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Small Court of Thomas Harrison Esq. of his Manor of Newcastle holden at Penkhull the seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord God, one thousand, six hundred and fifty and six before Thomas Bagnall, steward there.

To this court comes Anne Shawe one of the daughters of Randall Shaw of Newcastle, Brazier deceased

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1650 5 December Meire John Thomas Meire is admitted to a cottage of which his father John Meire died seised, in accordance with his last will and testament. Fine 1d.

In a number of entries in the court rolls where the estate is small and only one person to inherit the surrender and admittance is only a matter of recording the transaction within the manor recors.

27th April 1654 Nicholas Lovatt small court held at Penckhull before the steward Thomas Bagnall, gentleman.

John Lovatt of Shelton is admitted to the lands of his late father, Nicholas Lovatt. Fine 9s 4d.

5th May 1656 Thomas Hill
small court held before the steward Thomas Bagnall, gentleman.
William Hill offered five shillings to his son Thomas Hill, declaring his intention by this to make void the surrender of all his copyhold lands and tenements to the use of his last will at the court held on 29th September 1653.

And after this, William Hill made the following surrenders.

11th April 1616 Thomas Daniell and John Daniell in their own persons, executors of the last will and testament of John Daniell deceased, [?do notify having] [rec]eived of William Burslem the sum of £31 [on the] feast day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary [March 25th] for the redemption of a wood called Hey wod and a meadow called Wood meadow are to the sole

Who being sworne present upon oath that John Dale one of the customary tenants of the said manor dyed since the last Court Baron seized of one messuage twenty and five actress of customary land in Penkhull

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