Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr78)

26.12.1639 (Saturday 26 December 1639)

document 38701013

and afterwards in the same court and the court sitting came the said Jn Hawksby and Dionisia his wife Dionisia herself solely and secretly examined by the steward of the court as is the custom and surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of the said steward the said messuage or cottage with appurtenances and all their estate right and interest both in their possession and in reversion of and in the said messuage or cottage with appurtenances to the use and behoof of the said Jn Ludgater and Margt his wife and the heirs and assigns of the said Margt forever who present in court humbly sought admittance to whom the lord by the said steward granted and delivered seisin by the rod to have and to hold the said messuage or cottage with appurtenances to the said Jn Ludgater and Margt his wife and the heirs and assigns of the said Margt forever 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 they gave to the lord their fine and made fealty and were admitted tenants thereof