|b{Hermann_M._Flasdieck,_}
|b{Mittelenglische_Originalurkunden_(1405__1430),}
|b{Heidelberg,_Carl_Winter's_}
|b{Universit„tsbuchhandlung,_1926.}
|b{Note:_Some_of_the_remarks_had_to_be_unbybed_in_order_to_avoid
|b{confusion_of_WCruncher.}



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|rI.

[British_Museum._Additional_Charter_40673]

[Dat._Dunwich,_E._Suffolk;_24_April_1405.]

 |r1 This endenture made at
     Donewyche, the sonday
     next after the fest of seynt
     George <the> Martyr, the
     ¨eer of the Kyng Henre
     the fourte after the con_queste
     the sexte ¨eer, be
     twene sir Roger of Swyllyng_ton,
     Knyth, Lord of Bli_burgh
     and Walberswyk,
 |r2 on * that on partie, And
     <the> Baillies, Burgeis
     and Comuners of the town
     of Donewych, on that other
     partie, of certeyn debates
     be twene the forsaide sir
     Roger and his tenauntz of
     Bliburgh and Walberswyk,
     and the Baillies, Burgeis
 |r3 and Comuners of the * towne
     of Donewych: That is for
     to sain: there the forsaid
     sir Roger suyt assis a
     ¨eyne John Bagger and
     other of the forsaide towne
     of Donewych, of a mersch
     wit appurtenauntz in



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     Bliburgh, Neuertheles the
     forsaide sir Roger, for to
 |r4 stable and make * gode
     loue and gode a corde be
     twene hym and hys tenauntz
     of Bliburgh and Walberswyk
     and the forsaide Baillies,
     Burgeis and Comuners,
     He wil and grauntit that
     after the recouerere of the
     assis of nouell diss,
     the qwych schal pasen
 |r5 be assent of both * parties,
     or elles be ony other maner
     wey so, that it may be
     made most seker to the
     forsaid sir Roger and to
     his heires, that than the
     forsaide sir Roger schal
     graunte to the forsaide Bail_lies
     and Burgeis and Comu_ners,
     and to here heires
     and to here successours, *
 |r6 al the Mersch, Stones and
     Sond, that lien, or shul
     lien, fro the Eld hauen
     of Donewych to the newe
     hauen at Walberswyk, that
     now is, be the coste of the
     see on the est partye, and
     the streeme of the water,
     that comyth fro the forsaid *
 |r7 newe hauen to the towne
     of Donewych on the west
     partye, wyth al maner of
     profitez and easementz,
     That is to seyn: costumz
     of pedders, wreke of the
     see, ankerage, pykage



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     wit pasturyng of her bestes,
     and al other maner of pro_fitz,
 |r8 in the * forsaide Mersch,
     Stones and Sond on the
     south partie of the <forsaid>
     newe hauen, ¨eldyng there
     fore be ¨ere to the forsaid
     sir Roger and to his heires,
     at the festes of pasch and
     myghelmesse be euen por_cyons,
     iij. schillynges and
     iiij. d. for alle maner of
 |r9 seruyce.* And the forsaid
     sir Roger schal relese and
     for ¨efe to the forsaide John
     Bagger and other Baillies,
     Burgeis and Comuners, al
     the damagez, that be re_couered
     be the same assis;
     for qwych graunte and ease_mentz,
     the forsaide Baillies,
|r10 Burgeis and Comu*ners shul
     graunte, for hem and for
     her heires and for here suc_cessours,
     to the forsaide sir
     Roger, to his heirs and to
     alle his reseauntz of Bli_burgh
     and Walbreswyk, and
     to here heires and in speciall
     to Piers Helmeth of Bli_burgh,
     sitter on the fee
|r11 of forsaide * sir Roger on
     the place, that was sumtyme
     Robertes of Bacham of Bli_burgh,
     and <to> al tho,
     that shul sytte on the for_saide
     place in tyme comyng,



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     and on al his other feez,
     qwhere so <that> it be, in
     the forsaid townes of Bli_burgh
     and Walberwyke, čat
|r12 thei shul * bene quyte of
     al maner of Custumez, An_kerage,
     Lastage, Pikage,
     Dryyng of nettes, in beying
     and sellyng of here owen
     wesseles, and of here owen
     merchaundys, comyng in
     here owen vesseles, wyth
     jnne the hauen of the for_said
     towne of Donewych:*
|r13 That is for to say: fro the
     mouthe of the newe hauen,
     čat now is, at Walberswyk,
     wyth al the streemes, čat
     longyt čerto, jn to the Eld
     hauen of Donewych, čat
     summe tyme was, als wele
     on the gronde, the Stones
     and Sond of the forsaid
|r14 mersch, * as in the stremes
     a forsaide, from this tyme
     forward, wyth outen any
     thyng paiyng. And also
     the forsaid sir Roger wil
     and grauntit: čat če forsaid
     Baillies, Burgeys and Comu_ners
     ne shul no<t> bene
     lettyd be hym, ne be his
|r15 heirs ne be his mynys*ters
     ne be hys tenauntz, for to
     take here due custumez,
     longyng to the forsaide towne
     of Donewych, from this tyme



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     forward, in the streemez
     or in the water of this for_said
     hauen, that now is, or
     shal bene, als far, as the
|r16 lawe wyl ¨efe be * vertue
     of her charters grauntyd
     be kyngges, of al maner
     of strangers and foreyns, al
     weye out taken the rese_auntz
     of the forsaide sir
     Roger aboof said, or of his
     heirs. Also the forsaid
     Baillies, Burgeys and Comu_ners
     shul graunt for hem
     and for here heirs and *
|r17 here successours: čat thei
     shul no<t> cleyme ne
     chalange ne no debate
     maken in the Mersch and
     the cost of the see, fro the
     newe hauen at Walberswyk,
     that now is, jn to South_woldlond,
     ne of no maner
     of thyng on the grounde,
     beyng out taken Ankerage,
|r18 Py*kage, Lastage, Dreyyng
     of nettys, Beyyng and Sellyng,
     wyth outen <ony> thyng pay_yng.
     Also bothe partyes
     graunten: čat, ¨if it so be
     falle, čat the forsaide newe
     hauen, čat now is, be stop_pyd
     be rage of the see, or
     be ony other auenture, and
|r19 breke vp on au*ther
     partie, čat thann the place,



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     ther the forsaid newe hauen
     is at Walberswyk, čat now
     is, shal bene afulbonde
     for euer more be twen bothe
     parties, for the forsaide
     annuell rent paiyng. Also
     the forsaide Baillies, Burgeys
     and Comuners shul graunte *
|r20 to the forsaid sir Roger,
     that thei shul pursue as
     moche, as in hem is, at
     her owen costages, to the
     kynges concell and to
     his courtes for the proce_dendo
     of the assis, and
     also for the trauers of
     an office, čat was fonden
     and taken a forn John of
|r21 Stauerton and * Richard
     Bowett, Escheatoure of
     Suff čat tyme, touchyng
     the Mersch, Stones and Sond
     abuf said, and touchyng the
     custumez of the reseauntz
     of Bliburgh and Walbers_wyk
     aforsaide. And after
     čat procedendo and trauers
|r22 aforsaid grauntyd, * čat
     then alle the remanauntz
     of the costagez shul lyen
     on the forsayd sir <Roger>
     onelych, so čat always the
     forsaid sir Roger, or his
     councell, shul pursue on



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     his partye the forsaid pro_cedendo
     and the trauers
     <at his owen costagez>.
     And thei to be redy there
     forto forthere it at here
|r23 owen * costagez propyre.
     Also in the same maner it
     is accorded čat al maner of
     costagez, čat shul be made
     abouten the Mersch, Stones
     and Sond aforsaid, for to
     make to the forsaide Baillies,
     Burgeis and Comuners, here
     heyres and to here succes_sours,
     sekyre, čat thei shul *
|r24 be done atte the costagez of
     the forsaide Baillies and
     Burgeis and Comuners, als
     wele of mortificac[i]oun,
     ¨if it nede, as ony <other>
     thyng. And also če forsayd
     sir Roger shal graunt, čat,
     ¨if ony wrek falle vp on
     his soyle, čat is for to seye
     of Bliburgh or Walberswyk
|r25 - from * the forsaide newe
     hauen at Walberswyk, čat
     now is, jn to Southwoldland
     - of the forsaide Baillies,
     Burgeis or Comuners, ¨if
     thei prouen it here propyr
     gode, than thei shul haue
     it wyth outen ony thyng
     paiyng. And on the same *



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|r26 maner the forsaide Baillies,
     Burgeys and Comuners shul
     graunte to the forsaid sir
     Roger, to his heirs and to
     his reseauntz a forsaid, in
     the forsaid Mersch, Stones,
     and Sond and frauncheyse
     of Donewich. And čat
     that proue be done with *
|r27 jnne a moneth next folo_wyng
     on eythere partie.
     Also the forsaid sir Roger
     shal graunt, for hym and
     for his heyrs, that, ¨if ony
     ffysch, or ony other <maner>
     thyng, come vp on the
     londe be twene če <forsaid>
     newe hauen at Walberwyk
|r28 and South * woldlond as
     wrek, that be of the valewe
     of vj s and viij d, or lesse,
     and be fyrst fonden be ony
     of the Burgeis or Comuners
     of the forsaid town of Done_wych,
     he, that fyndes
     swych thynges so fonden,
     shal preisen the same
|r29 thynges in * the same place,
     there as thei arn founden,
     And vp onthat, če mynisters
     of the forsaid sir Roger and
     of his heirs, at here will,
     shul haue the thynges so
     preised, to the profytz of
     the forsaid sir Roger, or of



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     his heirs. And thei shul
|r30 ¨yfe * half the prise to the
     fynders, at the wille of the
     forsaid sir Roger, his heirs
     or <of> his ministers. And
     in the same maner, the
     forsaid sir Roger shal graunte,
     for hym and for his heirs,
     that, ¨if ony Burgeis or
|r31 ony Comunere of the * for_saide
     towne of Donewych
     fyrst fynde ony wrek in
     the place aforsaid, that is
     for to seye: fro the newe
     hauen at Walberswyk vnto
     Southwoldlond, that paseth
     the valewe of vj. s. and viij.
     d. jn to xx. s., the fyndere
|r32 shal haue * the vte parte of
     the value paide to hym, be
     the handes of the forsaide
     ministers of the forsaid sir
     Roger or of his heirs, for
     his tranayle. And also the
     forsaid sir Roger shal graunte,
     for hym and for his heirs,
|r33 ¨if ony Burgeis or Co*mu_ners
     of the forsaid towne of
     Donewych fyrst fynde and
     holych saue ony thyng of
     wrek of the see, that paseth
     the value of xxti. s., in the
     place aforsaid - čat is (for)
     to seyen: fro the newe
     hauen at Walberswik to
|r34 South*woldland - the



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     ministres of the forsaid sir
     Roger, or of his heirs, shal
     ¨effe to hem, čat fynden
     and sauen the forsayd thyng,
     of eche xxti. s. so founden,
     .ij. s., And ¨if wrek of the
     see ouer the value of xxti
|r35 .s. be fonden and saued * in
     the same place aforsaide
     - čat is to seyn: fro the
     <forsaid> newe hauen at
     Walberswyk vn to South_woldlond
     - be the forsaid
     Burgeis or Comuners, or
     ony of hem, and <be> the
     tenauntes of the forsaid sir
     Roger, and his heirs, of
|r36 Bliburgh and * Walberswyk,
     or be ony of hem, that
     čen thei of the forsaid
     towne of Donewych shul be
     paide of eche xxti. s. xij d,
     for here trauayle, be the
     handes of the ministers of
     the forsaide sir Roger, or
|r37 his heirs, so that no ma_*ner
     of wrek, qwat so euer
     it be, shal no<t> be caryed
     ne born a way out of the
     place, qwhere that it is
     founden, wyth outen accorde
     or assent of the forsaid sir
     Roger and his heirs and his
     ministres. And also the
|r38 forsaide Baillies, * Burgeis
     and Comuners shul graunte,
     for hem and for here heyrs



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     and here successours, to the
     forsaid sir Roger, to his
     heyrs and to alle his rese_auntz
     of the forsaid townes
     of Bliburgh and Walberswyk,
     that čei shul haue the
|r39 same * pryse or payment
     for here fyndyng of ony
     maner wrek, that fallit <vp>
     on the grounde be twene
     the newe hauen at Walbers_wyk
     and the Eld hauen of
     Donewych, be the handes
     of the Baillies of Donewych
|r40 or here * ministers, in the
     same forme as the forsaid
     sir Roger hath graunted to
     the forsaid Baillies, Burgeis
     and Comuners, so that no
     maner of wrek be remewed
     of nowthere partye out of
     the place, that it is founden
|r41 jnne, * wyth outen <the>
     assent of forsaid sir Roger,
     of his heirs or of his mini_sters,
     on his partye afor_said,
     ne wyth outen <the>
     assent of the forsaid Baillies
     of Donewych or here mini_sters,
     on here partie afor_saide,
     And qwho so do
|r42 the contrarye, * shal forfet
     his parte or profytz abuf
     said, be it more or lesse,
     after the quantite askit of
     qwhich partie so it be, And
     also answere be <the> comune
     lawe to hym, that the for_said
     gode longit to be weye
     of wrek, ¨if he wil pursu
|r43 it. * Also it is acorded be



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     twen bothe partyes aforsaid:
     that al this poyntz and
     couenauntz with jnne wre_ten,
     as wele on that o partie
     as on that other, shullen
     be pleynlychest trewly per_formed,
     as the lawe will,
     wit outen <ony> fraude or
|r44 male * engyne, be twen
     t[h]e date of this enden_ture
     and the fest of Pasch
     nex comyng. And in
     case, čat it be falle - as
     godd defende - čat če
     poyntz and couenauntz
     aforsaid ne mow noght
     be performed on bothe
     parties, as it is aforsaid,
|r45 čat then * thes forsaid en_denturs
     stond voyde, and be
     holden for none, as wele
     on that o partie als on
     that othere. In wyttenesse
     of qwhych thynges, to that
     one party of this endenture,
     dwellyng to the forsaid
|r46 Baillies, Burgeis and * Comu_ners,
     the forsayd sir Roger
     has set to his seal; To če
     othere partye of this enden_ture,
     dwellyng to če forsaid
     sir Roger, the forsaid Bail_lies,
     Burgeys and Comuners
     here comon seal han set to;
     ¨euen day, ¨ere, and place
     a*forsaid.



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|rII.

[British_Museum._Cart._Harl._112._F._1.]

[Dat._Harewood,_W.R._Yorkshire;_20_Nov._1412.]

 |r1    Be it knawen vn tyll, all men, yat thys is the
     wyll off Adam of the Wode and Margeret, hys wyfe:
 |r2 yat thayre feffes, yat are infeffed in all the * Burgages



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     and landys and yenges with the appurtena[u]nce, yat
     thay hade with in the towne and ye meres of Harre_wode,
 |r3 yat thay enfeffe agayne thys * forsayde Adam
     and Margeret, hys wyfe, for the terme of thayre lyfe, and
     the reuersyoun after thayre decesse remandyre to sir
 |r4 Richard Redman * and tyll hys ayres and hys assygnes;
     On condicyoun yat the forsayde sir Richard or hys ayres
     or hys assygnes mary Jonet, the doghter of ye forsayde *
 |r5 Adam and Margeret, with in xvj iere or xviij <of hire
     age> at the ferryst, tyll aman of xx markes worthe
     of lande by iere; And yat thay see and ordayne, yat
 |r6 thys * forsayde doghter be enfeffed at ye begynnyng, to
     hyr and to ye ayres of hyr and hyr husbande, in als
     mekyll valu of hys lande yat sall be hyr husband *,
 |r7 as thys forsayde Adam and Mergeret hade in Harrewode
     in dowere or in feffement. And yf it so be, yat thys
 |r8 doghter Jonet dee, noght maryede, then * it is the wyll
     of Adam and Margaret: yat the forsayde sir Richard,
     h[y]s ayres or hys assygnes, sall gyfe to ye forsayde
 |r9 Adam and hys wyfe Margeret * x.li in hande; and other
     x li efter the decesse of Adam and Mergeret sall be
     done tyll a nonest prest to synge for thayre sawles
|r10 and for thayre * auncesters. And ouer yat it is the wyll
     of Adam and Margeret: yat dame Elizabeth Redman hafe
     yis doghter forsayde in hyr kepyng and gouernyng, *
|r11 tyll scho be maryede. And in testmonde of thys
     wyll endentyd, we hafe set howre selys. wretyn at
|r12 Harrewode, in the fest of saynt Edmunde, * the holy
     kyng, The iere of kynge Henry the fawrte after the
     conquest xiiij.



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|rIII.

[British_Museum._Cart._Lansd._627.]

[Dated_at_Wottone,_in_Weredalle_(Witton-le-]
   [Wear,_Durham),_13_Feb._3_Hen._V.,_1416.]

 |r1    éis endenture made at Wotton in Weredall, ye
     xiij day of ffefir¨ere, in če ¨ere of kyng Henre ye
 |r2 fyfte * ye thred ¨ere, wittnes yat Sir Rawfe of Eure,
     Knyght, deliuered to Thomas, ye son of Thomas of *
 |r3 Merkyngfelde, x li of golde, vn to ye be hufe and huse of
 |r4 my maister sir John Nevyle, ye son * of my lorde of
     Westemerland; ye qwilk x li ye forsayde Thomas, son of
 |r5 Thomas of Merkyngfeld, * has vndretakyn to be payed
     agayn to ye forsayde sir Rawfe or to his assignes, wyth
 |r6 in xiiij dayes * eftre pasche nexte folowyng eftre ye
     makyng of yis endenture.



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|rIV.

[British_Museum._Additional_Charter_36_522.]

[Dat._Brenchley_near_Tunbridge_Wells*Kent,_Easter_1416.]



|p54


 |r1    [Knowen b]e hit to all Cristen: that we, Thomas
     of Hylles, Nicholas of Hylles, Gentilmen, Thomas
 |r2 [..]get, Thomas atte Hale, Thomas Watte, * [...........]ll,
     sufficiant comyners all of če parysshe of Brenchesle,
     we beynge of the age, the leeste of vs, of thre skore
 |r3 wynter and, * [.......]f vs, iiij. skore wynter, we
     knoynge and neghtbours beyinge to the londes and teny_mentes
 |r4 atte Elmehirste, wyche tenymentes * [............]
     Walters of Elmehirste, wyche tenementes with many
     moo beth holdynge, and ever haue be owte of myende
 |r5 with sev=te= * [......] a[.] other appurtenaunces, rentes
     and seruices to the Courte of Beanecrouche, wyche in olde
 |r6 tyme was sir Johns of Leneham * [.............]
     Richard atte Wealde, and so downe to sir Thomas Col_peper
     that nowe is; to the whiche courte of Benecrouche
 |r7 many of vs VL=ti= * wynter to gedir haue ben tena[u]ntes
     and sevtours of Court, and ¨it be, and in the same
 |r8 Courte take owre charges in j[urres] be twey * partie,
     and partie releued, and payed owre rente, owre aun_cetours
     and we, with owte tyme of myende; And we
 |r9 newer knewe ne herde * tell, ne never was cleymed this
     vij. skore wynter, more of the tenementes of Benecrouche
|r10 and Hese but x.s - as [she]weth be a * custumare
     of the Bysshoppis of Rouchester - gedered ones a ¨ere
     atte Midlenton Sonundaye: .x. s to be paied to the
|r11 Bysshopp of * Rouchester, wyche .x. s, for ese of the
     lordeshipp, was parcelled owte be sir John of Leneham



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|r12 and other that were lordes of Bene*crouche, that every
     man knewe, what he shulde bere to the porc[i]on of
     this x.s; The Courte holde, heriettes and relieffes,
|r13 and the * leve of x. s with all the hole lordeshipe to
     sir Thomas Colpeper and <his> auncetours; And never
|r14 no Bysshopp of Rouchester ther in * put cleyme but this
     nowe late <this iij ¨ere>, with owte euydence shewynge,
     but be evill procurment. And that thes poyntes be
|r15 trewe * all <and> sume, we seyne, so helpe vs gode and
     halydome, as we wil answere before gode atte daye of
|r16 doome, and for mede of owre * soles; in discheyinge
     of a mannes ryght, we make this testimone in owre
|r17 lives, because we ben men of grete age; We be * owre
     oone will with owte corarcturr[e] haue touched the
     booke. In wittenessynge of thes thynges, we haue sette
|r18 to owre * seales. Writen in the feste of Ester, the ¨ere
     of the regne of owre lorde kynge Henre the .V. after
|r19 the conquest * of Englond the iiijte.



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|rV.

[British_Museum._Additional_Charter_36_527.]

[Dat._Benecrouch_in_Pembury*Kent.;_8_July_1416.]

 |r1   Knowen be hit to all Cristen: that y, Geffrey Bussh,
     beynge of the age of .iij. skore wynter and .x., haue
 |r2 goode knowynge and memorie, * and bere wittenesse,
     as y wil answere before gode: that y was dwellynge
     xxxti, wynter in the landes and tenementes that were *
 |r3 s[u]mtyme Walteres of Elmehirst, as y that had
     weddid Agnes, the wyffe sumtyme of Walter of Elmehirste,
 |r4 doghter and heire of * Edm[u]nd Waryn; and y, the
     forsaide Gefferey, didde my sewte and seruice to sir
 |r5 Thomas Colpeper, to his Courte of Benecrouche, * and
     paied my rent for the same landis and tenementes -
 |r6 as that that is hoole with inne the * ffee and lordeshipp



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     of sir Thomas, - to his Courte of Benecrouch; and
     herof y haue goode mynde that y and Agnes, my wyffe,
 |r7 paiden for owre parcell viij d, * wiche was parcell of
     the rente of če .x. s, that sir Thomas and his
     tenantis paieden on Midlenton Sonndaye to the Byssh *
 |r8 opp of Rouchestre; and other vj d was paied be Johne,
     doghter of Walter of Elmehirst, for the landis that fel
 |r9 hire for hire * purparte, wiche vj. d were tributorie
     to če same x s; And also ij s j d was borne owte
|r10 of all če hole tenenement, atte Ester and * Michelmesse
     to sir Thomas Colpeper to his Court of Benecrouche.
     And as y that never knewe ne herde tell but čat hit *
|r11 was his lordeshipp and ffee, thes poyntes y wittenesse be
     myne halydome vp the holy evangelistis. In the witte_nesse
|r12 * of thes poyntes, y haue sette to my seale. And
     y, John Michell of Benecrouche, bere wittenesse of
|r13 thes poyntes, as y * that haue dwellid vp the same
     lordeship this iiij skore winter, and gedered the same
|r14 rent longe tyme, And that y * never knewe other lordeshipp
     ne ffee, So helpe me gode and halidome. And also in
|r15 the wittenesse of thes poyntes, y * haue sette to my seale.
     Writen the viij. daye of Juyll, the ¨ere of the regne
     of Henre the .v. iiijt.



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|rVI.

[British_Museum._Cart._Harl._43._B._29.]

[Asschedon,_Berks.;_21_Jun._1422.]

 |r1     Ryght worchepeful and reuerend Maystres, j recom_maunde
     me to ¨ow; please it yow and perfytly to
 |r2 vndyrstonde: yat William Clopton, * the sone of Ead_mond
     Clopton, sente aftyr me in to his manyr of
     Newenham in Asschedon, whan be schulde gon ouer
 |r3 the * se to ye wynnyng of Harflw, and yere he schewde
     a dede of feffement, mad be him to William Clopton of
 |r4 Melford * and to oyyr serteyn personys of Suff, to me
     and to Joh Colston of Asschedon, of ye manyr of
 |r5 Newenham in Asschedon, and yer, * with inne yat same
     manyr, yat dede was red, and a cordaunt to yat dede,
 |r6 he openly deleuyryd me sesyn be yat same dede, * and j
     tok sesyn yere be yat dede, in the name of all myn
     felas and of me. And aftyr yat, ye tenauntes attur_nedyn
 |r7 * to me. And aftyr yat, he made a wyl indentyd:
     yat his feffes, if he happede to dye, scholde make an
 |r8 estate * to William Clopton of Melford, to him and to
     his heyres, of yis afor seyd, and yat yis forsayd William
 |r9 Clopton * of Melford scholde paye to ye chyrche of
     Asschedon and hundred mark, to ye freres of Sudbery
|r10 a noyyr * hundred mark; And a certeyn sume of gold
     for to do in almesse, as ye wyl makyth mencion.
|r11 Where of the to party * of his wyl, as he seyde,
     dwelte with William Clopton of Melford, and ye toyyr
|r12 party of his wyl encelyd be browgh * to me and to ye
     parychones of Asshedon, and yer, on a halyday, he



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     dede me rede it openely in ye chyrche, and preyde vs *
|r13 to recorde hys wyl, if nede were. And yat same wyl he
     bad kepe stille a mong vs. And in to yis day yet we
|r14 haut. * Al yis is soth, as wele answere a for godd.
     Wherfor, worchepeful maysteres, j prey yow, and j
|r15 hap to dye, yat ¨e wyl * recorde yis same. In wytnesse
     of wyche yyng, j sette to my seal. Wretyn at Assche_don,
|r16 the xxjte day of juny, The * tenthe yere of kyng
     Herry ye fyfthe.
|r17    P Will[iam] Maryoth, person of ye chyrche of
     Asschedon.
|r18    *[Auf_der_Rckseite_die_Adresse:] To my worchepeful
     and reuerend * maystres Joh Tyrell, John * Steward,
     Richard Baynard, and * Robert Darsy -.



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|rVII.

[British_Museum._Cart._Harl._56._B._17.]

[Ashdone*Berks,_24_April_1426.]

 |r1     I, John Shymmyng of Walden, beyng at Clare,
     the wednesday neest affter the ffeste of Saynt George,
 |r2 the yeer of the * reigne of kyng Herry the sexte the
     feerthe, in the presence of Thomas Berham, Styward
 |r3 of Clare forsaid, Hugon ffraunceys *, constabyl of Clare
     forsaid, Thomas Mylde, John Ansty, Thomas Berham
 |r4 the yunger, Wyllyam Coggeshale, John Cange, * Nycholas
     Wychyngham, Herry Warner and other, sey and wytnesse:
 |r5 that Wyllyam Clopton, the sone of Edmond Clopton, *
     yaf and graunted and be his chartre confermed to John



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     Howard, Knyght, Walter Clopton, Knyght, Wyllyam
 |r6 Clopton, the sone * of Thomas Clopton, Knyght, John
     Waryn, Squyer, John Grene and to me, John Shymmyng
 |r7 forsaid, his maner of Newenham * in Asshdon with the
     purtenantz; be vertu of which dede the same Wyllyam,
 |r8 sone of Edmond, yaf me seisyn, and ther I took * openly
     seisyn in the name of me and alle my felas, be that
     tokene that the sayd Wyllyam, sone of Edmond, sente
 |r9 to the * Alehows for ale, and ther was noon; and than I
     seyde, it was the dryest seysyn that euer I was at, and
|r10 that dede was * made in Kyng Herryes tyme the feerthe;
     and affterward, in Kyng Herryes tyme the fyfte, I herde
|r11 seyne that the said Wyllyam, * sone of Edmond, made
     a conferment to Wyllyam Clopton, the sone of Thomas
|r12 Clopton, Knyght, and to other, as the dede * maketh
     mencyon, and than, whan Wyllyam Clopton, the sone
     of Edmond, shulde gon ouer the see, I herde seyne, he
|r13 made * a wylle, the which was endented, and the ton
     part he took to the Person of Asshdon forsaid, and
|r14 openly on an halyday, * in the Cherche of Asshdon,
     in the pulpet be for the paryssh, he dede the Person
|r15 rede it; in the which wylle was * comprehended that, if
     the seyde Wyllyam Clopton, sone of Edmond, happed
|r16 to deye er he come a geyn ouer the see, that * his
     feffes in the maner forsaid shuld graunte and yef the
     said maner to the seyde Wyllyam Clopton of Melford
|r17 and to * his heyres and to his assignes, and he to paye
     a certeyn summe of good, as the wylle maketh mencyon;
|r18 and than it fortuned * so, that this seyd Wyllyam, sone
     of Edmond, deyed be yonde the see, and affter that, the
|r19 seyd Wyllyam Clopton of Melford * desired to haue of
     me a reles to hym and to the person of Asshdon for_seyd
     and to other certeyn persones, and ther I made *
|r20 the reles, and so dede John Grene and John Waryn.
     Al this is sothe, as is it rehersed beforn. In wytnesse
|r21 of which * thyng, to this present I, the forsaid <John>
     Shymmyng, sette my seal. And the forsaid Thomas
|r22 Berham, Hugon, Thomas Mylde, * John Ansty, Thomas
     Berham, Wyllyam Coggeshale, John Cange, Nycholas
|r23 and Herry wytnessen: that they herdyn the * said John
     Shymmyng, at the day and place forsaid, seyne and



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     wytnessen all this rehersed and comprehended in this *
|r24 present script. In wytnesse of which thyng, they settyn
     to her sealys. Wretyn day, yeer, and place forsaid.



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|rVIII.

[British_Museum._Additional_Charter_33_999.]

[Childerley,_S._Cambs.,_5_May_1427.]

 |r1    This endenture berith wytnesse: that John Hore of
     Childerley, yn the shire of Canter, Squier, hath enfeffed
 |r2 John Wodehows, Squier, William * Lassels, John Burdet,
     Thomas Pulter, Clerkes, Robert Large, and John Eyr,
     yn the manere of Miche Rauele, wyth the appurtenauncez,
 |r3 thre acres * of medewe yn the town of Sawtre, with the
     patronage of the thridde partie of the chirche of Alle
     Halewe yn Sawetre <and a seggefen yn Marcheford>;
 |r4 And also that the * seide John Hore hath g[r]aunted to
     the seid John Wodehows, William, John Burdet, Thomas,
     Robert, and John Eyr fourthy shillynges of rent, *
 |r5 issyng owt of the manere of Sawetre; and also the
     reuerc[i]oun of certeyn londes, that Roger Banastre
 |r6 holdith yn Miche Rauele terme of his lif. * To haue
     and to holde the seid manere, thre acres of medewe,
     the patronage, fourty shillynges of rent, and reuerc[i]oun
 |r7 forseid, to hem, here heires, * and here assignes for euere_more,
     vp on this condicioun: that they shullen performe,
     <be the kynges licence>, the wille of the seid John Hore,
 |r8 and fulfille yt, as yt is * conteyned and comprehended
     yn a paire endentures, mad be thwene John, be the
     sufferaunce of God abbot of Ramesey, and the Couent *
 |r9 of the same place on that on partie, and the seid John
     Hore on that other partie. In witnesse of wich, the
|r10 parties forseid haue sette to * here seles. Wreten at
     Rauele, the fifethe day of the moneth of may, the ¨ere
     of the reigne of Kyng Henry the sixthe after the con_quest
|r11 * the fivethe.



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|rIX.

[British_Museum._Cart._Harl._54._I._37.]

[Barham_and_Middleton,_W._Sussex;_27_Nov._1427.]

 |r1    This endenture, made the xxvIje day of Nouember,
     the sixte yere of Kyng Harry the vj.e, bi twene Hugh
     Ponynges, Knyght, sone of Thomas Ponynges, Lord of
 |r2 Seint John, on that oon partie, and * John Paulet,
     Squyer, on that other partie, witnesseth: that the said
     parties been accorded in the fourme that siwith, that
     is to sey: ffirst: that mariage shal be made betwene
 |r3 the said * John Paulet and Custance, the doughter of the
     said Hugh, a fore Septuagisine next comyng, at the
     costes and ordenaunce of the said Hugh, And that the
 |r4 same Hugh shal make * sufficeant estate of land of



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     verray value of xl li yeerly over the reprise, with
     oute fraude or male engyne, to the same John and
 |r5 Custance for the terme of her bothe lives, * with oute
     enpechement of waste with in the first quarter of a
     yeer after the day, that the same Hugh hath lyueree
 |r6 in the Chauncerie of so mych lande, or * hath so mych
     land by entre, recouerer, or any othir title lawefull
     aftir the dethe of the saide Thomas, over the land,
 |r7 whiche he is nowe possessioned in, And * the same Hugh
     shal not discontinue nor aliene in fee sympil nor in
     fee taille no land, the whiche shal descende or falle vn
 |r8 to hym by any title in tyme comyng. * Also: that the
     astate, title, possession, and reuersion, that dame Alianore,
     wife to the said Hugh, hath in the manoirs of Bern_ham,
 |r9 Middilton, Bridham, in Sussex, Chanton * and Shir_burn
     Seynt John, in Suthamptonshire, of the whiche
     the Reuersion of the same Manoirs, after the dethe of
|r10 the saide Alianore, beth vn to the heyres * of the body
     of the same Hugh bigetyn, shal not be interupt, im_pugned,
     nor disturbed by the same John ne his heirs,
|r11 in parcel nor in al, duryng the life of * the same dame
     Alianore. Also: the same Hugh shal fynde the for_said
     John and Custance and two men with hym in the
|r12 first yere after the mariage abovesaide, as * in mete
     drynke, and herburgh, yf the same John wil dwelle or
     abide or suffre the said Custance abide in the household
|r13 or with the forsaid Hugh. And the forsaid * John shal
     do be made asufficeant astate of land of the value of
     XL li yeerly over the reprise vn to the same John
|r14 and Custance and to the heires of thair * bothe bodyes
     lawefully be goten, be fore Ester next comyng, with
     oute fraude or malengyne, And the same John shall
|r15 do hym self to have a soole * astate, in fee sympil or in
     fee taille, generall of al the landes and tenementes,
     whiche Wauter, Lord Hungerford, stant feffid jn, soole
|r16 or ioyntly with other, * to the vse of the same John.
     ffurthermore: the same John, after that he and the seide
     Custance haue resceyvid the full purpartie, the whiche
|r17 shal falle to * thair part in the right of the saide Custance,
     by the dethe of the forsaide Thomas and Hugh, of the
|r18 lifelode of the same Thomas and Hugh, with oute * fraude



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     or malengyne, shal suffre the cooparcioners of the
     same Custance to have thair purpartie of the forsaide
|r19 XL li worth lande by yeere, whiche * the same John
     and Custance shal have of the yefte of the forsaide
     Hugh, jn like fourme, as thai shulde haue had, if no
|r20 yefte of the same landes had * be made to the said John
     and Custance, So that the forsaid Cooparcioners dis_tourbe
     no lette the said John and Custance, by no
|r21 yefte, astate to hem * made, nor to be made, nor non
     other cause, to haue their purpartie of al the landes and
     tenementes, which weren or beth the right of the saide |r
|r22 Thomas and Hugh. In witnes wher of, the saide parties
     to thees endentures entrechangeably, the day and yeer
     abovesaide, haue set her seales.
        |r[Rechts_unten_in_der_Ecke:_Couper.]



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|rX.

[British_Museum._Cart._Harl._80._I._57.]

[Kent;_18_July_1429.]


 |r1     This entendure, maide be twene . Richart Wy_deuill .,
     esquyere, of če Counte of Kent, . one . če tone
 |r2 parte., and . William Haute ., esquyere * of če said Counte .,
     on če točer parte . berith . wittenesse . : čat . če said .
     Richart and . William . bene . accordet jn če forme čat
 |r3 foloweth; * čat is to . saye . : čat če said William .  shall .
     haue . and .wyth če grace . of . gode . wedde to . wyffe .
 |r4 Jahn . Wydeuill ., the * doughtre . of če saide . Richart .,
     jn . če forme . and opon če couanantez . čat folowen .
 |r5 here aftre . : * ffirst: čat če foresaide . William . shall make



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     gyffen . jn . joynture . to . hym . and to če foresaide Jahn,
 |r6 and to če heyrez * of . hym ., landez . or . rentez to . če
     valewe . of . an . C . marke . čerly . ; če whech . he . saith .
 |r7 he . haith . jn . feesymple . * Also: as touchyng če landez
     čat bene entailet to če foresaid . William . and to Mer_grete,
 |r8 his . wyffe, čat wasse, and to če * heyrez of her .
     bodez . lafully . begoten .and of any . očer landez .
     čat bene entailet to . hym in any . wyse ., he čermit_tith
 |r9 * and shall . discontinue or make discontinue .
     and . defeet . or . make . defeet - be warantie or waran_tise
|r10 . collaterale * or . jn . any očer wyse . - če foresaid,
     taile or tailez ., as . lafully . and in als strangge
|r11 wyse ., as če councell of če foresaid Richart * <and Wil_liam>
     can best . deuyse and gyff hym . jnformacion .,
     except, čat . he shall . not be desiret to make his
|r12 doughtre . a . woman of religion. * Also če said . Wil_liam .
     <shall> gyff . or . make gyffen to če said Jahn ., jn .
     name of douere terme of hir lyue ., landez or rentez to
|r13 če * valewe of . XL . li . čerly .of če best . and če suer_est
     čat če said William haith . ; to be choseyn by
|r14 če deuyse of če * foresaid . Richart Wyeduill . and be his
|r15 councell. * Wherfore če foresaid Richart . Wydeuill . graun_teith ,
     to če foresaid . William Haute .jn mariage of če
|r16 foresaid Jahn, his * doughtre . IIII <superscript>C marke, to . be payet .
     at . če day of če said feefement . aftre če . deuyse and če
|r17 councell . of both . če parties. * Also: če foresaid Richart .
     shall make and paye . all maner of costez . of če day . of
|r18 mariage betwene če said William and Jahn, * če doughtre
|r19 of če said . Richart, ate . Caleys *. Also: če said Richart
     shall gyffen to če fore said William and to Jahn, his
|r20 doughtre ., hir chambre ., as . a . gentlewoman * aught,
     for to . haue ., and aftre če astaete . of če foresaid Richart
|r21 Wydeuill. * And jn . wyttenesse of ye whech . thyngez .,
     če parties a . fore said to čese present jndenturez haue
|r22 set to čeyre * seeles . writen . če xviij. day of ye mo_neth
     of . jull .,če čere of . Kyng Henre ye Vj . aftre če
|r23 conquest of * Ynglond če . vij.



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|rXI.

[British_Museum._Additional_Charter_1782.]

[York;_1429-30].

 |r1    Yis endenture made be Richard ffayrfax, scwhyer,
     on tyme lorde of Walton, witnes yat: qwhar j, ye
     sayd Richard, hase enfeffid be my dede enselyd, symply,



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 |r2 with outyn * any condic[i]on, maistir Brian ffayrfax,
     clerk, my neue, Gy ffayrfax, John ffayrfax, Thomas
     ffayrfax, my brethir, and Edmund Wodcok, in ye manirs
 |r3 of Walton, folifayt, and on a * nanuell rent of fyffe marc
     Gangyng out of ye milnys of Thorpparch, and in all
     ye landys and tenementys yat j had in Walton, ffolifayt,
 |r4 Thorpparch, Nunmunkton, Kerby, and * sex schilyn grent
     in Petrigate in Yorke; and qwhar ye saydys maistir
     Brian, Gy, John, Thomas and Edmund Wodcok is sesyd
 |r5 of ye manir of Acastir Malbys of ye Gyffit and * of
     ye fefment of Thomas Garton, person of ye kyrk of
     Scalton, and William Lynton of Walton - ye qwhilk
     manir ye saydys Thomas, person, and William had of
 |r6 ye Gyffit and of * ye fefment e mang othir of ye sayd
     Edmund Wodcok, and ye qwilk manir of Acastir Malbys
     ye sayd Edmund had with othir of ye Gyffit and of ye
 |r7 fefment of ye sayd * Richard ffayrfax, with outyn any
     condic[i]on -; and qwhar yat j haffe graunt ye re_uersion
     of all ye landys and tenementys, yat dam Cu_stance
 |r8 Bigot haldys terme of hir life * in Yorke, to ye
     saydys maistir Brian, Gy, Joh, Thomas ffayrfax and
     Edmund Wodcok, yair ayrs and yair assignys: Neuir
     ye les, ye saydys maistir Brian, Gy, John, Thomas *
 |r9 ffayrfax and Edmund Wodcok has graunt and hyght
     me, be ye ffayth of yair bodys, to do with ye manirs,
     landys, rentys, reuersions and seruys a for sayd like as
|r10 j, ye * sayd Richard, will de clar be my wyll: Knaw all
     folk, yat yis is my will: yat all ye jschwys, rentys and
     ye profettys of ye saidys manirs, landys, tenementys, ren_tys
|r11 and seruys * be rereryd and tane be ye saydys
     feffys to ye tym be, yat my dettys be qwyt, yat
     j awe day of my deyng, and yat to be payd be a
|r12 vyse of my setturs and ye * saydys feffys; and to tak
     vp of ye same landys C C li and fyfty marc to ye
     mariage of my doghtyrs, yat is forto say: to Margret,
|r13 my doghtir, CC marc, and to * Annas, my doghtir,
     C li, ye qwhilk j will be maryde be avise of my wyffe
     and ye saydys feffys, and if Margret dee, or scho be
|r14 marid, j will yat fyffty marc * of ye CC marc, yat fell to
     Margret, be payd to ye mariage of Annas, if scho be vn
     marid, and yen ye remland, yat Margret onle haffe



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|r15 had, be distribud be avise * of my wiffe and my feffys,
     and if Annas dee vn marid, j will, yat fyfty marc of
     hir part be payd to ye mariage of Margret, if scho be
|r16 vn marid, and * yen ye remland of Annas part be distribud
     be avise of my wiffe and my feffys, and j will, yat my
|r17 doghtir Elan be made Nun in ye house of Nun * munkton,
     and yat my saydys feffis graunt a nanuell rent of fourty
     schilyng, gangyng out of ye manirs of folifayt and
|r18 Acastir Malbys, with a clause of * distrys to Gy ffayr_fax,
     Richard ffayrfax, brethir of ye sayd Elan, Thomas
     fulthorp of Barnacastell, and Thomas Kyllum, schwyers,
|r19 to haffe and to hald ye sayd * rent of XL s terme of
     ye liffe of ye sayd Elan, to ye vys and ye profet of
     ye sayd Elan, and yat ye sayd XL s, eftir ye desesse
|r20 of me, ye sayd * Richard, be payd to ye fyndyng of
     ye sayd Elan to ye tym be, at scho be a Nun, and j
     will yat my feffys and my setturs pay xx marc for ye
|r21 makyng * of ye sayd Elan Nun, and if scho will be no
     Nun, j will, my wyffe, my feffys and my setturs mariar
     hir be yair discression with ye profettys of ye saydys *
|r22 landys and my gudes, and j will yat, eftyr ye deses
     of dam Custance Bigot and me, yat ye saydys feffys mak
|r23 a state of ye thirde part of ye landys, rentys, * and tene_mentys
     of ye sayd Custance in Yorke to Eustace, my
     wyffe, term of hir liffe, and yat yai mak a state of ye
|r24 thwa partys with ye reuersion of ye thyrd * part to
     Brian ffayrfax and Gy ffayrfax, my sonys, and to ye
     ayrs of yair body be gettyn, and yat state to be made
|r25 to ye saydys Brian and Gy * juntly or seuerly, be ye
     avyse of ye saydys feffis, and for defaut of jschw of
     yair body be gettyn, remayn to William ffayrfax, ye son
|r26 of ye * sayd Richard, and to ye ayrs of his body be
     gettyn male, and if ye sayd William dee with outyn ayr
|r27 of his body be gettyn male, ye sayd land * remayn to
     Richard, ye brothir of ye sayd William, and to ye ayrs
     of his body be gettyn male, and for defaut of jschw of
|r28 his body be gettyn * male, remayn to Nicholas, ye brothir
     of ye sayd Richard, and to the ayrs of his body be gettyn
|r29 male, and for de faut of jschw of his body * be gettyn
     male, remayn to Mils, ye brothir of ye sayd Nicholas,
     and to ye ayrs of his body be gettyn male, and if he



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|r30 dee with outyn * ayr of his body be gettyn male, remayn
     to ye ryght ayrs of me, ye sayd Richard, and yair ayrs
|r31 for euir mor, and in case be, yat my * wyffe dee, or
     scho mak hir landys sur, eftir hir desese and myn, to
     Richard ffayrfax, Nicholas ffayrfax, Mils ffayrfax, my
|r32 sonys and * hyrs, and to ye ayrs of yair body be get_tyn,
     qwhilk landys and tenementys war hir modyrs and
|r33 hir auntys, and yen my nayr will * noght mak a state
     to ye saydys sonys in ye fourn yat ye modir suld haffe
|r34 done, yen j will, yat ye saydys feffys gyff as * mykyll
     of ye landys, yat was my nawn, to ye saydys Richard,
     Nicholas, and Mils, in ye fourn abown sayd, juntly and
|r35 seuerly * be ye avise of ye saydys feffis, and j will, yat
     ye saydys feffis, eftir my dettys payd and my doghtirs
|r36 marid and my will eftir * my ded fulfillid, yat yai
     mak a state of ye manirs of Walton, folifayt, and Acas_tir
     Malbys, ye landys and tenementys in Thorpparch, *
|r37 Kerby, and ye reuersion of ye manir of Scalton to Wil_liam
     ffayrfax, my nayr, and to ye ayrs of his body be
|r38 gettyn male, and * for de faut of jschw of his body be_gettyn
     male, remayn to Brian, his brothir, and to ye
|r39 ayrs of his body be gettyn male, * and for defaut of jschw
     male of his body, remayn to Gy, his brothir, and to ye
|r40 ayrs of his body be gettyn male, and for * defaut of jschw
     male of his body, remayn to Richard, his brothir, and
|r41 to ye ayrs of his body be gettyn male, and for defaut * of
     jschw male of his body, remayn to Nicholas, his brothir,
     and to ye ayrs of his body be gettyn male, and for de
|r42 faut of jschw male of his body, remayn to Mils, his
     brothir, and to ye ayrs of his body be gettyn male, and
|r43 if he dee with outyn * ayr of his body be gettyn male,
     remayn to my ryght ayr for euir mor. jn ye witnes of
|r44 qwhilk thyng, to yis present writyng * endentyd, j haffe
     put to my sele; of ye qwhilk endenturs j will o part
     abyde in my kepeyng, and ye tothir part in ye feffys *
|r45 kepeyng. Made at York, ye ¨er of ye rene of kyng Henry
     ye sext eftir ye conquest of jngland octauo.



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|rXII.

[British_Museum._Additional_Charter_40_050.]

[Farley-Hungerford,_Som.;_24_Aug._1430.]

 |r1    This is thacord made atte ffarley Hungerford the
     xxiiijte day of August the viije yere of Kyng Harry



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 |r2 the vjte  bytwene Walter, lorde Hungerford and of * Hom_met,
     on that one partie, and Robert Leuersegge on that
     other partie: that is to say: that ther as Nicholas Ed_mond
 |r3 hath lete certayn landis and tenementis in * ffelt_ham
     to John Shepherd and Agnes, his wiff, for terme
     of her lyuys, the remayndere therof to William and John,
 |r4 ther sonys, for terme of her * lyuys, wich Agnes,
     John, and William, the sonys, after the decese of the
     saide John, the ffader, haue graunte all her astatis
 |r5 in the same landis and * tenementis to William West_bury,
     Richard ffiton, John Westbury the yonger, William
     Rous, and Philipp Loryng, to the vse of the forsaid
 |r6 Robert; And afterward * the saide Nicholas haue yeue
     and graunted to Richard Neuton, seriant of lawe, and
     other, in fee all his landis, tenementis, reuersions, and
 |r7 seruicis in * ffeltham and ffrome, to the vse of the saide
     lord: The saide Robert shall make the forsaide William,
     Richard ffiton, John Westbury, William, and Philipp *
 |r8 to attorn and surrende all here estate in the saide
     landis and tenementis in ffeltham, to the saide Richard
 |r9 Neuton and his cofeffeys, also suerly as the * councell of
     the saide lord will devise. And ouer that, they shall
     delyuer to the saide lorde aswell the dede made to ham
|r10 by the saide Agnes, John, and * William, hir sonys, as
     the dede made to the same Agnes, John, and William
     by the forsaide Nicholas; Saue that the saide Robert shall
|r11 occupie and take * the profites of all the saide landis and
     tenementis and seruicis, wich were the saide Nicholas
     in ffeltham and ffrome, into Mighelmas next comyng.
|r12 ffor * the wich surrendre and delyueraunce of dedis
     forsaide, the saide lord shall paye to the forsaid
|r13 Robert xxti mark, deductyng and abatyng in the * pay_ment
     of the same xxti mark also moche monay, as atte
     the saide feste of Mighelmas shulde haue be due to
|r14 Thomas Bamfeld or to the saide * Nicholas, sithen
     Mighelmas last past, for the saide landis, tenementis
     and seruicis in ffeltham and ffrome, if no feffement hadde
|r15 be made therof to the * forsaide Richard Neuton and his
     cofeffees by the same Nicholas. In witnes werof to this
     accord endentid the parties forsaide haue enterchaunge *
|r16 ablement sette here seallis; Wytnessyng William West_bury,



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     Robert Longe, John Hody, John ffortescu, and other.
     Yeve the day and place abouesaide.



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|rXIII.

[British_Museum._Cart._Harl._54._I._9.]

[Yorkshire_et_al.;_12_Oct._1430.]

 |r1    Thys endenture, made the xii day of Octobre the
     nyneth ¨ere of Kyng Harry the syxthe, by twene
     Sire William de la Pole, Erle of Suff, John Shardelow,
     Knyght, Thomas Hoo, Esquier, and John Roys, on the
 |r2 to partie, and Thomas Chaucer, * Esquier, on the other
     partie, witnesseth: that the seid Erle and Robert Bolton,
     Clerk, Robert Bolton, Esquier, Herry  Merston, Clerk,
     and John Morley, Chapeleyn, shall make and do make
     to the seides John Shardelow, Thomas Hoo, and John
 |r3 Roys, * and John Golafre, Esquier, Richard Wyot, An_drew
     Sperlyng, and Robert Danvers haue estat, to hem
     and to here heirs imperpetuite, yn and of all the
     castels, maners, londes, tenementes, rentes, seruices, liber_tees,
 |r4 warennes, fees and aduowsons with here * appur_tenances,
     that weren sumtyme to the ffader and aiell
     of the seid Erle, or any of hem, or to other enfeffed
     to here vse, or any of hem, yn Kyngeston vpon Hull,
     Miton, Rymeswell, Beaugham, Norton vnder Hampden,
     Ramrugge, Connok <Mersshe and Grafton> le Ile, *
 |r5 Braddebury, Preston vpon Skyrn, Mochell Chilton, ffoxden,
     Stylyngton, ffyshebourne, and Belom yn the Euechee
     of Durham; Westwode, Stannford, and Blyburght yn
     the counte of Lincoln; Burle yn the counte of Norht;
 |r6 Gresthorp, Normanton, Sutton and Clyfton * yn the counte
     of Notingh; Wyngefeld, Stradbroke, Saxmondeham,
     Sterneffeld, Benhale, Orforde, Beklyng, ffresyngfeld, Snape
     and Silham yn the counte of Suff; Costeseye and Sax_lyngham



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     yn the counte of Norff; with all other londes
 |r7 and tenementes, rentes and seruices * with reuersions, ¨if
     eny be, yn Esbam, Weybred, Mendham, Hoxne, Kelshale,
     fflotemanton, Carleton, Rendham, Swyftelyng, ffarnham,
     Litill Glemham, ffreston, Knoteshale, Brokedyssh, and
     Harleston yn the seid countees of Norff and Suff, and
 |r8 of the maner * of Veysyes with appurtenances, and all
     other londes and tenementes, rentes and seruices, fees and
     aduowsons yn Stratford yn the seid counte of Suff; entent
     of the which feffement is and shall be this: that, after
 |r9 such estat and dedes therof made and to the * parties
     delyuered of the seid castels, maners, londes, tenementes,
     rentes, seruices, libertees, warennes, fees, and aduowsons,
     the seid feffees, by here dedes ensealed and delyuered
     with yn a¨ere <after the date of this endenture, ¨yf>
     thei be required <laufully> by the seid Thomas Chaucer,
|r10 or his heirs, after * the espouselles solempnized by twene
     the seid Erle and Alice, Countesse of Sar[es] and
     doughter to the seid Thomas Chaucer, shall enfeffe the
     seides Erle and Countesse yn and of all the seid castels,
     maners, londes, tenementes, rentes, seruices, libertees,
|r11 warennes, * fees, and aduowsons, with all here appur_tenancez,
     To haue and to holde the seid castels, maners,
     londes, tenementes, rentes, seruices, libertees, warennes,
     fees and aduowsons, with here appurtenances, yn and of
     the seid maners of Burley, Costeseye, Westwode, Snape, *
|r12 Stradbroke, ffrysyngfeld, Wyngefeld and Silham, with
     here membres and here appurtenances, and yn and of
     the seid londes and tenementes yn Stannford and Orford
     to the seid Erle and Countesse, and to the heirs of here
|r13 too bodyes comyng, faylyng heirs of * here bodyes
     comyng, the remayndre of hem to the rightfull heirs
     of the seid Erle, and the residue of the seid castels,
     maners, londes, tenementes, rentes, seruices, libertees,
     warennes, fees, and aduowsons, with here appurtenances,
|r14 to the seid Erle and Countesse and to the heirs * males
     of here too bodyes comyng, faylyng heirs males of here
     too bodyes comyng, the remayndre of hem to the seid
     Erle and to heirs for ever, provyded ever, that, ¨if it
     better plese the seid Thomas Chaucer to haue the seid
|r15 estate of the seid * castels, maners, londes, tenementes,



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     rentes, seruices, libertees, warennes, fees, and aduowsons
     to be made to the seid Erle and Countesse by other per_sones
     rather then by the seid feffees, that then, when
     so ever the seid feffees be required by the seid Thomas
|r16 Chaucer * or his heirs, thei shall enfeffe other persones,
     of the nomination of the seid Thomas Chaucer, To haue
     and to holde to hem and to here heirs for ever, with
     such entent: that, when thei be required by the seid
|r17 Thomas Chaucer or his heirs, thei shall * enfeffe the seid
     Erle and Countesse of the seid castels, maners, londes,
     tenementes, rentes, seruices, libertees, warennes, fees and
     aduowsons, yn the fourme aboue writen, or ell, ¨if it
     better plese the seid Thomas Chaucer to haue the seid
|r18 estat yn and of the seid * castels, maners, londes, tene_mentes,
     rentes, seruices, libertees, warennes, fees, and ad_uowsons
     to be made to the seid Erle and Countesse by_other
     persones rather then by the seid seconde feffees,
     that then, when so ever the seid seounde feffees be re_quired
|r19 by the seid * Thomas Chaucer or his heirs, thei
     shall enfeffe other persones, of the nomination of the seid
     Thomas Chaucer, To haue and to holde to hem and to
     here heirs for ever, with such entent that: when thei be
|r20 required by the seid Thomas Chaucer or his * heirs, thei
     shall enfeffe the seid Erle and Countesse of the seid castels,
     maners, londes, tenementes, rentes, seruices, libertees,
     warennes, fees, and aduowsons yn the fourme and of
     estate to hem aboue writen, provyded ever, that the
|r21 seid ffirst feffees be not * bounde to make estate of the
     seid maners of Norton vnder Hampden, Ramrugge, Connok
     Mershe and Grafton, as hit is aboue writen, but of that,
     that is demene, yn demene, and that, that is yn reuer_cion,
|r22 yn reuersion and ffurther more, thowgh hit * be
     so, that the seid Erle, John Shardelow and Thomas Hoo
     be bounden by here escript obligatorie to the seid Thomas
     Chaucer yn X M li to be paied at the fest of criste_masse
     next comyng, neuertheles the seid Thomas Chaucer
|r23 graunteth be * this endenture that, ¨ef the seid Erle,
     John Shardelow, and Thomas Hoo for here owne partie,
     whan thei be required by the seid Thomas Chaucer <or
     his heirs>, well and trewly fulfill all the couenantes
|r24 aboue writen, than the seid obligacion be of no * value,



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     and ell stonde yn his strengthe, provyded also that,
     ¨ef the seid Erle, John Shardelow and Thomas Hoo, or
     any of hem, plede any acquitaunce or relees yn barre of
     act[i]on of the seid obligacion yn any court to be made
|r25 yn any other * shire, but only yn the shire of Oxon, that
     thenne the seid acquitaunce or relees be voyde and of no
     value, provyded ever that, when the seid estates be made
     to the seid Erle and Countesse, <or to the feffees of če
     nominacion of če seid Thomas Chaucer or his heirs>,
     as it is aboue writen, that then the seid obligacion
|r26 shall * be reliuered to the seid Erle, John Shardelow
     and Thomas Hoo, or her executours, and also, thowgh
     it be so, that the seid John Golafre, Richard Wyot,
     Andrew and Robert Danveys woll not make estate, as
|r27 it is aboue writen, when thei be required, * for that cause
     the seid Erle, John Shardelow, and Thomas Hoo forfet
     not here obligacion. In witnesse of the which, to this
     endentures the parties beforeseid haue sette to here seales.
     The date is the day and ¨ere beforeseid.

...|r[Links_unten_die_Unterschrift:_Suffolk]



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|rXIV.

[British_Museum._Additional_Charter_17_227.]

[Dat._Pont_de_larche,_Normandy,_8_Jan._1430.]

 |r1    Right trusty and welbeloued frende, we grete yow
     wel vvith al oure hert. And for asmuche as for
     the greet plaisirs and kyndenesses, good and notable
 |r2 seruices, * and frendeshippes, whiche oure brother, Sire
     William Oldhalle, and Margarite, oure suster, his wyf,
 |r3 haue doon and shevved vs in tyme passed, and yit do
     daily in diuers vvyses, and for the greet and notable
     sommes <of good>, whiche oure saide brother Oldhalle
 |r4 hath lent vnto vs and payed for vs out * of his pourse
     at oure nede, the whiche vve owe hym yit in trevve
     dette for monnoye lent, and for noo nočer cause, We,
 |r5 jn recompense of the saide * seruices, and in acquittement
     of the saide dette, haue yeven vnto oure said brother
     Oldhalle and Margarite, his vvyff, an annuite and pen_sion
 |r6 * of xxvi. marc by yere, duryng thaire lyffe and the
     lenger lyuyng of thaym bothe, for to bee taken and raysed
 |r7 by thaym yerely vpon * certaine landes, lordships, and
     tenementes of oures, withynne Northfolk and Suffolk, jn
     the whiche ye stande by vs feffed vnto oure behooue; *
 |r8 liche as by the lettres, deedes and endentures, vvhiche
     vve haue doo make čerevppon vnto oure said brother
     Oldhalle and Margarite, * his vvyff, ye shal more clerely
     see. We pray and require yovv right hertily, and as
|r10 oure faithful trust is in yovv in this matere, and * also
     vve charge yovv, as ye vvol ansvvere čerefore before god

     and also vnto vs, that after the fourme, teneur, con_tenue,
|r11 and effette * of the deedes, lettres, and enden_tures
     maad and passed čerevppon, and after oure vvil
|r12 and entent in this matere, ye make ful and plain * estat
     vnto oure said brother Oldhalle and Margarite, his vvyff,
     duryng thaire lyffe and of the lenger lyuyng of thaym,
|r13 of the * saide annuite and pension of xxxj. marc yerely,



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     in the landes and tenementes declared, named and speci_fied
|r14 in the saide deedes, lettres and * endentures, withynne
     the contees of Northfolk and of Suffolk abouuesaide. And
|r15 čat ye faille not hereof in noo vvise, as euere ye * desire
     to doo čing for vs, and as oure ful trust is in yow, for
     thees oure lettres shal bee vnto yow čerefore suffisant
|r16 vvarant and * discharge at alle tymes and in alle places,
     vvhere hit apperteneth. And that ye seelle the same
|r17 deede endented, whiche vve send * yovv vvith thees oure
     lettres. Writen vndir oure seel at Pontdelarche, the
     viij. day of Januier, the yere of oure lord M.CCCC.
|r18 and xxx., And of * the regne of oure souuerain, lord
     King Henry <the> vj.=the=, after the conqueste the ix=the=.
         Wylughby                   Robert Lord Willughby.
                                     And of Beaumesnil -.
        |r[Adresse_auf_der_Rckseite:]
        To oure right trusty and welbeloued frend * William
     Paston Squier.



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|rXV.

[British_Museum._Cart._Harl._78._D._3.]

[Chartham,_E._Kent;_ca._end_of_1371.]



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        I knawe it is to alle men: čat i, Thomas Gylys,
     com and by suitte to Robart * Wanstallen, čat he ssolde
     lene Thomas Gylys two mark of seluer to * lenyn to
     ¨er, and sesydde Robart atte Wanstalle <ij acres of
     land> ij ¨er, as vor lone * of ij mark. atte nende
     of ij ¨er, Thomas Gylys payde Robart * atte Wanstalle
     a ¨en is to mark; and Robart atte Wanstalle feffydde *
     a ¨en Thomas Gylys with achartere simple with čylke
     same ij * acres a ¨en, ase Thomas adde feffydde furst
     Robart; Robart * feffyd him a ¨on with chartere symple. and
     vo[r] * ase moche [a]se Robart held čat land ij. ¨er, *
     Robart londe hym a ¨en a bussel of * bare of [če]
     prys of xxij. d, * and a toluet of hwet iče * prys of
     XV. d, and londe hym * a ¨[en] iiij d and ob, which *



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     [Th(o)mas bor¨de with Robart], * and če dayis
     iurnay * of a nors iče * prys of iij d - ** which
     čat workede with Thomas atte lynyne -, and of
     bussel of bare * and a toluet of w[et]e - Thomas Hay_lysbere
     wes Thomas Gylys * bor¨ of če bare and of če
     hwet, čat blefde vn payd -, and also ij * car chenys
     i če prys of a peny. with čat Jon Peper wes bor¨
     of * which čat bleffde vn payd. with čat Thomas
     Gylys wyf veched[e] * a bussel of bare of Robart Wan_stallys
     w[y]f [y]čeof  prys vij d, * and iiij d boč
     vn payd; which yspan alf a ¨ern vor iij d * and ij
     beč to payne. vor he hedde ij. acres alčys * alonč,
     vor če ij. acres woryn in is hand ij * ¨er, a ij ¨er
     ende, iče d[ate] of seynt * Symon and iude, Th[om]as
     feffyd * Robart atte Wansta[lle] a¨on * with chartere
     symple, efter * če ij. ¨er, by wytnesse * of contre.