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Table 3. THE OLD ENDOWMENTS
| 1348 | 1585 | 1833 | 1910 |
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| One of which said messuages is situated in the town of Colchester in the parish of the church of the Blessed Mary aforementioned, to wit between the tenement of Edward the Pelterer (Edi' P'ellipar') on the south and the tenement of John Taverner, chaplain (Johannis Tav'ner, capellani) on the north. | All that capital Messuage or Tenement, with the backside and Rentarie thereto adjoining, situate, lying, and being in the parish of St. Mary at the Wall in the said town of Colchester, between the Tenement late of Robert Leach Alderman, and now of Robert Brown Gent. on the North part, and the Tenement late of John Wells Baker, and now of John Talcot in part, and the Lands pertaining to the Parson of St. Maries aforesaid in part, on the South part, one head thereof abutteth on the Queen's high-way there, leading to Head-gate, towards the East; the other head thereof abutteth upon the Walls of the said Town of Colchester towards the West. | and also all that messuage or tenement theretofore parcel of the capital messuage, formerly called the Old Three Crowns Inn in Colchester, theretofore divided into several tenements, but then consisting of two messuages or tenements, and a large shop to each, with the work-shops, yards, and gardens, being Nos. 18 and 19 in Head-street, in the parishes of St. Mary-at-the-Walls and St. Peter, or one of them, or in some adjoining parish, abutting on Head-street towards the east, and in part on a messuage and premises, formerly part of the possessions of the school, but lately conveyed to James William Coleman in exchange, together with a free right of way, at all times thereafter, to and for the trustees of the said Free Grammar School, their heirs and assigns, and their respective tenants for the time being, through the gate-way and yard belonging to the said James William Coleman, from the said Head-street to any part of the yards and premises lying behind the said messuage No. 19, and also from the said premises into the said street, without paying or allowing anything for the same; | Three shops in Head Street, Colchester. Gross yearly income £275. |
| And two acres of land lie between a certain place called Walditch on the east and the land of the said John Fitz-Walter on the west. | And two acres of land, more or less, lying in the said parish of St. Marie at the Wall, between a certain place of old called Wall ditch, and now the Postern Ditch on the East part, and the Land once of John Fitzwauter and late of the Earl of Sussex on the West part. | and also all those several tenements and all the ground thereto belonging, then occupied as garden ground, situate in the parish of St. Mary-at-the-Walls, as the same then consisted of a newly erected dwelling-house standing near the north-west corner of the said piece of ground, and seven small cottages standing at or near the lower or south end of the same (three of which had been lately rebuilt with brick), which premises abutted on the south on a passage way leading from Balkerne Hill to the back part of the King's Arms Inn;
and also all that field, containing one acre and a half, called Wall Ditch Land situate on the west side of Balkerne Hill, in the parish of St. Mary-at-the-Walls, and abutting upon a lane or drift-way towards the north; |
Six Cottages in Manor Road. Gross yearly income £62 8s.
One tenement in rear of above. Gross yearly income £20. Garden in Manor Road. Gross yearly income £3. |
| And four acres of land called Godyeresland lie between the land of the Abbot and Convent of St. Osyth on the west and a certain way (vicus) leading to Miland on the east.
And four acres of land lie between the land of the said Abbot and Convent on the west and a certain grove (grova) of Richard le Gros (Rici le Gros) on the east. |
And two Crofts of Land containing Eight acres more or less, lying by Green Tye in the hamlet of Mile-end, alias Myle-end, within the Liberties of the said town of Colchester, sometimes called Green-Tye-field, and Tyle-kiln-field. Whereof one croft, containing four acres of land, of old called Godyeresland, lyeth in Myle-end aforesaid, between the lands late of the Abbot and Convent of St. Osyth, and now of Tho. Lucas Kt, on the West part; and certain lane or way leading towards Mile-end aforesaid on the East part:
And the other Croft, containing four acres of land, lyeth in Myle-end aforesaid, between the land late of the said Abbot and Convent on the West part, and a certain grove, wood, or pasture once of Nicholas le Grosse on the East part. |
and also all that piece of land, situate in the parish of St. Michael, Mile-end, formerly called the Queen's Head Field, and containing 3a. 3r. 5p., abutting on a lane leading from the east side of the highway, near Mile-end Church, to the high woods towards the south, and on the same lane towards the east or south-east;
and also all that piece or parcel of land, situate in the said parish of St. Michael, Mile-end, opposite the last-mentioned field, and formerly called Twisted Field, and containing 4a. 2r. l2p., and abutting on the said lane towards the north. . . . . (Here follows a description of the land at Layer Breton, obtained in 1825). |
Two fields in Clay Lane, leading off the Myland Road, which adjoins the Bergholt Road, Colchester. Extent or amount, 8a. 2r. Gross yearly income, £8. |
| And four acres of land lie between the way leading towards Bergholt on the east and the park of John Fitz-Walter (Johis Fitz Wauter) on the west. | And also all that Croft of Land, containing Four acres of Land, more or less, lying in the hamlet of Lexden, within the Liberties of the said Town of Colchester, between the lands and ground called Lexden-park, once John Fitz-wauter's, on the West part, and the way leading from Colchester to West Bergholt on the East part, and the field or meadow late Tho. Audley Gent. and after Edmond Markham Gent. on the South part. All which premisses, with their appurtenances, late were let to ferme to Robert Roger, and afterwards to Nich Clere the elder, and now be in the tenure or occupation of Robert Stansted or his assigns, and be all together of the clear yearly value of Twenty Markes of good and lawful money of England, and above: To and for the maintenance of the said Free-school, and the School-master thereof for the time being, for ever. In witness whereof. . . . . . . | and also all that field or parcel of land, formerly called the Three Crowns Field, in the parish of Lexden, adjoining the highway leading from Colchester to Bures, containing 3a. 3r. 15p., coming to a point towards the north, and abutting on the said highway towards the north-east. |
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