whereas at a court here held
20.4.1636
Barth Clarke
was admitted to him and his heirs to one rentary or messuage called
Joullins
or by what other name once
Wm Browne's
and at a court here held
5.4.1671
it appeared to the homage that on
20.10.1669
the said
Barth
surrendered the premises into the hands of the lord by the hands of
Jn Alston
instead of the bailiff in the presence of
Jn Clark
and
Rich Wilson
two customary tenants etc to the use and intention of his last will and testament now at this court it appeared to the homage that the said
Barth
died before this court upon which here into court came
Joan
the wife of
Jn Alston
and showed here in court the last will and testament of the said
Barth
in writing dated
11.10.1669
the tenor of which concerning the premises in these english words following item I give and bequeath unto
Joan Alston
my daughter and to her heirs forever the other part and parcel of the copyhold house or tenement commonly known by the name of
Joulings
wherein
Jn Alston
now dwelleth abutting on the king's highway on the north and on the south upon the lands of
Geo Potter
and on the east towards a certain drift way leading towards a certain copyhold tenement of
Geo Potter
aforesaid but my will and mind is that my daughter
Joan
should have that part wherein she and her husband
Jn
now dwelleth to be her proper use and her heirs forever paying or causing to be paid unto
Mich Heyward
the full and just sum of 6li of good and lawful money of England and my will and mind is that my daughter
Joan
and her husband should have free egress and regress to do what they please as well as the said
Eliz
in the yard and to be their proper own and to have part in it according to the two tenements
the fence next
Geo Potter's
as by the said will plainly appears and the said
Joan
humbly petitioned admittance etc to whom the steward delivered seisin to have and to hold the said premises mentioned in the will aforesaid to the said
Joan Alston
her heirs and assigns according to the intentions in the will aforesaid of the lord etc and she gave for fine etc