Table Of ContentC78/50-59
C78/50
1. 7 Feb. 21 Eliz
Thomas Symes of Chard, Som, merchant v. John Baylye of Chard. Lease of land
belonging to manor of Chard, held of bishop of Bath and Wells.
2. 3 Feb. 21 Eliz
John Bayspoole and Thomas Jenkynson of Norf, gents v. Agnes Gascoigne of
Norwich, widow. Loan from Agnes Gascoigne to Edward Spanye and ensuing
litigation v. the plaintiffs as Spanye's executors.
3. 7 Feb. 21 Eliz
Lewis Avan of Marshfield, Monm, gent v. William Morgan. Messuage and land in
Marshfield, late of Lewis Jevan of Michaelstone, Monm, husbandman.
4. 9 May 21 Eliz
Matthew Knyveton of Staffs, gent v. Thomas Pygott, esq and Valentine Pygott, gent.
Manor and advowson of the rectory of Loughton, Bucks. Dismission.
5. 30 June 21 Eliz
William Playters, esq and wife Thomasine and Thomas Tyrrell v. Edmund Churche,
gent and Margaret Bradbury, now wife of John Danyell, esq. Manors of North
Benfleet alias Coxsall and 'Scotts' [?Scott's Hall, in Canewden] and lands in Hockley
and Rawreth, Essex, late of Edmund Tyrrell, esq. Dismission.
6. 23 May 21 Eliz
John Morley, goldsmith of London v. Wolston Dixie, alderman of London Lease of
rectory of'Meldrath,Cambs, held of dean and chapter of Ely.
7. 29 Oct. 21 Eliz
Richard Sturman, Thomas Young and Thomas Chawikeley and other customary
tenants v. dean and chapter of St.Paul's London. Customs of the manor of. St Paul's
Walden, Herts, relating to heriots. Dismission.
8. 11 Nov. 21 Eliz
Charles Crofts, gent and wife Elizabeth v. Edmund Pyers, gent. Will and estate of
John Pyers, gent, father of plaintiff, Elizabeth. Lease of property in Northwold,
Wireham, Wretton and elsewhere in Norf.
9. 26 Oct. 21 Eliz
Rose Lowther of London, widow v. Thomas Dalton of Kingston upon Hull, gent.
Messuages and lands in Salthouse Lane, Kingston upon Hull, late of plaintiff's father,
William Graves of Howden, Yorks, gent .
10. 15 Nov. 18 Eliz
Thomas Stockwith of East Meon, Hants, gent v. Nicholas Wright. Purchase of a
copyhold in Riplington in East Jeon. Dismission.
11. 29 April 19 Eliz
John More of Wing, Bucks, gent v. Geoffrey Duckett. Obligation concerning goods
pawned to William Meredethe of London, gent, for the assurance of Alexander
Gest's debts .
12. 9 May 19 Eliz
Elizabeth Frere of London, widow v. Thomas Harmer, John Shotbolte, Richard
Pryor and others (named). Lease of lands in Little Munden, Herts, late of Robert
Colt of Aldenham, Herts. Dismission.
13. 29 April 19 Eliz
Giles Farre of Balsall, Warw, husbandman v. Peter Townsend of Tachbrook, Warw.
Property in Castle End, in Kenilworth, Warw, once the inheritance of Joan Parsons of
Bishop Tachbrook, dec, plaintiff's wife and defendants stepdaughter. Dismission.
14. 27 Jan. 20 Eliz
John Christmas, gent v. Katherine Audley, widow. Redemption of mortgage on
capital messuage called Master Christmas House, with appurtenances in parish of St.
James, Colchester, Essex.
15. 26 April 20 Eliz
William Warren of Herts, beerbrewer v. Thomas Brygham of Oxon, gent, Anthony
Brygham of London, gent, and William Place of London, yeoman. Messuage in
Watford, Herts, sold to plaintiff by Jonas Awdrye, ironmonger.
16. 12 Feb. 20 Eliz
George Younge, son of Thomas, archbishop of York v. George Leigh of Shrewsbury,
esq. Lands in Ruyton (Ryton), Kinnerley and Melverley, Salop, purchased by
archbishop and defendant from John, Lord Lumley.
17. 9 Feb. 21 Eliz
Thomas Talbott v. John Hodder and wife Chrispiane. Lands belonging to manor of
Broadmayne, Dors. An earlier (unredeemed) mortgage of the manor by William
West, Lord Delaware to plaintiff's brother William, now dec.
18. 23 Nov. 22 Eliz
Thomas Fayrepointe v. Richard Fayrepointe and Richard Foster. Customary
holdings of manor of Brampton Hunts; custom relating to descent of holdings; and
a will whereby William Foster willed his holdings to be sold to endow the free school
of Brampton .
19. 13 May 22 Eliz
Charles Jackson of Yorks, esq v. John Ramesden, gent. Return of bonds for money
which plaintiff claims to have repayed in form ordered by an earlier arbitration.
20. 4 June 22 Eliz
Francis Michell of Essex, gent and wife Jane v. John Braunche, alderman of London.
Partitions of the late Elizabeth Hamden's estate of the manors of Garnish Hall and
Gregories, the rectory of Theydon Garnon and other lands in They don Garnon,
Theydon Bois and Theydon Mount, Essex, between her three daughters, one the
plaintiff, Jane and another, the defendant's deceased wife, Ellen.
21. 24 Nov. 23 Eliz
Simon Hockett v. Thomas Monday and John White. Custody of the body of the
infant Joan Crooke and of her copyhold inheritance in manor of Highclere and
Burghclere, Hants.
22. 19 Nov. 20 Eliz
Richard Cary, gent v. John Mathew, gent. Manors of Grendon and Salterton [in
Woodbury], Devon, late of Thomas Cary of Cockington,, Devon, esq, dec.
[Damaged]
C78/51
1. 1 Feb. 17 Eliz
Thomas Fulthurst of Glenfield, Leics, gent and wife Alice v. Richard Reynolds,
Nicholas Ledington, Paul Jefferye and others (named). Lease of five messuages in St.
Swithins London. Defendant Reynolds claims lease was extended for debt and sold
him by the sheriff.
2. 9 Feb 17 Eliz
Francis Shakerley of Greys Inn, esq. v. Edward Welshe. Conventual lease from
monastery of Sheen, Surrey, of manor, chapel and tithes of Ocle Lyre (Lyresocle),
Heref.
3. 10 May 17 Eliz
Two alleged orphan girls of Thomas Hoell's lineage v. Master, Wardens and
Company of Drapers. Claims to legacies under will of Thomas Hoell, merchant of
Seville and under a decree of 24 June 1 Eliz. See C 78/16/34, C 78/27/18.
4. 8 June 17 Eliz
Edward Golding v. George Golding. Lease of manor of Knighton [in Compton
Beauchamp], Berks.
5. 23 Nov. 18 Eliz
Anthony Allen, merchant of the Staple v. John Yate. Non payment of rent for a lease
of a mansion house with garden and orchard in St. Mary's Hospital [St. Mary Spital] in
parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, London. Dealings over the export of wool
to Hamburg.
6. 27 Jan. 18 Eliz
Henry Roughye alias Roffye of Warnham, Sussex v. William Roughye. Customary
holding of the manor of Shell-wood [in Leigh], Surrey. Dismission.
7. 24 May 18 Eliz
Seyntes Rawlyns, widow, Edward Peck and wife Agnes and Margaret and Joan Smyth
v. Thomas Whetenhall. Two leases, lately belonging to female plaintiff’s father, John
Smyth, citizen and armourer of London, of a tenement and two shops, and of the
upper part of a messuage and another shop in St. Mary Woolchurch, London.
8. 25 May 18 Eliz
William Porter of Grantham, Lines, gent v. Thomas Ellis and Augustine Earle
Bonds for the payment of debts to Thomas Pratt of London, skinner and others.
Dismission.
9. Nov. 17 Eliz
John Exeter and other customary tenants of the manor of Fremington, Devon v.
Richard Langdon, Thomas Symons, Simon Sloley and others (named). Validity of
plaintiffs’ grants and leases of their customary holdings. Purchase of the manor of
Fremington by Hugh Sloley, dec, and his devices to raise the money to do so.
10. 25 Nov. 18 Eliz
Anne Carpenter of Kingsham, Sussex, widow v. Thomas Hilles. Life interest in four
closes of pasture outside the south gate of Chichester, Sussex. Dismission.
11. 27 Nov. 19 Eliz
Thomas Poore and other church wardens of St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey (named) v.
Richard Glascock and wife Anne, James Burley and wife Joan, William Edwardes and
others (named). Issues of property in St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Surrey willed
by Richard Dowsett, tallow chandler, to the company of tallow-chandlers in order that
they pay the churchwardens of St. Olaves money for a free school and for alms for
the poor.
12. 18 May 19 Eliz
Affabell Partich and wife Dionise v. Arthur Breame, esq. Customary holdings
belonging to the manor of East Ham, Essex.
13. 26 June 19 Eliz
Walter Whaley of Kingston on Hull, gent v. Nicholas Williams of Kenton, Devon.
Money owed by defendant from the sale of the plaintiff's wheat, barley and corn in
Devon. Grain values.
14. 25 Nov. 20 Eliz
Henry Chauncye of Gilston (Gedleston), Herts, esq, John Clerke of Eastwick, Herts,
yeoman and Henry Lee of London, gent v. Robert Ramston and Richard Goslyng.
Lease of lands in Chingford, Essex called Rayles and Fayre Mead Park.
15. 1 Feb. 20 Eliz
Richard Hardesforde of Felsted, Essex, husbandman v. Robert Clarke and John
Thurgood. Reversion of the late John Belcham's messuage and land in Felsted, Essex,
Dismission.
16. 8 Feb. 20 Eliz
Agnes Lorkin, widow v. John Lorkin. Lands and tenements called Michels, Gyles
and Hodes in Pembury, Kent.
17. 7 Feb. 20 Eliz
Richard Wytton of Metheringham, Lincs, yeoman v. Nicholas Pytcher, Christopher
Cowper and George Parke. Completion of a conveyance of two farms in
Metheringham, Lincs, part of the manor of Metheringham.
18. 3 Feb . 21 Eliz
Geoffrey Hamlyn of Broadwell, Oxon, husbandman and Robert and Simon, his sons
v. Dame Elizabeth, widow of Sir Hugh Pawlett. Completion of an agreement
between plaintiff and Ambrose Endall, miller, to convey Endall's customary messuage
and mill in the manor of Broadwell (Bradwell), Oxon to plaintiff.
19. 25 June 21 Eliz
George Wrighte of Matching, Essex, yeoman v. John Wrighte, William Clarke and
John Thurgood. Customary holding called Newlandes, with freehold and charter
lands belonging to it in the manor of 'Evesham Hall’ [?Housham Hall in Matching],
Essex.
20. 7 July 21 Eliz
Thomas Speede, servant of William, Lord Burghley v. Gerard Salvyne and Simon
Rede. Lease of a tenement and lands in Croxdale, Durh held of the dean and chapter
of Durham Cathedral.
21. 19 Oct. 21 Eliz
Customary tenants of the manor of Ackleton, Salop held of the manor of Worfield,
Salop v. Thomas Kynnersley, esq, lord of the manor of Ackleton. Customs of the
manor of Ackleton relating to fines for admittance to holdings and the lord's escheats.
An arbitration of 3 Eliz and the defendant's failure to make a written customary.
22. 1 Nov. 21 Eliz
John Hummerston of Fetheringham, Lincs, yeoman, Thomas and John Squire,
Richard Parke and others (named) v. Nicholas Pytcher, Christopher Couper and
George Parke. Completion of conveyances of farms in Metheringham, Lincs. Bill
recites bill and decree of Fytton v. Pytcher, see C 78/51/17, and claims that
defendants have also failed to assure certainlands (named) to them just as they failed
to do in Wytton's case.
23. 29 Oct. 21 Eliz
Edmund Dameron of Ipswich, Suff and John Dameron of Westerfield, Suff v.
Edmund Withipoll, esq. Admittance to a customary holding of the manor of Ipswich
Holy Trinity, Suff. The same to a moiety of other customary holdings of the manor.
Borough English and the fine demanded for failure to repair a holding.
24. 21 Nov. 22 Eliz
Geoffrey Askewghe of Kings Cliffe, Northants v. Henry and John Askewghe. Two
messuages, three tofts and lands in Great Ponton, Lincs. Dismission.
25. 4 May 22 Eliz
John Exeter and other customary tenants of manor of Fremington, Devon v.
Richard Langdon, Thomas Symons, Simon Stoley and others (named). Customary
holdings of the manor of Fremington. Arbitration gives details of certain holdings and
their rightful occupiers in Bickington, Ley and elsewhere in the manor. See C
78/51/9.
26. 29 Jan. [22?] Eliz
Hugh Edge of Myddle, Salop v. John Wedgewood, gent and Ralph Wedgewood.
Customary holding called the Steel House with land and two water mills held of the
manor of Horton, Staffs. [Damaged]
C78/52
1. 27 Oct 13 Eliz
Description:capital messuage called Master Christmas House, with appurtenances in parish
of St. James Theydon Bois and Theydon Mount, Essex, between her three
daughters, one the plaintiff, Jane . messuages and lands in Cosheston,
Monkton (Muncton), Hasguard, Pembroke and John Cooke of Rochford,
Essex, gen
