Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr91 checked with D/DPr72)

11.6.1549 (Tuesday 11 June 1549)

document 64300397

Chewinesland Xfine     it is found by the homage that Jn Tillwick out of the court and since the last court surrendered into the lord's hands by the hands of Thos Roote one of the lord's tenants in the presence of Jn Estey and Roger Booner likewise the lord's tenants and other the same witnessing divers customary land and tenements called Cheweneylands lying in Colne aforesaid containing by estimation in the whole 14a of land or more etc to the intent that the lord thereof so seised might regrant the said lands and tenements to the foresaid Jn Tillwick and Alice his wife to hold to them and their assigns during the term of their lives and the longer liver of them to remain after their decease and the longer liver of them to one Thos Spycer and his heirs on divers conditions and covenants between the foresaid Jn Tillwick and the said Thos Spycer made as the said Thos in the full court saith and they say further that the said Jn Tillwick after the surrender so by him made and before this court died and that the said Alice survived and yet liveth and hereupon the lord by virtue of the surrender aforesaid in the foresaid lands and tenements so seised at this present court by his steward regranted out of his hands to the foresaid Alice Tillwick the foresaid lands and tenements called Chewinesland to hold to her and her assigns during the term of her life of the lord by the rod etc to remain after her decease to the foresaid Thos Spycer and his heirs on the conditions and covenants aforesaid to which Alice by the lord's steward there is seisin thereof delivered to the hands of the said Thos Spycer as her attorney to hold to her and her assigns during the term of her life of the lord by the rod to the will of the lord etc according to the custom of the manor to remain after her decease to the foresaid Thos Spycer and his heirs etc and she giveth fine etc and made fealty