1326-07-08, Byfleet

To Henry de Cobeham, keeper of the forfeited lands in co. Kent. Order deliver to Richard son of Richard atte Forde 2 acres of land in Estfaras the king learns by inquisition taken by William de Cotes and de la Dane in the keeper's presence that Sarah, late the wife of atte Forde, mother of the said Richard son of Richard, demised aforesaid land to Walter Colepeper on St. Faith's day, in the 8th year of king's reign, for one year to sow only, for the third sheaf of corn growthereon to be paid to her, which land descended after the death of atte Forde to the said Richard son of Richard in inheritance, having the custody thereof by reason of his minority because the is held in socage, and that Walter held the land from the time of the without paying anything except two bushels of barley for the same or without giving Sarah or Richard son of Richard any reward therefor until the time of his forfeiture, and that the land is still the king's hands, and that neither Sarah nor Richard son of Richard any other estate thereof to Walter, and that the land is held of the of Christ Church, Canterbury, of his manor of Estfarlegh by the of 8d. yearly, and that it is worth 12d. yearly in all issues beyond said service.