| Earls Colne priory of Colne |
whereas at a court here held on
the sunday next before the feast of the annunciation 21.3.44Hen3
Ralph of Brunston
came and surrendered for himself and his heirs forever all the messuage and tenement which he himself had adjoining the Priory of Colne which was sometime one meadow to the use of
Muriel of Goswold
to have and to hold to herself and her heirs from the lord earl and his heirs by the services owed and customs without any retention of the said
Ralph
or his heirs and the said
Muriel
came and gave to the lord earl 10d altogether for having the messuage thereof to herself and hers making thereof the services and it was granted and seised to her upon this form that the aforesaid
Muriel
granted remitted gave and quitclaimed to the said lord earl and his heirs the homage and service of the aforesaid
Ralph
for all the tenement which
Muriel
herself sold and granted to the said
Ralph
and which descended to her by reason of inheritance after the death of
Goscelin
her father with all its appurtenances without any retention returning thereof to the lord earl and his heirs per annum the services thereof owed 7s8d and the said earl confirmed that tenement to the said
Ralph
whereof the aforesaid services to be paid at the four terms in equal portions of 23d and a scutage 1h at most and least 2d1h and for boon ploughing and reaping in autumn as the services and other feudal aids made to the said earl as for other free tenements in the same said village to the said earl and upon this form it was warranted etc for 6s8d which was given to him and the same said
Ralph
and gave to the said
Muriel
for the aforesaid land 4marks with the aforesaid house whereof he should pay to the said
Muriel
or her assigns at pentecost 10s and at
gula augusti 1 .8.
20s as pledged etc therefore it was presented to distrain the tenant of the said lands and tenement against the next to satisfy the lord of the aforesaid services and to make homage ot the lord and fealty etc |