Reference
R8/62/1/5(Roll42b)
Title
Willington, court baron and court roll
[membrane 6]
Date free text
21 May, 32 Henry VI [1454]
Production date
From: 1454 To: 1454
Scope and Content
Roll 42b
[Most of this roll is easy to read, but the last paragraph is very faint and crumpled]
Wylyton
Hall Moot held there on the Tuesday next after the feast of Saint Dunstan in the thirty-second year of king Henry the sixth, after the conquest. [21st May 1454]
Essoins none
Charged and sworn
John Yarwey the elder Walter Yarwey John Taylour Richard Wymond
Robert Cook John Yarwey the younger Nicholas Cruse John Stone
John Tyler John Flaunders Robert Taylour John Salt
They present that John Tyler has a barn damaged by the violent wind and he was ordered to put it right it before the next under a penalty of xld [40d]
And that Robert Partryche has not repaired the tenement in which he lives as he was ordered at the last View. Therefore the bailiff is ordered to take possession of all the goods and chattels being in the said tenement until the aforesaid holding is fully repaired.
And that William Launcelyn holds to repair the tenement lately called Trycat. Therefore he is ordered to sufficiently repair the same before the next.
And that one tenement lately belonging to John Myton, in the hand of the lord, needs repairs for it, that has been lying in the hand of the lord for the space of the last vij [7] years because of the aforesaid. The bailiff is ordered to provide the repairs.
And that [there is] another tenement, lately belonging to Joyes, in the land of the lord, because of the aforesaid.
Taking land iiijd [4d]
And that John Horn has a ruined house in his holding. Therefore he was ordered to put it right it before the next [court]. It was agreed by all the tenants that timber, that is to say xij [12] spars, were to be allowed to John Judde, who was the previous tenant, to make repairs to it. And the aforesaid John Horn [will] surrender the said holding into the hand of the lord before the feast of Saint Michael the archangel next in the future. Therefore the bailiff was ordered to take possession of all the goods and chattels being in the said holding until the said holding is sufficiently repaired. And that the bailiff should provide the aforesaid timber for the repairs to the aforesaid tenement etc.
And on this John Norman came and took from the lord the said holding and x [10] acres of land and meadow to be held by himself and his wife, and their sons and whichever of them lives longest, according to the custom of the manor, rendering xs [10s] a year therefrom to the lord. And the same John took one toft and x [10] acres of land and meadow, lately held by Boles, from the lord to be held by himself at the aforesaid terms, in the aforesaid form, rendering therefrom viijs [8s] a year payable at the usual terms there. And the aforesaid John Norman is answerable for all the said tenement and land and will submit to and will carry out a check midway and will put right and repair the buildings of the tenement. And at the end of his aforesaid term he will sufficiently repair and [illegible] when he demises and surrenders his premises. The lord will provide timber, laths and withies for him to make repairs as and when required during the aforesaid terms. And he made fealty to the lord and no heriot after his death or withdrawal. And he gave one capon as entry fine to the lord.
Surrender
And on this day came the tenants who held the demesne lands with meadowland, and they surrendered them into the hand of the lord before the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary next in the future etc. [25th March]
Also they present that the buildings of the mill [have] defective thatch. Therefore they were to consult the Receiver’s Council.
A day
And that there is no boundary made between the lord’s land held by John Redy and the land of Thomas Stoughton. And they were given a day until the next Court.
Repairs to
The bailiff was ordered to make allowance of xjx [19] trees to John Tyler for making repairs to his hall and upper room, and that the outside of the malt-kiln which John Tyler made.
Taking land
And to this Hall moot came John Morbourne and took from the lord one Messuage with x [10] acres of land and meadow called The Legge, lately in the lord’s hands, just as John Fesaunt his serf previously held, to be held by himself and Katherine his wife for the terms of their lives and of whichever of them lives the longest paying therefrom xs [10s] a year to the lord and for service to the lord King iiijd and a half [4½d]. And the aforesaid Messuage is now ruined and in great need of repairs. And that they had been lying in the hand of the lord and the lord will sufficiently repair the said Messuage once during the aforesaid principal term. And for the second repair the aforesaid John Morbourne will maintain and sustain them at his own cost and expense, except that the lord will provide timber, laths and withies for the aforesaid repairs, as and when they were made during the aforesaid term. And on this the bailiff was ordered to supervise and provide for the repairs once of the said Messuage which was ruined and the same for the malt-kiln. And the aforesaid John Morborne is answerable for all the said Messuage and land and will submit and carry out an examination. And no heriot after their deaths or withdrawal. And they gave one capon to the lord as entry fine. And they made fealty to the lord and owed suit twice a year. And they were admitted as tenants by a copy.
In expenses of parchment, paper for the Court and the copy iiijd [4d]
Expenses of the steward of the fee and other tenants and visitors vs [5s]
Sum of this Court viijd [8d]
Sum of three Views of Frankpledge and one Hall moot xijs ijd [12s 2d]
Therefrom in expenses for the steward jxs viijd [9s 8d]
To this court came John Yarwey the younger and took one Messuage and x [10] acres of land and meadow from the lord. And one Cottage and eight acres of land and pasture and one toft which was first held by the said John. To be held by the said John, his wife and their sons for the terms of their lives and of whichever of them lives longest. Rendering therefrom annually [illegible] for the Messuage and the x [10] acres of land and meadow xs [10s] and for the Cottage and eight acres of land and meadow viijs [8s] and for the toft viijs [8s] and for service to the lord King ixd [9d] to be paid at the usual terms there. And the aforesaid John Yarwey will well and competently mend all the buildings being in the said Messuage and the Cottage, and he will sustain them at his own cost and expense, except that the lord will provide timber withies and laths for all the repairs to the Messuage as required during the said term. And he owed suit of Court at Wilyton twice a year. And he made fealty to the lord etc.
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