Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr77)

17.5.1630 (Monday 17 May 1630)

document 38301540

whereas at a view with court here held 4.6.1628 it was shown by the homage that Thos Prior junior before the court surrendered into the hands of the lord according to the custom of the said manor all that his cottage or tenement called Lamberts with appurtenances to the use and behoof of Clem Turnor and his heirs forever and at the same court the aforesaid Clem Turner was admitted tenant and after his admission at the same court the said Clem surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of his said steward the said cottage or tenement called Lamberts to the use and behoof of the said Clem and Edith his wife for their lives and the longer liver and they were admitted as by a roll of the said court is clearly shown and because now it appears that the said cottage was not now known as Lamberts but for some time was called Humphreys and not by the other name therefore the said Thos Prior came into court in person and surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of the said steward the said tenement called Humphreys now in the tenure of the said Clem Turner and his assigns to the use and behoof of the said Clem Turner and Edith his wife for their lifetime and to the longer liver and after their decease to the right heirs of the said Clem forever and the said Clem Turner and Edith present here in court humbly sought admittance to whom the lord by the said steward granted and delivered seisin thereof of the aforesaid cottage or tenement sometime called Humphreys to the said Clem and Edith for their lifetimes and to the longer liver and after their decease to the heirs of the said Clem Turner to hold by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the said manor by the rents services and customs thereunto belonging and by right accustomed and their fines were remitted for the said admittance and they made fealty and were admitted thereof tenants of the lord and the said Thos Prior by licence of the lords for his heirs etc quitclaimed all his rights etc illegible text