| bailiff discharged of 16d to his account |
whereas at a court here held on
the monday the day after the feast of st hilary 14.1.26Edw3
Jn Goul
surrendered into the hands of the lord for himself and his heirs forever one messuage and 10a of customary land with appurtenances and the lord from his seisin granted the said tenement with its appurtenances to
Rich Redyng
and his heirs for performing thereof the services valued as allocated by inheritance for himself and his heirs annually for customary services to the value of 16d thus that they should keep the gateway of Goulesgate and the close hedges of the same said park as of rightful custom and should have within the said park pasture for two fat beasts annually to be pastured and he was accepted thereof tenant and made fealty by the lord's letters etc
Jn de Vere
earl of Oxford and chamberlain of England to our dear and good friend
Jn Benyngton
steward of our lands greetings in true friendship know that
Rich Gowle
living within our lands of Colne held from us certain tenements in Colne keeping the guard of Goulgate in our park of Colne and keeping the close of the hedges of the said park died as tenant of the aforesaid tenements after which decease
Jn
the son and heir of
Rich
himself renounced and relinquished the said tenements and the guard of the said gateway and of the aforesaid hedges to the grave damage of ourself and to the prejudice of our office and to the destruction of the aforesaid tenement we sought of the said
Jn
to make to us seisin into our hands to hold the aforesaid tenement with appurtenances to our demesne and to give to us the profit of the keeping of the gate and the aforesaid hedges and those tenements up to his default for which we from us grant the tenements aforesaid to our well loved
Rich Redynge
parker to hold to him and his heirs making to us and to our heirs the services which to us accrue from the tenements aforesaid for which we order you to give the tenements aforesaid to the said
Rich
to hold in the form above mentioned by the roll of our court made and enrolled in the said roll returning for the tenements the services to be made by himself and his heirs to us and to our heirs for the tenements aforesaid by the services of keeping the gate etc which the said
Rich
and his heirs should make for the said tenements without waste and destruction and these were given on the day written at my manor of Bentelegh on
15.12.27Edw3
which lands lately were in the hands of the lord after the death of the said
Rich
for the same reason as shown in certain letters of the aforesaid lord earl
here held on
the thursday 18.12.28Edw3
the said lord ordered and directed
Jn Benington
in this form and tenor and by virtue of the aforesaid letters the lord granted to
Rich Reding
our warrener of Colne all the aforesaid
together with the custody of the same said gateway of the said park called Goulesgate with their appurtenances to hold to the same said
Rich
and his heirs by the ancient services and customs etc at the will of the lord saving the rights etc and he was admitted thereof tenant etc and he gave to the lord for a fine as shown in the roll of the court here held on
thursday 18.12.28Edw3
above mentioned 13s4d and made fealty etc therefore it was considered by the steward of all the manor lands and tenements of
Jn de Veer
now earl of Oxford that
Jn Grove
who is now keeper of the aforesaid gateway should be allowed the aforesaid 16d for his services which were granted by
Jn de Veer
aforesaid at that time earl of Oxford whereof the lord's bailiff ought to charge for the aforesaid 16d at his next account whereof amerced |