| Earls Colne inquisition by deed |
whereas at a court here held on
the saturday next after the feast of st andrew the apostle in 4.12.16Edw2 son of Edw
it was shown that
Jn Wytcherch
held from the lord on the day that he died those lands and tenements which were of
Once# the Blank
and one messuage in the market place of Colne between a messuage of
Jn le Swon#
on one part and
Thos Chapman
on the other and upon this came
Joan
wife of the said
Jn
to show a certain deed by which the earl enfeoffed the said
Jn
of the tenement
Le Blank#
which was declared according to the form of the statute val# to have and to hold to the same said
Jn
and his heirs of the chief lord etc to return thereof to the chief lord 18d as rent per annum and concerning the said messuage it is shown by the said
Joan
a writing of the earl by which it is clear that the earl granted the abovenamed
Jn
to hold the said messuage to himself and his heirs by the services of 1d annually to be returned for everything etc and the aforesaid
Joan
sought to have custody of the said tenement and found heir etc until
and the deed was not found sufficient to sustain the heirs as the said
Joan
had claimed above |