Catalogue description Court Book of the Court of Record

The contents are almost entirely confined to Court of Record business, as described in the Introduction, under headings Curia domini regis and each folio is headed with the name of the mayor for the year.

Folio

14 final concord, 17 Sep 1605

John Davy and wife Elizabeth to William Riall of Winchelsea, shipwright

Messuage and garden at The Strand

42v final concord, 1 Mar 1608

Simon Michell and wife Elizabeth to Giles Seer

Two messuages, gardens, orchards and closes

65 final concord, 14 Feb 1609

William Arnold and wife Joan, Thomas Levis and wife Mary, Roger Godfrey and wife Ann to John Milward, glover

Third part of a messuage and garden in Quarter 13

67 recovery, 14 Mar 1609

Thomas Houlden, son of TH deceased, to Robert Butler

Messuage, garden and orchard, late TH the elder, in Quarter 19

First vouchee: Anthony Baynard; second vouchee Francis Belamy

75v final concord, 4 Jul 1609

John Egleston gent and wife Ann to Henry Whitton gent

Messuage, barn, garden, orchard and various closes in Winchelsea (E,S: street; W: lands of Lawrence Weekes; N: Cooks Green)

76 final concord, 4 Jul 1609

William Henley and his wife Katherine, John Milward and his wife Elizabeth to Thomas Isted, gent

Messuage, garden and orchard in Quarter 13

96 final concord, 9 Oct 1610

John Tookey labourer and wife Elizabeth to Robert Badcock, bricklayer

Messuage and garden in Quarter 13 (N: street; E: tenement of William Wade; W,S: tenement, garden and orchard of John Evernden, gent)

96v Francis Bolton of London, embroiderer and Robert Convers of Rye, gent and his wife Margery, to William Mercer of Battle, glover

Messuage, close, garden and orchard with solars, cellars and buildings in Quarter 15 (E,N: street; S: land of Adam White, gent, and of John Milles; W: a ditch called The Counterscarfe)

97 common recovery as f96v above, Esaias Kingwood of Rye, mercer, vouchee

131v final concord (mortgage), 15 Dec 1612

Timothy Foster blacksmith and wife Gertrude to Jeremy Tolhurst, of East Guldeford, yeoman

Messuage and garden in Quarter 7 (N,W: road; S: land of Henry Peck, gent; E: land of Susan Johnson)

133 final concord (mortgage), 1613

John Hobjohn of Winchelsea, beer-brewer, and his wife Elizabeth, to Richard Mills of Rye, shoemaker

1 Messuage, barn, garden, orchard and close in The Strand (S: street; E: land of John Day; N: common channel; W: land of Thomas Isted)

2 piece in Winchelsea (E,W: street; N: lane; S: Monday Market)

148v final concord, 25 Jan 1614

Bartholomew Pett of Winchelsea lighterman and wife Agnes to John Farnam of Winchelsea husbandman and his son John

Messuage, garden and orchard in Quarter 28 (W: street; E,S: land late Adam White gent deceased; N: land of John Evernden)

164 final concord, 27 Jun 1615

John Evernden of Sedlescombe gent and wife Joan and Helen Evernden of Sedlescombe widow to Michael Farmer of Winchelsea jurat

Messuage, barn, stable, garden and orchard in Quarter 13 (E,W: street; N: street, lands of Robert Badcock, William Wade, Robert Weekes; S: land of Richard [Sackville] earl of Dorset called The Chantry, and to lands late Adam White, gent)

Warranty against Walter Evernden of Sedlescombe, gent, deceased, John Middleton of Baybush, esq and Edward Middleton of Winchelsea jurat deceased, EM's son Lawrence Middleton, Stephen Middleton of Fletching

170v final concord (mortgage), 9 Jan 1616

Timothy Foster of Winchelsea, blacksmith, and wife Gertrude, to Michael Farmer, jurat, and John Walter, yeoman

1 Messuage and garden in Quarter 7 (N,W: street; S: land of Henry Peck gent; E: land of Susan Johnson)

2 close in Quarter 2 (S: street; W,N: land late Samuel Sampson; E: land of the heirs of Ralph Cobb)

Payable at MF's house in Quarter 7

176 final concord, 30 Apr 1616

Robert Badcock of Lydd, bricklayer, and wife Joan, to John Rose and wife Joan and to their heirs in tail

Messuage and garden called The Lamp House in Quarter 13 (N: street; E: tenement of William Wade; W,S: tenement, close and garden of Michael Farmer, gent)

194 final concord, 5 Aug 1617

Samuel Sampson late of Edmonton in Mx, yeoman, and wife Jane to Giles Waters of Winchelsea, yeoman and wife Ann

1 Messuage, barn, close, garden and orchard with all appurtenances in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 (S,W: streets; N: lands of Oliver St John, gent; E: land late Adam White, gent, land late Timothy Foster)

2 small piece in Quarter 25 (E,S: roads; W,N: land late John Milward called The Cherry Garden)

199 final concord (mortgage), 17 Feb 1618

George Brook of Guestling, yeoman and wife Joan to Richard Mills of Middle Street in Rye, shoemaker

Two messuages with buildings, gardens, orchards and land at the Strand (S: street; E: town lands; N: common channel; W: land of Henry Peck gent)

204v final concord, 4 Aug 1618

Robert Brown of Lydd, husbandman, and wife Elizabeth, to John Eglestone, gent

Two messuages, a toft, two gardens and 2a in Quarter 19 (E: street, land of the heirs of Adam White, gent, land of the heirs of William Cheesman; N: land of the heirs of Lawrence Weekes, tenement and land of George Lamb; W: street, land of the heirs of Lawrence Weekes, land of John Botting; S: land of the heirs of William Cheesman, land of John Botting, a lane near Monday Market)

209 recovery, 8 Dec 1618

John Evernden of Sedlescombe, gent, to Robert Plummer of Winchelsea, jurat

1 Messuage, orchard, garden and 3a in Quarter 29

2 Barn called the Almshouse Barn and 2a in Quarter 34

3 3r 9p in Quarter 28

Vouchee: William Legate of Winchelsea, tailor

211 plea, 19 Jan 1619

Ann Standen widow of Thomas Standen, v John Evernden of Winchelsea tanner

Dower in a messuage and garden in W

213v plea, 3 Aug 1619

Paul Wymond gt and wife Ann v John Aynescombe gent; dower; 16 Mar 1619; process to 20 July when a report of JA's death received; discontinued as a result of his death

221v suit revived as covenant, by which Paul Wymond and Ann grant to Thomas Aynescombe, son of JA of Battle, gent, deceased, and to Richard Isted, son of Thomas Isted of Winchelsea, gent, deceased; 17 Aug 1619

AW's life interest in a third part of two messuages, three gardens, 2a land, 1a meadow, ½a pasture and 2a marsh in W

234 fine; 11 Apr 1620

Joseph Swane and wife Susan to Stephen Lyghe

Messuage and garden in Quarter 7 (E: tenement and garden of John Onstie; S: land of Henry Peck, gent; W: tenement and land of John Walter; N: Fishers Street)

234v fine; 9 May 1620

John Pont and wife Mary to George Lambe and [his son] Edward Lamb; piece called Soges Acre in Winchelsea (W,S: Crooked Acre; N: Budge Lane; E: road to Pewes)

238 recovery, 15 Aug 1620

William Stephens of Winchelsea to George Lambe of Winchelsea husbandman and his son Edward Lambe

Crooked Acre (E,N: GL and EL's Soges Acre; S: land of John Pont; E: road; W: Pook Lane)

Vouchee: John Eglestone the younger of Winchelsea gent

242v fine, 30 Jan 1621

John Standen and wife Alice to John Evernden

Messuage, garden and 1a in The Strand (W: road to Watchbell Gate; S: land of Thomas Pelham called the Pendents; E: land of JE, and a lane; N: land of William Wade the younger)

243 fine, 30 Jan 1621

Jeremy Odiarne gent and wife Elizabeth to Thomas Fraye

Messuage and garden in Quarter 12

272v recovery and fine, 23 Apr 1622

Robert Plumer of Lewes gent and wife Mary to Robert Row of Westfield yeoman

Property as on f418

Vouchee: John Eglestone gent

278 fine, 2 Jul 1622

Robert Ware husbandman and wife Tamsin to Bartholomew Pett

Two messuages, a toft, two gardens and 2a in Winchelsea in Quarter 12

296 fine, 22 Apr 1623

Nicholas Reynolds of Rye and wife Margaret to Henry Carter of [blank]

Messuage, other buildings, gardens, orchards and land at The Trechery (N,W: a common way from the pendent to the door of The Peelings; E: a lane in The Trechery; S: a lane)

299B fine, 1 Jul 1623

George Brook of Guestling yeoman and wife Joan to John Padiham of Udimore yeoman

Two messuages, buildings, gardens, orchards and lands in The Strand (S: street; E: town lands; N: common channel; W: lands of Henry Peck gent)

305v fine, 18 Nov 1623

William Cooper of Ticehurst yeoman and wife Ann, John Darby of Ticehurst yeoman and wife Ann, George Sampson of Brede yeoman and Giles Waters of Winchelsea grazier and wife Ann to Thomas Roberts of Winchelsea gent and wife Elizabeth

Messuage, buildings and land in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 (S,W: road; E: land now or late Richard Waterman)

318 Thomas Butler of Camber Castle, freeman, admitted underbailiff to Henry Guildford kt; 24 Aug 1624

339 fine, 3 Oct 1626

John Egleston of Winchelsea gent and wife Ann to Thomas Fray of Guestling yeoman

1 two pieces (4a) by the old windmill in St Giles (W,N: street; E,S: town's common pasture)

2 2a in St Giles (S: Henry Guildford's Holy Rood; E,N: street; W: common pasture)

3 2a in St Giles (E,S: street; S,W: land of the earl of Dorset called The Firs Bank; S: common pasture)

4 1a in St Giles (ESN: street; S, W: TF's land)

341 fine, 1626

John Darby of Ticehurst yeoman and wife Ann to William Cooper of Brede yeoman

1 messuage called Gilgores Tenement with garden, yard and close and all its buildings in Quarter 6 (W: road; N: land late Robert Baker; S: lane leading from the town wall; E: lane leading through the walls)

2 messuage, garden and adjoining close in Quarter 6 (W: street; E: street by the walls)

3 ½a by the Greyfriars in Quarter 18 (ESW: street; N: lands and tenements late Edward Rockley, lands late John Love)

4 messuage, garden and close in The Strand (E,N: street; W,S: a footway)

Void because not acknowledged

346 fine, 26 Mar 1627

Thomas Fray yeoman and wife Margaret to Sarah Standen, daughter and heir of John Standen

Messuage called The Butchery House in Quarter 19

349 fine, 10 Jul 1627

Ann Darby wife of John Darby to Theophilus Turke

Two messuages, barn, garden, orchard and close in Quarter 6 (W: street; N: tenement of Henry Robbins; E: lane at the town wall; S: orchard of Ralph Cobb, and to another lane)

355 fine, 18 Mar 1628

Marian Pelham, widow and Robert and William Pelham, yeomen to Paul Wymond, gent; all of Winchelsea

Messuage, garden, orchard and land in Quarter 12 (ESW: street; N: land of Thomas Fray)

356 fine, 1 Apr 1628

John Robinson of Mountfield yeoman to William Marsh of Winchelsea yeoman

Messuage, barn, stable, garden and orchard in Quarter 14 (E: land of the heirs of Robert Makeham; N,W: street; S: messuage and land late Ann Kyne)

359 fine, 19 Aug 1628

William Cowper of Guestling, yeoman, John Darby of Sedlescombe, yeoman and wife Ann to Thomas Roberts of Winchelsea esq

1 acre in Quarter 18 (W: street from the Butchery to Monday Market; S: street by The Friars; E: street by Tinkers Garden; N: lands and tenements of Henry Lybie otherwise Dowce, land of TR late Oliver St John esq)

361 Conveyance for £8, 25 Nov 1628

Edward Burne of Rye sadler and his wife Martha to Edmund Watts of Winchelsea, husbandman

Messuage and adjoining orchard in Quarter 9 (N,E: street; S,W: Daniel White gent's garden or orchard called Paradise Garden)

Bequeathed with other property by George Matthew to his wife Margery, Martha's mother

364 Conveyance for £14, 31 Mar 1629

Giles Waters of Winchelsea jurat and his wife Ann to William Neve of Winchelsea blacksmith

1 Messuage with annexed shop with adjoining garden or close in Quarter 7 (N,W: street; S: land of Robert Thompson clerk; E: tenement and land of heirs of the heirs of Thomas Holden)

2 piece of land or garden in Quarter 2 (S: street; N,W: land of Thomas Roberts gt; E: land of the heirs of Ralph Cobb)

369v fine, 18 Aug 1629

John Eglestone of Winchelsea gent and wife Jane to Thomas Fray of Winchelsea jurat

1 acre in St Giles in Quarter 11 (E,N: street; S,W: land of TF)

2 two acres in St Giles in Quarter 30 (EWNS: street; S,W: land of Edward [Sackville] earl of Dorset)

3 2a in St Giles in Quarter 33 (N,W: street; E,S: The Kings Green)

4 2a in St Giles in Quarter 35 (EWN: street; S: land of Henry Guildford kt)

5 2a in St Giles in Quarter 36 (N: 3 above; W: street; E: The Kings Green; S: a windmill)

372 Conveyance for £26, 22 Dec 1629

Daniel White of Winchelsea, gt, and wife Elizabeth to Ann Cowper of Guestling

Messuage, close and orchard in Quarter 8 (S: DW's tenement and land; W: land of John Pettit gent; N: tenement of John Bishop; E: street)

379 fine, 6 Jul 1630

John Bishop of Winchelsea tailor and wife Eleanor to George Harmer of Winchelsea tailor

Messuage, cellar and orchard in Quarter 8 (E: street; N: lands and tenements of Thomas Fray; W,S: messuage and land of Daniel White gent)

384 Conveyance for £38, 26 Oct 1630

Thomas Fraye, jurat of W, and wife Margaret to Daniel White of Winchelsea gt

1 Messuage, close, garden and orchard (½a) in Quarter 21 (W: land of DW; S: churchyard of St Giles; E,N: street)

2 piece of land (2a) in St Giles in Quarter 35 (E,W,N: street; S: land of Henry Guildford, kt)

3 piece of land (tenth of an acre) in Quarter 15 (W,N: land of DW; E,S: street)

391 fine, 21 Jun 1631

Jonathan Tilden gent and his wife Alice to Melchior Reynolds

1 Capital messuage in Quarter 13 (W,S: street; E,N: land belonging to rectory of St Thomas)

2 messuage in Quarter 19 (W,N: roads; S: land of George Lamb; E: street called The Butchery)

398 Conveyance for £6, 6 Dec 1631

John Burton of Salehurst labourer and wife Ellen to Nicholas Crisp of London, salter

Messuage with all the structures, arches, lands, gardens and closes in Quarter 10 (E: street; S,W: land late Lawrence Ashburnham, esq; N: tenement of Henry Hartwell)

399 Conveyance for £12, 3 Jan 1632

Edmund Watts of Winchelsea husbandman and wife Edey to Washington Rainolds of Winchelsea gent

Messuage and adjoining orchard in Quarter 9 (N,E: street; S,W: Daniel White gent's garden or orchard called Paradise Garden)

402 plea of dower, 8 May 1632

Matthew Wood and wife Amy, widow of George Lamb, v Ralph Copper

Messuage and garden or orchard in W

403v fine, 31 Jul 1632

William Ford and wife Helen to John Miller [recte Milward]

Tenement and garden or orchard in Quarter 18 (W: street; S,N: land of John Milward; E: land of Robert Butler)

404v fine, 6 Nov 1632

Ralph Copper and wife Amy to Edward Godbed and wife Ann

1 Messuage or tenement and garden in Quarter 14 (W: messuage and land of the heirs of John Baker; S: land of Daniel White gent; E,N: street)

2 piece of land or solar [cellar] or orchard 'containing the eighth part of a quarter of land' in Quarter 9 (N: land of Daniel White called Paradise)

411 Conveyance for £15, 27 Aug 1633

Walter Coleman of Guestling yeoman and wife Ann to Richard Witheris of Hastings gent

Messuage, orchard and close at The Strand, occupied by William Rockley (N,E: street; S: pendents of the hill; W: road to Watchbell Gate)

416 Settlement for £50, 11 Mar 1634

John Bird of Mountfield, husbandman, and wife Susan to Henry Valentine of Winchelsea gent and his wife Mercy for life, remainder to their younger son William Valentine

Messuage, barn, stable, garden and orchard in Quarter 13 (E,W: street; N: street, land late Robert Badcock, land late William Waad, land late Robert Weekes deceased; S: land late Richard [Sackville] earl of Dorset called The Chantry, now Thomas Harnett, and to land late Adam White gent), occupied by HV

418 Conveyance for £91, 25 Mar 1634

Robert Rowe of Westfield, yeoman, and wife Joan to Thomas Harnett of W, yeoman

1 Messuage, orchard, garden and 3a in Quarter 29 (EWNS: street)

2 barn called The Almshouse Barn and 2a in Quarter 34 (E,W,N: street; S: land of Robert Tompson, clerk)

3 3r 9p in Quarter 28 (W: street; N: Monday Market; E: lands of Daniel White gent; S: lands of John Farnham)

Warranty against dower of Ann wife of Walter Everenden of Westfield, gent

420 Final concord, 6 May 1634

Drew Matthew bricklayer and wife Agnes to Robert Tompson, clerk

Land (third of an acre) in Quarter 14 (S: street, common pound; E,W: street; N: land of Daniel White, gent, land of DM)

425 plea of dower, 7 Oct 1634

Matthew Wood and wife Amy, widow of George Lamb, v Edward Godbed clerk

Messuage, close and orchard

427v Conveyance for £20, 22 Mar 1635

James Baker of Winchelsea weaver and wife Mary to Daniel White of Winchelsea esq

Messuage, close or garden and adjoining 1a in Quarter 15 (S: land of DW; E,W,N: streets)

430 Conveyance for £165, 28 Jul 1635

Thomas Fray of Hastings, gt and wife Margaret to Thomas Harnett of Winchelsea, yeoman

1 2a in St Giles in Quarter 30 (EWNS: street; S,W: lands late Richard [Sackville] earl of Dorset), occupied by TF

2 2a in St Giles in Quarter 33 (N,W: street; E,S: The Kings Green), occupied by TF

3 2a in St Giles in Quarter 36 (N: 2 above; W: street; E: The Kings Green; S: a windmill), occupied by Henry Valentine

4 1½a (S,W: land of Thomas Earl of Winchelsea; N: land of the heirs of Lawrence Weekes; E: Pook Lane), occupied by John Sha

436 Conveyance for £8, 5 May 1636

George Harmer of Winchelsea, tailor, and wife Sarah to Thomas Fray of Hastings, gent

Messuage, orchard, cellar and garden in Quarter 8 (E: street; N: TF's tenement and land; W,S: messuage and land of Walter Colman in the right of his wife)

437 Quitclaim, 31 May 1636

George Harmer and wife Sarah to Melchior Reynolds

Messuage called The Butchery House, orchard and garden in Quarter 19

445v Conveyance for £38,8 Sep 1637

John Dotting of Winchelsea, tailor, and wife Mary to Alexander Usborne of Canterbury, grocer

Empty plots, stone buildings and walls, formerly a messuage called Harrowes Place, lately burnt down and demolished, with four joining gardens now converted into an orchard in Quarter 20 (E: the pound and road; N: the pound, the [same] road and an old solar [?cellar]; W: road; S: land of Thomas Fray, land of John Eccleston)

446 Conveyance for £19, 19 Sep 1637

George Stace of Dallington, yeoman, and wife Elizabeth to Edmund Wattes of W, cordwainer

1 Messuage with adjoining garden or orchard in Quarter 1 (N: land of Jeremy Jorden; E,S: street; W: land of William Neve), occupied by Anthony Avery

2 messuage with adjoining garden or orchard in Quarter 6 (N: land of Richard Chittenden; W: tenement and land of Thomas Higgens, clerk; S: street; E: Watchbell Gate), occupied by Peter Harmer esq

lately bequeathed to ES by the will of Ralph Cobb

448 Final concord, 9 Jan 1638

George Baker and his wife Priscilla, Drew Matthew and his wife Agnes to Katherine Tompson, widow

Messuage, orchard and garden in St Giles in Quarter 14 (W: street; S: tenement and land late John Botting)

448v Final concord, 9 Jan 1638

George Baker and his wife Priscilla to James Valence

Tenement and garden in St Giles in Quarter 14 (W: street; S: tenement and land of Drew Matthew)

458v memorandum that Mary Banfield late of Battersey in Surrey, widow, was taken vagrant with three children, was publicly whipped and sent to her parish of settlement, being Stone in Staffordshire; on 27 Oct [?1638]

459v memoranda concerning sales of stock in open market by William Christopher; 3 and 14 May 1624