Court Roll SC 2/170/6 - dated 3rd March 1566/7
Baron / Barne families
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Walter BARON died soon after writing his will on 18th March 1440 in which he refers to himself as being of Fordington', and asks for 'his body to be buried in the cemetery of the church of St George Fordyngton', and leaves 'To John my elder son , and his heirs, my tenement with curtilage in East Street'.
[Note:- I have had the above extract from the Manor Court Roll translated by the company dictate2us
Michael Russell FIPD (ret)]
Fine £4:
At this [court] there came William Baron and he took of the said lady queen the reversion of
one entire tenement called ‘a whole place’ with every single one of their appurtenances, lying
and being in the east tithing within the aforesaid manor, which same entire tenement called ‘a
whole place’ with its appurtenances Christiana Baron, mother of the said William Barne, now
holds and occupies, according to the custom of the manor there by the rents, works and
services thereupon previously due and accustomed. To have and to hold the aforesaid entire
tenement with all and singular their appurtenances to the aforesaid William Barne the elder,
John Barne and William Barne the younger, his brothers, for the term of their lives and that of
the one of them living the longer successively according to the custom of the manor there
[by] the rents, works and services thereupon previously due and accustomed. … … when it
happens to befall after the death, surrender or forfeiture of the aforesaid Christiana Barne or
… to the hands of the said lady queen, his heirs and successors … the aforesaid William
Barne gives to the said lady queen as a fine £4 … … fealty is respited until he comes to age,
by pledge of William … and Robert Baron.
Sum of this court … …
Appraisements nothing.
The survey in 1607 is particularly helpful in confirming William's plot was previously held by "Christian his mother relict of John Barnes his father."
I had a closer look at this roll and found another entry (below) for the court of the same date 3 March 1566/7 that admits Christiana, widow of John Barons to a whole place in the East tithing. It is a bit odd that her admission and then William Barnes senior’s admission to the holding is handled in two separate transactions, which I think is why I missed Christiana’s admission. The TNA reference is SC 2/170/6 for the Court Roll of this date, by the way.
I think that the additional entry below says: The tenant is dead. The tithingman of the East tithing presents the death of John Baron [line 1] to the court and on payment of a heriot of five shillings Christiana Barine [line 4] wife of the said John Barne [line 5] is admitted as the tenant of a whole place [lines 2 & 6: ‘integ’], on the pledge of William Cossen senior and Robert Barne [or Barine, hard to decipher][line 8].
I agree with your interpretation of the image that you’ve loaded onto the website. Christiana is ‘now tenant’ of the whole place, rather than the just tenant, I would say. I wondered if John Barne and William junior, brothers, were the sons of William senior who was admitted to the copy on payment of a fine of nine pound. However, the 1615 survey suggests that William Barons sen was born ~1545 and William Barnes junior was born ~1553, so you are probably right. Finding the later copies from 1582/3 and 1590/1 (as per the dates in the 1600 survey of the manor for Wm Barnes half place and farthinghold) would put the relationships beyond doubt but unfortunately the Court Roll record between August 1579 and October 1583 does not seem to exist, and my search of the years 1589 and 1591 in the Roll SC 2/170/12 drew a blank.