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11th October 1754
The Manor of Rowington in the County of Warwick
To wit
The Court Leet
or View of Frank Pledge with the Court Baron of William Grove Esquire
Lord of the said Manor
there held for the said Manor on Friday the eleventh day of October in
the twenty eighth year of the Reign of King George
the second and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
fifty four before Christopher Wright Gentleman
Steward there
Whereas
at this Court the Homage presented the death of Thomas Tibbatts
Gentleman and that he died seised of a
Messuage and lands thereunto belonging
And whereas
at
this same Court it was presented by Thomas Fisher and William Tibbatts
two of the Copyholders and Customary Tenants
of the said Manor and found by the Homage that the said Thomas Tibbatts
and John Tibbatts of Birmingham in the said
County of Warwick grocer eldest son and heir apparent of the said Thomas
Tibbatts and which said Thomas and John
Tibbatts were two of the Copyholders and Customary Tenants of the said
Manor did out of Court the first day of
November in the twenty seventh year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord
George the second by the Grace of God of
Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth
and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and fifty three Surrender by the Rod according to the Custom of
the said Manor into the hands of the Lord of the
said Manor by the hands of the said Thomas Fisher and William Tibbatts
their Attorneys in that behalf
All
that their
Customary Messuage or Tenement called or known by the name of the Ivy
House situate and lying in Turners End within
the said Manor and all those nine several Closes of arable land meadow
and pasture to the same Messuage or
Tenement belonging there or late called by the several names of the Home
Close the Windmill Hill three closes called the
Beaches the Barn Close the Home Meadow and the two Half Stretton Closes
with all Barns Stables Buildings Gardens
Orchards Commons Commodities and appurtenances to the same premises
belonging situate in Turners End aforesaid
within the Manor aforesaid and late in the tenure of the said Thomas
Tibbatts his Assignes or Undertenants and the
reversion and remainder thereof to the use and behoof of the said Thomas
Tibbatts for and during the Term of
his natural life and from and after his decease to the use and behoof of
the said John Tibbatts for and during the Term of
his natural life and from and after the decease of the said John
Tibbatts to the use and behoof of Elizabeth Oldnall the
Younger of the parish of Chaddesley Corbett in the County of Worcester
spinster for and during the Term of her natural
life (if an intended marriage shall be had and solemnized between the
said John Tibbatts and Elizabeth his intended wife
and from and after the several deceases of the said John Tibbatts and
Elizabeth his intended wife and the decease of the
survivor of them to the use and behoof of the heirs of the body of the
said Elizabeth by the said John Tibbatts lawfully to
be begotten and for default of such issue to the use and behoof of the
said John Tibbatts his heirs and Assigns for ever
according to the Custom of the said Manor
Now
to this Court came the said John Tibbatts in his proper person and in
open Court defined to be admitted Tenant for life to the said premises
to whom the Lord by his Steward hath granted
seisin [possession of freehold] thereof by the Rod
To have and to hold
all and singular the said Messuage or Tenement
Closes lands and premises with their and every of their appurtenances
unto the said John Tibbatts for and during the
Term of his natural life according to the Custom of the said Manor by
the yearly Rent of one pound one shilling and all
other works burthens Customs and Services therefore due and of Right
accustomed whereupon fell to the Lord
for a Heriot on the death of the said Thomas Tibbatts the best living
cattle for which Composition was made at five pounds
five shillings and he paid for a fine for such his admission one pound
one shilling according to the Custom of the said
Manor and was admitted Tenant thereof and did fealty to the Lord.
Chris. Wright
Steward
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