1633 Survey of Kingston Juxta Yeovil
1633 Survey of Kingston
A Survey by William Hussey and Robert Byflete
KINGSTON JUXTA EVILL
Survey taken Mon 16 Sep 1633
Annual rents of
free tenants
Heirs of John
Sydenham esq
deceased under
age and in
the
custody of the
king
COPYHOLD TENANTS
Alexander French
jun 21, John
French 23, and
George French 21
his sons hold by
copy granted 26
Aug —
by Edward
Lord
Stourton the
reversion of a
cottage,
backside,
garden, orchard
containing 1
virgate
[1/4
acre]
of land in
Kingston
formerly in the
tenure of
Christian
French, 55, late
wife of
Alexander, for
their lives, on
the death of
Christian.
modo Christian
French wid
Richard Browne
holds by copy
granted 29 Apr
1626 by Edward
lord Stourton,
on the surrender
by David Ford
and Thomas Ford
and a fine of
£100, a tenement
and 35 acres of
land, meadow and
pasture in Marsh
for the lives of
Richard 45
mort, and
his sons John 12
and Christopher
10. Rent 13s 4d
and a heriot
when it should
arise.
Richard Browne
45 holds by copy
dated 26 Aug
1624 by the
grant of Edward
Lord
Stourton, on
surrendering his
right and that
of John Browne,
and for a fine
of £35, a half
tenement or half
place called ‘the
overhouse'
and garden and
orchard
containing 1
acre, and one
close of pasture
called Kitchill
[Kitts Hill,
Brimsmore]
containing 8
acres, one close
called ‘a
parrock'
adjoining the
said close
containing 1
acre, one close
of pasture
called
Linch Parrock
[Lynch,
Brimsmore]
containing 1½
acres, one close
of pasture
called Lewes
close containing
3 acres, one
close of pasture
called Oxen
Leaze [Oxen
Furlong?,
Hollands]
containing 4
acres, one close
of arable called
Beane Close
[Bean Close,
Marsh]
containing 2½
acres, one
parrock of
pasture lying
near Hartwelles
house containing
1 acre, 6 acres
of land and
pasture lying in
a close above
Coppidhill
[Coppetts
Hill, Coppits]
and 5 1/2 acres
of arable lying
in the fields of
Kingston and
Marsh with
appurtenances,
to have for the
same Richard 45
mort,
Phillip 11 and
Christopher his
sons for their
successive lives
for the rent per
year 6s 8d.
Joan Clothier
wid,
Valentine Jacobb
and
John Jacobb
hold by copy 28
Sep 1574 granted
by John lord
Stourton, on the
surrender of
Joan, and fine
of £50, a
cottage or barn
and close of
pasture called
Court Ash 1
acre, 10 acres
of land lying in
the fields of
Kingston, and
two half
tenements or
places and two
orchards 1½
acres, and 31
acres in
Kingston, for
the lives of
Joan mort
,Valentine
mort, John
60. Rent 37s 4d
and a heriot.
John Perry holds
by copy granted
30 Jul 1627 by
Edward lord
Stourton, on the
surrender of
John Wood and
Elizabeth Wood
his wife by the
right of
Elizabeth, and a
fine of £70, a
tenement, 4
closes of
pasture lying at
Brightmorehill
[early name for
Goar Knap]
9 acres, a close
of land and
pasture at
Wilkeford 5
acres, an acre
of arable at
Penn,
an acre of in
the Middle field
and Brimble
furlong and a
close adjoining
St Thomas Crosse
for the lives of
John 48 mort,
Jeronimo Perry
12 mort
Thomas Perry 11.
Rent 10s and a
heriot. Alice
Perry wid,
Thomas Perry.
John Symes
holds by copy
granted 16 Oct
1627 by Edward
lord Stourton,
on the surrender
of
Anne Molens
and a fine of
£300, two
tenements, 2
half tenements,
a cottage and
barn, 2 gardens,
3 orchards 8
acres, 2 closes
of pasture 14
aces, one of
which is called
Ryalles
and the other
Meadeclose,
closes of meadow
6 acres, 65
acres of arable,
meadow and
pasture in
Kingston iuxta
Evill (except 2
mansion houses
called
Bennettes
and buildings
garden and
orchard
adjoining 1 acre
1 rod, part of
the premises
formerly held by
Robert Burford,
rent 4s), for
the lives of
John mort,
John Jeanes
18 mort,
Christopher
Jeanes
17 mort.
rent £3 17s and
4 heriots.
William Connocke
holds by copy
granted 11 Sep
1618 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
Edward Burbidge
and
Elizabeth
his wife
formerly
Elizabeth Smyth,
and a fine of
£18, a cottage,
garden and
orchard 1/2
acre, and 4 1/2
acres of land in
Kingston, for
the lives of
William mort,
and his sons
Giles Conock
30,
John Conock
24. Rent 4s 8d.
<Henry deleted>
Giles White
holds by copy
granted 17 Oct
1622 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
Bartholemew
Jacobb
and
Augustin Trent,
and a fine of
40s, 2½ acre of
land part of a
half tenement
formerly held by
Joan Jacobb
in her widowhood
lying in a close
called
Pickedwick
[Pikes,
Hollands]
part of a
tenement of
Lionell Chaplin
in Kingston, for
the lives of
Giles 46 mort,
and his sons
John
12 and
Giles
junior 10. Rent
£12. English
Vaman
John Selye
holds by copy
granted 17 Aug
1615 by Edward
lord Stourton,
on the surrender
of
John Selye
senior
and
William Vyvian,
a cottage,
garden and
orchard
adjoining ½ acre
and a close of
pasture at
Brightmorehill
[early name for
Goar Knap]
4 acres and 1
virgate,
and 3
virgates
in the middle of
the field of
Kingston, for
the lives of
John Selye sen
mort, and
his sons
John
40 mort
and
William
30 Rent 7s.
Fine £17 6s 8d.
Thomas Lane,
Joan Ganger [or
Gauger]
wife of
John Ganger
hold by copy
granted 27 Aug
1624 by Edward
lord Stourton,
on the surrender
of the said
Thomas and Joan,
and a fine of
£17 a tenement
with orchard 1
acre, 2 closes
of meadow and 4
closes of
pasture 9½
acres, and 3
acres of arable
in Marsh, and a
cottage and
orchard ½ rod,
and 1 virgate of
land in
Kingston, for
the lives of
Thomas
68,
Joan Ganger
30 mort
and
Thomas Ganger
14. Rent 12s.
Samuel Carter
holds by copy
granted 27 Aug
1622 by Edward
lord Stourton,
on the surrender
of
Samuel,
Thomas
Hellard
and
Mary Hellard,
son and daughter
of
John Hellard,
and a fine of
£30, a Cote
>within the
parish of
Martock< and 2
half tenements
and mansion
houses, a barn,
an ox house ,
backside, garden
and orchard, a
croft or parrock
adjoining 2
acres, 5 acres
in a close of
meadow called
Bottomes mead,
8 acres of
arable or
pasture called
Field Close,
a close of
pasture called
Bottomes
8 acres, a close
called
Meadecrafte
4 acres, and 7
acres of arable
and pasture in a
close called
Coppidhill
[Coppett Hill,
Coppitts]
in Marsh and in
the manor of
Kingston iuxta
Evill, to hold
for the lives of
Samuel 50
mort, and
his daughters
Mary
17 and
Joan
15. Rent 13s 4d
and a heriot.
Henry Laver
holds by copy
granted 14 Nov
46 Eliz sic
by Edward lord
Stourton, on the
surrender of
Humphrey Victor
and a fine of
£80, a tenement
garden and
orchard 1½
acres, a close
of arable called
Fordes
close
4 acres, and 18
acres of land in
the fields of
Kingston, of
which 15 are
newly enclosed,
and a tenement
in Marsh with 2
closes of
pasture 8 acres,
a close of
arable 12 acres
and 2 acres of
meadow in
Greene meade,
for the lives of
Henry 58, and
his son and
daughter
Henry
and
Mary.
Rent 42s and a
heriot. modo
Tho Marsh.
John Tawswell
holds by copy
granted 2 Jan
1609 by Edward
lord Stourton,
on the surrender
of the same John
and
Richard Tawswell
and a fine of
£10, a cottage
le backside and
orchard 3
virgates,
a close of
pasture called
Cuffes Close 3 acres, an acre of arable
called
Cuffes Acre
in Mudford
Perry, for the
lives of John
mort and his
sons
John
40 and
Roger
35. Rent 6s 8d.
Edward Burford
holds by copy
granted 28 Aug
1620 by Edward
lord Stourton,
on the surrender
of
Edward Molens
gent
and
Anne
his wife and a
fine of £6 13s
4d, a mansion
house called
Bennettes
with buildings,
garden and
orchard 1 acre 1
rod, for lives
of the said
Edward Burford
60 mort,
and his sons
Edward
23 mort
and
William
18 mort.
Rent 4s and 10s
for a heriot.
James Everdon
holds by copy
granted 2 Jun
1574 by John
lord Stourton,
a tenement in
Kingston and
orchard
adjoining 1
acre, a close of
pasture called
Brimesmore 4
acres, a close
of demesne land
called
Wevernell
12 acres, 26
acres of
customary arable
and 5 acres
arable called
Bourdeland
lying in the
fields of
Kingston, for
the lives of
James mort,
and his sons
Edward
80 mort
and
James
60. Rent 24s.
modo wid Master
Alice Hayne
holds by copy
granted 23 Apr
1583 by John
lord Stourton
on the surrender
of Alice and
William Fourd
and
Christian
his wife and a
fine of £10, a
tenement called
Holes Place
with orchard
adjoining 3
virgates, a
close of arable
8 acres, 3
virgate
of meadow lying
at
Galles Pitt
6 acres and 1
virgate
of arable lying
in the fields of
Kingston, for
the lives of
Alice mort,
and her sons
George Haine
mort
and
Joseph
50 mort.
Rent 10s 6d and
a heriot.
Modo
Giles Hayne.
Geoffrey Miller
holds by copy
granted 5 Sep
1604 by Edward
Moore knight and
the noble lady
Frances Stourton
his wife on the
surrender of
Geoffrey and
Elizabeth
his wife and a
fine of £4, a
half tenement
and a close of
pasture 5a lying
near
Court Ash,
1/2 acre of
pasture lying in
Womore,
a close of land
and pasture at
Stonylake
9 acres close
lying at
Ashly
[Ashley,
Brimsmore]
4 acres in
Kingston, for
the lives of
Geoffrey 54 and
his son
William
and daughter
Sara.
Rent 13s 4d.
Modo Tho Lane.
James Newman
holds by copy
granted 10 Oct
1600 by Edward
Moore knight and
the noble lady
Frances Stourton
his wife on the
surrender of
Ellen Newman
and
Joan Newman
and a fine of
£13 6s 8d, a
cottage, garden
and orchard 1
acre, 2 closes
of arable 6½
acres and 1 acre
of arable lying
in the field of
Kingston, for
the lives of
James mort,
and his sons
John
55 and
Nicholas
48. Rent 13s.
Giles Parker
holds by copy
granted 23 Apr
1588 by John
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
Thomas Pittman
and a fine of
£72 a tenement,
le backside, and
orchard attached
3
virgates,
a close of
pasture 1½ acres
in 2 closes of
arable 15 acres
of arable in the
field of
Kingston, a half
[acre] of meadow
lying in
Sockford,
half of a
tenement and a
parcel of
pasture called
Flepinspitt
[later Foxey,
Marsh]
and
Foxleaze
[later Foxey,
Marsh]
with commons of
pasture for six
oxen all the
year round, 2
acres in
Greenemore
[Green Moor,
Marsh]
in Kingston, for
the lives of
Giles mort,
and
Giles Marchant
60 and
Lucy Marchant
mort,
son and daughter
of
John Marchant.
Rent 42 and a
heriot. Wid
Marchant.
Agnes Game,
William Game sen
and
William Game jun
son of Agnes and
William hold by
copy granted 13
Oct 1631 by
Edward lord
Stourton on the
surrender of the
said William
Game sen and
Agnes and John
Hartwell
and a fine of
£50, the
reversion in two
half tenements
with garden and
orchard attached
1½ acres, 3
virgates of
meadow lying in
Sockeford
in Kingston, 30
acres of arable
and pasture in
the fields of
Kingston, for
the lives of
Agnes 28,
William 35
mort, and
William
their son 5.
Rent 40s 4d and
a heriot.
George Winsor
holds by copy
granted 17 Apr
1618 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
John Tucker
wid,
Robert Perry
and
Mary
his wife
formerly
Mary Tucker
and a fine of
£160, a tenement
and a half
tenement in
Kingston 2
orchards 1½
acres, a close
of meadow 1½
acres another
close of meadow
at
Burymeade
5
virgates
of land, a close
of pasture 6
acres, 5 closes
of arable 9
acres, 6 acres,
5 acres, 2
acres, 2 acres
and 22 acres of
arable in the
fields of
Kingston, for
the lives of the
said George
Winsor sen 40,
and his sons
George
20 mort
and
William
14. Rent £32 and
two heriots.
Nicholas Odams
holds by copy
granted 16 Jul
1625 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
himself and a
fine of 40d a
close of pasture
½ acre in
Kingston a
dwelling house
or cottage with
a barn in
Kingston, for
the lives of
Nicholas Odams
mort,
John Odams
33 and
Nicholas Odams
40. Rent 4d.
Edward Richman
sen
holds by copy
granted 13 Sep
1621 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
Edward Richmond
sen,
Henry Willis
and
Thomas Willis,
a cottage
orchard and
garden attached
1½ acre, 1 acre
of meadow at
Ratcliffe lake
[Reckless Lake
?, Bridge],
a close of land
1½ acres and 5½
acres lying in
the fields of
Kingston for the
lives of the
said Richard
sic 60 and
his sons
William
15 and
Edward
11. Wid
Richman.
Rent 12s.
George Hacker
holds by copy
granted 31 May
1625 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
the said George
and
John Hacker
and a fine of
£30, 2 closes of
arable on the
west side of
Penn Hill
[Penn Hill, Town
– but which
one?]
and a close of
arable 10½ acres
on the east side
of that land
occupied by
George Winsor
as subtenant at
Penn Hill,
[Penn Hill, Town
– but which
one?]
1½ acres of
arable above the
down in the
East field,
for the lives of
George mort,
and his
daughters
Joan
15 and
Elizabeth Hacker
mort.
Rent 13s.
memo: that a
lane called the
mill way
formerly held by
Mathew Hacker
deceased, is now
in the hands of
the lord on the
surrender of
Elizabeth,
formerly
Mathew’s wife.
John Flower
holds by copy
granted 14 Feb
1625 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
Thomas Jacobb
and
John Jacobb
and a fine — a
half tenement or
a half place and
pasture in
Kingston, a
mansion house le
backside,
orchard, part of
a barn and
garden 1½ acre,
4 closes of
arable and
pasture lying
together at
Lide
9 acres, a close
of arable and
pasture called
Brimscombe
4½ acres
occupied by
Thomas, (except
that part of the
barn on which
John Jacobb
built a cottage
as much of the
garden as Joan
Jacobb wid
deceased the
mother of Thomas
and John and the
said John
[Flower]
surrendered for
the use of
John), the same
John
50 mort,
and his
daughters
Dorothy
21 and
Joan
26. Rent —
Roger Traske
holds by copy
granted 14 Apr
1614 by Edward
lord Stourton on
a fine of £100,
the reversion of
2 half tenements
in Kingston held
by Roger by the
right of
Temperance
his wife, for
the lives of
Roger mort,
and his sons
Arthur
26 and
Edward
20. Rent 14s
10d. modo Jo.
Pinnfeild
Richard
Batchiler
holds by copy
granted 13 Apr
1609 by Edward
lord Stourton
the reversion of
a dwelling house
called
Mileres Well,
a le backside
orchard and
garden annexed
containing 5
acres land in
Kingston, for
the lives of
Richard 34
mort, and
Mary
27 his wife, on
the death of
John Batchiler
mort.
Rent 2s. Fine
£10
William Andros
holds by copy
granted 2 Jun
1574 by John
lord Stourton,
a tenement in
Kingston, garden
and orchard 3
virgates, a close of arable called
Curlesmore
[Cullom’s Moor
?, Brimsmore]
3 acres, 11
acres of arable
in the common
fields of
Kingston, for
the lives of
William mort,
and his sons
William
60 and
James.
Rent 7s 7d. Fine
£30.
Edward Richmond
holds by copy
granted 4
Apr 1623 by Edward lord Stourton, fine £60, a
cottage orchard
and garden ½
acre, 5 acres of
arable in
Kingston, for
the lives of
Edward >Richard>
60 and his sons
Edward
11 mort and
Roger
10. Rent 6s 8d
Giles Rogent
holds by copy
granted 28 Apr
1603 by Edward
Moore knight and
lady Frances
Stourton his
wife on the
surrender of
John Speere,
a cottage and 3
acres of land
adjoining, for
the lives of
Giles 45,
Nicholas Speere
and
Priscilla Smyth
40. Rent 4s.
William Phelps
holds by copy
granted 17 Aug
13 Jas by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
William Phelps
and
Faithful Phelps,
a cottage with
garden and
orchard annexed
3 acres, a close
pasture called
Nether Lease
1 acre, 3 acres
3
virgate
in Kingston
field, for the
lives of William
mort, and
his sons
Edward
22 and
John
20. Rent 15s 4d.
Edward Master
holds by copy
granted 6 May
1631 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
Lionel Chaplin
and a fine of
£60, a half
roofless (roveless)
tenement on part
of a half
tenement on
which was but a
cottage or
dwelling house
with orchard,
garden, a close
of meadow 1½
acres
lying in
Greenemore
[Green Moor,
Marsh],
a close of
arable at
Langlandes Bush
4 acres, 5 acres
of arable in a
close called
Picked Wich,
2 acres and 3
virgate
lying on the
fields of
Kingston, a
little close of
arable lying at
Picked Wich
1 acre, for the
lives of Edward
28, and his
brothers
Samuel Masters
16 and
Anthony Masters.
Rent 17s 2d and
a heriot.
William Jenynges
holds by copy
granted 28 Aug 1620 by Edward lord Stourton on the surrender
of his right and
a fine of £50, 3
half tenements
or place in
Kingston, le
Backside and
orchard ½ acre,
a close of
pasture called
Townesende close
[Townsend Close,
Town]
2 1/2 acres, a
close of pasture
and arable
called
Pennmillham 10
acres, a close
of pasture
called
Barrowhay
3 acres, 8 acres
of pasture at
Disshillmore
and a cart way,
20 acres of
arable lying at
Bodham,
2 acres and 3
virgate in
Wemore,
19 acres of
arable lying in
the fields of
Kingston, for
the lives of
William mort,
and his sons
Giles Jenynges
mort
and
John Jenynges
24. Rent 37s and
2 heriots [3
written above].
Modo wid
Jenninges
Thomas Pullen
holds by copy
granted 17 Oct
1622 by Edward
lord Stourton, a
fine of 10s, a
cottage built on
the lord’s waste
at
Marsh
with a garden
adjoining 20
goads, for the
lives of Thomas
60 and his sons
Thomas
and
William.
Rent 16d.
Modo Chappell.
William Turner
holds by copy
granted 28 Aug
1620 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
William Limbry
and a fine of £4
4s, a cottage in
Marsh
with garden
annexed 1 rod,
for the lives of
William 47, and
his daughters
Grace Turner
16 and
Agnes Turner
13. Rent 16d.
Couper
John Rodbert sen
holds by copy
granted 12 Apr
1609 by Edward
lord Stourton on
the surrender of
Henry Slape
and
Denise Nicholas
and a fine of
30s, a cottage
built at
Marsh
with garden
adjoining, for
the lives of
John 60 mort,
his daughter
Joan Rodbert
30 and son
John Robert
mort.
Rent 12d.
Mathew Hacker
holds by copy
granted 14 Aug 1623 by Edward lord Stourton a fine of 10s, a
half tenement or
place at
Townsend
[Townsend Close,
Town],
and le Backside
a close of
meadow and
pasture lying on
the east side of
Penn Mill
[Pen Mill,
Island],
a
close of
arable below
lying at
Penmill 13
acres and 3
virgates,
for the lives
Mathew mort,
John Hacker
45 mort,
and
Joan Hacker
40 wife of
Thomas Taylor.
Rent 13s.
Benjamin Starr
16 mort
and
Edmund Starr
25, hold by copy
for lives a
cottage with
garden and
orchard
adjoining ½
virgate
pasture
belonging to the
cottage called
Hardermeade,
3 acres of
arable and a
Peters Stitch
lying in
East field.
Rent 3s.
Thomas Luckest
LEASEHOLD
TENANTS (In
English)
Richard Browne
sen gent
holds by
indenture dated
20 Oct 20 Jas
[1622] by the
grant of Edward
late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, in
consideration of
a surrender of a
former lease of
the place
hereafter
mentioned
determinable on
the death of one
William Cooke
and a of £70
fine, all that
overland
containing 5
acres of meadow,
16 acres of
pasture & 3
acres of arable
in
Marsh
in the manor of
Kingston iuxta
Evill (except
trees with
liberty to carry
the same away)
to hold the same
from the date of
the indenture to
the said Richard
Browne the elder
for 99 years if
Richard Browne
younger
15 mort,
John Browne
12,
Phillip Browne
11 sons of the
said Richard
senior or either
of them so long
live under the
yearly rent of
33s 4d payable
quarterly by
even portions
and one capon at
Christmas or 12d
at the lord’s
election
(choice), and
suit of court.
William Hilson
and
Richard
his son hold by
indenture dated
14 May 1609
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton and a
fine of 40s, a
plot of ground
lying waste
called
The Greene
Quarry
in Kingston at
the end on west
side
Sparrows lane
[today's
Sparrow Road],
for the lives of
William 70 and
his sons
William
32 and Richard
28. Rent 12s and
suit of court.
John Pike
holds by
indenture dated
20 Oct 201622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, and in
consideration of
a former lease
determinable on
the death of
John Tulke
and a fine of
£5, a cottage or
dwelling house
built by
George Tulke
on the waste
near
St Thomas Crosse
with 14 perches
of ground, for
the lives of
John, Henry
and
William,
sons of the said
John Pike. Rent
12d and suit of
court. modo
Nich Rodber.
William Seward
holds by
indenture dated
1 Oct 20 1631
granted by
Edward lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, and in
consideration of
a former lease
determinable on
the deaths of
Ambrose Lock
and
Joan
his wife and
Katherine
his daughter and
a fine of £55, a
close of pasture
15 acres called
the
Redgrove
and a several
close of meadow
called
Omore
3 acres (except
all timber trees
and liberty to
carry them
away), to hold
for the lives of
Ambrose Seward
16,
Samuel Seward
14 and
Thomas Seward
7. Rent 21s and
33s 4d for a
heriot.
Nicholas Odams
sen
and
Nicholas
his son hold by
indenture dated
10 Nov 7 1609
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, in
consideration of
the surrender of
a lease for 60
years
determinable on
the death of Rt
Hon lady Frances
late wife of
John late lord
Stourton, and a
fine of £80, a
close of pasture
under down [in]
Meaderne Downe
2 acres, 1 acre
1 rod of meadow
Greene More
[Green Moor,
Marsh],
2 acres of
arable in
Bicken Close
[Beacon,
Hollands]
and pasture for
6 oxen in
Flippins Pitt
[later Foxey,
Marsh]
and
Fox Leaze
[later Foxey,
Marsh]
(except ½ acre
in a close
called
Hallandes
[Hollands]
and trees and
liberty to carry
them away), to
hold for the
lives of
Nicholas the
father mort,
his son Nicholas
30
mort, and
Joan
27 his daughter.
Rent 20s.
John Bachiler
holds by
indenture dated
12 Oct 20 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, and in
consideration of
a former lease
determinable on
the death of
John and a fine
of £10, 2½ acres
of pasture
sometime part of
the demesnes
lying in the
fields of
Kingston at a
place called
Milkeford
[Milford],
(except all
timber trees and
liberty to carry
them away), to
hold for 99
years and the
lives of his
sons and
daughter,
John Batchiler
mort,
Richard
Batchiler
34 and
Mary Batchiler
27. Rent 16d.
William Andros
holds by
indenture dated
1 Jun1574
granted by John
late lord
Stourton, in
consideration of
a fine of £20,
a close of
pasture called
Brimmsmore [Brimsmore
Tree]
in Kingston 4
acres and 11
acres in the
lord’s demesnes,
to hold for the
lives of William
mort,
and his
sons
William
60 mort,
and
Thomas
mort.
Rent 7s.
Reversion
granted to Sterr
Reynold Courtney
and
Joan
his wife and
Giles
their son hold
by indenture
dated 14 May
1609 granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton in
consideration of
the surrender of
a lease and a
fine of 40s, a
cottage with
garden and plot
of ground in
Kingston called
Pennway;
to hold for the
lives of Reynold
mort,
Joan his wife
mort, and
Giles 40 their
son. Rent 12d.
John King
holds by
indenture dated
12 Oct 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
fine of 40s, a
cottage built on
the waste of
Kingston near
the pound 11
perches of
ground in length
and 24 in
breadth; to hold
for 99 years and
lives of John
40,
John
26 his son and
John Albin
mort.
Rent 26d and
suit of court.
Now
Edw Willes
William
Jennings, Giles
Jennings
&
Edith Jennings,
his children
hold by
indenture dated
1 Jun 1574
granted by John
lord Stourton,
for the fine of
£26, a cottage
called
Howne Hill
in Kingston, a
little close of
pasture called
Fore Strete
Bridge
[now Lower
Middle Street]
3 yards, 4 acres
of meadow lying
in
Dichelmore
and
Meade
[Hathermead]
under
Downe
[The Down /
Hathermead Hill]
& 14 acres of
arable of the
lord’s
demenses
in Kingston
fields. Rent 17s
8d and suit of
court. Now
Jo Jennings.
Edward Molyns
gent
holds by
indenture dated
28 May 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
a lease made by
the said Edward
Molyns and a
fine of £60, a
close of land or
pasture called
New Close
3 acres, a close
of land or
pasture called
Cox Close
5 acres, a close
of meadow called
Caplins close
4 acres, and a
newly enclosed
close in the
common fields of
Kingston on west
end of
New close
10 acres, ½ acre
of pasture lying
upon the highway
near
Brimsmore
[Brimsmore Tree]
(except all
trees and
liberty to carry
them away), to
hold for 99
years for the
lives of the
said
John Molyns
22 mort,
and
Henry Molyns
13 mort,
sons of
Edward
and
John Jennings
24 son of
Giles Jenninges.
Rent 49s 6d; 1
capon at
Christmas and
doing suit of
court.
memo this lease
now belongs to
Mr
Giles Jennings
by assignment
from Mr Edward
Molyns.
John Hardinge
holds by
indenture dated
12 Oct 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
a lease
determinable on
the death of
John Batchiler
and a fine of £20,
5 acres of
arable enclosed
at
a place
called
Hardermeade,
1 acre of meadow
in
Greene More
[Green Moor,
Marsh],
in Kingston
(except all
trees and
liberty to carry
them away), to
hold for the
lives of John
Harding mort,
and his sons
Samuel Harding
38 mort,
and
John Harding
12. Rent 5s.
Tremer Rard ???
John Dampyer
holds by
indenture dated
1 Sep 1631
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
a lease of 99
years
determinable
upon 2 lives and
a fine of £260,
a tenement with
7 closes of
pasture 37 acres
(except all
trees and
liberty to carry
them away); to
hold for the
lives of
Mary Dampier
32 his wife, and
his sons
John
6 and
Joseph
4. Rent £3 2s
4d, doing suit
of court and a
heriot of best
animal.
William Forward
holds by
indenture dated
28 May 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
a lease and a
fine of £140, a
close of meadow
or pasture
called
Disselmore,
8 acres,
Hardermeade,
2 acres, (except
all timber trees
and liberty to
carry them
away); to hold
for 99 years or
the lives of
William’s son
Jerome Forward
40,
Giles Jenninges
16 son of
Giles Jennings
and
William Laver
24 mort. Rent
16s 8d, a capon
at Christmas or
12d and doing
suit of court.
Henry Hartwell
and
William Sterr
hold by
indenture dated
1 Oct 1631
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
a lease
determinable on
one life and a
fine of £40, 4
acres of arable
on the east side
of
Roger Traske’s
land upon the
Mylmes
in the
West Field,
6½ acres of
arable in a
close by itself
on east of the
said 4 acres, 2½
acres of arable
lying in
Colethorne,
½ an acre of
meadow in
Greene More
[Green Moor,
Marsh],
pasturage for 6
oxen in
Fox Leaze
[later Foxey,
Marsh],
1 acre in a
close called
Flepinspitt
[later
Foxey, Marsh]
except
all trees and
liberty to carry
them away), to
hold for 99
years or the
lives of
Alice Sterr
22,
Mary Sterr
2
her
daughter and
Richard Monckton
25. Rent 26s 4d
and 20s for a
heriot ‘for
every ones death
dyeing in
succession’, and
doing suit of
court.
Henry Hartwell
and
William Sterr
hold by
indenture dated
1 Oct 1631
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
a estate for 3
lives and a fine
of £25, of
pasturage for 6
oxen in
Fox Leaze
[later Foxey,
Marsh]
and 1a of ground
(except all
timber trees),
to hold for 99
years or the
lives of
Alice Sterr
22,
Mary Sterr
2 her daughter
and
Joan
30 the wife of
Francis Beacham.
Rent 11s 8d and
13s 4d ‘upon
either death
dieing in
succession.’
Edward Burford
holds by
indenture dated
3 Jul 1613
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, a
close of pasture
called Wallrons
9 acres and 1
acre of meadow
in
Greene More
[Green Moor,
Marsh],
to hold for 99
years and lives
of Edward 56,
and his sons
Edward
23 and
John
20; rent 12s 1d.
Now
Ed Burford.
Memo this lease
now belongs to
John Harford
by assignment
from
John Burford
therefore see
the counterpart
for this is only
recited in the
assignment.
Giles Marchant
hold by
indenture dated
1 Sep 1631
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
one life and a
fine of £60, 2
acres of pasture
lying in the
south part of
Penn
[Penn Hill, Town
– but which
one?],
2 acres of
arable in
East Field,
a close of
arable 5 acres,
3 acres of
meadow in
Greene More
[Green Moor,
Marsh]
(except all
trees), to hold
from the date if
the indenture
for 99 years or
the lives of
Katherine Parker
wid 40 mort,
John White
12 and
Giles White
10, sons of
Giles White.
Rent 24s 4d and
34s 4d for a
heriot.
Jo White
26 years on
ultimate of Oct
1644.
Nicholas Patten
holds by
indenture dated
24 Oct 1614
granted by John
late lord
Stourton for the
fine of £50, a
close of meadow
at
Meaderne Downe
4 acres, 1 acre
of meadow in
Greenemore
[Green Moor,
Marsh],
3 acre of arable
in
West Field
(all timber
trees excepted);
to hold for the
lives of
Nicholas mort,
and his sons
William
28 and
Joseph
18. Rent 11s 8d
Thomas Punfold
holds by
indenture dated
20 Oct 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
one life and a
fine of £5, a
cottage and
backside 1 yard;
to hold from the
date of the
indenture for 99
or the lives of
Walter Robbins
52,
Mary
his wife 50 and
Mary Bolster
20 daughter of
John Bolster
of Marsh. Rent
16d and doing
suit of court.
Fides [Faithful]
Phelippes
holds by
indenture dated
20 Oct 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender of
one life and a
fine of 200
marks, 5 closes
of land, meadow
and pasture
called
Swyncombe
[Swincombe,
Bucklers
Mead]
40 acres (except
all timber
trees), to hold
from the date of
the indenture
for 99 or the
lives of his
sons
Joseph Phelippes
25 mort,
Edward Phelippes
22 and
John Phelipppes
20. Rent 5s and
doing suit of
court.
Now Jo
Phelippes Rent
10s.
memo that Edward
late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, by
indenture dated
20 Oct 1622
(reciting the
grant by
indenture dated
28 May 1622 to
Thomas Grubham
of a pasture
ground called
Ashley
[Ashley,
Brimsmore]
5 acres, to hold
for lives of
Thomas
46,
Martha
40 his wife and
Elizabeth
16 their
daughter. Rent
2s 6d; covenant
to levy a fine
to confirm the
same.
Thomas Hawker
holds by
indenture dated
20 Oct 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife (sic), for
the
consideration of
the surrender of
one life the
sixth part of
Flippens Pitt
[later Foxey,
Marsh]
and
Fox Leaze
[later Foxey,
Marsh],
and in
consideration of
2 other lives
surrendered and
a fine of £120,
a close of
pasture called
Flepingspitt
[later Foxey,
Marsh]
37 acres (except
all timber trees
and one acre
part of
Fleppenspitt
[later Foxey,
Marsh]
lately
laid to
Fox Leaze
[later Foxey,
Marsh]);
to hold from the
date of the
indenture for 99
years and lives
of
Thomas Hawker
44 mort,
James Appletree
younger 17 and
John Jennings
30. Rent 35s; a
capon at
Christmas or 12d
and suit of
court.
Nicholas Molton,
Faith Molton
and
Elizabeth Molton
his daughters,
hold by
indenture dated
26 Jan 1615 for
the fine of £21,
a close off
pasture 1 rod, a
close of pasture
6 acres, 3 acres
of arable, part
of the lord’s
demesnes in
Kingston (all
timber trees
excepted); to
hold for the
lives of
Nicholas
Memo that this
lease is now by
meane assignment
come to
Anthony Traske.
Edward Burford
holds by
indenture dated
25 May 1622
granted by
Edward late lord
Stourton, Sir
William Stourton
now lord
Stourton and
dame Frances his
wife, for the
consideration of
the surrender a
lease granted to
Edward Molyns
gent
and a fine of
£40, a close of
arable called
Couch Close
10 acres in
Kingston (except
all timber trees
with liberty to
cut and carry
away the same);
to hold for 99
years from the
date of the
lease for lives
of
John Burford
23,
William Burford
20 and
Edward Burford
25 his sons.
Rent 12s; a
capon at
Christmas or 12d
and suit of
court.
Agnes Jennings
did hold
Pen Mill
for 1 year from
24 Jun 1634
under the yearly
rent of £40
payable
quarterly.
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A sample of the 1633 Survey, much of which is in Latin. My apologies to the person who sent this to me but I'm afraid I lost your name, details, etc.
