LIGHES (Priory of St. John the evangelist). An acquittance by which John Webb, prior of Lighes ("Lega") , acknowledges to have received of John Doyll, of Hadleye, co. Suffolk, esq., 2s., being an annual quit-rent from lands in Roydon. Dated on the morrow of St. Michael, 19 Ed. IV.

MISTLEY. Sabina, formerly wife of Thomas de Dykelega , quitclaims to Geoffrey Carbonel and his heirs all claim which she had by name of dower to 7s. annual rent which the said Geoffrey held in fee of Thomas de Dykelega in the parish of Mystelega; for this quit-claim Geoffrey paid to Sabina half a mark of silver. (c. 1250.)

MORETON. John Clerke of Stanford quit-claims to John King de la Hill , John Glascock , and others, all right in lands and tenements, called Wilchons, alias Downhams , in Moreton in Essex. Dated at Moreton, 28 Nov., 15 Hen. VIII.

NEWPORT, WIDDINGTON, and WICKEN. An exemplification of an inrollment of a plea of land in Hilary Term, 1654, whereby Edward Shiers and William Glascocke , esqs., demand against Robert Shiers, esq., certain messuages, 450 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 60 acres of pasture, 40 acres of wood, in Newport, Widdington, and Wicken, as their right, &c. Dated 12 Feb. 1654.

NOTLEY (Black and White). John, son of sir Robert de Aspale, kt. , grants to Robert de Aspale his father the manor of Slamundeshey and all that belongs to it in Blake Nottele and White Nottele, co. Essex, for the term of his life. Dated at Coulingge the Monday on the morrow of the Holy Trinity, 2 Ed. III.

ROTHYNG-BEAUCHAMP. John Fray, senior, of Rothyng-Beauchamp grants to Thomas Poole of the same place, William Cherche and John Lukas , one croft of arable land with a certain lane belonging in the village of Rothyng-Beauchamp. Dated at Rothyng-Beauchamp the Sunday next after the feast of St. Mark the evangelist, 10 Hen. VI.

John Fray, late chief baron of the Exchequer, quit-claims to Thomas Poole of Rothyng-Beauchamp all right in one croft of arable land called 'Merkescroft' in the village of Rothyng-Beauchamp. Dated at London, 26 Nov., 31 Hen. VI.

SHOEBURY. Peter de Sobyre, page ['alumpnus'] of William the knight of Sobyre , grants to William Fitz Osward three acres of land in the village of Sobyre, paying annually to the said Peter 15d. For this donation the said William gave 22s. (c. 1230.)

Indenture made 12 July, 21 James I, by which William Broughton, of Little Lawford, Warwick, esq. and Abigail Baker of Shobery grant to John Baker an annuity of £10 issuing out of the third part of the manor of Shobery.

SMETHETON. Indenture made the Thursday in Easter week, 1 Ed. III, by which sir James Laules, attorney of sir James le Botiller of Ireland , grants to farm to Edmund le Botiller of Bulmer , the manors of Smetheton and F...borgh, from the date of this writing to the feast of St. Michael next following for 20 marks, and from the same feast to the end of a term of 16 years, for an annual rent of 40 marks.]

STAPLEFORD. Indenture made 3 March, 16 Charles II, by which Queen Henrietta Maria and others demise to William Crofts, esq., one of her majesty's servants in ordinary, a tenement in Stapleford called 'Hammonds' in the co. of Essex for 21 years, at an annual rent of £8 10s. (Signed by the Queen.)

WESTHAM. Indenture dated 17 July, 6 Edward VI, reciting a former indenture dated 12 August, 26 Hen. VIII, in which William Huddleston, the abbot, and the convent of Stratford Langthorne, co. Essex, demised to one Hamlett Shaw certain parcels of land in Westham for 41 years. This indenture witnesseth that Margery Cheshire , relict of Thomas Cheshire , for a certain sum of money sells to John Goodwin of Overwinchindon, Bucks , the remainder of the term of the said above recited lease.

WIDDINGTON. Roger, son of William Quintyn of Neup .... in Essex , grants to William the smith one halfpenny of annual rent for one acre of land in the village of Wyditone. Dated, 2 April, 10 Ed. II.

WIDDINGTON and DEPDEN. John London , George Sutton , Thomas Duke , John Hobbys and others, quit-claim to Nicholas Fox of Wydyton all right in 36 acres of land in Wedynton and Depden, co. Essex. Dated 15 Oct., 21 Hen. VIII.

Copy of the will of James Streeter of Stratford in the parish of Westham, Essex, made 30 May, 1669.

WETHERSFIELD. Indenture made 30 May, 15 Charles I, by which the rev. Father in God, William, bishop of London , demises to Thomas Wyngfield of Nettlesteed, co. Suffolk, esq., the rectory of Wethersfield for a term of lives, at an annual rent of £15 0s. l0d. [Signed by William Juxon, bp. London .]

Indenture made 24 May, 18 Charles I, by which William, the bishop of London , demises to Martyn Noell of London the rectory and parsonage of Wethersfield in the co. of Essex, for a term of lives, at an annual rent of £15 0s. 10d. [Signed.]

WICKHAM (Little) and BULMER. John, son of John de Nassandre , quit-claims to Henry de Wycham all his right in a tenement, &c. which sir Hugh de Nassandre, kt., his grandfather, gave to Walkeline Visdelow in Little Wickham and in the parish of Bulemere. Dated at Great Acle, St. Vincent's day, 3 Ed. I.

WIKES, WETHERSFIELD, &c. Indenture made 1 August, 40 Queen Elizabeth, by which Henry Best of London, writer, for a certain sum of money sells to John Hobart of the Middle Temple, London, gent., and Robert Hobarte of London, gent., the whole of the rectory of Wikes in the county of Essex with all that appertains to it, formerly part of the possessions of the priory of Wikes in the same county and demised to Richard Master for 40 years, at an annual, rent of 55s. 8d. And also all his lands in Wethersfeilde, co. Essex, lately belonging to the monastery of Waltham, also certain tithes, &c., of Glatton and Holme in co. Hunt, late of the monastery of Borne, co. Lincoln, also tithes of Swaffham, co. Norfolk, also portion of tithes in Tudnam Falgate in same county, also tithes in Holton, co. Suffolk, also tithes of Kettleborough in the same county, which said tithes belonged to the late dissolved monastery of Ruinboroughe alias Rumburgh, in the said co. of Suffolk.

WIVENHOE. Licence of Mortmain from King Henry V, to Robert Newport and others, for the foundation of a chantry in Wivenhoe for two chaplains to pray for Richard Walton, esq. and Isabella his wife, and all the faithful. Dated at Westminster, 14 Jan., 1st of his reign.

WOODHAM FERRERS. Master John de Thvyford, rector of Wodeham , acknowledges to have received of Richard de Flammamvill, proctor, of the abbot of Bec in England, two parts of all the tithes arising from the lordship of the lords of Ferrers, in the said parish of Wodeham, to farm paying annually to the proctor 60s. Dated 1259, the day of the translation of St. Swithin.

Chirograph reciting a mandate from Pope Gregory X, 4 Non. Apr. an. 4, to the priors of Merton and Bormundes[e], to hear and determine a suit for spoliation of tithes between the abbot and monks of Bec, and Robert, rector of Wodeham , who decree that the tithes arising from the lordships of the lords of Ferrers shall be farmed by the rector of Wodeham at a rent of 60s. annually. (1275.)

Memorandum, in which Robert, archbishop of Canterbury , certifies that the payment of an annual pension of 60s. from the church of Wodeham Ferrers, for two parts of the tithes of the whole of the lordship of Wodeham, to the abbot and convent of Bec Herlewin, shall be made by Richard de Ferrers, rector of the said church, during his life. Dated at Eeynes the Ides of June, 1303.

FAIRSTEAD. Geoffrey de Slamundesheye grants to Hugh the carter (carucatori), for his homage and service and 12d., two acres of land in the parish of Fayrstede, in the field called Vivacres, of the fee of William le Flemyng, paying annually 8d. for all services. (c. 1270-80.)

TIPTRE (Priory of). William ... grants to the prior and canons of Typpetre 12d. of annual rent for two parts of the land he held in Stanymere [to hold?] to the feast of St John the Baptist, 45 Hen. III. [In great part illegible.]