Catalogue description PETITION

Of Margery late wife of John Roucle who was seized of the manors of Brook and Budbridge, and also of certain lands in Brook and Budbridge, and in Hulverston, More, Mottiston, Freshwater, Chelton, Hampstede, Sussheford, Godyton, Northwood, Wroxall, Newport, Fairlee, Kete, Briddlesford and Brondeston in I.W.; and Upsombourne, Little Sombourne, Stourbridge, Sharprix Ford and Lymington, Hants; West Mordon, Dorset; and in the parishes of Rogate and South Herting, Sussex; and enfeoffed his estate to trustees.

John Lysle, John Stour and Thomas Bowreman with the intent that they should surrender the estates to the said John Rookley, when he should require them. When he did, they utterly refused to do as he asked to his great sorrow and trouble; that was the cause of his death, before which he declared his last will that the said feoffees should make an estate in the law of the said estates to George Bramset, Richard Trymayn, parson of Brixton, Richard Makeyt, vicar of Godshill, Robert Virsy and John Scotton, so that they could settle the manor of Brooke and lands in Hulverston, Chelton, Hampsteade, More and Freshwater in the Island and Sharprix out of the Island upon his poor bedeswoman (his wife) for life and then to Margerie, the wife of John Haket, and Joan, wife of said Thomas Bowreman, daugters of said John Roucle; with remainder failing issue of his daughters, to his cousin Richard Cook and his heirs forever; and as to the manor of Budbridge and the other lands they were to be sold by the trustees, with the council of his poor bedeswoman, but the feoffees have refused to surrender the estates to the trustees