| whereas at a court held for the said manor
19.5.1619
Hugh Potter
and
Margt
his wife customary tenants of the said manor in the right of the said
Margt
the said
Margt
being by
Jn Stephens
esq then a steward of the said manor solely examined did surrender into the hands of the lord of the said manor by the hands of his said steward one parcel of customary land formerly a lane leading from the highway leading from Earls Colne to Coggeshall to a field called
Smithfield
lying betwixt the customary lands of
Rich Parker
towards the north and another parcel of land late of the said
Rich
towards the south to the use of her the said
Margt
for her life and after her decease to the use of
Margt Bridge
daughter of the said
Hugh
and
Margt
and of the heirs of the body of the said
Margt Bridge
begotten and for default of such issue to the use of the right heirs of the said
Margt Potter
forever at which said court the said
Margt Potter
was thereupon admitted tenant for her life now at this court it was presented by the homage that the said
Margt Potter
since the last court died and that the said
Margt Bridge
in the lifetime of her said mother died and that
Wm Bridge
is son and heir of the said
Margt Bridge
and of full age who being present in court humbly prayed to be admitted tenant to the same 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 parcel of land to the said
Wm Bridge
and to the heirs of his body begotten 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 due and of right accustomed and he gave to the lord for his fine and did his fealty |