Bisley Manor Court Roll 17 May 1860
The General Court
Baron of The Right Honorable Arthur George Earl of Onslow Lord of the said
Manor held in and for the said Manor on Thursday the seventeenth day of May and
in the Twenty third year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the
Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender
of the Faith and in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and sixty Before Joseph
Hockley Gentleman Steward there.
Homage to wit
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James Bedford Foreman Sworn |
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John Mose Edward East William Daborn |
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Admittance of Robert Bates Wade
At this Court upon the second proclamation came here into Court in
his own proper person Robert Bates Wade and
humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that piece or parcel of land containing by estimation One acre and an half with
the messuage or Tenement and other buildings thereupon erected and set up by
the said John Field in Bisley aforesaid which
came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the Surrender of John Robinson To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said William Bates Wade his heirs and assigns for ever by
Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said
Manor by the yearly rent of sixpence heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court
and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed
And so he was admitted Tenant thereof in form aforesaid Gave
to the Lord as a fine for such his admittance as appears in the margin [£8] and
his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
Also at this Court upon the second proclamation came here into
Court in his own proper person the said Robert Bates
Wade and humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All that piece or parcel of land containing two roods and twenty
four perches situate in Westbourne Common which under the Award of the
Commissioners Appointed to enclose the Common fields within the parish of
Bisley aforesaid was awarded and allotted to John
Robinson in lieu of All that
one acre of Meadow lying in the Common Mead called Westbourne
within the said manor Which came into the hands of the Lord of this
Manor on the Surrender of said John Robinson To whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid
by his Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin thereof by the
rod To
hold to the said William Bates Wade his
heirs and assigns for ever by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord
according to the custom of the said Manor by the yearly rent of two pence
heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs
therefore formerly due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant
thereof in form aforesaid Gave to the Lord as a fine for such his
admittance as appears in the margin [£1 2s 6d] and his fealty was respited.
Death of John Mersh
The Homage aforesaid being sworn and charged on their Oath do
present that John Mersh late one of the
Copyhold or Customary Tenants of this Manor who held to him and his heirs
according to the Custom of the said manor A
certain piece or parcel of land which under the award of the Commission
Appointed to inclose the Common fields within the parish of Bisley in the
County of Surrey was awarded and allotted to the said John
Mersh in lieu of and for a portion of his lands grounds rights of Common
and all other his rights property and interest Copyhold of the said Manor of
Bisley to which he was admitted at a Court holden for the said manor on the
fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty three in over and
upon the said lands and grounds agreed to be divided and enclosed and which
allotment is described in the said Award as follows that is to say “All that
piece or parcel of land or ground containing one acre three roods and thirty
eight perches situate and being in Wilcot
Common field in the said parish of Bisley and bounded on the North West by old
inclosed land belonging to William Tringham Esquire
on the South East by the Allotment hereinafter Awarded to Daniel Gosden and numbered 17 on the said Inclosure
Plan and on the West by the said road leading from Guildford
to Bisley which allotment last hereinbefore described is No. 15 on the said
Plan” And also a certain other piece or
parcel of land which under the said Award was also awarded and allotted unto
the said John Mersh in lieu of and for all the
residue of his said lands grounds right of Common and all other his rights
property and interest Copyhold of the said Manor of Bisley to which he was
admitted on the fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty
three in over and upon the lands and grounds agreed to be divided and enclosed
and which allotment is described in the said Award as follows that is to say
“All that piece or parcel of land or ground containing four acres one rood and
twenty four perches Situate and being in Westbourne
Mead in the said parish of Bisley and bounded on the North and North
West in an irregular line partly by old inclosed land belonging to the said Daniel Gosden and partly by old inclosed land of William Tringham Esquire and on the East in an
irregular line and also on the South by land belonging to the Estate of the
late Richard Collyer and on the West by the
Allotment hereinafter Awarded to John Robinson and
Numbered 32 on the said Inclosure Plan which allotment last hereinbefore
described is numbered 16 on the said Plan and is subject to the right of way
hereinbefore granted and reserved to the said John
Robinson & other the owners and occupiers of the said Allotment
numbered 32 and his and their agents servants or workmen over and along the
road leading into and forming part of the said allotment Numbered 16 to the
said allotment numbered 32 And the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which
last described allotment or so much of the sides thereof abutting on the said
allotment numbered 32 as are between the South West Corner of the said
allotment No. 16 and the Brook running through the same shall be made and for
ever thereafter maintained and kept in repair by and at the expence of the said
John Mersh and the owner or owners for the time
being of such allotment” All which said premises are held by the yearly
apportioned rent of One shilling and three pence heriot when it shall happen
Suit of Court and other services Died since the last General Court so
thereof seized Whereupon a heriot to
wit the best live beast of the said John Mersh became
due to the Lord of this manor but that a Cow was seized and compounded for by
his executors at the sum of Six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence.
His Will
And the Homage further present that the said John Mersh made and published his last Will and
Testament in writing bearing date third
day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine (the probate whereof
was produced and read in open Court) Whereby he devised as follows “And I give
and devise All that my Copyhold piece or parcel of land containing Seven Acres
more or less situate and being in Bisley Common fields in the parish of Bisley
in the said County of Surrey (inter alia) unto my said daughter Esther To Hold
the same unto and to the use of my said Daughter Esther
her heirs and assigns for ever charged nevertheless with the Annuity or
rent charge of fifteen Pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to my said wife”.
Admittance of Esther Mersh
Now at this Court upon the first proclamation came here into Court
in her proper person the said Esther Mersh and
humbly prayed to be admitted Tenant to All
that the said piece or parcel of land or ground containing one acre three roods
and thirty eight perches situate and being in Westbourne
Mead in the parish of Bisley which under the Award of the Commissioners
Appointed to enclose the Common fields within the parish of Bisley as aforesaid
was awarded and allotted to the said John Mersh
in lieu of All those seven pieces or
parcels of land containing altogether six acres one rood and eleven perches
lying in the parish and manor of Bisley Which
came into the hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said John Mersh To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said Esther Mersh her heirs and assigns for ever by Copy
of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor
by the yearly rent of one shilling and three pence heriot when it shall happen
Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly due and of
right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof in form aforesaid Gave
to the Lord as a fine for such his admittance as appears in the margin [£12]
and her fealty was pardoned.
Absolute Surrender James Willis to William Eacott
The Homage aforesaid do present a certain Surrender taken out of
Court and since the last General Court to wit on the eighth day of October in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine Whereby James Willis of Woolwich
in the County of Kent Laborer one of the
Copyhold or Customary Tenants of this manor in consideration of the Sum of Fifty
Pounds to him paid by William Eacott of Chobham in the County of Surrey Laborer Surrendered
into the hands of the Lord of the said Manor by the Rod and by the acceptance
of the Steward aforesaid and according to the Custom of the said Manor All that piece or parcel of land late
parcel of the Waste of the said manor lying in Bisley
Green containing about thirty rods as the same was inclosed by Thomas Eacott and also all that Cottage or Tenement
thereupon erected To the only proper and absolute use and behoof of
the said William Eacott his heirs and assigns
for ever
1st Proclamation on Surrender of James
Willis
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said William Eacott or any other person or persons who
hath or have a right to be admitted to All
that the said piece or parcel of land late parcel of the waste of the said
manor lying in Bisley Green containing about
thirty rods as the same was inclosed by Thomas Eacott and
also all that Cottage or Tenement thereupon erected which came into the hands
of the Lord of this Manor on the Surrender of James
Willis to come into Court and take the same out of the hands of the Lord
of this Manor but no one came Whereupon
the first Proclamation and default are here inrolled.
Conditional Surrender John Baker to William Potterton
The Homage also present a certain Surrender taken out of Court and
since the last General Court in the words following to wit “Manor of Bisley in
the County of Surrey. Be it remembered that out of Court to wit on the Eleventh
day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine John Baker of Bisley in the County of Surrey Husbandman
one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of the said manor of Bisley came
before Joseph Hockley Gentleman Steward of the
said Manor and in consideration of the Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds of
lawful money of Great Britain to him the said John Baker in hand paid by William Potterton of Ripley
in the said County Bricklayer Surrendered
into the hands of the Lord of the said Manor by the Rod and by the hands and acceptance
of the said Steward according to the Custom of the said Manor All those three Acres of Land whereon a
Messuage has been erected with the Appurtenances formerly part of the Waste of
the said manor lying at Hassell Hall between
Cowshott and
Staveak lane in Bisley within the said manor formerly in the tenure or
occupation of Robert Goodener his undertenants
or assigns since of James Faggetter and John Gyles afterwards of Abraham Groves
and now of the said John Baker (to all which
said premises the said John Baker was admitted
Tenant out of Court on the twelfth day of July one thousand eight hundred and
fifty six) Together with all houses outhouses buildings Easement and Common of
Pasture trees ways paths passages waters watercourses rights members privileges
appendages and appurtenances to the said hereditaments and premises belonging
or in any wise appertaining And the reversion and reversions remainder and
remainders rents issues and profits thereof and of every part thereof And all
the Estate right title interest Inheritance use trust property possession
benefit claim and demand whatsoever of the said John
Baker of in to or out of the said hereditaments and premises and every part
thereof To the use of the said William Potterton
his heirs and assigns for ever according to the custom of the said Manor at the
rents and services therefore due and of right accustomed But subject
nevertheless to and upon this express condition that if the said John Baker his heirs executors administrators or
assigns do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said William Potterton his executors administrators or
assigns the full and just sum of One hundred and fifty pounds sterling with
Interest for the same after the rate of five pounds per centum per annum to be
computed from the date of the surrender on or upon the Eleventh day of December
next without any deduction or abatement whatsoever Then this surrender is to be
void and of none effect or else it is to remain in full force and virtue X
The mark of John
Baker Taken and accepted the day and year first
above written By me Joseph Hockley Steward Received on the day and year first above
written of and from the above named William Potterton
the sum of One hundred and fifty pounds being the Consideration money above
mentioned to be paid by him to me £150 X The mark of John Baker Witness Mrs Smart Clerk
to Messr.s Smallpiece Sol.rs Guildford”
Conditional Surrender Henry Street to Joseph Hockley
The Homage also present a certain Surrender taken out of Court and
since the last General Court in the words following to wit “Manor of Bisley in
the County of Surrey. Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of October in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine Henry Street of Bisley in the County of Surrey Farmer
one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of the said manor of Bisley came
before Thomas Russell Gentleman Steward of the Courts
of the said Manor for this purpose only out of Court and in consideration of
the Sum of Fifty five pounds of lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland of English value and currency to him the said Henry Street in hand well and truly paid by Joseph Hockley of Guildford
in the County of Surrey Gentleman Hath
Surrendered and Doth surrender into the hands of the Lord of the said Manor by the rod
and by the acceptance of the said Steward according to the Custom of the said
Manor All that Messuage or Tenement
situate and lying at Bisley Green with the
Barn Stable edifices Orchard and garden thereto belonging and two acres of land
called Palmers and Anthonies two acres of
land in the Common field called Widecroft
and one close of land called Westwood with
the Appurtenances to which said premises the said Henry
Street was admitted Tenant at a Court held for the said manor on the
seventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty two And the
reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits
thereof And all the Estate right title interest property possession claim and
demand whatsoever of the said Henry Street of
in to or out of the same premises and every part and parcel thereof To the
only proper use and behoof of the said Joseph
Hockley his heirs and assigns for ever according to the custom of the
said Manor Provided always and upon
this express Condition nevertheless that if the said Henry
Street his heirs executors administrators or assigns do and shall well
and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Joseph
Hockley his executors administrators or assigns the full and just sum of
Fifty five pounds together with Interest for the same after the rate of five
pounds for one hundred pounds for a year of lawful money of Great Britain upon
the fifteenth day of April now next ensuing the date hereof without any
deduction or abatement to be made or taken out of the same on any account
whatsoever and without fraud or further delay (over and besides the several
Principal sums of One hundred pounds Thirty pounds and Thirty five Pounds and
interest from henceforth to become due for the same sums respectively secured
by certain conditional surrenders of the same premises made by the said Henry Street to the said
Joseph Hockley on the seventh day of December one thousand eight hundred
and fifty two the second day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty
four and the twenty ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty six
respectively all interest for the said principal sums of One hundred pounds
Thirty pounds and thirty five pounds being paid to the day of writing this
surrender) Then this surrender to be void and of no effect otherwise to remain
in full force and virtue Henry
Street This surrender was
taken the day and year first above written by the acceptance of me Thomas Russell Steward In the presence of Charles Sheppard Clerk to mess.rs Hockley & Baker
Received on the day and year first above
written of and from the above named Joseph Hockley
the sum of Fifty five pounds being the Consideration money above mentioned to
be paid by him to me £55 Henry Street Witness
Charles Sheppard”
[Margin note:
Be it remembered that on the twenty ninth day of December one thousand
eight hundred and sixty nine The Honourable George
Chapple Norton of Wilton Place in the
County of Middlesex and Henry Colebrook of Bath
Esquire the surviving Executors of Joseph Hockley
in this surrender named did acknowledge that they had been paid and satisfied
all principal and interest monies due on owing upon and by virtue of this
Surrender and the said George Chapple Norton
and Henry Colebrook did by writing under their
hands of that date authorise the Steward of this Manor to enter their
acknowledgement of having received such satisfaction on the Court Rolls or
Books of the said Manor accordingly
Witness my hand Thomas Russell
Steward]
Death of Mary Collyer
The Homage also present that Mary Collyer
late one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of this Manor who held to her and
her heirs by Copy of Court Roll at the will of the Year [sic] according to the custom
of the said manor All that piece or
parcel of land late parcel of the Waste of the said manor lying near Riding hill containing by estimation Eighty rods
more or less lately enclosed by James Hill and
upon which he erected and set up a Cottage or Tenement together with the said
Cottage or Tenement and the appurtenances by the yearly rent of one penny
heriot Suit of Court and other services Died
since the last General Court so thereof seized Whereupon a heriot to wit the best live beast of the said Mary Collyer became due to the Lord of this manor but
that none was seized she having no live annimal at the time of her
decease. The Homage also present that James Collyer
is her Eldest son and heir at Law of the said Mary Collyer
1st Proclamation on Death of Mary Collyer
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said James Collyer or any other person or persons who hath
or have a right to be admitted to All
that before mentioned premises which came into the hands of the Lord of this
Manor on the death of the said Mary Collyer to
come into Court and take the same out of the hands of the Lord of this Manor
but no one came Whereupon the first
Proclamation and default are here inrolled.
Suggestion of Thomas Cherryman
At this Court came here into Court in his own proper person Thomas Cherryman of Knaphill
in the parish of Horsell Cordwainer
and suggested that the principal sum of Twenty Pounds due and owing upon a
certain Conditional Surrender of the copyhold land and hereditaments
hereinafter described made by Mary Collyer of
Bisley in the County of Surrey Widow on the sixteenth day of February one
thousand eight hundred and fifty six is still remaining unpaid with an arrear
of interest thereon
Admittance of Thomas Cherryman
And thereupon the said Thomas Cherryman humbly
prayed to be admitted Tenant to All that
piece or parcel of land late parcel of the Waste of the said manor lying near
Riding hill containing by estimation Eighty rods lately enclosed by James Hill and upon which he erected and set up a
Cottage or Tenement together with the said Cottage or Tenement with the
appurtenances To whom the Lord of
the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered
seizin thereof by the rod To hold to the said Thomas Cherryman his heirs and assigns for ever by
Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said
Manor subject nevertheless to such equity of redemption as is now or shall or
may be subsisting therein under or by virtue of the above Surrender by the
yearly rent of one penny heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other
services and customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed And so he
was admitted Tenant thereof in form aforesaid
Gave to the Lord as a fine
for such his admittance as appears in the margin [£5] and his fealty was
respited.
Admittance of Henry Lowless
The Homage also present that Thomas
Charlton and William Lowless who held to
them and their heirs certain Estates in this manor upon the Trusts of the Will
of Joseph Bell deceased (and whose deaths were
presented at a General Court Baron held for this manor on the twenty first day
of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight) departed this life
respectively on the eighteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and
fifty four and the Eighth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty
five and that William Lowless the last survivor
made no disposition of trust Estates by his Will and that Henry Lowless is the only Brother and heir at law of
the said William Lowless Now at this Court upon the third proclamation came here into Court
the said Henry Lowless (by Thomas James Nelson his Attorney) and humbly prayed
to be admitted Tenant to All those
lands on which a Barn called Old Barn
formerly stood and all other the lands to the same belonging which came into
the hands of the Lord of this manor on the death of the said William Lowless To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said Henry Lowless his heirs and assigns for ever Upon the Trusts nevertheless and to and
for the intents and purposes mentioned and declared by the said Joseph Bell in and by his last Will and Testament
bearing date the Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eleven
of and concerning the same according to the true intent and meaning of a
certain Indenture bearing date the Eleventh day of August one thousand eight
hundred and twenty seven and made or expressed to be made between Caleb Woodyer and Richard
Barry Kater of the first part Sarah Rotton
of the second part William Batts Bell of the third part and the said Thomas Charlton and William
Lowless of the fourth part by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of the Lord
according to the custom of the said Manor subject nevertheless to such equity
of redemption as is now or shall or may be subsisting therein under or by
virtue of the above Surrender by the yearly rent of ________ heriot when it
shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly
due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof (by his said
attorney) in form aforesaid and the fine to the Lord for such his admittance was
set as appears in the margin [£11 10s] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
And again at this Court upon the third proclamation came here into
Court the said Henry Lowless by the said Thomas James Nelson his attorney and humbly prayed to
be admitted Tenant to All that piece
or parcel of land or ground containing five acres two roods and ten perches
situate and being in Burkett common field
and bounded on the North by old Inclosure land belonging to the Estate of Joseph Bell on the East by a piece or parcel of
Meadow land called or known by the name of Cookoo
Plat on the South by the allotment awarded to James
Street and numbered 31 on the Inclosure Plan annexed to the award
hereinafter mentioned And also by old enclosed land belonging to Stephen Eacott and on the West by old enclosed land
belonging in part to John Loveland and in part
to the Estate of the said Joseph Bell which
allotment last hereinbefore described is No. 2 on the same plan and includes
the road leading into the same and lying between the said allotment numbered 31
and the said old Inclosure land belonging to the said
Stephen Eacott but is exclusive of the public footway directed to pass
over the same and the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which said last
mentioned allotment or so much of the South side thereof as abuts on the said
Allotment No. 31 is to be made and kept in repair by and at the expence of the
said owner or owners for the time being of the allotment made to Thomas Charlton and William
Lowless as hereinafter mentioned All which piece or parcel of land or
ground was under the award of the Commissioner appointed to enclose the Common
fields within the Parish of Bisley dated the sixth day of August one thousand
eight hundred and fifty eight awarded and allotted to Thomas
Charlton and William Lowless in lieu of
and for all the lands and grounds rights of common and all other rights
property and interest copyheld of the said manor to which the said Thomas Charlton and William
Lowless as Trustees of the Will of the said
Joseph Bell were entitled in over and upon the lands and grounds agreed
to be divided and enclosed and to which they were Secondly admitted at a Court
holden for the said manor on the twenty seventh day of April one thousand eight
hundred and thirty And also All other lands to which the said Trustees were at
such Court secondly admitted Which
came into the hands of the Lord of this manor on the death of the said William Lowless To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said Henry Lowless his heirs and assigns for ever Upon the Trusts nevertheless and to and
for the intents and purposes mentioned and declared by the said Joseph Bell in and by his last Will and Testament
bearing date the Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eleven
of and concerning the same according to the true intent and meaning of the said
Indenture bearing or intending to bear date the Eleventh day of August one
thousand eight hundred and twenty seven by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of
the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor subject nevertheless to such
equity of redemption as is now or shall or may be subsisting therein under or
by virtue of the above Surrender by the yearly rent of ________ heriot when it
shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly
due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof (by his said
attorney) in form aforesaid and the fine to the Lord for such his admittance was
set as appears in the margin [£12] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
And again at this Court upon the third proclamation came here into
Court the said Henry Lowless by the said Thomas James Nelson his attorney and humbly prayed to
be admitted Tenant to All that
customary lands called Ramps late Whitings Which
came into the hands of the Lord of this manor on the death of the said William Lowless To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said Henry Lowless his heirs and assigns for ever Upon the Trusts nevertheless and to and
for the intents and purposes mentioned and declared by the said Joseph Bell in and by his last Will and Testament
bearing date the Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eleven
of and concerning the same according to the true intent and meaning of the said
Indenture bearing or intending to bear date the Eleventh day of August one
thousand eight hundred and twenty seven by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of
the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor subject nevertheless to such
equity of redemption as is now or shall or may be subsisting therein under or
by virtue of the above Surrender by the yearly rent of ________ heriot when it
shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly
due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof (by his said
attorney) in form aforesaid and the fine to the Lord for such his admittance was
set as appears in the margin [£23 10s] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
And again at this Court upon the third proclamation came here into
Court the said Henry Lowless by the said Thomas James Nelson his attorney and humbly prayed to
be admitted Tenant to All that piece
or parcel of ground containing two acres one rood and thirty seven perches
situate and being in Neltro or Neltrow Common field and bounded on the North by a
road leading into and forming part of the allotment awarded to Sarah Marshall and numbered 3 on the said Inclosure
plan on the East by the aid last mentioned allotment and on the West by old
inclosed land belonging to the Estate of the said Joseph
Bell and which allotment hereinbefore described is numbered 1 on the said
plan And the hedges ditches mounds and fences whereof on the whole as well of
the North as of the East side thereof are to be made and for ever hereafter
maintained and kept in repair by and at the expence of the said owner or owners
for the time being of the allotment so made to the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless as
hereinafter mentioned All which piece or parcel of ground was under the award
of the Commissioner appointed to enclose the Common fields within the Parish of
Bisley awarded and allotted to Thomas Charlton
and William Lowless in lieu of and for all the
lands and grounds rights of common and all other rights property and interest
copyheld of the said manor to which the said Thomas
Charlton and William Lowless as Trustees
of the Will of the said Joseph Bell were
entitled in over and upon the lands and grounds agreed to be divided and
enclosed and to which they were fifthly (but by the award erroneously stated
fourthly) admitted at a Court holden for the said manor on the twenty seventh
day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty And also All other lands to
which the said Trustees were at such Court fifthly admitted Which
came into the hands of the Lord of this manor on the death of the said William Lowless To
whom the Lord of the Manor aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the
same and delivered seizin thereof by the rod
To hold to the said Henry Lowless his heirs and assigns for ever Upon the Trusts nevertheless and to and
for the intents and purposes mentioned and declared by the said Joseph Bell in and by his last Will and Testament
bearing date the Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eleven
of and concerning the same according to the true intent and meaning of the said
Indenture bearing or intending to bear date the Eleventh day of August one
thousand eight hundred and twenty seven by Copy of Court Roll at the Will of
the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor subject nevertheless to such
equity of redemption as is now or shall or may be subsisting therein under or
by virtue of the above Surrender by the yearly rent of ________ heriot when it
shall happen Suit of Court and other services and customs therefore formerly
due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted Tenant thereof (by his said attorney)
in form aforesaid and the fine to the Lord for such his admittance was set as
appears in the margin [£4] and his fealty was respited.
Admittance of the same
And again at this Court upon the third proclamation came here into
Court the said Henry Lowless by the said Thomas James Nelson his attorney and humbly prayed to
be admitted Tenant to All that
Messuage or Tenement and Garden with the appurtenances called Edmead Which came into the hands of the Lord
of this manor on the death of the said William Lowless
To whom the Lord of the Manor
aforesaid by his Steward aforesaid granted the same and delivered seizin
thereof by the rod To hold to the said Henry Lowless
his heirs and assigns for ever Upon the
Trusts nevertheless and to and for the intents and purposes mentioned and
declared by the said Joseph Bell in and by his
last Will and Testament bearing date the Eighteenth day of March one thousand
eight hundred and eleven of and concerning the same according to the true
intent and meaning of the said Indenture bearing or intending to bear date the
Eleventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven by Copy of
Court Roll at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor subject
nevertheless to such equity of redemption as is now or shall or may be
subsisting therein under or by virtue of the above Surrender by the yearly rent
of ________ heriot when it shall happen Suit of Court and other services and
customs therefore formerly due and of right accustomed And so he was admitted
Tenant thereof (by his said attorney) in form aforesaid and the fine to the
Lord for such his admittance was set as appears in the margin [£12] and his
fealty was respited.
Death of John Robinson
The Homage aforesaid do present that John
Robinson late one of the Copyhold or Customary Tenants of this Manor who
held to him and his heirs by Copy of Court Roll at the will of the Lord according
to the custom of the said manor All that
Messuage or Tenement with the outhouses gardens and appurtenances thereto
belonging heretofore in the possession of John Towers since
of John Stiles late of Sarah
Hill and late of John Edwards together
with the messuages or Tenements and buildings since erected on the said
premises by the said John Robinson by the
yearly rent of four pence Heriot Suit of Court and other services And also all
that customary Messuage or Tenement (now in two Tenements) with the
appurtenances together with the edifices buildings garden orchard and Curtilage
to the said Messuage or Tenement belonging except about forty rods parcel of
the said garden sold to John Daborn situate
lying and being in Bisley Green in the
parish of Bisley aforesaid abutting on the said Green on the South North and
East parts heretofore in the occupation of George
Slyfield late of Floyd and then of Thomas Eacott by the yearly rent of four pence Heriot
Suit of Court and other services and customs
Died since the last Court so
thereof seized Whereupon two Heriots
to wit the two best live beasts of the said John
Robinson became due to the Lord of this manor but that none was seized
he having no live annimal at the time of his decease. The
Homage also present that Charles Robinson
is the only son and heir at Law of the said John
Robinson deceased
1st Proclamation on Death of John Robinson
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Charles Robinson or any other person or persons who
hath or have a right to be admitted to All
that Messuage or Tenement with the outhouses gardens and appurtenances thereto
belonging within this manor heretofore in the possession of John Towers since of John
Stiles late of Sarah Hill late of John Edwards and now of _____________
together with the messuages or Tenements and buildings since erected on the
said premises by the said John Robinson Which came into the hands of the Lord
of this Manor on the death of the said John Robinson
to come into Court and take the same out of the hands of the Lord of this Manor
but no one came Whereupon the first
Proclamation and default are here inrolled.
1st Proclamation on Death of the same
Now at this Court the first proclamation was made for the said Charles Robinson or any other person or persons who
hath or have a right to be admitted to All
that customary Messuage or Tenement with the appurtenances together with the
edifices buildings garden orchard and Curtilage to the said Messuage or
Tenement belonging (except about forty rods parcel of the said garden sold to John Daborn) situate lying and being in Bisley Green in the parish of Bisley aforesaid
abutting on the said Green on the South North and East parts heretofore in the
occupation of George Slyfield late of ___ Floyd and then of Thomas
Eacott Which came into the
hands of the Lord of this Manor on the death of the said John Robinson to come
into Court and take the same out of the hands of the Lord of this Manor but no
one came Whereupon the first
Proclamation and default are here inrolled.
Examined
by
Joseph Hockley
Steward