| fine 8li | whereas at a court here held
16.2.1648
Grace Abbutt
was admitted to her and her heirs to one messuage or tenement customary with a curtilage adjoining called
Greens Tenement
and also to a garden once parcel of a tenement called
Jakes
and at a court here held
17.2.1648
(sic)
the said
Grace Abbutt
was admitted to her and her heirs to one croft of land with a barn built upon it called
Jakes
containing by estimation 1a2r more or less and whereas at a court here held
12.7.1664
the said
Grace Abbutt
surrendered all her customary lands and tenements held of the manor aforesaid to the use of her last will etc now at this court
Hen Abbutt
senior showed in court the last will and testament of the said
Grace
now deceased made and dated
7.8.1676
the tenor of which concerning the premises in the following english words item I give and bequeath unto
Hen Abbutt
of Earls Colne aforesaid and his heirs all my messuages lands and tenements both free and copyhold lying in the parishes of Earls Colne and White Colne or in any other parish or parishes in the county of Essex upon which the said
Hen Abbutt
humbly petitioned admittance etc to whom the steward delivered seisin etc to have and to hold the said messuage garden and croft aforesaid to the said
Hen Abbutt
his heirs and assigns of the lord etc and he gave the lord for fine etc
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