78 A ROYAL PURVEYANCE IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. 



John Lamden hath ij yard land and half e wherof half e yard land 

 in wood, the wch his Lord holdeth from him, the reste is errable 

 and barren. 



Sum of wheat in Colhenly. - iiij buh. 



FFREEFOLKE. 



Mr. John Powlett, Mr. "Walter Lambert, and Mr. Henry Nonas * 

 hould the manor of ffrefolke by estimacon viij yard land wherof 

 in pasture Ix ac., in medow xx ac., in wood Ixxx ac., and the 

 rest errable, charged with the payment of wheat viij buh. 



Peter Cropp hath iiij yard lands wherof in wood xx ac., in pasture 

 iij ac., in medow . . ., and is charged with wheate ij buh. 



Thomas Clarke hath iij yard land wherof in wood v ac., in medow 

 ij ac., and is charged with wheate ij buh. 



Christian Mason hath iiij yard land wherof in medow j ac., and is 

 charged with wheate ij buh. 



Richard Cuffly holdeth iij yard land wherof in wood xiiij ac., in 

 medow j ac., and is charged with wheat ij buh. 



William Sutton holdeth iiij yard land and a Cossett wherof in 

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



Hewe Benham hath v yard land wherof in wood viij ac., in 

 medowe j ac., and is charged with wheate ij buh. 



* By his will of 4 Aug. 1503, Sir Reginald Bray gave the manors of Free- 

 folk, East Woodhay, and Quidhampton, to his nephew Richard Andrews and 

 his wife Elizabeth with remainder to heirs male of John Bray. John Powlett, 

 son of Richard Powlett, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter to Peter, the last of 

 the Herriard Cowdreys, married Catherine, daughter to Richard Andrews, of 

 Freefolk and Laverstoke. Richard Andrews died seized of Fryfolke South or 

 Syf erwast, with Laverstoke, and Chal grove, co. Oxon. By partition deed of 

 17 Jnly, 1582, Catherine, widow of John Powlett, received Freefolk and 

 Chalgrove, and a rent of 2U charged on Freefolk. Catherine's sisters were 

 Ursula married to Henry Norris, and Constance married to Richard Lambert, 

 of Twyford, co. Hants, father to (Sir) Walter Lambert. A Richard Lambert, 

 in 1651, conveyed Laverstoke to John Trot, who was made a baronet in 1600. 

 Henry Norris or Norreys, of the family of the Lords Norreys, of Rycote, was 

 of Ockwells in the parish of Bray, co. Berks, and in the church there was 

 formerly a brass commemorating Ursnla Andrews, daughter of Richard 

 AndreAvs, of Freefolk, "wife of Henry Norreys, gent.," who died 18 June, 

 1560. The ledger in which the brass was fixed was the ancient altar slab 

 before the Reformation. Four of the consecration crosses remain at the angles. 

 The stone now lies beneath the communion table. Oliver Lambert only son of 

 the Walter Lambert above-mentioned by his first wife, Rose, dau. of Sir 

 Oliver Wallop, kt., and sister to Sir Henry Wallop, kt., treasurer-of-war in 

 Ireland, ancestors of the Earls of Portsmouth, was father to Oliver Lambert, 

 knighted by the Earl of Essex at the sacking of Cadiz, in 1596, and in 1601 

 was appointed Governor of Connaught. He was created Lord Lambart, Baron 

 of Cavan, 17 Feb., 1617, and by his wife, Hester, dau. of Sir William 

 Fleetwood, of Carrington Manor, co. Beds., kt., was ancestor of the Earls 

 of Cavan. 



