Writ wanting; inquisition Monday after St.Martin, the Bishop 14 Henry VII.

He was seised of the undermentioned manors of Horton, &c in fee, & being so seised by deed dated 29 March, 49 & 1 Henry VI, gave the manors of Westcombe & Spittlecombe & land &c in Greenwich, Charleton & Writtlemershe, to [William Wild], clerk, John Hayne, clerk, Nicholas Stathum & Hugh Stepulton, their heirs & assigns, to the use of himself & the performance of his last will, [& they were] seised thereof accordingly in fee; & of the said manner of Horton he died so seised.

He was seised of the undermentioned mills [at Deptford] & being so seised, by his deed of 29 March, 49 & 1 Henry VI, gave them to William Wilde, clerk, Hugh Stepulton, John Churche, Richard Style, William Poode & William Soleham, their heirs & assigns for the performance of his last will & they were seised thereof accordingly in fee.

William Wilde, clerk & William Sq…. were seised of the undermentioned messuages, land, &c in Sturmouth in fee & being so seised by deed thereof enfeoffed the said Robert Ballard, John Colowe & John Fyneux, knight, chief justice of England, by the name of John Fyneux, their heirs & assigns to the use of the said Robert Ballard & his heirs, whereby they were seised thereof in fee.

By a certain deed indented dated AD 1470 he agreed & granted upon espousals between him & Isobel, late his wife, & in consideration of 300 marks, paid him by Joan Kent, mother [of the said Isobel], that he would make sufficient [estate in law] to William Wild, clerk, John Hayne, clerk, Nicholas Stathum & Hugh Stepulton, gentlemen & their heirs & assigns, [of lands] within the county of Kent of the yearly value of 20L above outgoings to the use of them the same Robert Ballard & Isobel & the heirs of their bodies begotten; & that he would make a sufficient & secure estate in law to them, their heirs & assigns of other lands & tenements within the same county of the yearly value of 20L beyond outgoings to the use of the same Robert & Isobel & the heirs of Robert, with remainder to William his son & heir apparent & the heirs of his body begotten, with remainder in default to Clement, his other son & the heirs [of his body begotten] with remainder [in default] to the heirs of the body of him Robert Ballard begotten, with remainder in default to his right heirs.

He died 24 October [last] W(illiam) Ballard, aged 17 & more his son & heir.

KENT: Manor of Horton, worth 8l held of the king as of his honour of Ledes Castle in socage, by…..

Manors of Westcombe & Spittlecombe, in the parishes of Grenewich, & Charleton 20a land, 100a meadow in Charleton & Whritelmershe, worth 20l held of the Countess Richmond, service unknown.

Two watermills in Depford, worth 6l held of the said countess, service unknown.