Title:
Records of charitable benefactions and other notes on parish
Level: Category
Parish Records
Level: Fonds
BELCHAMP OTTEN, St Ethelbert and All Saints
Level: Sub-Fonds
CHARITIES
Scope and Content:
In addition to some of the deeds and awards listed in this catalogue, the volume records other deeds not now in existence.

Contains:

(a) Note of will of John Lookyer, parson of Belchamp Otten and vicar of Belchamp St Paul, dated 1485, bequeathing 7 cows and 10 quarters of barely with 4 bushels there to "for the increase by Sudbury measure', for the use of repairs to church and of poor of Belchamp Otten; with note that in 1678 the stock of cows had been lost.

(b) Note of will of John Ryce of Belchamp Otten, 1498, bequeathing a tenement called Alstons [detailed extent given] for the use of obits etc. and for use of poor.

(c) Copy of feoffment, 6 April 1526. to implement will of John Ryce. (i) John Letch of Belchamp Otten yeoman (feoffee appointed under will of said John Ryce); (ii) Roger Wentworth knight, John Wentworth senior his son, George Colt, Henry Mackwilliam, Henry Bures, William Clopton of Liston esquire, Alexander Irlam rector of Belchamp Otten, John Letch son of said John Letch, William Letch, John Stetell senior, Henry Downing, Thomas Pryke, Henry Cole, Cooke senior, John Cooke junior, Henry Cooke, John Ryce of Vaux, Robert Stetell, Thomas Cane, William Christmass, William Mayer of Melford, Suffolk, clothmaker, William Colekalle of Sudbury, John Ryce of [blank] yeoman, and John Downing of Belchamp St Paul. Tenement with 2 gardens called Alstons lying between land of Earl of Oxford on either side, abutting on land of William Cole on west, on land of said Earl on east; a lane called Alstons Lane; a croft (2 acres) lying betweeen land of the said Earl called 'Le Vaux' and said Alstons Lane on north; a pightle (half an acre) lying between said Alstone Lane on one side and lands of Vaux called Muscells to north, in occupation of John Cooke junior; a croft (3 acres) called Ryvenhall lying between land of said Earl called Muscells on one side and land of said Roger Wentforth called Whaddon on other side, one head abutting on grove of said William Cole, other head on garden of said William Cole called Dawes garden; a croft (1 acre) called Sawyer lying between land of the said Earl on one side and a lane leading to Shortwood on other side, one head abutting on a wood of the said Earl called 'Le Vaux Wood' and other head on a field called Wood field. Witnesses: Thomas Parker, John Hede junior, Adam Abbott, John Gerard Scrivener, John Cooke son of John Cooke junior, Gregory Letch, John Clerk, John Downing son of Henry Downing, John Cooke son of Henry Cooke, Thomas Parker junior and others.

(d) Copy of writ of execution of 1601 [see D/P 214/25/8]

(e) Copy of proceedings of Commissioners of Charitable Uses [see D/P 214/25/7]

(f) Copy of decree of said Commissioners, 30 September 1601

(g) Copy of feoffment, 25 January 1601/2, to implement said decree and unit. (i) George Colt of Cavendish, Suffolk, esquire, cousin and heir of Sir George Colt deceased (i.e. son and heir of Henry Colt, son and heir of said Sir George Colt); (ii) John Wentworth esquire and John his son; Henry Colt son and heir of said George Colt; Thomas Waldegrave esquire and Thomas his son; Henry Thompson, parson of Belchamp Otten Richard Onyan and Robert his son Thomas Chaplyn, senior and Thomas, Robert and John his sons; John Sorrell; Peter Poole and Robert and Peter his sons; John Cooke and William his son Reginald Golding; William Morses; Robert Freeman, Robert Latch, Christopher Cooke and Thomas Sports. Messuage called Alstons in Belchamp Otten. Witnesses: William Alston, Richard Evered, William Squire, William Hardy and others

(h) Copy of feoffment, 28 February 1642, to new trustees. (i) Thomas, Robert and John Chaplyn, sons of Thomas Chaplyn, senior of same, deceased, and Robert Letch, all of Belchamp Otten; (ii) Oliver Raymond esquire, John Raymond and Oliver Raymond his sons; John Scott senior and John and Benjamin Scott his sons, Robert Newman and Robert and Mathew Newman his sons, all of Belchamp Walter alias Belchamp William; James Chaplyn son of said Thomas Chaplyn the son, Thomas Chaplyn and Robert Chaplyn sons of said James Chaplyn, Robert Letch younger son of said Robert Letch, Henry and Robert Letch sons of said Robert Letch the son, William White senior and William White his son, William Martin, Thomas Thompson and Edmund Thompson his son, Robert Freeman and Richard French, all of Belchamp Otten. Messuage called Alstons, late in occupation of Edward Radford, afterwards of Samuel Golding. Witnesses; John Mayhew, Christopher Griggs, Francis Alger, Robert Ryce, William Brand, John Bigg and others.

(i) Copy of deed of exchange, 25 July 1660. (i) Feoffees appointed by deed of 28 February1642, with exception of John Scott senior, Robert Newman senior, James Chaplyn, Robert Letch younger son of Robert Letch, William White senior, Thomas Thompson and Robert Freeman, all since deceased; (ii) John Dister of Belchamp Otten, gentleman. Croft called Sawers (1 acre and half a rood) part of tenement called Alstons exchanged by feoffees for land called Muscell croft in occupation of John Firmyn. Witnesses: Edward Thomas, John Bigg.

(j) Copy of feoffment, 20 May 1677, to new trustees. (i) Oliver Raymond esquire and Mathew Newman of Belchamp Walter; Thomas Chaplyn of Belchamp Otten and Robert Chaplyn of Sudbury, sons of James Chaplyn, deceased; (ii) William Raymond gentleman, son of said Oliver Raymond, Robert Newman, son of said Mathew Newman, Richard Scott, son of John Scott deceased, and John Newman, all of Belchamp Walter; Christopher Layer esquire and Thomas Layer gentleman his brother; Martin Rowning and Mathew Poole of Belchamp St Paul; Robert Poole rector, Thomas Nutman and John, Thomas and Samuel Nutman his sons, Beaumont Dister and Joseph Dister sons of John Dister, John Strutt, Robert Rash, James Chaplyn and John Chaplyn sons of said Thomas Chaplyn, and Henry Ray, all of Belchamp Otten. Messuage called Alstons etc.

(k) Extract from will of John Cook at Revys, dated 6 January 1555/6, bequeathing house and lands called Fynches in Little Yeldham to poor of Belchamp Otten and Little Yeldham.

(l) Copy of feoffment,1 August 1627, to trustees. (i) William Cooke of Belchamp Otten, yeoman; (ii) Edmund Tomson clerk, Thomas Chaplyn yeoman and James his son and heir, Robert Letch yeoman and Robert Letch his son and heir, Robert Freeman yeoman and Robert Freeman his son and heir, Thomas Ward yeoman and William Firmin all of Belchamp Otten, and Robert Poole of Belchamp St Paul, yeoman and John Poole his son and heir. Messuage called Fynches etc. Witnesses: Thomas Ward junior, Robert Ward junior, John Pettit, Nicholas Bland, Christopher Firmin, John Golding.

(m) Copy of feoffment, 5 September 1687 [see D/P 214/25/10]

(n) Copy of feoffment, 3 May 1522. (i)Thomas Layer of Ovington and Henry Layer his son, Thomas Garold of same, William Baldwyn of Castle Hedingham, and Thomas Layer of Tilbury; (ii) Nicholas Garold alias Bocher of Little Yeldham, Thomas Brown and William Brown his son, William Garold alias Bocher of Ovington, Robert Garold alias Bocher son of said Thomas Garold, and John Parmenter son of John Parmenter senior of Ovington. Messuage, Whightacre, Swingwell and a way [as in D/P 214/25/3]. Recites feoffment of messuage, 20 July 1520 [parties as in D/P 214/25/2] and D/P 214/25/2. Witnesses: William Browne senior, John Lasell, Henry Woolston and others.

(o) Copy of affidavit, 18 July 1593, of Richard Fenner of Belchamp St Paul, labourer, aged 70, concerning removal of gateway to Swingwell acre.

(p) Copy of award, 7 October 1699 of Sir John Sparrow knight of Gestingthorpe and Sir John Marshall knight of Finchingfield concerning way to Swingwell acre.

(q) Copy of lease, 30 September 1699, for 12 years at 42 shillings per year. (i) Robert Poole rector, Thomas Chaplyn gentleman and James Chaplyn, John Chaplyn and Thomas Chaplyn junior his sons, John Dister gentleman, Charles Dister gentleman, Robert Sparke gentleman, Thomas Golding gentleman, all of Belchamp Otten; and Robert Newman of Belchamp Walter gentleman and other feoffees; (ii) Edward Cooper of Little Yeldham, husbandman. Messuage called Finches etc.

(r) Copy of bond, 30 September 1699, of said Edward Cooper.

(s) Copy of bond, 4 September 1699. of Thomas Cracherode of Little Yeldham, gentleman, to enforce award recited in (p) above.

(t) Copy of release, 9 October 1699. (i) Robert Poole of Belchamp Otten, clerk, on behalf of feoffees; (ii)Thomas Cracherode. Way leading to Swengwell or Swingwell. Witnesses: Sarah Rivers, Nathaniel Phillips.

(u) Copy of perambulation, 1701 [also recited in D/P 214/3/1]

(v) Copy of lease, 8 January 1701, for 12 years at 06 per year. (i) Feoffees as in (q) above, excepting Thomas Chaplyn senior and Charles Disten; (ii)Thomas Wixe of Belchamp Otten, yeoman. Messuage called Alstons etc. Witnesses: Richard Cranfield junior, William Stebbin junior

(w) Copy of award of 1587 [see D/P 214/25/9]

(x) Copy of leave of way, 1678, to Robert Poole on behalf of feoffees

(y) Note on tithes, 1820

(z) Valuation, 1831, and miscellaneous notes on parish, 1851-1922.
Dates of Creation:
5 September 1687, with later additions
Extent:
1 volume

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Charities Volume containing records of charitable benefaction, Belchamp Otten, 1687
Place Names Belchamp Otten Records of charitable benefactions, 1687