Deposition by Richard Wyoth

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ABSTRACT²

     Depositions on the —— day of ——, 5 Hen. VI., by Richard Wyoth,
executor of Margery, daughter and heir of Edmund Bakon, touching the
manor of Gressam which Bakon purchased, temp. Edw III. After the death of
two brothers, Margery became sole possessor, and gave it to Wyoth and other
executors to perform her will, with proviso that Philip Vache and Eliz., his
wife, should have it during their lives, but that the reversion of it should be

sold, giving William, son of Robert Moleyns, the first option of purchase.
It was accordingly offered to him, but he refused to buy. On the death of
said Eliz., however, he bought the manor for 420 marks, and held it two years,
when Wyoth re-entered because part of the purchase-money was unpaid. W.
Moleyns’s wife, however, induced him to accept security from Thos. Fawkoner,
merchant of London, whose daughter the said William agreed that his son
should marry, when he came of age; and it was arranged that meanwhile
Fawkoner and Wyoth should be jointly enfeoffed of the manor, which was to
be given in jointure, if the marriage took effect. The marriage did not take
effect, and Fawkoner re-entered upon the manor according to the enfeoffment,
but paid Wyoth nothing, till Thos. Chawsers,¹ Esq., a kinsman of the said
Margery, made him understand that Wyoth might enter on his own portion,
and had even a prior right to himself. At length Fawkoner sold his right to
Chaucers and Wyoth, and released the manor on security for the payment.
Wyoth then said he should have little advantage by the bargain, except in
having easy days of payment; ‘et quod dictus Thomas Chaucers, pro bona
voluntate quod (sic) erga dictum Willelmum Paston gessit, episcopum Londoni
de emptione ejusdem manerii per longum tempus dilatavit, intentione ut idem
Willelmus illud emeret si voluerit.’

                ² Ibid.

                        ¹ See Note 2 on page 29. See also Blomefield, viii. 127.

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