sue for the same binding the seller that he shall not giue any quitance to the partie to the danger of the buyer c. THe condition of this obligation is such that whereas the within bounden E. F. made and ordained the within named C.D. his his especial good and lawfull Atturney to aske leuy c. to the vse profite and commoditie of the sayd E.F. of one G. H. citizen of London Grocer xx li. sterling in which the said G. H. by his Obligation thereof made standeth bound to the said C.D. as in a certaine letter of Atturney by the said C. to the aboue named E. F. thereof giuen more euidently appeareth If the said C. D from the date of this present Obligation do not call againe reuoke or disanul the foresaid letter of Atturney nor any maner sale plee or action by the foresaid E. F. in the name of the fore rehersed A. against the aboue written G. H. or his executors in anie court hereafter to be commenced or depending or by any other meanes withstand let or interrupt the title of the same E. of and to the sayd summe of xx li. nor giue vnto the said G. H nor to his executors any maner quitāce discharge or releas of or vpon the said summe or any part or portion of the same that then this present obligation c. ¶ A condition for to keepe the Peace and to be of good abearing THe Condition of this Obligation is such that if the within bounden Sunon and Elizabeth his wife do keepe the peace against al the Kings liege people and especially against A.B.C.D. c. beare himself honestly duly both in his words and deeds against the said A B. c. nor slander them nor any of thē of or vpon any such matters touching the death of I M. or the sure about the trial of the same wherein the said A. B. c. by the kings Laws ecclesiasticall temporall is clerely declared innocent That then c. ¶ A condition to warrant the sale of a Ship THe Condition of this Obligation is such that where the within bounden A. B. sold vnto the within named C. D. a certaine Ship called the Mary of Calice all maner of battaile instruments furniments and apparel of the same ship with the appurtenances for a certaine summe of money betweene them accorded as in a bill of sale therof made plainly doth appeare If the said C.D. wel and peaceable may haue holde enioy possesse to him his heires and assignes al the said ship battel instrum̄ts apparel appurtenāces aforesaid without contradiction let or disturbance of any person or persons by reasō of any claime or interest in the same before the date of these p̄sents had or made according to the tenour and effect of the said Indenture that then c. ¶ A Condition to cause a man to seale an Obligation by a certaine day THe condition c. that if the within bounden I. C. before the feast of N. next comming after the date hereof cause W.C. of the towne of B. to be bound by his writing obligatorie sufficient in the law and with his seale sealed vnto the within named T. in x. li. sterling to be paied the x. day of August c. And also before the same feast cause the said W. to deliuer the same obligation clerely for his deed duety in the Towne of B. vnto I. R. of H. clother to the vse of the said C. that then this present obligation c. ¶ A Condition to deliuer Oyles by a day limitted THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden I. at any time before the feast of S. Mihael tharchangel next cōming after the date within written deliuer or cause to be deliuered in the City of London to W. R. within named or to his certaine Atturney heires or executors x. tunnes of oyle of Ciuile good sweet and marchandable full and well bound accordingly that then this present obligation c. ¶ A Condition to make an estate to an other by a certaine day THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden A. before the feast of Easter next comming make vnto the within named R. and to such other persons as the sayd R. shall thereunto name assigne to haue and to hold to them their heires assignes a good sure sufficient lawful estate of and in all those lands tenements c. by deedes euidences sufficient in the law or by fine or recouery if need shall require or by any other sure and lawfull meanes as shall be aduised by the learned counsel of the said Richard his heires and assignes that then c. ¶ A Condition to saue a man harmeles that is bound for an other man by Recognisance THe condition of this obligation is such that where the within named A. B. C. D. at the special instance petition request of the within bounden N.D. and for his debt by a certain obligation of recognisance made before W. F. Recorder of the citie of L. and I.K. Knight Alderman of Londō the x. day c. stand boūd vnto the chamber of London in the summe of xx li. sterling by the way of recognisance as in the obligatiō plainly appeareth If the said N. D. his heires executors and assignes pay vnto the said chamberer all the foresaid summe of xx li. and also saue and keepe harmlesse the aboue named A. B. c. from all manner indemnities costes and charges of for and concerning the said obligation of recognisance and all other things concerning the same that then c ¶ A Condition to pay a Rent accordingly to an Indenture of a Lease THe condition of c. That where the within bounden A. B. hath lately taken in farme for the terme of 6. yeres of the within named C.D. one tenemēt set lying in the towne of W. c. for the rēt of xl s. yerely to be paid as in a paire of indentures thereof made whose date is c. plainely appeareth If the sayd A. B. his executors well and truely pay or cause to be paid to the sayd C. D. his heires and assignes the foresaid yerely rent of xl s. at the daies and termes accustomed according to the tenour and effect of the said Indentures c. That then c. ¶ A Condition vpon an Indenture of sale to make good the summe THe condition of this obligation is such that where the within bounden I. S. the day of the date within written for the summe of xx li. sterling bargained sold and deliuered to the within named T. P. diuers goods plate and iewels in a certaine Indenture comprehended bearing date c. vnder a condition in the same Indenture specified If the said I. S. make default of paiment in the said Indenture mentioned and comprised and then if all the foresaid goods plate and iewels indifferently prised be found of lesse value than xx markes
content and pay to the same shirife his executors and assignes all the issues reuenues and profits of the sayd hundred whereof the certainties amount to the suÌ„me of 4. li. by the confession of the sayd Bailife to be paid duely at the feast of Easter and Saint Michael the archangel next comming and also leuy content and pay to the shirife all such greene waxe pype siluer issues as the said shirife shall be charged within the said hundred and as shal be estreted out of the said baylie together to be paied to the said shyrife afore the said feast of S. Michael That then c. ¶ Acquitance made by one creditor OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit I.K. salutem in domino sempiternam Cum. W. B. teneatur mihi praefato I. ac cuidam H. Long in decem libris sterling soluendum nobis aut vni nostrum ad diuersos terminos prout in quadam obligatione defesanc ' super eandem nobis inde confect ' plenius coÌ„tinetur Noueritis me praefatum I. recepisse habuisse die confectionis presentium de prefato W. viginti solidos sterling in partem solutionis pÌ„dictar ' deceÌ„ libraruÌ„ viz. pro termino Natalis domini prox futurum de quibê° quidaÌ„ xx s. fateor me fore solut ' dictumque W. heredes executores suos inde esse quietum exoneratum per presentes In cuius rei c. ¶ A short quitance for the farme of a benefice BE it knowne to all men by these presents that I T. C. parson of P. in the County of E. haue receiued and had the day of making hereof of I. L. x. l. sterling for the halfe yere farme of my sayd parsonage to me due at the feast of S. Michael tharchangel last past before the date hereof In witnesse whereof to this bill I haue set my scale Giuen the x. day of October c. ¶ Acquitance for the redemption of lands before sold conditionally BE it known vnto al men by these presents that I I. Long of London gent. haue receiued and had this present day at the Font stone in the Cathedrall Church of saint Paul in L. between the houres of one and foure of the clocke at afternoon of the same day of W. G. of S. in the Countie of Essex yeoman xl l. sterling for the redemption in full satisfaction of all and singuler those tenements with thappurtenances in the parish of S. and P. in the said County of Essex called N. and D. contained specified in a patre of Indentures of couenant bearing date the xvj day of Ianuary in the xxx yere c. made betweene the said W. G. on the one part and mee the said I. L. on the other part of for and concerning the bargaine and sale of all and singuler the said lands tenements conditionally as by the same Indentures thereof made more at large do appeare of the which xl l. in full payment and contentation as is abouesaid receiued I the said I. L. knowledge me well and truely contented satisfied paid and thereof and of euery parcell thereof I cleerely acquite and discharge the said W. G. his heires and executors by these presents In witnesse whereof to these presents I the said Iohn Long haue set to my seale the first day of March in the thirty yere of the c. ¶ A Defeasance vpon a Recognisancee taken by the chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench or Common place NOuerint vniuersi per praesentes nos R. W. de D. in comitatu E. yeoman I. P. de D. in comitatu praedicto yeoman teneri firmiter obligari T.L. de B. in comitatu praedicto in centum libris sterlingorum soluendum eidem T. aut suo certo Atturnato hoc scriptum ostensuro haeredibus vel executoribus suis in festo omnium SanctoruÌ„ proximo futuro post datum praesentium Et si defecerimus in solutione praedicti debiti volumus concedimus quod tunc currat super nos vtrumque nostrum haeredes executores nostros poena in statuto Stapulae de debitis mercand ' in eadem empt recuperandis ordinata prouisa c. Datum decimo c. THis Indenture witnesseth that whereas R. W. of D in the Countie of Essex yeoman and I. P. of D. in the County aforesaid yeoman by a certaine Recognisance prouided for the recouery of debts taken recognised sealed before Sir E. Mountagne knight chiefe Iustice of the Kings bench bearing date the day of these presents stand and be iointly seuerally bound vnto T.L. of T. in the said County of Essex yeoman in the summe of one hundreth pounds sterling to be paied as in the same recognisance thereof made more plainly doth appeare Neuerthelesse the said T. for him his heires and executors willeth and granteth by these presents that if the said R. I. their heires executors or assignes or any of them do well and truely content and pay or cause to be contented paid vnto the foresaid T. his heires executors or assignes the summe of xl l. of good and lawfull money of England in manner and forme following that is to say at the feast of all Saints next comming after the date hereof v. l. at the dwelling house of the said T. wher he now inhabiteth and the first day of May then next following fiue pounds at the said house and so forth from yeare to yeare and halfe yere to halfe yeare at the least of all Saints and the first day of May next and immediatly ensuing another at the house of the said Thomas as is aforesaid fiue pounds vntill the said summe of xl pounds be fully contented paid That then the foresaid Recognisance to be vtterly void and of none effect And if default of paiment be made in any of the said payments in part or in all contrarie to the forme aforesaid theÌ„ the said R. and I. willeth and graunteth by these presents that the same Recognisance shall stand in full strength and vertue In witnesse whereof the said parties to these Indentures sunderly haue set to their Seales Giuen the xvij day of May c. ¶ An Indenture vpon the resignation of a benefice THis Indenture made the 3. day of Iune in the yere of our Lord God 1543. in the 35. yeare of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lord Henrie the 8. by the grace of God King of England France and Ireland defender of the faith and of the Church of England and also of Ireland and in earth Supreme head betweene Sir Simond B. late Parson of the parish Church and Parsonage of P. in the Countie of C. and in the dioces of Exeter on the one partie sir Iohn B. of P. aforesaid Priest on thother party witnesseth that where the said sir Simond at the instance of the said sir Iohn hath resigned his said parish church and parsonage into the Ordinaries hands of the same to the intent
Canons and their successors during the said terme Also the said A. couenanteth and granteth for him c. to make payment at and within the sayd Colledge of the said yerely rent of lxxx poūds equally at the termes of paiment before specified to the hands of the Treasorers of the said Colledge at his owne proper costes charges without allowance taking for the same during the sayd terme And the said Deane Canons for them their successors do couenant and graunt by these presents that the acquitances made sealed signed by the Treasorers of the said Colledge or by eyther of them to the said A. or to his executors or his assignes for the payment of the same yearely rent or any part or parcell thereof in maner and forme before mentioned shall be a good sure and sufficient warrant and discharge vnto the said A. his executors and assignes and to his or their deputie or deputies for the payment thereof And if it happen that the said yearely rent of lxxx li. be behind vnpaid in part or in all after any feast of payment before specified by the space of ten weekes that then it shall be lawfull to the said Deane c. in the said Manors and Lordships and into all and singuler the premisses with their appurtenāces to enter to distrain the distres there so taken to driue lead cary away them to withhold and keepe vntill the said yerely rent euery part thereof with tharrerages if any be vnto the said Deane c. be fully satisfied contented paid And if it happen the said yerely rent of lxxx li. to be behind vnpaid in part or in all after any of the feasts of payment before mentioned by the space of iii. moneths that then it shal be lawful vnto the said Deane Canons to their successors into all singuler the premisses their appurtenances in euery parcel thereof to reenter them to haue againe repossesse as in their former state and the said A. his executors assignes from thence vtterly to expell and amoue for euermore This Indenture or any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And the said Deane Canons couenanten granten for them their successors to with the said A. his executors or assignes that if the said A. his executors or assignes shall happen at any time hereafter to be euicted or dispossessed of any of the premisses or any part or parcell thereof without couin or fraud on the part of the said A. his executors c. that then the said rent of lxxx li. sterling shal be apportioned diminished accordingly after such rate portion as the quality and value of the said lands and tenements rents hereditaments and other dueties parcell of the premisses so euicted or taken from the possession or occupation of the said A. his executors or assignes shall amount or arise vnto And that it shall be lawfull vnto the said A. his executors or assignes to defaulk so much of his rent at euery of the said paiments This Indenture c. notwithstanding Also furthermore the said Deane and Canons couenanten and graunten for them c. to do cause suffer to be done all and singuler such thing and things act acts as shall be at any time or times hereafter deuised or aduised by the counsel learned of the said A. D. his executors or assigns by what waies or meanes soeuer it be for the further assurance and full perfit suerty of all and singuler the premisses and euery part and parcell thereof if this graunt and lease be not lawfull perfit and sufficient to be had and made vnto the said A. D. his executors or assignes for all the whole terme and interest aboue specified or for any part or parcell thereof in maner and forme aforesaid vpon conuenient notice request thereof giuen made vnto the said Deane Canons or to any of their successors by the said A. his executors or assignes at the costs in the law of the said A. his executors or assignes And the said A. couenanteth graunteth to and with the said Deane c. to find house lodging meat stable hay and prouender for the horses of the said Deane Canons other comming with him or them in progresse once in the yeare by the space of two dayes and two nights the sayd Deane and Canons and their successors paying reasonably for onely meate and drinke so prouided during the terme aforesaid And further the said A. couenanteth granteth for him c. that he his executors and assignes shall at the end and terme of euery xij yeres during the said terme deliuer or cause to be deliuered vnto the said Deane c. the Court Rolles well and truely ingrossed in parchment at his their costes and charges of such courts as shall be kept in the said manors of T and C. during any of the sayd xij yeres And also at the end of euery such xij yeres he the said A. his executors or assignes shall as neere as they can deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said Deane c. in maner before rehearsed a true Terrar of all the lands tenements rents and seruices being parcell or any wise appertayning to the said manors And the said Deane Canons couenanten and graunten for them c. that they shall deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said A. c. at such times as they shal be therevnto required one or two of their most true terrars wherby the said A. his executors or assignes may the better come to knowledge of all the said lands tenements rents and seruices appertayning to the said manors And the said Deane and Canons and their successors all the said manors or Lordships and all other the premisses before letten with all and singuler their appurtenances except before excepted vnto the said A. his executors and assignes for the said yearely rent in maner and forme before declared against all people shall warrant and defend during the said terme by these presents And also where the said A. standeth bounden vnto the said Deane Canons and their successors by their deed obligatory bearing date of these presents in the summe of one hundred pounds sterling the said Deane and Canons couenanten graunten for them and their successors to and with the said A. his executors administrators or assignes that if the said A. his executors administrators or assignes do well truely obserue performe fulfill and keepe all singuler such couenants graunts promises articles and agreements comprised in this Indenture which on the one part and behalfe of the said A. his executors administrators or assignes ought to be obserued performed fulfilled kept that then the said deed obligatory to be void and of none effect or else to stand in his full strength and vertue In witnesse whereof to the one part of these Indentures with
to another and couenanteth to pay him by a certaine day vnder paine of forfeiture And so in case the day be broken the lands are as sure to the lender of money as if it were a plaine bargaine or a sale It is also very good in Wales where they vse to pledge land called Tirpride ¶ An Indenture of sale of wood THis Indenture made c. Betweene A. B. of T. in the county of D. gentleman on the one partie and E. F. of S. in the same county yeomā of the other party Witnesseth that if the said A. B. the day of making hereof hath bargained and sold and by these present Indētures doth cleerely bargaine and sell vnto the said E. all those his woods and vnderwoods nowstanding growing in vpon his grones and hedge groues called M. in the parish of N. in the countie of Essex And the said E. doth couenant and grant by this Indenture that he his executors or assignes shal leaue standing in and vpon the foresaid lands called M. competent and sufficient stathels and stores according to the custome in the same countrie heretofore vsed And also the said E. doth couenant and graunt by this Indenture that he his executors or assignes at their owne costs and charges all hedges and defences belonging to the said grones and hedge groues wel and sufficiently shall amend restore and repaire when and as often as need shall require from the day of the felling of the said woods to the end terme of iiij yeres then next ensuing for the safegard of the springs growing vpon the same And the said E. doth further couenant and grant by these presents that hee his executors or assignes shal not fell any of the same woods or vnderwoodes but in due and seasonable times of felling that is to say yerely betweene the feasts of S. Michael tharchangel and the Annunciation of our blessed Lady the virgin from the feast of Saint Michael tharchangel next comming after the date hereof to the end and terme of three yeares from thence next ensuing fully to be complet ended And the aforesaid A. B. for his part doth couenāt and graunt by this Indenture that the said E. his executors and assignes shall haue free ingresse and regresse to and from the said woodes and vnderwoods with horse cart and carriage at all times according to his pleasure for the felling hewing cutting downe and carrying away the foresaid woods and vnderwoods in manner and forme afore declared during the foresaid terme without let or interruption of any person or persons For the sale bargaine of all which woods and vnderwoods the said E. doth couenant and graunt by these presents to pay or cause to be paid to the said A. his executors or assignes xx pounds of good and lawfull money of England in maner and forme following that is to say in hand at the sealing of these Indentures x. pound of which x. l. the said A. B. knowledgeth himselfe well and truely satisfied and paid and thereof and of euery parcel of the same cleerely doth acquite and discharge the said E. his heires and executors by these presents and at the feast of the Natiuity of our Lord God next comming after the date hereof x. pounds in full paiment of the said xx pound In witnesse whereof c. ¶ Another Indenture of a bargaine of wheat THis Indenture made c. Betweene A. B. of W. in the county of R. yeoman on the one part and C. D. of Lambeth in the countie of Surrey gentleman on the other part Witnesseth that the said A B. the day of making hereof hath bargained and sold by these presents bargaineth selleth vnto the said C. D xx quarters of wheat xx quarters of rye good wheat rye cleane and marchantable with the best accoūting 8. bushels with the heap to euery quarter Al which xx quarters of wheat xx of rye the said A. B. doth couenant grant by this Indēture that he his executors or assignes at his or their owne cost and charge shal deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said C. D. to his executors or assignes franke free at the dwelling house of the said C. D. of L. aforesaid before the feast of the Natiuity of our lord God next cōming after the date hereof without any further delay fraud or cōtradiction And the said C. D. couenāteth granteth by this Indenture that he his executors or assignes shal be ready to receiue al the same xx quarters of wheat xx quarters of rye at all time times whensoeuer the foresaid A. B. or his executors or assignes shal bring the same to be deliuered in maner and form as is afore declared For the bargain sale of al which xx quarters of wheat xx quarters of rie for the deliuerie therof in maner forme aforesaid the said C. D. couenanteth granteth by these presens to pay or cause to bee paid to the said A. B. his executors or assigns for euery quarter of the said wheat viij s. sterling for euery quarter of the said rie vi s. sterling in maner and form following that is to say c. To al singuler couenants grants paiments articles agreemēts afore rehersed on either part of the said parties wel truely to be obserued kept either of the same parties binding themselues to other in the sum of xx li. sterling well truly to be paid by this Indenture In witnes whereof c. ¶ An Indenture for setting ouer a Lease THis Indenture made betweene F. G. citizen mercer of London on the one partie C. D. citizen and Haberdasher of London on the other partie Witnesseth that whereas E. M. citizen Mercer of London by his Indenture of a lease bearing date c. granted and to farme did let vnto the said F. G. all that his tenement house with shops sellers sollers warehouses appurtenances set lying and being in the parish of S. Margaret c. which is now in the tenure and occupation of the said E. C. To haue and to hold the said tenement shops sellers sollers warehouses and appurtenances to the said E. F. to his executors assignes from the feast of Saint Michael Tharchangel last past before the date of the said Indenture vnto the end terme of xxx yeres from thence next ensuing and fully to bee complete and ended Yeelding and paying therefore yerely during the said terme to the said E. F. his heires or assignes iiij l. of good and lawfull money of England at iiij termes of the yeare in the citie of London vsually by euen portions with diuers other couenants grants articles specified and comprised in the said Indentures as by the same Indentures thereof made more plainly doth appeare Whereupon now the same E. F. for the summe of xx l. to him in hand by the sayd C. D. the day of making hereof well and truely contented and paid
mortem dicti C. mihi pÌ„f. I.H. haeredibê° assignatis meis reuertere remanere discendere deberent statim immediate post mortem dictae Cicilliae integre remanerÌ„ praefat N.S. Habendum tenendum dictam reuersionem cum omnibus singulis pÌ„missis cum pertinÌ„ post mortem dict' C. hered ' assignat suis imperpetuum de capitalibê° dominis feodi illius per seruitia inde debita de iure consueta per presentes In cuius rei testimonium c. ¶ An Indenture defeasant of a former sale of Lands THis Indenture made c. betweene Sir Hugh R. of N. in the countie of S knight on the one party and R B. Citizen Mercer of London on the other party Witnesseth that where the sayd Sir H. by Indenture bearing date the xx day of Iune the xxxiij yeere of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lord king Henry the 8. c. made between the same sir Hugh on the one partie the said R. B. on the other partie for the summe of x. li. sterling to the same sir Hugh contented paied bargained and sold to the said R. all the two mesuages with the shops cellers follers wharfs and al other their appurtenances set and lying at London bridge foote in the parish of saint M. of London in one of the which two mesuages W. D. Grocer now dwelleth in the other of them R. S. now inhabiteth all other lands tenements and hereditameÌ„ts with the appurtenances which the said Sir H. or any to his vse then had within the same parish And also all the deeds euidences writings miniments concerning the same mesuages lands tenements and al other the premisses euery parcell of the same with diuers other clauses couenants and grants in the same Indentures specified contained as by the tenor thereof more plainely doth appeare Neuerthelesse the said R. for him his heires and assignes willeth and granteth by these presents to the said Sir H. and his executors that if the said Sir Hugh his heires or executors at any time within the space of 3. yeres next ensuing the dare hereof wel and truely content pay or cause to be contented and paid to the said K. lx li. sterling that then and from thencefoorth after such paiment made the said R. and his heires and all and singuler other persons now being seised or that hereafter shal be seised of the premisses or of any parcell thereof to the vse of the said R. and his heires shall stand be thereof seised to the only vse of the said sir H. and of his heires And also the said R. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents that he and his heires and all other persons seised to their vse of and in the premisses within the space of eight moneths next after such paiment made shal make or cause to be made vnto the foresaid sir H. and his heires or other at his or their denomination and their heires a good sure sufficient and lawfull estate of and in the said mesuages lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances by deed fine feoffement release confirmation or otherwise as by the counsel learned of the said sir H. shal be aduised at the only costs and charges of the said sir H. in the law discharged of all former bargaines and sales statutes of the staple statutes marchant recognisances iointers dowries and of all other charges and incumbrances whatsoeuer they be made knowledged or graÌ„ted by the said R. his heires or the said other persons And the said R. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents that he within the space of one yere next after that the said estate be made shall deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said sir H. or his heires all such euidences charters writings and muniments which he or any other to his vse to his knowledge hath then or afterward shall haue concerning the premisses and euery parcell of the same In witnesse c. ¶ An Indenture of sale of Copyhold lands THis Indenture made c. betweene M. R. widow late the wife of C. R. while he liued citizen and Tauerner of London T. R. sonne and heire apparant of the said T. on the one part and C. B. Serieant of the Law on the other part witnesseth that the said M. T. the sonne hath bargained and sold and by these presents clearely bargaineth and selleth to the said C. B. all that mesuage cellers sollers houses edifices gardens orchards and lands in Purney in the Countie of Surrey in the which the said T. the father dwelled occupied together with all easements commodities appurtenances to the same belonging apperteining whether they be freehold or copy-hold or whatsoeuer tenure they be of And the said M. and T. the sonne couenanteth graunteth for them and their heires to and with the said R. and his heires or him and other persons and their heires at the nomination of the sayd R. or his heirs to assure the said mesuage gardeÌ„ yards orchards lands tenements other the premisses before the teast of Saint Andrew next comming by surrender thereof into the Lords hands to the vse of the said R. his heires or to the vse of him and other persons by him to be named to their heires or otherwise at the expences costes and charges in the Law of the said M. and T. the sonne or of one of them their executors or assignes And also at their like expences aswell for the Lords fine as for all other things shall cause the Lord of the mannor for the time being of whom the said mesuage and all other the premisses be holden to make a sure graunt seisin possession and deliuery of and in all and singuler the same to the said R. and his heires or to him and other persons at his nomination to their heires according to the laudable vse and custome of the same manor heretofore vsed And furthermore the said M. couenanteth graunteth that if the said R. or such persons at his nomination which shall haue the said mesuage lands tenements and other the premisses without couin or collusion be lawfully euicted dispossessed or disseised out of the said mesuage lands and tenements or in any part thereof by reason of any former right or title that any person hath to the same better than the said M. or T. the sonne or if that the said R. be not made sure of the premisses before the feast of Easter next comming That then the said R. and his heires shal immediately within the space of 3 moneths next after any such euiction dispossession or disseisin haue as much lands and tenements of the foresaid M. and T. which they or either of theÌ„ haue or had in their possession reuersion or vse at the election pleasure of the said R. as shall amount be of the cleare yeerely value of the said mesuage c. or of as much part therof as the foresaid R.
shal be so lawfully euicted disseised of or that shal not be assured to the said R. before the feast of Easter aboue rehearsed To haue to hold all singuler such lands tenements appurtenances which the foresaid R. shall in case aforesaid lawfully require chuse to him to his heires or to such other persons as he shal appoint in manner effect forme in as good assurance as he should haue had by vertue of this Indēture in the foresaid mesuage c. euery part parcell of the same And also the said M. bargaineth and selleth to the said R. all manner of stuffe goods hostilments implements to them and either of them pertaining and belonging being the same mesuage garden houses c. at the day of sealing of these presents And the said M. T. the sonne doth grant that they shal discharge the said lands and tenements of all arrerages of rents of all rents except the yerely rent of xij d. And that the said R. shall take the profits from the feast of S. Michael last past forward For which sale bargaine of all singuler the premisses on the part of the said M. T. the sonns to be obserued performed done the said R. hath contented paid to the said M. T xl li. of lawfull money of England whereof they holden them fully content and pleased And therefore acquite and discharge the said R. by these presents And ouer this the said R. couenanteth granteth and him and his executors by these presēts bindeth to the said M. and T. the sonne that he shall content and pay or cause to be cōtented paid to the said M. T. or their assignes lxxx li. of good lawful English money at such time and when the said R. or other persons at his nomination shal be made sure of the said mesuage and other the premisses in forme as is aforesaid on this side the feast of Easter next comming And the said R. couenanteth and granteth that if the said M. T. cause the said estate to be made to the said R. and his heires or to him other persons at his nomination in maner afore-rehearsed on this side the feast of Easter aboue mentioned that then an Obligation of the date hereof wherein the said M. T. the sonne stand bounden to the said R. in x. li. sterling shal be void and of none effect And that then the said R. shall deliuer the foresaid Obligation to the aboue named M and T to be cancelled In witnesse of all which couenants graunts and agreements c. An Indenture for farming of a Parsonage THis Indenture made betweene S. H. clerke Parson of the Parish Church of Saint I. in the Countie of Essex on the one partie and H. M. of D. in the same Countie clerke on the other partie Witnesseth that the said S. H. the day of making hereof hath graunted demised betaken letten to farme and by this Indenture doth demise graunt betake to farme let vnto the said I. all that his Church Parsonage of S. aforesaid with the māsion place belōging to the same And also all glebe lāds tythes fruits profits oblations obuentions commodities emoluments aduantages appurtenances to the said church parsonages belonging or in any wise appertaining except alway reserued to the said Parson his assignes only the tythe kids of al the said parish To haue and to hold all the foresaid Church and parsonage mansion with all singuler glebe lands edifices tithes fruits profits oblations obuentions cōmodities emolumēts aduantages appurtenances to the said Church Parsonage and mansion place in any wise pertaining and belonging except before excepted to the said I. to his executors and assignes from the feast of saint Iohn the Baptist next comming after the date hereof vnto the end and terme of iij. yeares from thence next insuing fully to be complete ended Yelding paying therfore yerely during the said terme to the said parson or his assignes viij li. of good lawful money of England at two termes of the yere that is to say at the feast of thannunciation of our Lady and saint Michael tharchangel by equall portions And if it shall happen the said yerely rent of viij li. to be behind vnpaid in part or in all ouer or after any terme of payment thereof aforesaid in which it ought to be paid by the space of viij weekes and lawfully asked and no sufficiēt distres then can be found there That then and at all times after it shal be lawful to the said parson his assignes into the said Church and Parsonage and al other the premisses with the appurtenances wholely to reenter and the same to haue againe retaine and repossesse as in his former estate and the said I. his executors assignes therof vtterly to expell put out and amoue This Indenture or any thing therein cōtained notwithstanding And the said S. couenāteth and granteth by this Indenture that he his executors or assigns the foresaid parsonage mansion places and houses before letten wel and sufficiently shal repaire sustaine maintaine and against wind raine shal make defensible when as often as need shall require during the said terme And the same I doth couenant and grant by these presents that he or his sufficient deputie shall well and duely serue the cure of the foresaid Church shal minister al Sacraments Sacramentals to the parishioners of the same at all times when as oftē as need shal require during the foresaid terme And also the foresaid I. at his owne cost expences shal beare pay al maner of ordinary charges paiments due going out of the said parsonage al other the premisses with the appurtenāces at al times during the foresaid terme And the said S. couenanteth graunteth by these presēts to beare pay al maner of extraordinary charges payments which shal be due going out of the said parsonage by all the foresaid terme of iij. yeeres The said I. his assignes shal maintain support al maner tithes offrings rights customes appertaining belonging to the said parsonage And the said S. H. couenāteth granteth by these presents that hee at no time during the said term shal not resigne permut nor by any other waies discharge or dismisse himselfe of the said benefice and appurtenances nor of any part or parcell of the same neither shall procure cause or suffer to be done any act or other thing which may or might in any wise be hurtful or preiudiciall to the said I. his executors or assignes in hauing and inioying of the foresaid parsonage other the premisses with the appurtenances til that the foresaid terme of yeres be vtterly ended and expyred In witnesse c. ¶ An Indenture made betweene partners THis Indenture made the v. day of March in the xxxviij yere of the raigne of king Henrie
it is couenanted and agreed betweene the said parties and the said I. and her feoffees graunt by these presents that the said R. and Anne in the right of the same Anne shal haue for their part and purpart of the foresaid lands and tenements c. three dwelling tenements of the yeerely value of iiij li. In one of the which said tenements T. D. Barbour now dwelleth and inhabiteth conteining in it self lx foote assise square c. And in that her tenemēt of the iij. tenements dwelleth one M. A. widow and it conteineth c. and the third tenement is in possession of A. R. c. which sayd iij. tenements with the yards kitchins chambers c. in as ample and large manner forme as the said persons now in them dwelling haue or occupie or they or any other aforetime haue had or occupied The said Philip and Anne as in the right of the same Anne shall haue enioy to her and to her heires in ful recompence allowance of and for her part and purpart that to her belongeth or ought to belong of al the said meases lands tenements c. by and after the decease of the foresaid W. and T. either of them as one of the daughters and heirs c. And it is agreed betweene the said parties the said Ioan and her feoffees beene content and pleased to accept and take in full recompence and allowance of for the part of the said I. of all the meases lands c. and other the premisses aboue rehearsed to the vse of the said I. and of her heirs one great tenement lying by the said three tenements concerning c. with thappurtenances in as ample and large maner as T. C. gentleman now dwelling in the same or any other c. And it is furthermore fully agreed couenanted graunted betweene the said parties by these presents that at all times conuenient it shall bee lawfull to either of them to enter into others part to them allotted to do reparations and other behoofs necessarie vpon the meases lands and tenements to them seuerally allotted and in amending building or repairing or otherwise of and vpon their owne parts of the said lands tenements c. to them allotted appointed by these presents And ouer that it is agreed couenanted graunted betweene the said parties that all annuel rents and seruices due to the Lord or Lords of the fee c. shal be equally borne betweene the said A. I. their heirs assignes inhabiters of the same tenement c. that is to say either of them for their part and portion afore allotted c. In witnesse c. ¶ An Indenture of sale of plate vpon a condition and in default of non repayment to retaine it for euer THis Indenture made the 25. day of c. between W. P. of London gentleman on the one partie and T. H. of H. in the county of H. on the other party witnesseth that the said T. being possessed of a cup with a couer of siluer parcell gylt weighing xx ounces an half quartern of Troy weight Item a plaine peece of siluer parcell gylt with a starre on the bottome weighing twelue ounces three quarters of the same weight and two great goblets c. hath bargained sold and deliuered all the said plate of goldsmiths worke the day and yere aboue rehearsed within the citie of London in plaine and open market to the said W. P. for the summe of l. l. sterling whereof the said T. knowledgeth himself fully contented and paid by these presents Neuerthelesse the said W. willeth and granteth by these presents that if the said W. well and truely content and pay or cause to be contented and paid vnto the said W. his executors or assignes within the said citie of London l. l. sterling at the feast of Christmas next comming after the date of these presents without any further delay that then the said William shal deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said T. his executors or assignes so making paimēt of the foresaid fiftie pound all the said plate of Goldsmiths work and euery part parcel of the same the sale and bargaine aforesaid notwithstanding And if default be made of or in non paiment of the sayd l. l. in part or in all at the day place afore mentined that then the said T. willeth and graunteth and him and his executors bindeth by these presents for to warrant all the said plate and the sale and bargaine of the same to the said W. his executors and assignes against all persons for euermore In witnesse c. An Award VNto all true Christian people to whome this present Award shall come or it shall bee read seene or heard I. P. Grocer and I. A. poulter Citizens of London Sende greeting in our Lord God euerlasting Whereas diuers variances controuersies and debates heretofore haue bin had moued and depending betweene R. R. Citizen and Grocer of London on the one partie and I. L. Citizen and Fishmonger of London on the other partie for ceasing and pacifying whereof either of the same parties haue compromitted bounden themselues to other by Obligation in the summe of xx li. sterling with condition thereupon indorced to stand to abide the award ordinance and iudgement of vs the said I. P. and I. A. of their common assents indifferently elect and chosen So alwaies that our said award ordinance and iudgement of and vpon the premisses were made and giuen vp in writing on this side the feast of Al-Saints next comming after the date hereof as by the same ohligations thereof made bearing date the day c. more plainely it doth appeare Whereupon now we the said Arbitrators after the maner of variance by vs circumspectly knowen apperceiued and with good and due deliberation thereupon had and taken wee haue made giuen vp our award in that behalfe in manner and forme following that is to say First and principally we the said Arbitrators doe award ordaine and iudge by this our present award that either of the same parties at the insealing of this present award shall in seale and for their deede deliuer the one to the other a good iure sufficient lawful acquitance general of all all manner of actions aswell reall as personall suits quarels trespasses debts debates accounts and demaunds whatsoeuer they be betweene the said parties at any time before the date hereof haue bin had moued or depending Also wee award ordaine iudge by this our present award that the said R. shal pay or cause to be paied to the said I. L. to his executors or assignes iiij pound of good lawfull money of England in maner and forme following that is to say at the insealing of this our award xx s. sterling and in the feast of Easter next comming after the date hereof lx li. in full contentation payment of the said iiij li. and that vpon the
sterling of ready money so the said I. S. immediately pay or cause to be paid to the aboue named T. his heires or assignes c. as much good and lawfull money or other ware as shall amount to the summe of all that shal be lacking of the said xx li. in the goods plate and iewels afore rehearsed That then this present Obligation be of no value c. ¶ A Condition in a ioincture to giue estate in certain lands to the wife where there is none other Indenture made betweene parties THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden W. R. c. or his heires at their owne proper costes and charges before the feast of Easter next after the date within written make or cause to be made vnto A. C. c. a good sure sufficient and lawfull estate in the Law of and in all and singuler those landes tenements c. with the appurtenances in the Citie of London of the yerely value of xl li. sterling ouer and aboue al charges and reprises to haue and to hold al the said landes tenements with the appurtenances vnto the said A. C. c. for terme of life of M.G. to the vse of the same M G. and to her assignes for terme of her life the which M. by the grace of God shall mary take to husband the said W. R. and also if the said W. R after the said estate of and in the lands and tenements afore rehearsed do suffer and cause to be done all euery thing things as shall bee aduised by the learned counsell of the said A. B. C. D. c. their heires executors to make the foresaid state sure to the aboue named A. B. to the vse of the same M. for terme of her life be it by recouery fines feoffements release confirmation and deeds introlled with warrantie or without warrantie or any of them That then c. ¶ A condition to performe a paire of Indentures THe condition c. that if the within bounden I. W. well and truely obserue fulfill and keep all and singuler grants promises and agreements on the part of the said I. W. E. his wife to bee obserued kept contained declared and specified in a payre of Indentures bearing date the x. day c. betweene the said I.W. of the one party and the within named R. S. on thother partie thereof made sealed and deliuered That then c. ¶ A Condition to saue a man harmelesse being suertie for another in a simple Obligation THe condition of this obligation c. that if the within bounden I C. from henceforth do saue and keepe harmlesse from all indictments losses actions troubles vexations the within named W.I. his heirs and executors against T.L.R.F. c. euery of them their heires c. of and from a certaine writing obligatory of the summe of xl l. wherein the said W.I. standeth bound as suertie for the said I.C. together with M N. of D. draper ioyntly and seuerally as by the same obligation plainlier appeareth that then this present obligation c. ¶ A condition of the peace for the good abearing THe condition c. if the within bounden S. T. personally appeare in the custodie of the Baily within writtē or of his deputie before the Iustices of our Soueraigne Lord the King c. the mōday next after the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist c. at the towne c. to find there before the sayd Iustices good sufficient suerties of the peace to behaue and beare himselfe well and peaceably against our Soueraigne Lord his liege people and especially against A. B. in the meane time keepe the peace of our Soueraigne Lord. And so from henceforth saue keepe harmlesse the within named Baily c. for and concerning the premisses or any part of them that then c. ¶ A condition to be true prisoner THe condition c. that if I. H. marchant of S. Lukas which now is in the kings prison vnder keeping of the shirife within written as well by reason of a writ of our Soueraigne Lord the king of the statute of the staple containing the summe of C. l. sterling as also for certaine other actions causes and suits on the behalf of R. S. c. moued commenced be from henceforth true and faithfull prisoner tarrying remaining with the said shirife his deputies till the same I. H. be fully at an end discharged and acquited of the said actions and then content pay to the said shirife c. all and singuler costs charges fees other dueties in such cases heretofore accustomed to bee paid That then c. ¶ A condition for the fealing of acquitance or release of lands c. THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden A. B. do cause I. M. Serieant at the Law and G. his wife before the feast of Easter next comming at the costes charges in the Law of the said A. by their sufficient deed in the Law to release remit and quite claime to the within named C. D. c. and their heires all their right title power interest which the said I. M. and E. his wife or eyther of them haue had or may haue of and in all such landes tenements c. That then c. ¶ The manner of making of acquitances in Latine and English ¶ An acquitance of a parcell of a summe NOuerint vniuersi per presents me A. B. c. recepisse habuisse die confectionis presentium de W. I. c. xx s. sterlingorum pro festo omnium Sanctorum anno domini c. in partem solutionis xx li. sterlingorum in quibus idem W. per scriptum suum obligatorium cum conditione in dorso eiusdem conscripta super eodem confecta mihi praefato A. tenetur obligatur De quibus quidem xx solid ' in partem solutionis maioris summae in eadem conditione specificatae fateor me bene fideliter esse solutū dictumque W. haeredes executores suos inde esse quietum per praesentes In cuius rei testimonium figillum meum praesentibus apposui Datum c. ¶ The forme of the same in English BE it knowen vnto al mē by these presents that I F. B. c. haue receiued and had the day of making of these presents of N. I. c. xx s. sterling afore the feast of Al-Saints last before the date within writtē in part of paimēt of xx li. sterling in which the said N. by his writing obligatorie with a condition in the backe thereof standeth holden and bounden to mee the said F. B for the payment of the same Of which xx s. in part of payment of the more summe in the said condition mentioned I confesse my selfe wel and truely contented and paied and the said N. his heires executors cleerely acquited and discharged thereof for euer In witnesse
payment COnditio c. quod si infranominatus I. T. heredes vel executores sui soluant aut solui faciaÌ„t infranominato W. vel executoribus suis centum libras in forma subscripta videlicet ad festum Paschae infrascriptum quinque libras ad festum Sancti L. Bap. extunc proximo sequent quinque libras ad festum sancti Michaelis archangeli extunc proximo sequenÌ„ quinque librÌ„ ad festum Natalis domini extunc proximo sequent ' quinque libras Et post predictum primum annum sic completum de anno in annum vnum post alium continue sequent ' quolibet anno viginti libras videlicet ad quamlibet festorum predictorum quinque libras quousque predicte centum libre plenarie persoluantur quod tunc presens obligatio sit nullius valoris et si defectus fiat in aliqua solutione predict ' in parte vel in toto contra formam predictam quod tunc presens obligatio stet in suo robore effectu ¶ An other condition for the same COnditio c. quod si interius obligat ' I. R. soluant aut solui faciant aut eorum alter soluat seu solui faciat infranominat ' W. vel executoribus suis sex libras sterlingorum forma sequenti videlicet in festo Natalis domini infrascript ' in festo Annunciationis beatae Mariae virginis tunc ê“ximo sequeÌ„t in festo Natiuit in festo sancti M. archangeli tunc proximo sequent sic deinceps a festo in festuÌ„ quarterio in quarterium anno in annum vno post alium extunc proxime immediate sequenÌ„ videlicet quolibet huiusmodi festo festorum predictorum tres solidos quatuor denarios quousque predicte sex libre integre plenarie persoluantur quod tunc presens obligatio cassetur pro nullo habeatur Et si defectus fiat de aut in aliqua solutione solutionum predictarÌ„ in parte vel in toto contra formam predictam quod extunc presens obligatio in omni suo robore stet effectu ¶ A condition to deliuer a last of Salmon THe condition of this Obligation is such that where the within bounden W. the day of the date within written hath bargained and sold to the within named H. one last of Salmon accounting xij barrels for a last good salt red sweete merchantable to be truely packed in barrels of assise of the great bond for the which last of Salmon the said W. knowledgeth himselfe truly to be satisfied contented and payd if the said W. his executors or assignes well and truely without any delay deliuer or cause to bee deliuered to the said H. or to his assignes by the feast of Saint P. within written the sayd last of Salmon good salt red sweete and marchantable franke and free at L. That then c. ¶ A Condition that the obligor shall not sell his lands to no other person but to the obligee THe Condition c. that if the within bounden I. L. at any time hereafter be willing minded to bargaine alien sell or put away his great mesuage with the appurtenances in L. called the Bell in N then if the said I. bargaine and sell vnto the within named W. or his heires the sayd mesuage with the appurtenaÌ„ces before any other person or persons he paying for the same asmuch as any other will doe without couin fraud or deceipt That then c. ¶ A Condition to saue a man harmelesse of an Obligation that he is bound with him to another THe Condition c. that if the within bounden I. his heires executors discharge saue and keepe harmeles the within named W. his heires and executors against one T. S. and his executours of and for the summe of twentie pounds sterling for the which the sayd Iohn and W. at the instance and request of the sayd I. for him by their writing obligatory bearing date the iiij day of N. in the xxvj yere of c. iointly seuerally standeth bound to the sayd T. That then c. ¶ A condition to keepe the peace vntill a certaine day and then to appeare before the Kings Counsell THe condition c. That if the within bounden I. obserue keepe the peace agaynst the King our soueraigne Lord and all his liege people betweene this and the xv of Easter next comming and then do personally appeare before the King and his most honorable Counsell in the Starre chamber at Westminster and so from day to day and not to depart without licence That then c. ¶ A condition to discharge and saue harmeles of an obligation bands writings and promises THe condition c. That if the within bounden I. acquite discharge and saue harmelesse the within named W. his heyres and executors at all times hereafter agaynst all maner of persons as well of and for all such summes of money oblygations bandes writinges and promises in and by the which the sayd W. standeth charged and bound for such stocke and goodes as before thys time haue bin partible betweene the sayd I. and M. as of for all maner of expences of houshold and of the rents farmes of the waxehouse shop and house which they both of late held and occupyed together set lying and being in C. within the City of L. That then c. A condition to keepe the peace COnditio istius obligationis talis est quod si interius obligat ' R. de cetero bene honestè se habeat paceÌ„ dnÌ„i Regis gerat erga infranominatos I. S. W. R. eorum vtrunque omnes familiares seruientes suos ê“ut ordo charitatis honestatis id requiret ac erga ipsos I W seu eorum alteruÌ„ non transgressus fuerit in verbo nec opere qd ' in ipsoruÌ„ I. W. damnuÌ„ seu lesioneÌ„ nominis sui siue bonae famae aliqualiter conuert ' poterit ac etiam si dicti I. W. siue eorum alter per pÌ„dictum R. aut per aliquem alium seu aliquos alios eius causa quaerelam facere amore odio instigatione seu ê“curatione de caetero non prosequant ' nec implacitantur pro aliqua causa qÌ„rela seu materia quacunque inter dictos I. W. et pÌ„fat ' R. aperte dat' infrascriptum habit ' mot ' seu exort ' quod tunc praesens obligatio nulla habeatur Et si praedict ' R. contra praemissa seu eorum aliquid in futurum fecerit seu ê“curauerit quod tunc praesens obligatio in omni suo robore stet in effectu c. ¶ A condition of Arbiterment and if the arbitrators cannot agree to stand to the iudgement of an Vmpier COnditio c. quod si infra obligatus I. Archer steterit et obedierit arbitrio ordinationi et iudicio E.C.W.K.I.T. H.P. arbitratorum tam ex ê‘te infrascript ' Agnetis quam ex parte dicti IohiÌ„s Archer indifferenter
and agreed betweene the said parties by this Indenture in maner and forme following that is to wit The said Agnes I. by the vertue and authoritie of execution of the Testament and last Will of the said William I. her late husband hath bargained graunted and sold and by these presents cleerely bargaineth graunteth and selleth to the foresaid William H. all that right interest estate and terme of yeares which be yet due and for to come of and in the said tenement sometime two tenements by vertue of the foresaid Indentures or either of them And also the said Agnes the day of making of these presents hath deliuered into the hands and custodie of the said William H. for a stocke in ware ready money the summe of fortie pounds sterling To haue and to hold occupie and enioy the said tenement with the appurtenances and stocke of fortie pound and all the interests estates and termes of yeares that be yet due and for to come to of and in the said tenement to the said W. H. his executors and assignes from the day of the date of these presents vnto the feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist which shall bee in the yeare of our Lord. M. fiue hundred fortie fiue that is to say to the full end and accomplishment of as many yeares of the said terme as be yet to come mentioned in the said former and first Indenture of lease And for and in confideration of the bargaine graunt and sale aforesaid and for the vsage of the said stocke The said William H. couanteth and graunteth to and with the said Agnes by these presents that hee the same William his executors and assignes shall yearely during the said yeares yet to come well and truely content and pay and cause to bee contented and paid to the said Agnes her executors or assignes twentie Markes starling at foure termes of the yere that is to wit at the feast of Saint Michael the Archangell the Natiuitie of our Lord God the Annunciation of our Lady and the Natiuitie of S. Iohn the Bap. or within the moneth next insuing euery of the said feasts by euen portions Also the said W.H. couenanteth and granteth to and with the said Agnes by these presents that he his executors and assignes shall at the said feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn the Baptist which shall bee in the yere of our Lord God one thousand fiue hundred fortie sixe wel truely repay or cause to be repayed to the said Agnes her executors or assignes the said whole stocke of xl pounds sterling And the said W. H. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents to and with the said Agnes that he the same W. his executors or assignes shall beare and pay the said yearely rent of sixe pound and also performe and keepe all and euery articles couenants and charges which the said Iohn H. by the foresaid former Indenture or lease standeth bounden to performe and keepe And if it fortune any of the said yerely payments of twenty Markes to be behind vnpaid in part or in all ouer and after any terme of payment thereof abouesaid that it ought to be paid by the space of one Moneth if it be lawfully asked that then it shall bee lawfull to the said Agnes her executors or assignes in and vpon the said tenement and stocke wholy to reenter And the same as in her former estate to haue againe retaine and repossesse and the said W.H. his executors and assignes thereof and therefrom vtterly to expell amoue and put out This Indenture or any thing in the same contayned to the contrarie notwithstanding Furthermore it is couenanted and agreed betweene the said parties by these presents that the said Agnes at al times at her comming to London in her widowhood shall haue her lodging and libertie of the Chamber with the chimney ouer the hall of the said tenement with free entry and issue into and from the same without any let or contradiction of the said W.H. his executors or assignes during the foresaid yeares yet to come Moreouer the said Agnes couenanteth and graunteth to and with the said Willam H. by these presents that the same William his executors and assignes for and vnder the couenants graunts charges and payments abouesaid and in manner and forme aboue expressed shall peaceably and quietly haue hold occupie and inioy the said tenement and other the premisses without any maner interruption let or expulsion of the said Agnes her executors or assignes or of any other person or persons In witnesse whereof the said parties to these Indentures interchangeably haue set to their seales Giuen the twenty day of May c. ¶ A Supplication for a forfait to the King our Soueraigne Lord. MEekly sheweth vnto your Highnesse your humble seruants H. K and P. C. pages of your most honorable Chamber That whereas I. S. of N. in the Countie of N. yeoman and R. C. of the same Towne and Countie yeoman came before the Iustices of your peace within your said Countie and vndertooke by Recognusance before them that one W.M. of N. in the same Countie yeoman should not onely personally appeare before N. N. Knight and his fellowes Iustices of Peace of your said Countie at a generall Session then next to bee holden at Winchester within your said Countie the Thursday next after the feast of the Epiphanie of our Lord the xxxviij yere of your most noble Raigne but also that he should in the meane season keepe the peace against all your liege people and namely against I. B. widow either of them in the sum of ten pounds and the same W. M. vndertooke in likewise for him in the summe of twentie Markes like as in the said Recognisance more plainely appeareth at which day the said W. M. made default and appeared not by reason whereof the said I. C. and R. W. haue lost and forfaited vnto your highnesse either of them the summe of ten pound and the said W. M. twentie Markes Wherefore may it please your highnesse in consideration of the true and faithfull seruice which your said seruants daily do vnto your highnesse and during their liues intend to doe to giue and graunt vnto them all the sayd forfaiture forfaited as is abouesaid and thereupon to haue such and as many of your writings for the leuying of the same as in that case is accustomed And they shall euer pray to God for the preseruation of your most noble grace ¶ A priuie seale to the Treasorer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer for the same HEnry the eight c. To the Treasorer and Chamberlaine of our Exchequer greeting Whereas one I. S. of S. in the Countie of S. yeoman R. W. of the said towne countie vndertooke before our Iustices of the peace of the same County that W. Moore of R. in the Countie aforesaid yeoman should not onely personally appeare before R.L. knight other his fellowes Iustices of our peace in our said Countie at
whereof the said E. knowledgeth c. Hath bargained sold and set ouer and by this Indenture doth bargaine and cleerely sel vnto the said C. D. all his estate right title vse interest and terme of yeres which hee hath yet to come in the premisses by the vertue of the Indenture and lease afore mentioned To haue and to hold the said tenement with shops sellers sollers warehouses and appurtenances to the said C. D. his executors and assignes from the feast of saint Michael next comming after the date hereof vnto the end and terme of all the yeres yet to come specified and comprised in the former Indenture of a lease The same C. D. his executors or assigns yeelding paying dooing and performing all and euery thing and things which the said E. by vertue of the former Indenture is bound or standeth charged for to do and hereof cleerely to acquite and discharge the said E. F. and his executors by these presents And the sayd E. F. couenanteth and granteth by these presents that he at no time before the date hereof hath done nor at any time hereafter shal do or cause or suffer to be done any act or thing which should or may be preiudiciall or hurtfull vnto the sayd C. D. his executors and assignes in hauing and inioying all the said tenement c. or any part or parcell of the same in maner and forme as is afore rehearsed In witnesse whereof c. ¶ An Indenture for the sale of a Reuersion THis Indenture made the first day of October in the xxiij yere of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord king Henry the eight c. betweene B. M. of Wakefield in the county of Y. of the one part and R. E. Citizen and Surgeon of London on the other part witnesseth that the said R. the day of making hereof hath bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargaine and sell vnto the said B. to his heires for euer all the reuersion when it shall happen to come and fall incontinently by and after the death of I. G. graundmother to the said R. of and in all those lands tenements meadowes leasues woods pastures reÌ„ts reuersions seruices with all and singuler the commodities appurtenances belonging to the same set lying and being in the towne and fields of A. in the couÌ„tie aforesaid now in the holding of Th. Fletcher and all his right claime title vse possession and interest of and in the same And also the said R. by this Indenture bargaineth and selleth vnto the said B. his heires and assignes for euer al and singular deeds charters euideÌ„ces escripts scrowls miniments and writings concerning the foresaid lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances or any part thereof and the same and euery one of them the said R. couenanteth graunteth to deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said B. his heirs or assignes at al times hereafter as hee may theÌ„ get or lawfully come by To haue to hold the said lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances and the right title vse and reuersion of the same to the said B. his heires and assignes to their owne vse for euer incontinent after the decease of the said Ioan G. And the said R. couenanteth and graunteth by this Indenture that he or his heirs within a moneth next after the decease of the foresaid Ioane shall make or cause to be made to the said Brian and his heires and to such other persons as hee or they shall name and assigne to the vse of the said B. his heires and assignes for euer a good sure sufficient and lawfull estate in the Law in fee simple of in the said lands tenements and al other the premisses with the appurtenances be it by deed fine feoffement recouerie release with warranty or otherwise as by the learned councell of the sayd B. or his heires shall be aduised The same to be then clearely discharged of all former bargaines former sales titles iointures dowries statutes marchant statutes of the staple of Westminster intrusions fines forfaitures vses willes iudgements executions condemnations and all other maner of charges and encumbrances whatsoeuer they be The rentes and seruices from thenceforth due to the chiefe Lords of the fees of the same and the right and title of the said Ioane during her naturall life of and in the premisses all onely except and reserued And further the said R couenanteth and graunteth by this Indenture that he and his heires and all other persons hauing or pretending to haue any estate right title vse claime or interest of or in the foresaid landes tenements and other the premisses with thappurtenances of or in any part or parcel of the same at all times from the decease of the foresaid Ioan forward shall doe cause and suffer to be done all and euery thing and things which by the learned counsell of the said B. or his heires shall be deuised for the further assurance sure making of all the foresaid lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances to the said B. his heirs assignes to their owne vse for euer For the sale bargaine of all which c. setting in the payments as in other examples here afore ¶ An other sale of a Reuersion in the maner of a deed in Latine OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesentes litere peruenerint I.H. senior de L. in comitatu Midd ' yeoman salutem in dnÌ„o sempiternam Cum C.M. vidua quae fuit vxor I.M. de H. in comitatu A. Husbandman iuxta voluntatem eiusdem I. M. habeat teneat ad terminum vitae eiusdem C. ex dimissione traditione chartae indentatae confirmatione mei dicti I.H. ac I.B. nuper de B. pÌ„dicta iam defunct ' omnes illas terras tenemeÌ„ta redditus seruitia cum pratis pascuis pasturis vijs semitis sepibus fossatis boscis subboscis oiÌ„bus suis pertineÌ„tijs quae ego dictê° I.H. pÌ„dict ' I.B. quondam coniunctim habuimê° nobis haeredibus assignatis nostris imperpetuum ex dono feoffamento dicti I.M. in villa campis de L. in comitatu pÌ„dicto reuersione omnium pÌ„dictarum terrarum tenementoruÌ„ reddituum seruic ' cum pratis pascuis vijs semitis sepibus fossatis boscis subboscis omnibê° suis pertinenÌ„ post mortem dicti C. mihi pÌ„fato H. haeredibus assignatis meis de iure spectant Noueritis me praefatum C.H. dimisisse tradidisse liberasse hoc praesenti scripto meo confirmasse N. S. de L. praedict ' dictam Reuersionem omniuÌ„ pÌ„dictarum terraruÌ„ tenemeÌ„toruÌ„ reddituum seruic ' cum pratis pascuis pasturis vijs semitis sepibus fossatis boscis subboscis omnibus suis pertinentijs statim cum acciderit post mortem dicti C. Ita quod omnia pÌ„dicta terras tenementa redditus seruitia cum pratis c. omnibus suis ê‘tinentijs quae post
c. ¶ Acquitance of Annuitie NOuerint c. me I.K. c. recepisse c de H.R. per manus I. D. firmarij manerij R x. li. in partem solutionis cuiusdam annuitatis xx li. mihi ad terminum vitae meae per dictum H. concessae percipiend ' annuat ad terminos duos viz. ad festa N. N. aequis portionibus de quibus x. li. fateor me contentum solutum ipsum inde hered ' executores suos imperpetuum esse quietum per praesentes c. In cuius rei testimonium c. ¶ Acquitance for the Tenthes and Subsidies paid to the Collector PRaesens scriptum testatur quod ego Magister Henricus Hoskins decimarum subsidiorum domini nostri Regis super omnes personas Ecclesiasticas in per totam Dioces M percipiend ' Collector receptor generalis sufficienti authoritate Episcopali fulcitus legitimè constitutus recepi de Magistro G. W. rectore de Bridel ê“ decimis subsidijs eiusdem Ecclesiae suae dicto illustrissimo nostro Regi pro annÌ„ dnÌ„i millesimo quingentesimo c. ad festuÌ„ Natalis domini vltimo praeterit debitis xviij li xvj s' ij d' de quibus quidem pecunijs fateor me ad vsum dicti domini Regis solutum ipsum Ecclesiam suam pÌ„dictam penitus liberam quietam per pÌ„sentes manu mea subscript c. anno regni regis H c. ¶ A generall quitance NOuerint vniuÌ„li c. me T. H. remisisse relaxasse omnino pro me heredibê° executoribus meis imperpetuuÌ„ quietum clamasse R.M. de N. omnes omnimodas actiones tam reales quam personales sectas quaerelas debita executiones transgressiones demanda quas vel quae vnquam habui habeo seu in futuruÌ„ quouismodo habere potero versus praed ' R. ratione aut causa quacunque ab origine mundi vsque in diem confectionis presentium In cuius rei c. ¶ The forme of the same in English BE it knowen to all men by these presents that I T. H. haue remised released and for mee mine heirs executors perpetually quite claimed to R. M. of N. al maner of actions aswel real as persoeal suits quarels debts executions trespasses demaÌ„ds which I the said T. mine heirs executors haue had or might or ought to haue against the same R. by any maner of cause or colour from the beginning of the world til the day of the date of these presents In witnesse whereof c. ¶ A quitance made by a Vicar or Parson to the proctors of his vicarage or parsonage NOuerint vniuersi c. me A. B. vicarium Ecclesiae parochialis de S. recepisse audiuisse die confectionis praesentium compotum finalem totalem W. P. procuratoris vicariae meae praedict ' de omnibus receptis exitibus solutionibus liberationibus praedict ' vicariae meae spectant de toto tempore quo dictus W. fuit Procurator mens ibidem Ita quod computatis computandis allocatis allocandis ipsum W. executores suos de quocunque vlteriori compoto ratione praemissorum mihi reddendo vsque in diem dat praesentium acquieto libero exonero per praesentes Sigillo meo sigillat c. ¶ The forme of the same in English BE it knowen vnto al meÌ„ by these presents that I A. B. Vicar of the parish church of S. in the countie of H. haue receiued heard the day of making of these presents the whole full and final accompt of W. P. my proctor of the said Vicarage of and for all and all manner of receipts issues paiments deliueries vnto my said Vicarage in any wise pertaining for al the time and space that the foresaid W. P. hath bin my proctor there So that all things accompted that ought to be compted al things allowed that ought to be allowed I do release acquite discharge the foresaid W. P. his heirs executors of all maner of further reckonings concerning the premisses or any parcell of the same from the beginning of the world till the day of the date hereof c. In witnesse c. ¶ Letters of Manumission for a bondman in Latine and English VNiuersis singulis Christi fidelibus praesentes literas inspecturis T. R. Miles dominê° S. M. Comitissa R. vxor eius salutem in domino sempiternam Cum I. B. alias dictus I. B. natiuus noster filius R. B. alias dicti R. B. natiui nostri spectantis siue appendentis manerio nostro de P. in comitatu C. in villenagio procreatus fuerit est ac pro tali vt talis communiter dictus tentus habitus reputatus palam publice priuate Noueritis nos T. R. c. certis de causis veris legitimis nos animos nostros in ea parte mouentibus pro nobis haeredibus nostris imperpetuum manumisisse liberasse ab omni iugo seruitutis villenagij exonerasse prout per praesentes nostras literas patentes manumittimus liberamus exoneramus praedictum I. B. cum tota sequela sua procreata procreanda cum bonis catallis terris tenementis suis perquisitis siue imposterum perquirendis quibuscunque Sciatis etiam nos praefatos T. M c. remisisse relaxasse ac omnino pro nobis haeredibus executoribus nostris imperpetuum quiet clamasse sicut ê‘ pÌ„sentes nostras literas relaxamus remittimus quiet ' clamamê° eidem I. B. alias dicto I. B. et heredibus suis toti sequelae suae omnes omnimodas actiones reales personales sectas querelas seruitia calumnia transgressa debita demanda quecunque quae versus eundeÌ„ I. B. alias dict' I. B. vel aliquos heredum seu sequelaruÌ„ suarum aut eorum aliquaÌ„ habemus habuimus seu quouismodo habere poterimus aut heredes nostri habere poterint in futuruÌ„ ratione seruitutis villenagij pÌ„dicti vel aliqua quacunque de causa ab origine mundi in diem confectionis praesentium Ita videlicet quod nec nos praed ' T. dominus S. M. Comitissa R. nec alter nostum nec heredes nostri nec aliquis alius ê‘ nos pro nobis seu nomine nostro aut alterius nostruÌ„ aliquam actionem ius titulum clameum interesse seu demanda villenagij vel seruitutis per breue domini Regis seu aliquo modo quocunque versus dictum I. B aliter dictuÌ„ I. B. aut sequelam suam procreat seu procreandam bona aut catalla terras aut tenemeÌ„ta sua perquisita vel imposterum perquirend ' de caetero exigere clamare seu vendicare poterimus poterit aut vnquam poterint in futurum sed totalitersimus imperpetuum exinde penitus auersi exclusi per presentes Et nos vero predicti T. S. M. heredes nostri praef I B. alias dict
that the said Ordinarie shall institute and induct the said Sir Iohn Parson of the said parish Church and Parsonage Whereupon it is couenanted concluded and fully agreed betweene the said parties either of them couenanteth and graunteth to and with the other of them by this Indenture in manner and forme following that is to wit the said Sir Iohn for him and his executors conenanteth and graunteth to and with the said sir Simond by these presents that the same sir Iohn at such time as hee shall be lawfully instituted and inducted Parson of the said parish Church and Parsonage shall make or cause to be made to the said sir Simond such a good sure sufficient and a lawfull bond as shall be reasonably aduised or deuised by the said sir Simond or his learned counsel for the assurance suertie and sure payment of an annuable pension of vij pounds of good lawfull money of England to be paid to the said sir Simon or his assignes vpon the Font stone in the body of the Cathedrall Church of S. Paul in London at two termes of the yeare that is to wit on the day of All Saints betweene the houres of nine eleuen of the clocke before noone of the same day three pounds ten shillings and on the day of Pentecost betweene nine and eleuen of the clocke beforenoone of the same day three pounds and ten shillings and so from yeare to yeare one after an other then next and immediatly following during the naturall life of the said sir Simond the first terme of payment thereof to begin on the day of All Saints now next comming And also that the said sir Iohn and his executors at all and euery time and times hereafter shall cleerely acquite and discharge and saue harmelesse the sayd sir Simond and his executors and euery of them aswell against the King our Soueraigne Lord as against all and euery other person or persons of and for all maner of dismes subsidies taxes and tallages and all other charges whatsoeuer they bee beeing due to be paid and borne out for the said benefice And moreouer the sayd Sir Iohn couenanteth and graunteth to and with the sayd sir Simond by these presents that the same Sir Iohn within xiiij dayes next and immediatly after that hee shall bee so instituted and inducted shall by his deed sufficient in the law clearely remit and release vnto the said sir Simond all and all maner actions suits quarrels debts debates accompts trespasses iniuries demaunds whatsoeuer they be which against the said sir Simond and his executors euer hee hath had or hereafter shall now haue aswell by reason of dilapidations of the said Church Parsonage as by any other reason or cause from the beginning of the world vnto the day of the date of the said Letters of acquitance And furthermore the sayd sir Iohn for him and his executors couenanteth and granteth to and with the said Sir Simond by these presents that he the same Sir Iohn or his assignes before the feast of all Saints now next comming shall deliuer or cause to bee deliuered to the sayd Sir Simond or his assignes a good sure sufficient and a lawfull decree vnder the seale of the said Ordinarie whereby or wherewith the sayd Parish Church shall stand and bee sufficiently charged and bound for the assurance and sure paiment of the said yearely pension of vij l. to be paid to the said Sir S. or his assignes during the life naturall of the sayd sir S. after the forme abouesaid And also the said sir Iohn couenanteth and graunteth by these presents that in case one Th. H. Esq one of the Patrons of the said benefite his heires or assignes doe not feale the presentation whereby the said sir Iohn should bee presented Patron of the said Parish Church parsonage that then the said Sir Simond shall bee restored againe to his said benefice without any let gainsaying or interruption of the said sir Iohn or any other person or persons by or for him the foresaid resignation or any other couenant aboue specified to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And the said sir Simond for him his executors will and graunteth by these presents that if the said sir Iohn well and truely performe obserue and keepe all and euery the couenants graunts promises and paiments abouesaid which on his part are to be performed obserued fulfilled and kept in manner and forme aboue rehearsed That then an obligation of the date of these presents wherein the said sir Iohn and one William Browne of the parish of saint Dominicke in the said County of Cornwall yeoman be iointly holden bounden to the said sir Simond in CC. Markes sterling shall be voide and had for nought or else it shall stand in full strength and vertue In witnesse whereof the said parties to these Indentures interchangeably haue set to their seales Giuen the day and yeare aboue writen ¶ An Indenture where the executor of the second leasee graunteth ouer his estate with a stocke THis Indenture made betweene Agnes Iohnson of London widdow late the wife and executrix of the Testament and last will of William I. while he liued Citizen Haberdasher of London on the one partie and William H. Citizen and Haberdasher of London on the other partie Witnesseth that where W. Kellot c. by his Indenture dated c. demised graunted and let to ferme to I. Harison citizen while he liued Mercer of London which wise and execurrix one W. T. citizen and Mercer of London hath maried all that his tenement with shops sellers sollers and other the appurtenances set and being in B. in the parish of saint Martins next to Ludgate of London late being two tenements and the which the said Iohn H. sometime held and occupied To haue and to hold to the said I. his executors and assignes from the feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn the Baptist last before the date of the said Indenture vnto the end and terme of twentie yeares then next ensuing and fully to be complet and fulfilled Yeelding and paying therefore yearely to the said W. his heires assignes sixe poundes sterling at foure termes in the yeare in the Citie of London vsually by euen porcions together with diuers other couenants articles and clauses in the said Indenture expressed as by the same Indenture at large may appeare And where also the said William T. by his Indenture dated the x. day of Ianuary in the xxiij yeare of the Raigne of our soueraigne Lord king Henry the eight bargained graunted and sold to the said W.I. his executors and assignes all his estate interest and terme of yeares that then were due and for to come to of and in the premisses by force whereof the said William I. entred into the said tenements and other the premisses and was thereof possessed accordingly for the terme aforesaid and so dyed thereof possessed It is now bargained couenanted condiscended
the generall Session of the peace holden at Winchester the thursday after the feast of the Epiphanie of our Lord God in the eight and twenty yere of our raigne but also that hee should in the meane season keepe the peace against all our Itege people and namely against M.C. widow either of them in the summe of x. pound At which day the said W. Moore made default and appeared not by reason whereof the said William R. and R. W. haue lost and forfaited vnto vs either of theÌ„ the summe of tenne pound and the said W. M. hath also lost for himselfe the said sum of twentie Markes We let you wit that in consideration of the good seruice done vnto vs by our welbeloued seruants H. K and P. C. Pages of our Chamber we haue giuen granted vnto them the said forfaitures amounting to the summe of xxxiii li. vi s. viij d. by way of reward Wherefore we will and commaund you that at the receipt of our said Exchequer ye leuie or doe to be leuied one taile or tailes by due and sufficient forme vpon the said persons for the said summe of xxxiij pound vi s. viij d. as vnto vs is forfaited in manner and forme aboue rehearsed and the said taile or tailes so leuied yee deliuer vnto our said seruants to be taken of our reward without any prest or other charge to be set vpon them for the same And these our letters shall bee your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalfe Giuen vnder our priuie Seale at our Mannor of Richmond the xx day of March the xxxvij yeare of our raigne ¶ An other priuie seale for a like matter HEnry c. To the Treasorer and Chamberlain of our Exchequer greeting Whereas one I. S. of G. in our county of c. hath forf vnto vs the summe c. forasmuch as he had not T. G. of L. in the said Countie Esquire before O. P. and other his fellow Iustices of our peace at our Citie of Excester the Tewsday next after the feast of S. Swithine in the tenth yeare of our raigne as he by Recognisance vndertooke And where also I. V. of G. in the same County yeoman hath forfeyted vnto vs the summe of c. forasmuch as he appeared not before O. Pollard and other Iustices of our peace in our said countie of D. at Excester the Tewsday next after the feast of Saint S. in the x. yere of our raigne as hee by Recognisance before our sayd Iustices personally vndertooke And where also T. R. of I. in our sayd countie of Deuon yeoman one of the pledges of the said I. V. hath forfeited vnto vs the summe of c. forasmuch as he had not the said I. before our sayd Iustices at Excester the Tewsday next after the said feast of S Swithin in the x. yeare of our raigne as he by Recognisance vndertooke Wee let you wit that of our especiall grace in consideration of the true faithfull seruice which our welbeloued seruants H. K. and P. C. pages of our Chamber heretofore haue done vnto vs and during their liues intend to doe wee haue giuen and granted vnto them by way of our reward all the said forfeitures and euery of them amounting to the summe of c. by them the sayd I. S. I. V. and T. R. in maner and forme aforesaid which are forfeited and lost Wherefore wee will and commaund you our said Treasorour and Chamberlaine that yee at the receipt of our Exchequer do leuy or cause to be leuied one tayle or tayles vpon the said I. S. I. W. and T. R. of the said seuerall summes to vs forfeited as is abouesaid for our said seruants And the same taile or tailes so in due and sufficient forme leuied ye deliuer or doe to be deliuered to our said seruants to be taken of our gift by way of our reward without prest or any other charge to be set vpoÌ„ them for the same And these our letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalfe Giuen vnder our priuie seale c. ¶ A priuie Seale to the Treasorer and Chamberlaine of the Exchequer for the leuying of a taile for a forfeit HEnry c. to the Treasorer and Chamberlayne c. â—reeting Whereas one Giles L. and W. C. yeomen heretofore attached for suspicious of felony and committed to the ward and keeping of Sir Robert D. knight Sherife of our County of L. within our Castle for lacke of sure and safe keeping of the said sir Rob. the first day of Aprill in the thirtie and three yeare of our raigne negligently did escape out of our said Castle and tooke the priuiledge of Sanctuarie within the minster of L. by reason whereof the said sir Robert hath forfeited vnto vs for either of the said two prisoners C.s. amounting in the whole to x. pounds sterling We let you to wit that in consideration of the true and faithfull seruice which our welbeloued seruants N. Maior our Sadler N. Pirot heretofore haue done vnto vs and during their liues intend to do we haue giuen graunted vnto them the said forfeiture by way of our reward Wee therefore will and commaund you that at the receipt of our Exchequer yee strike or leuy or doe to be striken or leuied one taile or tailes vpon the said Sir Robert containing the said summe of x. pounds And the said tayle or tayles so leuied ye deliuer vnto our said seruants without prest or other charge to bee set vpon them for the same And these our letters shal be sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalfe Giuen vnder our priuie Seale c. ¶ A supplication for the forfeiture of goods not customed to the King our Soueraigne Lord. MEekely c. Your humble seruant Iohn P. one of the yeomen of your most honorable guarde That whereas the 11. day of March in the xxvii yere of your most noble raigne one Henry Vale R. Vale seruants to R. T. Searchers of your Port of L. seised for your gracious vse and their said Maister vpon the Thames xj peeces of kersey ij peeces of Satten and ij peeces of Worsted amounting in all by estimation to the value xvij x. vj. s. viij d. of the goods of certaine marchants vnknown for that that the said goods were shipped and carried forth from your said Port toward the parts beyond the Sea by way of Marchandise and your customes thereof due not paid The moitie of the value whereof being viij l. iij. s. and iiii d. rightfully belonging vnto your good grace as your part Wherfore may it please your highnesse in consideration of the true and faithfull seruice which your said seruant daily doth vnto your highnesse and during his life intendeth to doe to giue and graunt vnto him the said viij l. iij s. iiij d. beeing your part of the said forfeiture to bee taken to him for your gift and reward and thereupon to haue such and as many your writings