| fine 40s | whereas at the court with the leet here holden on
monday being the 21.6.10Eliz1
etc
Jn Knight
and
Kath
his wife were admitted the lord's tenants to them and the heirs of the said
Jn
to a capital messuage with garden and curtilage adjoining sometime called
Sonningwells
with a tenement adjoining called
Tabors
with appurtenances lying in Earls Colne aforesaid as by meets and bounds more at large is divided and shown as by the rolls of the same court appeareth now to this court came the foresaid
Jn Knight
and
Kath
his wife and the said
Kath
being alone and secretly examined by the steward aforesaid surrendered unto the lord's hands by the hands of his steward aforesaid the said messuage and all and singular the premises aforesaid with all and singular their appurtenances to the use and behoof of the same
Jn
and
Kath
for term of their liv es and the longer liver of them and after their decease then to the use of the foresaid
Robt Knight
son of the said
Jn
and
Kath
and the heirs of the said
Robt
for ever to which
Jn
Kath
and
Robt
there is seisin granted of the premises to have and to hold to the same
Jn
and
Kath
for term of their lives and the longer liver of them and after their decease to remain to the foresaid
Robt Knight
and his heirs forever of the lord by the rod to the will of the lord according to the custom of this manor by the rents and services and customs therefore due and accustomed and the foresaid
Jn
Kath
and
Robt
made fine etc and are admitted tenants
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