at this court it was shown by the homage that Joan Pierson Jonas Bysouth and Kath his wife Thos Evans and Rose his wife Geo Elkin and Ann his wife were paid and satisfied by Ambrose Waller 20li of legal money of England according to the form and effect of a certain condition contained and made in a certain surrender by them to the use of the aforesaid Ambrose Waller and his wife and the heirs of the aforesaid Ambrose which same said surrender is enrolled in a court roll bearing the date 5.6.1628 and furthermore the aforesaid Ambrose Waller present here in court showed the acquittance made by the aforesaid Joan Jonas Bysouth Thos Evans and Geo Elkin signed by the aforesaid Joan Pierson Jonas Bysouth Thos Evans and Geo Elkin with their signatures and writing and he humbly sought for the aforesaid writing to be enrolled in the rolls of this court and it was granted to him the tenor of which is in the following words viz be it known unto all men by these presents that we Joan Pierson of Essex single woman Jonas Bysouth of Chappel husbandman and Kath my wife Thos Evans of Halstead in the said county weaver and Rose my wife Geo Elkin of Bocking in the said county comber and Ann my wife received and had the day of the date hereof of Ambrose Waller of Earls Colne yeoman 10li of lawful money of England due to be paid to us for a certain little meadow in Earls Colne aforesaid containing by estimation 1a more or less according to the form and effect of a certain conditional surrender given by us of the said meadow to the use of the said Ambrose Waller and his heirs as by the said surrender the said Ambrose Waller to the said meadow more at large may appear in witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals 29.9.4Chas1 be it known unto all men by these present that we Joan Pierson of Essex single woman Jonas Bysouth of Chappell husbandman and Kath my wife Thos Evans of Halstead weaver and Rose my wife Geo Elkin of Bocking comber and Ann my wife have received and had the day of the date hereof of Ambrose Waller of Earls Colne in the said county yeoman 10li of lawful money of England due to be paid to us for a certain little meadow in Earls Colne aforesaid containing by estimation 1a more or less according to the form and effect of a certain conditional surrender given by us of the said meadow to the use of the said Ambrose Waller and his heirs and by the said surrender and admittance of the said Ambrose Waller to the said meadow more at large appeareth in witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals 6.1.4Chas1