whereas at a court here held
friday being 1.4.1608
Thos Wade
customary tenant of this manor surrendered into the hands of the lord a certain half part of the residue of a
called
Bowerfield
and a certain part of a messuage or tenement built on the same as by copy of court roll of the same court to the use and behoof of the said
Thos
for his lifetime and after his death to remain to
Helen
his then wife for the lifetime of
Helen
herself and at the same court the aforesaid
Thos Wade
was admitted to the premises as by copy of a roll of a certain court shown now at this court it is shown by the homage that after the last court the aforesaid
Thos Wade
died seised of the said premises and that the aforesaid
Helen
should have the right to the said remainder of the premises according to the effect of the said surrender upon which to this court came the aforesaid
Helen
and humbly sought from the lord admittance to the said premises to whom the lord by his said steward granted thereof seisin to have to the said
Helen
for her lifetime 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 she gave to the lord her fine and made fealty and was admitted thereof tenant of the lord