| whereas at a court held for the said manor
13.10.1637
it was presented by the homage that
Sam Burton
who held to him and his heirs a customary tenement with a garden adjoining called
Muggs also Princes
in Colne St betwixt the tenement called
The George
on the east and the tenement late of
Barth Church
on the west did surrender the same amongst other things to the use of his last will and whereas the said
Sam
by his last will in writing bearing date
28.8.1637
did devise the said tenement with the appurtenances by the name of the tenement with the appurtenances wherein
Edw Newton
the elder did then dwell to
Ann
his wife for her life and after her decease to
Rich Burton
his son and his heirs forever as by the said will duly proved and now provided appeareth and afterwards the said
Sam
died thereof seised and whereas at the said court the said
Ann
was admitted to the said premises for her life now at this court it is presented by the homage that the said
Ann
since the last court died and that the said
Rich
during the lifetime of the said
Ann
died and that
Jacob Burton
of the age of 9yrs or thereabouts is his heir 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 with the appurtenances to the said
Jacob
his heirs and assigns of the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the said manor by the rents and services due and 3li of lawful money is assessed upon the admission of the said
Jacob
for his fine to be paid upon
1.3.next
between the hours of one o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon of the said day at or in the south porch of the parish church of Earls Colne |