for fine
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10.12.7Jas1
(sic)
Thos Prior
and
Agnes
his wife were admitted tenants to themselves and to the heirs of the said
Agnes
to one croft or pasture then enclosed containing about 8a of land and to one croft or close of arable land containing about 4a of land and to one meadow containing about 2a parcel of certain lands and meadow called
Bridgemans
lying in Earls Colne according as it clearly shows by the said court roll here in this document now at this court it is shown by the homage that the said
Agnes
after the said court and before this court died seised and that the said
Thos Prior
survived her and is living and that
Thos Prior
junior is son and next heir of the said
Agnes
whereupon the said
Thos Prior
junior came into court and humbly sought admittance to the remainder of the croft and the other premises with appurtenances to whom the lord by his said steward granted and delivered seisin by the rod to have the said remainder of the said croft and other premises with appurtenances to
Thos Prior
junior and his heirs forever and to hold from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the customs of the said manor by the rents services and customs thereunto belonging and by right accustomed and he gave the lord his fine and made fealty and was admitted tenant thereunto and afterwards in the same court and the court sitting came the said
Thos Prior
senior and the said
Thos Prior
junior and in full and open court surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of his steward all and singular the said premises and all rights estates and interests of and in the premises by name all that customary land with appurtenances called
Bridgemans
one head abutting against the land called
Stoneleys and also Newmans
to the east and another head abutting the land of
Jas Nicoll
called
Swanells
to the south and another head abutting the kings highway leading from Earls Colne to Colne Engaine to the west and the other head abutting the great river to the north containing about 13a and now in the tenure and occupation of
Robt Davy
of Earls Colne butcher or his assigns to the use and behoof of
Robt Seawell
junior son of
Robt Seawell
of Pebmarsh yeoman and his heirs forever whereupon the said
Robt Seawell
junior came into court and humbly sought admittance to whom the lord by his said steward granted and delivered seisin by the rod to have to him and his heirs forever and 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 services and customs thereunto belonging and by right accustomed and he gave to the lord his fine but because the said
Robt
is under age viz 12yrs or thereabouts therefore his fealty was respited and custody of the said land was granted and delivered by the rod through the steward of the said court to
Robt Seawell
father of the said
Robt
until the said
Robt Seawell
junior reaches the full age of twenty-one years when he will return to the said
Robt
junior the lands and property and other estates and render to him at his full age a faithful reckoning of the profits of the lands and said holdings and as such a guardian the said
Robt Seawell
senior gave to the lord his fine and made fealty and was admitted thereunto as guardian and tenant
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