Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    R8/62/1/1(Roll36)
  • Title
    Willington, court roll [membrane 1d of R/8/62/1/1)
  • Date free text
    29 Sept, 5 Henry VI [1426]
  • Production date
    From: 1426 To: 1426
  • Scope and Content
    Roll 36 Wylyton Court Roll, called at Michaelmas in the vo [5th] year of Henry vjo [6th] [29th September 1426] Xld [40d] John Fesant took one messuage and half a virgate of land from the lord which he held before, for the term of his life, according to the custom of the manor, at the will of the lord by service and custom just as was customarily rendered before and he gave to the lord for entry as in chief and he made fealty Illegible heading John Marion John Gostewyk younger, Robert Waryner John Frelove John Gostewyk John Passewater Geoffrey Aubry William Frenshe Thomas Stoughton Robert Myton John Waryner John Goffe Geoffrey Palmer (heading torn off) The sworn men present that William Starlyng of Welyngton, of the community, butcher of Bedford on the Monday next before the feast of All Saints in the second year of the reign of King Henry the sixth [25th. October 1423] held the water mill of the lord next to Willington against the peace [illegible] and he took from there j [1] and a half bushels of malt from the goods and chattels of Robert Waryner with one sack and the value of the malt and the sack is xviijd [18d]. And for taking them and carrying them away against the peace of the lord King, the penalty is a fine. Which the same William came afterwards to the court and paid the fine as ordered beforehand. And in chief etc. [torn edge] rabbits remain It was presented by the clerks of the View and many of the lord’s tenants that in their estimate, there remain C [100] rabbits in the lord’s warren, over a hundred Penalty Also through the clerks of the View and the xij [12] sworn tenants of the lord, the enclosure of the lord’s woodland called Le Shirehacthe was completely broken on all sides and similarly that of the Grove because of neglect by John Kempston therefore he is amerced and was ordered to repair the said enclosures well and sufficiently before the feast of Easter under penalty of Cs [100s] Trees Also that Robert Welyngton made an allowance of xij [12] oaks to William Launceleyn, and John Kempston is to allow xij [12] oaks to the same William about the next feast that is said [to be] St Peter in chains, but which are cleared for fuel Timber sold for iijs [3s]. Also Robert Welyngton sold j [1] oak to John Kempston for iijs [3s] from the lord’s wood called Le Shirehacth Allowance of wood for ruined tenements Also trees are to be allowed by the clerk of the View, by order of the steward, for ruined tenements: that is to say vj [6] oaks to John Rodlond, to Robert Fesant iij [3] oaks and j [1] maple for studs, to John Fesant iij [3] oaks, to Robert Partryche v [5] oaks for the tenement lately belonging to Thomas Gibbe and to the same Robert vj [6] oaks for the tenement lately of Brokys and to Thomas Starlynge j [1] oak and this allowance was made for William Ridere and Richard Faux and to Richard Bawdewyn v [5] oaks to and this same allowance was made by the clerks of the View, and x [10] oaks to William Ridere and a maple for rafters and iiij [4] spars to John Bande the elder. Sum total of this View xxxjs xd [31s 10d]: Assessors of fines Robert Miton William Taillour, sworn men For the expenses of the steward and many other visitors in bread vd [6d], beer xvd [15d], various fish and salt iiijd [4d], in fresh fish xjd [11d], eels iijd [3d], in flesh of castrated beef xiiijd [14d], also ij [2] capons viijd [8d], j [1] goose iiijd [4d], j [1] chicken jd [1d], in pepper and saffron jd [1d], ij [2 ] bushels of oats vjd [6d]. Sum vjs iiijd [6s 4d]. [Translation: Dorothy Jamieson
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