| whereas at a court held for the said manor
13.10.1637
it was presented by the homage that
Sam Burton
the elder did since the then last court surrender into the hands of the lord amongst other things one tenement with the garden adjoining called
Tredgolds
and a croft of land to the same next adjoining called
Grapnells
with a way lying on the west side of the said tenement leading out of the highway to the said croft held by the yearly rent of 2s3d and one parcel of a garden late of
Robt Person
used with the said tenement containing in length 6rod4ft and in breadth 9ft more or less held by the rent of 4d to the use of his last will and whereas the said
Sam
did make h is last will in writing bearing date
28.8.1637
the tenor whereof concerning the premises in these words item I give and bequeath to
Ann
my well beloved wife all my household land and tenement being customary with the appurtenances edifices yards orchards gardens with the close of land lying on the backside of the said house for and during her natural life item I give and bequeath to
Wm Burton
my youngest son the reversion and remainder of all that messuage or tenement customary wherein I now dwell with the edifices yards orchards gardens with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging together with the close of land lying on the backside thereof to have and to hold the said messuage with the appurtenances together with the said close of land to the said
Wm
and his heirs forever immediately from and next after the decease of the said
Ann
and my will and meaning is that if my son
Wm
shall depart this life without any issue before he shall enjoy his portion as aforesaid that then my son
Rich
shall have the house and croft aforesaid bequeathed to my son
Wm
as aforesaid paying out thereof to my daughter
Mary
the sum of 50li of lawful money of England within six months after the decease of
Ann
my wife and my will and meaning is that if my daughters
Mary
and
Grace
or either of them shall depart this life without issue before their portions shall grow due that then the portion and portions of either of them so deceased shall be equally divided amongst the rest of my children then living as by the said will duly proved and now produced it doth more fully appear and afterwards and before the said court the said
Sam
died at which said court the said
Ann
was admitted according to the said will now at this court it was presented by the homage that the said
Wm
in the lifetime of the said
Ann
and before he did enjoy his portion aforesaid died without issue and that the said
Rich
divers years since died and that
Jacob Burton
of the age of 9yrs or thereabouts is his son and heir and that the said
Ann
since the last court died whereupon the said
Jacob
did come and humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to the said tenement and premises according to the said will to whom the lord of the said manor by his said steward did grant and deliver thereof seisin by the rod to have and to hold the said tenement and premises with their appurtenances to the said
Jacob
his heirs and assigns upon the condition in the said will mentioned of the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the said manor by the rents services and customs for the same respectively due and 10li10s is assessed for the fine for the admission of the said
Jacob
to be paid to the lord his executors or assigns upon
1.3.next
betwixt the hours of one o'clock and four o'clock in the after noon of the said day at or in the south porch of the church of Earls Colne |