London Bridge seems to have had large possessions, since they were let out to farm at the immense rent of £3. 4_s._; and to the property of the Manor was attached the ancient feudal rights of heriot,--taking of the best beast, when a new tenant came on the estate; wardship,--the holding and enjoying the profits of a tenant’s land, who was a minor; marriage,--claiming assistance from all the tenants once, to furnish a dowry for the Lord’s eldest daughter; Reliefs and Escheats,--the payment of a certain sum on the entry of a new tenant, and the return of forfeited estates. The land itself was divided, and the original rents were as follow. “‘24 and 11 acres of arable land, called the Greggehouse, 5 acres of wood, in two groves, 42 acres of arable land, and 2 acres of meadow land, held of the Abbot of Gaunt, at the yearly rent of 14_s._ 9-1/2_d._; 22 acres held of the heirs of Lord John de Backwell, Knight, at the yearly rent of 3_s._; 10 acres, and 10 acres in the field called Edwinesfelde, held of the Abbot of Stratford, at the yearly rent of 10_d._; 2 acres held of the heirs of Lord William Bonquer, Knight, at the yearly rent of 8_d._; 1-1/2 acre lying in the road near Depeford Bregge, held of the heirs of William Clekots, at the yearly rent of 1-1/2_d._; 3 acres in a croft near Leuesham Street, held of the heirs of Henry Boyding, and William Atteford, at the yearly rent of 2_d._; 1-1/2 acre at Rombeigh, for which nothing is paid; 10 acres in the field called Brodefelde, held of the heirs of William de Hinntingfeld, Knight, at the yearly rent of 1_s._ 8_d._ _Item._ There is owing for the said Manor to the heirs of Nicholas de Farndon, the yearly rent of 1_d._ At Leuesham, a water-mill, with 2 acres of pasture belonging to it, held of divers persons for the rent of 1_s._ 5_d._ and half a quarter of corn out of the tolls yearly, and the value of the tenths, from this time forth for ever.’