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In Court of Common Pleas, Michaelmas term, 32 & 33 Elizabeth I that in Easter term, 32 Elizabeth I came Edward Gravener [junior] by his attorney John Harborn and put in a bill against William Tedd, James Warren, Thomas Adams, Richard Rake and Henry Ashborne for trespass upon the case that his namesake father on 17 Jan 1590 granted at Allesley to his son three cottages, six gardens, six orchards, 100a. land, 50a. meadow and 100a. pasture in Allesley, Warwickshire, to be held from 31 Dec [1589] for a term of years; that Edward Gravener junior entered thereon that 17 Jan 1590; that on 22 May 1590 W. Tedd et al invaded the property and committed damage worth £20; that E. Gravener came to the 27 Jul 1591 and 30 Jul 1591 assizes at Common Pleas; that, before Francis Gawdie and Edward Fenner, justices, the assizes heard on 1 Aug 1591 from Gravener junior that the cottage was part of Allesley manor and which Henry Hall had held customarily by a grant made on 10 Sep 1511 (in the presence of William Swane, John Piper and Nicholas Anstee), the property being described as one toft, half a virgate called "Ferchildes", another toft and one and a quarter virgate called Prechers, a virgate called "Deys", a cottage called "Deys" [sic], a toft and half virgate called "Duntes" and a cottage called "Colecrofte", all of which were to the use successively of Joan the eldest daughter of Henry Hall aforesaid for her use, her son John Gravener and his bodily heirs or by default successively to Henry Gravener and heirs and to Henry Hall's right heirs; that at Allesley court baron held on 2 Oct 1511 John Gervis (a tenant) presented that H. Hall outside the court (in the presence of W. Swane, J, Piper and N. Anstee) held rents for Ferchildes aforesaid, Prechars, Dewys, Dunton and Colecrofte to Joan Hall's use for life with remainders aforesaid, also that H. Hall's bodily heirs were John and his younger daughter Elizabeth; that on 29 Jul 1512, H. Hall having died, the view of frankpledge established that he had held Fernchildes, Prechers, Deys, Duntons and Colecroft when he expired on 10 Feb 1512, so a bay horse worth 13/4 was paid as heriot, whereupon the daughters paid homage, and that the lands would remain as aforesaid, except that Joan's Deys lay in the common field and that Prechers Plecke was partly for Elizabeth (along with Colecrofte and a parcel called Bondland, a part of Prechers Plecke with 0.5a. in the common field), they paying the lord £4 and fealty for admission, so they swore also that Joan had two sons, viz. the aforesaid Henry and John Gravener; that Elizabeth died, whereupon her daughter Margaret became ward of the lord Henry Nevill, knight, Lord Abergavenney, so John Waldowe his seneschal came to the court on 1 Aug 1541; that Joan died at Allesley; that Margaret married John Adye, who was admitted; that Margaret died childless at Allesley and that John Gravener died without issue; that Henry Gravener has died; that John Adye had the rents to the use of John Norton and Richard Rake; that Edward Gravener senior, as son of Henry the brother of John Gravener, was seised of the premises and has left them to E. Gravener junior; and that Tedd et al ejected E. Gravener junior on the day aforesaid, for which they owed 20/- seisin and 10/- costs: that the case was heard on 24 Jan 1590, 18 Jul 1590, 12 Oct 1590, 17 Nov 1590 at Hertford Castle, on 27 Jan 1591, 21 Apr 1591, 10 Aug 1591, 12 Oct 1591, and on 27 Oct 1591 at St. Alban's; and that on 3 Nov 1591 Tedd et al were adjudged culpable, so E. Gravener junior recovered £12/10/- plus £14 damages.