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(i) Edward Ditchfield citizen & salter of London
John Highlord citizen and skinner of London
Humphrey Clarke citizen & printer of London
Francis Mosse citizen & scrivener of London
(ii) Robert Palmer of Hill (Warden), Bedfordshire, esquire & William Palmer, son & heir apparent
-- Manor of Warden or Old warden with appurtenances In Hawnes, Houghton & Maldon: Rents of Assize £3..16s per annum & Rents for customary tenants 30/4 per annum
-- wood called Parkewood (137 acres) & Abbey Wood alias Wardon Wood (331 acres) lately of Warden Abbey now dissolved, now occupied by John Puckering, knight, lately keeper of the great seal, & Lady Jane, wife, & Thomas Puckering, son - worth £44 per annum
-- Warren called Old Warren or Old Warden Warren
-- Lodge in Warden & Southill with pasture etc., in Warden, Southill, Barton Bushil, Barton Claypitts & Seacotes now occupied by John Fish, gentleman: £7..1s..4d (together with 48/- new increment)
-- Abbey Wood & Parke Wood in Warden manor in the occupation of John Winowe; 25/- per annum rent
-- cottages in Warden Street in the occupations of William Longe, Agnes Wanhope, William Symonds (with pond called Barnards), John Browne, [Blank] Mitten
-- Brome Close in Warden in the occupation of William Cumberland, formerly William Fish, gentleman. Worth (with 16/- new increment)
54/- per annum
-- messuage in Warden in the occupation of John Pappu
-- close of pasture next Parkeleaze. 26/8 per annum
-- tenement with croft on Old Warden street in the occupation of John Wright. 10/4 per annum
-- cottage in same in the occupation of William Harroden. 4/- per annum
-- pightle pasture in Old Warden called Downes bowre in the occupation of William Fish, gentleman. 2/4 per annum
-- tenement with close in the occupation of John Bristowe 5/- per annum with all those small farms (minut' firm') in the occupation of divers persons value £7..1s plus profits of the court value 15/3 and also Tithes, Hundred Courts. view of frankpledge as freely as King Charles under his Great Seal & under the Seal of the Duchy of Lancaster & the Seal of the County Palatine of Lancaster gave it on 9 Sep 1628 to E.C. [?E.D. (Edward Ditchfield)] etc., in fee farm
Except Park Grange with appurtenances in Old Warden with Parke leaze (40 acres) Cowclose (2 acres), Uttermerelease (pasture - 30 acres), Innermerelease (pasture - 10 acres), Trayle field (pasture -50 acres), 2 pastures called Traylers (50 acres), Newclose alias Sweetebrereclose (pasture - 20 acres), 2 closes pasture called Bushiebarton (21 acres), Byfield (pasture - 20 acres), the Sixacres in
Wood end, pasture by the Grange (78 acres), pasture in St. John's field (50 acres), pasture abutting on Blandishway (43 acres), on Copleystile (7 acres), pasture called le Willowe peece (18 acres), a peece extending from Blandon Aishe to a gate called Mr. Gascoigne's gate (20 acres), 18 acres pasture extending from Blandon Aishe to the pasture late of Sir William Gascoigne called the Hill, 14 acres between William Gascoigne's pasture & Doves Close, 3 acres on other side Doves Close, 5 acres pasture against Knights wood, 14 acres pasture against Blandishare on East & Moxfield on North, 7 acres pasture against Knightsgrove, 10 acres pasture against Threescore Acres & Seven Acres, 60 acres against Blandishway, East, & to the road to Bickleswood alias Brickleswood on West, 10 acres between Budway & le Black leading to Blandon Way, 7 acres against Sir Walter Luke's (late) close, Thirtie acres
-- with tithes & other revenues - all lately occupied by Anthony Lawe
-- & other house & site lately belonging to Monastery of Warden to wit - the great vineyard, the little vineyard, the Barton (50 acres), the great pond & 2 little ponds against the vineyard, pastures called Clepitt close (14 acres), le Seete (15 acres) Longslade (12 acres), Bushie Close (8 acres), Chipe close (12 acres) Horse close (4 acres), le Grove (6 acres), 2 gardens or orchards, & hopyard, the poundyard with pond & a little close (1 1/2 acres) with tithes etc.,
-- which were lately in the occupation of Robert Gostwick & wife Agnes
-- tenement & 17 acres, & 2 acres meadow called Bunkers, Rodpounds (close) with toft, Bechers (4 closes - 14 acres), Jennyngs (3 acres land & meadow) lately in the occupation of Richard Hawkins; Messuage with 7 closes & a pightle occupied by John Socklyn; messuage called Selons with land in the occupation of William Hawkins; messuage with land in the occupation of Leonard Beamount (7 acres),
Barkers Great Close near Romney Lane occupied by Edward Gostwick & Robert Gostwick, farms etc., in Old Warden in the occupations of John Clerke, Richard Cumberland, messuage in the occupation of John Marbury, wife Dorothy & son Thomas
& except other tenements of Edward Ditchfield, etc., 1 July 1629 granted to Anthony Abdy, H. Wood, Henry Adrewes (bargain & sale)
& except forests, chases, parkes, woods, marriages, advowsons, etc., gold & silver found
Held at fee farm from King as of manor of East Greenwich in free and common socage & not in chief nor by military service - rent £66..12s per annum, part of £119..7s..8d mentioned in letters patent
Edward Ditchfield, John Highlord, Humphrey Clarke, & Francis Mosse = commissioners for aldermen & common council of London for dealing with manors etc., recently granted to them by the King. Money paid to Robert Bateman, chancellor of London for their use.
Witnesses. Basall Nicoll, William Childe, Sidenham Lukins