| let is be known that on
friday 28.1.1551
at Hennyngham Castle in the county of Essex before me
Jn Churche
steward of our gracious lord
Jn
earl of Oxford lord of the manor of Colne Priory came
Jn Rome
and
Margt
his wife and
Margt
herself solely and secretly examined by me the aforesaid steward and acknowledged surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of me the said steward in the presence of
Walt Bantofte
of
Jn Stokes
Jn Whyte
and others about 1r of land etc now built on lying in Henningham Castle upon which a certain sheepfold was once built by a portion of the tithe of the said Priory levied on the same village and lying between a croft of land called
Brasyers Croft
on the west part and a garden of the said earl now in the tenure of
Thos Bragge
on the east part one head thereof abutting upon a field of the said earl called
Shypcote Feild
towards the south and the other head thereof abutting upon the king's highway leading from Henningham Castle towards Braintree towards the north as by the metes and bounds etc with this intention viz that the lord should regrant seisin thereof of the said 1r of land now built on with appurtenances to the aforesaid
Jn Rome
and
Margt
his wife to hold to them during the whole term of their lives and to the longer liver from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the manor etc the remainder thereof after their decease and of the longer liver to
Robt Brewster
of Henningham Castle and
Joan
his wife to hold to them and their heirs from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the manor upon the following condition viz that if the said
Robt Brewster
his heirs or assigns should pay or cause to be paid to the aforesaid
Jn Rome
and
Margt
his wife or one of them or to their rightful attorneys or executors 10li in the following manner and form namely at the feast of michaelmas next following in the dwelling house of
Robt
himself in the said Henningham Castle 60s and thus from year to year always in the place and at the said feast during three years then next following 40s and at the feast of michaelmas then next following in the said place 20s in full payment of the said 10li that then the present surrender together with the said remainder should stand in all its force and remain in effect otherwise it should be void etc
and the lord by virtue of the said surrender thus seised of the premises at this present court by his steward regranted out of his hand the said 1r of land to the aforesaid
Jn Rome
and
Margt
his wife during the whole term of their life and to the longer liver from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the manor etc the remainder thereof after their decease and of the longer liver to the aforesaid
Robt Brewster
and
Joan
his wife and their heirs to whom the same said
Jn
and
Margt
by the steward the lord delivered thereof seisin to hold to them during the whole term of their life and to the longer liver from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the manor etc the remainder thereof after their decease and of the longer liver to the aforesaid
Robt Brewster
and
Joan
his wife and their heirs etc and the said
Jn
and
Margt
gave to the lord their fine as is shown in the margin
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