X336/55

Admission of Thomas Bromsall, esquire, of Blunham, son and heir of John Bromsall, Blunham, gentleman, deceased, on his father's death to:

3 Sep 1707

From: 1682 To: 1707

A) … cottage with appurtenances in Blunham formerly Thomas Greenleafe's; rent 4s … messuage with appurtenances in Blunham, formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall, esquire, father of John, by Thomas Harper and Joan Waterhouse; rent 2s..8d … 1 acre meadow in East Meadow in Blunham surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Wright the elder; rent 1s..8d … messuage and close called a Half Yard Land with 7 acres 1 rood arable, formerly Thomas King, who conveyed to Thomas Bromsall the father; rent 4s..6d and a capon … customary messuage and 3½ acres arable with appurtenances formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Jane Garner, widow and Robert Garner her son; rent 2s … customary messuage or tenement in Blunham with houses and hemplands etc. and 16 acres 3 roods land and 3 acres 3 roods meadow in Blunham, surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John Newman; rent 11s..10d … orchard and close of pasture in Blunham containing 5 roods and 5 selions arable formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John and Alice Thompson; rent 10d … messuage and 16 acres 1 rood land and 2 acres meadow in Blunham, with appurtenances, surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Henry Garner and his wife and by Robert Garner and his wife; rent 9s..10d … 3 acres 3 roods arable and 1 acre meadow in Blunham West Meadow formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John Thom[p]son and wife Elizabeth; rent 2s..3d … 1 acre land near Barford Bridge in Blunham with wood, hedgerows, etc. formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Edmund Ward; rent 4d … messuage with barn with 2 acres land in Blunham formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Samuel Hill, gentleman and wife Judith; rent 6s..6d … 9 acres land called Loose land with appurtenances in Blunham aforesaid and 1 acre meadow in West Mead in Blunham surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by William Heminges and wife Jane; rent 4s … third part of a messuage or inn called the Ragged Staff in Blunham, 10 acres land and pasture containing a Half Yard Land and the Coatland with the buildings, yard, orchards etc. in Blunham, formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John Cozens and wife Margery; rent 3s..5¼d … 7 roods arable and pasture by estimate called Rye close in Blunham surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John English and wife Elizabeth and Robert Britten and wife Ann; rent 7d … 8½ acres arable in Blunham surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John Goodwin, clerk and John T[h]om[p]son and wife Elizabeth; rent 2s..10d … messuage with appurtenances in Blunham and 10 acres 1 rood land and 1½ acres meadow in Blunham containing one yardland formerly in occupation of Lady Brookes and surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Samuel Hill, Mordecai Meager and wife Sherlett; rent 8s..8d … 1 acre meadow in Blunham East Mead near the Hyde Mead surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Favel; rent 1s … 15½ acres arable and ley and 2 acres meadow in Blunham surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Favel; rent 7s … messuage or toft in Blunham called Botelers where a house once stood which was burnt down, with yard, hempland and close and 14 acres arable, 3 acres meadow in Blunham West Mead containing a half yard land and 7½ acres arable called loose land surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Favel and wife Mary and John Parker; rent 11s..10d … 4 acres arable and 2 acres meadow with appurtenances in Blunham East Mead surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Favel and William Thickpenny and wife Ann; rent 3s..4d … 6 acres arable in Blunham of which 3 acres were once the land of Thomas Hanscombe and the other 3 acres of Henry Merriweather surrendered to Thomas Bromsall; rent 2s … cottage and quarter of land and pightle in Blunham abutting West on common street and East on the brook with the swerd ground etc. surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John Samwell; rent 1s … 3 acres on Blunham West Mead abutting on river Owse, West, with appurtenances surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John Thompson and wife Elizabeth; rent 3s … messuage and homestall with houses abutting East towards Blunham Green, and a half yard land of arable and meadow in Blunham formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by William Barnett; rent 6s..8d … messuage and homestall on North of Blunham next New lane formerly Thurgoods with yard, orchard etc. and 6½ acres arable and ley surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Favel; rent 5s..10d … 10 acres arable and sward in Blunham formerly William Thickpenny's, formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Susan Richardson, widow; rent 3s..4d … ½ acre meadow with appurtenances in Blunham surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by John Samwell; rent 1s … two thirds of messuage called the Ragged Staff [as above] surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Bromsall the younger, esquire and held by rent 6s..10¾d … cottage and yard, orchard and hempland and 15 acres 1 rood arable and ley and 1 acre meadow in Blunham, rent 8s..9d, late Thomas Bromsall junior, esquire … 1 rood land and 6 acres 3 roods arable in Blunham and 1½ acres meadow in Blunham East Meadow formerly surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Joseph Stevens and wife Ann and John Rutt; rent 2s..2d … 7 acres land and 2 acres meadow surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Wootton; rent 4s..4d … 6 acres 3 roods arable and ley in fields of Blunham surrendered to Thomas Bromsall by Thomas Thickpenny; rent 2s..3d to all of which John Bromsall had been admitted tenant on 10th October 1682 B) … a cottage or tenement with appurtenances in Blunham once in occupation of Robert Deane and a close of pasture adjoining containing by estimate 1½ acres, abutting East on river and West on king's highway, the cottage of Samuel Fowler, clerk, North, together with 6 acres arable and leys in Blunham, and another 2½ acres meadow and a further 2½ acres meadow; rent 6s..7d to which John Bromsall was admitted on 3 May 1693 on the surrender of Robert Capell, gentleman

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Bromsall, Thomas,
Bromsall, John,
Greenleaf, Thomas,
Harper, Thomas,
Waterhouse, Joan,
Wright, Thomas,
King, Thomas,
Garner, Jane,
Garner, Robert,
Newman, John,
Thompson, John,
Thompson, Alice,
Garner, Henry,
Thompson, Elizabeth,
Ward, Edmund,
Hill, Samuel,
Hill, Judith,
Heminges, William,
Heminges, Jane,
Cozens, John,
Cozens, Margery,
English, John,
English, Elizabeth,
Britten, Robert,
Britten, Ann,
Goodwin, John,
Lady Brookes,
Brookes,
Hill, Samuel,
Meager, Mordecai,
Meager, Sherlett,
Favel, Thomas,
Favel, Mary,
Parker, John,
Thickpenny, William,
Thickpenny, Ann,
Hanscombe, Thomas,
Merriweather, Henry,
Samwell, John,
Barnett, William,
Thurgood,
Richardson, Susan,
Stevens, Joseph,
Stevens, Ann,
Rutt, John,
Wootton, Thomas,
Thickpenny, Thomas,
Deane, Robert,
Fowler, Samuel,
Capell, Robert

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