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Transcribed by Clive R.G. Henly, 1994
From an original document held at the Wiltshire & Swindon Archives.
Library Reference: 88:2/49
Index of Places Index of People
The parson also payeth yerlie to the Lo: of this mannor for cortsilver of fower tenements belonging to his personage 22d.
Indenture holders for twoe thousand yeres
Coppieholders of the mannor of Brinckworth
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The reversion herof ys granted to Katherine Knyvett (36) daughter of William Knyvett, for her lief as ys alledged, but noe coppie shewed. Surrendered.
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This moitie doth conteyne as much as the other parte last gone before.
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The close called Woodclose ys exchanged with Chrstian Hayward for Northcrofte cont 2 acres.
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The reversion of the premisses last within written ys claymed by John Beale (48, 60) & Humfrie (42, 50) his brother to hold for their lives successivelie according to the custome by vertue of a coppie dated the third daye of April in the fortenth yere of Queene Elizabeth.
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The reversion of the premisses ys granted to William Skull (50, 54) Jefferie (38, 46) & Morice (35, 40) his brethren for their lives successivelie according to the custome by vertue of a coppie dated the 29th daye of March in the tenth yere of the reigne of Q. Elizabeth by the name of a house with the appurtenances called Tregols. Yt ys granted by an other name then the former coppie was.
The reversion herof ys granted to John Grenewood gent for his lief according to the custome by vertue of a coppie dated the 30th daye of March in the seaven & thirtie yere of the reigne of Queene Elizabeth of the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Howard lord of the same mannor.
The reversion alsoe of the same tenement ys claymed by Walter Foskett (58) for his lief according to the custome by vertue of a coppie dated the 16th daye of March in the forth yere of the reigne of Queene Elizabeth of the grant of Sir James Stumpe knight, made for three lyves in reversion of three then in being.
Note yt att ye tyme of this grant the mannor was by feoffment, as Mr Nicholas & Mr Poole & this grant ys for three lyves in reversion of three
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Sum of rents of customary tenants £22 18s 4d ob. Cortsilver per annum 18s 9d ob. Meadsilver 11s 8d wherof ys paid to ye Lord per annum 10s & the rest to the farmor. 10s. Sixe & thirtie hens & 17 cocks per annum valued att 4d a peece 17s 8d The coppiehold lands valued per annum to be letten (yf the same were all in my Lords hands) above the yerlie rent of the same £606 6s.
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Quere for ye assignee whether his assignement passed by lycence of seison or not.
13s 4d. One herriott.
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Note he holdeth a house & other things in possession ...... by what grant .... this ys but in revercion.
42. William Clarke (42, 50) doth clayme to hold for his lief by vertue of an indenture dated the twentie daye of Januarie in the twentie yere of Queene Elizabeth of the semise of Sir Henrie Knyvett knight & Dame Elizabeth his wief the one half of the moyitie of a parcell & grove of wood called West Hargrove cont by estimation eight acres with the tythes of the same (except all ........ & tymber trees ....... or .... .... growe upon the premisses, with free ingresse egresse & regresse to cutt & carrie the same by the rent of five shillings att the feasts of the Annunciation & St Michaell by even porcions, with the remit to make ye hedges & diteches att their dewe coasts & soe to leave the same, and not to lett the premisses to anie person or persons, being att variance or contention with the lessors or their heires, nor to weave anie mans ..... but theire without their lycense in writing & with condicion of reentrye yf the rent or anie parte therof be unpaid, by the space of tenn weeks & noe sufficient distresse can be found for the same, with the arrerage therof yf anie be. 5s.
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Note Jo: Pynnell was ...taker last named & that Joane the wief ys noe partie to the indenture.
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The revercion of all the said three last tenements ys granted to Thomas Dixon by the Right Honorable the Lord Thomas Howard & Ladie Katherine his wief, by indenture dated the third daye of Februarie in the fortie yere of the reigne of Q. Elizabeth by the name of one messuage or tenement called Crosse House in the tenure of Baldwyn Smyth als Davys cont by estimation one acre & a half & all that messuage or tenement & sixe acres of pasture with the appurtenances lying in Glasselands upon the Est parte of the Sheepehouse in the occupacion of John Brooke & Thomas Brooke & their assignes with the tythes of the same, & all that close in Glasseland aforesaid nowe in the occupacion of Thomas Kent or his assignes cont by estimation twoe acres. To have to his & his assignes (and after the deathes of the said Baldwyn Davys, John Brooke, Thomas Brooke & Edith Kent then severall tenants of the premisses) unto the end of fowerskoore & nynetene yeres from thence next following (yf Thomas Dixon (mort, 24), Francys Dixon (23, 26), Henrie Dixon (25, 21) & Katherine Dixon (30, 32) or anie of them shall happen soe long to live) yelding for Crossehouse sixe shillings & for the said messuage & sixe acres ten shillings & for the close in Glasselands three shillings & fower pence, with a clause of reentrie for no payment of the rent upon demand, and a covenant to repaire the premisses. In toto 19s 4d.
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Sum of rents of the Lord's tenants £25 19s 7d. Valued per annum to be letten yf the same were in my Lord's hands above the rent £294 10s 4d
WRO 88:2/49 Page 29 Copyright C.R.G. Henly 1994 The Lord of this mannor as in the right of the same mannor hath the dryft of ye forest of Bradon adioyning therunto as much therof as lyeth within the parishe of brinckworth as often in a yere as his bayliffe will dryve.
The Lord of this mannor hath in the same free warren, wayfes, strayes, felons, goods & deodans, twoe leetes or lawdayes in the same yerlie to be holden.
The demeasnes of the mannor of Brinckworth paye noe tythe to the parson of Brinckworth & all the tenants of this mannor have common of pasture throughout the whole forest of Bradon att all tymes of the yere without stynt & besides other commons they have common in one ground called the Marshe being twoe hundred acres or therabouts.
The customarie tenants of this mannor doe paye yerlie to the farmer of the demeasnes certein money called meadsilver, and the Lord doth receyve yerlie ten shillings of the said meadsilver, & diverse of the said coppieholders doe make the haye of one meadowe of the farmers called Custome Mead as appeareth by their coppies.
The customarie tenants of this mannor doe paye pannage to the Lord att Michmas yerlie, that ys to saye for everie hogg of a yere old & upwards 1d & for a shott ob but for a sowe or a bore nothing.
The Lord of this mannor hath certeine lands parcell of the said mannor called by the names of the Newe Parke, Oxethick, Wickhurst, Woodhall & Blackmore, cont by estimation eight hundred acres, wherin are trees of greate valewe, to be sold or otherwise to be shrowded & therby to yeld a present or future benyfitt alsoe to the Lord, seeing in those parte fuell nowe begyn to growe verie scant, & the contrie there doth alreadie fetch coles some 12 myles of or therabouts for their necessarie fewell.
The totall some of the yerlie rents of fretenants, coppieholders, indenture holders for 2000 yeres & other tenants of the demeasnes of this mannor & of ye courtsilver, meadsilver, hens & cocks valued as aforesaid doth amount unto per annum to my Lord £52 4s 7d.
The yerlie value of all the coppieholds, indenture holds other then for 2000 yeres & of the demeasnes yf they were all in my Lords hands ys above the rent £899 16s.
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Note: the references are to the numbered sections above,
eg 'Asshie Close' in #10 above.
Asshie Close 10 Baggs 78 Baggs als Badgs 16 Baker Hayes 34 Bakers 34, 87 Bakers hedge 87 Baldwyns 15 Barnecrofte 34 Beles 37 Berrie Streete 57 Birds 19 Bradon Forest 49 Breaches 34, 50 Brinckworth Wood 75 Brinkworth Marsh 49 Brodecrofte 34, 35, 65 Brodecrofte, Upper 51 Brodemead 10, 12 Brodemeade 25 Brodemeadowe 22 Brookebreach 19 Brookemead 32, 37 Burghe Heyes 19 Buthaye 58 Buthey 82 Churchcroft 36 Churchcrofte 22 Churchmans 6, 33 Churchpeece 32 Clitcheboroughes Grene 56 Combeclose 18 Crosse House 53, 55 Cuckoes 51 Delfords 35 Downecroft 18 Estfeld 32 Estligh 31 Estlighe 16 Estlye 24 Fishers 29 Fletchers 21 Fosketts Hedge 33 Fosters 18 Freemans als Selwyns 28 Frittoes 30 Frittows 60 Furbrech 65 Furlong 65 Gillings 18 Glaseland 5, 11, 19, 34 Glaselands 14, 23, 46, 89 Glasselands 55 Gorewayes als Coops 19 Hallcrofte 8, 9 Hargrove 5, 43, 44, 50 Hargrove Hill 8 Hargrove, West 42, 45 Harts 23, 24 Heiecrofts Hill 65 Hillcrofte 35 Hillie Close 12, 17, 37 Home Meade 65 Homebrech 65 Homeclose 18, 22, 26, 31 Homemead 28 Horehowse 25 Horsecroft 64 Horsecrofte 45 Howells 23, 24 Howells Meade 24 Hudescrofte 27 Iles 22 Ipcrofte 66 Ipcrofts Furlong 61 Joans Greene 47 Lacyes 19 Lacyes, Greate 19 Lacyes, Litle 19 Lacyes, Long 19 Large Acre 51 Ley Close 37 Leyefeld Close 65 Lipyeate 53 Litle Berrye Close 57 Litle Close 8, 29 Litle Spachenham 67 Litlebeane Furlong 39 Litlehams 25 Litlemeade 23 Longcrofte 25 Longmead 34 Lye Close 33, 63 Lyefeld 14, 15, 32, 37 Lyngcrofts Mead 10 Lynkecrofte Peece 62 Millwards 10 Morice 14 Mumbrech 19 Munbrech 23 Netherwestfeld 45 Newleaze 33 Northcrofte 22, 25 Nynocks 29 Overleaze 28 Overwestfeld 26 Ovesyate 8 Oxeheyes 69 Pacyes als Heale House 9 Parkers 7, 68 Parkers Barton 7 Parkers Furlong 68 Parkers Meade 7 Parsons Crofte 33 Paynes 20 Pewkyn Mead 10 Phelpes 25 Pingles 48 Pitts Lands 49 Players 10, 26 Pudsuge 51 Puttessug 31 Rampes 6, 10 Rampes, Long 19 Rampes, Round 19 Rampst 27 Redhill 27, 36 Richmondes Ground 75 Selyes 3 Sharpcroft 34 Sheepehouse 55 Sheepehouse Furlong 40 Shepecroft 34 Shepecrofte 56 Shepehouse Close Furlong 41 Sible peece 39 Sladacre 8 Slade Acre 45 Sladehouse 32 Slowe 21 Slowes Bridge 27 Somerleys 37 Spachnam, Great 4 Stephens 15 Stephens Haye 15 Stockmead 19, 28 Stonecrofte 32 Sybells 17 Taylors 31 Three bridges 22 Towensend 35 Towne Close 29 Townesend Close 19 Tregols 36 Waterholis 29 Weaks Lane 75 Webbs Lane 15 Westclose 12, 33 Westfeld 9-12, 19, 22 Westfeld, Further 32 Westfeld, Upper 8 Whitewilliams 36 Windmill Feld 9 Windmill Field 6 Windmillfeld 24 Wingods 11 Wisdomes 3, 29, 52 Woer, Lower 8 Woer, Upper 8 Woodbridge 69 Woodclose 22, 25, 59 Worth 22 Wymelsfeld 21 Wyndmill Feld 66 Wyndmill Field 62 Wyndmillfeld 10, 12, 22, 23, 29, 34, 35, 51 Wyndmillhill Close 12 Wyverne Heale 9 Wyverne Hele 33
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Note: the references are to the numbered sections above,
eg 'Richard Arnoll' in #30 above.
ARNOLL Richard 30 BARNES Jefferie 23, 24 John 23, 24, 75 Margaret 32 William 32 BAYLIEFE John 71 Thomas 71 William 71 BEALE Alice 35 George 43 Humfrie 35 Jefferie 8, 25, 48, 49 John 15, 16, 35, 48, 49, 70 Roberte 8, 14-16, 48, 49 Thomas 59 William 8, 14, 15, 43, 48, 49, 70 BECKE Richard 21 BLEEKE John 50 BORNE Joane 84 William 84 BROOKE John 54, 55 Thomas 54, 55 CLARKE William 42, 80 CLERKE Jefferie 13 Joane 12 Marie 44 Richard 13 William 19, 44 COWLES John 80 Margerie 80 DAVES Anthony 2 DAVES als TAYLOR James 2 DAVIES Elizabeth 77 DAVYES Thomas 66 DAVYES als TAYLOR James 66 William 66 DIRHAM Richard 20 DIXON Elinor 51 Elizabeth 51 Francis 51, 55 Henrie 51, 55 Katherine 55 Mr 89 Thomas 41, 46, 51, 55, 82 DOBBES Richard 20 William 20 DURREN William 41 EMANTS Henry 89 Nicholas 89 EMOTT Henrie 46 Nicholas 46 FOSKETT Elizabeth 37 Richard 37 Walter 37 FRIE Anthonie 11 FRYE Anthonie 68 John 68 Michaell 28 GOLDING Thomas 67 GOLDINGE Alice 51 GRENEWAYE Richard 79 GRENEWOOD John 37 HAYES Joane 45 Richard 45 HAYWARD Christian 22, 25 John 22 HEALE Elizabeth 33 Margaret 81 Morice 33 William 33, 81 HEDGES Isabell 85 John 85 HENLEY William 60 HENLIE Agnes 6 Margaret 6 William 61 HENLYE Joane 29 William 29 HOLLOWAY William 38 HOLLOWAYE Richard 38 HOWARD Elizabeth, Lady 58 Katherine, Lady 41, 51, 52, 55, 57 Thomas, Lord 37, 41, 48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 57, 58, 69 JONES Agnes 19 George 19 KENT Edith 55 Thomas 55 KNYVETT Elizabeth 63 Elizabeth, Dame 2-5, 39, 42-44, 46, 47, 62, 68, 85, 87 Henry 63 Henry, Sir 2-5, 39, 42-44, 46, 47, 62, 68, 85, 87 Katherine 10 William 10 LEWYN Agnes 56 David 56 John 3 Thomas 18, 62 William 56, 62 LONDON John 45 Lucas 69 Dorathie 69 MATHEWE Hughe 73 Thomas 73 MESSETER Nicholas 40 MESSITER Nicholas 41 MILLS Walter 66 NICHOLAS Mr 37 NICHOLLS Christopher 39 Dorothie 57 Francis 57 Theopholus 57 William 39 OSBORNE Jefferie 85 OSBOURNE Elizabeth 38 OVEN Agnes 87 William 87 PACKER Thomas 77 PANTING Nicholas 38, 39 PANTINGE Nicholas 52 Roberte 52 PARSONS Agnes 39 PEACOCKE Joane 88 John 88 PINELL Alice 26 Henrie 27 Joan 27, 44 John 27 Raphe 26 Richard 34 POOLE Mr 37 POPE Elizabeth 86 PYNNELL Henry 45 Jefferie 45 Jo: 44 Roberte 87 Thomas 87 PYNNOCK Joane 88 John 88 READE Walter 85 REEVE Elizabeth 48 RICHMOND John 5 SHERER Edythe 9 Elizabeth 17 John 7, 43, 45, 65 Moris 21 Richard 7 Thomas 9, 17 William 21, 65 SKULL Elizabeth 58 James 83 Jefferie 36, 58, 63 John 36, 63 Morice 36 Thomas 82 William 36, 58, 63, 83 SKULLE Alice 72 SKYNNER William 62 SMYTH Baldwyn 53 Nicholas 76 SMYTH als DAVYS Baldwyn 55 John 51 STICHALL Anne 61 William 61 STUMPE James 50 James, Sir 37, 66 William 40 SUFFOLK Earl & Countess 56, 81, 82 Thomas, Earl of 45 TAYLOR Joane 82 Katherine 82 Margerie 82 William 10, 82 THORNE Margaret 11 TREWE John 3 TRUMPLYN Thomas 4 TWYNNEY Agnes 75 John 75 William 75 WALKER Thomas 31, 64 WALLERS Edmond 10 WALROND Thomas 85 WATTS Johane 78 Roberte 78 Thomas 78 WEBB Joane 15 WHITE Ambrose 47 Margaret 47 WYNKEWORTH Joane 74
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