Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    R8/62/1/7(Roll61)
  • Title
    Willington, view of frankpledge and court roll. Manor of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk
  • Date free text
    27 Sep, 7 Henry VIII [1515]
  • Production date
    From: 1515 To: 1515
  • Scope and Content
    Roll 61 Welyngton View of Frankpledge With Court of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, held there on the Thursday next before the Feast of Saint Michael the archangel in the seventh year of the reign of King Henry VIII [27th September 1515] The homage, Sworn men John Warner Richard Pecke John Fyschere John Walkere Thomas Rees John Lamberd John Byrde Thomas Adye Thomas Parker Thomas Fyssher’ Edmund Totenham John Madye Who said on their oath that they gave viijs jd [8s 1d] as common fine. And that the Prior of Newnham iiijd [4d] and John Els ijd [2d] owed suit of Court and did not come. Therefore they were amerced. And that Robert Baker ijd [2d] and John Barne ijd [2d] were common bakers of bread and broke the assize. Therefore they were amerced. And that there were [annotated yes] two horses called Geldyngs [which] have been named Le Strayes, which were this before the day and year and were valued at xxs [20s], for which the bailiff is answerable to the lord. Also for sheep of white colour, now named Le Strays, which before the Feast of St. Martin are in the bailiff’s keeping for as long as he was ordered to keep them. Penalties put And that the hall and barn of David Purvech has a ruined roof, The hall and barn in the holding of John Byrde have very ruined roofs, The Stable, kitchen and bakehouse in the holding of Thomas Fyssher have badly ruined roofs and Barn, hall and bakehouse in the holding of William Robard, and he needs one Foundation Beam of xj [11] feet and the Oven, the hall and barn lately Spencers, and the Barne dores and Windows of John Lecheworth are defective, The Holding belonging to William Pares, called Fels prentes and Cobes [has] collapsed and needs timber for the roof, The Hall and barn in William Burgh’s holding, in roofing, the barn, bakery, stable, and the door of the barn and the barn and hall in Thomas Lownd’s [holding], and the barn that burned because of the neglect of John Paternoster , William Yarwey’s Stable and the hayhouse in roofing, and the hall, bakehouse, the barn, kitchen and Stable; John Bendow’s hall [and] bakehouse, lately belonging to John Waller, both in roofing and in timber; and the bakehouse, in roofing, in the holding of William Yarewaye called Akermanns, [is] very ruined both in roofing and in timber, the hall, bakehouse, barn and The Malte House, in roofing, The hall and barn lately belonging to Thomas Adye, in Isabell Taillour’s holding, The hall, barn, Stable and bakehouse in John Fyssher’s holding, The hall, barn, bakehouse,and Stable and main house in the holding of Isabell Taillour, The barn and Stable in the holding of Edmund Totenham’s, in roofing, The barn, hall and bakehouse in Peter Godebody’s holding, in roofing, The hall, bakehouse and barn in Thomas Rydere’s holding, in roofing, The barn and bakehouse belonging to Richard Pecke, in roofing, The hall barn and bakehouse and other buildings belonging to Edmund Totenham in which he lives, lacking the carpentry worke, The hall of John Bendale in which he lives, in roofing, Therefore days were given to them in full Court, that they should well and faithfully repair them before the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle [30th. Nov] in a council to be held that day, under a penalty for each of them. Penalties put And it was presented to the villagers that they should well and faithfully scour their ditches next to the Rabbit Warren and the lane leading as far as the Mill under a penalty of xijd [12d], for each offence according to the agreement of the tenants. And that one lamb of white colour came within the demesne, named Le Stray, in the keeping of Isabell Taillour, has reached its day and a year and is valued at vjd [6d], for which the bailiff is answerable to the Lord. Penalty And it is ordered (that) no-one is permitted [to put] his pigs in the common pastures of the vill without sufficient rings. With sufficient rings they will not stray from the pastures. Under a penalty for each of iijs iiijd [3s 4d]. Assessors of fines William Gostwyk, Richard Smaleway, sworn men.
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