MERK. John de. - ESSEX NON RESIDENT 
KnownEstates. Date Acreage Value Rents Fees Reference
White Roding 1297         C.Ch.R. ii, 469
Cambridgeshire:-            
Comberton  1284   400s     F.A. i, 137.
  1279 240       R.H. ii, 554-5.
  1297         C.Ch.R. ii, 469
Probable Total   240 400s      
Undated IPM for ancestor            
White Roding ND 184 144s 34s Sergeanty I.P.M. C.133.44
Cambridgeshire:-            
Comberton ND 120 200s   Sergeanty I.P.M. C.133.44
(i) Possible Total - Essex and Cambridgeshire   424 600s  34s  Sergeanty  
Other Possible Estates:-            
Margaret Roding 1247 7       FF.i.158. 851.
Standon Massey  1254  20       FF.i. 206. 1210
Ramsden 1265 60       FF.i. 202. 1561
(ii) Possible Total Essex and Cambridgeshire:-   511        

 
Rented Out:-
1247 1 mess., 7 acres land in Margaret Roding let out for 4 marks and rent of 1 ploughshare, plus proportion of scutage due. FF.i.158.851
1254 1 mess., 20 acres land in Stondon, to be held by tenant for life only for rent of 43d. pa. FF.i.206.120
  Disposals:-  
1265 60 acres land in Ramsden to be held of John and his heirs, doing 40s to scutage of 40s. FF.i.262. 1561
  Settlement:-  
1297 Comberton, Cambridgeshire, and White Roding, Essex, returned to the King and regranted to John, with remainder to his sister. C.Ch.R. ii, p.469