| fine 25s | whereas at a court here held
tuesday being the 18.9.1604
Rose Sampeforde
and
Rich Sampeforde
her son were admitted tenants of the lord viz the said
Rose
for her lifetime and the said
Rich
in fee to one piece of land with a cottage thereon built late parcel of lands called
Stacies
containing by estimation 1r according as the said piece of land is enclosed by hedges and ditches and lying on the west part of the said land called
Stacies
and abutting upon a lane leading from a certain stile called Curds Stile into the kings highway leading towards Coggeshall now at this court it is shown by the homage that out of this court and after the last court the said
Rose
and
Rich
surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of
Robt Cobbe
instead of the bailiff in the presence of
Thos Smithe
and
Randolph Greene
customary tenants of the lord the same testifying the aforesaid piece of land with appurtenances to the use and behoof of
Robt Eelie
his heirs and assigns forever who the same said
Robt
present in court sought admittance from the lord to the said piece of land with appurtenances to whom the lord by his steward granted seisin thereof to have to the same
Robt
and his heirs to hold from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the said manor by the rents and services thereunto belonging and by right accustomed and he gave to the lord his fine as is shown in the margin and made fealty to the lord and was admitted thereof tenant of the lord
and afterwards in the same open court and the court sitting came the aforesaid
Robt Eelie
in person and in full and open court surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of his said steward the aforesaid piece of land with appurtenances to the use and behoof of the aforesaid
Robt Eelie
and
Mary
his wife for the term of the natural lifetime of
Robt
and
Mary
themselves and to the longer liver the remainder thereof after their decease and the decease of the longer liver to the rightful heirs of
Robt
himself forever to whom the same
Robt
and
Mary
present here in court the lord by his said steward granted thereof seisin to have to the said
Robt
and
Mary
and their assigns for their lifetimes and the lifetime of the longer liver the remainder thereof as stated above to hold from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the said manor by the rents and services thereunto belonging and by right accustomed and they gave to the lord their fine as is shown in the margin and the fealty of the said
Mary
is respited etc and they were admitted thereof tenants of the lord etc |