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Old Hopgarden, Greate Castles, Litle Castles,
Sandfeild, Sandfeild Wood, Newland Bottome, and Highfeild, with
their and every of their rights, members, and appurtenances, lyeing
and being togeather at or neere Ivy Hatch aforesaid, in the
occupacion of William Love and William Hodsall, conteineing by
estimacion about two and forty acres, sometimes one Christopher
Pelsantes, beinge parte of the lands formerly ingaged to the said
Anthony Hobbs, To the only propper use and behoofe of the said Henry
ffrench and of his heires and assignees for ever, With a Provisoe
therein conteined with this further lymittacion, power of redempcion
and resumeing the said messuage and last mencioned premisses To the
said William Hodsall and his heires, on payment of fower hundred and
five pounds therein expressed, and it was covenanted, granted,
concluded, condiscended, and fully agreed by and betweene all the
said parties to the said Deed, for themselves respectively, and for
their severall and respective heires, that if the said William
Hodsall, his heires, executors," etc., "should, and
did well and truely pay, or caused to be paied unto the said Henry
ffrench, his executors, administrators, or assignees the sume of
ffower hundred and five pounds of lawfull Englishe mony, At or in
the then dwelling house of the said Henry ffrench scituate in
Wrotham aforesaid in manner followeing, that is to say, one and
twenty pounds parcell thereof on the ffouerth day of May which was
in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred forty and
eight; other one and twenty pounds parcell thereof on the ffouerth
day of May which was in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six
hundred forty and nyne; other one and twenty pounds thereof on the
ffouerth day of May which was in the yeare of our Lord God one
thousand six hundred and fifty; other one and twenty pounds parcell
thereof on the fouerth day of May which was in the yeare of our Lord
God one thousand sixhundred fifty andone; and three hundred twenty
and one pounds, residue thereof, uppon the fouerth day of May which
was in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty and
two, without fraude or covyn, That then and from thenceforth the
uses before therein lymitted to the said Henry ifrench, his heires
and assignees," etc., "should cease and
determine," etc., " But if default should happento
[to] made in the payment of the said fouer hundred
and five pounds or any parte or parcell thereof according to the
respective times and place before lymitted, That then the said last
mencioned Deed and all further assurances therein to be had, made,
or executed, of, for, or concerning the said messuage," etc.,
"should be and enure to the only propper use and behoofe of
the said Henry ffrench," etc., "with a covenant
therein to leavy a fyne, and another covenant therein that the said
William Hodsall and his heires should and might have, receive, and
take the rents, yssues and proffitts of the said messuage," etc.,
"untill defaulte should be made of or in the payment of the
mony mencioned in the Provisoe aforesaid, or some part thereof, and
noe longer," etc., "and theis defendants say
that they doe beleive that a fyne was sued forth in execucion of the
said Deed. All which said mencioned Deeds and Conveyances this defendante
Anne ffrench hath in her hands and custody, which she keepeth
for defence of her tytle," etc., "Which said
premisses soe setled uppon the said Henry ffrench are not worth
twenty pounds by the yeare above all chardges and reprizes, neither
can they let the same at that rate, And therefore doe deny that the
same is worth forty pounds by the yeare as is surmised. And theis defendants
doe further say that according to the Agreement the said William
Hodsall did enjoy the proffitts of the premisses soe. setled on the
said Henry ffrench for security of the said three hundred pounds as
aforesaid for the space of two yeares, and never made payment of the
said one and twenty pounds by the yeare according to the Provisoe in
the said Deed, whereby the lands became forfeited unto the said
Henry ffrench, and the said William Hodsall became truely indebted
unto the said Henry ffrench in the full surne of three hundred
fforty and two pounds, which he the said Henry much pressed to have
paied him in, as this defendante Anne bath often heard him
say. And for asmuch as that the said William Hodsall much about the
same time dyed, and that there was noe freinds which the widdowe
could game to redeeme the same, and in respect that the houses and
buildings much fell to decay, and were a greatparte thereof readdy
to dropp downe, the said Henry ffrench was forced to enter into the
said messuage and |