76 A ROYAL PURVEYANCE IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. 



Simon Reeue holdeth Mr. Maton's ffarme wch is ij yard lande, 

 whereof in pasture viij ac., in medow viij ac., in woode xvj ac., 

 the rest in errable, all wch land is now in the tenure of Thomas 

 Perry, John Spencer, William Brexton, Thomas Kidgill, 

 Winifred Poynter, John Hanson, and Nicholas Heywood, * 

 and is charged with the payment of wheat, vj buh. 



Robert Cooper holdeth iij yard land whereof xx ac. is woode and 

 the rest errable and charged with wheate, ij buh. 



Nicholas ffoster holdeth iij yard land, and a Cossett whereof in 

 medow iiij ac., in pasture ij ac., the rest in errable, and is 

 charged with wheat, ij buh. 



Thomas Bowyett, iij yard land whereof in medow ii ac., in pasture 

 ij ac., th rest in errable, and is charged with wheat ij bus. 



Winifred Poynter hath ij yarde and a halfe of land, and xx ac., 

 of ffree land, whereof in pasture iij ac., in medow viij ac., the 

 reste in errable, and is charged with the payment of ij buh. 



Richard Beanes hath ij yard land viz xl ac., whereof in pasture 

 iiij ac., in medow iiij ac., and is charged with wheat j buh. 



John Howse, j yard land and a Cossett, whereof in medow ij ac., 

 in pasture ij ac. 



Richard Buttler hath iij ac. of ffreeland in errable. 



Edmond Cooper hath ix ac. of ffreeland in errable. 



Thomas Siluer hath j Cossett land, whereof ij ac., medowe. 



* These names are found at a very early date at Whitchnrch and the 

 neighbourhood. 



In Januarie (worn with age) daie sixteenth died her 



ffrom Christ fall fifteene hundred yeares, and more by nearly three 



But death his twist of life in Maie daie twentieth did untwine, 



ffrom Christ full fifteene hundred yeares and more by ninetie nine. 



They left behinde them well to line and growne to good degree 



Ffirst, Richard, Thomas, Robert Brooke, the youngest of the three. 



Elizabeth and Barbara then Dorathee the last. 



All six the knot of natures lone and kindness keeping fast. 



This tombstone with the plate between thus grauen fair and large 



Did Robert Brooke the youngest sonne make of his proper charge. 



A. citizen of London state by faithfull service free. 



Of Marchante greate adventurers and brother chosen is hee. 



And of the Indian Companie (come gaine or losse) a son. 



And of the Goldsmiths linerie All these God's gifte to him : 



This monument of memorie in love performed hee. 



December twentie one from Christ sixteene hundred and three. 



Anno Domini, 1603. Laus Deo. 



Arms. Quarterly, 1 and 4 cheeky, or and azure, on a bend gnlea a lion 

 passent or [Brooke] ; 2 and 3, Argent a fess embattled sable, in chief two 

 estoils of the second [Twyne]. 



