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The copyhold tenancy of John and Michael Passmore in North Heasley, North Molton:
an entry in the survey of North Molton manor carried out on 8 August 1569 on the death of George, Lord Zouche
Transcription and translation by Desmond Painter Painter with advice from Tim Wormleighton and Jacqueline Minchinton.
From a photocopy of the original in The National Archives (catalogue ref. SP15/14 f.211r).
The original is stained and damaged, and some parts difficult or impossible to read. Words in square brackets are conjectural; abbreviations have been expanded.
Hesyll | Johannes Pasmore tenet pro termino vite sue per Copiam Curie | | | |
date viij o die aprilis anno regni Regis Henrici octavi xxxjo | | | ||
ex tradicione domini Johannis Zouche medietatem unius Tenementi cum | | | v s iij d | |
suis pertinenciis in Northehesill per redditus annuatim v s iij d sub | | | ||
ffine xxvj s viii d ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||
Revercio inde conceditur Michell' Pasmore fi[lio] | |||
Johannis per Copiam Curie date ix o die Martii | |||
Regnorum Phillipi et Marie Regis et Regine secundo | |||
ex tradicione domini Georgii Zouche Sub [ffine s] | |||
viij d | |||
Hesyll | John Pasmore holds for the term of his life by copy of the court dated 8th April in the 31st | ||
year of the reign of King Henry Vlll* by grant of lord John Zouche a moiety of a | |||
tenement with its appurtenances in North Hesill by the annual rent of 5s 3d. Fine 26s 8d | |||
The reversion thereof is granted to Michell Pasmore [son] of John by the copy of the court | |||
dated 9th March in the 2nd year of the reigns of Philip and Mary King and Queen† by leave | |||
of lord George Zouche under [fine s] 8d |
* 1540
† 1556