| the tenement is called
Attwoods
| whereas at a view with court here held the tuesday in the week of pentecost
27.5.1561
Jn Leffingwell
and
Alice
his wife were admitted tenants of the lord for themselves and their heirs to two cottages now converted into one with appurtenances lying in the said Colne sometime of
Wm Attwood
then
Geof Buckwell
and next of
Nich Moore
as by a copy of a roll of the same said court here in court produced and clearly shown now at this court it is shown by the homage that the said
Jn
died many years ago and that the said
Alice
held for herself meanwhile by right accruing and that the said
Alice
out of and after the last court and before this court surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of
Robt Spilman
instead of the bailiff in the presence of
Edw Clemens
and
Hen Bridge
two customary tenants the same testifying according to the custom of the said manor all the said premises with their appurtenances to the use and behoof of
Thos Smithe also Baylie
and
Joan
his wife one of the daughters of the said
Alice
and their heirs and assigns forever who the same said
Thos
and
Joan
present here is court came and sought for themselves admittance to the premises according to said surrender to whom the lord by his steward granted seisin thereof to have to themselves and their 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 they gave to the lord their fine as is shown in the margin
and made fealty and were admitted tenants thereof
and afterwards the court sitting and in open court came the said
Thos Smithe also Baylie
and
Joan
his wife and
Joan
herself being solely and secretly examined by the said steward as is the custom surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of the said steward all and singular the said premises with their appurtenances to the use and behoof of the said
Thos
and
Joan
for and during the term of their lives and of the longer liver the remainder thereof after their decease to the heirs of
Joan
herself forever who the same said
Thos
and
Joan
present in court came and sought for themselves admittance to the premises according to the said surrender to whom the lord by his steward granted thereof seisin to have to themselves for their lifetimes and to the longer liver the remainder thereof 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 they gave to the lord their fine as is shown in the margin |