R8/62/1/4(Roll20)

Willington, court roll [membrane 6d]

27 May, 4 Henry V [1416]

From: 1416 To: 1416

Roll 20 Court held there on Wednesday in the Vigil of the Ascension of the Lord in the fourth year of the reign of Henry fifth after the conquest [27th May 1416] Bekingham Essoins William Wryght, Richard Lygtfot, John Rodland, Robert (:+:) Fesond of the community by John Grace Sworn men John Bande Henry (:+:) Yarwey John Palmere John Myton John Treket Thomas Rydere John Rydere John Yarwey Robert Partrych John Gaubryel Thomas Tele John Rydere the younger Defective buildings They present that John Fesound [annotated 'pardoned'] made default. Therefore he is amerced. Also they present that John Rydere has one ruined and defective Insethouse and he needs viij [8] foundation beams, j [1] beam and xij [12] studs. John Rydere the younger has one ruined grange and he needs viij [8] foundation beams and xij [12] studs. John Treket has one sheep shelter and one pigsty and he needs vj [6] foundation beams. Thomas Sterlyng has one ruined malt kiln and he needs ij [2] wallplates, ij [2] beams, ij [2] foundation beams and iiij [4] studs. Thomas Tele has one ruined grange and needs xxiiij [24] spars. William Day has j [1] ruined Insethouse and one ruined grange and needs viij [8] spars. John Yarwey has one ruined end of a room and needs iij [3] foundation beams and vj [6] studs. William Taylor has one ruined Insethouse and one Insethouse [sic] and needs iij [3] foundation beams and xxiiij [24] spars. John Palmere has one ruined grange and needs ij [2] foundation beams. William Wryght has one ruined end of a room and needs iij [3] foundation beams and one Insethouse and needs ij [2] wall-plates and j [1] beam and xij [12] studs. And that the aforesaid tenants have not put the aforesaid in good order of the aforesaid holdings on account of scarcity of straw. Therefore they are given a day to repair and put right the said holdings until the feast of the Nativity of the Lord next in the future. And grants were made to them. And it was ordered that the Wodewarde of Shirehatch should deliver the aforesaid timber to the aforesaid tenants by the view of William Rydere in [good order] after Michaelmas [29th September]. So that no default is made in the said [matter] the Woodwarde is assigned, without fail, to make the aforesaid deliveries of timber. And the aforesaid tenants were ordered that they should put the aforesaid timber in the repairs of their aforesaid buildings as appears above, before the aforesaid feast under a penalty for each of xxs [20s] Amercement ijd [2d] to be raised penalty Also they present that William Wryght the younger cut down one Poplar valued at vjd [6d] on the holding which he has from the lord, next to Goffys without permission. Therefore he is amerced. And he is ordered to surrender it and take the said poplar into the hand of the lord to do with as the lord pleases. And that the same William took and carried away iiij [4] hinges, valued at [blank] to add to a house on his aforesaid holding, without permission. And he was ordered to carry back the said hinges before the next [court] under a penalty of half a mark [6s 8d] Holding in the hand of the lord, bailiff answerable To this court came Felicia Prentys and surrendered one messuage and half a virgate of land which she held from the lord after the death of John Prentys her husband, according to the custom of the manor, into the hand of the lord. And it was considered by the homage that the said Felicia was incapable of holding and sustaining the said holding. Therefore it was taken into the hand of the lord and the said holding remained in the hand of the lord because of no tenant. Therefore it was ordered that the bailiff was answerable to the lord for the profits. Orders penalty It was agreed within the tenantry that those tenants who hold bullocks should have them in the field called Eastfeld which was cut this year, to sustain and pasture their bullocks. And that the said bullocks shall not be kept in any other [illegible] fields, under a penalty for each of ijs [2s]. [No details given of the assessors of fines] Sum ijd [2d], valued at vjd [6d] from the value of one poplar and in expenses of the steward and feudal tenants that day iijs vjd ob [3s 6½d]

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Bande, John,
Day, William,
Fesond, Robert,
Gaubryel, John,
Grace, John,
Lygtfot, Richard,
Myton, John,
Palmere, John,
Partrych, Robert,
Prentys, Felicia,
Prentys, John,
Rodland, John,
Rydere, John,
Rydere, Thomas,
Sterlyng, Thomas,
Tele, Thomas,
Treket, John,
Wryght, William,
Yarwey, Henry,
Yarwey, John

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