covenant with the said Dame M. her Executors and Administrators by these presents that if it fortune the said R. M. the Son to dye during the life of the said R. the Father leaving Daughter or Daughters between him and the said A. lawfully begotten That then the said R. the Father shall and will by his Deed Indented Sealed with his Seal wherof the said Robert the Father shall deliver or cause to be delivered the one part to the said Dame M. her Executors or Administrators grant limit and appoint that he the said Robert the Father and every such person and persons to whom the said Mannor of C. with the appurtenances and the said Premisses in C. aforesaid shall or ought to come after the death of the said Robert the Father in tail according to the limitation of these presents shall yearly after the end of the said ten years mentioned in the said tripartite Indenture and after the time that the said Sums of money limited and appointed to be paid to the said Daughters of the said Robert the Father shall or may be received or run up according to the true meaning intent and limitation aforesaid content and pay or cause to be paid to every of the said Daughters that shall happen to be begotten of the bodies of the said Robert the Son and Anne then living the Sum of 100 l. a peice for and towards their preferment and advancement the same to be paid after the rate of 100 l. yearly to every of them orderly according to their severall ages at the Mannor House of C. aforesaid upon the said Feast daies of the Annunciation of c. and Saint Michael the Arch. angel by even portions untill every such Daughters shall have received 100 l. a peece And that if it happen any default to be had or made of or in the payment of the said Sum of 100 l. a peice to every or any of the said Daughters or any part therof that then the said Sir F. L. c. and their Heirs and the Survivor of them and his and their Heirs shall stand and be seised of and in so much Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in C. aforesaid wherof the said Mannor House and Park of C aforesaid to be no parcell as shall be of the clear yearly value of 100 l. to be likewise expressed and set out in the said Deed in certainty to the use of every such Daughter of the said Robert and Anne for and untill such time as every such Daughter of the Issues and Profits therof shall have received and had or might have received and had the full Sum of 100 l. a peice or so much therof as shall be behind and unpaid at the time of any such default for and towards her preferment and advancement as is aforesaid And after to the Use and Uses of every such person and persons and in such manner and form and with all such Remainders over Uses and Limitations and under all and every such Conditions and Provisoes as the same should have been if no such new Limitation by virtue of this Proviso had been therof had or made And furthermore the said R. M. the Father doth covenant c. to and with the said Dame M W. her Executors and Administrators that the said Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in S. great M. and M. aforesaid mentioned and appointed to be assured and conveyed to the use of the said Robert the Son and Anne Warb. for her Joynture as aforesaid at the Sealing and Delivery hereof are and be of the clear yearly value of 100 l. over and above all Charges and Reprises And during the life of the said Anne shall remain and continue of the said yearly value any thing heretofore done or hereafter to be done by the said R. M. the Father or any other by his means consent or procurement to the contrary notwithstanding And that the said A. W. and her Assigns if she over live the said R. M. the Son by virtue of the said assurance to be made as is aforesaid shall or lawfully may have hold occupy and enjoy the said Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in S. great M. and M. aforesaid mentioned and appointed to be assured and conveyed to the use of the said Anne for her Joynture and is aforesaid according to the form intents limitations and meanings in these presents contained and expressed quietly and peaceably without any lawfull let trouble or interruption of the said R. M. the Father his Heirs and Assigns or any other claiming by or from the said Rob the Father or under his Estate Leases made before the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch-angel last past for the term of three lives or under or twenty years or under wherupon the accustomed Rents and Services or more are reserved and payable yearly to the said Rob the Father his Heirs and Assigns during every such term contained in every such Lease and the said Lease or Grants before in these presents limited and appointed to be made of the said Capitall Messuage of M. and the Lands and Tenements commonly accounted used or occupied as Demesne Lands to the said Capitall Messuage belonging or appurtaining to the use of the said Mary wife to the said R. M. the Father for the term of her life wherupon the yearly Rent of 40 l. is or shall be reâ—erved and payble as is aforesaid during the said term alwaies excepted and foreprised In consideration of which said Premisses the said Dame Mary W. doth Covenant to pay to R. M. the elder one thousand pounds of lawfull money of England in manner and form following viz. 500 l. before or upon the day of the Marriage of R. M. the son and Anne and 300 l c. and 200 l. In Witness c. An Indenture to lead the use of Recovery THis Indenture made c. Between A. B. of C. c. Gent. of the one party and E. F. of G. and H. I. of c. Gent. and L. M. c. Gent. of the other party Witnesseth That for and in consideration of Consideration a good and perfect Assurance to be had and made of all and singular the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments hereafter in these presents mentioned It is Covenanted Granted Condiscended and Agreed upon between the said Parties by these presents And the said A. B. A Covenant to sâ—e out a Writ of Entry in the post by a day for himself doth Covenant and Grant to and with the said E F. and H. I. their Heirs c. That he the said A. B. shall and will before the Feast of c. next ensuing the date hereof suffer the said E. F. and H. I. to bring and sue out of the Kings Majesties Court of Chancery one Original Writ of Entry upon the Dissesm in the Post against the said A. B. directed to the Sheriffe of the County of L. returnable before the Justices of the Common Pleas at Westminster at
duely and respectively execute the said Office of Sheriffwick under the name of the said A B. in all poines so far forth as these presents the Laws of the Land or other license or commandment of the said A B. shall warrant or give Liberty and shall and will in the name of the said A. B. and as his Deputy in the said Office of undersheriff of the said County of E. be answerable attendant and minister in all Courts of his highness the Lord Protector by and before the said Justices of Assize Justices of Eyer and of the forrest and all Commissioners Escheators Coroners and other Justices and Officers of his highness the Lord Protector before whom the said A. B. shall be bound or required to minister answer or be attendant in respect of the said Office of Sheriffwick for the said County of E. and shall and will execute and make answer true and sufficient Returne of all such Processes Writs Precepts and Commandments directed from the Keepers of the Liberties of England or from every or any of the said Courts Justices Commissioners Escheators and other Officers aforesaid as shall be delivered to or come to the hands of him the said C. D. his Deputy or Deputies Assignee or Assigns or shall and will discharge and save harmless the said A. B. his Heirs Executors and Administrators and his and their and every of their Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels off and from all Fines Issues and Amerciaments and other penalties Forfeitures pains corporal and pecuniary whatsoever wherby or wherewithall the said A B. his Heirs Executors or Administrators or his or their Lands Tenements Goods or Chattells shall or may be charged or chargeable for his the said A. B. or the said CD not excuting not fileing neglecting misexecuting evill returning not serving mis-returning or mis-fileing any of the said Writs Processes Precepts Warrants or Commandments aforesaid or for the absence ill attendance or not attendance of the said A. B. or of the said C. D. or his Deputy as aforesaid or other misdemeanors in the executing not executing or mis-executing of the said Office in any thing which the said C. D. might by vertue of these presents by himself or his deputies execute or perform other then from such fines issues and Amerciaments and other penalties as shall be imposed or adjudged upon or against the said A. B. for or in respect of any offence fault or negligence by the said A. B at any time after the day of the date of these presents comitted omitted or done or to be comitted omitted or done by himself in his own person or by any other except the said C. D. by his the said A. B. his Commandement or appointment without the consent of the said C. D And that the said C. D. shall himself or his sufficient deputy or deputies duly lawfully keep or cause to be kept within the said County of E all and singular County Courts of the said County at such times places as heretofore hath been accustomed and that he the said C. D. shall and will make and appoint one or more Attorney or Attorneyes deputy or deputies of record in the Courts of Record now commonly called the Upper Bench Com. Bench and Exchecquer and in all other Courts and Offices wherein Attorneis are commonly appointed and so shal and will ordain appoint and make one or more able deputy or deputies for him the said A. B. in every hundred within the said County of E. according to the Lawes and Statutes in these cases provided so that the said A. B. shall not hereafter be lyable to any penalty or Forfeiture for want of any such Attorney or Deputy and shall and will at his own proper costs and charges appear and make ready all such place and places where the Assises Gaol Delivery or Sessions shall be from time to time holden meet and convenient Courts Bars and all other things necessary and convenient for the Justices of Assise and other Justices to keep their Assises and Gaol Deliveries and Sessions in and shall and will from time to time give notice in convenient time to the said A. B. of all and every such time and times place and places where the personall attendance of the said A B. shall be requisite and necessary so as the said A. B. may be personally present at such times and places when and where his personall appearance and attendance shall be necessary And furthermore that the said C D by and during the continuance of the said Office shall and will well and truly collect leavy gather and seise to the use of his Highness the Lord Protector all the goods and chattels of Felonies and Fugitives and of all persons Outlawed and put in Exigent and of all persons Attainted and Convicted of Treason Murder or Felony which shall happen within the said County of E. during the time aforesaid which shall be due or forfeited to his Highness the Lord Protector by any wayes or means aforesaid and shall and will from time to time well and truly collect and gather up all Fines Amerciaments Extracts Certainties Fee-Farms Pipe-silver for Licence Concord for Fines Greenwax and all other summ and summs of money which to the Collection of the said A. B. by reason of the Sheriffwick of the said County shall appertain or belong and which the said C. D. shall have Warrant or lawful Authority to seise leavy or collect or which he shall have notice of and may reasonably come by and therof and of every part therof and of all other the Issues and Revenues of the said County and of all summs of money due or hereafter during the continuance of the said Office of Sheriffewick of the said County doth or may appertain shall and will to his Highness the Lord Protector in the Court of Exchecquer aforesaid yeild and give just account and also that he the said C D his Executors Administrators at such dayes and terms as he the said A. B is or shal be required to enter into account of the Court of Exchecquer for or touching the said Office The said C D shall and will enter into account in the said Court of Exchecquer in the name of the said A B. for and concerning the said Sheriffwick of the said County of E. in and upon which account the said C D his Executors and Administrators shall and will truly answer all such debts duties and summs of moneys as the said C. D his Deputies Officers or Servants or any of the Bayleiffs of any of the Hundreds of the said County shall have received or might have received or wherewith the said A B as Sheriff of the said County shall be any wayes charged or chargeable with upon the same account and the same account shall and will at his the said C D his own costs and charges prosecute with effect untill the same account be fully finished and concluded without demanding any allowance or allowances of the said
any person or persons for them Or any other cause whatsoever as well in all and every such Action or Actions Suit or Suits of or in any kind whatsoever either in law or equity as shall be brought by the said Lord M W and C. Lord Saint J. or either of them against any person or persons whatsoever as also in all Actions and Suits of any kind to be brought against them or either of them in any Court or Courts of Justice and before any Judge or Judges for any cause whatsoever for his reasonable Salary and allowance in that behalfe To have hold occupie exercise and enjoy the aforesaid Office of chief Steward the place and Execution of the chief Stewardship oversight and government in that behalfe of all and singular the Lordships Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of the said J Lord M W and C. Lord Saint J. or either of them which they or either of them or any other person or persons whatsoever now have or hereafter shall have in Trust or to the use of them or either of them their or either of their heirs or for any other estate whatsoever and the holding and keeping of all and all Manner of Courts usually held and kept within the same Together with all and all manner of Fees Wages Rewards Profits advantages and emoluments to the said Office of chiefe Steward or chiefe Stewardship of all the Lordships Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of them the said J. Lord M of W. and C Lord St. J. or either of them which they now have or which any other person or persons now have or hereafter shall have for them or either of them belonging or in any wise appertaining or at any time heretofore accustomed and used to be paid rendred or received to or by the chief Steward or Stewards there for the time being for or by reason of the said Office of Steward ship or being chiefe Steward of the same Of the Clark-ship of the Peace by a Custos Rotulorum TO all to whom this present writing shall come A E of N. Lord of the Honours of C. and P Lord P. L. P F P. B. and L Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and Custos Rotulor of the County of N. sendeth greeting Know ye that I the said E. relying upon the faithfulness diligence and circumspection of S. L. of c. in the County of N Gentleman in and about the Execution of the Office of the Clarkship or Clark of the peace of the said County of N. And also for divers other good causes and considerations me thereunto especially moving have assigned given granted and appointed and by this my present have confirmed to the said S. L. the Office of Clarkship or Clark of the Peace of the said County of N. and him the said S. L. Clark of the said Office of Clarkship or Clark of the peace of the County aforesaid from time so long as he shal be have himself wel in the said Office I do make ordain and constitute in these presents To have enjoy execute occupy the said Office of Clarkship or Clark of the peace of the said County by himself or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies so long as he shall behave himself well therein with all and singular Fees Preheminences Allowances Profits Emoluments and Commodities whatsoever to the said Office any way belonging or appertaining in as ful ample manner and form as any other heretofore executing and having the said Office of Clarkship or Clark of the peace had enjoyed received or ought to have enjoy or receive for the Execution of the said Office In witness whereof c. Of an Extent THis Indenture made c. between I. D. of the Town of S. in the County of S. Gentleman and W. D. of c. witnesseth that whereas E. S. by the name of E S. Esquire the first day of May in the year c. by one Recognizance taken knowledged and sealed before Sir R. K. Knight Lord cheif Justice of England according to the form of the Statute for recovery of Debts in that case provided standeth bounden to the said A B in the summ of 400 l. of lawfull English money payable at the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord then next following as by the said Recognizance more at large it doth and may appear And whereas also the said I. D. hath extended and to him delivered in Execution the Mannor of N. with the Appurtenances in the County of M. at the yearly Rent for the non-payment of the said summ of 400 l. Now the said J D for divers good causes and considerations him thereunto especially moving hath granted assigned and set over and by these presents doth grant assign and set over unto the said VV D his Executors c all his Estate Right Title Interest and Demand which he hath by reason of the said Extent Liberate of in and to the said Mannor of N with the Appurtenances and of and in every part and parcell thereof and of in and to all and singular Messuages Lands Tenements Meadows Leazows Pastures Rents Reversions and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances so extended and delivered in Execution as aforesaid And the said J D for him c doth covenant c to and with the said W D. his heirs c by these presents in manner and form following that is to say That neither he the said J D nor his Executors c at any time hereafter shall do any Act or Acts thing or things whereby the said Extent or the Estate Title or Interest of the said W D his Executors c by reason of the said Extent may in any wise hurt impeached discharged undone or made void And further that hee the said I. D. his Heirs c shall and will at the reasonable request Costs and Charges in the Law of the said W D. do suffer to be done made and knowledged all and every such further and reasonable Act and Acts thing and things devise and devises in the Law for the further assurance surety and sure making and conveying of the premisses for and during the term of the said Extent and Execution unto the said W D as by the learned Councill of the said W D shall be reasonably devised or advised In witness c Of the next Avoyder of a Parsonage TO all to whom this present Writing shall come A B Doctor in Divinity sendeth greeting Whereas our Soveraign Lady Queen Elizabeth by her gratious Letters Patents under c. bearing date at c. did give and grant for her and her Heirs Successors unto me the said A B the first and next Advowson Donation Collation Presentation and free disposition of the Parish Church of H in the County of S. and the right of Patronage thereof to have and to hold the said first and next Advowson Donation Collation and free disposition to me the said A. B. and my Assigns for the only and
also that all the said Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and the Right Title and Inheritance of the same and every part and parcell thereof is and shall be adjudged construed and taken to be in the said J. S. and his Heirs for ever as their sole and proper Inheritance without any further claim thereof or therein to be made by the said A. B. and C. D. or either of them in any wise And further That all the said Lands Tenements and Hereditaments lying in c. the day of the date hereof are and so shal from time to time and at all times hereafter remain continue and be unto the said J. S. his Heirs and Assigns for ever free and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged or otherwise sufficiently from time to time hereafter acquitted or demnified and saved harmless of and from all and all manner of former or other bargains sales c. And lastly for the further and full extinguishment as wel of the said yearly Rent of c as also of all the pretended Interest of them the said B. and C. D. of in and to the same they the said A. B. and C. D. for themselves their heirs and Assigns do further covenant grant conclude and agree to and with the said J. S. his Heirs and Assigns and to and with every of them by these presents That they the said A B. and C. D. their Heirs and Assigns and every of them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter by the space of three years upon reasonable Request of the said J. S. his Heirs or Assigns to them to be made and at and upon his only proper costs and charges in the Law and otherwise knowledge and levy a Fine sur Release of the said Messuage Lands Tenements and Hereditaments before specified unto him the said J S and his Heirs and for the full explanation of the true intent and meaning of the levying of the said Fine as aforesaid It is further declared by them the said A B and C D and likewise covenanted and agreed by and between all the said parties to these Presents That the said Fine so before covenanted to be levied unto the said J. S as aforesaid shall extend to all the said Messuage Lands Tenements and Hereditaments lying in aforesaid and to all Rents issuing out of the same and to no other Lands or Tenements and that the same shall be for the establishing of the same to the said J S his Heirs and assigns for ever and to no other use intent or purpose whatsoever A Release by him that suffered a Recovery in Land to the Recoverer after the Recovery passed TO all c. T. M. c. sendeth greeting where I the said T. in the Term of Saint Michaell last past have sued a Writ of Entry Sur disseisin in le post out of the Queens Majesties Court of Chancery returnable before her Justices in her Court of common pleas at Westminster against N. M. of c. by the name of N. M. of the moyety of one Messuage c. in C. in the County aforesaid In which Action the said N. in the same Court did vouch to warranty E. P. N. P. who appearing in their proper persons did vouch over T. H. the common vouch according to the course of common Recoveries had who afterwards made Default and thereupon Judgment given and Execution thereof had and executed accordingly as doth appeare in the 553 Roll of the common pleas in the said Court in the said Term of Saint Michall enrolled which Recovery so had and executed was to the only use of the said N M. and the Heirs of the same N. Know ye that that I the said T. have remised released and quit-claimed for and from me mine Heirs and Assigns for ever do remise release and quite claim unto the said N. M. in his full and peceable possession and Seisin being and to the Heirs and Assigns of the same N. for ever all the Right Title Claim Interest and Demand whatsoever I had now have or here-hereafter may have of and in the said Premisses and in every part thereof And further I the said T. all the said premisses with the appurtenances unto the said N. M. and to the Heirs of the said N. against the said T. and mine heirs only shall warrant and defend for ever by these presents In Witnesse c. dated the sixth day of November Anno R. R. Eliz 8. REVOCATIONS Of Vses in former Indentures mentioned according to the power thereby given THis Indenture made c. Between E S of S. in the County of L Esquire of the one part and R H. T. T. J. B. and H H of the other part witnesseth That whereas the said E S did heretofore by his Indenture bearing date c made betwixt him the said E S of the one part and J O of O in the said County of L Esquire of the other part do covenant grant and agree to and with the said J O his Executors and Administrators That he the said E his Heirs in such manner and form as in and by the said recited or mentioned indentures is covenanted and agreed should and would convey assure or cause to be conveyed assured unto the Right honourable H Earl of D sithence deceased and to the said R H T T c and their Heirs and to the Survivor of them and his heirs all and singular Mannors of S B and S in the said County of L and also all and singular Suits Seigniories Services Franchises Priviledges Court-Leetss Perquisites of Courts and Leets view of Frank pledge that to view of Frankpledge appertaineth and all appurtenances emoluments and hereditaments whatsoever unto the said Mannors and Lordships or unto any of them belonging and appertaining and also all and singular his Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever within the severall Townes Townshâ—p Feilds Hamlets precincts and territories of S H A and O and elsewhere in the County of L to the severall uses intents and purposes agreements limitations liberties provisoes and conditions in the said mentioned or recited Indenture mentioned expressed and declared and to no other use intent or purpose in any wise The particulars of which said uses doth more plainly appear in and by the said mentioned ot recited Indenture Relation thereunto being had or made In which said recited or mentioned Indenture of the 35 year of her Highness Raign there is nevertheles contained and comprised one Proviso or Clause to the Tenor or Effect hereafter following That is to say Provided nevertheless c. reciting the Proviso of Revocation Verbatim Now therefore it is agreed by and betwixt the parties to these Presents and the said E S. according to the Tenor Power or Liberty of the said Proviso being fully minded determined and resolved to alter and determine the Estate and Estates limited in use in oâ— by the said mentioned Indenture of the 35th year of her
he the said C. D. shall or do at any time or times hereafter during the tearm of the naturall life of the said A. B. refuse or deny to serve the said A. B. in such convenient honest and reasonable Service or otherwise at any time during the life of the said A. B. shall leave or depart out of the Service of the said A. B. without the consent of the said A. B. under the hand and Seal of the said A. B. first had and obtained That then and immediatly after such refusall denyall leaving or departure of the said A. B. as well this present Deed as also all and every clause matter or thing therin contained shall be utterly void frustrate and of none effect in the Law and also that then and from thenceforth the said Annuity or annual Rent-charge of five pounds shall cease and determine and be no longer payable in any wise any thing before in these presents contained to the contrary notwithstanding A Grant of an Annuity to a man and his Wife during their lives issuing out of Lands passed by way of a Fine and Recovery THis Indenture c. Between Sir W. H. of St. J. in the County of M. Knight on the one part and T. A. Citizen and Habardasher of L. and A. his wife of the other part witnesseth that the said Sir W. H. for and in consideration of the sum of c. wherof c. hath given and granted and by these presents doth give and grant for him his Heirs Executors and Administrators unto the said T. A. and A. his wife one Annuity of a hundred pounds of c. by the year by the said Sir W. H. his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns from henceforth yearly to be paid to the said T. and A. and their Assigns by and during the term of the natural lives of the said T. and A. and the life of the longest liver of them at or in the Mansion house of the said T. scituate c. at two equall payments in every year in manner and form following that is to say on the four and twentieth of December or on the fortieth day next after the same twenty fourth of December the sum of fifty pounds of c. and on the twenty fourth of June or on the fortieth day c. the like sum of fifty pounds of c. The first payment therof to begin and to be made on the twenty fourth of December next c. or on the fortieth day c. and so from thenceforth the said annuity to have continuance and to be yearly paid to the said T. and A. and their Assigns upon the said daies and within the said times and at the said place during the naturall lives of the said T. and A. and the life of the longest liver of them And the said Sir W. H. doth covenant to and with the said T. and A. c. That if and as often as it shal happen the said Annuity of a hundred pounds or any part or parcell therof to be behind and unpaid on or after the said twenty fourth of December or twenty fourth of June or on or after either of them that then and so often as that shall happen during the naturall lives of the said T. and A. the said Sir W. his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall forfeit and lose to the said T. and A. and their Assigns the sum of twenty Marks of c. in the name of a Pain and therof shall make full and true payment to the said T. and A. or their Assignes with that part of the said Annuity of c. wherof default shall be made as aforesaid And for the consideration aforesaid and for a good and certain surety and assurance to be had and made to the said T. and A. of and for the said Annuity of c. to them the said T. and A. well and truly to be paid every year during the naturall lives of the said T. and A. and the life of the longest liver of them according to the effect and true meaning of these presents The said Sir W H. for him his Heirs and Assigns doth covenant c. to and with the said T. A. his Heirs and Assigns by these presents that he the said Sir W. H. before the tenth day of June next ensuing c. by fine or fines to be levied with Proclamations before the Justice of the Queens Majesties Court of Common Pleas at Westminster according to the order and course of the Laws and Statutes of this Realm between the said T. A. and the said A. his wife Plaintiffs and the said Sir W. H. Deforceant shall and will recognise and acknowledge all that Messuage or Tenement now in the occupation of the said Sir W. H. or his Farmers or Tenants and all Barns c. therunto belonging or occupied demised or leased to or with the same And all those Lands c. and all and singular other the Messuages c. of the said Sir W. in the Towns Feilds Parishes and Hamlets of c. in the County of M. by such convenient name or names as are or shall be devised to be the right of the said T. A. as those which the said T. A. and A. shall have of the gift of the said Sir W. H. and the same by the said Fine shall remise and quit-claim from him the said Sir W. and his Heirs to the said T. and A. and the Heirs of the said T. for ever And further the said Sir W. H. shall by the same Fine grant for him and his Heirs that he shall warrant the Premisses with the Appurteuances to the said T. and A. and to the Heirs of the said T. against him the said Sir W. and his Heirs for ever Which said Fine and Fines and all and every other Fines to be levied by the said Sir W. to the said T. and A. and the Heirs of the said T. or in any other manner of the said Premisses with the Appurtenances or of any part or parcell therof before the said tenth of June next c. by the name or names aforesaid or by any other name or names whatsoever shall be to the use and behoof of the said T. A. and A. his wife and of the Heirs of the said T. A. untill a perfect recovery may be had of the Premisses against the said T. A. and A. by R. S. and R. H. And the said T. A. for himself and for the said A. his wife and for the Heirs and Assigns of him the said T. covenanteth with the said Sir W. H. his Heirs and Assigns by these presents that after the said Fine or Fines had and levied as aforesaid he the said T. and the said A. his wife shall and will suffer the said R. S. and R. H. to sue and prosecute one Writ of Entry Sur disseisin in le post before the said Justices of her Majesties said Court of Common Pleas at Westminster against the said T.
sufficient Acquittance upon the receipt of each and every sum aforementioned testifying the receipt and payment of the same sum so paid Provided alwaies and it is especially covenanted concluded and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents for them c. that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said R M his Executors and Administrators and every of them to retain and keep in his and their own hands and custody the said Indenture of Lease until the said E. his Executors c. shall have made full payment and satisfaction to the said R c. of the said sum of c. and every part therof Provided also and it is conditioned and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents And the said E. covenanteth c. that if the said E. his c. do not at the said Mansion house of c. at or before the twenty fifth of March which c. 1656. fully and wholly satisfie content and pay or cause c. to the said R. his c. the said sum of 450 l. and every part therof That then and from thenceforth these presents and the Bargain Sale Assignment and conveyance therby made and all and every the Covenants Grants and Agreements in these presents contained on the part and behalf of the said R his Executors or Administrators to be performed shall be void c. And that then a Re-entry in Mr. M c. these presents c. And the said E covenanteth c. that he the said E his Executors Administrators or Assigns at his and their own proper costs and charges at all times from henceforth and from time to time untill the said twenty fifth of March c. shall and will well and truly and in due and convenient time and times according to the tenor and limitation of the said Indenture of Lease pay the said yearly Rent of 6 l. which for the said Messuage c. in VV. aforesaid shall become due to be paid by virtue of the said Indenture of Lease and also well and truly and duly accomplish observe do and perform all other the Covenants Grants and Agreements in the said Indenture of Lease contained and specified which for by reason or in respect of the said Messuage c. in VV. aforesaid or any part therof on the part and behalf of the said R. his Executors Administrators or Assigns or any of them are or ought or shall be due to be done or performed for and in such sort that no forfeiture in the mean time shall grow or be occasioned or made of the said Lease and term of years or any part therof for or in default of payment of the said yearly Rent of 6 l. or any part therof or for or by reason of the non-performance of the said Covenants c. or any of them or by reason or means of any act or thing whatsoever hereafter to be made done or caused or omitted or left undone by the said E his Executors Administrators or Assigns or any of them or any other person or persons by his or their means consent or procurement And also that if the said E his Executors Administrators or Assigns do make payment to the said R his Executors or Administrators of the said sum of 450 l. and every part therof at or before the twenty fifth of March That then and from thenceforth the said E his Executors Administrators and Assigns shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter during the residue of the said term of 28. then to be to come and unexpired sufficiently save and keep harmless the said R M his Executors and Administrators and every of them against the said Wardens and Communalty and their Successors of for and concerning all and singular the said Rents Covenants Grants Articles and Agreements in the said Indenture of Lease reserved and specified therafter for or in respect of the said Messuage or Tenement c. in VV. aforesaid on the part of the said R. his Executors Administrators or Assigns or any of them to grow due to be paid done or performed by virtue or means of the said Indenture of Lease And the said R M c. covenanteth c. that if at or before the said 25. of March c. the said E. his c. shall have made full and true payment or lawfull tender to the said R. his Executors or Administrators of the said sum of c. That then after such full payment had and made of the said sum of c. upon any reasonable request of the said E. his c. he the said R his Executors or Administrators shall and will deliver or cause c to the said E c at the said house c the said Order Indenture of Lease under the common Seal aforesaid safe whole uncancelled and undefaced And the said E VV covenanteth c. That if by and according to the tenor of these presents the said Indenture of Lease shall be by the said R c. delivered to the said E his c. as aforesaid that then he the said E his Executors Administrators or Assigns from time to time and at all times after the receipt by him or them of the said Indenture of Lease shall and will within convenient time after request in any Court within the City of L or County of M shew the said Indenture of Lease under the common Seal aforesaid in full strength force and effect and suffer the same to be openly read and seen in the custody of the said E. his c. for the maintenance and defence of the Title and Interest of the said R. his c. in and to the Garden and Shed so often as it shall happen to be needfull during the said term of c. by reason of any controversie which shall arise in Law for or concerning the Title therof In witness c. An Assignment by an Executor of an Executor of Land holden by extent upon a Statute THis Indenture c. between T. B. c. Executor of the last Will and Testament of F. T. of E. T. widow deceased Executrix of the Testament and last Will of I. T. her Husband late Citizen and M. of L. also deceased on the one party and E. B. c. on the other party witnesseth That whereas R. G. and O. G. of L. the first day of April before Sir R. C. Knight deceased then his Majesties Chief Justice Assigned for Pleas before his Highness to be holden did acknowledge themselves to owe to the above named I. T. 600 l. which they ought to have paid to the said I. the first day of May then next following And of the payment thereof then and yet hitherto have made full and clear default By reason whereof the said T. B. hath procured his Majesties Writ of Extent out of his High Court of Chancery directed to the Sheriffs of L. and by vertue therof the said Sheriffs have
said C. D. and his Assigns all that and those the Messuage and Tenement with the Appurtenances in B. c. called R. house then or late in the Tenure holding or occupation of A. B. Father of the said A. B. or of his Assignee or Assigns or by what other name soever the said Messuage was then called or known c. To have and to hold the said Messuage and Tenement and all and singular the said Edifices Houses Buildings Yards Orchards Gardens Closes Inclosures Fields Meadows Pastures Parcels of Land and all other the premisses with the appurtenances before therin mentioned to be demised whatsoever and the Reversion and Reversions therof unto the said A. B. his Executors Administrators and Assigns from and immediatly after the decease of the said A B I. A. and Ann. A. unto the end of the term and for and during all the whole term time and space of one and forty years then next and immediatly following fully to be compleat ended and determined without impeachment of any manner of Wast for building in or upon the premisses or for digging or getting of Marle or of any manner of Under-wood to be spent and bestowed in and upon the premisses and not elsewhere yeilding and paying therfore yearly during the said term of one and forty years from and after the commencement therof to the said H. A. his Heirs and Assigns the yearly Rent of 13 s. 4. d. of c. at the Feast daies of the Nativity of Saint Iohn Baptist and the Birth of our Lord God by even portions the first day of payment therof to commence and begin at such of the said Feasts as should chance to be next after the death of the Survivor and longest liver of them the said c. and further as in and by the said Indenture of Lease relation therunto being had may more plainly and at large appear And wheras the said H. A. Alice A. then wife of the said H. and E. Son and Heir apparent of the said H. for the more better confirming of the said Indenture of Lease and the Estate and Term therin and therby granted have by their Indentures of Covenants bearing date the second day of May in the said thirty eighth year of the Raign of our late Soveraign Lady Queen Elizabeth for the considerations therin mentioned covenanted and agreed to and with the said A. B. his Executors and Assigns that they the said H. A Alice then his wife and the said E. A. the Son should at the next Assises or generall great Session for pleas then to be holden at Lancaster before the Justices or Justice of our said late Soveraign Lady Queen Eliz. her Heirs or Successors there for the time being levy and acknowledge a Fine Sur Connizance de droit come ceo c. with proclamations in due from of Law to I. W. and I. S. and their Heirs as that which they had of the gift of the said H. A. and E. Son of the said Humphrey of and in all and singular the said Messuage and Tenement and all and singular other the premisses with the Appurtenances comprised and mentioned in the said Indenture of Lease by the name of one Messuage two Gardens eighteen acres of Land six acres of Meadow and seven acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Billing And it was therby further agreed by and between all the said parties that the said fine so to be levied and acknowledged as is aforesaid at all times after the levying and ingrossing therof and the Lands and Tenements therin to be contained should be to the uses of the said A. B. and his Assigns for and during all the term of one and forty years mentioned in the Indenture of Lease with other uses therin expressed And immediatly after the determination of one and forty years then to the use of the said H. A. his Heirs and Assigns for ever And further as in and by the said last recited Indentures relation being therunto had may more at large appear And wheras a Fine was levied in the Court of our said late Soveraign Lady Queen Elizabeth at Lancaster upon Tuesday the tenth day of August in the year of the Raign of our said late Soveraign Lady Queen Elizabeth c. the 38. before her Majesties then Justices at Lancaster and others between the said I. W. and I. S. Plaintiffs and the said H. A. Gentleman and Alice his wife and Ed. A. Son and Heir apparent of the said H Deforciants of one Messuage two Gardens eighteen acres of Land six acres of Meadow and seven acres of Pasture with the appurtenances in B. as by the said Fine more at large it doth and may appear Since the making of which said Indenture of Lease the said I. A. and Anne A are dead Now this Indenture further witnesseth that the said A B. for and in consideration of the sum of sixty pounds of good c. to him in hand paid by the said C. D at and before the ensealing of these presents wherof and wherwith the said A. B. doth hereby acknowledge himself well and truly satisfied and paid and therof and of every part and parcell therof doth clearly acquit exonerate and discharge the said C. D. his Executors Administrators and Assigns and every of them for ever by these presents Hath given granted assigned and set over and by these presents doth fully and absolutely grant assign and set over unto the said C. D. his Executors Administrators and Assigns all and every the said Messuage and Tenement Lands and Premisses c. together with the recited Indenture of Lease and all the Estate Right Title Interest Common Right Power Possibility Claim and Demand whatsoever which the said A. B. now hath or ought to have or can or may by any waies or means hereafter ask challenge or demand of in or to the said Messuage and Tenement Lands and other the premisses before mentioned or of in or to all or any part or parcell therof and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders of all and every the said Premisses with the appurtenances whatsoever To have and to hold all and every the said Messuage and Tenement Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and all other the premisses whatsoever hereby granted meant or mentioned to be granted with all and singular their and every of their appurtenances and every part and parcell therof together with the said Indenture of Lease and all the Estate Right Title Interest Right Power Possibility Claim and Demand whatsoever which the said A. B. hath or ought to have or can or may by any means ask challenge or demand of in or to the said Messuage and Tenement Lands or other the premisses with the appurtenances or of in or to any part therof and the Reversion or Reversions Remainder and Remainders of all and every the said premisses to the said C. D. his Executors Administrators and Assigns from and immediatly after the death and decease of the said A. B.
Fine to be orderly levied and recorded before the Justices of the Court of common-Common-Pleas c. shall grant to the said T. and his Heirs all the said four sixt parts of the said Messuage Lands and Tenements and all other the premisses by these presents above bargained and sold by the name of four Parts into six parts divided of one Messuage one Barn one Garden one Orchard 22. acres of Land 2. acres of Medow 15. acres of Pasture with their appurtenauces in B. L. A. W. A. and T. in the said County of H. into six parts divided as aforesaid and the same shall severally warrant against them and the Heirs of the said K. and M. for ever and that the said Messuage and Premisses and every of them at the time of the levying and Engrossing For discharge Incumbrances of the said Fine shall be and stand clearly acquitted and discharged or otherwise or at all times sufficiently saved harmless by the said I. K. his Heirs or Executors for the part of the said I. and K. his wife and by the said E. his Heirs or Executors for the part of the said E. and M. his wife of and from all and singular former Bargains Sales Grants Titles Estates and Incumbrances whatsoever had made granted or willingly suffered by the said I. K. and K. his wife on their part and by the said E. C. and M. his wife on their part and also that the said J. K. and K. his wife on their behalf and their Heirs and the E. C. For further assurance and M. his wife on their behalf and the Heirs of the said M. shall and will at all time and times during four years next c. at and upon the reasonable request costs and charges in the Law of the said T. B his Heirs or Assigns do suffer and acknowledge all and every such thing or things act and acts in the Law with such warranty as aforesaid as shall be reasonably devised or advised by the learned Councel of the said T. B. or of his Heirs or Assigns for the assurance sure conveying and sure making of all the said four sixt parts and of all other part and parts and of all the estate right title reversion and interest which the said I. and K. his wife and their Heirs and which the said E. and M. his wife and the Heirs of the said M. severally have or may have or claim to have to of or in the said Messuage or other the premisses to be had conveyed and made sure to the said T. B. his Heirs and Assigns to and for the only use and behoof of the said T. and of his Heirs and Assigns for ever In witness c. A Bargain and Sale of a Reversion or Remainder of the third part of certain Lands THis Indenture made c. between R T. c. on the one party and I. L. c. on the other party witnesseth That wheras the late King H. 8. by his Letters Patents under the great Seal of E. bearing date at Westminster c. Did amongst divers other things Give and Grant to A B the Scite Circuit and Precinct of the late dissolved Monastery or Priory of M with the appurtenances in the County of L. and all manner of Messuages Houses Cottages Barns Stables Dove-houses Mills void Grounds Gardens Orchards and other Edifiees and Buildings with their appurtenances within the Scite Circuit and Precinct of the said late Monastery or Priory the Church-yard therof and all great Trees Woods and under-Woods growing and being in and upon the said Scite Circuit and Precinct of the said late Monastery or Priory or any part or parcel therof and the soyle and ground of the same great Trees Woods and under-Woods and certaine Messuages Lands Tenements Meadows Pastures Feedings and Hereditaments of the clear yearly value of 8 l. 12 s. of lawfull c. scituate lying and being in B. H. B. and M. in the said County of L. to the said late Monastery or Priory sometime belonging and appurtaining To have and to hold the same to the said A. B. for term of their lives and the longer liver of them the remainder therof after their deceases to the Heirs of the body of the said A B lawfully begotten the Reversion therof in Fee-simple to the said late King the which said Reversion or Remainder of the third part of all and singular the forenamed premisses is descended to the Lady M. now wife of H. Earle of D. and to the Heirs of her body as one of the Co-heirs of the said A. B. to take effect immediatly after the decease of the said R. And the said Reversion or Remainder of one third part of all the same Premisses the said Earle and Lady M. now have to them and the Heirs of the said Lady M. for ever of the Gift and Grant of our said Soveraign Lady Queen Eliz. by her Hignesse Letter Patents bearing date c. as by the said Letters Patents appeareth And the said Earl and Lady M. by their Indenture of Bargain and Sale dated 9 Iunij 16. Eliz. and enrolled in her Majesties Court commonly called the Kings Bench at Westminster have bargained sold and conveyed all their said Reversion and Remainder and their whole Estate of and in all and singular the Premisses to the said R. T. and his Heirs for ever As by the said last recited Indenture may appear Now the said R. T. for and in consideration of the Sum of 533 l. 6 s. 8 d. of lawfull c wherof c. hath aliened bargained and sold and by these presents doth c. unto the said I. L. his Heirs and Assigns for ever all those the said Remainder and Remainders Reversion and Reversions which late were to the said Earl and Lady M. and the Heirs of the said Lady M. and which he the said R. now hath of and in the said third part and portion of and in all the said Scite Circuit and Precinct of the said late Monastery or Priory of M. with the appurtenances in the said County of L. and of and in the third part and portion of the Demesne Lands of the said late dissolved Monastery or Priory of M. and of and in the third part of all the said Messuages Lands Tenements Meadows Feedings Pastures and Hereditaments of the said yearly value of 8 l. 12 s. in B. H. B. and M in the said County of L. And also all the Right Estate Title Interest Reversion Remainder Demand which he the said R T hath or ought to have of in or to the said bargained Scite Circuit and Precinct Demesne Lands Tenements Messuages Lands Hereditaments and all and singular other the said bargained Premisses with their appurtenances by force and virtue of the said Indenture of Bargain and Sale aforesaid or otherwise And all Deeds Evidences Charters Writings Rentals Books of Survey Court Rolls Terrors and Mynuments whatsoever only concerning the above bargained Premisses or only any
Messuages Lands Tenement Rents and Services and the Reversion and Reversions therof whatsoever which the said T. hath or ought to have in T. aforesaid And the same by the said Fine shall remise and quite claim from them and their Heirs to the said N and S and the Heirs of the said N for ever with Warranty of the said T and A against themselves and the Heirs of the said T for ever which Fine so had and levied shall be to the use of the said N. and S and their Heirs for ever And moreover it is agreed between the said parties that immediatly or soon after the said Fine shall be knowledged and recorded one N. N. shall bring and pursue one Writ of Entry in the Post in the Kings Court of Common Pleas at W. before his Justices there and therby shall demand the Premisses by words of Course against the said N. B and S. or the Survivor of them to which Writ the said N and S. or the Survivor of them shall appear gratis and Vouch to Warranty the said T S. And the said T S for him his Heirs Executors and Administrators doth covenant and grant to and with the said N and S their Heirs Executors and Administrators by these presents That he the said T upon reasonable premonition and request therof to him before hand to be given and made will therupon appear in the said Court and there enter into the said Warranty gratis and after Vouch over the common Vouchee who may them likewise enter into the Warranty and Imparl and after Imparlance depart in contempt of the Court so as a perfect Recovery with double Vouchee may then be had and passed of all the Premises in due form of the Law and Seisin therof had and executed accordingly for the perfect executing and performing of which said Recovery with double Voucher as before the said T S for him his Heirs and Assigns doth covenant and grant upon reasonable request to do all such reasonable act and acts as before is limited or otherwise shall bâ— meet and convenient by him to be done and executed concerning the Premisses the same to be done at the costs and charges in the Law only of the said N or S. their Heirs or Assigns And it is further covenanted concluded and agreed between the said parties to these presents for themselves their Heirs and Assigns and every of them for himself and his Heirs doth covenant grant and agree to and with each other of them and his and their Heirs by these presents that as well the said Fine and Recovery aforesaid and either of them to be levied or had of the Premisses or of any part therof as also all and every other Conveyances and Assurances whatsoever therof or of any part therof to be knowledged had or made at any time hereafter between the said parties their Heirs or Assigns shall be and by these presents are fully and plainly expressed declared and agreed to be to the only use and behoof of the said N S and of their Heirs and Assigns for ever and to none other use behoof intent or purpose whatsoever And the said T S. covenanteth c. to and with the said N and S c. in manner c. viz. That he the said T S. now is and standeth and untill the levying and engrossing of the Fine aforesaid shall be and stand lawfully and solely seised of and in all and singular the Premisses of a good perfect and sure Estate in the Law in Fee-simple or Fee-tail And that the same Premisses are and stand and at the engrossing of the Fine aforesaid shall be and stand and for ever therafter shall abide and continue clear and freely discharged and acquitted or otherwise by the said T. his Heirs Executors or Administrators at all times sufficiently saved harmlesse of and from all and singular former Bargains Sales Leases Bonds Statutes Recognizances Rents Arrerages of Rents Forfeitures Re-entries and Causes of Forfeiture or Re-entry and all other Estates Rights Titles Grants Charges or Incumbrances whatsoever had made caused procured or agreed unto by the said T. S. or any of his Ancestors or of any other person or persons by his or their Means Title or Procurement one yearly Rent of five pounds sixteen shillings eight pence and sur to the Court of the Mannor of T. reserved of and for the Premisses yearly to be paid and done to the Heirs and Assigns of W C Knight deceased and the said Lease made by the said W R to the said W F as aforesaid alwaies except and fore prised And also that the said N and S their Heirs and Assigns shall and lawfully may from henceforth have hold and enjoy the Premisses and have take perceive and enjoy all the Rents Revenews Issues and Profits therof to their own use without any let disturbance or Eviction of or by the said T S his Heirs or Assigns or of or by any other person or persons by his Means Title or Procurement And moreover that he the said T. and his Heirs at all times during five years next after the date of these presents at and upon every reasonable request and at the costs and charges in the Law only of the said N and S their Heirs Executors or Assigns or any of them shal and will do make knowledge and suffer all and singular act and acts thing and things in the Law with Warranty onely against the said T. and his Heirs for the further or better conveyance assurance and sure making of all and singular the Premisses to be had conveyed and made sure to the said N and S and their Heirs and the Survivor of them his Heirs and Assigns for his and their own use clearly and absolutely without any manner of Condition for ever as by the said N. and S. or the Survivor of them his Heirs Executors or Assigns or by his or their Councel learned in the Laws of this Realm shall be lawfully and reasonably devised or advised In witness c. An Indenture for acknowledgement and leading the use of a Fine and Recovery THis Indenture Tripartite made c. Between H. G. Esq on the first part A. G. natural Mother of the said H. on the second part and T. G. Gent on the third part witnesseth That it is Covenanted and Agreed by and between the said parties for themselves their Heirs and Assigns in manner and form following that is to say That the said H. G. and A. his wife before the end of Michaelmas Term next comming before the Kings Majesties Justices of his Common Bench at Westminster shall leavy one Fine with Proclamations according to the Statute in that behalf provided unto the said T. G. and his Heirs of all those two Messuages with their appurtenances in F. and W. in the County of M now or late in the several Tenures or Occupations of c. or their Assigns by the name of two Messuages two Barns two Gardens sixteen acres of
Meadowe seventy acres of Pasture and six acres of Wood with their Appurtenances in F. and W. and that after the said Fine shall be recorded before the said Justices T W Gentleman and R C by the Kings Majesties Writ of Entry sur Disseisin in le post shall by the names aforesaid demand the said Messuages with their Appurtenances in the said Court before the said Justices against the said T. G. on this side the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle next ensuing to which Writ the said T. G shall appear in his proper person and make defence by words of course and shall vouch to Warranty the said H G who also shall appear in his proper person and vouch over the common Vouchee who shall also appear and joyn the Mise and after Imparlance shall depart in contempt of the Court so as a perfect Recovery shall be had by the said T G and therof Seisin execuned upon the Premisses according to the usuall manner of common Recovery And further that the said Recovery and the Seisin therof had as aforesaid and all other former Conveyances of the Premisses shall be and all persons seised or to be seised therof or of any part therof shal stand therof and be seised to the only uses and intents following and to none other use or intent whatsoever That is to say Of the said Messuage with the Appurtenances in the Occupation of the said W S to the only use of the said H G and of his Heirs and Assigns for ever and of the said Messuâ—ge with the Appurtenances in the occupation of the said G. N. to the use of the said A. G for and during all the term of the naturall lâ—fe of the said A. and after her decease to the use of the said H. G. and of his Heirs and Assigns for ever And the said H G for him his Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them do covenant and grant to and with the said A. G. her Executors c. in manner c. viz. That the said Messuage with the Appurtenances in the Occupation of c. and mentioned to be conveyed by the Fine and Recovery aforesaid now is and during the naturall life of the said A G shall be or lawfully may be and continue to the said A and her Assigns during the naturall life of the said A. of the clear yearly rent and value of 13 l. 13 s. 4 d. of lawfull c. above all Charges and Reprises And that the said A. G and her Assigns may lawfully and quietly have hold and enjoy the said Messuage with the Appurtenances in the Occupation of the said c. and mentioâ—â—d to be conveyed by the Fine and Recovery aforesaid during the naturall life of the said A clearly discharged and acquitted or otherwise at all times by the said H G and and his Heirs sufficiently keep harmlesse of and from all former Bargains Grants Sales Bonds Charges Estates Titles Interests and Incumbrances whatsoever had made done caused or procured by the said H G or by W G late Father of the said H or by their or any of their act knowledge consent or procurement In witness c An Indenture for acknowledging of a Fine of Rent THis Indenture Tripertite made c. Between W G of B in the County of W. Esq and E. his wife on the first part and R P Citizen and Merchant-Tailor of L on the second part and S P. eldest son of the said R. P. on the third part witnesseth that it is Covenanted Granted and Agreed between the said parties for them their Heirs and Assigns and every of them by these presents That the said W and E for themselves their Heirs and Assigns and every of them do Covenant and Grant to and with the said R and S their Heirs and Assigns and the heirs assigns of every of them by these presents in manner and form following that is to say That they the said W and E before the Feast of All Saints next comming at the costs and charges in the Law of the said R. and S or of one of them or of their Executors Administrators or Assigns of one of them shall and will in due form of Law knowledge and levy such a Fine or Fines with Proclamations before the Justices of our Soveraign Lo. the King of his Common Bench at Westminster according to the common and usuall order of Fines and of the Statutes in that Case provided of 9 l. 13 s. 4. d. going out of two Messuages and two Shops and of one yearly Rent of 6 l. 13 s. 4 d. going out of one other Messuage and one Shop with the appurtenances in W in the Parish of St. M of L at the Feasts of the Birth c. the Annunciation c. the Nativity c. and St. Michael the Archangel by even portions to be paid and also of 13 s. 4 d. to be paid in the name of a Paine for not paying of the said yearly Rent of 9 l. 13 s. 4 d. and of 10 s. to be paid in the name of a Paine for not paying the said yearly Rent of 6 l. 13 s. 4 d. then and so often when and as often as the same Rents in any Feast of the Feasts aforesaid shall be unpaid and by the same Fine and Fines shall knowledge the said yearly Rents and the said summs in the name of a Paine to be paid in manner and form aforesaid to be the right of the said R. as those that the said R. and S. then shall have of the gift of the said W and E and the same by the said Fine or Fines shall remise and quite claim from them the said W and E … and their Heirs to the said R and S. and the Heirs of the said R for ever And moreover the said W and E shall by the said Fine and Fines grant for them and the Heirs of the said W that they shail warrant to the said R and S and to the Heirs of the same R. the said Rents and the said summs to be paid in the name of a Paine in manner and form aforesaid against them the said W. and E. and the Heirs of the said W for ever or otherwise by any other Fine in any other manner only with such warranty as is aforesaid as by the learned Councel of the said R and S or either of them shall be lawfully and reasonably devised or advised at the only costs and charges of the said R and S or of one of them or of the Heirs Executors or Administrators of one of them and the parties aforesaid do Covenant Grant and Agree together for themselves their Heirs and Assigns and for every of them and the Heirs and Assigns of every of them by these present Indentures that the said Fine and every other Fine and Fines as aforesaid to be knowledged between the said parties or their Heirs of and for the said yearly Rents aforesaid going out of the said
shilling eight pence yeerly to be paid and given in two equall moyeties viz on the 27 day of Octob the one halfe thereof to the Clark of the mystery aforesaid and the other half of the same day to the Bedle of the same mystery for the time being and the said yerely rent or stipend of 7 pounds from thenceforth yerely on the said twenty seventh day of October to be distributed part and part like to and amongst the poore Almesmen of the livery of the said mistery to the augmenting of their pencions and so to have continuance from time to time forever And the said W. F. doth by these presents ordaine and of one assent consent and agreement amongst all the said parties it is by them ordained and established for a perpetuall ordinance for and touching the said Dividends or portions of the said clear yeerly rent profit of the said Messuages or Tenements with the appurtenances in manner and form following that is to say that the said dividends or portions shall be called and named by the name of F his Bateling and the said Master Covenant by the company to make payment c. and Wardens of the mystery aforesaid for them and their Successors do covenant and grant to and with the said W. F. c. that they the said Masters and Wardens their Successors shall and will yeerly distribute and pay the said severall yeerly rents of seven pounds and six shillings and eight pence and every part and parcell thereof yerely for ever as they shall have and receive the same to the use and behoofes aforesaid and in such manner and form as is aforesaid and according unto the true meaning of these presents without any manner of default fraud or covin A like covenant for the rent of the said Messuages c. In witnesse c. Covenants between a high Sheriff and his under Sheriff THis Indenture made the day of c. in the yeare of our lord God and between A. B. of W. in the county of E G Esq now high Sheriff of the County of E. of the one part and C. D. of c. in the County of c Gent. of the other part Wheras his Highnes Oliver Lord Protector of the Common wealth of England Scotland Ireland c. by his Highnes Letters Patents under the great seal of E bearing date the 17 th day of this instant No. have made named assigned and appointed the said A. B. to be high Sheriff of the said county of E during his pleasure Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said A. B. for the good opinion which he hath conceived of the said C. D. and of the trust and confidence which he reposeth in him hath deputed assigned constituted and ordained and by these presents doth depute assigne constitute ordaine him the said C. D. to be his Under Sheriff of for and in the said County of E. during all the time that he the said A. B. shall be and remaine Sheriff of the said County by force of the Letters Patents aforesaid and doth hereby authorize the said C. D. to serve exercise execute the said office of Under Sheriff of the said County under him the said A. B. in his name during all the time aforesaid and the said A. B. as far as in him is doth also by these presents grant unto the said C. D. that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said C D. by force hereof to appear answer and serve and minister as under Sheriff of the said County of E. for and in the name of the said A. B. as well in all places in the said County of E. as in all and every the Court Courts as within the Common-Wealth of England and before all and every the Justices of Oyer and Terminer Justices of Assize Goal delivery Justices in Eyer and of the forrest Officers Justices of the peace Coroners and Eschetors and other Officers Commissioners of this Common-Wealth the Forrest Officers where the said A. B. by vertue of the said office of Sheriffwick for the said County of E. shall be bound or ought to appear answer serve or be attendant and to break open answer return execute for him the said A. B. in his name all Processes Writs Precepts Warrants Mandates and Commandements to the Sheriff of the said County directed or hereafter to be directed out of any the Courts aforesaid or from any the Justices Comissioners Coroners or Eschetors aforesaid and to do performe and execute for him the said A. B. and in his name all and every thing and things which by him the said A B. by vertue of his office of Sheriffwick of the said County of E. is to be performed executed and done saving alwaies and excepting the said C. D. shall not by vertue thereof be authorized to open returne send execute any writ or writs for electing any Knights of Sheir or burgesses of the Parl. for the said County of E. or any other Burrough within the said county nor to open execute or answer any the letters of his Highnes the Lord Protector or the Councill to be directed unto the said Sheriff of the said County of E. without the speciall warrant direction Commandement of him the said A. B. for that purposes And further the said A. B. doth by these presents grant unto the said C. D. for the executing of the said office all the fees duties and profits to him due arising and growing by the County Courts to be kept within the said County of E. and all other fees rewards duties allowances and profits incident to the office of Sheriffwick or thereunto belonging for which the said A. B. is or shal be allowed by the Common laws of this realme or customes of the said County either for the opening returning or executing of any writ precept or proces warrant or Command whatsoever or for other executing of the said office and which have not been accepted heretofore the ordinary fees of any other his Bayliffs or other officers to have and enjoy the said duties fees rewards allowances and other profits to his own use without an account to be rendred to the said A. B. his Executors Administrators for the same And the said C D. for and in consideration of the Benevolence aforesaid and for the free gift and grant of the said A. B. doth for himself his heirs Executors Administrators and Assignes and every of them covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said A. B. his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns by these presents that he the said C D. shall and will at all times from and after the day of the date of these presents duely diligently lawfully and carefully serve the said A. B. as his Deputy and under Sheriff of in and for the said County of E. without doing or committing any kind of Extortion or willfull mis-beleiving of himself in the said Office and shall and will
A B his Heirs Executors oe Administrators for the same and also that the said C. D. his Executors and Administrators shall and will pay into the Receipt of Exchecquer all such summs of money as upon the said account shall be found in Arrerages within one year next after the Feast of St. Michael next ensuing the date hereof and in the name of the said A. B. obtaine a lawful discharge and Quietus est out of the said Court of Exchecquer for him the said A. B. and the same shall and will deliver unto the said A. B. his Heirs Executors or Assigns for a full discharge of him the said A. B. his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns of and concerning the said Sheriffwick of the said County of E. within one year next after the said Feast of St. Michael and that the said C. D. his Heirs Execucutors Administrators and Assigns or some or one of them shall and will at some or one of their own proper costs and charges disburse and pay for the said A B all and all manner of Fees Duties Charges summ and summs of money Rewards Gratuities and Demands whatsoever which shall be required demanded or demandable of the said A. B as due or accustomed to be paid or given by the Sheriff of the said County for or by reason of the said account without demanding any allowance or allowances therfore of the said A B his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns and the said C. D. doth further for the consideration aforesaid for himself his Heirs Executors Admininistrators and Assigns and for every of them Covenant Promise Grant and Agree to and with the said A B. his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns by these presents That he the said C. D. his Executors or Administrators shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter well duly and truly satisfie and pay all and singular such summ and summs of money as he the said C. D. or any deputy Clerk or Clerks Bailiff or Bailiffs Substitute or Substitutes under him shall at any time and times and all times leavy or receive by vertue or reason of any Writ or Writs Proces of Extent Libertate Capias ad satisfaciendum fieri facias eleget distringas nuper Vice comes against any former Sheriff or any other writ or writs of execution or Warrants whatsoever according to the purport and true tenure of any such Writ o Writs Warrant or Warrants respectively and in such manner as by the same respectively shall be limited required or appointed and shall from time to time sufficiently save harmless and defend the said A B. his Heirs Executors and Administrators of for and from all and every such summ and summs of money as aforesaid And further that he the said C D his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall and will at his and their own proper costs and charges conduct and safe delivery of all such Prisoners as are or hereafter shall be in the custody of the Gaol for the said County of E to such person and persons and to such place and places as the said A B shall by Writ Warrant or other Precept or Commandement or by virtue and in respect of his said Office be commanded or bound to deliver the same And further shall and will also at his and their own proper costs and charges execute or cause to be executed all such persons as at any time during the time aforesaid shall be convicted and put in execution according to their severall Judgments if the same person or persons be not by any lawfull authority reprieved into the said Gaol And the said C D. doth further for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and every of them covenant grant promise and agree to and with the said A. B. his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns by these presents That he the said C. D. his Executors and Administrators shall and will upon the discharge and giving up of the said Office to such as shall succeed in the said Office of Sheriffwick of and for the said County of E. in due form of Law deliver or cause to be delivered by Indenture to be made between the said A. B. and his Successors in the said Office to the said Successor of the said A. B. in the said Office or to his Deputy for the time being all such Prisoners as then shall be in the Custody of the said A B or of any of his Deputies or Ministers with the Causes of their Detainments and Imprisonments and all such Iron Implements and Things as shall be in the Custody of the said C. D. belonging to the Common Gaol of the said County or to the Officers of the same And also all Writs Processes Warrants and other things which then shal be in his hands custody in respect of the Office of Sheriffwick of in and for the said County of E. And the said C. D. doth further for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said A B. his Heirs Executors and Administrators by these present That he the said C. D. his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter discharge defend and save harmlesse as well the said A. B. his Heirs Executors and Administrators and his and their Lands and Tenements Goods and Chattels as well against his Highnesse the Lord Protector and all other persons whatsoever of for and from all manner of Pains Corporall and Pecuniary Forfeitures Fines Amerciaments Debts Accounts Duties and Demands whatsoever hereafter lawfully to be commenced prosecuted imposed demanded or demandable of or against the said A. B. his Heirs Executors or Administrators or his or their Lands Goods Tenements and Chattels for or by reason of any escape of any Prisoner or Prisoners whatsoever now under execution or under arrest or hereafter to be had in execution under Arrest for any manner of Debt Damage Trespasse Account or other Duties or Wrong or for any Treason Felony or other Offence whatsoever or for any or by reason of not appearance of any person arrested at the day limited for the appearance in any Court or Courts or before any Judge or Judges or Justices whatsoever or for or by reason of any False Return not Return or Mis return of any Writ Warrant or Proces or for any other mis-behaviour negligence or larges of the said C. D. his Bayliffs or Officers in executing or negligence in executing or not in executing of the said Office of Sheriffwick for the said County of E. of or for or by reason of the not levying answering or not paying of any Sum or Sums of money which shall or may or ought to be collected or received by virtue or reason of the said Office of the Sheriffwick of the said A. B. or having relation therunto or by reason of any Writ or Writs of Assistance for the levying of any Sums of money wherwith
Administrators and Assigns doth Covenant c. to and with the said c. that the said Recognisance or Statute-staple shall stand and remain in all his full strength force and vertue any thing abovesaid to the contrary c. and the said A G for him c. Covenanteth c. to and with the said VV. c. that he the said A his Executors Administrators or Assigns shall not at any time or times hereafter discharge release or make void the same Recognisance or Statute-Staple or summ of money therin specified or any part therof or do or commit any other act or act thing or things wherby the said VV. his Executors Administrators or Assigns or any of them shall or may be defeated of the moiety of c to them growing due as aforesaid by the true meaning of these presents without the special request consent and agreement of the said W his Executors Administrators or Assigns The like Covenant verbatim on Mr. Alderman D's party In witness c. A Defeazance of a Statute made to three to save them harmles of bonds entred into Conuzor where the Conuzees promise to deliver in the Statute wbere all payments are made and where the Conuzees Covenant one with another not to discharge the Statute without consent THis Indenture Quadripartite made c. between B. W on the first part T. W. on the second part I. W. on the third part and R. W. on the fourth part witnesseth that whereas the said B. W. T W. and I. W. together with the said R. W. stand joyntly and severally bound to I. A. of L. Draper by 74 severall obligations the penalties of every of the same obligations being severally of 73 l. 10 s. of c. and every of them for the payment of a severall summ of 30 l. of like money to be paid at the Messuage c. at such daies and times as by the said severall obligations all bearing date the twenty eight day of Feb. now last past with their several conditions upon them severally endorsed more plainly may appear and whereas also the said R. W. is Statute become bound to the said B. W. T. W. and I. W. in and by one recognizance or Statute-Staple bearing date the 18 th of June now last past made according to the forme of the Statute made and provided for the Recovery of debts knowledged and sealed before Sir I. D. knight Lord cheif Justice of the Common Pleas of his Majesties Bench at W. in the summ of 2000 l. of c. payable as by the said recognizance or Statute-Staple doth appear yet nevertheles the said B. T. and I. for them and their severall heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns Deseazance to save harmles or Recompence do Covenant promise and grant to and with the said R. W. c. that if the said R. his heirs c. do from time to time and at all times hereafter acquit discharge exonerate or well and sufficiently save and keep harmless the said B. T. and I. their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and every of them and all their Lands Tenements Goods and Chattells against the said I. A. his Executors and Administrators and all other person and persons of for and concerning the said recited obligations and every of them and all and singular summ and summes of money in them and every of them contained and also of and from all and all manner of acts Suits Costs Damages Judgements Executions and Demands whatsoever which at any time or times hereafter shall lawfully come arise or grow to or against the said B. T. and I. or any of them or the heirs executors administrators or assigns of them or any of them by reason or meanes of the said obligations or any of them Or els within the space of twenty dayes next after request in that behalf Or Recompence to be made by the said B. c. or any of them or the heirs Executors c of them or any of them to the said R. W. his Executors Administrators or Assigns do fully and sufficiently satisfie and recompence to the said B. T. and I their Executors Administrators and assigns and to of them all and singular such Losses Charges Costs Damages as the said B. T. and I. or any of them or the heirs c. shall susteine or suffer by reason of the said recited obligations and every or any of them or of or for any summ ot summes of money in them or any of them conteyned That then c. that then the foresaid recognizance or Statute-Staple shall be cleerly void and of none effect to all intents constructions and purposes as if the same had never been had or made but otherwise the same Recognizance to stand and remaine in all strength and virtue and the said B. T. and I. for them c. Covenant c. with the said R. W. c. that at all times after such time as the said severall summes of money severally mentioned in the said obligation shall be satisfied and paid and the same obligations discharged and cancelled they the said B. T. and I. their Heirs Executors Administrators or some of them upon reasonable request to them or any of them to be made by the said R. W. his c. shall and will deliver or cause c. to the same R. W. his c. the said recognizance to be defaced and cancelled without fraud or covin and the said B. W. for him c covenanteth c with the said T. W. and I. W. and to and with either of them severally and their severall Heires c. and every of them by these Presents that he the said B. W. his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns heretofore have not discharged released or acquitted the said recognizance or Statute-Staple neither at any time or times hereafter shall acquit discharge or release or do commit or agree to the doing of any act or thing which shal or may in any wise frustrate or make void the said recognizance or Statute-Staple or summ of 2000 l. therein specified or any part thereof without the consent and agreement of the said T. W. and I. W. their Executors Administrators or Assigns Covenant from T. W. to B W. and I. W. and the like from I. W. from B. W. and T. W. In witness c. A Grant of the Rent and Reversion of a house during the Grantees life with Condition that if the Lease in esse determine before the Grantees death that then the Grantor may let the Premisses reserving somuch Rent to the Grantee during his life TO all to whom these presents shal come H. Earl of R. Knight of the most noble order of the garter Lord of H. T. and B sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting Whereas I. the said Earle have demised granted and letten to Ferme to M C c all that tenement scituate in L c to have and to hold to the same M for the
and administrators at the request of the said C. D. his heirs c. shall deliver up the said Statute or Recognizance to be cancelled and made void In Witnesse c. To save harmelesse a Suerty THis Indenture made c. Between A. B of c. of the one part and C. D. c. of the other part Witnesseth that whereas the said A. B. hath upon his credit the first day of this instant month of M at the speciall instance and request of the said C D. taken up by way of exchange for the furniture of the affaires and businesse of the said C. D. the summe of 100 l. of lawfull English mony And all the said summe of 100 l. hath before the insealing and delivery hereof fully paid and delivered to the said C. D. whereof and wherewith the C. D. acknowledgeth himselfe well and truely satisfied contented and paid and thereof and of every part and parcell thereof cleerly acquiteth and dischargeth the said A B his executors and administrators and every of them by these presents And whereas also the said C. D. by one writing Obligatory made according to the Statute lâ—tely provided for the recovery of Debts taken knowledged and sealed before Sir J. D Knight Lord Chiefe Justice of the Common Pleas at Westminster bearing date c. standeth bound unto the said A B. in the summe of 200 l. of lawfull English mony payable at the Feast of c. next ensuing the date hereof as by Bond Obligatory or Statute more at large it doth and may appeare Neverthelesse it is covenanted granted condescended and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents in manner and forme following That is to say The said A B. for him his heirs c. doth Covenant c to and with the said C D. That if the said C D. his heirs executors administrators or assignes or any of them Do well and truely pay or cause to be paid unto the said A B. his executors administrators or assignes or any of them in or upon the twentieth day of M next coming after the date hereof at the now dwelling house of the said A B. Scituate c. all the said summ of 100 l. of good and lawfull money of England Together with all summes o money costs charges losses and damages that shall arise grow come or be payable by reason of the taking up thereof in exchange or otherwise without fraud Covin or delay That then the said writing Oblâ—gatory or Statute to be void c. Or else c. In witnesse c Vpon performance of Covenants upon marriage THis Indenture made c. Between E of VV. D. in the County of O. Esquire of the one part and VV D. of C. in the same County Esquire T H. sonne and heire apparant of R H. of S. in the same County Esquire and D H. of London Gent of the other part Witnesseth that it is covenanted concluded and agreed by and betwixt the said parties for divers urgent and weighty causes and considerations in manner following That is to say That he the said E VV. shall and will on this side and before the Feast day of Saint Michaell The Arck-Angell next insuing the date hereof knowledge in due forme of Law and become bounden unto the said T H. and D H. in one single Obligation or Bond of Statute Marchant in the summe of 8000 l. of good and lawfull money of England without Condition therein or thereupon included subscribed or indorsed And yet neverthelesse the said VV D. T H and D H. and every of them for them and their Joint and severall executors and assignes do covenant and grant to and with the said E VV. his heirs and assignes That if the marriage of espousalls heretofore incepted and had betwixt I VV sonne and heire of the said E VV and A. the now Wife in facto of the said I. and Daughter of G O of P. in the County of VV Esquire shall be hereafter lawfully and perfectly consummate at or after such time as he the said I VV shall accomplish and be of his lawfull age to consent to the said marriage viz. of or above the age of fourteen years and that the said G O hath heretofore and shall hereafter observe performe and keep all and singular the Covenants grants and agreements of his part to be observed and kept mentioned in one paire of Indentures made betwixt the said E VV. and the said G O. for and touching the payment of such summes of money as were agreed to be paid by the said G O. for or in respect of the said marriage Or otherwise if the said now incepted marriage or espousalls shall be hereafter dissolved by any means whatsoever Then if the said E VV. shall and do permit and suffer A Deputation of a Steward-ship THis Indenture made c. between W K Esquire Steward of the Honour of B. in the County of H and the Mannors and Courts thereunto belonging of the one party and I H Gent. of the other party witnesseth That the said VV K. hath made ordained constituted and appointed and by these presents doth make ordain constitute and appoint the said I. H. his Deputy Steward of the Honour aforesaid and the severall Mannors and Courts thereunto belonging and by these presents doth give and grant unto the said I. H. the Deputation and execution of the said Office of Steward of the Honours and Mannors aforesaid To have hold enjoy and exercise the said Office to the said J H. for and during the naturall life of the said VV K together with all Fees Regards Profits Allowances Preheminences Commodities and Advantages whatsoever to the said Office in any manner of way belonging or appertaining so long as the said J H shall have and exercise the said Office in as large and ample manner as the same is granted by G. F. and G P. by their Indenture bearing date c. to the said W K except the Fee of 5 l. to the said W. K. granted by the said Indenture for the execution of the said Office In witness c. FEOFMENTS A Feoffment towards the performance of the Covenant of further assurance in an Indenture of Bargain and Sale with a Letter of Attorney in the same to deliver Seisin THis Indent tripar made the c. between T L the Feoffor of the first part I P the Feoffee of the second part and I H. the Attorney of the third part witnesseth That the said T L towards the performance of the Covenant of further Assurance contained specified and declared in one Indenture of Bargain and Sale of the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments herein after mentioned bearing date c. and made between the said T L of the one party and the said I P of the other party And for divers other good causes and considerations him the said T L therunto especially moving Hath granted aliened enfeoffed and confirmed and by these presents doth grant alien enfeoff
if need be and the Law will it permit all and singular the same Goods so distrained to sell and put in sale and the money thereof comming in the hands of my said Commissioners or Attorney to retaine hold and keep as the Law in that behalfe shall permit And also all and singular the same my Farmors Tenants and other occupiers of the premisses not well and truly paying their Farmes and Rents at the accustomed dayes and Feasts or not well and truly observing performing and fulfilling all such Covenants Grants Conditions Customes and charges as they ought to do observe keep performe and fulfill by vertue of their Leases Grants Customes or upon any other reasonable cause or causes whatsoever at the discretion of my said Commissioner from their Farmes and tenures to expell and amove if lawfully that may be or deserve to be expelled or amoved And the same premisses and every or any parcell thereof to other Farmors Tenants and occupiers in my name to demise grant and to farme to my most profit and commodity for terme of 21 years or under or for life or lives by Coppy or Coppies of Court-role according to custome or manner where the same shall lye or by Deed or Deeds or otherwise in may name and this as often when as need shal require at the discretion my said Attorney And also for me c and to my most profit and commodity to sell and put in sale all and singular my Woods underwoods and Trees whatsoever or any part thereof growing or being of in or upon the foresaid Mannors Lordships Tenements Lands Hereditaments and other the premisses or parcell thereof to any person or persons as to my said Attorney shall be thought meet and requisite And also all and every writing and writings in this behalf requisite and necessary in my name to make seale and delivery and also to set rate receive and take Fines and Incombs of and for the said Leases and Copies to be made as aforesaid And also to assigne appoint and allow unto the said Tenants Leassees Farmors and occupiers sufficient Timber-trees as often as need shall be for the necessary reparations of all and singular their severall Farmeshouses and Tenements And also I do give and grant unto my said Commissioner and Attorney full power and authority for me and in my name to commence and prosecute before any whatsoever Judge Justice or Justices of our Soveraine Lady the Queen her Heirs or Successors in any whatsoever Court or Courts or other place or places whatsoever action or actions Pleas Processes and Suits reall personall or mixt and to appeare for me and in my name in all such actions and Suits as be or shall be commenced taken or sued against me And to proceed answer prosecute defend all and every of the same Action and Actions Pleas Processes and Suits as well by me as against me moved or commeneed or to be moved or commenced and to winne or loose the same as the case shall require And also to aske levie recover and receive for me and in my name and for my only use and behoof not only all and singular such Debts summe or summes of money Fines amerciaments fees annuities _____ and other profits whatsoever which by any means now be or shall be due or payable unto me by whatsoever person or persons for whatsoever matter or cause But also to receive of the Queen our Soveraign Lady her Heirs and Successors during the time I shall be out of this Realme and the partes of beyond the Seas all the Diet money or moneys for mine entertainment to be allowed to me during my time of living beyond the Seas And also to satisfie pay and allow for me and in my name all and all manner of summe and summs of money Annuities Rents Fees pencions wages reparations and all other charges and duties whatsoever which I do owe or ought to pay or allow by Law or conscience to the Queens Majesty either that now is her Heirs or Successors or to any other person or persons whatsoever And further I do give and grant unto my said Commissioner and Attorney full power and lawfull authority for me and in my name to keep or cause c. All and all manner Courts Leets and Lawdaies whatsoever within any the said Mannors Lordships Land or other the premisses or any of them according as they have been accustomed heretofore to be there holden and kept And also from time to time when and as often as any Rectory Church vicaridge or Parsonage or other spiritual promotion whatsoever of the Parsonage whereof I am or shall be seised or which be or shall be of or in my gift or disposition shall by any means become or be void to name and present for me and in my name any able person or persons unto the same Rectories Parsonages Vicarages or Churches or other spirituall promotions so being vacant in such like and in as large and ample manner and forme as I my selfe might or should doe if I were then and there personally present And also for me and in my name to take buy or compound for new Leases or Grants as well of the Queens Majesty that now is her Heirs and Successors as of any other Person or Persons whatsoever And to compound give or pay such Fine or Fines incommes summe or summes of money for the same new Leases or grants And to sell any of my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments or Leases and Chattells reall and personall or any part of them as to my said Attorney shall be thought meet And also for me and in my name to accept and take all and every surrender and surrenders of and whatsoever Lease or Leases Demise or grant Demises or grants by me or any my Ancestors heretofore made or granted And upon the Surrender or Surrenders to make gtant or cause c other Lease or Leases for me and in my name to any whatsever Person or Persons for terme of 21 years or under or for life or lives and for such yearly Rent and Rents and for such some and summes of money Fines or incomes to be paid for the same as to my said Atturney shall likewise be thought meet to my most commodity and profit And also for me c to cancell and make void upon good and reasonable causes and considerations all every such of my Indentures Bonds and other Writings whatsoever or any of them as to my said Commissioner and Attorney shall be thought good And also for me and in my name to make seale and deliver as my sufficient Deed or Deeds in the Law all and singular such Indentures Bonds Leases grants Deeds Releases Acquittances as well generall as speciall and other writings whatsoever as my said Commissioner and Attorney shall think requisite touching and concerning the premisses or any of them or otherwise And further any Attorney or Attorneys in all and every of the causes or matters aforesaid under him or me
this present Lease Demise and Grant and every thing therein contained and the terme and interest of the said I. L. of and in the premisses and overy part thereof to be void and of none effect These presents or any thing in the same contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And the said R. B. and his Heirs and and singular the premisses with all and every their appurtenances unto the said I. L. for and during the terme aforesaid in manner and forme aforesaid and under the severall conditions before expressed against all people shall and will warrant and by these presents defene In Witnesse c. Of a Hundred Court or leet by the Queen ELizabeth by the grace of God c. To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Whereas we by our Letters Patents under the Seal of our Court of Exchequer bearing date at Westminster such a day and yeare c. Did demise grant and Ferme let unto J. M. Esquire alll that our Hundred of B. with all its rights members and appurtenances in our County of C. and all those our Annuall Rents to the said Hundred paid and also all and all manner of Courts Leet view of Franck Pledge and Perquisits and profits thereof And also the Fines and Amerciaments in the Court of the Sheriffes Turne in the Hundred aforesaid made And also Suit of Court to the Hundred aforesaid And also all goods chattels waived Estrayes and all other our liberties priviledges Franchises Rights Jurisdictions Profits commodites Advantages and Emoluments whatsoever to the said Hundred belonging or appertaining or within the said Hundred happening coming or or renewnewing or arising And for and under the yearly Rent of 40 s. demised in as full and ample manner and for me as any Earle or Earles of W. in right or by reason of the said Hundred as any time had held or enjoyed the same or ought to have held or enjoyed the same And as all and singular the premisses did come or ought to have come to our hands and in our hands now are or ought to be except neverthelesse alwayes to us and our Successors all and all manner of Fues Ammerciaments and Issues yearly and from time to time comming growing or renewing in any of Court or Courts of Record of us or our Successors or before the Justices of the Assise of us or our Succssessors or before the Justices of the Peace of us or our Successors or before our or our Successors Clerk of the Market comming growing happening arising or renewing or liberty for the levying and gathering thereof with in the Hundred aforesaid To have and to hold the said Hundred of B. certain Rents of Court and profits of the same and all and singular other the premisses whatsoever except before excepted to the said J. M. his Executors and Assignes from the Feast of c. for and during the term of one and twenty years then next following and fully to be compleat and ended yeilding yearly to us and our heirs and successors 40 s. of lawfull money of England as by our said Letters Patents more fully it may appear Which said Letters Patents and all the Right Title Estate Interest and Term of years yet to come of and in the Premisses our welbeloved Subject R. B. of W. in the said County of W. Esquire having holding and by due course of Law enjoying and being our Tenant hath surrendred the same unto us and rendred up to be cancelled yet nevertheless with intent that we would vouchsaf to grant our Letters Patents concerning the Premisses to the said R. and his Assigns for the term of the lives of him the said R. T. E. Esq and R. E. Gentleman and the longer liver of them which surrender we accept by these presents Know ye that we as well in consideration of the surrender aforesaid as for a Fine of c. of lawfull money of England at the Receit of our Exchequer paid to our use by the said R. B. by the advise of our trusty and beloved Councillors W. Baron of B. our Treasurer of England and Sir J. T. Kt. Chancellor Under Treasurer of our Court of Exchequer have demised granted and to farm let and by these presencs do demise grant and to farm let unto the said R. B. all that foresaid Hundred of B. with the Rights and Appurtenances thereof in our said County of W. and all those certain annuall Rents to the said Hundred paid and also all and all manner of Courts Leets view of Franck Pledge and perquisites and profits of the same And all Fines and Amerciaments in the Court if the Sherffs Turn in the Hundred aforesaid done and also Suit of Court at the Hundred aforesaid And also Goods and Chattels waived estraies and all other our Liberties priviledges Franchises Rights Jurisdictions Profits Commodities advantages and emoluments whatsoever to the said Hundred belonging or appertaining or within the said Hundred happening comming renewing or arising and for and under the foresaid yearly Rent of 40 s. demised in as ample manner and form as any Earl or E. of W in right or by reason of the said Hundred everhad held or enjoyed or ought to have holdor enjoy as all singular the premisses did come or ought to have come to our hands and now are or ought to be in our hands and heretofore parcell of the possessions of the E. of W. except neverthelesse and alwayes to us and our Heirs and Successors all and all manner of Fines Amerciaments and Issues yearly and from time to time comming growing or remewingin in any Court or Courts of Record of us or our Heirs and Successors besides in the Court of the Hundred aforesaid or before Justices of Assise of us our Heirs or Successors or before our ad our Heirs and Successors Justices of the Peace and Clerk of the Market to us or our Heirs and Suceessors reserved with liberty for the levying and collecting of the same To have and to hold the said Hundred of B. the certaine Rents of the Court and the profits of the same and all and singular other the premisses above by these presents demised with the rights members liberties thereof with the appurtenances whatsoever except before excepted unto the said R. B. and his Assignes for the terme of the lives of him the said R B. T. E. and R. E and the longest liver of them yeilding and paying therefore yearly to us and our Heirs and Successors 40 s. of lawfull money of England at the Feasts of c. at the receipt of our Exchequer our Heirs and Successors or to our Bayliffs or Receivers of the premisses for the time being by equall portions to be paid during the terme aforesaid And after the decease of every of the aforesaid R. B. T. E. and R. E then yeilding and paying to us our Heirs and Successors 20 s. of lawfull English money in the name of a Herriot Provided alwayes That if it shall
said G. have by these presents given and granted to my said Attorney my full and whole authority for default of payment of the said summe or any part or parcell thereof him the said M. W his Heirs Executors or Administrators by their bodies to Arrest and imprison and out of Prison againe to deliver and release and the Goods and Chattells Lands and Tenements of him the said M. W. his Heirs Executors or Administrators to the use and behoofe of the said A S. in my name and stead to cause to be attached seised or extended and Pleas prosecutions and Suits whatsoever against the said M. W. his Heirs Executors or Administrators or any of them or against the Goods Chattells Credits and Debts of the aforesaid M. W. for the Debt aforesaid in my name and place to commence maintaine and prosecute in any Court or Courts and before what Judge or Judges soever as firme and lawfull wayes and meanes as the Lawes of the Land will permit And upon recovery and receipt of the said money or any part thereof acquittance or acquittances Release or Releases or other discharge in my name and stead to seale and deliver and one or more Attorney or Attorneys under him to substitute and at his will againe to revoke and further to do c. Ratifying c. and I the said G L. do further Covenant and grant for me my Executors and Administrators to and with the said A. S. his Executors and Administrators by these presents That the said Writing or Bill of Exchange is in full strength and validity and that I the said G. L. before the making of these presents have not remitted nor any way released the said Debt nor any part or parcell thereof And that he the said A S. his Executors Administrators or Assignes shall or may have and enjoy all and singular summes of money and other profits whatsoever which by vertue or pretext of the said writing or Bill of Exchange shall happen to be levied to the proper use and behoof of the said A. S. his Executors or Administrators without any accompt to be given or rendred by him for the same In Witnesse c. To Deliver a Deed. BE it known unto all men by these presents That whereas I A. B. of C. in the County of S. Gent. I. L. Gent. his wife and S. Sister of the said A. B. have set our hands and Seales to a writing hereunto annexed mentioning that we have granted to E. S. Esquire certaine Tith Lead-Oare within the high Park or else where within the County of D. which Tithe was granted unto us the said A B. and S. my said Sister by Sir F. L. Knight for certaine years yet to come and unexpired as by the said writing hereunto annexed appeareth Now know ye that we the said A. B. I. L. and S. his wife have constituted ordained and made and in our stead and place by these presents have put our welbeloved friends H. M. and N. O. our true and lawfull Attorneys for us and in our names joyntly and severally to take possession of the said Tithe Lead-Oare or of some part thereof in the name of the whole by clayming of the same or by seising or taking in our names some parts thereof in the name of the whole and also for us and in our names as our Deed to deliver the said writing hereunto annexed to the said E S. or to any other person or persons to his use as fully wholy and amply as we the said A. B. I. L and S. could or might do the same in our own persons Ratifying c. From severall Executors and Administrators to sue Vnder-sheriffs and Bayliffs of hundreds or for Goods c. wrongfully taken by colour of their Office KNow all men by these presents That we A. B. Widdow Executrix of the last Will and Testament of R. B. late of M. in the County of S. Gent C. D. Widdow Executrix of the last Will c. of E D of c. yeoman and E. F. G. H. and I. K. of M. aforesaid Have made ordained constituted and in our places by these presents have put our welbeloved in Christ Sir R. H. Knight our true and lawfull Attorney to demand levy and receive for us and every of us of F C. Gent late Deputy Sheriff to E. C. Esquire late Sheriff of the said County of G. L. late Deputy Sheriff to F. L Esq late Sheriff of the said County and after Deputy Sheriff to R. C Esq late Sheriff of the said County of G F. late Bayliff of the Hundred of F. in the said County and of I. K. late Bayliff of the said Hundred and of every or any of them all and singular the summes of money Goods and Chattells whatsoever which they the said late late Deputy Sheriffs or Bayliffs or any others there or any of their under Officers or Ministers or any other person or persons by their or any of their have or had received levyed or taken wrongfully by colour of their said severall Offices of or from us or every or any of us or of and from the Testators and Intestates above named and of and from them and every or any of them by the said Deputy Sheriffs and Bayliffs or by any of them and from us as yet wrongfully sustained Giving and granting to our said Attorneys our full and whole power and Authority in the premisses to Arrest Sue Implead Imprision and Convent the said late Deputie Sheriffs and Bayliffs in all or any of the Q Court or Courts before all or any of her Majesties Judges Justices or Commissioners or before any of them for the wrongfull taking levying detayning and with holding of the said summes of money Goods and Chattells or of any part thereof and them and every of them in that behalf to condemne and the said summes of money Goods and Chattells to recover and receive to the proper use and behoofe of the said Sir R. H without giving or rendring to us or any of us any accompt for the same It being in full recompence and satisfaction of divers great summes of money by the said Sir R. H payed and defrayed for us and the said Testators and Intestates to our Soveraigne Lady the Queens Majesty And upon such recovery or recoveries so had or made or other payment or payments or satisfaction in that behalfe to be made to the said Sir R H by the said late Deputy Sheriffes and Bayliffs or by any of them to compound release or agree with them or every or any of them and acquitance or acquittances release or releases or any other discharge in that behalf as to our Atturney shall seem convenient respectively to Seal and Deliver for Us and in our Names and Places at the Will and pleasure of our said Atturney and further to do and execute c. Ratifying c. In witness wherof c. To receive the Rents of a Mannor and for non-payment to re-enter BE
parts of the said Messuage c. in the case aforesaid or else the moyety therof as also the whole Messuage from and after the decease of the said E for and during the rest and residue of the said terme c. then to come and unexpired fully to be compleat c if the term in the c. for and under the Rents c due for the same and if it happen the said T to dye c. without issue of his body lawfully begotten that then the Feoffees shall permit c. R. S. the son and his Assigns and the issue of his body lawfully to be begotten to have c. the said Messuage c. from thenceforth for and during the rest Vt supra fully c. if the term c. in such sort manner and form as the issue of the said T. C. should or might have had held or enjoyed the same as above is mentioned and limited and to and for none other limitation c. or use whatsoever in any wise In witness c. USES An Indenture to deliver the use of a Fine and Recovery levyed and suffered THis Indenture made c. Between A. M. c. I. B. and G. B. of the one part and R. C. c. of the other part Wheras the said A. M. being seised in his Demesne as of Fee of and in certain Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances scituate lying and being in W. in the County of C. And it having been agreed between the said A. M. and the said R. C. that for valuable consideration of mony to the said A. to be paid by the said R. C. should convey the said Lands and Premisses unto the said R. C. and his Heirs in such manner as the Councel learned of the said R. C. should advise or require And wheras by advice of the Councel Learned of the said R. C. in Easter Term last past before the date hereof in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster did commence prosecute and bring one writ of Entry Sur-disseisin in le post against the said R. C. demanding therby one Messuage two Gardens c. with the appurtenances in W. aforesaid unto which Writ the said Richard did appear and did vouch to Warranty the said A. M. who being then present in Court the said Voucher in her proper person vouched over one Voucher wherby a good and perfect common Recovery of the said Premisses with double Voucher according to the form of common Recoveries in such case used was in due form of Law suffered and executed And wheras the said A. in Easter Term aforesaid by advice of councel of the said R. C. did levy and acknowledge in due form of Law before his Majesties Justices of his Highnes said Court of Common Pleas unto the said R. C. and his Heirs one Fine Sur conusance de droit Come ceo c. with proclamation therupon had according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made and provided of for and concerning the said Premises and the manner of one Messuage one Garden c. in and by the said Fine and Recovery and relation being therunto had more fully and at large appeareth Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said I B and G B and A O and every of them for themselves their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and for every of them do covenant promise grant declare and agree to and with the said R C his Heirs and Assigns and to and with every of them by these presents that the said recited Fine and Recovery and the Recoveror and Recoverors therin named and their Heirs and Assigns and the Heirs of the Survivor of them and all other person and persons which now are or shall be seised of the said recited Premisses and every part and parcell therof shall therof stand and be seised to and for the only use and behoof of the said R C his Heirs and Assigns for ever and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever In witness c. The Vses of a Fine and Recovery levyed and suffered THis Indenture made c. And wheras the said J S in Michaelmas Term last did levy and acknowledge a Fine in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster unto I G of all the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments before mentioned to the intent and purpose that the said I G might become Tenant of the Free-hold of the said Messuages Lands and Premisses to the end that a Writ of Entry in the Post might be brought and prosecuted against him that a common Recovery might be had of all and singular the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments according to the course of common Recoveries used and accustomed And wherupon a Writ of Entry was duly sued out and prosecuted against the said I G and therupon a common Recovery was also had and duly executed Now it is agreed by and between all the said parties and it is hereby declared that the said Fine was so had and levyed and intended to be to the only use of the said I G and his Heirs to the intent that he might become Tenant of the Free-hold of the said Lands and Premisses until the said Recovery was so had and executed And that after the said Recovery was so had and executed the said Fine and Recovery and the Conuzees and Recoverors in or by the same was meant and intended to be and shall be to the only use benefit and behoof of the said I S his Heirs and Assigns to the intent that all former Entails and every Reversion and Reversions being barred therby the said I S might therby become seised of an absolute and perfect Estate in Fee-simple for the better setling the said Messuages and Premisses to the uses herein before mentioned and to none other use intent or purpose whatsoever An Indenture to lead the use of a Fine levyed THis Indenture tripartite made c. Between R F somtime of c. and I his wife of the first part I W of c. and A his wife of the second part and A M of c. and T S of c. of the third part Wheras they the said R. F. and I his wife and I VV and A. his wife having in the term of c. last past knowledged a Fine in due form of Law of all those two Messuages or Tenements called c. with the appurtenances and of four Cottages and one Curtillage with the appurtenances in the Parishes of c. to the said A M and T. S. and to the Heirs of the said A for ever which said Premisses were late the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of E M late of c. deceased and at the levying of the said Fine were the Inheritance of the said I F party to these presents Sister of the said E M. Now this Indenture witnesseth that the true intent and meaning of the said Fine and of all the parties therunto and