| 15s | whereas at a court here held
saturday in easter week 2.4.1597
Thos Wade
was admitted tenant of the lord for himself and his heirs to three crofts of land containing by estimation about 20a of land called
Bowerfields
upon which one messuage or tenement was built according as by a roll of the same court henceforth of the court now here brought and clearly shown whereas also at a court here held
tuesday being 18.2.3Jas1
Hugh Johnson
was admitted tenant of the lord for himself and his heirs by the surrender of the said
Thos
to two parcels of the said land containing altogether by estimation about 7a3r7p according as it is shown in the said court now at this court it is shown by the homage that out of this court and after the last court the said
Thos Wade
surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of
Robt Cobbe
instead of the bailiff in the presence of
Jn Pierson
and
Sam Game
customary tenants of the lord and the same testifying according to the custom of the said manor half the remainder of the said lands and other premises to the use and behoof of the said
Thos Wade
and his assigns for and during all the natural lifetime of
Thos Wade
himself the remainder thereof after his decease to
Robt Parker
and
Eliz Wade
daughter of the said
Thos Wade
and the heirs and assigns of the said
Robt Parker
forever to whom the same
Thos
present here in court the lord by his said steward granted seisin thereof to have to the same
Thos Wade
and his assigns for and during the whole natural lifetime of
Thos
himself the remainder thereof after his decease as 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 he gave to the lord his fine as is shown in the margin
and he made fealty to the lord and was admitted thereof tenant of the lord |