Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr79)

2.11.1652 (Tuesday 2 November 1652)

document 39001930

whereas at a court held for the said manor 30.12.1651 it was presented by the homage that Dan Rogers the elder clerk who held to him and his heirs 9a of customary land more or less called Chewny Land did since the then last court surrender into the hands of the lord of the said manor by the hands of Robt Johnson in place of the bailiff in the presence of Ralph Josselin clerk and Giles Crowe two customary tenants of the said manor the same witnessing the said 9a of land more or less with the appurtenances together with other lands and tenements by the name of all his customary messuages lands and tenements held of the said manor to the use of Dan Rogers the younger his son and of the heirs and assigns of the said Dan Rogers the younger immediately from and after the decease of the said Dan Rogers the elder now at this court it was presented by the homage that the said Dan Rogers the elder since the last court died and that the said Dan Rogers the younger is his son and heir to whom by the hand of Wm Harlakenden esq his attorney and deputy in that behalf desiring the same the lord of the said manor by his said steward did grant and deliver thereof seisin by the rod to have and to hold the said 9a of land more or less with the appurtenances to the said Dan Rogers the younger his heirs and assigns of 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 formerly due and of right accustomed and he gave to the lord for a fine