1838 Admission of James Perry to Rivers Hall Waldringfield

Manor of Rivers Hall                     Admission before Richard Porter Gentleman Lord of this

In Waldringfield                                           Manor made at the Dwellinghouse of Richard William Porter,

Gentleman Steward of this Manor at Ipswich in the County of

Suffolk on Saturday the twenty sixth day of May one thousand eight

Hundred and thirty eight  —

—— Amongst other things it is thus enrolled  —-

Whereas at a General Court Baron holden for this Manor on the thirtieth day of April now last past the death of

William Perry late a Copyhold tenant of this Manor was presented by the Homage and that he died seized of certain lands

and tenements holden of this Manor by copy of Court roll and that John Perry was his youngest Son and Heir

according to the custom of this Manor and thereupon the first proclamation was in the form made that if anyone

would come into Court and make any claim right title or demand of in or to the same he should be received but

no one came  etc  Now be it remembered that as the time and place above written cometh before me the said Lord

of this Manor James Perry the elder of Waldringfield in the County of Suffolk yeoman (by James Perry the

younger his Attorney in this behalf by my leave) and produceth the last Will and Testament in writing of the

said William Perry his late Father deceased bearing date on or about the ninth day of February one

thousand eight hundred and twenty two and duly executed and attested whereby it appears that the

said William Perry did (amongst other things) give and bequeath as followsd  “I give and beqeath to my

Son James Perry a Meadow call’d Honey Meadow situate in the Parish of Waldringfield containing one

acre of land or more” And thereupon the said James Perry the elder (by his such Attorney) puts himself

upon my favour and humbly desires to be admitted tenant to the land and premises so in and by the said last

Will and Testament of the said William Perry his late Father deceased given and bequeathed to him as aforesaid

That is to say to One Meadow (now Arable land) containing by estimation three roods lying between the lands sometime

since of Mary Woolnough (late Lane’s) on the parts of the East and Westand abutting on the land heretofore of

the said Mary Woolnough towards the South Which Premises are part of the Estate formerly of Ann Gad/Gall? To

which premises (together with other Hereditaments) the said William Perry was admitted at a General Court

Baron holden for this Manor on the eighteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighteen on the

absolute Surrender of John Paine and Miriam his Wife as by the entries of that Court will appear Whereupon I

the Lord of this manor do with my own proper hands by the rod according to the Custom of this Manor grant and

deliver seizing to the said James Perry the elder  (by his said Attorney) of the land and Hereditaments hereinbefore

described with the appurtenances To hold the same land and Premises with the appurtenances unto the said James

Perry the elder of me the said Lord at my Will according to the tenor form and effect of the said last Will and

Testament of the said William Perry and according to the custom of this Manor by the apportioned and of two

Shillings and four pence and services therefore are and of right accustomed saving every ones right And the said

James Perry the elder is (by his said Attorney) admitted Tenant thereto in manor aforesaid And he therefore gives

me a Fine as appears in the margin but his Fealty is respited until etc:–

R^d Porter

Lord of the said Manor

Manor of Rivers Hall

in Waldringfield

26 May 1838

Copy of the Admission of Mr

James Perry the Elder —