‹ E-CIPM 26-76: THOMAS TORELL, ESQUIRE ›

Little Thurrock, a manor called ‘Torell’, held of the king in chief by serjeanty of being the king’s naperer on the day of his coronation. In the manor there is a site, worth nothing yearly; 160 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 40 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; £4 14s. 10d. assize rent from various tenants, received at Easter and Michaelmas; and a court baron held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fee of the steward. The manor is therefore worth £7 18d. yearly.

Berners Roding, the manor, held of the king , of his castle of Pleshey – which is of the honour of Mandeville, parcel of the earldom or county (com’) of Essex – by knight service. In the manor there is a site, worth nothing yearly; 555 1/3 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 18 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; a park containing 100 a., of which the herbage is worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 13s. 4d. assize rent from various tenants, received at Easter and Michaelmas; rent of 2 capons, each worth 2d., and of 1 lb. cumin, worth ½d., payable at Christmas; 25 harvest services of tenants, each worth 2d. yearly; and a court baron held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fee of the steward. Thomas, late archbishop of York , primate of England , Robert, late bishop of London , Richard, late earl of Arundel , Thomas, late earl of Warwick , Thomas de Feriby, clerk , John de Massyngham, clerk , and Nicholas Miles, clerk were once seised of the manor in demesne as of fee, and by their writing dated at Gloucester, 30 September 1389, shown to the jurors, they granted to Thomas Hevenyngham for life an annual rent of £10 to be received from the manor – described as their manor of Berners Roding – at Easter and Michaelmas, with power of distraint. Thomas was seised of the rent in demesne as of free tenement. At Easter last he levied 100s. from the manor as distraint for that term, and later died on 9 May following. The manor is therefore worth [113s.] [ms rubbed] this year, and in following years it will be worth £10 13s. yearly.

Aveley, 5½ a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly, held of Edmund Ingesthorp , service unknown.