Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr22)

13.10.1637 (Friday 13 October 1637)

document 34401451

and furthermore at this court it is shown by the homage that Thos Smith tanner customary tenant of this manor after the last court and before this court viz 11.8.1637 surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of Nath Joyner instead of the bailiff in the presence of Ambrose Waller and Hen Coney two customary tenants of the aforesaid manor the same testifying according to the custom of the aforesaid manor one orchard or parcel of land containing by estimation 1r more or less now in the occupation of Thos Richmond or his assigns to the use and behoof of the said Thos Smith for his lifetime and after his decease to the use and behoof of Mary Baker now wife of Antho Baker one of the daughters of the said Thos Smith for the lifetime of the said Mary and after her decease to the use and behoof of Sigismund Baker son of the said Antho and Mary and the heirs and assigns of the said Sigismund forever upon which came here into court the aforesaid Thos Smith and humbly sought admittance to whom the lord by the aforesaid steward granted and delivered thereof seisin by the rod to have and to hold the aforesaid orchard or parcel of land to the aforesaid Thos Smith and his assigns for the lifetime of the said Thos the remainder thereof in the aforesaid form from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the aforesaid manor by the rents services and customs thereunto belonging and by right accustomed and he gave to the lord for a fine 2s6d and made fealty and was admitted tenant