(Text from 'A Memoir of the life and times of Sir R. Sadleir', Francis Sadleir Stoney, London, 1877; Appendix II, pp. 243-246)
NOTE: Spelling has been left as it is in Mr. Stoney's text.

POST MORTEM "INQUISITION" ON SIR RALPH SADLEIR'S PROPERTY.
(Translated and abbreviated from the Latin Original in the Record Office.)

     This indented inquisition taken at Hertford, in the aforesaid county, on Tuesday—viz., on the 13th day of June, in the 29th year of our Mistress Elizabeth, by the Grace of God Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., before William Curle, gent., Escheator of our said Lady the Queen, de diem clausit extremum, to enquire after the death of the late Ralph Sadleir, Knight, mentioned in the aforesaid writt directed to the said Escheator, and annexed to this inquisition by the oaths of Thomas Parsons, Esq., John Gybbes, Francis De la Wood, Thomas Brand, John Adams, &c. (20 in all with Escheator), good and lawful men in the aforesaid county, who say on their oaths that the aforesaid Ralph Sadleir, Knight, mentioned in the said writt, long before his decease was seized in his possession as in Fee, and in the manor of Temple Dyonsley, in the aforesaid county of Hertford, and Bedford, with all and singular its rights, members, and appurtenances belonging to the said manor, and being so seized by a certain fine in the courts of our said Mistress the Queen, before the justices at Westminster, on the 3rd of Hillary, in the 13th year of the reign of the Queen, levied between George Horsey, Edward Eske, William Dodds, and Henry Conynsbye, Esqrs., Plaintiffs, and the aforesaid Ralph Sadleir, Knight, Defendant, by the name of the manor of Temple Dyonsley, with its appurtenances, and of 20 messuages, 20 cottages, 50 Tofts, 40 gardens, 40 orchards, 1500 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow. 200 acres of pasture, 300 acres of wood, and £12 rent with their appurtenances in Temple Dyonsley, Kitchen Walden, Regis Pollet, Offlye, and Gosmer, amongst other things for the fulfilling and by the formation of certain agreements contained and specified in certain indentures bearing date on the 25th day of October, in the 12th year of our said Mistress the Queen Elizabeth, between Richard Lee of Sopwell, in the county of Hertford, Knight, on the one part, and the aforesaid Ralph Sadleir, of Standon, Knight, of the second part, and Edward Sadleir, one of the sons of the said Ralph Sadleir, of the third part, for the considerations in the said indentures specified, recognised the aforesaid manor, tenements, and rents to be the right of George himself, as those things which the same George, Edward, William, and Henry held by the gift of the aforesaid Ralph Sadleir, and these Lee remitted to them and quit claim for himself and his heirs to the aforesaid George, Edward, William, and Henry, and the heirs of George himself for ever, which fine was to the uses and interests contained and specified is the same indenture—viz., to the use of the said Ralph Sadleir, Knight, for the term of his life, without impeachment of any waste, and after his death to the use of the said Edward, and Anne his wife, and the heirs of the said Edward Sadleir lawfully begotten or to be begotten, and for want of such issue to the heirs of the said Ralph Sadleir for ever, as by the said fine and the aforesaid indentures coming in evidence before the aforesaid jurors on the taking the inquisition will more fully appear and be manifest, by virtue of which fine, and by the strength of a certain Act of Parliament for the transferring the uses of Lands and Tenements into possession, made and perfected in the 27th year (1536) of our late King Henry VIII., the same Ralph Sadleir, Knight, was seized of the Manor of Temple Dyonsley aforesaid, and the other premises in his possession, and by free tenement for the term of his life, and the aforesaid Edward Sadleir in his demesne as in Fee tail, which Edward indeed having issue, a certain Lee Sadleir, lawfully begotten on the body of the aforesaid Anne, died during the life of the said Ralph Sadleir, and the said Anne survived the same Edward, and is yet a survivor in full life, and is now seized of Temple Dyonsley, in her desmesne, as of free tenement during her lifetime, and the same Lee is a survivor, and being in full life is seized of Temple Dyonsley aforesaid, as of Fee tail.

     And also the aforesaid jurors say on their oaths that the same Ralph Sadleir, Knight, before his decease, was likewise seized in his desmesne as of fee of, and in the manor of Standon, alias Stonden, with its appurtenances, and of the town Standon, or of that manor commonly called L^e Burough de Standon, and of and in the manor of Plashes, with its appurtenance, &c., and of and in the Rectory and Church of Standon, with all lands, glebes, tenths, and other commodities whatsoever belonging or appertaining to the said Rectory and Church of Standon aforesaid, in the said county of Hertford, and of the advowson and right of patronage of the vicarage and church of Standon, and of and in the manor or capital messuage called Doos, or Dowas, with its appurtenances, and of and in the manor or capital messuage called L^e Buckplace, or the Stone House, with its appurtenances, and of and in certain lands and pastures called Stowefelde and Pondcroft, in Standon aforesaid, and also of and in the manor of Temple Chelsyn, with its appurtenances in the said county of Hertford, and of all the lands, tenements, meadows, parks, pastures, woods, and hereditaments belonging to the said manors, rectories, and advowsons, and any of either of them in Standon, Braughinge, Great Hadham, Little Hadham, Buntingford, King's Walden, Offlye, Preston, in the said county of Hertford; and the same Ralph Sadleir, Knight, being so seized of those premises just recited—viz., Standon, Doos, Stowefeld, Stone House, Pondcroft, Temple Chelsyn—afterwards, to wit, on the 27th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1584, in the year of the reign of our said Mistress Elizabeth now the 26th, the aforesaid Ralph Sadleir made and declared his last will, in the writing and form following, to wit : — 

“First, I will and bequeath unto my said dearly beloved son and heir, Thomas Sadleir, all my lordship, manor, and borough of Standon, with all and singular the appurtenances, in the county of Hertford, and my manor of Plashes and Doos, otherwise called Douces, with all their appurtenauces in the said county; my parsonage and Rectory of Standon, with their appurtenances, and all my lands, tenements, and hereditaments of late by me purchased of Sir Edward Herbert, Knight, and also all other my lands and tenements in the parishes of Standon and Buntingford, to have and to hold all my said manors, lordships, parsonage, lands, tenements, &c., to my said son Thomas, and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and for lacke of such heirs the remainder thereof to my son Henry, and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and for lacke of such heirs to the right heirs of me, the said Sir Ralph, for ever. Also, I will and bequeath to my said son Henry all that my manor of Temple Chelsyn, in the said county of Hertford, its appurtenances, &c., to have and to hold the same unto my said son Henry, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and for lacke of such heirs the remainder thereof to my s^d. son Thomas, and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and for the lacke of such heirs to the right heirs of me, the said Sir Ralph, for ever."

As will be more fully clear and apparent by the aforesaid will shown in evidence to the aforesaid jurors in the caption of this inquisition; and further the said jurors say upon their oaths that the said Sir Ralph Sadleir, Knight, at the time of his death was likewise seized in his desmesne as of fee of and in that whole college of Westbury-on-Trym, with all the manors appertaining to the same in the county of Gloster, to wit of an in the manor of Clifton, with all its apurtenances, of and in the manor of Aylemondestre with its appurtenances, with all lands, tenements, and appurtenances whatsoever to the same college or manors belonging or appertaining, and of an in the site of the late college of St. Laurence, near the city of Bristol, with its appurtenances and all and singular the lands, tenements, and hereditaments to the said late Hospital belonging or appertaining, and of and in the manor of Bishop Stoke, alias Stoke Episcopus, with its appurtenances, and of and in the manor of Henbury in Saltmarsh, otherwise called Henbury Saltmarsh, with its appurtenances, and of and in the Hundred Liberties and Franchises of Henbury aforesaid, in the said county of Gloster, and of and in the advowson, donation, and right of patronage of the vicarial church of Henbury, and of and in the manor of Twyning, with its appurtenances in the said county of Gloster and Worcester, and of and in all those tenths in Twyning aforesaid, lately belonging to the monastery of Winchcombe, and of an in the manor of Allesborough, with all its appurtenances in the said county of Worcester, lately belonging to the monastery of Pershore, and of the tenths within the said manor of Allesborough, and of and in the manors of Oldestone, otherwise Olvestone, with its appurtenances in the said county of Gloster, and of all lands, tenements, meadows, parks, pastures, woods, and hereditaments whatsoever to the same college, manors, site, Hundred Liberties, Franchises, Advowsons, meadows, closes, wood, and tenths aforesaid, to any of them belonging or appertaining in the said countys of Gloster and Worcester.

     And the aforesaid Ralph Sadleir, Knight, being so seized, as is aforestated, at Standon, in the said county of Hertford, on the 30th day of March last aforesaid, before the day of the caption of this inquisition, died of such of his estate then seized; and farther, the aforesaid jurors say on oath that the aforesaid manors, &c., are of the value—[value of each in original, but omitted from the translation.]

     And that the aforesaid Ralph Sadleir, Knight, named in the said writ, died at Standon, on the 30th of March last past, before the day of the caption of this inquisition, and that Thomas Sadleir, Esquire, is his son and next heir, and was 50 years old and more on the said 30th day of March last. And the aforesaid jurors say on their oath that the aforesaid Ralph Sadleir had not, nor did not hold, any other or more manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments in dominion of service or reversion of our said Mistress the Queen, or from any other, as to them at present can appear. 

     In testimony to which things the aforesaid Escheator, and the aforesaid jurors, have put their seals on the day, year, and place first aforesaid.

W. CURLL,
THOS. PARSONS,
JOHN GYBBES,
THOS. CRABBE,
FRANCIS DE LA WOOD,
     &c.,      &c.

Index of text of above Sadleir Post Mortem:

advowson(s)
- the right in English law of presenting a nominee to an ecclesiastical benefice
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appertaining, appurtenanc(es), appurtenauc(es) 
- to belong or be connected as a rightful part or attribute; an incidental right (as a right-of-way) attached to a principal property right and passing in possession with it
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de diem clausit extremum  
- "on account of his having concluded his last day"
(Much thanks to Michael Miller for his aid in this translation.)

demesne, desmesne
- legal possession of land as one's own; manorial land actually possessed by the lord and not held by tenants; the land attached to a mansion, landed property.
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escheator 
- An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. (The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/) 

escheats - es·cheat (s-cht)
n.
1. Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
2. Law 
a. Reversion of property to the state in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
b. Property that has reverted to the state when no legal heirs or claimants exist.
intr. & tr.v. es·cheat·ed, es·cheat·ing, es·cheats Law 
To revert or cause to revert by escheat.
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glebes
- a plot of cultivated land; land belonging or yielding revenue to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
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hereditaments 
- heritable property. Medieval Latin hereditamentum, from Late Latin hereditare to inherit, from Latin hered-, heres.
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messuage(s)
- a building or part of a building usually with its appurtenances (as grounds).
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toft(s)
- a site for a dwelling and its outbuildings; also : an entire holding comprising a homestead and additional land.
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