Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr79)
2.1.1656
(Wednesday 2 January 1656)
document 39200321
at this court it was presented by the homage that
Hen Abbott
the elder who held to him and his heirs 1a2r of meadow more or less being in two parcels of pieces and lying under the lord's park with the appurtenances as by metes and bounds the same now are or lately were divided since the last court died thereof so seised which said premises the said
Hen
at a court held for the said manor
15.1.1650
did surrender into the hands of the lord by the hands of his steward to the use of his last will and testament whereupon
Robt Abbott
his son by
Hen Abbott
the younger his attorney and deputy did come and showed forth in court the last will and testament in writing of the said
Hen Abbott
his father bearing date
30.7.1654
the tenor whereof concerning the premises in these words item I give to
Robt Abbott
my son all those my
parcels of land and 1a3r of meadow being copyhold containing in all by estimation 18a be they more or less called or known by the several names of
Husseys
Chewnislands
Sandhills
Perricrofts also Cockyscrofts
and
Sandalls
or by whatsoever name or names the same be called or known to have and to hold all the said lands with their and every of their appurtenances to the said
Robt
my son during the term of his natural life and after his decease to his heirs lawfully begotten of his body and in and by the said will more at large it appeareth and thereupon the said
Robt
by the said deputy desired to be admitted tenant to the said 1a2r of meadow with the appurtenances to which said
Robt
by the hands of his said deputy and attorney 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 1a2r of meadow with the appurtenances to the said
Robt
for the term of his natural life and after his decease to the heirs of his body of the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the said manor by the rents and services due and he gave to the lord for a fine but his fealty is respited