John Nethersale or of their assigns all Woods wood-Wood-Lands Underwoods Courts Rents perquisites of Court to all the same only excepted shall be to the use of the said Christopher Digges and Martha and the Heirs and Assignes of the said Christopher Digges for ever And that the said Fine use and execution thereof as well to the said Manors of Owtelmestone Mayton and all the Lands Meadows Marshes Feedings Woods Underwoods Rents and Services to the same Manors or any of them belonging or in any wise appertayning and also all other the Lands Messuages Tenements Meadows Pastures Marshes Woods Underwoods and other Hereditaments whatsoever above in these presents specfiâ—ed mentioned or comprised the
in the Spiritual Court after the Queens Prohibition to the contrary thereof directed and delivered for that that is to say whereas all and singular Pleas and Conusans of Pleas of whatsoever grants demyses or conttacts arising within this Kingdom of England made and had and the validity of such grants and demyses in Law and other such Pleas and Conusance of Pleas so as they be not Testamentary or Matrimonial to the said Lady the Queen that now is and her Royal Crown do especially appertain and by the Laws of the Land of this Kingdom of England and not by the Laws or Sentences Ecclesiastical ought to be tryed determined and discussed and ever heretofore accustomed and ought to be And whereas Stephen by Divine Providence late Bishop of Winchester the 4th day of July in the yeer of the Reign of the Lord Henry late King of England the 8th the 38th was seized in his demesn as of Fee in the Right of his Bishoprick of and in the Manor of Eastmeon in the County aforesaid whereof one capital Messuage called the Scite of the Manor of Eastmeon 800. Acres of Lands 50. Acâ—es of Meadow 1000. Acres of Pasture and 400. Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Eastmeon in the County aforesaid being demesn Lands of the Manor aforesaid then and time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary was and yet are parcel and also of and in one Messuage with the Appurtenances being in Eastmeon aforesaid being to the Mansion house of the same Manor And whereas the said Stephen and all his Predecessors Bishops of the Bishoprick aforesaid for the time being seized of the Manor aforesaid and other the premises with their Appurtenances The Scite of the Manor aforesaid and the capital messuage aforesaid and the demesn Lands aforesaid with the Appurtenances by himself his Farmers and Tenants thereof and every parcel thereof for Term of yeers or at Wiil held and were injoyed exonerated acquitted freed discharged and privileged of and from the payment of Tithes whatsoever of in or upon the capital messuage aforesaid and the demesns aforesaid with the Appurtenances and of every and any parcel thereof yeerly what way soever for the whole time aforesaid growing happening renewing or arising And the aforesaid Stephen late Bishop aforesaid of the capital Messuage aforesaid and the demesn Lands aforesaid with the Appurtenances in form aforesaid being seized and the same having and holding exonerated acquitted freed and discharged and privileged of and from the payment of Tithes whatsoever of in and upon the capital Messuage aforesaid and other the premises with the Appurtenances or any parcel thereof growing renewing or any wise happening The said Stephen the 4th day of July in the yeer of the Reign of the said late King Henry the 8th the 38th at Eastmeon in the County aforesaid By his Indenture with his Seal Episcopal sealed and to the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is here brought bearing date the same day and yeer demised to one Robert Wright Grandfather of the said Robert that now is plantif The Moyety of the demesn Lands aforesaid with the Appurtenances By the name of all the Demesn Lands oâ— the Mannor of Eastmeon aforesaid anciently belonging with all Houses Stables Barns and Buildings upon the Moyety aforesaid then and of old time situate lying and being with the Appurtenances which Moyety then lay in the fields on the South side of the Town of Fastmeon aforesaid Together with the Meadowes Feedings and Pastures Enclosures Wayes Pathes and other their Appurtenances together with the Farm of 40. Muttons called Weathers the highest price 16. pence 40. Ew Sheep the highest price 16. pence To have and occupy the said Moyety of the TenemeÌ„ts aforesaid with the AppurtenaÌ„ces in form aforesaid demised To the aforesaid Ro. Wright the GraÌ„dfather his Assignes from the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel in the yeer of our Lord God 1575. until the end and Term of 40. yeers then next following and fully to be compleat and Ended Yielding therefore yeerly during the Term aforesaid to the aforesaid Stephen late Bishop aforesaid or his Successors at his Exchequer of Woluesloy in Winchester in the County of Southampton then being 10. pound and 10. shillings of lawful mony of England at the Feasts of Easter and St. Michael by even and equal portions to be paid and for the farm of the aforesaid 40. Weathers and 40. Ew Sheep 11. pound 13. shillings and 4. pence to be paid at the Feast of St. Martin the Bishop Ad vincula for the chief Weathers 3. pence and for the chief Ews 4. pence as by the same Indenture amongst other things it more fully appeareth Which Indenture of demise to the aforesaid Robert Wright the Grandfather in form aforesaid made and all and singular therein contained Afterwards that is to say the 20th day of July in the 38th yeer abovesaid William Kingsmill then Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity of Winchester aforesaid and the Chapter of the same place at Winchester aforesaid that is to say in their Chapter-house there by their Writing of Confirmation with the Seal of the Chapter sealed in the life time of the aforesaid Stephen then being Bishop of Winchester aforesaid and in the life time of the said Robert Wright the Grandfather now deceased ratified and confirmed as by the Writing of Confirmation thereof bearing date the day and yeer last aforesaid amongst other things it appeareth By virtue of which demise and Confirmation The same Robert Wright the Grandfather was of the Interest of the Term aforesaid in the aforesaid Moyety of the demesn Lands aforesaid with the Appurtenances in form aforesaid demised possessed and the aforesaid Robert Wright the Grandfather of the Interest of the Term aforesaid in the Moyety of the demesn Lands aforesaid with the Appurtenances in form aforesaid demised being possessed The said Robert Wright the Grandfather the 14th day of August in the yeer 1558. at Eastmeon aforesaid made his Testament and last Will in Writing and by the said his Testament made and ordained Margaret then his Wife and Nicholas Wright his younger Son to be Executors of his last Will And by the said his last Will gave and bequeathed all his Interest aforesaid of and in the aforesaid Moyety of the demesn Lands aforesaid so as is said demised with the Appurtenances then to come to Edward Wright the Eldest Son of the aforesaid Robert the Grandfather and afterwards the aforesaid Robert Wright the Grandfather at Eastmeon aforesaid dyed of his Interest aforesaid of and in the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to the said Robert the Grandfather in form aforesaid demised possessed After whose death the aforesaid Margaret and Nicholas took upon them the burthen of Execution of his last Will Testament aforesaid at Eastmeon aforesaid And the said Executors at Eastmeon aforesaid gave their consent that the said Edward Wright should have and enjoy to him and his
answer in that manner the validity in Law of the Indenture of the demise aforesaid by the said Stephen late Bishop aforesaid in form aforesaid made and the Confirmation aforesaid as also the Estate of the said Robert the now plantif aforesaid of and in the aforesaid Moyety of the aforesaid demesn Lands with the Appurtenances to the aforesaid Robert Wright the Grandfather in form aforesaid made and the Tithes thereof arising to the spiritual Court aforesaid to draw and determine caused most unjustly bound Which Plea by Appeal in that behalf had and made from the aforesaid Court of Audience before the worshipful and worthy men Robert Forth Thomas Binge John Lloyd Thomas Legg and Richard Swale Doctors of Law Judges Delegates in that behalf was duly removed and in the spiritual Court before the same Judges Delegates or some of them at Eastmeon aforesaid as yet dependeth undecided and although the said Robert the now Plaintiff The Indenture of demyse aforesaid and the Writing of Confirmation aforesaid and the Estate of the said Robert now Plaintiff aforesaid of and in the aforesaid Moyety of the demesn Lands aforesaid of the Tythes aforesaid discharged with the appurtenances to the aforesaid Robert VVright the Grand Father in form aforesaid demysed and the other matter aforesaid in this part conteined as well to the aforesaid spiritual Court before the aforesaid VVilliam Ambrey spiritual Judge aforesaid as in the aforesaid spiritual Court before the Judges Delegates aforesaid in discharge of the premises is shewed pleaded and alleged and the Sealing and delivery of the Indenture aforesaid and of the Writing of Confirmation aforesaid and the residue of the matter in that behalf conteined on the part of him the said Robert VVright the now Plaintiff in the premises in that behalf alleged according to the Law of this Kingdom of England with unavoidable truth and witness he offered to prove yet the said Judge of the Court of Audience aforesaid and the aforesaid Judges Delegates in the aforesaid spiritual Court aforesaid The Plea Allegation and that proof utterly refused and every of them refused to admit And afterwards the Appeal aforesaid so depending in the aforesaid spiritual Court before the Judges aforesaid The said Nicholas VVright at Eastmeon aforesaid made his Testament and last Will in writing and thereof constituted and ordained Iohn Wright his Executor of his said Testament and afterwards there dyed after whose death the aforesaid Iohn Wright took upon him the charge of the Execution of the Testament aforesaid and the Prosecution of the Appeal aforesaid in the cause aforesaid and afterwards the aforesaid John Wright the Executor aforesaid the aforesaid Robert Wright now Plaintiff in the aforesaid spiritual Court before the aforesaid Judges Delegates at Eastmeon aforesaid for the occasion aforesaid unjustly bound to appear and the said Robert now Plaintiff of and in the premises to condemn and to the Tythes aforesaid in the aforesaid several spiritual Courts in form aforesaid demanded to him to be paid to compel by the Definitive sentence of the said Court of Delegates with all his power yet endeavoureth and daily threatneth And although the Writ of the aforesaid Lady the Queen of Prohibition to the aforesaid Judges Delegates and other Judges in that behalf the 12th day of July in the year of the Reign of the Queen that now is the 37th at Eastmeon aforesaid to the contrary thereof was directed and delivered The said Iohn VVright the Plea aforesaid after the Queens Majesties Prohibition first to the contrary thereof in form aforesaid directed and delivered that is to say the first day of October in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 37th at Eastmeon aforesaid in the County aforesaid prosecuted and in the Plea aforesaid proceeded the said Writ of the said Lady the Queen of Prohibition to the aforesaid spiritval Judges first to the contrary thereof in form aforesaid directed and delivered in any thing notwithstanding in contempt of the said Lady the Queen that now is and to the damage prejudice impoverishing and grievous molesting of him the said Robert now Plaintff and contrary to the form and effect of the Prescription Privilege and Act of Parliament aforesaid whereupon the same Robert now Plaintiff saith That he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 40. Marks and thereof as well for the said Lady the Queen as for himself he bringeth sute c. And now at this day that is to say VVednesday after 10. of â—aster this Term untill which day the said Iohn VVright had license to the Bill aforesaid to imparl cometh as well the said Robert VVright by his Attorney aforesaid as the aforesaid â—ohn VVright by Stephen VVorley his Attorney and the said Iohn defendeth the force and injury when c. and all the contempt and whatsoever c. and saith he did not prosecute the Plea aforesaid in the spiritual Court aforesaid after the Queens Prohibition to him first to the contrary directed and delivered in manner and form as the aforesaid Robert Wright who aswel c. above against him complaineth And of this puts himself upon the Country and the aforesaid Robert who aswel for c. likewise c. But to have a consultation in this behalf The said John by Protestation not acknowleging any thing by the aforesaid Robert above alleged to be true For Plea the said John saith That well and true it is That the aforesaid Robert in the aforesaid spiritual Court before the aforesaid Judges Delegates shewed pleaded and alleged That the aforesaid Stephen late bishop of Winchâ—ster â—foresaid the aforesaid 4th day of July in the 38th yeer aforesaid was seized of the aforesaid Manor of Eastmeon with the Appurtenances in the County of Southampton aforesaid whereof the aforesaid capital Messuage with the Appurtenances called the Scite of the Manor of Eastmeon 800. Acres of Land 500. Acres of Meadow 400. Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Eastmeon aforesaid being demesn Lands of the Manor aforesaid then and from the time aforesaid were parcel And of and in the aforesaid Messuage with the Appurtenances being the Mansion house of the Manor aforesaid in his demesn as of Fee in the right of his Bishoprick aforesaid And that the said Stephen and all his Predecessors Bishops of the Bishoprick aforesaid being seized of the Manor aforesaid and other the premises with their Appurtenances from the whole time aforesaid for him and his Farmers his Tenants thereof and of every parcel thereof for the term of yeers or at will had holden and enjoyed to them discharged acquitted freed and privileged of and from the payment of any Tithes of in or upon the aforesaid capital Messuage and demesn Lands aforesaid with the Appurtenances and every part and parcel thereof yeerly any manner of ways by the whole time aforesaid growing happening and renewing or arising And that the aforesaid late Bishop of the capital Messuage aforesaid and of the
Queen here are not yet c. Prohibition Michaelmas Term Anno 31. and 32. Eliz. Rot. 447. in the Common-Pleas Co. 4. part Jeffreyes Case Fol. 64. Mâ—morandum That upon Monday next after a Moneth of St. Michael this Term before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came William Jeffrey Cent. in his proper person and informed the Couâ—t of the Lady the Queen that now is here That whereas according to the Law of the Land and the Custom of this Kingdom of England time whereof the Memory of Men is not to the contrary within the said Kingdom had and used The Inhabitants and Residents within any Parish within the Kingdom aforesaid within which any Parish Church is The said Church at their own propper costs as often as need required was repaired and from the whole time aforesaid used to be and ought to be repaired And that every other person or persons inhabiting without the same Parish in any other Parish from the Reparations thereof from the time aforesaid were discharged and acquitted And whereas by the Law of the Land and the Custom aforesaid It is not lawful to any person or persons to impose any Rate or Tax upon any person not dwelling in any Parish where such Church to be repaired is in respect or by reason of any Lands or Tenements which the said person holdeth or occupieth in the said Parish where the said Church is to be repaired as above is said for the Reparation of any Church so unrepaired without his consent And whereas also the Tryal and Determination of the cause aforesaid is a matter determinable at the Common Law and not by the Laws or Censures Ecclesiastical any wayes to be Tryed Ended or Discussed nor used to be time whereof the Memory of Man is not to the contrary Yet Abraham Kenshely and Thomas Foster Church-wardens of the Parish of Haylesham in the County of Sussex not being ignorant of the Premises falsely and subtilely pretending the aforesaid William Jessrey to be an Inhabitant within the Parish of Haylesham aforesaid whereas in truth the aforesaid William Jeffrey is and was dwelling within the Parish of Chiddingly in the County aforesaid and never was dwelling within the Parish of Haylesham aforesaid And the same Church of Haylesham aforesaid by Tenants and Proprietors of Lands and Tenements within the same Parish behoved and ought to be repaired Endeavouring the Queens Majesty that now is and her Regal Crown to desinherit and the Conusance of Pleas which to the said Queens Majesty and to her Regal Crown and not to the spiritual Court doth belong to draw to be determined in the spiritual Court The said William Jeffrey in the spiritual Court aforesaid before Doctor DREWRT Doctor of Law in and throughout the whole Archdeaconry of Lewis of the most Reverend Father in Christ by Divine Providence Thomas Lord Bishop of Chichester lawfully deputed at the procuring of the same Abraham and Thomas in this behalf of and for a certain Tax upon him the said William Jeffrey to and about the Reparations of the Parish Church of Haylesham aforesaid imposed caused to be cited and him the said William in the spiritual Court aforesaid before the aforesaid spiritual Judge to appear and him the said William so appearing to answer to certain Articles of for the Tax aforesaid that is to say for that the said William Jeffrey knew believed heard that within the Archdeaconry of Lewes in the County aforesaid there was a Church commonly called the Parish Church of Haylesham that the said Parish Church as well in the tiling as in the covering thereof as in other things needed and wanted so that unless it were repaired it was feared it would fall to decay and ruine And that as well of Common Right and of an ancient and laudable Custom as also time whereof the Memory of Men is not to the contrary inviolably and unquestoned it was used and observed within the Parish of Haylesham aforesaid That all and singular the Parishoners intending the Reparation of any Church unrepaired according to the Rate and the Quality of their possessions having and occupying in same Parish might or ought to impose a Rate or Tax and also that the said Church mature deliberation being had thereof could not be repaired for lesse sum than Threescore and Ten pounds As also that the Church-wardens of the Parish Church of Haylesham aforesaid for the time being in the yeer of our Lord 1589. and two yeers then last past of and with the consent of all the Parishioners of Haylesham aforesaid or the greater or better number of the same A Rate according to the Quantity and Qualities of the possessions aforesaid and of the Rents within the said Parish being for the Reparation of the said Church of the possessions aforesaid or Rents in the said Parish of all and singular to be imposed and the same to be taxed had decreed and had appointed a day and place for the Rate and Tax aforesaid to be made And that of the same day in which the said Rate should be imposed notice was given to all the Parishioners aâ—oresaid as also to Forreiners having Lands Possessions or Rents in the Parish of Haylesham aforesaid and also in the publick Market there And that at the time and place appointed for the imposing of the aforesaid Tax or Rate those Church wardens as also the Parishioners of the said Parish to the Rate and Tax aforesaid to be made proceeded And the sum of 4. pence of every Acre of Land called Marsh-land as also the sum of 2. pence of lawful Mony of England of every Acre of Land called Vpland within the Parish of Haylesham aforesaid being for the Reparations of the aforesaid Parish Church by the havers and occupiers of the aforesaid Acres were imposed to be paid to the Church-wardens of the aforesaid Parish Church As also that the said William 30. Acres of Marsh called Marsh Ground and 100. Acres of Land called Vpland within the Parish aforesaid held and occupyed or Rents for the same then received And that the sum from the havers and occupyers of the possessions aforesaid or Rents within the aforesaid Parish of Haylesham aforesaid did not extend unto above the sum of 50. pounds of good and lawful Money of England according to the Rate and Tax aforesaid to be levied and collected under the name colour of their Office as before is said of upon the premises to answer unjustly bound And although the said William Jeffrey the matter aforesaid above contained in the spiritual Court aforesaid before the aforesaid spiritual Judge in his discharge of the premises often had pleaded alleged and the same with inevitable truth and good Witnesse offered to prove that he by the Law of the Land in form aforesaid ought not to be cited for the payment of the aforesaid sum upon him the said William Jeffrey for the Reparations of the Church of Haylesham aforesaid as before is said taxed and for
that the Tax aforesaid for the Reparations of the Church aforesaid in the case aforesaid is a matter determinable at the Common Law and not in the spiritual Court Yet the said spiritual Judge to admit the same Plea Allegation utterly refused And the aforesaid Abraham and Tho. Foster him the said William Jeffrey in the spiritual Court aforesaid in the premises to be condemned and to the payment of the aforesaid several sums of Mony upon him the said William Jeffrey for the Reparations of the Church aforesaid above in this behalf specially imposed and taxed which then by the Law of the Land as before is said to pay for the reason aforesaid ought not or is bounden to do by the definitive Sentence of the said spiritual Court with all his strength endeavoreth and daily threatneth in contempt of the Queen that now is and to the losse prejudice impoverishing and manifest grievance of him the said William as also contrary to the Law of the Land aforesaid And this the said William Jeffrey is ready to aver and humbly imploring the aid assistance of the said Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is here demands remedy And the Writ of the said Lady the Queen of Prohibition to the aforesaid spiritual Judge in form aforesaid to forbid him that he the Plea aforesaid nor any thing touching the same before him he futher hold not and it is granted unto him c. And thereupon cometh John Porter of Cheddingley in the County aforesaid of Sussex Esquire Ard Thomas Aynscomb of Buxted in the County aforesaid Gent. in their proper persons and undertake for the aforesaid William Jeffrey That if it happeneth the aforesaid Abraham Kenshley and Thomas Foster To the Court of the Lady the Queen hereafter to come to demand the said Queens Writ of Consultation or otherwise to sue for Justice there of and upon the premises That then the said William the said matter or suggestion should follow with effect untill the Plea thereof by some lawful means be ended that is to say each of the Bail aforesaid upon the penalty of 10. pound which said sum of 10. pound the Bail aforesaid acknowledged and each of them acknowledged of their Lands and Goods and of every of them to be levied to the use of the said Lady the Queen If it shall so happen the said William not to prosecute in form aforesaid with effect c. REPLEVIN Michaelmas Term Anno 23. Eliz. Rot. 1160. in the Common Pleas C. 1. part Capels Case Fo. 54. THomas Gately was summoned to answer John Hunt of a Plea wherefore he took the Cattel of the said Iohn and them deteined against Gages and Pledges c. And whereupon the said Iohn by Iohn Lutwich his Attorney complaineth that the aforesaid Thomas the 27th day of November in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 22th at Howcaple in a certain place called Stockins took his Cattel that is to say 6. Oxen and 6. Cows of him the said Iohn and them unjustly deteined against Gages and Pledges untill c. whereupon he saith he is the worse and hath loss to the value of 100 pound and thereof bringeth sute c. and the aforesaid Thomas by Thomas Willis his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. And as Bayliff of Anthony Capel Gent. acknowledgeth the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. and justly c. Because that he saith that the place in which it is supposed the taking of the Cattel aforesaid to be done doth contein and at the time of the taking of the Cattle aforesaid supposed to be done did contein in it 300. Acres of Land with the appurtenances in Howcaple aforesaid and that long before the aforesaid time in which c. One Thomas Capel Esquire was seised of the Manor of Howcaple with the appurtenances in the County aforesaid whereof the aforesaid 300. Acres of Land with the appurtenances in which c. are and at the aforesaid time in which c. as also time whereof the memory of men is not to the contrary were parcel in his demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seised after the fourth day of February in the yeer of the Reign of the Lord Henry late King of England the 8th the 27th and before the time in which c Of the said Manor with the appurtenances whereof c. amongst other enfeoffed Iohn Warmcombe Richard Wahrein Alexander Whittington Thomas Walwem Iohn I loid and Henry Iones To have and to hold the said Manor with the appurtenances whereof c. amongst other to the said Iohn Warmcombe Richard Walwein Alexander Whittington Thomas Walwein Iohn Llud and Henry â—ones their Heirs and Assigns for ever To the use of the aforesaid Thomas Capel and the Heirs Males of his body lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to the use of Edward Capel and the Heirs Males of the body of the said Edward lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to the use of Richard Capel and the Heirs Males of the body of the said Richard lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to the use of William Capel and the Heirs Males of the body of the said William lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to the use of Giles Capel for the term of the life of the said Giles and after the decease of the said Giles to the use of the Right Heirs of the said Thomas Capel for ever By virtue of which Feoffment and by force of a certain Act of Parliament of the aforesaid late King at Westminster of transferring uses into possession in the 27th yeer abovesaid holden made The aforesaid Thomas Capel was seised of the Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof amongst other in his demesn as of Feetail that is to say to him and the Heirs Males of his body lawfully begotten and for default of such issue the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Edward Capel and the Heirs Males of his body lawfully begotten and for default of such issue the Remainder thereof in form aforesaid expectant and the aforesaid Thomas Capel of the Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. amongst other in form aforesaid being seised before the aforesaid time in which c. at Howcaple aforesaid dyed of such his estate thereof seised after whose death The Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances amongst other descended to one William Capel as Son and Heir of the body of the aforesaid Thomas Capel lawfully begotten by which the said William Capel the Son before the aforesaid time in which c. into the Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. entred and was thereof seised in his demesn as of Feetail that is to say to him and the Heirs Males of his body lawfully begotten for default of such issue the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Edward and the Heirs Males of his
c. into the Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances wherof c. amongst other entred and was thereof seised in his demesn as of Feetail that is to say to him and his Heirs Males of his body lawfully begotten and that the aforesaid William Capel the Son of the said Manor with the Appurtenances whereof c. amongst other in form aforesaid being seised The said Richard Capel Son of the aforesaid Edward Capel the 22th day of November in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 18th at Howcaple aforesaid by the aforesaid his Writing granted to the aforesaid Anthony Capel the aforesaid annuity or yeerly Rent of 50. pound to be going out of the Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. as the aforesaid Thomas Gately above alleged But the said John Hunt further saith That the aforesaid William Capel of the Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. in form aforesaid being seised That the Fine was levyed in the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is here at Westminster aforesaid from the day of Saint Martin in 15. dayes in the yeer of her Reign the 19th before James Dyer Richard Harper Roger Manwood and Robert Mounson then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench here and afterwards in the 8th day of Saint Hillary in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 19th aforesaid there granted and Recorded before the same Justices and other the said Lady the Queens faithful people then there present Between Richard Wooton and Richard Shawley Plaintiffs and the aforesaid Will. Capel defendaÌ„t of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. amongst other By the names of the Manors of Capel otherwise Hugh Capel Showle and Okeridge with the Appurtenances and 20. Messuages 10. Tofts 20. Cottages 2. Mills 3. Dovehouses 800. Acres of Land 260. Acres of Meadow 1700. Acres of Pasture 200. Acres oâ— Wood 1000 Acres of Furz and Heath and 5. pound Rent with the Appurtenances iâ— Capel otherwise Hugh Capel Showle Okeridge â—â—rkell and â—edbary As also of the Advowson of the Church of Capel otherwise Hugh Capel whereof a Plea of Covenant was summened between them in the said Court That is to say That the aforesaid William acknowleged the aforesaid Manors Tenements and Rents with the Appurtenances and the Advowson of the Church aforesaid to be the Right of the said Richard as these which the said Richard and John had of the gift of the aforesaid William and those remised and quit claimed from him and his Heirs to the aforesaid Richard and John and the Heirs of the aforesaid Richard forever And further the said William granted for him and his Heirs That they warrant to the aforesaid Richard and Iohn and to the Heirs of the said Richard the aforesaid Manors Tenements Rents with the Appurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid against all Men forever And for that Recognition remise quit claim Warranty Fine and Concord The said Richard and Iohn gave to the aforesaid William 700. pound Sterling Which Fine in form aforesaid levied was levied and had to the use of the said Iohn Hunt and his Heirs By virtue of which Fine and by force of the Statute aforesaid the said Iohn was seized of the Manors aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in his demesn as of Fee And the said Iohn so thereof being seized Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin Castleton before the aforesaid time of the taking c. that is to say the 4th day of Iunuary in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 19th abovesaid sued forth out of the Court of the Chancery of the said Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster in the County of Middlesex then being A certain Writ of the said Lady the Queen of Entry upon Disseisin in the Post against him the said Iohn Hunt of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. amongst other by the names of the Manor of Capel otherwise Hugh Capel otherwise How Capel with the Appurtenances and 20. Messuages 10. Toâ—ts one Mill 2. Dovehouses 500. Acres of Land 200. Acres of Meadow 600. Acres of Pasture 100. Acres of Wood 700. Acres of Furz and Heath and 4. pound Rent with the Appurtenances in Capel otherwise Hugh Capel otherwise How Capel Brocherton and Sellershop as also of the Advowson of the Church of Capel otherwise Hugh Capel otherwise How Capel To the then Sheriff of the aforesaid County of Hereford directed By which Writ the said Lady the Queen that now is To the said then Sheriff commanded That the said Sherif should command the said Iohn Hunt that justly and without delay he render to the aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin the Manor Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid which the said Thomas and Baldwin to be their Right and Inheritance and in which the said Iohn then had not Entry but after Disseisin which Hugh Hunt thereof unjustly and without Judgement did to the aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin within 30. yeers then last past as they said And if he should not do and the aforesaid Thomas Spencely and Baldwin should secure him the said Sheriff for the prosecuting of their claim Then he summon by good Summoners him the said John Hunt that he should be before the then Justices of the said Lady the Queen here that is to say at Westminster aforesaid in 8. dayes of St. Hillary then next following to shew wherefore he did not do it And that the said then Sheriff should have there the summons and that Writ At which 8. dayes of St. Hillary before the aforesaid Janes Dyer Knight and his Companions then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench here came aswel the aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin as the said John Hunt in their proper persons And James Warnecome Esquire then Sheriff of the aforesaid County of Hereford then and there retorned the Writ aforesaid to him in form aforesaid directed in all things served and executed that is to say That the said Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin had found to him the said Sheriff sureties for to prosecute that Writ that is to say John Doo and Richard Roo And that the said John Hunt was summoned by John Den and Richard'â—en and upon that The aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin declaring against him the said John Hunt upon the Writ aforesaid demanded against him the said John Hunt the Manor Tenements and Rent aforesaid with the Appurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid as their Right and Inheritance and in which the said John had not then Entry but after the Deseisin which Hugh Hunt thereof unjustly and without Judgment did to the aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin within 30. years c. And whereupon they then said That they themselves were seized of the Manor Tenements and Rent aforesaid with the Appurtenances in
their demesn as of Fee and Right and of the Advowson aforesaid as of Fee and Right in the time of Peace in the time of the Lady the Queen that now is taking the profits thereof to the value c. And in which c. And thereof then they brought sute c. And the said John Hunt in his proper person then defended his Right when c. And vouched thereof to warranty the aforesaid William Capel who then present there in the same Court here in his proper person willingly the Manor Tenements and Rent aforesaid with the Appurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid to him did warrant And upon that The said Thomas and Baldwin then demanded against the aforesaid William Tenant by his Warranty the Manor Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances and the Advoson aforesaid in form aforesaid c. And whereupon then said That they themselves were seized of the Manor Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances in their demesn as of Fee and Right And of the Advowson aforesaid as of Fee and Right in time of Peace in the time of the Lady the Queen that now is taking the Profits thereof to the value c. And the aforesaid William Tenant by his Warranty aforesaid then defended his Right when c. And further then vouched to warranty John Howel who then likewise was present here in the said Court in his proper person and willingly the Manor Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Apurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid to him did warrant c. And thereupon The said Thomas and Baldwin then demanded against him the said John Howel Tenant by his warranty the Manor Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid in form aforesaid c. And whereupon they then said That they themselves were seized of the Manor Tenements and Rents aforesaid in their demesn as of Fee and Right And of the Advowson aforesaid as of Fee and Right in the time of Peace in the time of the said Lady the Queen that now is taking the Profits therof to the value c. in wch c. And thereof then brought therâ— sute c. And the aforesaid John Howell Tenant by his Warranty defended then his Right when c. And then said That the aforesaid Hugh did not disseise the aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin of the Manor Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances and of the Advowson aforesaid as the said Thomas and Baldwin by their Writ and Declaration above then supposed and of that then put themselves upon the Country and the aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and John Barldwin then demanded licence thereof to in parl and had it and aferwards the said Thomas and Baldwin came back here into the same Court here the same Term in their proper persons and the aforesaid John Howel although he was solemnly called did not then come back but in contempt of the Court departed and made default By which Then it was granted in the same Court here That the aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin recover their seisin against him the said John Hunt of the Manor Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid And that the said John should have of the Lands of the said William Capel to the value c. And that the said William further should have of the Lands of the said John Howel to the value c. And that the said John then should be in mercy c. By virtue of which Recovery The aforesaid Thomas Spenceley and Baldwin into the Manor and Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances entred and was thereof seized in their demesn as of Fee Which Recovery and the Execution thereof in form aforesaid sued forth and had was to the use of the said John Hunt and his Heirs for ever By which and by force of the Statute aforesaid the said John Hunt was seized of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances in his demesn as of Fee And so thereof being seized before the time of the taking c. put his Cattel aforesaid into the aforesaid 300. Acres of Land the grass then there growing to eat and the Cattel aforesaid were in the said 300. Acres of Land the grass in them then growing eating until the aforesaid Thomas Gateley the aforesaid 22th day of November in the yeer of the said Lady the Queen that now is at Hew Capel aforesaid in the aforesaid place called Stockins took the said Cattel of him the said John and them unjuly detained against Gages and Pledges until c. as the said John against him above complaineth And this he is ready to aver Wherefore in as much as the aforesaid Thomas Gately the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. above acknowlegeth The said John demands Judgement and his damages for the occasion of the taking and unjustly detaining of the said Cattel to him to be adjudged And the aforesaid Thomas Gateley saith That the aforesaid Plea of the said John Hunt in bar of the Avowry aforesaid pleaded iâ— insufficient in Law to bar him the said Thomas as Bayliff of the aforesaid Anthony from the just avowage of the taking of the Cattel a-aforesaid in the place in which c And that he to that Plea in form aforesaid pleaded needeth not nor is bound by the Law to Answer And this he is ready to aver wherefore for want of a sufficient Plea in this behalf The said Thomas demands Judgement and a return of the Cattel aforesaid together with his damages to be adjudged unto him c. And the aforesaid John Hunt in as much as he sufficient matter in Law to the aforesaid Thomas as Bayliff of the same Anthony from the just acknowleging of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the place aforesaid in which c. to be barred above confesseth which he is ready to aver which matter the aforesaid Thomas doth not deny nor to the same any wayes Answereth but altogether refuseth to admit the same Averment As at first demandeth Judgement and his damages by the occasion of the taking and unjustly detaining of the Cattel aforesaid to be to him adjudged And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof day is given to the parties aforesaid here until the Morrow of Holy Trinity to hear their Judgement thereof because that the said Justices here thereof are not yet c. At which day here come aswel the aforesaid John Hunt as the aforesaid Thomas Gateley by their Attornies aforesaid And because the Justices here will further avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof day is given to the parties aforesaid here until in 8. dayes of Saint Michael to hear their Judgement thereof because the said Justices here thereof are not yet c. At which day here cometh aswel the aforesaid John Hunt as the aforesaid
and for his costs and charges to 2. pence And if upon the whole matter aforesaid by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid found it shall seem to the Justices and Court here That the aforesaid 4. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in which c. the aforesaid time in which c. were the Soil and Freehold of the aforesaid John Kent the Son as the said John Smith above allegeth Then they assess the damages of him the said John Smith by the occasion aforesaid above his costs and charges by him about his sute in this behalf expended to 12. pence and for his costs and charges to 2. pence And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof day is given to the parties here in the Morrow of the Holy Trinity to hear their Judgement thereof because the same Justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here cometh as well the aforesaid William as the aforesaid John by their Attornies aforesaid And because the justices here will further avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their judgement thereof day farther is given to the parties here until in 8. dayes of St. Michael to hear their judgment of them because the same justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here cometh aswel the aforesaid William as the aforesaid John by their Attornies aforesaid And because the justices here will further avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their judgement thereof day is given to the parties here in 8. dayes of Saint Hillary to hear their judgement thereof because the same justices here thereof not yet c. At which day cometh aswel the aforesaid William as the aforesaid John by their Attornies aforesaid And because the justices here will further avise themselves of and upon the premises day further is given to the parties aforesaid here until from Easter-day in 15. dayes to hear their judgement thereof because the same justices here thereof not yet c. At which day cometh aswel the aforesaid William as the aforesaid John by their Attornies aforesaid And because the justices here will further avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their judgement thereof day further is given to the parties aforesaid here until the Morrow of the Holy Trinity to hear their judgement thereof because the same justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here cometh aswel the aforesaid William as the aforesaid John by their Attornies aforesaid And upon this The premises being seen and by the justices here fully understood It is granted that the said William take nothing by his Writ aforesaid but be in mercy for his false clamour and the aforesaid John thereof go without day c. And that he have retorn of his Cattel aforesaid to hold for ever irreplegiable c. how c. And that the Sheriff make it appear here in 8. dayes of Saint Michael c. It is also granted That the aforesaid John recover against the said William his damages to 14. pence by the jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid assessed as also 18. pound 8. shillings and 10. pence to him the said John at his request for his costs and charges aforesaid by the Court here of Encrease adjudged which damages amount in the whole to 19. pound c. Replevin Trinity Term Anno 380. Eliz. Rot. 183. in the Common-Pleas C. 1. part Bredons Case Fo. 67. Suss WIlliam Bredon and John Bredon were summoned to answer to Agnes Gardiner Widow of a Plea Wherefore they took the Cattel of the said Agnes and them unjustly detained against Gages and Pledges c. And whereupon the said Agnes by Thomas Waller her Attorny complaineth That the aforesaid William and John the 18th day of May in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 37th at Stow-market in a certain Place called the Parkwood parcel of the Manor of Columbine hall took Cattel that is to say 15. Cowes Milch and 5. Calves of the said Agnes and them unjustly detained against Gages and Pledges until c. Whereupon she saith that she is the worse and hath damage to the value of 10. pound And thereof bringeth sute c. And the said William and John by Richard Walker their Attorny come defend the force and injury when c. And as Bayliffs of Martha Cary Widow do acknowledge the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the place in which c. And justly c. Because they say That the same place in which it is supposed the taking above to have been made doth contain and at the time of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid did contain in it self 8. Acâ—es of Lands with the appurtenances in Stow-market aforesaid and that long before the aforesaid time in which c. One John Gardiner Gent. was seized of and in the Manor of Collumbine hall otherwise Thorney Collumbers with the appurtenances in the County aforesaid whereof the aforesaid 8. Acres of Land with the appurtenances in which c. are and the aforesaid time in which c. And also from the time whereof the Memory of Man is not to the contrary were parcel in his demesn as of Fee and he being thereof so seized A Fine was levied in the Court of the Lady the Queen that now is of the Bench here that is to say at Westminster in 8. dayes of Saint Michael in the yeer of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 29th before Edmond Anderson Francis Windham William Periam and Francis Rodes then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench here and other the said Queens faithful people here then present Between Edmond Cary Knight and Robert Cary Esquire Plaintiffs and VVilliam Cary Esquire the aforesaid John Gardiner and the said Agnes now Plaintiff then the Wife of the said John and George Totty Gentleman and Elizabeth his Wife by the names of VVilliam Cary Esquire Iohn Gardiner Gentleman and Agnes his Wife George Totty Gentleman and Elizabeth his Wife Deforceants of the Manor aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. And of 10. Messuages 10. Cortages 10 Barns one Dove-house 20. Cartilages 20. Gardens 10. Orchards 300. Acres of Land 60. Acres of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture 30. Acres of Wood 60. Acres of Furz and Heath the Rent of 1. pound of Wax and 4. Capons 30. shillings of Rent with the appurtenances in Stow market Newton Gipping and One House As also of the view of Frank Pledge in Stow-market Newton Gipping and One House By the names of the Manors of Collumbine hall otherwise Thorney Collumâ—bers with the appurtenances and of 10. Messuages 10. Cottages 10. Barns one Dove house 20. Curtilages 20. Gardens 10. Orchards 300. Acres of Land 60. Acres of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture 30. Acres of Wood 60. Acres of Furz and Heath 30. shillings of Rent of the
keep until of the aforesaid Annuity or yeerly Rent of 40. pound with the Arrerages thereof if any were they should be satisfied and paid as by the Record of the said Fine in the Court of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench aforesaid here remaining amongst other things more fully appeareth And the aforesaid VVilliam Cary afterwards that is to say the 4th day of March in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 35th at Stow market aforesaid dyed After whose death By virtue of the Fine a-aforesaid last recited The aforesaid Martha was and yet is seized of the aforesaid Annuity or yeerly Rent of 40. pound in heâ— demesn as of Freehold for the Term of her life if the said Iohn Gardiner and Agnes his Wife or either of them should so long live And because 40. pound of the aforesaid yeerly Rent to the said Martha at and after the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 35th as also the aforesaid time in which c. were behind not payd The said VVilliam Brâ—don and Iohn Bredon as Bayliffs of the said Martha acknowledged the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. And justly c. for the said 40. pound of the Annual Rent aforesaid to the said Martha so being behind as in the Lands to the distresse of the said Martha of the Rent aforesaid in form aforesaid charged and bound c. With this that the said Iohn Bredon and VVilliam will aver That the aforesaid Martha is yet living and is in full life that is to say at Littlewrating in the aforesaid County of Suffolk c. with this also That the said William Bredon and John Bredon will aver That the aforesaid Agnes now Plaintiff and the aforesaid Agnes one of the Deforceants in the aforesaid several Fines named are one and the same person and not others or diverse c. And the aforesaid Agnes as to 20. pound of the yeerly Rent aforesaid at the Feast of the Annuntiation of the blessed Mary the Virgin in the 35th yeer abovesaid payable saith That she cannot deny but that the said 20. pound at the said Feast were behind to the aforesaid Martha not paid as the aforesaid William Bredon and John by their Conusance aforesaid supposed And as to the aforesaid other 20. pound of the aforesaid 40. pound Residue which the aforesaid William and John by this Conusance aforesaid suppose to have been behind not paid to the aforesaid Martha at the aforesaid Feast of Saint Michael in the 35th yeer abovesaid It is said That the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon by reason of the aforesaid taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. For the same 20. pound ought not acknowledge it to be just for it is said That well and true it is That the said John Gardiner was seized of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in his demesn as of Fee And the said John so thereof being seized The said Fine in the Conusance of the said William Bredon and John Bredon above first mentioned was levied in the aforesaid Court of the Queen here in the aforesaid 8. dayes of Saint Michael in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 29th above written before the aforesaid then Justices and other the Lady the Queens faithful people then there present Between the aforesaid Edmond Cary Knight and Robert Cary Esquire Plaintiffs And the aforesaid VVilliam Cary Esquire and John Gardiner and the said Agnes now Plaintiff then Wife of the aforesaid John Gardiner And the aforesaid George Totty and Elizabeth his Wife Deforceants of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. And of the aforesaid Tenements and Appurtenances in the Conusance aforesaid above mentioned and that the said Fine in form aforesaid levied was had and levied to the use of the aforesaid John Gardiner and of her the said Agnes for the Term of their lives and the longer liver oâ— them And after the decease of the aforesaid John and Agnes To the use of the aforesaid VVilliam Cary and the Heirs his body lawfully begotten And for default of such issue To the use of the aforesaid Robert Cary Knight and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such issue To the use of the aforesaid Henry Cary Knight Lord of Hunsdon and his Heirs for ever By virtue of which Fine and by force of the aforesaid Act of transferring uses into possession holden made The aforesaid John and the said Agnes were seized of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in demesn as of Freehold for the Term of the lives of them the said John and Agnes and the longer liver of them the Remainder thereof after the death of them the said John and Agnes to the aforesaid VVilliam Cary and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten the Remainder thereof for default of such issue to the aforesaid Robert Cary and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten the Remainder thereof for default of such issue to the aforesaid Henry Cary Knight Lord of Hunsdon and his Heirs for ever as the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon by his Conusance aforesaid above supposeth But the said Agnes further saith That the aforesaid Iohn Gardiner and Agnes so of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. for the Term of the lives of them the said Iohn and Agnes and the longer liver of them in form aforesaid being seized the Remander thereof after the death of the aforesaid Iohn and Agnes to the aforesaid William Cary and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten the Remainder thereof for default of such issue to the aforesaid Robert Cary and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten the Remainder thereof for default of such issue to the aforesaid Henry â—ary Knight Lord of Hunsdon and his Heirs expectant before the levying of the aforesaid second Fine in the Conusance of the said William Bredon and John Bredon above mentioned Another Fine was levied in the same Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is of the Bench here that is to say at Westminster aforesaid from the day of Easter in 15. dayes in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 31th before the aforesaid Edmond Anderson Francis Windham and William Periam then Justices of the Lady the Queen of the Bench here and other of the Queens faithful people then and there present Between David Bulward and Robert Ham by the names of David Bulward and Robert Ham Plaintiffs And the aforesaid William Cary by the name of William Cary Esquire Deforceants of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. And of 20. Messuages one Dove-house 20. Gardens 300. Acres of Land 100. Acres of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture
Henry Cary Knight Lord of Hunsdon and his Heis for ever And that the aforesaid John Gardiner and Agnes so of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. for the Term of the said John and Agnes and the longer liver of them in form aforesaid being seized the Remainder thereof after the death of them the said John and Agnes to the aforesaid William Cary and the Heirs oâ— his Body lawfully begotten the Remainder thereof for default of such issue to the aforesaid Robert Cary and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten the Remainder thereof for default of such issue to the aforesaid Heny Cary Knight Lord of Hunsdon and his Heirs expectant Before the levying of the aforesaid Fine in the Conusance of the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon above second mentioned The aforesaid other Fine in the aforesaid Plea of her the said Agnes above specified was levied in the aforesaid Court of the Queen here from the aforesaid day of Easter in 15. dayes in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 31th before the aforesaid then Justices and other the faithful people of the Lady the Queen then there present Between the aforesaid David Bulward and Robert Ham Plaintiffs and the aforesaid William Cary Deforceant of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. And of the aforesaid 20. Messuages One Dove house 20. Gardens 300. Acres of Land 100. Acres of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture 30. Acres of Wood 1. pound 6. shillings 4. pence Rent and the Rent of 4. Capons and 1. pound of Wax with the Appurtenances in Stow-market Newton Gipping and One house Which Fine in form aforesaid levied and had was had and levied to the use of the aforesaid David and Robert Ham and to their Heirs for ever to the intent in the Plea of the aforesaid Agnes above mentioned the aforesaid John Gardiner and Agnes of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. for the Term of the lives of them the said John Gardiner and Agnes and the longer liver of them so as before is said being seized the Remainder thereof to the aforesaid David and Robert Ham and their Heirs expectant the aforesaid Recovery in the aforesaid Plea of the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon above mentioned in form aforesaid was had And the aforesaid Agnes further in Facto saith That the aforesaid John Gardiner and Agnes from the time of the levying of the Fine in the Conusance of the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon second mentioned in form aforesaid was levied Without that that the aforesaid David and Robert Ham the aforesaid day of bringing of the Writ of the Lady the Queen of Entry Sur Disseisin in the Post in the aforesaid Plea of the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon above mentioned or ever afterwards were ever Tenants of the Freehold of the Manor Tenements and Rents with the Appurtenances in the Recovery aforesaid above mentioned as the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon above have alleged And this she is ready to aver Wherefore she demandeth Judgement and his Damages by occasion of the taking and unjust detaining of the Cattel aforesaid to her to be adjudged And the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon say That the aforesaid Plea of the aforesaid Agnes to the Conusance of them the said William and John as to the aforesaid 20. pound residue of the 40. pound at the aforesaid Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in the yeer 35th abovesaid payable above by Rejoynder pleaded is insufficient in Law to bar her the said Agnes from having her Action aforesaid of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which against them the said William and John or to bar the said William and John from the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. And that they to that Plea in manner and form aforesaid pleaded need not nor by the Law of the Land are bound to Answer for that that is to say That the aforesaid Induction of the Plea of the said Agnes to the Traverse aforesaid in her Plea aforesaid to the Conusance of them the said William and Iohn above rejoyning pleaded is not sufficient in Law to induce that Traverse And that the Traverse of the aforesaid Tenances of the David and Robert Ham the day of the bringing of the aforesaid Writ of Entry upon Disseisin in the Post of the aforesaid Manor Tenements Rents with the Appurtenances in the same Plea pleaded is not material in Law And this they are ready to aver wherefore for want of sufficient Plea of the said Agnes in this behalf the said William and John as at first demand Judgement and the retorn of the Cattel aforesaid together with damages c. to be to them adjudged And the aforesaid Agnes for as much as she hath alleged sufficient matter in Law and the aforesaid William Bredon and John Bredon from their Conusance aforesaid as to the aforesaid 20. pound of the aforesaid 40. p. residue at the aforesaid Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel payable to have to bar and the said Agnes to have her Action aforesaid against the said William and John above hath alleged which she is ready to aver which matter the aforesaid William and John do not deny nor to the same do any wayes Answer but the the same Averment utterly refuse to admit as before demandeth Judgement and her damages by occasion of the taking and unjustly detaining of the Cattel aforesaid to her to be adjudged And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof day is given to the parties aforesaid here until in 8. dayes from Saint Michael to hear their Judgement thereof because the same Justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here cometh aswelthe aforesaid Agnes as the aforesaid Wil. Bredon J. Bredon by their Atornies aforesaid And because the Justices here will further avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof day further is given to the parties aforesaid here until in 8. dayes of Saint Hillary to hear their Judgement thereof because the same Justices here thereof not yet c. At which day here cometh aswel the aforesaid Agnes as the aforesaid Wil. Bredon and John Bredon by their Attornies aforesaid And upon this The premises seen and by the Justices here fully understood It seemeth to the said Justices here That the aforesaid Plea of the aforesaid Agnes to the Conusance of the aforesaid William and John as to the aforesaid 20. pound residue of the aforesaid 40. pound at the aforesaid Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in the yeer 35th abovesaid payable by Rejoynder pretended is not sufficient in Law for the said Agnes to have her Action aforesaid of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid against the said William and John or to
â—remling 10. shillings of good and lawful Mony of England in the Condition of the Feoffment aforesaid above mentioned in full satisfaction and performance of the Condition aforesaid By which The said Thomas Mayow afterwards and before the aforesaid time of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid into the aforesaid 8. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in which c. amongst other entred and was thereof seized that is to say in his demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seized The said Thomas Mayow before the time in which c. that is to say the 3d. day May in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 24th abovesaid at Sutton Atthone aforesaid by his Writing sealed with his Seal and to the Court of the said Lady the Queen now here brought bearing date the same day and yeer enfeoffed one Thomas Waller amongst other of the aforesaid 8. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in which c. by the name of Abrahams Land containing by Estimation 9. Acres more or less lying in Sutton Atthone aforesaid To have and to hold the same Close called Abrahams Land with the Appurtenances amongst other to the aforesaid Thomas Waller his Heirs and Assignes To the only proper use and behoof of the said Thomas Waller his Heirs and Assignes for ever as by the said Writing amongst other things more fully appeareth By virtue of which â— coffment the said Thomas Waller of the aforesaid Close with the Appurtenances in which c. was seized in his demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seized The aforesaid Dionise Mayow afterwards and before the aforesaid time of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid that is to say the 20th day of March in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is 29th at Sutton Atthone aforesaid dyed as the aforesaid George Mason and Francis Easterley above in pleading have alleged After whose death and before the aforesaid time of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid that is to say the 29th day of September in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 32th The a-aforesaid Thomas Waller at Sutton Atthone aforesaid demised and to farm set to the aforesaid John Kettel the aforesaid Close with the Appurtenances in which c. amongst other To have and to hold to the aforesaid John Kettell and his Assignes from the aforesaid 29th day of September in the 32th yeer abovesaid unto the end and Term of one whole yeer then next following and fully compleat and ended By virtue of which demise the aforesaid John Kettell afterwards and before the aforesaid time in which c. that is to say the 30th day of September in the 32th yeer aforesaid in the Close aforesaid in which c. entred and was thereof possessed And so thereof being possessed The same John Kettell afterwards and before the aforesaid time in which c. that is to say the 17th day of June in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 33th put his Cattel aforesaid into the aforesaid Close to eat the grass there as it was lawful for him to do which Cattel were in the aforesaid Close c. there the grass there late growing eating until the aforesaid George Mason and Francis Easterley the aforesaid Cattel the aforesaid time in which c. unjustly took and deteined in manner and form as the aforesaid John Kettell above against them complaineth And this he is ready to aver Wherefore in as much as the said George and Francis the taking of the Cattel aforesaid above acknowledgeth The said John Kettel demands Judgement and his damages aforesaid for the occasion of the taking and unjust deteining of the said Cattel to be adjudged to him c. And the aforesaid George Mason and Fracis Easterlâ—y say that well and true it is that before the aforesaid time of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid above supposed to be done and before the grant of the aforesaid Annuity of 20. pound and before the said Dionise had any thing in the aforesaid 8. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in which c. The aforesaid Thomas Mayow in the Bar aforesaid to the Conusance aforesaid named was seized of the aforesaid 8. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in his demesn as of Fee And so thereof being seized That the said Thomas the aforesaid 15. day of January in the 19th yeer aforesaid of the said 8. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances enfeoffed the aforesaid Thomas Scot and John Fremling in the Bar named To have to them and their Assignes for ever To the use of the said Dionise his Heirs and Assignes for ever upon the Conditions aforesaid in the Bar above in this part specified And that by virtue of the same Feoffment and by force of the aforesaid Statute the said Dionise was seised of the aforesaid 8. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in which c. amongst other in his demesn as of Fee in manner and form as the aforesaid John Kettel in the Bar aforesaid to the Conusance aforesaid above in pleading alleged And the said George and Francis now Defendants further say That the aforesaid Dionise before the aforesaid time of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid above supposed to be done that is to say the aforesaid 30th day of May in the 9th yeer aforesaid by his Writing aforesaid gave and granted to the aforesaid Ann the aforesaid Annuity or yeerly Rent of 20. pound to be issuing out of the aforesaid place in which c. Amongst other in manner and form as the aforesaid John Kettell in his Bar aforesaid to the Conusance aforesaid above in pleading hath alleged To have and to hold the Annuity or yeerly Rent aforesaid of 20. pound to the aforesaid Ann and her Assignes for the Term of the natural life of the said Ann at the Feasts aforesaid above in this behalf specified by equal portions yeerly to be perceived with the aforesaid clause of distresse in that Writing contained in the Conusance above in this behalf specified And the said George and Francis Fasterly also in Facto say That the aforesaid Thomas Mayow the aforesaid Grant of the Rent aforesaid and the Estate of the said Ann in the said Rent then and there that is to say the aforesaid 30th day of May in the 19th yeer abovesaid at Sutton Atthone aforesaid by the name of Thomas Mayow of Sutton Atthone in the County of Kent Gentleman by his Writing sealed with the Seal of him the said Thomas and to the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is here brought bearing date the same day and yeer to the aforesaid Ann by the name of Ann Maxey of Chigwel in the County of Essex ratified and confirmed as by the said Writing amongst other things more fully appeareth By colour of which the said Ann was of the Annuity or yeerly Rent aforesaid seized
defendeth the force and injury when c. And doth well avow the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. And justly c. Because he saith That the said place in which it is supposed the taking of the Cattel aforesaid to be done contained in it self One Acre and half of Land with the Appurtenances in Ipping aforesaid And that long before the aforesaid time in which c. One John Bettisworth was seized of and in One Messuage and a Garden 12. Acres of Land and one Acre of Wood with the Appurtenances in Ipping aforesaid whereoâ— the aforesaid place in which c. is and the aforesaid time in which c. from the time whereof the Memory of Men is not to the contrary was parcel in his demesn as of Fee And so thereof being seized the said John long before the aforesaid time in which c. that is to say the 20th day of March in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 11th at Ipping aforesaid by his Indenture made between the aforesaid John Bettisworth of the one part and the aforesaid John Hayward by the name of John Hayward of the same Parish and County Husbandman of the other part demised granted and to farm let to the aforesaid John Hayward the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. To have and to hold the sâ—id Tenements with the Appurtenances to the said John Hayward and his Assignes from the Feast of the Annuntiation of the blessed Mary the Virgin then next following until the end and Term of 21. years from thence next following and fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and paying therefore yeerly during the sayd Term to the aforesaid Iohn Bettisworth and his Assignes 12. pence at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel or within 10. dayes next after the said Feast By virtue of which Demise the said John Hayward in the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed the Reversion thereof to the said John Bettisworth and his Heirs expectant And the said John Hayward so of the Tenements aforesaid with the Apputtenances whereof c. being possessed and the aforesaid John Bettisworth of the Reversion thereof and of the Rent aforesaid being seized in his demesn as of Fee The said Iohn Bettisworth before the time in which c. that is to say the 3d. day of January in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 19th At Ipping aforesaid dyed of such his Estate of the Reversion and Rent aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. seized without issue of his Body begotten After whose death the said Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. descended to the said Thomas Bettisworth as Brother and Heir of the said John Bettisworth By which the said Thmas was seized of the aforesaid Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. and of the Rent aforesaid in his Demesn as of Fee And because 12. pence of the Rent aforesaid for one whole yeer after the death of the aforesaid John Bettisworth ended at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 19th to the said Thomas the aforesaid time in which c. was behind and not paid the said Thomas doth well avow the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. as in parcel of the Tenements aforesaid with their Appurtenances to the aforesaid John Hayward in form aforesaid demised and justly c. for the said 12. pence of the Rent aforesaid to him the said Thomas so being behinde c. And the aforesaid John Hayward saith That the aforesaid Thomas for the reason before alleged ought not avow the taking of the cattel aforesaid in the place aforesaid in which c. to be just because he saith That well and true it is That the aforesaid John Bettisworth was seized of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in his demesn as of Fee And so thereof being seized demised to the said John Hayward the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. To have and to hold to the said John Hayward for the aforesaid Term of the aforesaid 21. yeers as the aforesaid Thomas above alleged But the said John Hayward saith That the aforesaid John Bettisworth of the Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in his demesn as of Fee in form aforesaid being seized before the aforâ—said time in which c. into the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. upon the possession of him the said John Hayward thereof entred and him the said John from his possession did expel and amove And immediatly after of the said Tenements with the Appurtenances whereof c. enfeoffed one William Bettisworth To have and to hold the said Tenements with the Appurtenances whereof c. to the said William and his Hers and Assignes for ever By virtue of which Peoffment the aforesaid William was seized of the same Tenements with the Appurtenances whereof c. in his demesn as of Fee upon the which possession of the said William Bettisworth thereof the said John Hayward afterwards and before the aforesaid time in which c. claiming his Term aforesaid of and in the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. into the said Tenements with the Appurtenances whereof c re-entred and was thereof possessed and so thereof being possessed The said John Hayward before the aforesaid time in which c. put the Cattel aforesaid into the aforesaid place in which c. to eat the grasse in the same then growing Which Cattel were in the said place in which c. eating the grasse in the same then growing until the aforesaid Thomas the Day and Yeer in the Declaration aforesaid above specified At Ipping aforesaid in the aforesaid place called Raynolds took the Cattel of him the said John Hayward and them unjustly deteined against Gages and Pledges until c. as he above against him complaineth Without that that the aforesaid John Bettisworth dyed of the Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. and of the Rent aforesaid seized as the aforesaid Thomas above hath alleged And this he is ready to aver wherefore in as much as the aforesaid Thomas the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. above acknowledgeth The said John Hayward demandeth Judgement and his damages by the occasion of the taking and unjust deteining of the said Cattel to be adjudged unto him c. And the aforesaid Thomas as at first saith That the aforesaid J. Bettisworth dyed of the Reversion of the TenemeÌ„ts aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. and of the Rent aforesaid seized as he above alleged and of this puts himself upon
the Country and the said Iohn Hayward likewise Therefore it is commanded to the Sheriff that he cause to come here from the day of Easter in 5. weeks 12. c. by whom c. And who neither c. To Recognize c. Because as wel c. At which day here came the Parties c. And the Sheriff sent not the Writ Therefore as before It is cmmanded to the Sheriff that he cause to come here 12. c. in the Morrow of the Holy Trinity To recognize c. At which day here cometh the parties And the Sheriff sent not the Writ Therefore it is commanded the Sheriff as at first That he cause to be here the morrow of Saint Martin 12. c. to Recognize in the form aforesaid At which dayes come the Parties and the Sheriff sent not the Writ Therefore as at first it is commanded the Sheriff that he cause to come here 12. c. 8. dayes of St. Hillary c. To Recognise c. in the form aforesaid c. At which day the Parties come c. and the Sheriff sent not the Writ c. Therefore as at first it is commanâ—ed to the Sheriff that he cause to come here from Faster day 15. dayes 12. c. to Recognize in form aforesaid c. at which day here come the Parties c. and the Sheriff sent not the Writ c. Therefore as at first it is commanded the Sheriff that he cause to come here in the morrow of the holy Trinity 12. c. to Recognize in form aforesaid c. At wch day the parties come here c. and the Sheriff sent not the Writ c. Therefore as at first it is commanded to the Sheriff that he cause to come here in the morrow of Saint Martin 12. c. to Recognize in form aforesaid c. At which day the Parties come here c. and the Sheriff sent not the Writ Therefore it is commanded the Sheriff that he cause to come in 8. days of Saint Hillary 12. c. to Recognize in form aforesaid At which day the Parties come and the Sheriff sent not the Writ And so several Venire Facias were award to the Sheriff from Term to Term to return Jurors at a day every of the said Term as at first and the parties come at the said dayes and the Sheriff sent not the Writ as in the Rolls upon Record appeareth And Process was continued between the Parties aforesaid of the Plea aforesaid by Jurors put in respite untill this day that is to say in days of St. Michael in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 31. Unless the Justices of the Lady the Queen to Assizes in the County aforesaid to be taken assigned by the form of the Statute c. upon Wednesday the 27th of Iune at East Greinstead in the County aforesaid first should come And now at this day as wel the aforesaid John Heyward as the aforesaid Thomas Bettisworth come by their Attorneys aforesaid And the aforesaid Justices of Assizes before whom c. sent here their Record in these words Afterwards the day and place within contained before Robert Clarke one of the Barons of the Lady the Queen of her Exchequer and Iohn Puckering one of the Serjeants at Law of the Queen Justices of the said Lady the Queen to take Assizes in the County of Sussex Assigned by the form of the Statute c. come as well the within named Iohn Hayward by William Siday his Attorney as the within written Thomas Bettisworth by John Lyons his Attorney And the Jurors of the Jury whereof within mention is made being called some of them that is to say Edward Pickham William Ayles Thomas â—etley William â—revet Edmond Gray Iohn Lock Iohn Capron and John Andrew appeared and was sworn Jurors in the said Jury And because the rest of that Jury did not appear others of the standers by chosen by the Sheriff at the request of the aforesaid Thomas Bettisworth And by the command of the Justices aforesaid were new put to them whose nâ—mes to the Pannel within written are filled according to the form of the Statute in such case of late made and provided The names of which Jurors so put to that is to say John Pitte Thomas Bayley William Leefe and Thomas Aglewyn come and to say the truth of the matter within contained together with the Juros first impannelled and sworn chosen tryed and sworn say upon their Oath That one John Bettisworth was seized in his Demesn as of Fee of and in the within written Messuage and Garden witht the Appurtenances in Iping within written whereof the within written place in which c. and at the within written time in which as also time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary was parcel And further the Jurors say upon their Oaths aforesaid that the aforesaid place in which c. doth contain and the aforesaid time in which c. did contain in it â—elf one Acre and half an Acre of Land and called by the name of Rainolds and is and the aforesaid time in which c. as also time whereof the memory of men is not to the contrary was a several Close by it self separately inclosed and further the Iurors say upon their Oath That the aforesaid John Bettisworth so thereof as before is said being seized Afterwards that is to say the 20th day of March in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 11th at Iping afoâ—esaid By his Indenture within written made between the aforesaid John Bettisworth of the one part and the aforesaid John Hayward of the other part demised granted and to farm let to the aforesaid John Hayward the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. To have and to hold the said Tenements with the Appurtenances whereof c. to the aforesaid John Hayward and his Assigns from the Feast of the blessed Mary the Virgin then next following unto the end and term of 21. years then next following fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and paying therefore yearly to the aforesaid John Bettisworth and his Assigns 12. d. At the Feast of St. Michâ—el the Archangel or within 10. days next after the said Feast By vertue of which Demise the said John Hayward into the Tenents aforesaid with the Apurtenances whereof c. entred and was thereof possessed the reversiâ—n thereof to the aforesaid John Bittesworth and his Heirs expectant And he the said John Heyward of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. being possessed and the aforesaid John Bettisworth of the Reversion thereof and of the Rent aforesaid being seisâ—d in Demesn as of Fee The said Iohn Bettisworth into the aforesaid Close in which c. called Rainolds in the possâ—ssion of the said Iohn Heyward entred and there immediatly after sealed and delivered as his Deed a certain Deed containing a Feoffment
his Writ aforesaid but be in mercy for his false clamour c. And the aforesaid Thomas go thereof without day c. And that he have retorn of the Cattel aforesaid to be kept by him irreplegible for ever And how c. The Sheriff make it here appear in 8. dayes of Saint Michael c. It is also granted That the aforesaid Thomas recover against the said Iohn his damages aforesaid by the Jurors in form aforesaid assessed as also 11. pound and 9. shillings and 6. pence to the said Thomas at his request for his costs and charges aforesaid by the Court here of encrease adjudged which damages in the whole do amount to 12. pound REPLEVIN Michaelmass Term Anno 27. and 28. Eliz. Rot 1739. in the COMMON PLEAS Co. 4. part Cornwal Bevils Case fol. 6. a. NIcholas Francis was Attached by the Writ of the Lady the Queen of Second Deliverance to answer to Walter Parker of a Plea wherefore he took the Cattel of him the said Walter and them unjustly detained against Gages and Pleges c. And whereupon the said Walter by Francis Eyrman by his Attorny complaineth That the aforesaid Nicholas the 30th day of October in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Lady the Queen that now is the 15th at Tallan in a certain place called Newton took the Cattel that is to say Two Oxen of him the said Walter and them unjustly deteined against Gages and Pledges until c. whereupon he saith that he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 20. pound And thereof he bringeth Sute c. And the aforesaid Nicholas by William Leigh his Attorny cometh and defendeth the force and injury when c. And as Bayliff of John Bevill Esquire doth well acknowledge the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. And justly c. Because he saith That the same place called Newton in which it is supposed the taking of the Cattel aforesaid to be done doth contain and the time of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid supposed to be done did contain in it self 20. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in Tallon aforesaid and that long before the aforesaid time in which c. One Robert Smith the Elder Esquire was seized of the said 20. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in his demesn as of Fee and held the said 20. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances of the aforesaid John Bevill as of his Manor of Kalâ—gath in the County aforesaid by Knights Service that is to say by Homage Fealty and Escuage to the Lady the Queen when it should happen â—2 shillings And when more more and when lesse lesse and also by the Service of doing Sute at the Court of him the said John at his Manor aforesaid twice by the yeer that is to say once within a Moneth next after the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel and again within a Moneth next after the Feast of Easter every yeer at that Manor holden of which Services the aforesaid John Bevill was seized by the Hands of the aforesaid Robert Smith the Elder as by the Hands of his very Tenant that is to say of the Homage Fealty Escuage and Sute of Court as of his Fee and Right And that afterwards the aforesaid Robert Smith the Elder dyed of the aforesaid 20. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances seized After whose death the aforesaid 20. Acres of Land with their Appurtenances discended to one Robert Smith Son and Heir of the aforesaid Robert Smith By which the said Robert Smith the Son before the time in which c. in the aforesaid 20. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances entred and was thereof seized in his demesn as of Fee And because the Homage of the aforesaid Robert the Son the aforesaid time in which c. to the aforesaid John Bevill behinde not done the said Nicholas as Bayliff of the said John Bevill doth well avow the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. And justly c. for that Homage so undone in the Lands of the said John in form aforesaid holden c. And upon the aforesaid Robert the Son as upon the very Tenant of the aforesaid John Bevill and within his Fee and Lordship And the aforesaid Walter saith That long before the said time of the taking of the Cattel aforesaid done The sâ—id Robert Smith was seized of the aforesaid 20. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in Tallon aforesaid called Newton in his demesn as of Fee And so thereof being seized before the time of the taking aforesaid done thâ—t is to say the 24th day of January in the yeer of the Reign of the said â—â—dy the Queen that now is the 13th at Tallon aforesaid Leased the afore 〈◊〉 20 Acres of Land with the Appurtenances to him the said Walter To have to the said Walter his Assigns from the aforesaid 24th day of January in the yeer afores unto the end of the Term of 5. yeers then next following to be compleat and ended By virtue of which Lease the said Walter into the aforesaid 20. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances entred and was and yet is thereof possessed the Reversion thereof after the Term aforesaid ended to the aforesaid Robert Smith the Son and his Heirs expectant Without which Robert the Son the said Walter cannot answer to the avowry aforesaid of the said Nicholas nor the Plea thereof bring into Judgement And prayes aid of the aforesaid Robert Smith the Son who is present herein Court in his proper person and willingly joynes himself in aid against the aforesaid Nicholas in the Plea aforesaid c. And upon this as well the said Walter as the aforesaid Robert Smith the Son who c. say that the aforesaid Nicholas for the reason before alleged ought not avow the taking of the Cattel aforesaid to have been just For by Protestation that the aforesaid Robert Smith the Son did not hold the aforesaid 20. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances called Newton in Tallon aforesaid of the aforesaid J. Bevill as of his Manor of Keligath by Knights Service that is to say by Homage Fealty and Escuage to the Lady the Queen when it should happen 42. shillings and to more more and less less c. As also by the Service of doing Sute at the Court of the said John Bevill of his Manor aforesaid twice by the yeer that is to say once within one Moneth after the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and again within one Moneth after the Feast of Easter every yeer at that Manor to be holden as the aforesaid Nich. above hath alleged For Plea he saith That the aforesaid John Bevil never was seized of the aforesaid Services as the said Nicholas above hath alleged And this they are ready to aver Wherefore in as much as the said Nicholas above acknowledgeth the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place
the death of every Tenant of the said 3. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. dying thereof seised the best Beast which should be of such Tenant at the time of his death in the name of a Heriot of which services the aforesaid John Talbot was seised by the hands of the aforesaid John Chapman the Father as by the hands of his very Tenant that is to say of the Fealty and sute of Court aforesaid as of Fee and right and of the Heriot aforesaid in his demesn as of Fee And the said John Chapman the Father of the three Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. in his demesn as of Fee in form aforesaid being seised afterwards and before the time in which c. At Albrighton aforesaid of such his Estate dyed thereof so seised And the said John Pendleton further saith That the aforesaid John Chapman the â—â—ther at the time of his death at Albrighton aforesaid was possessâ—d oâ— an Ox of the price of 100 shillings as his proper Ox which Ox was the best Beast of the aforesaid Iohn Capman the Father at the time of his death whereupon sell the Heriot thereof to the aforesaid Iohn and because the Heriot aforesaid after the death of the aforesaid Iohn Chapman the Father thâ— said time in which c. was behind not delivered the said said Iohn Pendleton as Bayliff of the aforesaid Iohn Talbot doth well avow the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. and justly c. for the Heriot aforesaid not delivered as within his Fee and Lordship c. And the said Iohn Chapman now Plaintiff saith That the aforesaid Iohn Pendleton as Bayliff of the aforesaid Iohn Talbot in the cause above before alleged ought not avow the taking oâ— the Cattel aforesaid to be just Because he saith That long beâ—ore the aforesaid time of the taking aforesaid done and before the aforesaid Iohn Chapman the Father had any thing in the said 3. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. One â—ohn â—arny was seised of a Messuage and of half a Yard Land of Meadow and Pasture with the appurtenances conteining by estimation 50. â—cres in Albrighton aforesaid whereof the said 3. Acres of Pasture with their appurtenances in which c. were parcel in his demesn as of Fee and the said Messuage and one half Yard of Land Meadow and Pasture wholy with the appurtenances whereof c. held of the aforesaid Iohn Talbot as of his Manor of Albrighton aforesaid by Fealty and doing sute at the Court of the said Iohn Talbot of his Manor aforesaid from 3. weeks to 3. weeks at that Manor yearly to be holden as also by the service of rendring after the death of every Tenant of the said Messuage and half Yard Land of Meadow and Pasture wholy with the appurtenances whereof c. dying thereof seised the best Beast that was to such Tenant at the time of his death in the name of a Heriot And the said John Barny of the Messuage and half Yard Land of such Meadow and Pasture with the appurtenanceâ— wholly in form aforesaid being seised long before the time of the taking c. that is to say the first day of May in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 32th of the said 3. Acres of â—and parcel of the aforesaid half Yard Land of Land Meadow and Pasture with the appurtenances whereof enfeoffed the aforesaid â—ohn Talbot To have and to hold to the said John Talbot his Heirs and Assigns for ever By vertue of which Feoffment the aforesaid Iohn Talbot was and yet is seised of the aforesaid 3. Acres of Lands parcel c. in his demesn as of Fee and he the said Iohn so being thereof seised and the aforesaid Iohn Barny of the Messuage aforesaid and the rest of the aforesaid half yard-Yard-Land of Meadâ—w and Pasture with the Appurtenances whereof c. in form aforesaid being seised The said Iohn Barny afterwards and before the time of the taking aforesaid done that is to say the first day of May in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 36th of the aforesaid 3. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. Enfeoffed the aforesaid Iohn Câ—apman the Father and his Heirs for ever By virtue of which Feoffment the said Iohn Chapman the Father was seised of the said 3. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. in his demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seised the said Iohn Chapman the Father after and before the time of the taking c. At Albrighton aforesaid of such his Estate of and in the same 3. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. dyed thereof seised after whose death the said 3. Acres of Pasture with their appurtenances in which c. discended to the said Iohn Chapman now Plaintiff as Son and Heir of the said Iohn Chapman the Father By which the said Iohn Chapman now Plaintiff into the 3. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. entred and was and yet is thereof seised in his demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seised The said Iohn Chapman the now Plaintiff before the time of the taking c. put his Cattel into the aforesaid Place in which c. to eat the Grass in the same then growing as it was lawful for him to do which Cattell were in the place aforesaid in which eating the Grass there growing untill the said Iohn Pendleton the aforesaid second day of September in the yeer of the Reign of the Lord the King that now is the 6th abovesaid at Albrighton aforesaid in the afores place called Bromley VVake the Cattel of him the said Io. Chapman aforesaid them unjustly deteined against Gages and Pledges untill c. as he above against him complaineth this he is ready to aver wherefore in as much as the aforesaid Iohn Pendleton the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. to Barr and that he to that Plea in manner and form aforesaid pleaded needeth not nor by the Law of the Land is bound to answer wherefore for want of a sufficient Plea in Barr in this behalf the said Iohn Pendleton demands Judgement and Return of the Cattle aforesaid together with his damages to be adjudged unto him And the aforesaid Iohn Chapman now Plaintiff in as much as he sufficient matter in Law to Bar the aforesaid John Pendleton from justly avowing the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the place in which c. above hath alleged which he is ready to averr which matter the aforesaid John Pendleton doth not deny nor to the same any wayes answereth but refuse to admit the same averment as at first demandeth Judgement and his damages by the occasion of the taking and unjust deteining of the same Cattel to
be to him adjudged c. And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof Day is given to the parties c. REPLEVIN Trinity Term Anno 6 to of King James Rot. 1611. in the COMMON-PLEAS C. 9. part Henry Conneys Case BArtholmew Colpit was summoned to answer to Iohn Crane of a Plea wherefore he took the Cattel of the said John and them deteined against Gages and Pledges and whereupon The said Iohn by Thomas Ganton his Attorney complaineth that the aforesaid Bartholmew the 19th day of October in the yeer of the Reign of the Lord the King that now is the 5th at Fidde St Giles in a certain place there conteining in it two Acres of Pasture the Cattel that is to say 3. Steers of the said Iohn c. them unjustly deteined against Gages Pledges untill c. whereupon he saith he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 20. pound and thereof bringeth sute c. And the aforesaid Bartholmew by William Dany his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and injury c. and as Bayliff to Iohn Welby Esquire doth well acknowledge the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the place in which c. and justly c. Because he saith that the said place in which it is supposed the taking of the Cattel aforesaid to be done doth contein aforesaid time in which it is supposed the aforesaid taking to be done did contein in it self 2. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in Fidde Saint Giles aforesaid lying there in a certain Field called South graftfield neer the Lands foot of Richard Welby Gent. sometimes Richard Delaland on the part of the North and the Kirkland on the part of the West and that one Henry Conny Esquire before the time in which was seised of the aforesaid 2. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in which c. in his demesn as of Fee and held the same of one William Stermin Esquire as of his Manor of Richards with the Appurtenances in Tidde St. Giles aforesaid by Fealty and the Rent of 13d yeerly at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel to be paid as also by the Service of doing Sute at the Court of the said William Stermin of his Manor aforesaid from 3. weeks to 3. weeks upon seasonable warning at the Manor aforesaid to be holden Of which Services the said William Stermin was seised by the hands of the aforesaid Henry Conny as by the hands of his very Tenant that is to say Of the Fealty and Sute of Court aforesaid as of Fee and Right and of the Rent aforesaid in his demesn as of Fee Of which Manor with the Appurtenances the aforesaid William Stermin was seised in his demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seised the aforesaid William Stermin before the time in which c. Of the aforesaid Manor with the Appurtenances the aforesaid John Welby enfeoffed To have and to hold to the said Joh. Welby his Heirs Assigns for ever To which Feoffment by the aforesaid VVilliam Stermin to the aforesaid John VVelby in form aforesaid made the aforesaid Henry Conny afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say the first day of November in the yeer of the Reign of Lord the King that now is the first then of the aforesaid two Acres of Lands with the Appurtenances in form aforesaid being seised at Fidde St. Giles aforesaid attorned By colour of which Feoffment and attorment aforesaid The said John VVelby was and yet is seised of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances in his demesn as of Fee and because 40. shillings and 4 pence of the Rent aforesaid for 4. whole yeers was at the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel in the yeer of the Reign of the Lord the King that now is the 5th and after the Attornment aforesaid in form aforesaid had to the aforesaid John Welby the aforesaid time in which c. behind not paid The said Bartholmew as Bayliff of the aforesa Jo. Welby doth well acknowledge the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which for the aforesaid 4. shillings and 4. pence of the Rent aforesaid so being behind and justly c. as within his Fee and Lordship And the aforesaid John Crane saith That the aforesaid Bartholmew as Bayliff of the said John Welby for the cause above alleged the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which ought not avow to be just Because by Protestation that the aforesaid Henry Conny held not the aforesaid 2. Acres of Land with the Appurtenances of the aforesaid William Stermin as of his Manor of Richards aforesaid by Fealty and the Rent of 13. pence for every yeer at the Feast of Saint Michael to be paid as also by the Service of doing Sute at the Court of the said William Stermin of his Manor aforesaid from 3. Weeks to 3. Weeks upon reasonable warning at that Manor to be holden as the said Bartholmew above hath alleged And for Plea he saith That the aforesaid Henry before the time of the taking aforesaid done at the time of the taking c. was yet is seized of the aforesaid 2. Acres of Pasture with their Appurte in his demesnas of Fee held the same of Martin by Divine Providence then Bishop of â—ly as of his Manor of Fidde St. Giles with the Appurtenances in Fiddy Saint Giles aforesaid by Fealty only for all Services Without that that the aforesaid Henry at Fidde Saint Giles aforesaid to the aforesaid John Welby attorned Tenant in manner and form as the said Bartholmew above hath alleged And this he is ready to aver Wherefore for as much as the aforesaid Bartholmew the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. above acknowledgeth The said John demandeth Judgement and his damages by the occasion of taking of the said Cattel to be to him adjudged c. And the aforesaid Bartholmew as at first saith That the said Henry did attorn Tenant to the aforesaid John Welby in manner and 〈◊〉 as the said Bartholmew above hath alleged And oâ— this puts 〈…〉 lf upâ—â— the Country and the said John likewise Therefore it is commanded to the Sheriff that he cause to come here from the day of the Holy Trinity in 3. Weeks 12. c. By whom c. And who neither c. Because as well c. And afterwards the day and place within conteined before Edward Coke Knight Chief Justice of the Lord the King of the Bench and William Daniel Knight one of the Justices of the Lord the King of the Bench aforesaid Justices of the said Lord the King to Assizes in the County of Cambridge to be taken assigned by the â—orm of the Statute c. this turn associated the presence of the aforesaid William Daniel not expected by virtue of the Writ of the said Lord the
any Estate of the premises aforesaid recited intailed or mentioned to be intailed or any part thereof in use or possession mentioned appointed limited or declared by the same Indenture can ought or could in any manner or manners be undone discontinued barred altered oâ— determined and the said Bargain Sale Exchange Alienation Devisement Conclusion Agreement Promission Communication Concession Obligation Conveiance or Assurance or any other open and effectual matter thing or Act should attempt go about cause procure command or willingly or wittingly should assent practise or suffer to be attempted practise in any Act to put in ure or to go about or to be executed performed or to be prosecuted put in use or in ure by acknowledging of any Note or Notes of or for any Fine or Fines to be levied or acknowledged or by giving of any Warrant or Warrants of Attorny or Attornies for any Recovery or Recoveries or any Voucher or Vouchers to be had or prosecuted or by entring into any Warranty or Warranties whatsoever or by acknowledging of any Warrant for the same or by any Sute or bringing of any Writ or Writs by him them or those or by any of her or their Assent and Agreement or by Assent by appearance or otherwise to any Writ or Writs of the aforesaid recited premises or of any part or parcel thereof or to any thing in the same or any of them or by acknowledging of any Charter or Charters Writing or Writings to be inrolled or by any other Act or Acts thing or things whatsoever in deed or in Law whereupon or by which any Bargain Sale Discontinuance Allienation Exchange or Forfeiture might follow or by which the Estate Use or Possession of the aforesaid recited premises intailed or mentioned to be intailed or any parcel thereof cannot ought or could come accrue remain and descend to be in such manner and form as by the same Indenture it is limited appointed declared and mentioned and according to the true intent and meaning of the aforesaid Indenture That then and immediately from and after any such time and times of such procuring attempting commanding knowing assent practice promise or going about in manner and form as above is said and before such Bargain Sale Discontinuance Alienation Exchange or Forfeiture had made prosecuted executed Committed or done the said Use and Uses Estate and Estates limited and declared in the Indenture aforesaid to him or them who shall so attempt cause procure command or voluntarily or knowingly assent practise or go about any such Act or Acts thing or things to be prosecuted or to be executed or to be performed or done or put in ure or shall go about to be executed or performed or put in ure in form aforesaid declared Whereupon or by which any Bargain Sale Discontinuance Alienation Conveiance Assurance Exchange or Forfeiture should be had done or ensue thereupon contrary to the true intent of the Indenture aforesaid of and in such and so much of the aforesaid recited Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances intailed or mentioned to be intailed or intended by the same Indenture for the which any of the things or matters aforesaid at any time or times should be attempted gone about caused procured commanded assented practised or the premises to be executed performed practised or put in ure or gon about to be executed performed or put in ure contrary to the true intent of the Indenture aforesaid from time to time should cease only as in respect and having regard to such person or persons so attempting procuring causing commanding willingly and wittingly assenting practising permitting or going about any Act or Acts thing or things as above it is said contrary to the effect and true meaning of the Indenture aforesaid in such manner degree and condition as if such person or persons Heir or Heirs so attempting procuring causing commanding willingly and wittingly assenting practising permitting or going about any such Act or Acts thing or things as above is said had naturally been dead and not otherwise And then and in all such cases the immediate uses of every of such parcel of the premises should be immediatly to such person or persons by the true intent and meaning of the Indenture aforesaid If any such person or persons should so procure or procured attempt or attempted cause or caused command or commanded should practise or practised should suffer or sufferd go about or about should assent or assented to or for any such Act or Acts thing or things be or should be naturally dead of such Estate and in such like manner and form and with the Remainder in use over and with such like limitations and conditions as if the said uses had come accrued and been if the same person who so should procure attempt cause command practise suffer go about or assent to or for any such Act or Acts thing or things to be done to or immediatly before the time of such procuring attempting causing commanding practising suffering going about or assenting had been naturally dead and not otherwise as by the same Indenture amongst other things more fully appeareth And the said Arthur further saith That the aforesaid Rowland of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. amongst other things in form aforesaid being seized One Robert Greenhurst the 23th day of January in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 36th by the command procurement consent of the aforesaid Rowl sued forth out of the Court of Chanc. of the same Lady the Queen the said Court of Chancery then being at VVestminster in the County of Middlesex a certain Writ of the said Lady the Queen of Entry Sur Disseisin in the Post against the aforesaid Rowland Corbet â—he Manor of Stokefaston with the Appurtenances whereof c. amongâ—â—â—ther things by the Name of the Manor of Stokefaston with the Appurtenances and 5. Messuages 500. Acres of Land 100. Acres of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Stokefaston to the Sheriff of the aforesaid County of Leicester directed By which Writ the said Lady the Queen that now is coÌ„manded the said then Sheriff of Leicester That he the said Sheriff the aforesaid Rowland that justly and without delay herender the said Robert Greenhurst the aforesaid Manor of Stokefaston with the Appurtenances and the aforesaid 5. Messuages 500. Acres of Land 100. Ares of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Stokefaston which then he claimed to be his Right and Inheritance and in which the said Rowland had not entry But after Disseisin which Hugh Hunt thereof unjustly and without Judgement did to the aforesaid Robert Greenhurst within 30. yeers then last past as the said Robert then said And wherupon he then complained that the aforesaid Rowland did him deforce And if he should not do c. and the aforesaid Robert Greenhurst should secure him the said Sheriff for the prosecuting of his claim
all and singular the said Mannors except before excepted and that the said Writ shall be brought and sued against him the said Edward Shelley of all and singular the said Manors and Premises except before excepted by the name of the Manor of Worminghurst Barhamwick and Fyndon with the Appurtenances and by the name of 30 Messuages 10. Tofts one Water-mill 2. Culver-houses 30. Gardens 400. Acres of Land 60. Acres of Meadow 400. Acres of Pasture 120. Acres of Wood 500. Acres of Firzes and Heath and eight pound 10 s. of Rent with the Appurtenances in Fyndon Worminghurst Barhamwick Patching Estangmering Westangmering Wyginholt Storington Washington Ashington Grensted Ashhurst Stening Wilston Thackham and Shopley and of the Advowson of the Church of Worminghurst and that the said Recovery had of all and singular the premises shall be suffered and had to the uses profits behoofs and intents hereafter specified and declared and to note other use or intent That is to say Of the said Mannor of Fyndon with the Appurtenances except the Park of Fyndon and except also all those Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Fyndon aforesaid called or known by the name ef the Park of Fyndon the said Recovery thereof shall stand and be to the only use profit and behoof of him the said Edward Shelly and of the Heirs males of his body lawfully to be begotten and for lack of such issue to the use profit and behoof of the heirs Males of the body of John Shelley Esquire sometimes of Michael Grove deceased Father of the said Edward and of the heirs Males of the body of the said heirs Males lawfully begotten and for lack of such Issue to the use and behoof of the right Heirs of the said Edward Shelley for ever And of the said Manors of Worminghurst and Barhamwick with the Appurtenances and of the said Park of Fyndon and of all the said Lands Tenements and Hereditaments called or known by the name of the Park of Fyndon and of all and singular other the premises with the Appurtenances comprised or to be comprised in the said Writ of Entry and in the said recovery it is granted condescended and agreed between the said parties and the said Edward Shelley covenanteth granteth That the said Recovery thereof shall be suffered and had to the only use profit and behoof of them the said Edward Shelley and his Assigns for and during the term of the life natural of the said Edward Shelley without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and after the decease of the said Edward Shelley then to the only use profit and behoof of John Carrel and John Apsley of Thackham Esquires and Edward Darkenold of Slynford in the said County of Sussex Yeoman and of their Executors and Assigns for and during the term of 24. years next ensuing after the decease of the said Edward Shelley and after the 24. years ended then to the only use profit and behoof of the Heirs Males of the body of the said Edward Shelley lawfully begotten and for lack of such issue then to the use profit and behoof of the Heirs Males of the body of the said John Shelley sometimes of Michael Grove Esquire deceased father unto the said Edward Shelley and to the Heirs Males of the body of the said Heirs Males last before rehearsed lawfully begotten and for lack of such issue to the use profit and behoof of the right heirs of the said Edward Shelley for ever And the said Edward Shelley further Covenanteth Promiseth and granteth to and with the said Richard Cooper and William Martin That he the said Edward Shelley shall and will from time to time do suffer procure make and acknowledge and cause to be had done suffered procured and acknowledged at his own proper costs and charges All and every such act and acts thing and things as shall be devised or avised by the said Richard Cooper and William Martin or the survivor of them as well for the said recovery to be perfectly surely and lawfully had and executed of all and singular the said Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances by the said Richard Cooper and William Martin to the uses purposes and intents in these Indentures specified declared and contained as also for the further surety establishment execution perfecting and continuance of all and every the said uses estates and other the premises to be and go according to the Covenants promises Articles and Agreements in these present Indentures contained In witness whereof the parties abovesaid to these present Indentures interchangeably have set their Seals the day and year first abovesaid And the Jurors aforesaid further say upon their Oath That the Tenements aforesaid in the Indenture aforesaid excepted are not the Lands Tenements in the Declaration abovesaid specified And that the aforesaid Edward Shelley so being thereof seized The aforesaid Richard Cooper and William Martin the 20th day of September in the year of the Reigns of the said late King and Queen the first and second abovesaid out of the Court of the said late King and Queen of their Chancery at Westminster in the County of Middlesex sued forth a Writ of the said late King and Queen to the then Sheriff of Sussex directed against the said Edward Shelley By which Writ it was commanded the said Sheriff of Sussex That he command the aforesaid Edward Shelley that justly and without delay he render to the aforesaid Richard Cooper and William Martin the Manors of Worminghurst Barhamwick and Fyndon with the Appurtenances as also 30. Messuages 10. Tofts one Water-Mill two Dove houses thirty Gardens 400. Acres of Land 60. acres of Meadow 400. acres of Pasture 120. acres of Wood 500. acres of Firzes and Heath and 8 l. 10 s. Rent with the appurtenances in Fyndon Wominghurst Barhamwick Patching Estangmering Westangmering Wighenhold Storington Ashington Greensted Ashurst Stering Weston Thackham and Shipley And also the Advowson of the Church of VVarminghurst which he claimeth to be his Right and Inheritance And in which the said Edward had not Entry But after Disseisin with Hugh Hunt thereof unjustly and without Judgement did to the aforesaid Richard and William within 30. yeers then last past as they said And whereupon they complained That the aforesaid Edward them Deforced c. And unlesse he should do it And the aforesaid Richard and William him the said Sheriff secured for the prosecuting of his claim Then he summon the aforesaid Edward that he be before the Justices of them the said late King and Queen at Westminster in 8. dayes of Saint Michael then next insuing to shew wherefore he had not done it and to have there the Summons the Writ aforesaid At which 8. dayes after Saint Michael before the Justices of the said late King and Queen come the aforesaid Richard Cooper and William Martin by John Bish their Attorny And the Sheriff that is to say Thomas Saunders Knight retorned that Richard and William found to
the said Sheriff Pledges for prosecuting that is to say John Doo Richard Roo and that the aforesaid Edward was summoned by John Den and Richard Fen. And the said Edward Shelley according to his summons aforesaid to him in form aforesaid made by Thomas Ingler his Attorny came And upon this the aforesaid Richard Cooper and William Martin by their Attorny aforesaid demanded against the aforesaid Edward Shelley the Manors of Worminghurst Barhamwick and Fyndon with the Appurtenances as also 30. Messuages 10. Tofts one Water-Mill 2. Dove-houses 30. Gardens 400. Acres of Land 60. Acres of Meadow 400. Acres of Pasture 120. Acres of Wood 500. Acres of Furz and Heath and 8. pound 10. shillings Rent with the Appurtenances in Fyndon Worminghurst Barhamwick Patching Estangmering Westangmering Wighenholt Sterrington VVashington Ashington Grenested Asherest Stening Wiston Thackham and Shipley As also the Advowson of the Chutch of VVorminghurst as his Right and Inheritance and which the said Edward had not Entry but after Disseisin with Hugh Hunt unjustly and without Judgement did to the aforesaid Richard and William within 30. yeers then last past c. And whereupon they said that they themselves were seized of the Manors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances in their Demesn as of Fee and Right and also of the Advowson of the Church aforesaid as of Fee and Right in time of Peace in the time of the said late King and Queen taking the Profits thereof to the value c. And in which c. And thereupon brought Sute c. And the said Edward by the aforesaid Thomas Ingler his Attorny cometh and defendeth his Right when c. And voucheth thereof to warranty Henry Siliborn who present here in his proper person in Court freely the Manors and Tenements and Rents aforesaid to him doth warrant c. And upon that The aforesaid Richard and William demanded against him the said Henry Tenant by his warranty the Manors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid in form aforesaid And whereupon they said That they themselves were seized of the Manors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with their Appurtenances in their Demesn as of Fee and Right and also of the Advowson aforesaid as of Fee and Right in time of Peace in the time of the said late King and Queen taking thereof the Profits to the value c. And in which c. And thereof brought Sute c. And the aforesaid Henry Tenant by his warranty defended his Right when c. And said That the aforesaid Hugh did not disseise the aforesaid Richard and William of the Manors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances And also of the Advowson aforesaid as the said Richard and William by their Writ and Declaration above supposed And of this put himself upon the Country c. And the aforesaid Richard and William prayed leave to imparl and had it c. And afterwards the said Richard and William Retorned back hither into Court the same Term by their Attorny aforesaid And the aforesaid Henry although solemnly called did not retorn but in Contempt of the Court departed and made default Therefore it was granted by the Court in the aforesaid 8. dayes of Saint Michael That the said Richard and William should recover their seisin against the aforesaid Edward of the Manors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances And also of the Advowson aforesaid And that the said Edward should have of the Lands of the said Henry to the value c. And the said Henry should be in Mercy c. And upon this immediatly the aforesaid Richard Cooper and William Martin in the aforesaid Court prayed the Writ of the Lord and Lady the Queen to the then Sheriff of Sussex to be directed to give them full seisin of the Manors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances and also of the Advowson aforesaid and the Writ was granted unto them bearing date the 9th day of October in the yeers of the Reigns of the aforesaid late King and Queen Philip and Mary the first and second abovesaid Retornable here from the day of Saint Michael in one Moneth then next following And further the said Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That the Tenements aforesaid called Rarhamwick in the Declaration aforesaid specified and the Tenement aforesaid called Barhamwick in the Record of the Recovery aforesaid above mentioned are one and the same Tenements and not others nor divers And that the Recovery aforesaid was for the intentions in the aforesaid Indenture specified And that the said Edward Shelley dyed the 9th day of October in the yeers of the Reigns of the said late King and Queen the first and second between the hours 5. and 6. in the Afternoon of the same day And that afterwards that is to say the 19th day of October then next following the then Sheriff of the said County of Sussex That is to say Thomas Saunder Knight by virtue of the VVrit aforesaid gave full seisin to the aforesaid Richard Cooper and William Martin of the Manors Tenements and Rents aforesaid with the Appurtenances and also of the Advowson aforesaid And further the aforesaid Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That one Richard Belchamber the aforesaid time of the death of the aforesaid Edward and at the time of the Recovery aforesaid and the Execution thereof and long before the bringing of the aforesaid VVrit of Entry Sur Disseisin in the Post was Tenant of the Tenements aforesaid and possessed of the Tenements aforesaid in the Declaration aforesaid specified for the Term of divers yeers then to come by reason of a Demise thereof made to the aforesaid Richard Belchamber by the aforesaid Edward Shelley long before the bringing of the aforesaid VVrit of Entry Sur Disseisin in the Post And afterwards that is to say the 4th day of December in the yeers of the Reigns of the aforesaid late King and Queen the first and second the aforesaid Henry Shelley the now Defendant was born of the said Ann his Mother late the VVife of the aforesaid Henry Shelley Father of the said Henry Defendant which said Henry the Father was the Eldest Son of the aforesaid Edward Shelley And that the aforesaid Mary Shelley was then alive and in full Life And that the aforesaid Richard Shelley afterwards after the Expiration of the said Term of yeers Demised to the aforesaid Richard Belchamber by the aforesaid Edward Shelley as before is said that is to say the 9th day of October in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is at Augmering aforesaid into the Tenements aforesaid in the Declaration aforesaid specified entred and then and there demised the Tenements aforesaid in the Declaration mentioned to the aforesaid Nicholas Wolfe To have and to hold to the said Nicholas and his Assigns from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel then last past until the end and Term of 21. yeers
made for the term of his life by the aforesaid Miles Hitchcock where nothing of the said 15. acres of Pasture in the possession of the said John so passed into the said 15. acres of Pastures with the appurtenances before the time in which entred into the aforesaid 15. acres of Land with the Appurtenances re-entred and the grass there then growing with the Cattel aforesaid fed trod and consumed as it was lawfull for him to do And this he is ready to aver whereupon he demandeth Judgement if the said John Grendon his Action aforesaid against him ought to have or maintain c. And the aforesaid John Grendon aswell unto the aforesaid first Plea as to the aforesaid second Plea of the said Thomas Albany above in Bar pleaded saith That he for any thing in the said Pleas before alledged ought not to be barred from having his Action against the said Thomas Because he saith That in the aforesaid Deed of Feoffment of the aforesaid Francis Bunny in the Bar aforesaid above specified It was provided That if it should happen one Peter Penruddock to die without issue Male of his body lawfully begotten not leaving his wife with Child by him in the life of the said Francis That then and from thenceforth it should be lawfull for the said Francis at all times at his will during his natural life by his Writing Indented by him the said Francis to that intent made sealed and subscribed in the presence of four credible and honest Witnesses at the least to alter change determine diminish or to amplifie any use or uses limmitations intentions or purposes limited mentioned or appointed in and by the aforesaid Deed of Feoffment made by the aforesaid Francis Bunny as before is said or any use or uses of every of any part or parcel of the premises remainder or remainders rendition or renditions to any person or persons after the death of the said Francis as by the said Deed of Feoffment aforesaid it more fully appeareth And that afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say The first day of May in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 23th at Willesdon aforesaid the aforesaid Peter died without issue Male of his body lawfully begotten and at the time of his death had not any wife By which the aforesaid Francis afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say the 20th day of March in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 24th at Willesdon aforesaid By his Indenture between the aforesaid Francis of the one part and the aforesaid David Bunny of the other part sealed subscribed and delivered by him the said Francis to the aforesaid David Bunny in the presence of John Frome William Cuersie Thomas Waltham and John Gostles four credible and honest Witnesses which Indenture the aforesaid John Grendon with the seal of the aforesaid Francis sealed and with his hand underwritten here in Court brings whose date is the same 20th day of March in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 24th abovesaid changed the uses in the aforesaid Deed of Feoffment above expressed And by the same Indenture the said Francis Covenanted and agreed with the aforesaid David Bunny that from thenceforth the said Michael Hitchcock in the aforesaid Deed of Feoffment named and his Heirs and all others who then were or should be seized of the aforesaid 21. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. should be seized to the use of the said John Grendon and his Heirs for ever as by the same Indenture more fully appeareth By colour whereof and by vertue of the Statute of transferring of uses in possession made the aforesaid John Grendon in the aforesaid 20. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in which c. entred and was thereof possessed in his Demesn as of Fee until the said Thomas Albany the day and year abovesaid in the Bill aforesaid above specified the Close of the said John Grendon in the aforesaid 20. Acres of Pasture broke and his grass to the value c. then their growings with his Cattel aforesaid was fed trod and consumed as he above against him complaineth And this he is ready to aver Whereupon in as much as the aforesaid Thomas Albany doth acknowledge the Trespass aforesaid in the aforesaid 20. acres of Pasture with the appurtenances to be done The aforesaid John demandeth Judgment and his dammages by occasion of the Trespass aforesaid to be to him adjudged c. And the aforesaid Thomas Albany saith That well and true it is That in the aforesaid Deed of Feoffment of the aforesaid Francis Bunny It was Provided That if it should happen the said Peter Penruddock to dye without issue Male of his Body lawfully begotten not leaving his Wife with Child of a Son in the life of the said Francis that then and from thence forth it should be lawful to the aforesaid Francis at all times at his will during his natural life by his Writing by him the said Francis to that intent made in the presence of 4. Credible and Honest Witnesses at the least to alter change determine or amplifie any use or uses Limitations Intentions or purposes limited or appointed by the aforesaid deed of Feoffment by the said Francis Bunny as before is said made or the use or uses of any part or parcel of the premises Remainder or Remainders Reversion or Reversions limitted to any person or persons after the death of the said Francis And that afterwards and before the time in which c. the aforesaid Peter dyed without issue Male of his Body lawfully begotten the aforesaid Francis at the time of the death of the aforesaid Peter being in full life But the said Thomas Albany further saith That the said Francis in the life time of the said Peter Penruddock that is to say the first day of April in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 23th at Willesdon aforesaid By a certain Writing indented made between him the said Francis of the one part and the aforesaid Miles Hitchcock and Tho. Albany of the other part one part of which the said Thomas Albany sealed with the Seal of the said Francis here in Court brings whose date is the same day yeer renounced relinquished and surrendred all manner of such Liberty Power and Authority which he the said Francis by force and virtue of the aforesaid Proviso above recited or any Liberty in the aforesaid deed of Feoffment mentioned and exppressed of and from the death of the aforesaid Peter Penruddock then had or ought to have of touching and concerning the Alteration Changing Determination Diminishing or Amplifying of such use or uses Intentions and Limitations as are in the said Indenture limited expressed and declared And further the said Francis by the said Writing Remised Released and
assembled That the said late King should have hold possess and enjoy to Him his Heirs and Successors all and singular such late Monasteries Abbies Priories Nunneries Colledges Houses of Fryers and other Ecclesiastical and Religious Houses and places of what kinds natures qualities or diversities of Habits Rules Professions or Orders they or any of them were named known or called which after the fourth day of February in the year of the Reign of the aforesaid late King the 27th were dissolved suppressed renounced relinquished forfeited given up or by any other means came to his Highnese and by the same Authority and in like manner should have hold possess and enjoy all Scites Circuits Precinctts Mannors Lordships Grainges Messuages Lands Tenements Meadows Pastures Rents Reversions Services Woods Tithes Pensions Portions Rectories Appropriated Vicaridges Churches Chapels Advowsons Nominations Patronages Annuities Rights Interests Entries Conditions Commons Leets Courts Liberties Priviledges Franchises and other whatsoever Hereditaments which appertained or belonged to the said late Monasteries Abbathies Priories Nunneries Colledges Hospitals Houses of Fryers and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places at the time of the aforesaid dissolution suppressing renouncing forfeiting giving up or by any other manner of means came to the said Kings Highnesse after the 4th day of February above mentioned And further it is Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That not only all the singular the aforesaid late Monasteries Abbathies Priories Nunneries Colledges Hospitals Houses of Fryars and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places Scites Circuits Precincts Manors Lordships Grainges Messuages Lands Tenements Meadows Pastures Rents Reversions Services and all the singular other the premises from thence immediatly and presently but also all other Monasteries Abbathies Priories Nunneries Colledges Hospitals Houses of Fryars and all and singular other Ecclesiastical and Religious Houses which hereafter should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced relinquished forfeited given up or by any other means came to the Kings Highnesse And also all Scites Circuits Precincts Manors Grainges Messuages Lands Tenements Meadows Pastures Rents Reversions Services Woods Tithes Pensions Portions Rectories approprate Viccarages Churches Chapels Advowsons Nominations Patronages Hundreds Rights Interests Entries Conditions Leets Courts Liberties Privileges Franchises and other Hereditaments whatsoever were belonging or appertaining to them or any of them whersoever and as soon as they should be dissolved suppressed renounced relinquished forfeited given up or by any other means come to the Kings Highnesse should be vested and adjudged by Authority of the same Parliament in the very actual and real seisin and possession of the said late King his Heirs and Successors for ever in state and condition as then they were And as if all the said Monasteries Abbathies Priories Nunneries Colledges Hospitals Houses of Fryars and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses so dissolved suppressed renounced relinquished forfeited given up or came to the Kings Highnesse as aforesaid as also the aforesaid Monasteries Abbathies Priories Nunneries Colledges Hospitals Houses of Fryars and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places which then after should happen to be dissolved suppressed renounced relinquished or given up to his said Highnesse Scites Circuits Precincts Manors Lordships Grainges and other the premises whatsoever in the said Act of Parliament specially or particularly recited or expressed by expresse Names Words Faculties and in their Natures Kinds Qualities as in the said Act amongst other things more fully it appeareth And the said Jurors further say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid Monastery or Priory of Bolton aforesaid after the aforesaid 4th day of February in the 27th yeer aforesaid that is to say the 11th day of June in the yeer of the Reign of the said late King the 31th aforesaid was dissolved By Colour of which Dissolution and by force of the Statute aforesaid That aforesaid late King was seized of the aforesaid Monastery or Priory of Bolton aforesaid and of the Reversion of the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances amongst other things in his Demesn as of Fee in the Right of his Crown of England And that the aforesaid Messuage and Tenement called Vngthorp and the aforesaid 4. acres of Lands with the Appurtenances in which c. At the time of the Dissolution aforesaid were parcel of the possessions of the aforesaid Monastery or Priory And the said late King so thereof being seized the 3d. day of April in the 33th yeer of his Reign By his Letters Patents sealed with the Great Seal of England to the Jurors aforesaid shewed in Evidence Gave and Granted unto Henry late Earl of Comberland all the aforesaid Tenement Messuage and Farm with the Appurtenances called Vngthorp whereof the within written 4. acres with the Appurtenances adjoyning were and yet are parcel To have and to hold to the said late Earl his Heirs and Assigns for ever By Colour of which Letters Patents The said late Earl was amongst other things seized of the Reversion of the aforesaid Tenement Messuage and Farm with the Appurtenances whereof the aforesaid 4. acres of Lands with the Appurtenances in which c. then were and yet are parcel in his Demesn as of Fee And the aforesaid Hugh and Agnes for the aforesaid Term of yeers in form aforesaid being possessed the Reversion thereof to the aforesaid Earl his Heirs expectant the aforesaid Hugh dyed of the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances in which c. in form aforesaid possessed And the aforesaid Agnes overlived him the said Hugh and was of the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances in which c. possessed by way of Survivor c. And the aforesaid Agnes so being thereof possessed the Reversion thereof to the late Earl in form aforesaid expectant The said late Earl made sealed and delivered a certain Indenture as his deed of the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances in which c. amongst other things The Tenor of which followeth in these words This Indenture made the 10th day of September in the yeer of the our Lord God 1545. and in the seven and thirtieth yeer of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Henry by the Grace of God King of Eng. France and Ire defender of the faith c. in the earth the supream Head of the Church of Engl. Ire Between the Right Noble Lord Henry Earl of Comberland Lord of the Honour of Shipton Lord of Westmerland and Vestion of the one part And Agnes Baldwin or Vngthorp Widow and Anthony Baldwin of the other part Witnesseth That the same Earl for the sum of 58. pound 13. shillings and 4. pence Sterling at the day of the Date hereof by the said Agnes and Anthony paid to the said Earl whereof the said Earl acknowledgeth himself to be truly contented and paid and the said Agnes and Anthony their Heirs and Executors thereof and of every part thereof to be discharged and acquitted for ever Hath Covenanted Granted and to Farm Letten and
by these presents covenanteth granteth demiseth and letteth to Farm to the said Agnes and Anthony and to the Heirs of the same Anthony The said Tenement Mese or Farm called Vngthorp in the Parish of Marton in Craven in the County of York together with the Closures Feedings Pastures arable Lands Meadows Woods Waters Common of Pasture in the Moors of East and West Marton Common of Turbury with free passage to and fro the same Common of Easton to a Ground or Meadow called Tadholm lying in the demesn Closes of Marton Hall and all Houses Barns Boons and Buildings to the same Tenement or Farm called Vngthorp belonging or in any wise heretofore appertaining now and of old time being of the only yeerly Rent of 53. shillings and 4. pence To have and to hold the same Tenement or Farm called Vngthorp with all singular the premises with the Appurtenances to the same Agnes and Anthony and to the Heirs of the same Anthony from the date hereof to the end and Term of 99. yeers next and immediately following and fully to be compleat and ended and so from 99. yeers to 99. yeers until such time as 300. yeers be spent fully finished and expired without impeachment of any manner of Waste in and as ample free and large manner as ever Nicholas Simson Hugh Baldwin and the said Agnes Baldwin or any other Tenant or Farmer of the said Tenant or Mease of Vngthorp with all the singular the premises with the Appurtenances ever occupied or might have occupied the same without interruption let disturbance denial contradiction or resistance of the same Earl or of his Heirs and Assigns or of any other Officer Farmer or Farmers of the same Earls of the Manor or Capital Mese called Marton Hall for the time being or of any other at or by Will Assent Consent or furtherance of the same Earl his Heirs and Assigns And further the said Agnes and Anthony Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents for them and the Heirs of the said Anthony to and with the same Earl that they the same Agnes and Anthony and the Heirs of the same Anthony shall yeerly during the said Term at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel and within 40. dayes after for certain urgent considerations content and pay or cause to be contented and paid to the said Earl his Heirs and Assigns as well a Penny separately by it self as 5. shillings 4. pence Sterling in a grosse and intire sum if it be asked for the which payment of the said single Penny and of the said 5. shil 4. pence The said Earl covenanteth granteth for him his Heirs Assigns to and with the said Agnes and Anthony to discharge save harmless from time to time all the said Land and Tenements And the said Agnes and Anthony and the Heirs of the same Anthony as well of and from the payment of the said penny as for the payment of the sum of 4. shillings 4. pence as of all other Sutes Exactions Boons Gressions Fines Customs and all other Impositions or Demands whatsoever they be concerning the same Messuage or Tenement called Vngthorp and all other the premises with the Appurtenances during the said Term now granted or any time hereafter by force of this Indenture to be granted by the Earl and his Heirs as well against our Sovereign Lord the King and his Heirs as against all other person or persons whatsoever they be And further the said Earl covenanteth to and with the said Agnes and Anthony by these presents That the said Earl his Heirs and Assigns shall at the end and Term of 300 yeers make or cause to be made to the Heirs or Assigns of the said Anthony a like Demise and Lease of the said Messuage or Tenement and all other the premises with the Appurtenances if it be asked for so many more yeers as is contained in this Lease And the same Lease to be of like force effect and strength in the Law as this present is without any Covin Fraud Collusion Denyer or male Engine but truly and faithfully according to the true puport and meaning of these presents In witnesse whereof the parties abovesaid to these Indentures interchangeably have set their Seals the day and yeer abovesaid And the said Jurors further say upon their Oath That no licence or seisin of the Tenements aforesaid or any part thereof was delivered to the aforesaid Agnes Anthony or to any of them upon the Indenture aforesaid And that the aforesaid Agnes and Anthony had held the Tenement Mese and Farm aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof the aforesaid 4. acres with the Appurtenances in which c. are and then were parcel as the Law in this case requireth And the said Agnes and Anthony so having and holding the Tenement Messuage and Farm aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof the 4. acres in which c. are and then were parcel the said Agnes the last day of October in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 5th at Marton aforesaid in the County aforesaid dyed And the aforesaid Anthony her overlived and continued the possession of the Tenements Messuage and farm aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances in which c. are parcel and took the profits thereof and had occupied and held the Tenement Messuage and Farm aforesaid whereof the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances in which c. with the Appurtenances are parcel of such estate and interest as the Law in this case requireth And he having occupying and holding the Tenement Messuage and Farm aforesaid whereof the within written 4. acres of Land are parcel The aforesaid Henry late Earl of Cumberland dyed having issue George now Earl of Cumberland his Son and Heir And the said George Earl of Cumberland entred into the Tenements aforesaid And afterwards that is to say the 17th day of April in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 24th enfeoffed the aforesaid Christopher Marton of the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances To have to the said Christopher and his Heirs for ever And that the aforesaid Anthony at the time of the making of the Feoffment aforesaid and after that Feoffment made hitherto continued possession as well of the aforesaid 4. acres of Land with the Appurtenances as of the Messuage and rest of the Tenements and Farm aforesaid But yet the Jurors further say That before the Feoffment aforesaid the aforesaid Rent to the aforesaid Henry late Earl of Cumberland and his Heirs by the Indenture aforesaid granted as well to the aforesaid Henry Earl of Cumberland in his life and after the death of him the said late Earl to the aforesaid George now Earl of Cumberland as to the aforesaid Christopher Marton after the Feoffment aforesaid by the aforesaid Anthony was paid And the said Jurors further say upon their Oath
is aforesaid and that it shall and may be Lawfull to and for the said Master Preacher School-master Usher Poor men and Poor Children and Officers of the Hospital to remain assemble be and Cohabit together in the said House Buildings and Hospital And that it may be further enacted by the authority aforesaid and Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid that your said supplyant during his life and that the said Governors and their successors for the time being or the most part of them after his decease shall and may have full power and authority under the said common Seal to make ordayn set down and prescribe such Rules Statues and Ordinances for the Order Rule and Government of the said Hospital and of the said Master Preacher School-Master Usher Poor men Poor Children and Officers and their successors and for their and every of their stipends and allowances as to your said supplyant during his life and the said Governors and their successors for the time being or the most part of them after his decease shall seem meet and convenient And that the same Orders Rules Statutes and Ordinances so by him them or any of them made set down or prescribed as aforesaid shall be and stand in full force and strength in Law the same not being repugnant nor contrary to your Majesties Prerogative royal nor to the Laws or Statures of this your Majesties Realm of England nor to any Ecclesiastical Canons of the Church of England then in force and use And that your said supplyant during his life and the said Governours and their successors for the time being or the most part of them and such of them as your said supplyant shall thereto nominate and appoint shall and may after the decease of your said suppliant have power and authority to visit the said Hospital and to Order reform and redress all disorders and abuses in and touching the Government and disposing of the same And further to censure suspend and deprive the said Master Preacher School-master Usher Poor men Poor Children and Officers for the time being and every or any of them as to him and them shall seem Just fit and convenient so alwaies as no Visitation Act or thing in or touching the same be had made or done other than by your supplyant during his life or the said Governours and their successors for the time being or the most part of them after his decease or by such of them as your supplyant shall hereunto nominate and appoint And also that it may be farther enacted by the authority aforesaid and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid that that the said Preacher and Minister of the Word of God which shall be placed in the said Hospital to and for the uses and purposes aforesaid from time to time hereafter shall and may enter into have hold and enjoy the Rectory and Parsonage of Hallingbury aforesaid in and to his own proper use behoof for during so long time as he shall be Preacher Minister there without any other Presentation or Admission Jnstruction or Induction And that no Lease shall hereafter be made of the said Parsonage or of any part or portion thereof other than such as shall determine end when as soon as any such person shall be the Preacher or Minister of and in the said Hospital when the same Lease shall be made shall cease and resign leave or be put out and removed from his said place of Preacher or Minister of the said Hospital Saving alwayes and reserving to your Majesty your Heirs and Successors and to every other person or persons Bodies Politick or Corporate their Heirs and Successors other than your suppliant and his Heirs and the person and persons from whom the same were purchased and their Heirs claiming only as Heirs all such Estate Right Title Condition Claim Possession Rents Services Commons Demands Actions Remedies Recoveries Terms Interests Forfeits Comodities Advantages and Hereditaments whatsoever which they or any of them shall and may have or of Right ought to have of in to or out of the premises or any of them or any part thereof as if this Act had never been had or made Other than Fine or Fines of or for any Alienation of the premises or any part or parcel thereof And other their Respits of Homage or Fines for not payment of Respits of Homage at any time hereafter to be demanded And other than Title and Right of Liberty or Liberties to enter into the same or any one of them for or by reason of any Statute hitherto made for concerning or against any Alienation in Mortmain as by the said Act amongst other things it appeareth And further the said Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That Thomas then and now Earl of Suffolk Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold before the aforesaid time in which c. was seized of and in a certain Capital Messuage or Mansion-house called or known by the name of Howard House otherwise called The late dissolved Charter-House besides Smithfield situate lying and being in the County of Middlesex with all and singular Rights Members and Appurtenances to the same belonging and appertaining And all that Orchard and Garden with the Appurtenances thereunto likewise belonging and appertaining and of and in all that parcel of Land with the Appurtenances commonly called Pardon Church-yard and of all those two Messuages or Tenements and two Closes of Land with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging commonly called Welbech situate lying and being in the said County of Middlesex whereof the aforesaid Capital Messuage with the Appurtenances in the Declaration aforesaid mentioned is and the aforesaid time in which it is supposed the Trespass aforesaid above to be done as also time whereof the Memory of Men is not to the contrary was parcel in his Demesn as of Fee And so thereof being seized The said now Earl of Suffolk before the time in which c. That is to say at Westminster in the County of Middlesex By his certain Indenture between him the said now Earl by the name of the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Suffolk Lord Chamberlain of the most Honourable Houshold of the Lord the King and Theophilus Lord Howard Son and Heir apparant of the said Earl of Suffolk and Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey and William Lord Howard of Naward in the County of Cumberland of the one part and the aforesaid Thomas Sutton of Balsham in the County of Cambridge Esquire on the other part made and within 6. Moneths then next following in the Court of the said Lord the King of Common-Pleas at VVestminster aforesaid then being in due manner of Record Inrolled according to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided one part of which as well with the Seal of the aforesaid Thomas now Earl of Suffolk as with the Seals of the aforesaid Theophilus Lord Howard Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey William Lord Howard sealed to the
whether upon the whole matter aforesaid in form aforesaid found The aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law be guilty of the Trespasse aforesaid or not the said Jurors are utterly ignorant And pray the advise of the Court here c. And if upon the whole matter aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Court here That the aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law are guilty of the Trespasse aforesaid as the said Simon Baxter against them complaineth Then they assesse the damages of the said John Baxter by occasion of that Trespasse of costs and charges by him about his Sute in his part expended to one penny and for his costs and charges to 12. pence And it upon the whole matter aforesaid by the Jurors aforesaid in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Court here That the aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law are not guilty of the Trespasse aforesaid Then the said Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law are not thereof guilty as the aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law above for them have alleged And because the Court of the Lord the King here is not yet avised of and upon the premises day thereof is given to the parties before the Lord the King at Westminster until Wednesday next after 15. days of Easter to hear their Judgemēt of upon the premises because the Court of the L. the K. here therof not yet c. At which day before the Lord the King at Westm come the parties aforesaid by their Attornies aforesaid And because the Court of the Lord the King here is not yet avised of giving their Judgement of and upon the premises day thereof is further further given to the parties aforesaid before the Lord the King at Westminster until Fryday next after the Morrow of Holy Trinity to hear their Judgement thereof because the Court of the Lord the King here thereof not yet c. Upon which The premises by the Court of the Lord the King that now is here seen and all and singular the premises fully understood and mature deliberation being thereupon had For that it seemeth to the Court of the Lord the King that now is here upon the whole matter aforesaid in form aforesaid found That the aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law are not guilty of the Trespasse aforesaid as the said Richard Sutton and John Law above for them have alleged It is granted that the aforesaid Simon Baxter take nothing by his Bill aforesaid but for his false clamor thereof be in mercy c. And that the aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law go thereof without day c. And that the aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law recover against the aforesaid Simon Baxter 24. pound for their costs and charges by them about their defence in this part expended to the said Richard Sutton and John Law with their assent by the Court of the Lord the King here according to the form of the Statute in such case late made and provided adjudged And that the aforesaid Richard Sutton and John Law have Execution thereof c. WASTE Hillary Term 340. ELIZABETH in the COMMON-PLEAS Rot. 2380. Co. 4. part Hyndes Case Fol. 68. ELizabeth Hynde was summoned to Answer to Richard Libb Esquire of Oxon. a Plea Wherefore Whereas of the Common Counsell of the Realm of the Lady the Queen of England it is provided That it shall not be law-for any one waste spoyle or destruction to do in Lands Houses Woods or Gardens to him demised for Term of life or yeers The said Eliza. of Lands and Woods in Goring and Whitchurch which she holdeth for Term of yeers of the demise of Robert Garrard of the aforesaid Richard of the Assignment of William Haw who those to the said Robert demised for the said Term thereof made to the said Richard did waste spoyle and destruction to the dissenherisin of him the said Richard and against the form of the Provision aforesaid c. And whereupon the said Richard by Thomas Lane his Attorny saith That whereas the aforesaid William Haw was seised of a Messuage called Haw Place 200. Acres of Land 10. Acres of Meadow 100. Acres of Pasture and 50. Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Goring and Whitchurch aforesaid in his Demesn as of Fee And so thereof being seised the 4th day of January in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 28th at Goring aforesaid By Indenture between the aforesaid William Haw of Haw Place in the Parish of Goring in the County of Oxon. Yeoman of the one part and the aforesaid Robert Garrard by the name of Robert Garrard of Hedsor in the County of Buckingham Gentleman made One part of which sealed with the Seal of the aforesaid Robert the said Richard here in Court brings whose date is the same day and yeer demised to the said Robert the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances Except during the life of Agnes Haw Mother of the said William such part of the Messuage aforesaid parcel of the premises Orchard and Garden One Close called Reaves Dean and one Close called Bell Close and one Orchard called the Orchard Pedel parcel of the premises which the said Agnes then occupied and then had taken and agreed to receive for her Dower of in and for the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances To have and to hold the said Tenements with the Appurtenances except before excepted to the said Robert and his Assigns from the Feast of the Birth of our Lord God then last past until the end and Term of 16. yeers from thence next insuing and fully to be compleat and ended By virtue of which Demise the said Robert in the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances above in form aforesaid demised entred and was thereof possessed and so thereof being possessed the 20th day of August in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 29th at Goring aforesaid granted all his Estate Interest and Term of yeers which he had then to come of and in the aforesaid Tenements with the Appurtenances above in form aforesaid demised to the aforesaid Elizabeth Hynde By virtue of which grant the aforesaid Elizabeth into the said Tenements with the Appurtenances above in form aforesaid demised entred and was thereof possessed And the aforesaid Elizabeth being thereof so possessed and the aforesaid VVilliam Haw of the Reversion thereof in form aforesaid being seised the said William the 7th day of March in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 30th at Goring aforesaid By his Indenture of Bargain and Sale made between him the said William of the the one part and the aforesaid Richard of the other part one part of which sealed with the Seal of the said William the said Richard here in Court brings whose Date the is same day and yeer and in the Court of the
said Lady the Queen of the Bench here at Westminster in Easter Term in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen the 30th abovesaid before the then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench here as the deed of the said William Haw by him the said William acknowledged and within 6. Moneths then next following that is to say the same Easter Term in due manner in the said Court of Record inrolled according to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided for and in consideration of 120. pound to the said William by the said Richard before that time paid bargained and sold to the said Richard amongst other things the Reversion aforesaid To have and to hold to him and his Heirs for ever By Colour of which Bargain and Sale and Inrollment aforesaid and by force of a certain Statute made in the Parliament of the Lord Henry late King of England the 8th holden at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the 4th day of February in the yeer his Reign the 27th Of transferring of uses into possession the aforesaid Richard was and yet is seised of the Reversion aforesaid in his Demesn as of Fee And the said Richard so thereof being seised and the aforesaid Elizabeth of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances to her in form aforesaid granted being possessed The said Elizabeth did waste spoyle and destruction of the Lands that is to say in digging in 10. Acres of Land in Goring aforesaid parcel of the Tenements aforesaid to the aforesaid Robert demised 100. loads of Clay taking for the price of every load of Clay thereof 8. pence and cutting down and selling of the Woods also in a certain Wood called Heighgrove containing 10. Acres of Wood with the Appurte in Goring aforesaid and parcel of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances to the said Robert above in form aforesaid demised 20. Oaks the price of every Oak 5. shillings through the said whole Wood here and there growing and in a certain other Wood called the Hedge Row lying in Goring aforesaid near the aforesaid Wood called Heighgrove in Goring aforesaid parcel of the Tenement aforesaid with the Appurtenances in form aforesaid to the aforesaid Robert demised 40. Oaks the price of each of them 6. shillings through the said whole Wood here and theregrowing and in a certain Coppice called Home Coppice in Goring aforesaid parcel of the aforesaid Tenements with the Appurtenances to the said Robert in form aforesaid above demised 100. Oaks price of each of them 10. shillings in the said Coppice called Home Coppice late growing here and there And in 20. Acres of Pasture called the Hanging in Goring aforesaid lying there bebetwixt a certain Close called High grove hill and another Close called Dicker grove hill that is to say parcel of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances to the aforesaid Robert in form aforesaid demised 10. Oaks price of each of them 6. shillings Six Ashes price of each of them 5. shillings and 10. Beeches price of each of them 6. shillings in the aforesaid 20. Acres of Pasture likewise late here and there growing and in a certain Hedge of a certain Close called Home field in Whitchurch aforesaid that is to say parcel of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances to the aforesaid Robert in form aforesaid demised lying near unto a Wood called Hawes Coppice 3. Oaks price of each of them 10. shillings and one Beech price 10. shillings and in a certain other Hedge of the Close aforesaid called Home field in VVhitchurch aforesaid that is to say parcel of the Tenements aforesaid to the aforesaid Robert in form aforesaid demised lying near to the aforesaid Wood called Home Coppice 10. Oaks price of each of them 20. shillings and also in suffering the sprouts of the Roots of 20000. other little Oaks called Oakesciapling of 20000. Beeches and 200. Ashes to the value of 20. pound in the said Wood called Heigh grove and 10000. of other little Oaks called Oakesapling 10000. of Beeches and 100. of Ashes to the value of 20. pound in the aforesaid Wood called the Hedge Row and 10000. of Oaks 10000. of Beeches and 200. of Ashes in the aforesaid Coppice called Hawe Coppice by the said Elizabeth through the whole Woods here and there growing to be cut and to be eaten and utterly destroyed and wasted with Cattel to the dissenherisin of the said Richard and against the form of the Provision aforesaid Whereupon he saith he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 200. pound and thereof he bringeth Sute c. And the the aforesaid Elizabeth by Ralph Burges her Attorny cometh and desendeth the force and injury when c. And whatsoever c. And saith that the aforesaid Richard his Action against her ought not to have Because she saith That well and true it is That the aforesaid William Haw was seised of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee and being thereof so seised the aforesaid 4th day of January in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 29th abovesaid By his Indenture demised to the aforesaid Robert the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances except before excepted To have and to hold to him and his Assigns from the aforesaid Feast of the birth of our Lord then last past until the end and Term of the aforesaid 16. yeers then next following and fully to be compleat and ended By virtue of which demise the aforesaid Robert into the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances above in form aforesaid demised entred and was thereof possessed and so thereof being possessed the aforesaid 20th day of August abovesaid granted all his Estate Interest and Term of yeers which he had then to come of and in the aforesaid premises with the Appurtenances above demised to the aforesaid Elizabeth Hynde By virtue of which grant the aforesaid Elizabeth into the aforesaid Tenements with the Appurtenances above demised entred and waâ— thereof possessed as the aforesaid Rich. by his Declaration above supposeeth But the said Elizabeth further saith That the said Elizabeth of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances above demised in form aforesaid being possessed and the said William Haw of the Reversion thereof being seised in his Demesn as of Fee after the aforesaid 7th day of May in the 30th yeer aforesaid and before the aforesaid Indenture of Bargain and Sale Between the aforesaid William of the one part and the aforesaid Richard of the other part made in the Court of the Lady the Queen of the Bench in form aforesaid was inrolled A Fine was levied in the aforesaid Court of the Lady the Queen of the Bench here that is to say at WESTMINSTER aforesaid from the aforesaid day of Easter in 15. days in the yeer of her Reign the 30th abovesaid before Edmond Anderson Francis Windham William Periam and Francis Rodes then Justices of the said
Lady the Queen of the Bench and other of the said Lady the Queens leige People then there present Between the aforesaid Richard by the name of Richard Libb Gentleman Plaintiff and the aforesaid William Haw and Ellen his Wise Deforceants of the Tenements aforesaid above in form aforesaid demised amongst other things by the name of One Messuage One Cottage Two Gardens 70. Acres of Land One Acre of Meadow 10. Acres of Pasture 60. Acres of Wood and 10. Acres of Furz and Heath with the Appurtenances in Goring and Whitchurch aforesaid in Maple Decam in the County aforesaid whereupon a Covenant was summoned betwixt them in the said Court that is to say that the aforesaid Williliam and Ellen acknowledged the Tenements aforesaid to be the Right of him the said Richard as those which the said Richard had of the gift of the aforesaid William and Ellen and them remised and quit claimed from them the said William and Ellen and their Heirs to the aforesaid Richard his Heirs for ever And further the said William and Ellen granted for them and the Heirs of the said William that they warrant to the aforesaid Richard and his Heirs the aforesaid Tenements with the Appurtenances against all men for ever as by the said Fine here in Court of Record Remaining more fully appeareth Which Fine in form aforesaid had and levied was to the use of the aforesaid Richard and his Heirs After which Fine so as afore is said levied that is to say the 20th day of April in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 30th aforesaid the aforesaid Indenture to the aforesaid Richard as before is said made before the aforesaid Justices of the said Lady the the Queen of the Bench here was inrolled And the said Elizabeth further saith That she to that grant of the Reversion of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances above as afore is said demised by virtue of which Fine aforesaid the aforesaid Richard did not attorn or agree And this she is ready to aver Whereupon she demandeth Judgement if the aforesaid Richard his Action aforesaid against her ought to have c. And the aforesaid Richard saith That the aforesaid Plea of the aforesaid Elizabeth above in Bar Pleaded and the matter in the same contained is insufficient in Law to bar him the said Richard to have his Action aforesaid against the aforesaid Elizabeth And that he to that Plea in form aforesaid pleaded needeth not nor by the Law of the Land is bounden to Answer And this he is ready to aver Wherefore for want of a sufficient Plea in Bar in this behalf made the aforesaid Richard demandeth Judgement and his damages by the occasion of the Waste aforesaid to be to him adjudged And the aforesaid Elizabeth in as much as she hath alleged sufficient matter in Bar of the Acton aforesaid which she is ready to aver which matter the aforesaid Richard doth not deny nor to the same any wayes answereth but to that averment altogether refuseth demandeth Judgement and that the aforesaid Richard be barred from having his Action aforesaid against her c. And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before they give their Judgement thereof day is given to the parties aforesaid here until from the day of Easter 15. dayes to hear their Judgement thereof because the same Justices here thereof not yet FINIS THE TABLE A. AButtals of Acres set forth Folio 271 Action upon the Case for turning the Course of a water from a Mill 1 Vpon Assumpsit by a Woman Exâ—cutrix to pay mony upon forbearance not to molest her 7 Act of Parliament special to erect and found an Hospital 368. with the particulars of a foundation 368. 369 Adjornment of an Assize and for what Cause 18 19 Of Pleas 18 22 161 232 257 337 Of the Term 161 232 257 337 338 Agreement to pay Rent if it amount to an Attornment 271 Aid 266 Administration of goods committed 72 73 Alien born one born in Scotland since 1 Jac. nor Alien 10 Amoveas Manum 190 Arrests upon the Sabboth day 148 whereupon Arrest the Sergant is to shew his Mace c. 148 149 Arbitrament 25 Attornment 271 Two Joynts for life upon a grant of the Reversion one attorneth and good 354 355 Of one Joyntment is the Attornment of both 354 Audita Querela the form of it 21 To discharge the party out of Execution being taken upon a Capias ut lagaâ—um after juâ—gement 21 â—2 Averâ—ment 190 20â— 213 217 226 266 2â—0 â—26 Of Plea 10 24 26 Where it is Collateral of a thing out of the deed â—3 Authority of the Presidâ—nt and â—ensors of the Colledge of Physicâ—ans in London and the extent of it 131 Where it doth not extend to Doctors of Physick in the Vniverslties 134 135 Avowry 220 237 238 259 268 For Arrerage of a Rent charge granted by Tenant in tail â—n remainder 222 The taking of an Ox for a Heriot 269 For Arrerages of Rent 271 B. BAil 220 153 Bar 11 12 144 154 163 221 251 252 269 271 19â— 233 238 241 242 301 345 Fine annd Recâ—â—ery by Tenant in tâ—il is a Barr of a Rent granted by him in the remainder 224 In Avowry 260 In Audita Querela 22 In Dower 31 32 33 A grant of the King a Barr in a Scâ—re Facias to repeal Letters Pâ—â—ents 287 288 In Trespass 307 324 340 Of Conusance 252 Bargain and Sale 119 288 325 154 Of Lands to the Queen 160 Of Lands to Vses 171 172 By Tenant in tail 170 Of aterm for yeers 73 Of the Charter-house and of Lands belonging to it 372 373 374 Of Deeds Charters and Evidences 374 Of Lands to the Governours of an Hospital 390 391 392 Where it shall not relate to avoid a Fine 398 399 C. CErtificate of the Causes of disfranchising a Citizen or Burgess and removing him from his place and Office 274 to 279 Conditions to stand to an Award and Arbitrament 25 Not to alien a Term for years 70 Where broken because the thing is not done within convenient time 161 Where broken because the partâ— hath dissabled himself to perform it 161 Not to alien or discontinue Lands intailed 311 312 313 Colour 308 325 Common Recovery 244 312 The form of pleading it 41 59 320 86 141 Vses of it declared by a deed subsequent to the Recovery 12 In the Court of Hustings in London in a Writ of Right Patent 57 58 Where a Bar of an Estat 〈…〉 l 42 43 By Tenant in tail an 〈…〉 Release with warranty where shall bind the issue in tail 138 139 140 141 142 Vpon a Writ of Right Patent 138 Suffered by Tenant in tail 312 313 To Vses 86 87 88 89 139 Considerations 86 What good to ground an Assumpsit upon 6 7 What good to raise Vses 39 40 102 308 Confess and avoid 215 223 Confirmations 255 Of the King of a Lease
Trinity Term Aº 6 to of King James Calvins Case Co. 7. part Fol. 1. a. IAmes by the Grace of God of England Scotland Erance and Ireland King defender of the Faith c. To the Sheriffe of Middlesex Greetings Robert Calvin Gent. hath complained to us That Richard Smith and Nicholas Smith unjustly and without Judgement have disseized him of his Freehold in Haggord otherwise Haggerston otherwise Aggerston in the Parish of St. Leonard in Shorditch within 30. years now last past and therefore we command you That if the said Robert shall secure you to prosecute his claim Then that you cause the said Tenement to be reseised of the Chattels which within it were taken and the said Tenement with the Chattels to be in Peace untill Thursday next after 15. dayes of Saint Martin next coming and in the mean time cause 12. free and legall men of that venew to see the said Tenement and the names of them to be unbrevicted and summon them by good summonors that they be before us where ever we be in England ready thereof to make Recognition and put by suerties and pledges the aforesaid Richard and Nicholas that then they be there to hear the Recognition and have there the summons the names of the Pledges and this Writ Witness my self at Westminster the 3. day of November in the year of our Reign of England France and Ireland the 5th and of Scotland the one and fortieth For 40. s. paid in the Hamper KINDESLEY THe Assise cometh to Recognize If Richard Smith and Nicholas Smith unjustly and without Judgement did disseise Robert Calvin Gent. of his Freehold in Haggard otherwise Haggerston otherwise Aggerston in the Parish of St. Leonard in Shorditch within 30. years now last past And whereupon The said Robert who is within the age of 21. years by John Parkinson and William Parkinson his Guardians which the Court of the said King hereto this have joyntly and severally specially are admitted Complaineth That they disseised him of the Messuage with the Appurtenances c. And the said Richard and Nicholas by William Edwards their Attorney come and say That the said Robert ought not to be Answered to his Writ aforesaid because they say That the said Robert is an Alien born the 4th day of November in the Reign of the King that now is of England France and Ireland the third and of Scotland the 34th At Edenborough within his Kingdom of Scotland aforesaid and within the Alleagiance of the said Lord the King of the said Kingdom of Scotland and without the Alleagiance of the said Lord the King of his Kingdom of England and at the time of the birth of the said Robert Calvin and long before and continually after the aforesaid Kingdom of Scotland by the proper Rights Laws and Statutes of the same Kingdom and not by the Rights Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom of England was Ruled and Governed and yet is And this he is ready to aver and thereupon prayeth Judgement If the said Robert to his said Writ aforesaid ought to be answered c. And the aforesaid Robert Calvin saith That the aforesaid Plea by the aforesaid Richard and Nicholas above pleaded is in sufficient in Law to him the said Robert to Answer and to Barre him to have his Writ aforesaid that the said Robert to the said Plea in manner and form pleaded needeth not nor by the Law of the Land is holden to Answer and this he is ready to aver hereof prayeth Judgement and that the said Kichard and Nicholas to the aforesaid Writ of the said Robert do Answer And the said Richard and Nicholas for as much as they sufficient in matter in Law to him the said Robert to Answer have to his Writ aforesaid in Barr above have alleged which they are ready to aver which matter the aforesaid Robert doth not gainsay nor to the same doth in any ways Answer but the said Averment altogether to admit refuseth as at first demandeth Judgement if the aforesaid Robert to his Writ aforesaid ought to be admitted c. And because the Court of the Lord the King here are not yet avised of giving her Judgement of and upon the premises day thereof is given to the parties aforesaid before the Lord the King at Westminster untill Monday next after 8. dayes of St. Hillary to hear there Judgement thereof because the Court of the Lord the King here thereof are not yet c. And the Assise aforesaid remain to be taken before the said Lord the King untill the same Monday there c. And the Sheriff to distrein the Recognitors of the Assise aforesaid And before to make view c. At which day before the Lord the King at Westminster cometh as well the aforesaid Robert Calvin by his Guardians aforesaid as the aforesaid Richard Smith and Nicholas Smith by their Attorney aforesaid and because the Court of the Lord the King hereof giving their Judgement of and upon the premises is not yet avised day hereof is given to the parties aforesaid before the Lord the King at VVestminster untill Monday next the morrow of the Assension of our Lord to hear their Judgement because the Court of the Lord the King here are not yet c. And the Assise aforesaid remain further to be taken until the same Monday there c. At which day before the Lord the King at VVestminster cometh as well the aforesaid Robert Calvin by his Guardians aforesaid as the aforesaid Richard Smith and Nicholas Smith by their Attorney aforesaid c. And because the Court c. Upon which Seen and by the Court of the Lord the King here all and singular the prepremises fully understood and diligently looked into and examined and mature deliberation hereof being had because it seemeth to the Court of the Lord the King that now is here that the Plea aforesaid of the said Richard Smith and Nicholas Smith above pleaded is not sufficient in Law to the aforesaid Robert Calvin to have Answer to his Writ aforesaid to Barr Therefore it is considered by the Court of the Lord the King that now is here That the aforesaid Richard Smith and Nicholas Smith to the Writ of the said Robert further Answer c. Michael 25. and 26. of Queen Elizabeth Rott 144. Assise Dowmans Case C. 9th part Fol. 1. a. THe Assise came to Recognise if Edward Vavasor Esquire George Vavasor Gent. Richard Coats John Lawson William Musgrave Robert Thissylwood and Robert VVard unjustly c. Disseised Thomas Dowman Esq and Elizabeth his wife of their Freehold in Spaldington VVillitoft and Southcate within 30. years now last past c. And whereupon the said Thomas and Elizabeth by Henry Cressey Their Attorney complain That they disseised them of 6. Messuages 300. Acres of Land 100. Acres of Meadow and 200. Acres of pasture with their appurtenances c. And the aforesaid Edward George Richard John Robort Thyssylwood and Robert VVard by Edward Latimer
And Andrew Windsor of the same house Esquire William Vavsor of Linton in the County of York Gent. Peter Vavasor the younger of Spallington in the County of York Gent. and John Laundere of Staple Inn near London Gent. on the other party witnesseth that it is Covenanted concluded condescended declared and fully agreed betwixt the said parties and either of the said parties for him and his Heirs and their Executors and Administrators do Covenant condescend declare and agree by these presents to and with the other his and their Heirs Executors and Administrators in manner and form following That is to say Whereas the said Andrew Peter William and John have this present Term of Saint Hillary recovered to them and to their Heirs for ever by writ of Entry of disseisin in the Post had and prosecuted against the said Peter Vavasor Esquire before Sir James Dyer Kt. Richard Harper Roger Manwood and Robert Mounson Justices of our said Lady the Queens Majesty of her Court of Common Pleas at Westminster according to the usuall Order and form of Common recoveries heretofore used The mannor of Spaldington with the appurtenances and diverse other Lands Tenements and Hereditaments siituating and being in the Towns Parishes Hamlets and Fields of Spaldington Willytost Cripthorpe Bubarch Brighton Southcave and Replingham in the said County of York at the time of the said recovery had being the Inheritance of the said Peter Vavasor Esquire other than such Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments as the said Peter Vavasor Esquire lately purchased of one Henry Johnson Esquire by the names of the Mannor of Spaldington 40 Messuages 30 Tofts 30 Gardens 3 Dovehouses 1 Windmill 2000 Acres Land 500 Acers of Meadow 2000 Acres of Pasture 500 Acres of Wood 2000 Acres of Moor with the appurtenances in Spaldington Bubarch Brighton Willitost Gripthorp Southcave and Replingham That the intent and true meanning of all the said parties now is and at the time of the said Recoverie so had and suffered was That the said Andrew William Peter the younger and John and their Heirs and his Heirs or every of them immediately from and after the said Recoverie so had and executed should and shall stand and be seised of the said Mannor and of all other the Lands Tenements Hereditaments in the said Recovery meant and intended to be comprised that is to say of and in the said Mannor of Spaldington with the appurtenances and also of and in the Messuages Tofts Gardens Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances in Spaldington Willytost Gripthorp Bubarch Brighton Southcave and Replingham at the time of the said Recoverie had being the Inheritance of the said Peter Vavasor the Lands Tenements Hereditaments lately purchased by the said Peteer Vavasor of Henry Johnson only excepted as is aforesaid To the only uses intents hereafter by these presents set forth and declared and to none other uses intents or purposes That is to say To the use of the said Peter Vavasor Esquire for term of his natural life without impeachment of any manner of wast after the decease of the said Peter Vavasar Esquire then to the use and behoof of the eldest Son lawfully begotten of the said Peter Vavasor of the Heirs males of the Body of the said Eldest Son Lawfully begotten And for default of such Issue male of the bodie of such eldest Son to the use of the second Son of the body of the said Peter Vavasor Lawfully begotten and the Heirs males of the body of the said second Son Lawfully begotten c. And so to the 9th Son of the said Peter and for default of such Issue male of the body of such 9th Son To the use of Edward Vavasor Brother of the said Peter Vavasor Esquire for the term of his natural life without impeachment of any wast and after his decease to the use of the eldest Son Lawfully begotten of the Body of the said Edward and of the Heirs males of the Body of the said Eldest Son Lawfully begotten And for default of such issue male of such Eldest Son To the use of the second Son of the body of the said second Son Lawfully begotten c. And so to the 9th Son of the said Edward and for default of such issue male of the body of such 9th Son to the use of George Vavasor Brother of the said Peter Vavasor Esquire for term of his natural life without impeachment of wast and after his decease to the use of the eldest Son Lawfully begotten of the body of the said George Vavasor and of the Heirs males of the body of the said Eldest Son Lawfully begotten and for default of such issue male of the body of the said eldest Son To the use of the second Son of the body of the said George Vavasor Lawfully begotten and of the Heirs males of the body of second Son Lawfully begotten c. And so to the 9th Son of the said George And for default of such issue male of the body of such 9th Son to the use of Ralph Vavasor Brother of the said Peter Vavasor Esquire for term of his natural life without impeachment of wast and after his decease to the use of the Eldest Son Lawfully begotten of the body of the said Ralph Vavasor and the Heirs males of the body of the said Eldest Son Lawfully begotten and for default of such issue male of the body of such Eldest Son To the use of the second Son of the body of the said Ralph Vavasor Lawfully begotten and the Heirs males of the body of the said second Son Lawfully begotten c. And so to the ninh Son of the said Ralph and for default of such issue male of the Body of such ninth Son To the use of Marmaduke Vavasor Brother of the said Peter Vavasor Esquire for the term of his natural life without impeachment of waste and after his decease to the use of the Eldest Son Lawfully begotten of the Body of the said Marmaduke Vavasor and of the Heirs males of the body of the said Eldest Son Lawfully begotten c. And so to the ninth Son of the said Marmaduke And for default of such issue male of the Body of such ninth Son To the use of Robert Vavasor Brother of the said Peter Vavasor Esquire for the term of his natural life without impeachment of any waste and after his decease To the use of the Eldest Son Lawfully begotten of the Body of the said Robert Vavasor and of the heirs males of the Body of the said Eldest son Lawfully begotten and so to the ninth Son of the said Robert and for default of such issue male of the Body of such ninth Son To the use of Thomas Vavasor Brother of the said Peter Vavasor Esquire for term of his natural life without impeachment of any waste and after his decease to the use of the Eldest Son Lawfully begotten of the Body of the said Thomas Vavasor and of the Heirs males of the Body
th year of his Reign and from thence adjorned to Westminster and there holden and from that time continued by divers prorogations untill the 4 th day of February in the year of his Reign the 27 th and then and there holden amongst other things it was enacted That the said late King Henry the 8 th his Heirs and Successors Kings of England should have hold and enjoy to him for ever the Lordships or Manor of Bishops Lynne and Gaywood amongst other with all and singular their Appurâ—enances As also all Liberties Franchises Goods and Chattels Waifes and Strays Views of Frank-pledge Courts profits of Courts and all and singular other Temporal possessions and Hereditaments with the appurtenances in Bishops Lynne and Gaywood aforesaid which late before then belonged to the late Bishop of Norwich as in the said Act of Parliament more fully appeared The said late King Hen. the 8th For that by the said Act the same Mannors and Possessions to him and his Heirs Kings of England were enacted and were willed and Ordained by the same his Letters Patents declared for him and his Heirs That the said Town of Bishops Lynne from thenceforth for ever should be named and called Kings Lynne and not by any other name and that the same name of Bishops Lynne from henceforth should be destroyed and deprived And further the said late King Henry out of his special grace and meer motion and for the love which he bore to the aforesaid his beloved and faithful Subjects The Mayor and Burgesses of his Borough of Lynne aforesaid in his County of Norfolk aforesaid and the said Borough and the Inhabitants of the same he had and bore desiring further peace quiet and tranquillity in the said Borough continually to be had and from time to time to be encreased from whence all prosperity utility and their accommodations undoubted take beginning had condescended and by the same his Letters Patents had granted for him his Heirs and Successors to the aforesaid Mayor and Burgesles and Inhabitants of his Borough aforesaid That they for ever after The name of Mayor and Burgesses of his Borough of Lynne Regis commonly called Kings Lynne in his County of Norfolk should have and enjoy and by the same name should be called and named and not by any other name And that by the same name they should be persons able and capable in Law to have and purchase Lands and Tenements Goods and Chattels and other possessions whatsoever and to plead and be impleaded answer and to be answered defend and might be defended before whatsoever Justices either Judges Temporal or Spiritual in what Court soever and in all and singular Actions â—â—uses Matters Plaints and Demands of what kind soever they should be or nature in the same manner as the other Liege people of the said late King were able and capable in Law to plead and be impleaded answer and be answered defend or might be defended as by the said Letters Patents to the Jurors aforesaid in evidence shewed amongst other things more fully appeareth And farther the Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That after the making of the said Letters Patents aforesaid that is to say the aforesaid 27 th day of Ianuary in the year of the Reign of the Lord the King that now is the 6 th within written The aforesaid John Payne the Testator in his life The writing Obligatory in the Declaration above specified made sealed and as his Deed delivered to the aforesaid Mayor and Burgesses of the Borough of the Lord the King of Lynne Regis commonly called Kings Lynne in his County of Norfolk in the aforesaid Letters Patents named By the name of the Mayor and Burgesses of Kings Lynne in the County of Norfolk But whether upon the whole matter aforesaid by them the said Jurors in form aforesaid found the writing Obligatory aforesaid in the Declaration within written be the Deed of the said John Payne or not the same Jurors are altogether ignorant and pray thereof the advise of the Justices and Court here c. And if upon the whole matter aforesaid by them the said Jurors in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Justices here That the writing aforesaid in the Declaration within written specified be the Deed of the aforesaid John Payne the Testator Then the said Jurours say upon their Oath aforesaid That the writing aforesaid is the Deed of the said John Payne the Testator and then they assess the damages of the said Mayor and Burgesses by occasion of deteining of the debt within written above their Costs and Charges by them in their sute in this behalf expended to 12. pence and for their Costs and Charges to 12. pence And if upon the whole matter aforesaid by them the Jurors in form aforesaid found It shall seem to the Justices here That the writing aforesaid be not the Deed of the aforesaid John Payne the Testator Then the said Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That the writing aforesaid is not the Deed of the aforesaid John Payne the Testator aâ— the aforesaid John Payne the Executor above in pleading hath alleaged And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before that they give their Judgement thereof day is given to the parties aforesaid untill c. To hear their Judgement thereof because the said Justices here thereof are not yet c. Dower Trinity Term Anno 80. Of King JAMES Edward Althams Case Co. 8. part fol. 14. a. THomas Lawrence and Marcy his Wife by Charles Cardinal their Attorny demand against Edward Altham Gent. and Margaret his Wife the Third part of 100. Acres of Land 10. Acres of Meadow and 60. Acres of Pasture with their Appurtenances in Gosfield as the Dower of the said Marcy of the Endowment of Thomas Nash the Elder sometimes her Husband c. And the aforesaid Edward and Margaret by John Rowley their Attorny come and say That the aforesaid Thomas and Marcy the Dower of the said Marcy of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. Of the Endowment of the said Thomas Nash sometimes Husband c. Against them ought not to have because they say That the said Thomas Nash sometimes the Husand c. Was seized of the Tenements aforesaid whereof c. In his Demesn as of Fee and held the same of John Wentworth Esq as of his Mannor of Gosfield with the Appurtenances in the County aforesaid in Free Socage that is to say by Fealty only for all manner of Services and Demands And the said Thomas so of the Appurtenances whereof c. being seised The 10 th day of April in the yeer 1592. at Gosfield aforesaid made his Testament and last Will in writing And by the same his last Will willed and bequeathed the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof to one Zachary Nash Younger Son of the same Thomas Nash To have and to hold to the said Zachary for term of his
c. in Gosfield aforesaid entred and was thereof seised in his Demesn as of Freehold for the Term of his life And the said Thomas Lawrence and Marcy further say That at the time of the death of the aforesaid Thomas Nash sometimes Husband c. the aforesaid Zachary was within the Age of 21. yeers that is to say of three yeers by which the said Marcy whilest she was single as Guardian and for nurture of the said Zachary into the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in Gosfield aforesaid entred and was thereof possessed the aforesaid Thomas Nash the Son of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances in Wetherfiald aforesaid being seised and that the said Zachary of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. in Gosfield aforesaid in form aforesaid being seised And the said Marcy in form aforesaid being possessed Afterwards and before the making of the aforesaid Writing of Release here in Court brought at Gosfield aforesaid It was concluded and agreed between the said Marcy whilest she was single and the aforesaid Thomas Nash the Son that the said Marcy should release to the said Thomas Nash the Son all her Dower happening to her after the death of the aforesaid Thomas Nash sometimes the husband c. in all Lands and Tenements of the said Thomas in Wetherfield aforesaid And that the said Thomas Nash the Son should enfeoff John Tiler the elder and John Tiler the younger and their heirs of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. in Gosfield aforesaid to the use of the said Zachary and the heirs of his body Lawfully begotten and the said Thomas Lawrance and Marcy farther say that the aforesaid Thomas Nash the Son of the Tenements aforesaid in Wethersfield aforesaid in the form aforesaid being seised and the aforesaid Marcy of the Tenements with the appurtenances whereof c. in Gosfield aforesaid being possessed the said Marcy afterwards that is to say the aforesaid 27th day of April in the year of the Reign of the said Lady Elizabeth late Queen of England the 35 th abovesaid whilest she the said Marcy was single at Gosfield aforesaid the aforesaid writing of Release to the aforesaid Thomas the Son sealed and delivered And the aforesaid Thomas Nash the Son the 28th day of April in the year of the Reign of the said late Queen the 35 th aforesaid at Gosfield aforesaid enfeoffed the aforesaid John Tiler the elder and John Tiler the younger and their heirs of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. in Gosfield aforesaid To the use of the aforesaid Zachary and the heirs of his body Lawfully begotten and this they are ready to aver whereupon they demand Judgement and seisin of the third part of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. in Gosfield aforesaid to be adjudged to the said Thomas Lawrance in manner and form aforesaid and that the matters above in the replication aforesaid are not sufficient in Law them the said Thomas and Marcy the Dower of the said Marcy in the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. against the said Edward and Margaret to have and maintain and that they need not nor by the Law of the Land are bound to answer and this they are ready to aver wherefore for default of sufficient Replication of the aforesaid Thomas and Marcy in this part the said Edward and Margaret as at first demand Judgement And that the said Thomas Lawrence and Marcy from the Dower of the said Marcy of the Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. against them to have be barred And the said Thomas and Marcy for as much as they sufficient matter in Law the said Thomas and Marcy to have and maintain their Action aforesaid against the said Edward and Margaret above by Replication have alleged which they are ready to aver Which matter the said Edward and Margaret do not deny nor to the same any wayes Answer but the Averment aforesaid altogether Refuse to admit as before demand Judgement and seisin of the third part aforesaid to be adjudged unto them And because the Justices here will avise themselves of and upon the premises before that they give their Judgement thereof Day is given to the parties aforesaid here untill in 8. dayes of St. Michael to hear their Judgement thereof because the said Justices here thereof not yet c. Debt Ester Term 26. of Queen Elizabeth Rott 1608. RIchard Mauser late of London yeoman otherwise called Richard Mauser of Gillingham in the County of Kent Yeoman was summoned to Answer to William Painter Esq of a Plea that he render to him 40. pound whicb he oweth him and unjustly deteineth c. And whereupon the said William by Thomas Antrobas his Attorney saith That the said Richard the 6th day of April in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 12th at London in the Parish of the blessed Mary of Bow in the Ward of Cheap by a certain writing Obligatory granted himself to be bounden to the said William in the said 40. pound to be paid to the said William in the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord then next following Yet the aforesaid Richard although often required the aforesaid 40 pound to the said William hath not yet rendred but the same to him hitherto hath denyed and yet doth deny whereupon he saith he is the worse And hath damage to the value of 10. pound and thereof he bringeth sute And he brings here in Court the writing aforesaid which the debt aforesaid in form aforesaid doth testifie the date of which is the day and year aforesaid c. And the said Richard by John Cook his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and injury when c. And prayeth the hearing of the writing aforesaid and it is read unto him in these words The Condition of this Obligation is such That whereas the within bounden Richard Mauser and John Mouser his Son by their deed of â—eoffment bearing date the date of this Obligation have given granted and confirmed unto the within named William Paynter and his Heirs all that parcel of Wood-land called South-wood conteining by estimation 10. Acres be it more or lesse lying together in the Parish of Gillingham within said and Bedherst in the County within said to the Lands of one Thomas Remsby towards the East West and North and to the Kings way towards the South as the same do more at large it appear If the said William Paynter and his Heirs shall and may at all times hereafter have hold and injoy all the aforesaid parcell of Wood-land with the appurtenances and charged or saved harmlesse of and from all and every former Bargain Sale Gift Grant Lease Right Copihold Dower Rent Charge and all other things and incumbrances whatsoever had made or suffered to be done by the said Richard Mauser or his Heirs or Assignes and also if
November next to come Unless Roger Manwood Kt. Chief Baron of the Exchequer of the said Lady the Queen upon Tuesday the 4 th day of November next following at the Guild-hall of the City of London by force of the Statute thereof provided shall first come So that inquiry thereof before the said Chief Baron then here distinctly and openly taken be had here at the aforesaid Wednesday And it is said to the parties aforesaid that they be before the said Chief Baron at the Guild-hall aforesaid the said Tuesday and that they be here the said Wednesday to hear Judgement upon the vredict of the inquisition aforesaid if c. At which day come the said Parties by their Attornies aforesaid And the said Chief Baron delivered here the tenor of this Plea together with the Writ of Distringas of the Jurors aforesaid with the Pannel of the names of the Jurors to the said Writ annexed and to the said Tenor fyled Which Tenor is indorsed thus Afterwards the day place within contained before Roger Manwood Kt. Chief Baron of the Exchequer of the Lady the Queen associating to him Walter Morley Gent. by the form of the Statute c. came as well the within named Henry Page as the within written Edward Griffin by their Attornies within mentioned And the Jurors whereof mention is within made being called some of them that is to say John Palmer Thomas James Thomas Thomas George Maunsell Thomas Bagnill and Robert Bilborough and in Jury aforesaid were sworn and because that the rest of the Jurors of the said Jury did not appear Therefore other of the standers by by the Sheriffs chosen at the request of the said Henry Page by the Command of the said Chief Baron were anew put whose names are fyled to the Pannel within written according to the form of the Statute in the such case made and provided and the Jurors so anew chosen and put that is to say George Clarke John Barnes George Ganbie Thomas Staubauke William Sutton and George Roberts being called likewise came who being together with the other Jurors aforesaid first impannelled sworn to say the truth of the premises within contained chosen tryed and sworn say upon their Oath That the City of London is an ancient City and that all Lands and Temenents within the said City are and time whereof the memory of Men is not to the contrâ—ry were deviseable and bequeathable by Testament in Writing And that long before the time within written when it is supposed the Trespasse and Ejectment to be done That one Martin Bowes Kt. was seised of the Messuage within mentioned with the Appurtenances amongst other things in his Demesn as of Fee and that the said Martin Bowes had issue of his body lawfully Begotten one Thomas Bowes and that the said Thomas had issue of his body lawfully begotten Martin Bowes and the within named Thomas Bowes and one George Bowes And also the Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid Martin Bowes Kt. before the time in which c. that is to say the 29 th day of July in the year of the Reign of the Queen that now is the 8 th made his Testament and last Will in writing and by the same amongst other things Willed and Bequeathed to the said Thomas Bowes his Son the Messuage aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things for the Term of the life of the said Thomas without impeachment of Waste and after his decease then the said Martin Bowes Kâ— by his Testament aforesaid Willed that the said Messuage aforesaid amongst other things should remain to the said Martin Bowes the Son of the said Thomas Bowes To have and to hold to the said Martin Son of the aforesaid Thomas and the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten And for default of any issue That then the Messuage aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things should wholly remain to the said Thomas Bowes second Son of the said Thomas Bowes Son and Heir of the said Martin Bowes Knight and the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten And for default of such issue that then the Messuage aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things should wholly remain to the said George Bowes third SoÌ„ of the said Thomas Bowes Son and Heir of the said Martin Bowes Kt. and the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten And for default of such issue that then the Messuage aforesaid amongst other things with the Appurtetenances should wholly remain to the Heirs males of the body of the said Thomas Bowes Son and Heir apparent of the said Martin Bowes Kt. lawfully begotten And for to default of such issue That then the Messuage aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things should wholly remain to one Martin Bowes Son and Heir apparent of one Martin Bowes of Jenkins in the Parish of Barking in the County of Essex Esq and the Heirs males of his body lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue That the Messuage aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things should wholly remain to the Heirs males of the body of the said Martin Bowes of Jenkins lawfully begotten And for default of such issue That then the Messuage aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things should wholly remain to one Will. Bowes son of the aforesaid Martin Bowes Knight the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten for default of such issue that then the said Messuage with the Appurtenances amogst other things should remain to the right Heirs of the said George Bowes for ever And the aforesaid Martin Bowes Kt. of the Messuage aforesaid with the AppurtenaÌ„ces amongst other things in his Demesn as of Fee in form aforesaid being seised afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say the first day of October in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 8 th dyed of the Messuage aforesaid with the Appurtenances amongst other things in form aforesaid seised After whose death The said Thomas Bowes Son and Heir of the said Martin Bowes Kt. into the Messuage aforesaid with the Appurtenances did enter and was thereof amongst other things seised in his Demesn as of Free hold for the Term of his life without Impeachment of Waste according to the form and effect of the Testament aforesaid with the remainder thereof in form aforesaid expecting And the said Thomas Bowes so being thereof seised before the time in which c. that is to say the 19th day of December in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 14th by a certain Indenture between the said Thomas Bowes of the one party and one William Peltham Esq of the other party made bearing date the same day and year and in the Court of Chancery of the said Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster in the County of Middlesex then being with in 6. Moneths then next following in due manner of
seised of the Mannor of Nether Melcum otherwise Binghams Melcum aforesaid with the appurtenances whereof c. that is to say to the said Robert and Jane and the heirs of the aforesaid Robert for ever And the said Jurors farther say upon their Oath aforesaid that the said Robert Bingham the Elder then was seised in his Demesn as of Fee of and in the Mannor Lands and Tenements called Melcum Binghams situate in Tollor Porcoram in the said County of Dorset and the said Robert so of the Mannor and the said Tenements and of the aforesaid Mannor of Nether Melcum otherwise Melcum Binghams with the appurtenances whereof c. being seised A Fine was Levyed in the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster aforesaid before the within written time in which c. that is to say in the morrow of the holy Trinity in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 20th before Iames Dyer Roger Manwood and Robert Mounson and Thomas Mead then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench and other of the said Lady the Queens faithfull people then present Between Richard Rogers Knight Nicholas Furbervile and John Williams Esquires then plaintifs and the aforesaid Robert Bingham the Elder Esquire then deforceant of the said Mannor of Nether Melcum otherwise Melcum Binghams whereof c. and of the said Mannor of Melcum Binghams with the appurtenances by the names of the Mannor of Melcam Bingham and Melcum Bingham with the appurtenances as also of 6 Messuages 2 Tofts 1300 Acres of Lands 300 Acres of Meadow 50 Acres of Pasture 20 Acres of Wood and 1000 Acres of Furz and Heath with the appurtenances in Neither Melcam Toller Porcoram Magouder and Haselberry Brion in the County of Dorset and of 3 Messuages 6 Gardens 1000 Acres of Land 100 Acres of Meadow 300 Acres Pasture 300 Acres of Furz and Heath with the appurtenances in Codford Mary Codford Peter Ashton Geffery Bardchalk Alderbery East Grimsted and West Grimsted in the County of Wilts whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the said Court That is to say that the said Robert Bingham the Elder acknowleged the said Mannors and Tenements with the appurtenances to be the right of the said Richard Rogers as those which the said Richard Rogers Nicholas Turbervile and John Williams had of the gift of the said Robert Bingham and released and quit claymed from him and his heirs to the said Richard Rogers Nicholas Turbervile and John williams and the heirs of the said Richard Rogers for ever And further the said Robert Bingham granted for him and his heirs that the warrant to the aforesaid Richard Rogers Nicholas Turbervile and John Williams and to the heirs of the said Richard Robers the aforesaid Mannors and Tenements with the appurtenances against the said Roqert Bingham and his heirs for ever the Tenor of which fine followeth in these words This is the final Concord made in the Court of the Lady the Queen at Westminster in the morrow of the holy Trinity in the year of the Reign of Eliz by the grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen defender of the Faith c. from the Conquest the 20th before James Dyer Roger Manwood Robert Mounson and Thomas Meade Justices and other of the Lady the Queens faithfull people then and there present between Richard Rogers Knight Nicholas Turburvile Esquire and Iohn Williams Esquire Complaiâ—ants and Rober Bingham the elder Esquire deforceant of the Mannors of Melcam Bingham and Wolcomb Bingham with the appurtenances as also of 6 Messuages 2 Tofts 1300 Acres of Land 300 Acres of Meadow 50 Acres of pasture 20 Acres of wood and 1000 Acres of Furz and Heath with the appurtenances in Nether Melcum Toller Porcorum Mapowder and Haseberry Bayan in the County of Dorset and of 8 Messuages 3 Tofts 6 Gardens 1000 Acres of Land 100 Acres of Meadow 300 Acres of Pasture and 300 Acres of Furz and Heath with the appurtenances in Codford Mary Codford Peter Ashton Gyfford Burdchalke Alderbury East Grimsted and West Grimsted in the County of Wilts whereof a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the said Court that is to say That the said Robert acknowleged the Mannors and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to be the right of the said Richard as those which the same Richard Nicholas and Iohn had of the gift of the said Robert and those released and quit claymed from him and his heirs to the said Richard Nicholas and Iohn and to the heirs of the said Richard the aforesaid Mannors and Tenements with the appurtenances against the said Robert and his heirs And further the said Robert graunted for him and his heirs that they warrant to the said Richard Nicholas and Iohn and to the heirs of the said Richard the aforesaid Mannors and Tenements with the appurtenances against the said Robert and his heirs for ever And for this Recognition release quit claym warranty fine and Concord the same Richard Nicholas and Iohn gave to the said Robert 826 pound Sterling Which fine aforesaid levyed and had was levyed of the aforesaid Mannor of Nether Melcum otherwise Melcum Bingham with the appurtenances whereof c. to the use of the said Robert Bingham the Elder for the Term of his life and after his decease then to the use of the aforesaid Robert Bingham than Son and heir apparent of the said Robert Bingham the Elder and the heirs of his body upon the Body of Ann then wife of the said Robert Bingham the Son to be begotten and for default of such issue to the use of the right heirs of the aforesaid Robert Bingham the Elder for ever And of the aforesaid Mannor and Tenements called Wolcumb Binghams with the appurtenances to the use of the said Robert Bingham the Son and the aforesaid Ann and the heirs of the body of the said Robert Bingham the Son upon the body of the aforesaid Ann Lawfully to be begotten and for default of such issue to the use of the right heirs of the aforesaid Robert Bingham the Elder for ever By virtue of which Fine and by force of the aforesaid Act of Parliament of transferring uses into possession made and provided the aforesaid Robert bingham the Elder was seised of the aforesaid Mannor of Nether Melcum otherwise Melcum Binghams with the appurtenances whereof c. in his demesn as of freehold for the Term of his life the remainder thereof to the said Robert Bingham the Younger in Fee tayl that is to say to him and to the heirs of his body to be begotten upon the Body of the said Ann the remainder to the right heirs of the said Robert Bingham the Elder for ever And besides the said Robert Bingham the Younger Ann his wife were seised of the said Mannor Land and Tenements called Wolcum Binghams with the appurtenances that is to say to the aforesaid Robert Bingham the
Younger in his demesn as of Feetail that is to say to him and the heirs of his body upon the body of the said Ann his wise Lawfully to be begotren and the aforesaid Ann in her demesn as of Freehold for the Term of her life the remainder thereof to the right heirs of the said Robert Bingham the Elder for ever And the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath aforesaid that at the time of the Levying of the said last recited Fine by the said Robert Bingham the Elder in form aforesaid had the said John Horsey was seised of the aforesaid Mannor of Over Melcum otherwise Horseys Melcum otherwise Sturges Melcum with the appurtenances in his demesn as of Fee and the said John Horsey so thereof being seised a Fine was Levyed in the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is at the Castle of Hartford in the County of Hartford after and before the within written time in which c. that is to say in the morrow of All Souls in the year of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 24th before Edmund Anderson Thomas Meade Francis Windham and William Periam then Justices of the said lady the Queen of the Bench other of the said Lady the Queens faithful people then there present between Henry Viscount Bindon Sichard Rogers Knight Henry Ashley Knight Thomas Hayward George Trenchard John Strange-waies John Williams Richard Watkins Thomas Muttens Henry Collier Edward St. Karke John Fitz-Williams and George Gilbert Fsquires then plaintiffs and the said John Horsey Knight then defendant of the said Mannor of Over Melcum otherwise Horseys Melcum otherwise Sturges Melcum with the appurtenances by the names of the Mannors of Clyfton Malarke Thorneford Nether Crompton Bradford Sherborne Wyke Horseys Melcum otherwise Sturges Melcum with the appurtenances and 250 Messuages 100 Toâ—ts 10 Mills 10 Dovehouses 3000 Acres of Lands 2000 Acres of Meadow 5000 Acres of Pasture 1000. Acres of Wood 3000. Acres of Furz and Heath and 10. pound Rent with the Appurtenances in Yettmister Ryme intrinseca Thorneford Bradford Beere-Hacket Shirborn Lillington Nether-Crompton Over-Crompton Long Barton Oburne Heyden Vpmelcum Nether Melcombe Cheselborn Buckland Plushe Mapowder Mylton other Midleton and Helton And the Rectory of Bradford with the appurtenances As also of the Advowson of the Churches of Melcombe Nether-Melcombe Clyfton Malank Thorneford Nether-Crompton and Bradford in the County of Dorset And of the Mannors of Horsey and Peignes with the Appurtenances and 20. Messuages 6. Tofts 2. Mills 2. Dove-houses 1000. Acres of Lands 60. Acres of Meadow 1200. Acres of Pasture 40. Acres of Wood 1000. Acres of Furz and Heath and 40. shillings Rent with the appurtenances in Bridgwater Chilton Beugh Stafford Berwick Weston Bondrip Peryson Chedsey Wembdon and Cannington in the County of Somerset Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court That is to say That the said John Horsey acknowledge the aforesaid Mannors Rectories Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances and the Advowsons aforesaid to be the right of the said Viscount as those which the said Viscount Richard Rogers Henry shley Thomas Howard George Trenchard John Strange-wayes John Williamâ— Richard Watkings Thomas Muttens Henry Coker Edward St. Kerke John Fitz James and George Gilbert had of the gift of the said John Horsey and those realesed and quit claimed for him and his Heirs to the said Viscount Richard Rogers Henry Ashley Thomas Howard George Trenchard John Strangewayes John Williams Richard Wakâ—ns Thomas Muttens Henry Coker Edward St. Kerke John Fitz-James and George Gilbert and to the Heirs of the said Viscount for ever And further the said John Horsey granted for him and his Heirs that they warrant to the aforesaid Viscount Richard Rogers Henry Ashley Thomas Howard George Trenchard John Stangewayes John VVilliams Richard VVatkins Thomas Muttens Henry Coker Edward St. Kerke John Fiz-James and George Gilbert and to the Heirs of the said Viscount the aforesaid Mannors Rectories Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances and the Advowson aforesaid against all men for ever The Tenor of which Fine followeth in these words This is a final Concord made in the Court of the Lady the Queen at the Castle of Hartford in the morrow of All Souls in the yeer of the Reign of Elizabeth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen defender of the Faith c. from the Conquest the 24th before Edmond Anderson Kt. Thomas Mead Francis VVindham and VVilliam â—eriam Justices and other of the Queens faithful people then here present Between Henry Viscount Byndon Richard Rogers Kt. Henry Ashley Kt. Thomas Howard Esq George Trenchard Esq John Strangewayes Esq John VVilliams Esq Richard Watkins Esq Thomas Muttens Esq Henry Coker Esq Edward St. Karke Esq John Fiz-James Esq and George Gilbert Esq Plantifs and John Horsey Kt. Deforciant of the Mannors of Clyfton Malanke Thorneford Nether-Compton Bradford Sherborn Wyke Horseys Melcomb otherwise Sturges Melcomb with the appurtenances and of 250. Messuages 100. Tofts 10. Mills 10. Dove houses 3000. Acres of Land 2000. Acres of Meadow 5000. Acres of Furz and Heath and 10. pound Rent with the appurtenances in Yettmister Ryme intrinseca Thorneford Bradford Beer-Hacket Sherborn Lillington Nether-Compton Over-Compton Long-Burton Oburne Hayden Vxnelcombe Nether-Melcombe Chaselborne Bucklaud Plashe Mapowder Mylton otherwise Midleton and Helton And of the Rectory of Bradford with the appurtenances as also of the Advowsons of the churches of Melcombe Nether-Melcombe Clyfton Malanke Thorneford Nether-Compton and Bradford in the County of Dorset And of the Mannor of Horsey and Pâ—egnes with the appurtenances And of 20. Messuages 6. Tofts 2. Mills 2. Dove-houses 1000. Acres of Lands 60. Acres of Meadow 1200. Acres of Pasture 40. Acres of Wood 1000. Acres of Furz and Heath and 40. shillings Rent with the appurtenances in Bridgwater Chitton Bough Styford Barwick Weston Baudrip Peryson Chedsey Wembdon and Cannington in the County of Somerset Whereupon a Plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the said Court That is to say That the said John Horsey acknowledge the aforesaid Mannors Rectories Tenements and Rents with the Appurtenances and the Advowsons aforesaid to be the right of the said Viscount as those which he the said Viscount Rich. Hen. Tho. George Joh. Strange-wayes Iohn Williams Rich. Tho. Henry Edward John Fitz James and George have of the guilt of the aforesaid John Horsey and then released and quit claimed from him and his Heirs to the aforesaid Viscount Richard Henry Thomas George John Strange-wayes John Williams Richard Thomas Henry Edward John Fitz-Williams and George and to the Heirs of the said Viscount for ever And besides the said John Horsey grants for him his Heirs That they warrant to the said Viscount Richard Henry Thomas George John Strange-wayes John Williams Richard Thomas Henry Edward John Fitz-Iames and George and to the Heirs of the said Viscount the aforesaid Mannors Rectory Tenements and Rents with the appurtenances
and the Advowson aforesaid against all Men for Ever And for this Recognitition release quit claim Warranty Fine and Concord the said Viscount Richard Henry Thomas George John Strange-wayes John Williams Richard Thomas Henry John Fitz-James and George gave to the aforesaid John Horsey 2680. pounds Sterling Which Fine aforesaid in form aforesaid levied and had was levied of the Mannor and Tenements called Over-Melcomb otherwise Horseys-Melcomb otherwise Sturges-Melcomb with the Appurtenances To the use of the said John Horsey and the Heirs males of the body of the said John Horsey lawfully begotten and for default of such issue To the use of Edith now Wife of the said Ralph Horsey for the Term of her life And after the decease of the said Edith To the use of the aforesaid Ralrh Horsey and his heirs males of his body Lawfully begotten and for default of such issue To the use of Iasper Horsey Brother of the said Ralph Horsey and the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to the use of the right Heirs of the aforesaid Iohn Horsey for ever By virtue of which and of the aforesaid Act of Parliament of Transferring of uses into possession made and provided The aforesaid Iohn Horsey was seised of the aforesaid Mannor and Tenements called Over-Melcombe otherwise Horseys-Melcumb otherwise Sturges-Melcomb with the appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee Tail that is to say to him and the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Edith for the Term of her life the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Ralph Horsey in Fee Tail that is to say to him and the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Jasper Horsey in Fee Tail that is to say to him and the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten the remainder over to the right Heirs of the said John Horsey for ever And the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath aforesaid That afterwards and before the within written time in which c. that is to say the 20th day of January in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 29th The aforesaid Robert Bingham the younger and Ann at Melcumb aforesaid had issue between them lawfully begotten Richard Bingham Son and Heir apparent of the said Rob Bingham the younger And that the aforesaid Robert Bingham and Ann of the said Mannors Lands and Tenements called Wolcomb Binghams so as before is said being so seised the remainder thereof in form aforesaid expectant And the said Robert Bingham the Elder and Jane his Wife so as before is said of the aforesaid Mannor of Nether-melcum otherwise Melcum Bingham with the Appurtenances whereof c. being seised of the Mannor thereof to the aforesaid Robert Bingham the younger and the Heirs of his body upon the body of the said Ann lawfully begotten the remainder thereof to the right Heirs of the said Robert Bingham the elder expectant The said Robert Bingham the younger afterwards and before the time within written in which c. that is to say the 11th day of November in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 30th at Melcomb aforesaid dyed of such estate of and in the premises as is said seised And the said Ann did survive him and held her self in the Mannor aforesaid and Tenements called Wolcombe Binghams and was thereof sole seised in her Demesn as of freehold for the Term of her life by right of survivor and that after the death of the said Robert Bingham the younge the remaynder of the aforesaid Mannor of Neither Melcum otherwise Melcum Bingham with the appurtenances whereof c. in fee tail descended to the said Richard Bingham as Son and Heir of the body of the said Robert Bingham the Younger upon the body of the said Ann begotten the said Richard Bingham at the time of the death of the aforesaid Robert Bingham the younger his Father being within age that is to say of the age of one yeer and 9. moneths and no more And that the said Ann of the aforesaid Mannor and Tenements called Wolcombe Binghams in form aforesaid being seised And the said Robert Bingham the elder and Jane his Wife of the aforesaid Mannor of Nether-Melcum otherwise Melcombe Binghams with the appurtenances whereof c. in form aforesaid being seised the remainder thereof in form aforesaid expectant The said Ann afterwards and before the within written time in which c. at Melcombe aforesaid took to Husband one John Sroud Esquire And the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath aforesaid That at the time of the death of the said Robert Bingham the younger and before the within written time in which c. The aforesaid John Horsey was seised of the said Mannor of Over-Melcum otherwise Horseys-Melcum otherwise Sturges-Melcum with the appurtenances in his Demesn as of Fee Tail that is to say to him and the Heirs males of his body lawfully begotten the Remainder thereof over in form aforesaid expecting And the said John Horsey so thereof being seised one John Popham Knight Chief Justice of the said Lady the Queen of Plea before the Queen her self to be held assigned by the name of John Popham Esquire George Trenchard Esquire and Edward Gorge Esquire before the within written time in which c. that is to say the 26th day of March in the yeer of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 31.th Out of the Court of Chancery of the said Lady the Queen at Westminster in the County of Middlesex then being sued forth a certain Writ of the said Lady the Queen of Entry in the Disseisin in the Post against the said John Horsey then Tenant of the Freehold of the said Mannor of Over Melcum otherwise Sturges-Melcum with the appurtenances of the said Mannor by the name of the Mannor of Horseys-Melcum otherwise Sturges Melcum with the Appurtenances And 10. Messuages 300. Acres of Land 200. Acres of Meadow 5000. Acres of Pasture 300. Acres of Wood and 300. Acres of Furz and Heath with the Appurtenances in Horseys-Melcum otherwise Sturgis-Melcum to the then Sherifs of the aforesaid County of Dorset directed By which Writ the said Lady the Queen that now is to the then Sherif of Dorset commanded that the said then Sherif should command the said John Horsey that justly and without delay he should render to the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge the said Mannor of Horseys-Melcum with the appurtenances and 10. Messuages 300. Acres of Land 200. Acres of Meadow 5000. Acres of Pasture 300. Acres of Wood and 300. Acres of Furz and Heath with the appurtenances in Horseys-Melcum otherwise Sturges-Melcum which the said George Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge claimed to be their Right and Inheritance And in which the said Iohn Horsey had not entry but after the Disseisin which Hugh Hunt thereof unjustly and without Judgement made to
the said John Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge within 30. years then last past as they said And whereupon they complained that the aforesaid Iohn Horsey did them deforce and if he should not do And the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge did secure the said Sherif for the prosecution of his clamour That then the said Sherif summon the aforesaid Iohn Horsey that he be before the then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench at Westminster aforesaid from Easter-day in 15. dayes then next following to shew why he had not done it At which 15. day of Easter before Edward Anderson Knight and his Companions then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench at Westminster aforesaid came as well the aforesaid Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge by Iohn Willis their Attorny and Robert Frampton Esquire then Sherif of the County of Dorset aforesaid then and there returned the Writ aforesaid to him in form aforesaid directed in all things served and executed that is to say that the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge had found to the said Sherif Pledges to prosecute the said Writ that is is to say Iohn Doo and Richard Roo And that the said Iohn Horsey was summoned by Iohn Den and Richard Fen And thereupon the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge declaring against the said Iohn Horsey upon the Writ aforesaid in their proper persons And demanded against the said Iohn Horsey the Mannors and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances as their Right and Inheritance And into which the said Iohn Horsey had not entry but after the Disseisin which Hugh Hunt thereof unjustly and without Judgement did to the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge within 30. yeers then last past c. And whereupon they then said That they themselves were seised of the Mannor and those Tenements with the Appurtenances in their Demesn as of Fee in Right in time of peace in the time of the said Lady the Queen that now is taking thereof the profits to the value c. And in which c. And thereof they bring sute c. And the said Iohn Horsey then and there defendeth the force and injury when c. And voucheth thereof to warranty David Howel who was then present in the same Court in his proper person and freely the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances then to him did warrant And upon this the aforesaid Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge then demanded against him the said David Tenant by his warranty the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in form aforesaid c. And whereupon they said that they they themselves were seised of the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in their Demesn as of Fee and Right in time of peace in the time of the Lady the Queen that now is taking the profits therof to the value c. And in which c. And thereof then brought Sute And the aforesaid David then tenant by his warranty defendeth the force injury when c. And said That the aforesaid Hugh Hunt did not Disseise the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge of the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances as the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge by their Writ and Declaration aforesaid above supposed And of this put himself upon the Country And the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge then prayed licence thereof to imparl and had it And afterwards the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge came back in the same Court the same Term in their proper persons And the said David although he was solemnly called did not come back but departed in contempt of the said Court and made default Therefore then by the same Court it was granted That the aforesaid Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge should recover their seisin against the said John Horsey of the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances And that the said John Horsey should have of the Tenements of the said David to the value c. And the said David should be in mercy c. And upon this the aforesaid Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge then prayed a Writ of the Lady the Queen to the Sherif of Dorset aforesaid to be directed to give them full seisin and possession of the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances and it was then granted unto them retornable there from the day of Easter in 5. Weekes then next following c. At which day before Edmond Anderson Knight and his Companions then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench that is to say at Westminster aforesaid came the aforesaid Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge in their proper persons And the aforesaid Robert Frampton Esq then Sherif of the aforesaid County of Dorset then sent that he by virtue of the said Writ to him directed made to the said Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge full seisin of the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances as by the said Writ he was commanded the Tenor of which Recovery followeth in these words ss Dorset ss Iohn Popham Esquire George Trenchard Esquire and Edward Gorge Esquire in their proper persons demand against Iohn Horsey Knight the Mannor of Horseys-Melcumb otherwise Sturges-Melcumb with the appurtenances and 10. Messuages 300. Acres of Land 200. Acres of Meadow 5000. Acres of Pasture 300. Acres of Wood and 300. Acres of Furz and Heath with the appurtenances in Horseys-Melcumb otherwise Sturges-Melcumb as their Right and Inheritance And in which the said Iohn Horsey had not entry but after Disseisin which Hugh Hunt thereof unjustly and without Judgement did to the said Iohn Popham George and Edward within 30. yeers now last past c. And whereupon they say That they themselves were seised of the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances in their Demesn as of Fee in Right in the time of Peace in the time of the Lady the Queen that now is taking the profits to the value c. And in which c. And thereof bring sute c. And the aforesaid Iohn Horsey by Iohn Willis his Attorny cometh and defendeth his right when c. And voucheth thereof to warranty David Howel who is present here in Court in his proper person and freely the Mannor and Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to him doth warrant and upon this the aforesaid Iohn Popham George Trenchard and Edward Gorge demand against the said David Tenant by his warranty the Mānor Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in form aforesaid c. And whereupō they say That they themselves were seised of the Mānor Tenemēts aforesaid with the appurtenāces in their demesn as of Fe Right in the time of peace in the time the Lady the Queen that now is taking the profits
use thereof in the abovesaid Fine in form abovesaid to be levyed and acknowleged before by this Indenture not limited or appointed the Rent of 10 quarters of Barley only except to be to the only use and behoof of the said Christopher Digges his Heirs and Assignes for ever and to no other use or uses purpose or intent and that the said Fine or use and execution thereof as to the abovesaid 10 Quarters of Bâ—rley to be to the only use and behoof of the abovesaid Richard Gaunt and his Heirs for ever In witness whereof the parties abovesaid to these present Indentures their Seals enterchangeably have set dated the day and yeer first above wriâ—ten And the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father so as afore is said of the Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments aforesaid with the appurtenances in the Monstrans de droiâ— within written specified as the Law requireth being seised Afterwards and before the bringing of the Monstrans de droit within written that is to say from the day of Saint Martin within writen in 15 dayes in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 14th abovesaid A Fine was levyed in the Court of the said Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster in the County of Middleâ—ex before James Dyer Richard Weston John Welsh and Richard Harper then Justices and afterwards in 8 dayes of Saint Hillary in the yeer of the same Lady the Queen that now is the 14th abovesaid there then granted and recorded before the said Justices and oâ—hers of the Queens faithfull people then and there present between the aforesaid Richard Gaunt Gentleman and Lawrence Applegate plaintiâ—s and the aforesaid Christopher Digges and Martha his Wife deforceants of the Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the Monstrans de droit within written with the appurtenances amongst other by the names of the Manors of Owtelmestone Mayton Nackington and Yokes Court with the appurtenances and 40 Messuages 20 Tofts one Mil 3 Dovehouses 20 Gardens 12 Orchards 1000 Acres of Land 100 Acres of Meadow 700 Acres of Pasture 600 Acres of Wood 100 Acres of Furze and Heath and 100 shillings of Rent and the Rent of 10 Quarters of Barley with the appurtenances in Barham Kingstone Bishopsborn Bridge Patricksborne Littleborne Wellborne Sturrey Saint Stephens Nackington Netherherds Lenham Harisham Frinsted Sutton Ripple and Shalden whereupon a plea of Covenant then was summoned between them in the said Court That the aforesaid Christopher Digges and Martha do acknowlege the aforesaid Manors and Rents with the appurtenances to be the Right of the said Richard and those which the said Richard and Lawrence then had of the gift of the aforesaid Christopher and Martha and these then remised and quit claimed from them the said Christopher and Martha their Heirs to the aforesaid Richard and Lawrence and the Heirs of the the said Richard for ever and moreover the said Christopher and Martha then had granted for them Heirs the of the said Christopher that they warrant to the aforesaid Richard and Lawrence and the Heirs of the said Richard the aforesaid Manors Tenements and Rents with the appurtenances against all men for ever and for this Recognition Release Quit claim warranty Fine and Concord the said Richard and Lawrence gave to the aforesaid Christopher and Martha 8 pound Sterling which Fine was levied with proclamations according to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided And further the Jurors say upon their oath aforesaid that the aforesaid Fine in form aforesaid levyed was had and levyed to the uses and intents in the Indenture aforesaid bearing date the 26th day of October in yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 14th as abovesaid above specified By colour of which Fine Indenture and Statute aforesaid the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father was seised of the Manors Tenements and Hereditaments aforesaid with the appurtenances as the Law requireth And the Jurors aforesaid further say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid Christopher Digges the Father so as before is said of the Manors and Tenements above written as the Law requireth being seised the said Christopher Digges the Father and the aforesaid John Brook Richard Brook and Richard Horewood afterwards that is to say the 7th day of November in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 14th came into the Court of the said Lady the Queen of her Chancery and then and there acknowleged the Indenture aforesaid bearing date the 20th day of September in the 13th yeer aforesaid to be their deed and upon that the said Indenture afterwards that is to say the 7th day of November in the 14 yeer aforesaid in the said Court of Chancery in due Maner of Record was Inrolled By virtue of which and force of the Statute aforesaid the said Christopher Digges the Father was of the Manors Lands and Tenements within written seised as the same Law requireth and so thereof being seised the said Christo Digges the Father afterwards and before the day of the bringing of the shewing of right within written that is to say the first day of February in the yeer of our Lord 1576 and in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lady the Queen that now is the 19th made his Testament and last Will in writing of which said Testament and last Will the Tenor amongst other followeth in these Words In the Name of God Amen The first day of February in the yeer of our Lord God 1576 and in the 19th yeer of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland defender of the Faith c. I Christopher Digges of Saint Gregories without the Walls of the City of Canterbury Esquire Son and Heir of William Digges late of Barham in the County of Kent deceased being sick in body but of good and perfect remembrance thanked be the Almighty God Revoking and making void all other my former wills ordayn and make this my present Testament and last Will in manner and form following That is to say this is the last Will of me the abovesaid Christopher Digges made the day and yeer abovesaid touching the disposition of all my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Kent and Canterbury or elsewhere in the Realm of England First touching the thirds and third part of my Land to be due unto the Queens Majesty or any other for Wardship Primer seisin Livery or otherwise my Will and meaning is to leave to descend to Thomas Digges my Son to have and to hold to him and his Heirs for ever All these my Lands and Tenements called or known by the name of Eastendown containing by estimation 10 Acres of Land and all these Lands Tenements Hereditaments which I had by descent after the death of Thomas Digges of Newington next Sittingborn Esquire deceased and if the
30. Acres of Wood and 1. pound 6. shillings 4. pence Rent and of the Rent of 4. Capons and 1. pound of Wax with the Appurtenances in Stow-market Newton Gipping and One House by the name of the Mannor of Collumbine-hall otherwise Thorney Collumbers with the Appurtenances and 20. Messuages one Dove-house 20. Gardens 300. Acres of Land 100. Acres of Meadow 200. Acres of Pasture 30. Acres of Wood and 1. pound 6. shillings 4. pence Rent and the Rent of 4. Capons and 1. pound of Wax with the Appurtenances in Stow-market Newton Gipping and One House whereof a Plea of Covenant was sued between them in the said Court That is to say That the aforesaid William acknowledge the aforesaid Manor Tenements Rents and premises with the Appurtenances to be the Right of the said David as those which the said David and Robert had of the gift of the aforesaid VVilliam and those released and quit claimed from him and his Heirs to the said David and his Heirs for ever And besides the said VVilliam granted for him and his Heirs That they warrant to the said David and Robert and to the Heirs of the said Dazid the aforesaid Manor Tenements Rents with the Appurtenances against the aforesaid VVilliam and his Heirs for ever as by the Record of the same Fine in the Court of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench here remaing more fully appeareth Which Fine in form aforesaid levied and had was levied and had to the use of the aforesaid David and Robert and their Heirs to the intent and until a perfect Recovery by Writ of the Lady the Queen of Entry for Deseisin of the Post of the Manor and Tenements aforesaid with the Appurtenances were sued against the said David and Robert by one Robert Peirson Gentleman according to the course of Common Recoveries used to be had And the aforesaid Iohn Gardiner and Agnes his Wife of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof for the Term of the lives of them the said John Gardiner and Agnes and the longer liver of them so as before is said being seized the Remainder thereof to the aforesaid David and Robert Ham and their Heirs in form aforesaid expectant The said Fine in the Conusance of the said William Bredon and John Bredon above second mentioned in form aforesaid was levied in the aforesaid Court of the Lady the Queen here from the day of Easter in 15. day in the yeer 32th abovesaid before the aforesaid then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench Between the aforesaid John Hâ—gham Knight and Thomas Turner Esquire Plaintiffs and the aforesaid â—illiam Cary and the aforesaid Martha then his Wife Deforceant of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenance whereof c. And the aforesaid John Higham and Thomas by the same Fine granted unto the said Martha the aforesaid Annuitity or yeerly Rent of 40. p. to be issuing out of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances and those to her in form aforesaid rendred To have and perceive the aforesaid Annuity or yeerly Rent of 40. pound at the aforesaid Feasts of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Annuntiation of the blessed Mary the Virgin by equal portions yeerly to be paid all the life time of the said Martha if the aforesaid John and Agnes or any of them should so long live the first paymeÌ„t therof â—o begin at thaâ— Feast of the Feasts aforesaid which next after the decase of the said VVilliam Cary should happen to be with the aforesaid clause of distresse in the said Fine mentioned As the aforesaid William Bâ—edon and John Bredon by their Conusance aforesaid above suppose By virtue of the levying of which Fine last mentioned so had and levied The aforesaid John Gardiner and Agnes Forfeited their Estate aforesaid for the Term of their lives the life of the longer liver of them in the aforesaid Manor with the Appurtenances whereof c. And afterwards that is to say the aforesaid 24th day of March in in the 35th yeer abovesaid the aforesaid William Cary at Stow-market aforesaid dyed without issue of his Body lawfully begotten After whose death and before the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in the yeer of 35th abovesaid The aforesaid Robert Cary Knight by reason of the aforesaid Forfeiture of the Estates of the aforesaid John Gardiner and Agnes and and in the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. entred and was thereof seized in Feetail that is to say to him the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten And so thereof being seized The said Robert afterwards and before the aforesaid time of the taking aforesaid made that is to say the 17th day of March in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 37th abovesaid At Stowmarket aforesaid gave licence to the said Agnes to put her Cattel into the aforesaid place in which c. to eat the grasse in the same then growing By virtue of which licence the said Agnes after and before the aforesaid time in which c. put her Cattel aforesaid into the aforesaid place in which c. to eat the grasse in the same Which Cattel were in the aforesaid place in which c. Until the aforesaid VVilliam Bredon and John Bredon the day and yeer above in the Declaration aforesaid above specified At Stow market aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which called the â—arkwood took the aforesaid Cattel of the said Agnes and them unjustly detained against Gages Pledges until c. as she above against them complaineth And this she is ready to aver wherofore in as much as the said William Bredon and John Bredon the taking of the Cattel aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. above acknowlegeth The said Agnes demands Judgement and her damages for the occasion of taking and unjustly deteining of her Cattel aforesaid to be adjudged unto her And the aforesaid VVilliam Bredon and John Bredon as to the aforesaid Plea of the Agnes to the Conusance of the said William and John for the aforesaid 20. pound Residue made in Bar pleaded say That well and true it is that the aforesaid Fine in the Bar of the aforesaid Agnes second specified in the aforesaid Court of the Lady the Queen of the Bench aforesaid here in the aforesaid 15. day of Paster in the yeer of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 3â—th abovesaid before the said Edmond Anderson Francis VVindham and VVilliam Periam then Justices of the said Lady the Queen of the Bench aforesaid here and other of the said Lady the Queens then Faithful People then here present Between the aforesaid David Bulward and Robert Ham Plaintiffs and the aforesaid VVilliam Cary Deforceant of the Manor aforesaid with the Appurtenances whereof c. And of the aforesaid Tenements and Rents with the Appurtenances in the said Fine in the Bar of the aforesaid Agnes second specified and mentioned in form aforesaid was
Essex with all and singular Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever As also of and in all those Manors and Lordships of Bustingthorp otherwise Buslingthorp and Dunnesby in the County of Lincoln with their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And of and in all those Manors of Salthorp otherwise Saltrop otherwise Halthrop Chilton and Black-grove in the County of Wilts with their Rights Members and Appurtenances And of and in all those Lands and Pastures called Black-grove conteining by estimation 200. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Black-grove and Wroughton in the County of Wilts And of and in all those Manors of Mihenden otherwise Missenden otherwise called the Manors of Mussenden in the Parish of Wroughton Lydepard and Tregose in the said County of Wilts with all and singular their Rights Members and Appurtenances and of all that Manor of Elcomb and Park called Elcomb Park with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And of and in all that Manor of Wattlescote otherwise Wigglescote otherwise Wiggetscete with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And of and in all that Mannor of Wescot otherwise Wescet with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And of and in all those Lands and Pastures conteining by estimation 100. Acres of Land and 60. Acres of Pasture in Wigglescot Wroughton in the said County of Wilts And of and in all that Manor of Vscot with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And of and in all those two Messuages and 1000. Acres of Land 2000. Acres of Pasture 300. Acres of Pasture and 300. Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Broadhinton in the said County of Wilts And of and in all those Manors and Lordships of Campes otherwise Campes-Castle otherwise called Castle Campes with the Appurtenances situate lying being and extending into the Counties of CAMBRIDGE and ESSEX or either of them or elsewhere in the Kingdom of ENGLAND And also of and in all that Manor of Balsham in the County of Cambridge with all and singular Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And also of and in all and singular those Messuages and Lands situate and being in the Parish of Hackney and Tottingham in the County of Middlesex with their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever which Messuage was lately purchased of Will. Bowper Knight the said Lands in Tottenham now are or late were in the Tenure or Occupation of William Benning Yeoman And of and in all and singular Manors Lordships Messuages Lands Tenements Reversions Services Feedings Pastures Woods Advowsons Patronages of Churches and Hereditaments of the aforesaid Thomas Sutton whatsoever situate lying and being in the said Counties of Essex Lincoln Wilts Cambridge and Middlesex or any of them with all and singular their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever in his demesn as of Fee And the said Jurors further say upon their Oath aforesaid That the said Thomas Sutton so thereof being seised before the time in which that is to say At the 4th Session of Parliament begun and holden by Prorogation at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the 9th day of February in the yeer of the Reign of our Lord James by the grace of God of England France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. the 7th and of Scotland the 3d. and there continued untill the 24th day of July then next following and then prorogued until the 16th day of October then next following amongst other things it was Enacted and established by Authority of the same Parliament as followeth in these words Humbly beseecheth your Majesty Your Loyal and dutiful Subject Thomas Sutton of Bedsham in the County of Cambridge Esquire That it may please your most excellent Majesty and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled To Enact Ordain Establish And be it Enacted Ordained and Established by the Authority aforesaid That in the Town of Hallingburn otherwise called Hallinborn Bowchers in the County of Essex there may be builded and erected at the Costs and Charges of your suppliant one meet fit and convenient House Buildings and Rooms for the abiding and dwelling of such number of poor People Men and Children as your suppliant shall name by limit and appointment to be lodged harboured abide and be relieved there And for the abiding dwelling and necessary use of one School-master and Usher to instruct the said Children in Reading Writing and the Latine and Greek Grammar And of one Divine and godly Preacher to instruct and teach all the rest of the same House in the knowledge of God and his word And of one Master to govern all these persons of in or belonging unto the same House And that the same shall and may be called The Hospital of King James founded in Hallingbury in the County of Essex at the humble Petition and at the only Costs and Charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire And that the Right Reverend Father in God Richard now Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and his Successors Arch-Bishops there Thomas Lord Ellesmore Lord Chancellor of England and such as after him shall succeed to be Lord Chancellors or Lord Keepers of the Great Seal of England for and during the time they shall so continue or be in the same Office Robert Earl of Salisbury Lord High Treasurer of England and such as after him shall succeed to be Treasurers of England and such as after him shall succeed to be Treasurers of England for and during the time they shall continue or be in the same Office The Reverend Father in God Launcelot Bishop of Ely and his Successors Bishops there Richard Bishop of Rochester and Dean of the Cathedral Church of Westminster and his Successors of and in the same Deanery Sir Thomas Foster Kt. one of the Justices of your Majesties Court of Common-Pleas usually holden at Westminster Sir Henry Hobart Knight your Majesties Attorney General John Overal Doctor of Divinity Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in London and his Successors Deans there Henry Thursby Esquire one of the Masters of your Majesties Court of Chancery Thomas Fortescue Thomas Paget Geffrey Nightingale and Richard Sutton Esquires John Law and Thomas Brown Gent. and such others as shall be from time to time for ever hereafter chosen and nominated in and to the places and steads of such of them as shall decease by your suppliant during his life and after his decease by the most part of them which them shall be Governors of the said Hospital to be and succeed in and to the place and places of him and them deceasing shall and may be the Governors of the said Hospital and of the Members Goods Lands Revenews and Hereditaments of the same at all times hereafter for ever And that the same Governors and Hospital shall for ever hereafter stand and be incorporated Established and founded in name and indeed a body Politick Corporate to have continuance for ever By the name of the Governors of the Hospital
of King James founded in Hallingbury in the County of Essex at the humble Petition and at the only Costs and Charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire And that they the said Governors may have a perpetual Succession and that by that name they and their Successors may for ever have hold and enjoy the Manors Lordships Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments hereafter mentioned without any License of pardon for any alienation of them or any of them and without any License of or for Mortmain or any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding That is to say your Suppliants Manors and Lordships of Southminster Norton little Hallingbury otherwise Hallingbury Bowchers and Much Stambridge in the County of Essex with all their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And all those your supplyants Manors and Lordships of Baslingthorp in Dunnesby in the County of Lincoln with theirs and either of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And also all those your supplyants Manors of Salthope otherwise of Saltrop Chilton and black grove with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And all those your supplyants Lands and Pasture grounds called Black-grove conteining by estimation 200. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Black-grove and Wroughton in the said County of VVilts And all that your supplyants Manor of Mihenden otherwise called Miganden in the parishes of VVroughton Hygerd and Tregoce in the said County of VVilts And all that your spplyâ—nts Manor of Elcombe and the Park called Elcombe Park in the said County of VVilts And all those your supplyants Manor of Vvitlescot otherwise called VVigglescot otherwise called VViglescote otherwise called Webescete in the County of Wilts And all those your supplyants Lands and Pastures called VVescete with the Appurtenances in the said County of VVilts And all that your supplyants Manor of VVescote otherwise called VVescete with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And all those your supplyants Lands and Pastures contayning by estimation 100. Acres of Land and 60. Acres of Pasture in VVigliscot and VVroughton in the said County of Wilts And all that your supplyants Manor of Offcote with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And all those your supplyants two Messuages and 1000 Acres of Land 2000. Acres of Pasture 300. Acres of Meadow and 300. Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Brodelinton in the said County of Wilts And also all those your supplyants Manors and Lordships of Campes otherwise called Campes otherwise called Campes-Castle otherwise called Castle Campes situate lying being and extending in the Counties of Cambridge and Essex or in either of them or elsewhere within the Realm of England And also all that your supplyants Manor of Balsham in the County of Cambridge with all and singular the Rights Members and Appurtenances thereof whatsoever And also all that your supplyants Messuage and Lands situate and being in the Parishes of Hackney and Tottenham in the County of Middlesex or in either of them with their and either of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever which said Messuage was late purchased of Sir VVilliam Bowper Knight and the Lands in Tottenham now are or late were in the tenure or Occupation of VVilliam Benning Yeoman And also all and singular the Manors Lordships Lands Tenements Reversions and Services Meadows Pastures Woods Advowsons Patronages of Churches and Hereditaments of your supplyants whatsoever situate lying and being within the said Counties of Essex Lincoln VVilts Cambridge and Middlesex or any of them with all and every of their Rights Members and appurtenances whatsoever And also all your supplyants Letters Patents Indentures Deeds Evidences Books and Writings concerning the premises or any of them And all such Commissions Warrants Vouchers Actions Sutes Entries Benefits and Demands as shall and may be had by any person or persons upon or by reason of them or any of them except those your supplyans Manors and Lordships of Littlebury and Hadstock in the said County of Essex and except all your suppliants Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Littelbury and Hadstock aforesaid or either of them And that the said Governour and their successors by the same name shall and may have power ability and capacity to demise lease and grant their Possession and Hereditaments and every of them to take acquire and purchase and to sue and be sued and to do perform and execute all and every other Lawfull Act and thing good necessary and profitable for the said Incorporation in as full and ample manner and form and to all intents constructions and puâ—poses as any other Incorporations or body politick or corporate fully and perfectly founded and incorporated may do And that the same Governours and their successors for the time being may have and use a common Seal for the making graunting and demising of such their demises and Leases and for the doing of all and every other thing touching or in any wise concerning the said Incorporation In which Seal shall be engraven the Arms of the said Thomas Sutton your supplyant And also that it may be further enacted by the authority aforesaid and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid That your supplyant during his life and the said Governours and their Successors for the time being or the most of them after his decease shall and may have full power and Lawfull authority to break alter change the said Seal that your Orator during his life and the said Governours and their Successors for the time being or the most part of them after his decease shall and may have full power and authority to nominate and appoint and sball and may nominate and appoint when and as often as he and they shall think good such person and persons as he and they shall thinke meet to be Master Preacher School-Master Usher Poor Men and Poor Children and Officers of the said Hospital and when any of them by Death Resignation Deprivation or otherwise shall become void shall and may within one moneth then next after such avoydance by writing under the said common Seal nominate appoint one or more Learned discreet and meet men and persons to be Master Preacher School-Master Usher Poor men Poor Children and Officers in the places of them so deceasing resigning or otherwise becoming void and that in case the said Governors and their successors for the time being or the most of them shall not within one moneth after such avoydance make such nomination and appointment as aforesaid that then and so often and in every such case from and after the decease of your said Orator it shall and may be Lawfull to your Majesty your Heirs and Successors by your Letters Patents under the great Seal of England to nominate and appoint some meet godly Learned men in and to the places void by such default of the said Governours and their Successors for the time being or the most part of them as
power and authority for us our Heirs and Successors do will ordayn and graunt that the said Hospital and the Master Preacher School-Master Usher Members and Officers and all other the persons to be placed in the said Hospital sball for ever hereafter be excepted and freed of and from all visitation punishment and correction to be had used or exercised in or upon them or any of them by the ordinary of the Diocess for the time being or by any other person or persons whatsoever other than by the said Thomas Sutton during his life and after his decease by the said Governours for the time being and their successors And further know ye that we for the considerations aforesaid of our special grace certain knowledge and meer motion have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant to the said Governours of the Lands possessions and Goods of the Hospital of King James founded in Charterhouse within the County of Middlesex at the humble petition and only costs and charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire and their successors for ever our special License and free and Lawfull liberty power and authority to get purchase receive and take to them and their successors for ever for the maintainance sustentation and reliefe of all and every the person and persons to be placed in the said Hospital of and from the said Thomas Sutton his Heirs and assigns the said great and large Mansion House commonly called Charter-house besides Smithfield together with all the Houses Buildings Courts Yards Gardens and other Hereditaments lately purchased by the said Thomas Sutton of the said Thomas Earl of Suffolk and all those his Manors and Lordships of Southminster Norton little Hallingbury otherwise Hallingbury Bowchers and Much Stambridge in the County of Essex with all their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And also all those Manors and Lordships of Baslingthorp and Dunnesby in the County of Lincoln with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And also of all those his Manors of Salthorpe otherwise Saltrop otherwise Halthrope Chilton and Black-grove in the County of Wilts with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances And also all those his Lands and Pasture grounds called Black-grove conteining by estimation 200. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Black-grove and Wroughton in the said County of VVilts And also all that his Manor of Missenden otherwise called the Manors of Missenden in the Parishes of VVroughton Lydyard and Tregoce in the said County of VVilts with all his Rights Members and Appurtenances And all that his Manor of Elcombe and the Park called Elcombe Park with the Rights Members and Appurtenances in the said County of VVilts And all that his Manor of VVit-lescot otherwise VViglescot otherwise VViglescete with the Appurtenances in the County of Wilts And also all that his Manor VVescote with the Appurtenances in the said County of VVilts And also all those his Lands and Pastures contayning by estimation 100. Acres of Land and 60. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in VVigliscot and VVroughton in the said County of Wilts And all that his Manor of Offcote with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And also all those his two Messuages and 1000. Acres of Land 2000. Acres of Pasture 300. Acres of Meadow and 300. Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in â—rodehinton in the said County of Wilts And also all those the Manors and Lordships of Campes otherwise Campes-Castle otherwise called Castle Campes with the Appurtenances situate lying being extending in the Counties of Cambridge and Essex or in either of them or else where within the Realm of England And also all that his Manor of Balsham in the County of Cambridge with all and singular the Rights Members and Appurtenances thereof whatsoever And also all those his Messuages Lands lying and being in the Parishes of Hackney Tottenham in the County of Middlesex or either of them with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances thereof whatsoever which late Messuage was lately purchased of Sir William â—owper Knight and the said Lands in Tottenham are now and late were in the Tenure or Occupation of William â—enning Yeoman And also all and singular the Manors Lordships Messuages Lands Tenements Reversions Services Meadows Pastures Woods Advowsons Patronages of Churches and Hereditaments of the said Thomas Sutton whatsoever situate lying and being within the said Counties of Essex Lincoln VVilts Cambridge and Middlesex or in any of them with all and every of their Rights Members and appurtenances whatsoever or any such and so many and such part of the said Manors Advowsons Lands Tenements and Hereditaments or any part thereof as the said Thomas Sutton shall seem meet And also all Letters Patents Indentures Deeds Evidences Bonds and Writings concerning the premises or any of them which shall be so given and granted by the said Thomas Sutton to the said Governours and their Successors And all such Commissions Warrants Vouchers Actions Sutes Entries Benefits and Demands as shall and may be had by any person or persons upon or by reason of them or any of them except all his Manors or Lordships of Littlebury Haddestock w th the Appurt in the County of Essex aforesaid or in either of them though the premises or any of them be holden of us immediately in Chief or by Knights service or otherwise howsoever And without License or Pardon for Alienation of them or any of them the Statute of Mortmain or any other Act Statute Ordinance of Provision to the contrary notwithstanding And also we do give and grant like License Power and Authority to the said Thomas Sutton his Heirs and Assigns to give grant and assure unto the said Governours and their Successors for the uses intents and purposes aforesaid And all and every the said great large Mansion-House commonly called the Charter-House besides Smithfield together with the Houses Buildings Courts Yards Gardens Orchards Closes and other Hereditaments lately purchased of the said Thomas Earl of Suffolk all those his Manors and Lordships of Southminster Norton Little Hallingbury otherwise Hallingbury Bowchers and Much Stanbridge in the said County of Essex with all their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsosoever And also all those his Manors and Lordships of Bustingthorp otherwise â—â—stingthorp and Dunnesby in the Countyof Lincoln with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And all thâ—â—e his Manors of Salthorp otherwise Saltrop otherwise Haâ—â—horp Chilton â—â—d 〈…〉 grâ—ve in the County of Wilts with their and every oâ— their Rights Members and Appurtenances And also all those his Lands and Pasture Grounds called Blackgrove containing by estimation 200. Acres of Pasture with their Appurtenances in Blackgrove and Wroughton in the said County of Wilts And also all that his Manor of Misenden otherwise called the Manor of Misunden in the Parishes of Wroughton Lidyard and Tregose in the
said County of Wilts with all his Rights Members and Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And also all those Manors of Wescote otherwise Wescote with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And also all those his Lands and Pastures containing by estimation 100. Acres of Land and 60. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Wiglescate and Wroughton in the said County of Wilts And all that his Manor of Vsscote with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts And also all those his two Messuages 1000. Acres of Land 2000. Acres of Pasture 300. Acres of Meadow 300. Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Broadhinton in the said County of Wilts And all those his Manors Lordships of Campes otherwise Camps Castle otherwise called Castle Camps with the Appurtenances situate lying and being and extending into the Counties of Cambridge and Essex or in either of them or elsewhere within the Realm of England And also all that his Manor of Balsham in the County of Cambridge and all singular the Rights Members Appurtenances thereof whatsoever And also all those his Messuages and Lands situate lying and being in the Parishes of Hackney and Tottenham in the County of Middlesex or in either of them with their and either of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever which said Messuage was lately purchased of Sir William Bowyer Knight and the Lands in Tottenham now are or late were in the Tenure or Occupation of VVilliam Benning Yeoman And also all singular the Manors Lordships Messuages Lands Tenements Reversions and Services Meadows Pastures Woods Advowsons Patronages of Churches and Hereditaments of the said Thomas Sutton wheresoever situate lying and being within the said County of Essex Lincoln Wilts Cambridge and Middlesex or any of them with all and every their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever or and such and so many and such part of the said Manors Advowsons Tenements and Hereditaments or of any part thereof as the said Thomas Sutton shall think meet And also all Letters Patents Indentures Deeds Evidences Bonds and Writings concerning the premises or any of them which shall be so given and granted by the said Thomas Sutton to the said Governours and their Successors and all such Conditions Warrants Vouchers Actions Sutes Entries Benefits and demands as shall be or may be had by any person or persons or by reason of them or any of them except all his Manor and Lordship of Littelbury and Haddestock with the Appurtenances in the said County of Essex aforesaid or in either of them though the premises or any of them be holden of us immediately in Chief or by Knights service or otherwise howsoever and without any license or pardon for Alienation of them or any of them the Statute of Mortmain or any other Act Statute Ordinance or Provision whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding And our further Will and Pleasure is And we do by these presents for us our Heirs and Successors ordain and strictly charge and command That whatsoever and as often as any of the Churches Parsonages Viccarages Chapels or other spiritual livings the Advowsons Patronages and Donations whereof are hereby meant or mentioned to be licensed to be given by the said Thomas Sutton to the said Governours and their Successors for and towards the maintainance of the said godly and charitable use shall happen to become void or presentative or presentable or to be given or collated unto by the Death Resignation or Deprivation of any Incumbent or Incumbents of them or any of them or by any other means howsoever That then and so often the said Governours for the time being or their Successors or the greater part of them or the time being shall present prefer and collate thereunto such meet and sufficient persons as they shall think fit Nevertheless our full meaning and direction is in this and so we do by these presents for us our Heirs and successors ordayn and declare that such and so many of the Scholars which shall from time be brought up and taught in the said Hospital and every of them as shall after be fully qualified and become meet to take upon them or any them the charge of the said Churches Parsonages Viccarages Chapels or other spiritual livings aforesaid shall as near as may be from time time be by the said Governours and their Successors presented preferred and collated thereunto before any other person or persons whatsoever avoiding as much as may be the giving of more Benefices than one to any one Incumbent And to the end that all supition of indirect dealing which might hereafter be used or put in practise by the aforesaid Governours or their Successors or any of them contrary to the true intent and meaning of these presents may be prevented and taken away Our Will and Pleasure is And we do by these presents for us our Heirs and Successors ordain and streightly command and charge That the Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and other the premises which at any time hereafter shall be given granted or conveied for the maintainance of the said godly and charitable uses before in these presents mentioned in or any part or parcel of them or of any of them shall at any time hereafter be leased demised granted or conveied to them the said Governours or their Successors or to any of them or to any other person or persons whatsoever for or to the use benefit and behoof of the said Governours or of their Successors or any of them although expresse mention of the clear yeerly value and certainty of the premises or of any them or of any other gifts or grants by us or any of our Progenitors or Predecessors to the said Thomas Sutton heretofore made is not made or any Statute Act Ordinance Provision Proclamation or Restraint to the contrary notwithstanding In Witnesse whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patents Witnesse our self at Westminster the 22th day of June in the 9th yeer of our Reign of England France and Ireland and of Scotland the 44th as by the said Letters Patents more fully appeareth And further the said Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That the said Thomas Smith of all and singular the premises aforesaid with the Appurtenances in form aforesaid being seized The said Thomas Sutton afterwards and before the aforesaid time in which c. That is to say the 30th day of October iin the yeer of the Reign of the Lord JAMES that now is of England the 9th abovesaid made a certain Writing sealed with his Seal bearing date the same day and yeer and to the Jurors aforesaid shewed in Evidence to one John Hutton Clerk The Tenor of which Writing followeth in these words To All to whom this present shall come Thomas Sutton of Balsham in the County of Cambridge Esquire sendeth Greeting Whereas it pleased the Kings most Excellent Majesty that now is by his Highnesse Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster
George Mountain Dean of the Collegiate Church of Westminster Henry Thursby Esquire one of the Masters of our Court of Chancery Jeffery Nightingale Esquire Richard Sutton Esquire John Law Gentleman Thomas Brown Gentleman and John Hutton Clerk Master of the Hospital of King JAMES founded in the Charter-House within the County of Middlesex at the humble Petition and onely costs and charges of the said Thomas Sutton Esquire the first and present Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenews and Goods of the Hospital of King JAMES founded in the Chater-House within the County of Middlesex at the humble Petition and onely costs and charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire of the other part Witnesseth That whereas It hath pleased the Kings most Excellent Majesty that now is By his Highnesse Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster the 22th day of June in this present 9th yeer of his Highnesse over England upon the humble Sute of Thomas Sutton to give License Power and Authority to him the said Thomas Sutton to place erect found and establish at or in the said House called the late dissolved Charter-House besides Smith-field within the said County of Middlesex One Hospital House or place of abiding for the finding sustentation and relief of poor aged maimed needy and impotent people As also to place found and establish at or in the said House One Free-school for the instructing maintainance and education of poor Children or Scholars And that the said Hospital should ever after be incorporated named and called The Hospital of King JAMES founded in the Chater-House within the County of Middlesex at the humble Petition and onely costs and charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire And that he the said Thomas Sutton during his life and after his death the Governours and their Successors for ever should have full Power License and Authority to ordain appoint and place therein a Master a Preacher a School-Master and Usher and such number of poor people Scholars and Officers as they should think meet And in default thereof his Majesty his Heirs and Successors And where likewise our said Sovereign Lord the King Majesty by the said Letters Patents hath incorporated the said Lord Arch Bishop Lord Chancellor Lord Treasurer Iohn Bishop of London Bishop of Elie Sir Edward Coke Knight Sir Thomas Foster Knight Sir Henry Hobert Knight and Baronet John Overal George Mountain Henry Thursby Jeffery Nightingale Richard Sutton John Law Thomas Law Thomas Brown and the Master of the said Hospital for the time being by the name of Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenews and Goods of the Hospital of King JAMES founded in the Charter-House within the County of Middlesex at the humble Petition and onely costs and charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire And moreover hath hereby granted License as well to the said Governours and their Successors to have take and purchase as also License and Authority to the said Thomas Sutton his Heirs and Assigns to give grant and assure unto the Governours and their Successors for the better continuance of the said Hospital and Free school for ever and for the better maintainance of the Master Preacher School Master Usher and such number of poor people Scholars and Officers of and in the said Office for ever as shall be therein placed as aforesaid And all and every the Manors Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Advowsons and Hereditaments hereafter herein mentioned to be granted or conveied as in the said Letters Patents amongst other things more at large may appear Since which said Letters Patents The said Thomas Sutton hath by his Deed under his Hand and Seal bearing date the 13th day of October last ordained and appointed the said John Hutton to be the first present Master of the said Hospital according to the purport Tenor and true meaning of the said Letters Patents And the said Tho. Sutton being minded in his life time to perfect the said godly charitable act himself and not to leave it to be perâ—ected after his death by others This Indenture therfore witnesseth That the said Tho. Sutton for and in consideration of the continuance of the said Hospital and Free-school for ever hereafter and for the better maintainance of the said Master Preacher School-master Usher poor people Scholars and Officers for ever hereafter with the Rents Revenews Issues Commodities and Profits of the Manors Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Advowsons and Hereditaments hereafter in these presents mentioned to be conveied and for and in consideration of the sum of 5. pound of lawful Mony of England by the said Lord Arch-Bishop and other the Governours aforesaid paid which said sum of 5. pound he the said Thomas Sutton confesseth and acknowledgeth himself to have received of the said Governours and thereof doth acquit and discharge the said Governours for ever by these presents And in consideration of the yeerly Rent of 12. d. of lawful Mony of England hereafter in and by these presents reserved to the said Thomas Sutton and his Heirs And for divers other good and reasonable considerations him especially moving according to the said License of the Kings Majesty to him the said Thomas Sutton in that behalf given Hath bargained sold granted and confirmed and conveied and by these presents doth for him and his Heirs bargain sell give grant confirm and convey unto the said Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenews and Goods of the said Hospital of King JAMES founded in the Charter-House within the County of Middlesex at the humble Petition and onely costs and charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire and to their Successors for ever All that the Mansion-house commonly called the Charter-house besides Smith-field in the said County of Middlesex And all and singular the Messuages Houses Courts Yards Gardens Orchards Closes and other Hereditaments within the County of Middlesex lately purchased by the said Thomas Sutton of the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Suffolk And all those his Manors and Lordships of Southminster Norton Little Hallingbury otherwise Hallingbury Bowchers and Much Stanbridge in the County of Essex with all their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And also all those his Manors and Lordships of Bustingthorp otherwise Baslingthorp and Dunnesby in the County of Lincoln with their and every of their Rights Members Appurtenan whatsoever And all those his Manors of Salthorp otherwise Saltrop otherwise Halthorp otherwise Halstrop Chilton Black grove Vsscot Misenden otherwise Misenden Waklescot otherwise Wiglescot otherwise Wiglescet VVescote oâ—herwise Wescete and Elcomb in the County of Wilts with their and every of their Rights Members and Apurtenances And all those his Lands and Pasture Grounds called Black grove containing by estimation 200. Acres of Pasture with their Appurtenances in Black grove and Wroughton in the said County of Wilts And also all those Lands and Pastures containing by estimation 100. Acres of Land 60. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Wiglescote and Wroughton in the said County of Wilts And also all those his two Messuages
and 1000. Acres of Land 2000. Acres of Pasture 300. Acres of Meadow 300. Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Broadhinton in the said County of Wilts And all those his Manors Lordships of Campes otherwise Camps Castle otherwise called Castle Camps with the Appurtenances situate lying and being and extending into the Counties of Cambridge and Essex or either of them or elsewhere within the Realm of England And also all that his Manor of Balsham in the County of Cambridge with all and singular the Rights Members Appurtenances thereof whatsoever And all those his Messuages and Lands situate lying and being in the Parishes of Hackney and Tottenham in the County of Middlesex or in either of them with their and either of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever which said last mentioned Messuage was lately purchased of Sir William Bowyer Knight and the Lands in Tottenham now are or late were in the Tenure or Occupation of VVilliam Benning Yeoman And also all and singular the Manors Lordships Messuages Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Services Meadows Pastures Woods Advowsons Patronages of Churches Liberties Priviledges Franchises and other Hereditament whatsoever of the said Thomas Sutton situate lying and being or to be had taken and enjoyed within the said County of Essex Lincoln Wilts Cambridge and Middlesex or in any of them with all and every their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever And all Letters Patents Indentures Deeds Charters Extents Court Rouls and other Writings Minuments and Evidences whatsoever concerning the premises or any of them or any part or parcel of them or any of them Except and allwaies foreprized out of these presents the Manors or Lordships of Little Hallingbury and Haddestock or either of them or to the said Manors of Little Hallingbury and Haddestock or either of them belonging or appertaining To have and to hold the said Mansion-House called the Charter-House besides Smithfield And all and every the said Manors Lordships Messuages Parks Lands Tenements Reversions Services Advowsons Liberties Franchises Priviledges and Herediataments and all other the premises with their and every their Members and Appurtenances except before excepted unto the said Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenews and goods of the said Hospital of King JAMES founded in the Charter-House within the County of Middlesex At the humble Petition and onely costs and charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire and their Successors for ever upon special trust and confidence That all singular the Rents Issues Revenews Cōmodities and profits of all singular the said Manors Houses Lands Tenements Hereditaments and other the premises with their Appurtenances shall be for ever hereafter from time to time truly faithfully and wholy distributed converted and imployed by the said Governours and their Successors to and for the maintainance continuance of the said Hospital and Free-School and of the Master Preacher School-Master Usher poor people Scholars Officers of and in the said Hospital and Free-school for the time being and at all times hereafter and from time to time for ever according to the true intent purport and meaning of the said Thomas Sutton and according to the Tenor and purport of the said Letters Patents and of these presents and to none other trust use confidence interest purpose or imployment whatsoever Yielding and paying therefore yeerly unto the said Thomas Sutton and his Heirs the yeerly Rent of 12. pence at the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist yeerly to be paid And when and as of often as the said yeerly Rent of 12. pence shall be behind and unpaid at any Feast whereon the same ought to be paid That then and so often It shall be lawful for the said Thomas Sutton and his Heirs into the pemises and into every or any part or parcel thereof to enter and distrem and the distresse and distresses there taken to take lead and carry away and with him and them to detein until he and they be satisfied of the said Rent and the Arrerages thereof if any may be In witnesse whereof the parties first above named to these present Indentures interchangeably have set their Hands Seals the day and yeer first above written And further the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath aforesaid That the aforesaid Thomas Sutton of the aforesaid premises with the Appurtenances in the County of Middlesex as before is said being seised The said Thomas Sutton after the aforesaid Indenture of Bargain Sale of the premises with the Appurtenances whereof c. by the aforesaid Thomas Earl of Suffolk to the aforesaid Thomas Sutton made and after the Inrollment of the aforesaid Indenture and before the Letters Patents aforesaid by the said Lord the King that now is as is said made and before the aforesaid Indenture made Between the aforesaid Thomas Sutton of the one part And the aforesaid George Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Primiate and Metropolitan of all England and others of the other part bearing date the first day of November in the yeer of the Reign of the Lord the King that now is the 9th abovesaid Appointed one Richard Bird to be Porter of the said Messuage called the late dissolved Charter-House besides Smith-field of the aforesaid Thomas Sutton which Richard Bird continued Porter of the said Messuage after the said Indenture made Between the aforesaid Thomas Sutton of the one part the aforesaid George Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and others of the other part bearing date the aforesaid first day of November in the yeer of the Reign of the said Lord the King that now is the 9th abovesaid until the death of the said Tho. Sutton And further the Jurors say upon their Oath aforesaid That the said Thomas Sutton afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say the second day of November in the yeer of our Lord 1611. made his Testament and last Will in Writing amongst other things as followeth in these words And my Will and meaning is That unlesse the said Sir Francis Popham the said Lady Ann his Wife do or shall give to mine Executor or Executors A general Acquittance or Release to the elect above mentioned That then as well the said Legacy of 2000. Marks so willed to be given to the said Sir Francis Popham and Ann his Wife as also the other several Legacies given and bequeathed to every of the said Children of Sir Francis Prpham and the Lady his Wife shall remain and be to the use of mine Executor or Executors to be wholly disposed and given by them within one whole yeer after my decease yeerly to the mending of the High-wayes and partly to poor Maids Mariages and partly to the Releasing of poor men that lie in Prison for Debt and partly to the poor people of my intended Hospital when it shall please God it be established and erected Also I give for and towards the building of my intended Hospital Chapel and School-house the sum of 5000. pound Item I
Acres parcel of the said 20. Acres the said Thomas saith That long before the time in which it is supposed the Trespass aforesaid to be done one Francis Bunny was seized of the aforesaid 20. Acres of Pasture in which c. in his Demesn as of Fee and so thereof being seized before the aforesaid time in which c. that is to say The first day of May in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 20th by his Deed of Feoffment here into Court brought bearing date the same day and year enfeoffed one Miles Hilycock of the aforesaid 20. Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in which c. To have and to hold to the said Miles and his heirs for ever to the use of the said Francis for the term of the life of the said Francis and after the death of the said Francis to the use of one David Bunny and the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten and for lack of such issue to the use of Nicholas Bunny and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and for lack of such issue to the use of Walter Bunny and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and for lack of such issue to the use of Stephen Bunny and his heirs for ever By vertue of which Feoffment and by force of certain Act in Parliament of the Lord Henry late King of England the 8th at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the 4th day of February in the year of his Reign the 27th of transferring uses in possession holden made The aforesaid Francis was of the aforesaid 20. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances seized in his Demesn as of Freehold the remainder thereof after the death of the aforesaid Francis to the aforesaid David and the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Nicholas and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Walter and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Stephen and his heirs for ever exptctant and the aforesaid Francis so of the aforesaid 20. acres with the appurtenances in form aforesaid being seized the remainder thereof to the aforesaid David in form aforesaid expectant The said Francis afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say the first day of May in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 21th enfeoffed one Richard Tomson of the aforesaid 20. acres of Pasture with the appurtenances To have and to hold to the said Richard his heirs and assigns for ever By vertue of which the said Richard was of the said 20. acres of Pasture with their appurtenances seized in his Demesn as of Fee by colour whereof and for that the said Feoffment was made to the disinheriting of the said David the said David in the aforesaid 20. Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances entred and was thereof seized in his Demesn as of Feertail the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Nicholas and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten the remainder thereof to the said Walter and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten the remainder thereof to the aforesaid Stephen and his Heirs for ever And the aforesaid David so thereof being seized the remainder thereof in form aforesaid expectant the said David afterwards and before the time in which c. that is to say the first day of May in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 22th at Willesdon aforesaid demised the aforesaid five acres of Pasture of the aforesaid 20. acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in which c. parcel To one Adam Blunt to have and to hold to the said Adam from the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past until the end and term of one year from thence next following and fully to be compleat By vertue of which the said Adam Blunt into the said five acres of Pasture with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed and the said Adam so being thereof possessed afterwards and before the time in which enfeoffed the aforesaid Thomas Albany of the said five acres of Pasture with the appurtenances To have and to hold to the said Thomas his heirs and assigns to the proper use and behoof of him the said Thomas his heirs and assigns for ever By colour of which the said Thomas was of the said five arces of Pasture with the Appurtenances seized in his Demesn as of Fee and the aforesaid John Grendon claiming the said five acres of Pasture with the appurtenances by colour of a certain Deed of Demise to him thereof made for the term of his life by the aforesaid Miles Hitchcock whereas nothing of the said five acres of Pasture in the possession of the aforesaid John Grendon by the said Deed ever passed in the aforesaid five acres of Pasture with the appurtenances before the time in which c. entred upon whose possession of the said John thereof the said Thomas Albany afterwards that is to say the aforesaid time in which c. into the aforesaid five acres of Pasture with the appurtenances entred and the grass there then growing with the cattel aforesaid fed trod and consumed as it was lawfull for him to do and this he is ready to aver whereupon he prayeth judgement if the aforesaid John Grendon his action aforesaid against him ought to have or maintain c. And as to any Trespass in the aforesaid 15. acres of Pasture residue the said Thomas Albany saith that the aforesaid John Grendon his Action aforesaid thereof against him ought not to have or maintain because he saith That the aforesaid David long before the Trespass aforesaid supposed to be done being seized of the aforesaid 15. Acres of Pasture in his Demesn as of Fee tail as before is said before the time in which c. that is to say the second day of May in the year of the Reign of the Lady the Queen that now is the 22th aforesaid at Westminster aforesaid by a certain Indenture between the said David and the aforesaid Thomas Albany made bearing date the same day and year and in the Court of the Chancery of the said Lady the Queen at Westminster aforesaid within six moneths then next following in due manner of Record inrolled according to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided one part of which sealed with the Seal of the said David the said Thomas Albany brings in Court bargained and sold to the said Thomas the aforesaid 15. acres of Pasture residue To have and to hold to the said Thomas and his Heirs for ever by colour of which Bargain Sale and Inrollment the said Thomas Albany of the aforesaid 15. acres of Pasture was seized in his Demesn as of Fee and the aforesaid John Grendon claiming the said 15. acres of Pasture with the appurtenances by colour of the said Deed of Demise to him thereof