MS. Ch. Essex 205

HATFIELD BROAD OAK. Philip Palmere and William Marchal of Hatfield Regis grant to John Newton and Agnes his wife of the same place, two messuages, 17½ acres of land, 1½ acre of meadow with gardens, curtilages and appurtenances, of which one messuage, which was formerly Richard Taffe 's, lies at 'le Brode-strete,' in Hatfield aforesaid, and 8 acres of the said 17½ acres lie in the fields called Hamstal, Godwenesfeld, and Estfeld, and the other messuage which was formerly William Godewyn 's, 9½ acres of land and 1½ of meadow, lies at 'le Brousseheade' in the same village. Dated at Hatfield on the feast of St. Matthew the apostle, 2 Rich. II.