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Manor Deed - 1830
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Admission of Mary Church
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The Manor of Rushden with the members in the County of Northampton to wit: The View of Frank Pledge with the Court Leet and Court Baron of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord George the Fourth Lord of the said Manor held at Rushden in and for the said Manor on Friday the twenty first day of May in the eleventh year of his Reign and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Before George BURNHAM Gentleman Deputy Steward to Edward BOURVERIE Esquire Steward of the said Manor Mary CHURCH on the Surrender of Ann HEWITT and William HEWITT To this court came Griffith ROBERTS and John CORBY two Customary Tenants of the said Manor and recorded a certain Surrender made out of Court on the eighth day of May instant by Ann HEWITT and William HEWITT whereby (after reciting that Jonathan STEVENS late of Rushden aforesaid Waggoner a Customary Tenant of the said Manor did in and by his last Will and Testament in Writing duly executed and attested bearing date the twenty ninth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen give and devise unto his sister Ann HEWITT the Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse and premises with the Appurtenances thereinafter described and intended to be thereby surrendered and all other his real Estate whatsoever To hold to her for and during the term of her natural Life and from and after her decease Testator gave and devised the same unto his Nephew William HEWITT (then a Foot Soldier in his Majesty’s Service) and to his Heirs and Assigns in Case his said Nephew should return to Rushden before the decease of his said Sister Ann HEWITT but if his said Nephew should not return to Rushden before the decease of his said sister Ann HEWITT then Testator gave and devised the said Messuage or Tenement Orchard Hereditaments and premises and every part thereof unto John PEACOCK of Rushden aforesaid Dissenting Minister and William PRESLAND of Rushden aforesaid yeoman their Heirs and Assigns Upon the Trusts therein mentioned And also reciting that the said William HEWITT returned to Rushden some years ago whereby he became entitled to the reversion and Inheritance of the said Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse and premises expectant upon and to take effect in possession immediately upon the decease of his Mother the said Ann HEWITT the devisee for Life as aforesaid and who was duly admitted tenant to the said Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse and premises at a Court holden in and for the said Manor on the ninth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen And also reciting that Mary CHURCH of Higham Ferrers in the said County of Northampton Widow had contracted and agreed with the said Ann HEWITT and William HEWITT for the absolute purchase of the said Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse Hereditaments and premises thereinafter particularly described and so devised to them by the said therein recited Will of the said Jonathan STEVENS as aforesaid at or for the price or Sum of one hundred and sixteen pounds) the said Ann HEWITT and William HEWITT Did by the now reciting surrender in Consideration of the Sum of one hundred and sixteen pounds therein mentioned to be paid to them by the said Mary CHURCH out of Court Surrender by the Rod into the Hands of the Lord of the said Manor by the Hands and acceptance of the said Griffith ROBERTS and John CORBY according to the custom thereof and according to their respective Estates and Interests in the premises All that Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse situate and being in Rushden aforesaid near to the North side of the Church theretofore in the tenure or occupation of Peter COOPER then of William MOORE afterwards of John SMITH since of the said Jonathan STEVENS late of the said Ann HEWITT and William HEWITT and was then in the tenure or occupation of Thomas PACKWOOD Together with the entry or passage Barn Yard Garden Orchard and Homestead and all other the Rights Members privileges and Appurtenances to the same premises belonging or in any wise appertaining And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders yearly and other Rents Issues and profits thereof And also all the Estate right title interest use trust property possession Inheritance Benefit Claim and Demand whatsoever of them the said Ann HEWITT and William HEWITT respectively out of in or to the said Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse Hereditaments and premises thereby surrendered or intended so to be and every or any part or parcel thereof To the only proper and absolute use and Behoof of the said Mary CHURCH her Heirs and Assigns for ever according to the Custom of the said Manor Now to this Court came the said Mary CHURCH in her own proper person and humbly prayed of the Lord of the said Manor to be admitted Tenant to the said Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse and premises with the Appurtenances To whom the Lord of the said Manor by his aforesaid Deputy Steward hath granted seizin thereof by the Rod To have and to hold the said Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse and premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Mary CHURCH her Heirs and Assigns for ever at the Will of the Lord according to the Custom of the said Manor by Fealty Suit of Court Fines Rents and other Customs and Services anciently due and of right accustomed and for such her Admission she hath given unto the Lord for a Fine as appears in the Margin and so saving always the right of the Lord and of all persons whomsoever the said Mary CHURCH was admitted Tenant in Manner aforesaid but her Fealty was respited because &c…………..
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