‹ E-CIPM 22-180: JOHN BAUD, ESQUIRE ›

[Latton], the manor of Mark Hall, in which there are the site containing 2 a. land with 5 derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 12 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because it is not possible to cut without making waste, there being only large trees; 100s. assize rents by the hands of tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; and an annual fair held at the Decollation of St John the Baptist, worth 2s. yearly. The manor is held of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne by 1/4 knight’s fee.

Goldhanger, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and 40 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly. The messuage and 20 a. of the 40 a. are held of the abbot of Beeleigh by service of 1d. at Easter; the other 20 a. are held of John Heuenyngham, knight , by service of 2d. at Easter.

Rawreth, the manor of Beeches, aggregated from various parcels. The following are held of John Rotour in socage, by service of 10d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – the site and... 2 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 20 a. land in the field called ‘Perynfeld’, each acre worth... yearly; 42 a. arable in the field called ‘Cweypettefeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. land in ‘Bradfeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 3 1/2 a. land in ‘le Brook’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 21 a. arable in ‘Middelfeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 12 a. land in the field against ‘le Fan’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 15 a. land in ‘Stonydowne’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow beside the church of Rawreth, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 4 a. pasture in ‘Busshelese’, worth nothing yearly because overgrown with thorns; 1 1/2 a. land in ‘le Carthous croft’, the acre worth 4d. yearly and the 1/2 acre 2d.; 80 a. seasonable wood, of which 4 a. can be cut yearly and then each acre worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 4 marks 2s. 4 1/2d. assize rents by the hands of tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. The following are held of the prior of Prittlewell in socage, by service of 5s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 10 a. land in a croft called ‘Stystedeland’ beside Rawreth church, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 14 a. arable in another croft called ‘Jurdanes’ in Hockley, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 8 a. land in another croft called ‘Coleslond’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow in the vill of..., each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 6 a. wood in Hockley, worth nothing yearly because not possible to cut without waste. The following are held of John Doreward, esquire , in socage of his manor of Ra...,... paying ... at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 15 a. land in the fields called ?‘Conyngeseresgette’ and..., each acre worth 4d. yearly; a croft with attached toft, formerly Ivone Gale’s, the croft and toft containing 3a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and a messuage and 3 a. land called ‘Kebbeles’, the messuage worth nothing yearly, each acre with 2 crofts of land in the adjacent field worth 4d. yearly. The following 27 a. are held of John Ty... of his manor of North Benfleet in socage, by service of 10d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 20 a. land..., each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 7 a. land in ‘Brookefeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly.

Rayleigh, a messuage called Harberts, in which there are 2 derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 5 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly;... a. wood, worth nothing yearly because there is no underwood; and 3s. 4d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. These are held of the duke of York 's heir of the honour of Rayleigh by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.

Rayleigh and Rawreth, a toft called ‘Ekkemed’, in which there are 2 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and [?80] a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly. These are held of Augustine Waleys in socage, by service of a pair of gloves, worth 2d. yearly, at Easter.

South Fambridge and Ashingdon, a tenement called ‘Fosteres’ in the vills, in which there are derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and [at least] 10 a. salt-marsh, each acre worth 2d. yearly. These are held of the Master of the college of Pleshey of his manor of South Fambridge in socage by service of 5s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions.

Milton and Southchurch, a tenement called ‘Porteres’ in the vills, in which there are derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 4 a. wood in a wood called ‘Berlondeswode’, worth nothing yearly because there are only large trees. The tenement and land are held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of 10s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, and the wood called ‘Berlondeswode’ is held of Robert Darcy and other feoffees of Joan, late countess of Hereford , of her manor of Leigh by service of 1d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions.

Prittlewell, a toft and 40 a. land called ‘Serleslond’, the toft worth nothing yearly and each acre worth 4d. yearly. They are held of the duke of York ’s heir of the honour of Rayleigh by service of 1/30 knight’s fee.

He held a tenement called Barwick in Standon by curtesy as in 180, reversion to William Baud as in 180. In the tenement there are a grange with a broken-down ‘shipcote’, worth nothing yearly; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 11d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 13 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because impossible to fell without waste as there are only large trees; and 18d. assize rents by the hands of tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. The tenement is held of Edmund earl of March of his manor of Standon by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.