John HAYWARD [28859]

  General Notes:

John and his mother Alice Cranford were busy buying and selling several properties as mentioned earlier. John Hayward, John Livermore, Alice Cranford, and others purchased 3 acres of land from stepbrother Thomas Cranford, and others on 4 Sep 1473.^[1] John and mother Alice received a quitclaim dated 5 Feb 1484/85 from Robert Rochester and others for a number of unnamed properties in Wethersfield.^[2] John and his mother Alice sold some property to John Herde Sr. and Walt Serle both of Great Bardfield on 20 Apr 1485.^[3] John was given land in Finchingfield in the will of his mother on 11 Jun 1486. Brother Richard gave a 10-year lease of Goldings to John on 21 Sep 1486.^[4] Either John or his son John moved to Norton, Suffolk County, England. By 1510, John or his son John had filed a suit in the Court of Requests in London demanding John Pasfield pay money owed from lands in Wethersfield.^[5]

[1] Essex County, England, Court Roll Deeds Online Abstract D/DP 119/25/33 , ERO.
[2] Essex County, England, Court Roll Deeds Online Abstract D/DP 119/25/40 , ERO.
[3] Essex County, England, Court Roll Deeds Online Abstract D/DP 119/25/41 , ERO. 66. John Stamer and 132. William Stamer were witnesses.
[4] Essex County, England, Court Roll Deeds Online Abstract D/DP 119/25/42 , ERO.
[5] The National Archives of the UK, Harward v Passefield, 1510 (London, England: The Nationals Archives), Req 2/12/107. This John Hayward was living in Norton, Suffolk County, England.

John was beneficiary under his mothers Will 11 Jul 1486