Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr77)

18.5.1619 (Tuesday 18 May 1619)

document 37901378

and also at this court it is shown by the homage that the said Jn Churche gentleman late customary tenant of this same manor before this court died seised in his demesne as of fee of and in certain customary lands held by copy of a roll of a certain court viz one parcel of land called Dovehouse Field lying and being in the said Earls Colne which said parcel of land among others the aforesaid Jn Churche surrendered into the hands of the lord to the use of his last will which last will is now shown to the said homage bearing the date 23.2.1617 showing that the aforesaid Jn Church gave and bequeathed the said parcel of land to Barth Churche son and heir of Jn himself his heirs and assigns forever the tenor of which last will concerning the premises in the following english words viz the residue of all my lands and tenements not formerly given I give and bequeath unto Barth Churche my eldest son to him his heirs and assigns forever after my decease now to this court came the aforesaid Barth Churche and humbly sought from the lord admittance to the said premises according to the effect stated in the last will of his father to whom the lord by his said steward granted thereof seisin to have to him and his heirs forever 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 and made fealty and was admitted thereof tenant of the lord