Greetings, I have a seven line piece of data from the Hunts Manor Court Records 1777 which I would appreciate some help with please. I have it saved in a jpg file. It is to do with the surrender of Mesoudge? Cottage or Tenement in Houghton, the next line also mentions comons in Warboys, it is this piece I am stuck on. My 3 Gt. Grandfather came to Houghton Hunts abt 1758, he married in Ramsay 1746, we have not been able to locate where he was inbetween, and births, so I am hopeful the mention of Warboys could be the clue and breakthrough we are looking for. I can send the data if someone is able to offer insight for me. Thanking you, Jan Robb....N.Z.

In message <008f01c4b3be$12748200$3b677cca@oemcomputer>, Ken Robb <kwrobb@ispnz.co.nz> writes >Greetings, > I have a seven line piece of data from the Hunts Manor Court >Records 1777 which I would appreciate some help with please. I have it saved in >a jpg file. never very suvvessful withjpgs - my computer tends to scramble them. >It is to do with the surrender of Mesoudge? messuage, just means a larger house with its garden, yard, barns etc >Cottage or Tenement in Houghton, the >next line also mentions comons in Warboys, it is this piece I am stuck on. It was usual to surrender copyhold property 'to the uses of my will' personally in advance of death if possible, or through two reliable tenants of the manor if you were intending to die between meetings of the manor court. It was possible for a man who was tenant to surrender to the use of his wife amnd himself and the longest liver (which ensured she was not thrown out the moment he died) or to get the paperwork fone ready for his son or other heir to take over. The incomer would have to pay a fine (final payment of a few shillings) and a heriot( value of the best beast set . -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society