| Description | The manor of Middleton, or Milton Hall, is near Southend in south east Essex. Accounts survive from 1277 for a reeve, called a serjeant from 1284, though the term 'reeve' does reappear in a somewhat curious isolated roll of 1353. The accounts list receipts and expenses, with accounts for corn, stock, and works, and a stock inventory often attached. The last serjeants's account ends at M 1390, whence the estate is leased to a farmer, whose account survives for the following year, still containing accounts for corn and stock. |