Laxfield Charter extracts

1 December, 9 Henry V [1421]. At Laxfeld. William Dowsyng, son and heir of Stephen Dowsyng, deceased, late of Laxfeld, to Simon Fysk, son of Hugh Fysk of Laxfeld, two pieces of my land (2½ acres) there in the hamlet of Stoodh[a]wgh in the town of Laxfeld, between le Marketweye, W[est]; land of the said William Dowsyng, E[ast]; land of the said Simon Fysk, N[orth]; said Marketweye and land of John Sauage, S[outh]; to Simon Fysk, his heirs and assigns for ever. Witnesses : Nicholas Stowe, Edmund Hurlich, Richard Gleme, Robert Barker, John Edward.

3 June, 6 Henry VI [1428]. Grant by Richard Gleme of Laxfeld to John Jermyn, Knight, and others, of the site of a certain messuage, with lands, in Laxfeld, in the hamlet of Stodehagh. Witnesses : Nicholas Stowe, William Dowsing, Simon Fysk, John Jurdon, Roger Smyth, and others. (British Museum Additional Charters, 32926)

Friday before St. Luke the Evangelist, 14 Henry VI [October 14, 1435]. Charter whereby William Seman of Norwich grants to Simon Fiske of Laxfield two acres in said Laxfield bounded by the King's Highway from Laxfield to Fressingfield on the East, West on John Edward, South on said Edward and on John Barwer, and North on the common road from Cratfield to Waltersfield in Laxfield. Witnessed by Hugh Fiske, William Dowsing, William Barwer, John Edward and Simon Jurdon of Laxfield et al.

4 April, 23 Henry VI [1445]. "Know all present and to come that I, Robert Coupere of Laxfeld, have demised, enfeoffed, and by this present my charter have confirmed to Simon Fysk and William Crysp, 'whelewryghte,' of Laxfeld aforesaid, all my lands and tenements, meadows, feeding-grounds, pastures, ditches, rents, and services, with all their appurtenances in Laxfeld, which I have of the gift, grant, and confirmation of Geoffrey Coupere, my father, and which I have acquired of divers men, to have and to hold all those the aforesaid lands and tenements, meadows, feeding-grounds, pastures, ditches, rents, and services, with all their appurtenances, to the aforesaid Simon Fysk and William Crysp, their heirs and assigns, of the chief lords of that fee by the services therefrom due and by right accustomed for ever. In witness thereof, to this present charter I have put my seal. These being witnesses, William Chatyng, Henry Wylde, William Cone, Robert Pers, John Ede of Laxfeld aforesaid, and others". (British Museum Additional Charters, 32927)

All published in the July 1933 and April 1938 issues of the Journal of the New England Historical Genealogical Society.