RO5/120

Grant i) Laurence Welywych of Hocton ii) Hugh* doorkeeper for life of the abbey of Elstow (suo perpetuo janitori abbie Elnestowe) and wife Maud Consideration:: 16s of silver and for his services

no date

- plot (placea) in le Cherchende of Hocton, with appurtenances enclosed at both ends (ad utrumque capud inclusam) :W. a certain baulk (sulcum) next to the tenement of i) stretching lengthwise from N. to S. :E. plot of Adam Smith (Fabri) and the land held by villein tenure (vilenagium) of the Abbot and Convent of Redingg (Reading) : at one end, royal highway : at other end, land of Henry of Flavile** with liberty of access by door of i) and through the court of i) to the highway rendering to i) and his heirs 9d per annum viz: 4½d at Michaelmas 4½d at Lady Day Witnesses: Hugh del Sclo Clement Cook (Coquo)+ , William Ruff [or Rous] (Ruffo), Sampson son of Peter, David son of Amice++ Seal: diameter 1¼" green wax; bottom broken away; legend: LAUR...ELLW... depicts: fleur-de-lys Endorsement: : no.4 * Hugh Janitor witness to RO5/5 1227 Hugh le Porter (also Matilda) 1309 Subsidy Hugh le Porter witness to RO5/10 1321 ** [one of this name alive 1284-6 see VCHIII pg 293] +see also RO5/4 (pre-1330) ++see also RO5/158 [possibly 1220s] [RO5/163 possibly relates to this property, 1349, c.f.abuttals]

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Welywych, Laurence,
Smith, Adam,
Flamvile, Henry of,
del Sclo, Hugh,
Cook, Clement,
Ruff, William

legal papers, DEEDS, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, Houghton Conquest Church End, Elstow Abbey