| Middleton's land in Earls Colne and the river in the earldom for the great bridge | memo in the said nest of boxes there is a deed under seal of Robt de Veer in Edward the third his time to show that (1016) Spilwatersland that was old Middleton's is in Earls Colne and that the river is in the earldom for he gives them# licence to build a mill upon it |