SanctoruÌ„ de O. existent Habendum tenendum percipienduÌ„ pÌ„dictuÌ„ annualem reddituÌ„ siue annuitatem xl s. de pÌ„dicto tenÌ„to siue hospitio cum suis pertinentiis pÌ„fato R. T. haeredibus assignatis suis imê‘petuum ad festuÌ„ Annunciationis beatae Mariae virginis S. Mich. archangeli per equales portiones soluend ' Et si contingat pÌ„dictuÌ„ annualem redditum siue annuitatem xl s. ad aliquod festum solutionuÌ„ quo solui debeat in parte vel in toto aretro esse non solutuÌ„ qd ' extunc bene liceat pÌ„dicto R.T. haeredibus assignatis suis in dictuÌ„ tenementuÌ„ siue hospitiuÌ„ intrare distringere districtiones ibideÌ„ inuentas seu captas asportare abducere fugare penes se retinere quousque de pÌ„dict ' annuali redditu siue annuitate vna cum oibus inde arreragijs si quae fuerint sibi sit plenarie satisfactum Dâ— quo quidem annuali redditu siue annuitate posui pÌ„d ' R. T. in plenam possessionem seisinam per solutionem sex denarioruÌ„ sterlingorum In cuius rei testimonium c. ¶ The forme of the same in English TO all Christian people to whom this present writing commeth I. S. Esquier sendeth greeting in our Lord euerlasting Know ye that I the foresaid I. haue giuen and graunted and in this my present writing haue confirmed to R. T. of O one yerely rent or annuitie of xl s. of a certain tenement or Inne of mine in the parish of Alhollowen in O. due to be paid To haue hold and receiue the foresaid yerely rent or annuitie of xl s. of the said tenement or Inne with the appurtenances of the aforesaid R. his heires and assignes for euer at the feast of the Annunciation of our blessed Lady the virgin and at the feast of Saint Michael tharchangell by euen portions And if it happen the foresaid yerely rent or annuitie of xl s. at any of the feasts aboue named at which it ought to be paied to be behind vnpaied that then it shall be lawfull for the said R. his heires assignes into the said tenement or Inne immediatly to enter and distraine and the distresses so there found to take carry driue and bring away and in his or their custody to retaine til such time as all the said yerely rent or annuitie and all and singuler arrerages of the same be fully contented satisfied and paied Of which yerely rent or annuitie I haue put the said R. in full and peaceable possession state and seisin by paying of vj. pence sterling In witnesse c. ¶ A Surrender OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos pÌ„sens scriptuÌ„ peruenerit T.R. de B. salutem Cum I. R. pater meus per chartam suam feoffamenti dederit concesserit mihi pÌ„fato T. vnum mesuagium cum suis pertinentijs in villa de B. praedict ' situatum inter tenementuÌ„ R W. ex parte australi stratam regiam versus borealeÌ„ Habendum tenendum mihi ê“ termino vitae meae Ita qd ' post decessum meum pÌ„dictum mesuagium cum suis pertinent H R. fratri meo haeredibus assignatis suis imperpetuum remaneret Noueritis me pÌ„dictum T. concessisse sursum reddidisse pÌ„fato H fratri meo totum ius meum statum quae habeo pro termino vitae meae in praedict ' mesuagio cum suis pertinent Habend ' tenendum eidem H. haeredibê° assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dnÌ„is feodi illius per seruitia c. ¶ The forme of the same in English TO all Christian people to whom this present writing commeth T. R. of B. sendeth greeting Whereas I. R. my father by his deed of feoffement gaue and graunted to the said T. one mesuage with the appurtenances in the towne of Barton lying betweene the tenemeÌ„t of R. W. on the south part the street toward the north To haue to hold toâ—ne for the terme of my naturall life so that after my decease the foresaid mesuage with thappurtenances should remain wholy to H. R. my brother his heirs assignes for euer Know ye that I the said T. haue giuen and surrendred to the foresaid H. my right title and state that I haue for terme of my life in the said mesuage with the appurtenances of the same To haue and to hold to the said H. his heires assignes for euer of the chiefe Lords of the fee paying the seruice thereof accustomed c. ¶ A partition of inheritance betweene sisters OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens script indentat peruenerit A.M. et M.M. fil' et herÌ„ E. M nuê‘ de R. defuncti salutem Cum praedictus E pater noster nuper obierit seisitus in dominico suo vt de feodo de duobus tenementis xvj acris terrae cum pertinentijs in R. praedicta iacentibê° quae nobis praefatis A. M. descenderunt iure hereditario post mortem praedicti E. patris nostri Noueritisnos vnanimi assensu et consensu nostro per visum proborum legalium hominum de viceneto nostro diuisionemdictarum terrarum et tenemÌ„ fecisse sub forma quae sequitur videlicet quod ego praedicta A. senior filia dicti E. habeam illud tenementum scituatum in London greene inter c. cum octo acris terrae arabilis eidem tenemento annexis Et quod ego praedict ' M. iunior filia praedicti E. habeam c. Habendum tenendum nobis heredibus et assignatis nostris imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feod ' illorum per seruitia inde debita de iure consueta quam quidem partitionem siue diuisionem ratificamus et confirmamus pro nobis heredibus nostris imperpetuum In cuius rei testimonium vtrique parti huius scripti nrÌ„i indentati sigilla nostra alternatim apposuimus his testibus E. N. N. O. P. Q. Dat c. ¶ The tenor of the same partition in English TO all Christian people to whome this present writing indented commeth A.M. and M.M. daughters and heires of E.M. late of R deceased sendeth greeting Where the foresaid E. M. our father late died seised in his demeane as of Fee of two tenements and xvj acres of land with the appurtenances lying in R. aforesaid which after the decease of our said father discended vnto vs by way of inheritance according to the Law Know ye that we with one assent and consent betweene vs by the aduise of good and lawfull men of our neighbours haue made diuision partition of the said lands and tenements between vs in manner forme following that is to say that I the foresaid A. the elder daughter of the said E. shal haue the tenement lying in LondoÌ„ greene between the land c. eight acres of errable ground to the said tenement annexed for the due and whole portion of mine inheritance of the premisses And
pay yerely vnto the said I. C. at the dwelling house of the said I. C. at saint S. aforesaid at the feasts and daies of payment aforesaid or within the space of xx daies next and immediatlie ensuing the same feasts and daies of paiment for and by all such time as the said I. C. shall continue and be Parson of the said Church of G. And the said I.C. and his successors Parsons of the said Church of G. couenanteth and granteth to and with the said T. B. his executors and assigns by these presents that hee the said I. C. and his successors Parsons of the said Church of G. at his and their costs charges expences shall from time to time as often as need shall require during the said terme of xxi yeres well and sufficiently maintaine repaire make and amend aswell the Chauncell of the said Church and al other things therunto belonging as the said maÌ„sion houses stables barnes other edifices the repairing of thacthing and dawbing of them only except which thatching daubing the said T. B. his executors assignes at their proper costs and charges shall repaire make amend during the said terme And also the said I. C. for him and his successors parsons of the said Church of G. at their proper costs charges expences shal beare and pay all manner dismes subsidies graunts summes of money and other charges whatsoeuer they be as well now graunted as hereafter to be graunted our Soueraigne Lord the King his heires and successors as all other ordinarie charges to any other person or persons due or to bee due now going out of the said parish Church parsonage or of any other the premisses or wherwith the premisses or any part therof be or may be charged And that the said I. C. and his successors parsons there shal thereof and of euery part thereof clerely acquire discharge saue and keepe harmelesse the said T. B. his executors assigns during the said terme except proces and sinages of the premisses before letten which the said T. B. for him his executors and assignes promiseth and graunteth to beare and pay during the saide terme And the said T B couenanteth graunteth to and with the said I. C. and his successors parsons there by these presents that hee the said T. his executors assignes at their proper costs and charges during the terme shal finde an able and sufficient Pâ—iest to serue and keepe the Cure at N. being a member or chappel of the said parsonage to sing say diuine Seruice daily there to minister diuine Sacraments Sacramentals to the parishioners there inhabiting during the termÌ„ aforesaid And also it is agreed between the said parties that the same T. B. nor his executors ne assignes shall not sel giue ne grant during the said terme any part of the woods beloÌ„ging to the said parsonage ne cut downe any part therof but onely for the necessary housbote hedgebote plowbote and firebote to be spent onely in vpon and about the premisses And if it fortune the said yerely rent of lxxx li or any part thereof to be behind and not paid by the space of vj. monethes next after any of the said feastes or dayes of payment in which it ought to be paied in maner and forme aforesaid that then it shal be lawfull to the said I. his successors parsons there into the said church and parsonage and into all and singuler other the premisses with their appurtenances aboue letten wholy to reenter thereof the said T. his executors and assignes vtterly to expell put out and the same to haue and repossesse againe as in their former estate this Indenture or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding In witnesse whereof the parties aforesaid to these present Indentures interchangeably haue set to their Scales the day moneth and yeare aboue written ¶ Yee shall note that if any fine or portion of money be paid on the behalfe of the farmer for the obtaining of the Lease then it were not amisse to expresse the same in the Lease after this sort THis Indenture made the c. betweene A. B. c. on the one part and C. D. on the other part witnesseth that the said A. B. for a certaine summe of money to him by the said C. D. in hand contented and paid whereof the said A. B. knowledgeth himselfe to be fully satisfied contented paid and the said C. D. his heires executors and assignes thereof to be acquited and discharged for euer by these presents hath demised graunted and to farme letten c. ¶ The forme of a Lease made by a Deane and Chapter of a Parsonage appropriate THis Indenture made between B. F. Deane of the colledge of M. in the county of S. and the Chapter of the same Colledge on the one party and N. L. of A. in the same countie of S. Esquire on the other party Witnesseth that the said Deane and Chapter with whole mind voice and assent haue graunted and to farme letten to the said N. his heires and assignes their Parsonage of A. aforesaid with al their lay fee lands other the appurtenances to the same belonging within the said parish of A. and C. the Aduowson of the vicarage wardes mariages hariots reliefes woods vnderwoodes to the said Deane and Chapter alwaies except and reserued To haue and to hold all the premisses except before excepted to the said N. his heires executors or assignes from the feast of Christmas last past before the dare of this IndeÌ„ture to the end terme of xxj yeres next ensuing Yeelding paying yerely therefore ix li. of good lawful money of England by euen portions that is to say at the feast of the Natiuity of S. I. Baptist Christmas And the said Deane Chapter shall pay discharge the said N. his executors heires assignes to the king our Soueraigne Lord of al maner dismes or other duties due granted or hereafter to be granted during the said terme And also the said Deane Chapter shal maintaine sustaine keep all maner of reparatioÌ„s necessary for the mansion house of the said parsonage euery parcell thereof and also the Chauncel and of the said Church of A. asmuch as shall belong to the charge of the said Deane Chapter all times when need shall require during the said terme And the said Dean chapter grant by these presents that the said N. his heires assignes shall haue yerely during the sayd terme necessary firebot hedgebote housebote carbote ploughbote for the said house lands to be takeÌ„ within the grouÌ„ds belonging to the foresaid parsonage without streap or wast during the said terme And the foresaid N. couenanteth graunteth by these presents that he nor any other for him shal pay any maner of tithes nor otherwise to the vicar of A. for the said Deane Chapter other than of old custome hath wont to be
statute which shall euer testifie the truth what chance soeuer happeneth to the parties as yee may read in the booke of Surueying wherein be many good examples of enrolling and making of records ¶ Heere followeth the forme to make indentures ¶ An Indenture of sale with a purchase THis Indenture made the 17. day of August in the xxxij yere of our soueraigne Lord king Henry the eight by the grace of God king of England France and Ireland defender of the faith and in earth supreame head of the Church of England and Ireland between A.B. of C. in the Countie of K. yeoman on the one partie and R.M. of O. in the said county Gentleman on the other party witnesseth that the said A.B. the day of making hereof for the summe of xl marks sterling to him by the said R. wel and truly cōtented paid in hand at the infealing of this Indēture wherof wherewith the said A. B. knowledgeth himselfe well and truely contented paid therof and of euery parcell thereof doth clearely acquite and discharge the foresaid R. his heires and executors by these presents hath bargained and sold and by this Indenture bargaineth selleth clerely vnto the said R. his heires and assignes to their owne vse for euer all those his mesuage lands tenements meadowes leasues pastures appurtenances set lying and being in the towne parish fields of Ashforth in the countie of Leycester which sometime belonged to C. F. late of Ashforth aforesaid yeoman deceased And in likewise the said A. for the sum aforesaid hath bargained sold by this Indenture vnto the said R. al deeds charters euidences escripts escrowles writings muniments concerning the premisses and any part or parcell thereof and the same deeds charters euidences escripts escrowles writings and muniments the said B. couenanteth by this Indenture to deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said R. his heires or assignes before the feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn the baptist next comming after the date hereof To haue and to hold al the said mesuage lāds tenements meadows leasues pastures all other the premisses with their appurtenances to the said R his heires assignes to their owne vse for euer And the said A. B. couenāteth granteth by these presents that he or his heires before the feast of S. Michael the archangell which shal be in the yere of our Lord God M. CCCCC xliiij shal make or cause to be made to the said R. and his heires and to such other persons as he or they shal name or assigne to the vse of the same R. his heires and assignes for euer a good sufficient lawful estate in the law in fee simple of in the said mesuage lands and tenements other the premisses with the appurtenances by deed fine feoffement recouerie release with warrantie surrender or otherwise at the costs and charges in the law of the said R. or his heirs as by the learned coūsel of the said R. or his heirs shal be best deuised required The same mesuage lands tenements all other the premisses to be then cleerely discharged of all former bargaines former sales titles of inheritance iointures dowers morgages statutes marchant statutes of the Staple of Westminster intrusions forfeitures leases iudgements condemnations executions arrerages of rents and of all maner of charges and incumbrances whatsoeuer they be The rents seruices from thenceforth due to the chiefe Lords of the same lees only out taken and excepted And the same A. B. couenanteth and granteth by this Indenture that all such persons as now stand bee infeoffed seised of and in the said mesuages lands tenements other the premisses with the appurtenances or of or in any part or parcell of the same shall at all times from the day of the date of this Indenture forward stand remaine and be infeoffed seised of and in the same to the vse of the same R. his heirs assignes for euer And also the said A. B. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents that he and his heires and all other persons hauing claiming or pretending to haue any state right title vse or interest of or in the said mesuage lands tenements and other the premisses with their appurtenances of or in any part or parcell of the same at all times from the day of the date of these presents foorthwith shall doe cause and suffer to be done all and euerie thing and things which by the learned counsell of the said R. or his heires shal be deuised for the further assurance of al and singuler the premisses to the aforesaid R to his heires assignes to their owne vse for euer And in likewise the said A. B. couenanteth and graunteth by this Indenture that hee the same A. B. the day of making hereof is very true owner possessor in his own right of all the foresayd mesuages lands tenements other the premisses with the appurtenances and that he hath full power strength authoritie in his own right to bargaine and sell the same to the said R. and his heires in maner forme aforesaid And furthermore it is couenanted condiscended agreed between the said parties and the said R. for his part couenanteth graunteth by this Indenture that if the said A. his heires and assignes pay or cause to be paid to the said R. his heirs or assignes xl markes of good and lawfull money of England together with al such costs and expences as the same R. his heires and assignes shall be at aswell in the making sure of the same mesuages lands tenements c. as also in repairing making and amēding of the same at any time within the term of foure yeres next after the date of this Indenture That then the said R. his heirs or assignes shall make to the same A. B. his heires a good sure and sufficient lawful and indefeasible estate to their owne vse and their heirs for euer of and in the same mesuages lands tenemēts and other the premisses with the appurtenances and euerie part and parcell of them The same to bee then cleerly discharged of all former bargains former sales iointures dowers statutes of the Staple of Westminster statutes Marchants and all other charges and incumbrances whatsoeuer they be by the said R. his heirs or assignes at any time commenced made or done And at the said assurance of the same to the said A. in forme aforesaid to bee made the said R. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents to deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said A. his heires or assignes all such euydences deeds and writings as hee the same R. his heires or assignes shall then haue concerning the said mesuages lands tenements other the premisses with the appurtenances vnder like maner forme as the said R. receiued them without fraud or further delay In witnesse whereof c. This deed is commonly vesd when a man layeth his land to mortgage
appeare in the absence of your said Orator by their subtiltie and craft the said Iurie did appeare passed against your said Orator contrarie to all right law and good conscience which shall be to the great impouerishment vndoing of your said orator for euer vnles your good Lordships lawfull fauor succour be to him shewed in this behalfe In consideration wherof might it therfore please your good Lordship to graunt the kings writ of Cerciorare to be directed to the Maior Shirifes of the citie of L. commaunding them euery of them by vertue of the same to certifie before your good Lordship in the kings most Honourable Court of the Chancerie at a certaine day by your Lordship to be limitted the said attachment all the matter concerning the same to examine the said matter and all the whole circumstances thereof to stand to such an order direction therin as shall stand with right equitie good conscience And your said orator shall pray to God for the preseruation of your good Lordship long to continue ¶ A Bill of complaint for the right of lands where a state was made by deceipt and to require a Subpena vpon the same MOst humbly shewing vnto your Lordship your daily orator W.L. of W. in the county of M. That where one W.L. late of S. in the couÌ„ty of K. by his lifetime was lawfully seised in his demeane as of fee of and in one mesuage and seuen acres of land set lying being in the Towne and field of S. aforesaid to the yerely value of xx s. Ì„ sterling And he so seised of the premisses had issue one I.L. his sonne and dyed after whose death the said I. was distract and of no whole memory and so dyed without issue of his body lawfully begâ—tten After whose death the said mesuage and other the premisses discended and came vnto one I Lâ—as brâ—ther and heire vnto the sayd W.L. which I hath issue one T.R. his sonne And so it is my good â—â—rd that aswel the said I. the father as also the said This sonne hath by their deede of release released all their right title interest of and in the said mesuage and other the premisses to your said Orator and his heires as by their said deed of release doth appeare All that notwithstanding good Lord certaine euidences deedes charters writings and muniments concerning the premisses be come to the hands and possession of one W. S who by reason of hauing of the same euidences hath conueied Indentures of a bargaine and sale of the premisses from the said W.T. being a distract man of no wit vnto the said S. which S. by force of the same by hauing the euidence in his custodie hath conueied diuers secret estates to the vse of the said S. his heires by the supportation counsaile maintenance of one W. N and I.T. against all law right and good conscience and by the confederacy and supportation of the sayd W. and T. the said S. W. with his extort power doth wrongfully deteine and keep the possession in the premisses from your said orator against al right good iustice In tender consideratioÌ„ whereof it may please your Lordship to giue thereupoÌ„ the kings writ of Subpena to be directed to the before named S.W.W. I.T. coÌ„manding theÌ„ euery of them by the same personally to appeare before your Lo. in the K. court of ChaÌ„cery at a certain day to theÌ„ limitted vnder a certain paine there to make answere to the premisses And furthermore to staÌ„d to obey all such order direction in the premisses as by your Lo. shal be â—hought most reasonable according to right good Iustice And your Orator shal daily pray for the preseruation of your good Lo. long to endure ¶ A bill of Subpena for a title of lands intailed IN most humble wise sheweth and complaineth vnto your good Lordship your daily Oratour I.I. husbandman That where one W. I. late of S. in the county of W. husbandman graundfather of your said orator was lawfully seised in his demeane as of fee by due course of inheritance vnto him lawfully discended from his auncestors and other lawfull conueyance in the law of and in one mesuage and CCC acres of land meadowes wood pasture with their appurtenances in S. aforesaid And the said W.I. so being of the premisses seised about lviij yeeres now past It was condescended graunted agreed betweene the said W. I. one I. E. late of Hamptoncurlew in the said county deceased that A. I. then sonne and heire apparant of the said W.I. before a certaine day should marry take to his wife one A.E. daughter of the said I.E. And that the said W.I. in consideration thereof and for that the said A. should be greatly aduanced and preferred in goods and substance by that mariage of the said A. would immediately after the said mariage had and solemnized conuey make vnto the said A. and Agnes a good sufficient and lawful estate in the law of and in the said mesuage landes tenements and other the premisses To haue and to hold vnto the laid A. and Agnes and to their heires males of their bodies lawfully begotten And afterward the said A. according to the said agreement did marrie and take to wife the said A. E. immediatly after which marriage had and solemnized the said W. I according to his said promise and agreement did lawfully enfeoffe of and in the said mesuage lands tenements and other the premisses the said A. I. and A. then his wife to haue and to hold vnto the same A. and A. and to his heires maies of their two bodies lawfully begotten by force whereof the said A. and A. were seised of and in the premisses in their demeane as of see taile speciall and they so being thereof seised the said A. Agnes had issue male between them lawfully begotten one I.I. your said Orator one W. I the said W.I. the elder died by and after whose death the reuersion in fee simple of the premisses discended vnto the said A. as sonne heire vnto him And afterward the said A. Agnes dyed after whose death the said messuage lands tenements other the premisses discended came and of right ought to discend and come vnto the said I.I. as sonne heire male of the body of the said A. A. lawfully begotten by force whereof the said I. I. entred into the said mesuage lands tenements other the premisses was thereof seised in his demesne as of fee raile special And he so being thereof seised the said I. I. about 4. yeares now past of the said mesuage other the premisses dyed seised without any issue male of his body lawfully begotteÌ„ by force wherof the said mesuage other the premisses discended came and of right ought to discend come vnto your said poore orator as brother heir male
to the said I.I. by the vertue of the gift aforesaid So is it my singuler good Lord that aswell the deed of entaile made of in the premisses by the said W.I. the graundfather vnto the said A.I. Agnes to the heires males of their bodies lawfully begottē as is aforesaid as diuers other charters euidēces deeds writings muniments concerning the premisses prouing the said interest title of your said orator in to the premisses be deceitfully come to the hands possession of I.W. E. his wife late wife of the said I.I.G.W. gent. and T.S. the elder and thereas they haue conueyed and put them by colour of hauing of the said euidences deeds writings and muniments in their hands possession the same I.W. E. haue now of late wrongfully entred into the said mesuage and other the premisses And the possession thereof do so yet wrongfully deteine keepe from your said Orator and also the rents issues and profits thereof haue wrongfully receiued perceiued and taken to their owne vse by the space of foure yeares past so yet do contrary to all right good cōscience And albeit that your said orator hath often sundry times required and instantly desired the sayd I. W.E. G. W. and T. S as well to deliuer vnto your said oratour the said euidences deeds writings and miniments concerning the premisses as also to auoid the possession of the premisses peaceably quietly to permit and suffer your said oratour his assignes to haue and inioy the same and to receiue and take the rents profits thereof to his owne vse according to his said interest and the title therein which to do they at all times haue refused denied and yet doe contrary to all right good conscience And for asmuch as your said oratour knoweth not the number contents ne other certainties of the said euidences deeds writings and miniments nor wherein they be contained And also for that the said Iohn W. E. G.W. T. S. be of great substance riches and also greatly friended borne in the said county of Warwicke And your said oratour being but a poore man and hauing but few friends in the said county the same your said oratour is shal be therefore without remedy concerning the premisses by the due course order of the cōmon law otherwise vnlesse your good Lordships ayde fauor be vnto him shewed in this behalfe In consideration wherof it may please your good Lordship the premisses tenderly cōsidered to grant vnto your said orator the kings most gratious seuerall writs of Subpena to be directed vnto the said I.W.E.G.W. and T.S. commanding them and euery of them by the same personally to appeare before the K. in his most honorable court of Chancery at a certaine day vpon a certaine paine by your good Lordship to be limitted therein and there to make answer to the premisses and further to be ordered therein as shall accord with right and good conscience And your said Orator shall daily pray c. ¶ The answere of I.W. to the bill of complaine of Iohn I husbandman THe said defendant saith that the said Bill of complaint is vncertaine and insufficient in the law to be answered vnto and the matter therein cōtained vntrue and principally imagined pursued by the vnlawful procurement bearing supportation of one W.C. Esquire to the intent to put the said defendāt to trouble costs expences intending thereby so to vnquiet impouerish the said defend as they should be faine to leaue their right title interest of in the premisses so that he the said W.C. might purchase buy the same of the said complainant of late the said W. C. hath made means vnto the said I.W. now defēdāt to buy his title interest of in the premisses threatned him to haue the same that if hee would not let him haue it with his good will that then he would haue it against his will whosoeuer tooke his part and if the contents of the said bill were true as they are not it were then matter determinable at the Common law and not in this honorable court wherunto the said defendāt praieth to be released And neuertheles the aduātage of the premisses vnto this defendant at all times saued for further answer vnto the said bil declaration of the truth of the contents of the said bill the said defendants saie and euery one of them saith that long time before the said A.I. mentioned in the said bill of complaint any thing had in the said mesuage and other the premisses for that the said W. I. was therefore infeoffed T. I. of P.T.S. of S. and T.W. of E. were thereof seised in their demeanes as of see so being therof seised by their writing indented readie to bee shewed the same mesuage and other the premisses cōtained in the said bil of cōplaint amōgst other things gaue demised deliuered and by their said writing indented confirmed vnto the said W. I. mentioned in the said bill of complaint and vnto Agnes his wife To haue to hold the said mesuage other the premisses vnto the said W. A. for terme of their liues the life of the lōger liuer of them after their decease the said T.T. T. willed declared in the said writing indēted that the said mesuage al other the premisses should remain vnto the said A. mentioned in the said bil of complaint vnto A. his wife vnto the heirs and assignes of the said A. for euer without that that the said W.I. did infeoffe of in the said mesuage lāds tenemēts other the premisses the said A. Agnes to haue to thē to their heires males of their two bodies lawfully begotten or that the said A. Agnes were seised of in the premisses in their demeans as of fee taile especial as in the said bil of complaint is surmised without that that after the death of the said W. that the remainder of the premisses in fee simple discēded vnto the said A. as sonne heire vnto him or that after the death of the said A. Agnes the said mesuage other the premisses discēded of right ought to discēd or come vnto the said I.I. in the taile especial as son heire male of the body of the said A. Agnes lawfully begottē either of any other discent of inheritance therein of a meer fee simple or that the said I. by his entry into the said mesuage other the p̄misses after the death of his father mother was thē seised of in his demeane as of fee taile especiall or of any such estate died seised or that after the death of the said I. that the said mesuage other the premisses or any part or parcell thereof discended came or of right ought to discend and come to the said cōpl as brother heire
he against all naturall loue humanitie nothing more coueting than the extreame destruction of her and her said poore husband and well perceiuing how far he is now vnable to helpe himselfe hath vtterly denyed to render the same and yet doth contrary to all conscience equitie law or right In consideration whereof may it like your honourable Lordship of your accustomed pitie to call the said c. before you together with the husband of your said poore oratrix and there to will him to deliuer the said writings againe to the said husband if it shall seeme vnto your honor or els there to shew sufficient matter why he should keepe the same your said oratrix with her poore husband their poore children shall pray c. ¶ A bill of a title of Copihold lands HVmbly complaining sheweth vnto your good Lordship your daily orator W. S. otherwise named W. T. of L. cofin and heyre of I. S. otherwise called I. M. while hee liued c. That whereas your said Orator at your Lordships last being at c. did exhibite vnto you a certaine bil of complaint mentioning therein that the foresaid I. S. otherwise called I. T. in his life time was seised of and in certaine Customarie lands and tenements that is to say of and in c. holding by Copy of Court roll of the manour of which one T.L. then was and yet is Lord. And that the same I. S. so being seised of the premisses afterwards of like estate dyed thereof by protestation seised after whose death the said c. with the appurtenances and the right title vse possession inheritance thereof discended and came and of very right ought to discend and come vnto your sayd Orator as cofin and next heire of the said I. S. that is to say the yongest sonne of I. yongest sonne and heire to the same I. S. according to the auncient custome of the said mannor And that your said orator had oft and sundry times desired and prayed the said c. that with lawfull warning vnto the tenants of the sayd Lordshippe a Court might bee holden at the sayd manour by whose inquirie the title of your said orator might be presented and found in the premisses according as both iustice right and good conscience doth require Howbeit most honorable Lord that notwithstanding forasmuch as the said c. hath kept the premisses in his owne hand these many yeares past and the profits and issues thereof comming hath by the same space to his owne proper vse receiued and taken and yet doth your sayd poore orator could neuer get the same c. to hold a court there minding thereby vtterly disheriting vnto your said poore Orator of and in the premisses vntill such time as your sayd most honourable Lordship mooued with your accustomed loue to iustice and pitie towards pouertie vouchsafed to graunt vnto him your benigne letters directed vnto the said c. willing him thereby with lawfull warning giuen vnto the tenants of the said Lordship to summon and keepe a Court of the said manour for the triall of the right of your said Orator in the premisses vpon the receipt of which letters the said c. summoned and kept a Court at his said Manour of c. whereat vpon the open and plaine declaration of your said Orators title together with the examination of diuers witnesses brought in by your said Orator for the said tytle in the premisses and further vpon the shewing of much substantiall and auntient euidence maintaining the same the Homage therewith charged and sworne did present and find at the said c. before I. S. Steward of the same Court that the foresaid I. S. was possessour and held the premisses by Copie of Court roll according to the custome of the said Mannor and that also your said Orator was cofin and heire to the same I. S. according to the custome of the said mannor that is to say sonne of I. younger sonne of c. as by the Copy of the same Court rolles ready to be shewed more plainely may appeare vnto your Lordship After which presentment at the same Court it was agreed betwixt the said Steward in the name of the said c. and your said Orator that if the said c. should not declare and shew vnto your said Orator or to his learned counsaile at London within one terme then next ensuing a better title and interest to the foresaid premisses than your said Orator had then and there already prooued that then your said Orator should haue and enioy the premisses to him and to his heires according to right equitie and good conscience according to the custome of the said manor But so it is most honorable Lord that althogh the said c. as he cannot so hath hee not by the said space prooued any maner of title or colour of title to the premisses but onely with such like fraudulent delayes he intendeth to wery your said poore orator from the obtaining of the premisses if he can disherite him from the same Wherefore may it please your good Lordship of your accustomable goodnes alwayes to pouertie extended to graunt vnto your said Orator the Kings most gracious writ of Subpena to be directed to the said c. commanding him by the same not onely to appeare personally before your good Lordship in the high court of Chancerie at a certaine day and vnder a certaine paine by your good Lordship therein to be limitted but also to permit and suffer your said orator peaceably to haue hold or occupie possesse and enioy the premisses aforesaid and the profits and issues of the same vntil such time as the same c. hath duely approued better title to the premisses than he hath hitherto done and your said poore Orator shall pray c. ¶ ADDITIONS TO THE booke of Instruments ¶ A graunt of a Ward within age OMnibus Christi c. Salutem c. Sciatis me praefat Comitem pro quadam pecuniae summa mihi per T. M. generoâ—um pÌ„ manibê° solut dedisse ê‘ present concessisse eidem T. custodiam W. C. filij heredis I.C. iam defuncti ac omnium terrarum tenementorum hereditam morum quae ad manê° meas deuenire poterint ratione minoris aetatis eiusdem W. post mortem dicti I qui de me tenuit die quo obijt per seruitium militare ac maritagium pÌ„dicti W. Habendum tenendum custodiam praedictam ac maritagium praedicti W. praefato T. assignatis suis quousque dictus W. ad plenam aetatem viginti vnius annorum peruenerit ac quamdin in manibê° meis fore contigerent seu remanere deberent si contingit praedictum W. obire antequam ad plenam aetatem viginti vnius annorum peruenerit herede suo infra aetatem existente tunc sciatis me praefatum comitem pro c. conceâ—lisse praefat T. custodiam eiusdem heredis ac omnium terrarum
granteth to and with the said Masters and Wardens their successors by these presents that he the same R. S. his executors and assignes at his and their proper costs and charges the said mesuage or tenement and other the premisses aboue letten with thappurtenances with the pauements and wydraughts of the same in and by all things well and sufficiently shall repaire sustaine maintaine scoure and clense as often as need shall require during the said terme and the same so repaired scoured clensed and all glasse windowes yron doores lockes and keyes as it is thereof and therewith now fully furnished and garnished at the end of the same terme shall leaue and yeeld vp And it shal be lawful to the said Master Wardens and their successors at all times during the said terme at their libertie and pleasure to come and enter into the said mesuage or tenement and other the premisses aboue letten with thappurtenances and euery parcell thereof there to view and search what reparations shall bee needfull to be made and done and vpon such view and search had the said R. S. for him his executors and assignes conenanteth and graunteth to and with the said Master and Wardens and their successors by these presents that the same R. his executors and assignes at his and their proper costs and charges shall during the sayd terme within one quarter of a yeare next after motion and knowledge to him or them giuen by the said Master and Wardens or their successors well and sufficiently from time to time repaire and amend all such defaults and lackes of reparations as there shall happen to bee found And that the same R. his executors and assignes during the said terme shall peaceably and quietly permit and suffer the said T. W. and all other tenants of the said fraternitie dwelling there about to haue vse and enioy all such lights penthouses and other easements as now be and appertayne to their seuerall tenements or mansions without any stopping darkning empairing or breaking hurting or diminishing and without let interruption or disturbance of the same R. his executors or assignes or of any other person or persons by his or their commaundement or procurement And it shall not bee lawfull to the said R S. his executors nor assignes to bargaine grant alien let or set his lease interest or terme of and in the said mesuage and other the premisses aboue letten nor any parcell thereof to any person or persons during the said terme but onely at will from yeare to yeare without the consent agreement of the said Master and Wardens or their successors first had and obtained in writing vnder the common seale of the said fraternitie And the said Maister and Wardens for them their successours couenant and graunt to and with the said R. S. his executors and assignes by these presents that the same Master Wardens and their successors at their proper costs and charges shal beare and pay all manner quite rents if any such bee due or to be due and going out of and for the said mesuage and tenement and other the premisses aboue letten during the said terme and therefore shall acquite discharge and saue harmeles the said R. S. his executors assignes during the said term by these presents And the said Master and Wardens for them and their successors couenant grant to and with the said R. S. by these presents that if the same R. his executors and assignes wel and truely keepe performe and fulfill all and euerie the couenants graunts agreements articles paiments aboue rehearsed which on his or their part are to be holden performed fulfilled and kept then an obligation of the date hereof wherein the said R. S. stādeth and is bound to the said Master wardens and their successors in the summe of xl poundes sterling shall be void and of none effect In witnesse whereof to the one part of this Indenture remaining with the said Master and Wardens their successors the said Richard Simon hath put his seale and to the other part of the same Indenture remaining with the same R. the said Master wardens haue put their common seale of the said Fraternitie Giuen the day and yere aboue written ¶ A copie of a Lease made by a Parson of a parish Church of his Parsonage THis Indenture made the xx day of March in the c. Betweene I. C. Deane of the Colledge of Saint S. in the county of M. and parson of the parish Church of G. within the lordship of G. in N. of the one partie and T. B. Gentleman of the other party Witnesseth that the said I. C Parson of the parish aforesaid hath demised graunted and by these presents for him and his successors parsons of the same parish church demiseth graunteth to ferme letteth vnto the said T. B. all the foresaid parish Church and parsonage of G. aforesaid and all that the mansion place of the said Parsonage with all houses barnes stables and other edifices thereunto in any manner wise appertayning or belonging together with all glebe lands and all other lands tenements rents reuersions seruices tithes portions annuities free chappels oblations offerings fruits obuentions emoluments commodities profits casualties and aduantages to the said parish Church and parsonage and either of them or to the said I. C. by reason thereof in any maner wise appertaining or belonging Except reserued vnto the said I. C. his successors parsons there during for such time only as the same I. C. or his successors parsons there shall bee parsonally resident abiding on the said parsonage these parcels of the premisses hereafter following that is to say the hall a great chamber ouer the same hal the buttery the larder the kitchin with al chambers ouer the same kitchin buttery larder together with a stable parcell of the premisses To haue and to hold al the said parish church and parsonage and all other the premisses with all and singuler their appurtenances aboue letten except in manner and forme before excepted vnto the said T. B. his executors and assignes from the feast of the Annunciation of our Lady saint Mary next comming after the date of these present Indentures vnto the end and terme of xxi yeres then next immediatly following and fully frō henceforth to be complet ended Yeelding and paying therefore yerely during the said terme of xxi yeres vnto the said I. C. and to his successors Parsons of the said Church one yerely rent of lxxx li. of good and lawful money of England to be paid yerely at two termes in the yere that is to say at the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Annuntiation of our Ladie Saint Marie by euen portions or within twenty daies next and immediatly ensuing either of the same feasts which said yerely rent of lxxx ii the said T. B. couenanteth granteth by these presents to and with the said I. C. truely to content and
paid without the licence of the said Deane and Chapter Furthermore it is agreed by these presents that if it fortune the foresaid rent or yeerely farme or any parcell thereof to be behind vnpaid by the space of one moneth next ensuing any of the said feasts before limitted That then it shall be lawfull to the said Deane Chapter to their successors their assignes in their parsonage and euery parcell thereof to enter to distraine and the distresses so taken to retaine till such time as the foresaid rent or yeerely farme be fully to them satisfied contented and paied And the said N. couenanteth and agreeth that if it happen the said rent or yeerely farme to be behind vnpaid or anie parcell thereof by the space of 3. months next ensuing any of the said feasts That then it shall be lawfull to the foresaid Deane Chapter and to their successors into their said parsonage euery parcell thereof to reenter and to distraine the said N. his heires executors and assignes and them thereof to put out and amoue this Indenture in any wise notwithstanding And also the said N. couenanteth by these presents that the mansion house of the said parsonage shal yerely during the said terme be inhabited and houshold kept in it that the corne and graine that groweth yeerely in the lands of the said parsonage shall bee layd in the barnes and housing of the said parsonage In witnes wherof the parties aforesaid interchangebly haue put to their seales the day moneth and yeere abouesaid ¶ The forme of a Lease of Graine which the farmer ought to pay to his lessor with a clause of defeasance of the whole Lease for lacke of payment of the rent HEc Indentura facta inter DominuÌ„ Regem ex vna parte I. C. Militem ex altera parte Testatur quod idem dominus Rex per aduisamentum consilij curiae Augmentationis reuentionum Coronae suae tradidit concessit ad firmam dimisit praefato I.C. omnia illa ducenta quarteria hordei quadraginta quarteria frumenti boni suauis grani quae firmarius seu firmarij rectoriae de O. H. in comitatu L. parcell ' possessionum nuper Monasterij de N. in comitatu Eborum pro in nomine reddit siue annualis firme eiusd ' rectoriae dicto dnÌ„o Regi annuatim reddere deliberare debent seu debet Habendum gaudendum annuatim percipiend ' hordeum frumentum pÌ„d ' praef I. C. assignatis suis à festo Sancti Marci Euangelist vltimo preterito vsque ad finem termini per terminum viginti vnius annorum extunc proximÌ„ sequentium plenarie complendoruÌ„ Reddendo inde annuatim dicto dnÌ„o Regi heredibus successoribus suis xl li. xiij s' iiij d ' legalis monetae Angliae viz. pro praed ' CC. quarterijs hordei xxx li. pro pÌ„dictis xl quarterijs frumenti x. li. xiij s' iiij d' ad festa S. Marci Euang ' sanctae Katherinae in hyeme vel infra vnum mensem post vtrumque festum festorum illorÌ„ ad curiam pÌ„dict ' ê‘ aequales portiones soluendas durante terminÌ„ pÌ„dicto Prouiso semper quod si contigerit pÌ„dict ' redditum aretto fore insolutum per spacium vnius mensis post aliquem diem solutionis eiusdem superius expressum si debito modo petatur quod haec tunc presens dimissio vacua sit ac pro nullo habeatur aliquo in prefenti dimissione contento in contrarium inde non obstante In cuius rei c. ¶ A like forme in English THis Indenture made betweene A. B. of London gentleman on the one partie and C. D. of N. in the county of N. yeomaÌ„ on the other partie Witnesseth that the said A. B. hath graunted demised and to ferme letten to the foresaid C. D. all those one hundred quarters of Wheat and CC. quarters of Barley of good and sweet graine which the farmor or farmors of the parsonage of N. in the County of N. ought yearely to pay and deliuer to the said A. B. for and by the name of rent or yerely farme of the said parsonage To haue enioy and yeerely to receiue the Wheat Barley aforesaid to the said C. D. and his assignes from the feast of saint M. c. Yeelding and paying therefore yerely to the said A. B. his executors and assignes lx li. c. Prouided alwaies that if it chance the said yerely rent of lx li. to be behind vnpaid by the space of one Moneth after any day of payment of the same before expressed and specified if it be in due maner demaunded then this present lease immediatly to cease and stand void and of no force ne vertue any thing in this present Indenture to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding In witnesse whereof the parties aforesaid c. ¶ The forme of a verie perfect Lease of sundry Lordships with diuers clauses of couenants THis Indenture made the last day of Aprill in the xxxiiij yeare of the raigne of our most dread Soueraigne Lord Henry the viij by the grace of God king of England Fraunce Ireland defendour of the faith and in earth vnder Christ of the Church of England Ireland the supreame head Betweene Master I.P. doctor of the Ciuil Law Deane of the Colledge c. and the Canons of the same Colledge on the one party and A. D. of T. in the county of B. gentleman on the other party Witnesseth that the said Deane Canons by their whole mutuall assent consent will and agreement haue demised graunted to farme let vnto the said A. their mansioÌ„ or dwelling place of their manor or Lordship of T. aforesaid in the said County of B. late called the Priorie of T. with all the scite and circuit of the same mansion and all houses buildings yards closes orchards gardens pondes and stewes contained within the same scite or circuit together with all the demeane lands leasures mâ—adowes and pastures with all and singuler thappurtenances to the said mansion or dwelling place manor or Lordship or to any part or parcell of them or to any of them belonging or in any wise appertayning And also all singuler their lands tenements meadowes leasures pastures commons fishings with all other easements profits and commodities and all other their hereditaments whatsoeuer they bee set lying or being within the Towne and fields of T. aforesaid And also all those their two Milles called c. with all and singuler their appurtenances profits and commodities and with all other their messuages lands tenements meadowes pastures commons easements profits commodities with all and singuler rents reuersions remainders and seruices of all the tenants aswell freeholders as tenants for yeares or from yere to yere copiholders tenants at wil or otherwise set lying or being to be perceiued or taken within the townes parishes or fields of S. Nicholas P. c.
late belonging appertaining to the said late Priorie of T. aforesaid with all singuler their appurtenances and all that their manor or Lordship of T. with all the demeanes of the same And all singuler their other mesuages c. and other hereditaments whatsoeuer they be set lying or being in C. aforesaid and all singuler reuersions remainders and seruices of all the tenants aswell of all the freeholders tenants for yeres or from yere to yere as copyholders tenaÌ„ts at will to the said manor or Lordship of C. belonging or appertaining or which be in any wise to be perceiued receiued taken out of any lands tenements meadowes leasures pastures or other hereditaments whatsoeuer they be set lying or being in C. aforesaid And also of al maner of such glebe lands tenements tithes oblations fruits profits commodities whatsoeuer they be to the Churches Parsonages of N. C. and L. or to any of them now belonging or in any wise appertayning or which at any time heretofore haue of right appertayned or belonged to them or to any of them And also all and singuler pensions and porcions in L. W. c. with all rights profits and commodities aswell spirituall as temporall together with all woods vnderwoods warrens and other liberties whatsoeuer they be to the said mannors and Lordships of T. and C. or to eyther of them belonging or in any wise appertaining or that be set lying or being in the townes and fields of T. and C. aforesaid or in or vpon any of the premisses Except and alwayes reserued vnto the said Deane and Canons and to their successors all such rents and fâ—â—ites pensions and portions which be contained in a Scedule indented thereof made and to this Indenture annexed amounting to the yeerely value of xx li. sterling And also except reserued vnto the said Dean c. all singuler felons goods wards mariages escheats hariots aduowsons patronages of Churches in any wise to the said Lordships belonging To haue hold occupie peaceably to possesse and inioy the said scite manors or Lordships and all singuler the premisses with their appurtenances except before excepted vnto the said A. D. to his executors and assignes from the feast of S. Michael the Archangell next and immediatly following the date hereof vnto the end and terme of fiftie yeeres then next insuing fully to be complet ended in as ample and large maner forme as much for his commodity and profit as euer any being Prior of T aforesaide or any other farmer occupier or possessor of the same haue at any time heretofore occupied possessed or enioyed the premisses or any part or parcell thereof Yeelding paying therefore yerely vnto the said Deane Canons and to their successors lxxx li. of good and lawfull money of England at two termes of the yeere that is to say at the feast of Thannunciation of our blessed Lady Saint Michael the Archangell by euen portions And the said A. couenanteth graunteth by these presents that he the said A. his executors assignes shall at his or their proper costes charges wel sufficiently repaire sustaine maintaine vphold the said manor place and all other houses barnes and stables now there being and to the same belonging during the said terme And also shall repaire vphold and maintaine wel and sufficiently all maner of tenements buildings edifications of tenements now builded or hereafter to be builded to the said mannors of T. and C. or to either of them belonging or appertaining at his proper costs and charges during the said terme and also shall well sufficiently keepe scower repaire all manner of hedges ditches muddes of and in the said lands of the said manors and other the premisses during the said terme and so being well and sufficiently repaired in the end of the said terme shal leaue yeeld vp And the said Deane and Canons couenanten and granten for them and their successors to and with the said A. his executors and assignes to beare and maintain all manner reparations of Chauncels of all such Churches as belong to any of the said manors or that be now or that hereafter shal be scituat edified or builded in any of the said Townes villages or hamlets before mentioned or vpon anie of the said lands tenements or other the premisses And also to discharge the said A. D. his executors and assignes of all such things as are due by reason of a composition made between the late prior of T. and the parochians of the same N. bearing date the x. day of Ianuarie Anno Dom. MDL as in the same composition more plainely is declared And also the said A. couenanteth and graunteth for him his executors assignes to and with the said Deane c. to acquite and discharge the said Deane c. of and for all maner of quite rents other charges whatsoeuer they be due or accustomed to be paid out of the said mannors or Lordships or out of either of them or other the premisses or any parcell thereof to our soueraigne Lord the king the chiefe Lord of the fee or fees or to any other person or persons whatsoeuer they be during the said terme hauing their commencemeÌ„t beginning and being before the date of these presents the tenth or tenths out of any of the premisses due vnto our Soueraigne Lord the king only excepted which the said Deane and Canons and their successors shal beare and pay And moreouer the said Deane c. by these presents doe licence authorise the said A. and also doth couenant and graunt vnto him his executors or assignes that he the said A. his executors or assignes by his or their sufficient deputie or deputies shall keepe the Court Leetes within the said manors or Lordships or within either of them in the name of the said Deane c. when and as often as it shal seeme good vnto the said A. his executors or assignes without fee or other allowance demaunding for the same during the said terme And also the said A couenanteth c. to leuy gather receiue to the vse of the said Deane and Canons and their successors all such rents as be excepted and reserued out of this Indenture and mentioned in the sayd scedule indented hereunto annexed at such time as they shall be by the law recouered or by any other way or meanes sufficiently or lawfully tryed and proued against the said tenants or deteinors and withholders of the said rents and dueties to be payable vnto the sayd Deane and Canons if the said A. D may obtaine or get any of the said rents or duties without costes and charges in the law to bee had or made by the sayd A. for the same and for the collection thereof to demaund no fee or other allowance of the said Deane and Canons vpon his accompt thereof to be made before the Auditors of the said Deane
the said A. remayning the said Master Deane and Canons haue set their common Seale and to the other part of these Indentures with the said Master Deane and Canons remayning the said A. hath set his seale Giuen the day yere aboue written ¶ The forme of a lease of a Brewhouse or such like thing THis Indenture made c. Betweene A. B. of London Grocer on the one party and C.D. of the same Brewer on the other party Witnesseth that the said A. B. hath demised graunted and to farme letten to the foresayd C. D. all that his Brewhouse with all and singuler the appurtenances called N. set lying and being in F. in the parish of c. betweene the tenement pertayning to our soueraigne Lord the king now in the holding of I.K. on the east part and a tenement pertayning c. on the north part c. together with al maner vessels and vtensils to the said Brewhouse belonging or in any maner wise appertaining that is to say two horse Mils price x. s. two great leads price c. one mashfat price c. ten barrels price c. and so foorth of the rest Else ye may say thus together with all maner vessels and vtensils contained in a certaine scedule to these present Indētures annexed To haue and to c. And the sayd C.D. couenanteth and granteth c. that the said C. his executors and assignes shall well truely and sufficiently maintaine repayre sustayne the said brewhouse vessels and vtensils c during the said terme Prouided alwayes that if any of the said vessels or vtensils shal need during the terme aforesaid for default of oldnes to be renued that then the said A. B. his executors or assignes shall of his and their proper costes charges renew al and euery such vessels vtensels so to be renewed as oft as need shal require during the said terme So that the same bee not broken or destroyed by the default or negligence of the said C. D. or of his seruants And the said A. B. and his heyres the said Brewhouse with the appurtenances and all other the premisses before letten vnto the foresaid C. his exetutors and assignes for the said yerely rent in maner and forme before specified against all people shall warrant and defend vntill the end of the said terme by these presents In witnesse c. ¶ An other Lease THis Indenture made c. Betweene I. M. of Hornechurch in the county of E. gentleman on the one party and R. H. of the same esquire on the other party Witnesseth that the said I. the day of making hereof hath graunted demised betaken and letten to farme and by this Indenture doth grant demise betake and to farme let vnto the said H. al that his manor place called Morton hall with all landes tenementes douehouses barnes stables orchards gardens pondes waters with thappurtenances to the said manor belonging or appertayning set lying being in the parish of Hornechurch aforesayd To haue and to hold the foresaid manor landes tenements douehouses barnes stables orchards gardens ponds waters other the premisses with the appurtenances to the said H. to his executors assignes from the feast of S. Michael next folowing after the date of this Indenture vnto the ende and terme of xx yeres from thence next ensuing and fully to be complet and ended Yeelding and paying therefore yerely during the sayd terme to the said I. his heires or assignes xx poundes of good and lawfull money of England at fower termes of the yeare that is to say at the feast of the Natiuity of c. by euen porcions And if it shall happen the sayd yearely rent of xx li. to be behinde vnpaid in part or in all ouer or after any terme of payment thereof aforesaid in which it ought to be payd by the space of 6. weekes and lawfully asked That then it shall bee lawfull to the said I. to his heires assignes into the sayd manors lands tenements all other the premisses with thappurtenances to enter distraine the distresses there so taken lawfully to beare lead driue and carry away and them to retayne vntill the said yerely rent and tharrerages of the same if any be to them bee fully contented and payd And if it shal happen the sayd yerely rent of xx li. to be behind vnpaid in part or in all ouer or after any terme of payment thereof aforesaid in which it ought to be payd by the space of a quarter of a yere and lawfully asked and no sufficient distresse then there can be found That then and at all times after it shall be lawfull to the sayd I. to his heires and assignes into al the said manor landes tenements and other the premisses with thappurtenances wholy to reenter the same to haue againe retaine and repossesse as in their former estate And the said H.R. his executors and assignes thereof vtterly to expell put out and auoid this Indenture or any thing therin contained to the contrary notwithstāding And the said I. couenāteth granteth by this Indenture that he or his heirs the said manor lands tenemēts other the premisses with thappurtenances meete sufficiently shall repayre sustaine maintaine and against wind raine shall make defensible when as often as need shall require during the said terme except dawbing of walles horne high and all hedges ditches and defences belonging to the said manor with thappurtenances which shall be at the costs and charges of the said H. his executors or assignes at all times during the said time And the same so sufficiently made repaired and amended in the end of the said time shall surrender and deliuer vp to the sayd I. his heires or assignes And the said H. couenanteth graunteth by this Indenture that hee his executors or assignes at their like cost and tharge shall beare and pay all maner of quite rents and outcharges which shall be due going out of the foresaid manor lands and tenements with thappurtenances at al times during the said terme And the said I. couenanteth and granteth by this Indēture that it shal be lawfull to the said H. his executors and assignes to haue and to take in vpon the lands before letten competent and sufficient freebote cartbote ploughbote hedgebote to be occupied spent in vpon the lands tenemēts aforesaid at all times during the said terme And further the said I. couenanteth and granteth by this Indenture that he and his heires the aforesaid manor lands tenements and al other with thappurtenances to the said H. to his executors assignes for the yerely rent aforesaid and vnder the other couenants aboue rehersed against all people shall warrant and defend during the foresaid terme of xx yeares by this Indenture In witnesse whereof c. ¶ A Lease for yeres of a house THis Indenture made the xx day of Ianuarie in the xvij yeare of the raigne of king
Henrie the eight betweene Sir T.D. knight and dame Anne his wife of the one party N.S. citizen Grocer of London on the other party Witnesseth that the same sir T. and dame Anne his wife the day of the making hereof haue granted demised betaken and to farme letten and by this Indenture graunteth demiseth betaketh and to farme letteth to the said N. all that their mesuage or tenement with al shops cellers sollers warehouses yards with al and singuler their appurtenances to the same mesuage or tenemēt appertayning or belonging set lying or being in the parish of S. Mildred in the Pultry in London which was lately in the tenure holding of I.C. and wherein the said N. now inhabiteth To haue to hold the foresaid mesuage or tenement with all shops cellers sollers other the premisses with the appurtenances to the said N. to his executors and assignes in as large and ample maner and forme in euery thing as the foresaid I.C. the same lately held and occupied from the feast of S. Michael tharchangell last past before the date hereof vnto the end terme of xx yeres from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yeelding and paying therefore yerely during the said terme to Sir T. dame Anne his wife or to either of them their heires or assignes iij. li. vi s. viii d. of good and lawfull money of England at 4. termes of the yere in the Citie of Londō vsual by euen portions And if it shall happen the said yerely rēt of 3. li. 6. s. 8. d. to be behind vnpaid in part or in all ouer or after any terme of paiment thereof aforesaid in which it ought to be paid by the space of vi weekes That then it shall bee lawful to the said Sir T. and dame A. his wife their heires and assignes in all the foresaid mesuage or tenement and other the premisses with the appurtenances to enter and distraine and the distresse so taken lawfully to beare lead and carry away with them to retaine vntill the said yerely rent and tharrerages of the same be fully contented and paid And if it happen the said yerely rent of iij. li. vi s. viij d. to bee behind vnpaid in part or in all ouer or after any terme of payment thereof aforesaid in which it ought to be paid by the space of a quarter of a yere That then it shal be lawful to the said sir T. and dame A. his wife their heires and assignes into all the foresaid mesuage and other the premisses with the appurtenances wholy to reenter and the same to haue againe retaine possesse as in their former estate and the said N. his executors assignes therof vtterly to expel put out and amooue This indenture or any thing therin contained to the contrary notwithstanding And the sayd sir T. dame A. couenanteth graunteth by this Indenture that they their heires or assignes at their owne cost charge the said mesuage or tenement and al other the premisses with the appurtenances well and sufficiently shall repaire sustaine and maintaine and against wind and raine shall make defensible when and as often as neede shall require during the said terme and also at their like cost charge shall beare and pay all manner of quite rents and outcharges which shall be due and going out of al the foresaid mesuage and other the premisses at all times during the said terme And the said Sir Thomes and dame Anne couenanteth graunteth by these presents the foresaid mesuage or tenement and all other the premisses with thappurtenances to the said N. to his executors and assignes for the yerely rent aforesaid and vnder the other couenants aboue rehearsed against all people shall warrant and defend during the foresaid terme of xx yeres by this Indenture In witnes wherof the parties aforesaid to these Indentures interchangeably haue set to their seales the day yere aboue said ¶ Here followeth the forme and manner how to make Releases ¶ Ye shal vnderstand that there be sūdry sorts of Releases Some be of a mans whole right which he hath in lands tenements or hereditaments Othersome be of actions reals and personals and of other things which kind of release is vsually called a generall acquitance the forme whereof ye shall find in the title of Acquitances But concerning the nature of Releases where they take place of the strength and vertue of the words in the same I remit you to Master Litteltons book of Tenures Mine intent and purpose here is onely to describe sundry forms and examples of them ¶ The forme of a Release made to the tenant of the freehold of a Manor c. NOuerint vniuersi per praesentes me T. R. filium heredem I. R. armigeri defuncti remisisse relaxasse omnino de me hered ' meis quietum clamasse R. D. armigero totum ius titulum clameum quae habui habeo aut quouismodo in posterum habere potero de in manerio de R. iuxta A. Vel sic ¶ An other forme of the same OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit T.R. filius here 's C. R. armigeri defuncti salutem in domino sempiternam Noueritis me praefatum T. remisisse relaxasse omnino pro me et heredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse per presentes R. D. armigero in sua plena pacifica possessione existent heredibus assignatis suis imperpetuum totum ius meum titulum clameumdemādum interesse quae vnquā habui habeo seu quouismodo in futur̄ haber̄ potero vel poterint hered ' mei de in manerio de R. iuxta A. in comitatu K. cum omnibus terris tenemētis redditibus seruitijs pratis pascuis boscis pasturis vna cum omnibus alijs pertinentijs eidem manerio spectant Necnon de in omnibus illis terris tenementis cum omnibus suis pertinētijs vocatis I. iacentibus existent in parochijs de A. R. M. in comitatu praedicto quod quidem manerium terrae tenementa ac cetera praemissa cum omnibus pertinentijs quondam fuerunt R. M. aui mei Ita videlicet quod nec ego praedictus T. nec haeredes mei nec aliquis alius per nos pro nobis seu nomine nostro aliquod ius titulum clameum demandum seu interesse de aut in praedicto manerio de R. cum omnibus terris tenementis redditibus seruitijs pratis pascuis boscis pasturis ac omnibus alijs pertinentijs eidem manerio spectantibus aut de vel in omnibus praedictis terris tenementis cum omnibus suis pertinen̄ vocatis I. neque in aliqua parte seu parcell ' eorundem de cetero clamare vel vendicare poterimus nec debemus quouismodo in futurum sed ab omni action̄ iuris tituli clamei demandi interesse in eisdem simus penitus
shal be so lawfully euicted disseised of or that shal not be assured to the said R. before the feast of Easter aboue rehearsed To haue to hold all singuler such lands tenements appurtenances which the foresaid R. shall in case aforesaid lawfully require chuse to him to his heires or to such other persons as he shal appoint in manner effect forme in as good assurance as he should haue had by vertue of this Indēture in the foresaid mesuage c. euery part parcell of the same And also the said M. bargaineth and selleth to the said R. all manner of stuffe goods hostilments implements to them and either of them pertaining and belonging being the same mesuage garden houses c. at the day of sealing of these presents And the said M. T. the sonne doth grant that they shal discharge the said lands and tenements of all arrerages of rents of all rents except the yerely rent of xij d. And that the said R. shall take the profits from the feast of S. Michael last past forward For which sale bargaine of all singuler the premisses on the part of the said M. T. the sonns to be obserued performed done the said R. hath contented paid to the said M. T xl li. of lawfull money of England whereof they holden them fully content and pleased And therefore acquite and discharge the said R. by these presents And ouer this the said R. couenanteth granteth and him and his executors by these presēts bindeth to the said M. and T. the sonne that he shall content and pay or cause to be cōtented paid to the said M. T. or their assignes lxxx li. of good lawful English money at such time and when the said R. or other persons at his nomination shal be made sure of the said mesuage and other the premisses in forme as is aforesaid on this side the feast of Easter next comming And the said R. couenanteth and granteth that if the said M. T. cause the said estate to be made to the said R. and his heires or to him other persons at his nomination in maner afore-rehearsed on this side the feast of Easter aboue mentioned that then an Obligation of the date hereof wherein the said M. T. the sonne stand bounden to the said R. in x. li. sterling shal be void and of none effect And that then the said R. shall deliuer the foresaid Obligation to the aboue named M and T to be cancelled In witnesse of all which couenants graunts and agreements c. An Indenture for farming of a Parsonage THis Indenture made betweene S. H. clerke Parson of the Parish Church of Saint I. in the Countie of Essex on the one partie and H. M. of D. in the same Countie clerke on the other partie Witnesseth that the said S. H. the day of making hereof hath graunted demised betaken letten to farme and by this Indenture doth demise graunt betake to farme let vnto the said I. all that his Church Parsonage of S. aforesaid with the māsion place belōging to the same And also all glebe lāds tythes fruits profits oblations obuentions commodities emoluments aduantages appurtenances to the said church parsonages belonging or in any wise appertaining except alway reserued to the said Parson his assignes only the tythe kids of al the said parish To haue and to hold all the foresaid Church and parsonage mansion with all singuler glebe lands edifices tithes fruits profits oblations obuentions cōmodities emolumēts aduantages appurtenances to the said Church Parsonage and mansion place in any wise pertaining and belonging except before excepted to the said I. to his executors and assignes from the feast of saint Iohn the Baptist next comming after the date hereof vnto the end and terme of iij. yeares from thence next insuing fully to be complete ended Yelding paying therfore yerely during the said terme to the said parson or his assignes viij li. of good lawful money of England at two termes of the yere that is to say at the feast of thannunciation of our Lady and saint Michael tharchangel by equall portions And if it shall happen the said yerely rent of viij li. to be behind vnpaid in part or in all ouer or after any terme of payment thereof aforesaid in which it ought to be paid by the space of viij weekes and lawfully asked and no sufficiēt distres then can be found there That then and at all times after it shal be lawful to the said parson his assignes into the said Church and Parsonage and al other the premisses with the appurtenances wholely to reenter and the same to haue againe retaine and repossesse as in his former estate and the said I. his executors assignes therof vtterly to expell put out and amoue This Indenture or any thing therein cōtained notwithstanding And the said S. couenāteth and granteth by this Indenture that he his executors or assigns the foresaid parsonage mansion places and houses before letten wel and sufficiently shal repaire sustaine maintaine and against wind raine shal make defensible when as often as need shall require during the said terme And the same I doth couenant and grant by these presents that he or his sufficient deputie shall well and duely serue the cure of the foresaid Church shal minister al Sacraments Sacramentals to the parishioners of the same at all times when as oftē as need shal require during the foresaid terme And also the foresaid I. at his owne cost expences shal beare pay al maner of ordinary charges paiments due going out of the said parsonage al other the premisses with the appurtenāces at al times during the foresaid terme And the said S. couenanteth graunteth by these presēts to beare pay al maner of extraordinary charges payments which shal be due going out of the said parsonage by all the foresaid terme of iij. yeeres The said I. his assignes shal maintain support al maner tithes offrings rights customes appertaining belonging to the said parsonage And the said S. H. couenāteth granteth by these presents that hee at no time during the said term shal not resigne permut nor by any other waies discharge or dismisse himselfe of the said benefice and appurtenances nor of any part or parcell of the same neither shall procure cause or suffer to be done any act or other thing which may or might in any wise be hurtful or preiudiciall to the said I. his executors or assignes in hauing and inioying of the foresaid parsonage other the premisses with the appurtenances til that the foresaid terme of yeres be vtterly ended and expyred In witnesse c. ¶ An Indenture made betweene partners THis Indenture made the v. day of March in the xxxviij yere of the raigne of king Henrie
doe the execution distribution of the same according to her mind pleasure And that after her decease the said E. F. shal giue deliuer pay execute to such persons as the same Eliz. shall bequeath appoint to haue any thing of the said E. goods extēding to the said summe of C. l. And the said dame A. W. A c. willeth granteth by these presents that if the said E. F. wel truely do wholy obserue performe keepe all and singuler couenāts grants promisses agreemēts afore rehersed on his part without deceit c. that then an Obligation of CC. li. bearing date c. wherein he standeth bound to the said dame A. c. be clearely void of none effect c. In witnes c. ¶ A formall Indenture of a plaine bargaine which is a good president in all common sales of Land THis Indenture made c. between A F. on the one party R. T of London Mercer on the other party witnesseth that the said A hath clerely bargained an sold and by these presents clerely bargaineth and selleth to the said R. T. the manor of L. with the appurtenances in the county of Sussex all lands tenements rents reuersions seruices medowes leasues woods waters mils parkes fields and fennes with all and singuler their appurtenances all maner profits gaines and aduantages arising vpon the same which he or any other person or persons to his vse hath haue or had in the townes parishes of Belton Buckley Roidon c. in the coūty of S. aforesaid To haue and to hold the said manor lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances to the same K his heires and assignes for euermore And also the said A. hath bargained sold to the said R. T. all deeds charters euidences writings escripts munimēts which he or any other person or persons to his vse hath or haue concerning the premisses or any part or parcell of the same and the said euidences deeds charters c. couenanteth graunteth to deliuer to the said R. his heires or assignes on this side the feast of Al-Saints now next cōming or after as hee may conueniently obtaine and get them c. which manor lands tenements c. the said A. couenanteth and graunteth and also warranteth to be of the cleare yerely value of CC. l. sterling ouer and aboue al charges and reprises And that hee hath lawfull power and authoritie to bargaine and to sell the premisses to the said R. and his heires as afore is said also the said A couenanteth and granteth by these presents that he before the feast of Al-Saints now next comming shall make or cause for to be made to the said R. his heires and assignes vnto such persons and to their heires as the same R. shall name and assigne a good sure sufficient and lawfull estate in fee simple of and in the said manor lands tenements and other the premisses and appurtenances by fine feoffement recouery release confirmation deed or deeds enrolled with warranty or warranties or otherwise as by the learned counsell of the said R. his heires or assignes shall be aduised at the costes and charges onely in the Law of the said A. his heires or assignes discharged of all former bargaines and sales statutes recognisances annuities fees iointers dowers leases fines issues amerciaments condemnations iudgements executions intrusions and of all other incumbrances and charges whatsoeuer they be except the rents and seruices of the chiefe Lords of the fee thereof from henceforth due and accustomed to be paied And also the said A. couenanteth and graunteth to discharge the said R. of all arrerages of rents growing and being due before the date of these presents And ouer this the said A. couenanteth and graunteth that he and all other persons at any time seised to the vse of the said A. of and in the same manors c. shall at all times before the feast of c. in the yeare c. suffer and cause to be done and suffered all and euery such thing and things as shall be deuised by the counsel learned of the same R. with warranty of the same against all men without warranty of the said other persons for to make the same manors lands tenements c. sure to the said R. and his heires or such other persons to their heires as the same R. shall name appoint therevnto at the costes and charges in the law of the said A and his heires And that the same K. and his heires or the said other persons their heires whom the said R. shall thereunto assigne after the said estate had or made shall haue and inioy the same manor c. without any lawfull expulsion euiction or interruption of the said A or his heires or any person or persons by reason of any title had or growen before the date of these presents For which bargaine sale couenants graunts and agreements on the behalfe of the said A. to be performed obserued and done The said R. hath well and truely contented and paied in hand to the said A. before the date of these presents 3063. pounds of lawfull money of England in full contentation and payment of and in the said bargaine and sale other the premisses which said summe c. the said A. acknowledgeth himselfe fully contented and paied and thereof acquiteth c. In witnesse c. And if the money be not paid in hand ye must expresse the dayes of paiment of them and the clauses of the distresse or reentrie or any other penalties according to the couenants of the parties ¶ An Indenture of Particion of lands diuided among Sisters THis Indenture made the x. day c. Betweene P. W. citizen of London and Anne his wife one of the daughters and heires of W. R. late of London Mercer and one of the sisters and heires of T. R. which was sonne heire of the said W. R. when he liued on the one partie and I. R. widdow sister of the said Anne and an other of the daughters heires of the said W. R. and an other of the sisters and heires of the said T. R. and S. R. citizen and Mercer of London W. W. draper and I. B. draper which were of late infeoffed by the said I. of the moity of a great tenement or mesuage c. set and lying together in the Parish of Saint B. to the vse of the said I. her heires on the other partie Witnesseth that it is couenanted graunted condiscended and agreed betweene the said parties for a partition betweene them to be had and made of the inheritance of the said tenement and other the premisses in the said parish which discended to the said Anne Ioane in coparcenarie by and after the death of the said W. R. aswell daughters and heires of the said W. R. as sisters heires of the aboue named T. R. in maner and fourme ensuing First
as I my selfe should doe if I were therein my owne person present And al that euer my said Atturney shal happen to do or cause to be done in and for the premisses I promise to allow performe ratifie and stablish and thereto I bind me mine heires and executors by these presents In witnesse c. ¶ A letter of Atturney for speciall debt NOuerint vniuersi per praesentes me I C. de W. in comitaru R. yeoman fecisse ordinasse loco meo posuisse dilectos mihi in christo R.B. R.M. meos veros ligitimos atturnatos coniunctim diuisim ad petendum leuandum recuperandum recipienduÌ„ vice nomine meo pro me de T.H. de executoribus suis illas decem libras sterlingoruÌ„ quas idem T. mihi debet iniuste a me detinet in quibus ipse per scriptum suum obligatorium mihi tenetur obligatur Dand ' per praesentes concedend ' dictis Atturnatis meis eorum vtrique coniunctim diuisim plenam potestatem meam authoritatem in pÌ„missis in singulis ea tangentibus pÌ„dictum T. executores suos si necesse fuerit pro non solutione dictarum x. li cuiussibet inde ê‘cella implacitand ' arrestand ' condemnari faciend ' imprisonand ' extra prisonam deliberand ' ac per quemcunque ê“cessum iuris versus eosdem ê“sequend ' Necnon de suê‘ receptis recuperatis c. And so likewise after the first example ¶ A letter of Atturney to deliuer possession of lands NOuerint vniuersi per pnÌ„tes me W R. c. assignasse fecisse loco meo posuisse ac constituisse per pÌ„sentes dilectum mihi in christo A.R. meum verum legitimuÌ„ Atturnatum ad intrand ' pro me vice nomine meo in omnia illa mesuagia terras tenementa prata pascua pasturas ac caetera premissa cum suis pertinentijs quae nuê‘ fuerÌ„ R M. generosi defuncti Et post talem introitum ad deliberandum pro me vice nomine meo plenam pacificam possessionem seisinam de in pÌ„dictis mesuagijs terris c. cum oiÌ„bus suis ê‘tinentijs F.G. de L in comitat S. generoso aut suo certo atturnato haeredibus executoribus suis secundum vim formam tenorem effectum cuiusdaÌ„ chartae meae per pÌ„fatum W. antedicto F.G. alijs fact ' cuius datum est c. prout per inspectionem eiusdem plenius appaâ—ebit Caeteraque oiÌ„a singula quae in pÌ„missis vel circa ea necessaria fuerint seu quomodolibet oportuna ê“ me vice noie meo facieÌ„d exercend ' c. adeo plenÌ„ c. Datum c. As aforesaid ¶ A letter of Atturney to receiue possession of lands NOuerint c. dilectum mihi in Christo C. D. de M. esse meum verum legitimum Atturnatum ad intrandum pro me vice nomine meo in vnum mesuagium cum gardino suis pertinentijs in villa de M. continens per estimationem duas acras terrae c. quae nuper fuerunt A. B. defuncti ac plenam pacificam possessionem seisinaÌ„ inde capiend ' post hmÌ„di seisinam possessionem sic inde receptam habit eandem ad meum proprium vsum retinend ' custodiend ' secundum vim formam effectum cuiusdam chart mihi alijs fact ' E.F. generosum vt per eandem chartam inde confectam cuius datum est c. manifeste liquet apparet Caeteraque omnia c. And ye shall vnderstand that this is the vse in taking of seisin and possession First ye must expell all persons out of the house and call vnto you certaine neighbors to witnes at the former door then cause one to read the deed of Feoffement if it be in latine some body must interpret declare it to the witnesses in the mother tongue theÌ„ let one of the Atturneys he that giueth the possession take the doore or the ring thereof in his haÌ„d set the hand of the receiuer of possession vpon the doore in like maner saying By the authority of this deed of feoffement I make vnto you Liuery and seisin of this tenement and lands c. according to the effect of the same deed and therein I set you in firme and peaceable possession Then cause the feoffees to enter This done it is good to write the names of theÌ„ that be present to beare witnes on the back of the deed as thus Data liberata fuit seisina pacifica possessio E. F. iuxt formam effectuÌ„ huius charte per W.M. atturnatum c. in pnÌ„tia A. B. C D. de villa pÌ„dict ' tertio die Maij c. And if the possession be giuen of a mannor it is good to haue a Court holden immediatly in the name of the new Lord And there let the euideÌ„ces deeds be shewed to the tenants they to bee required to atturne and agree to the same estate And as many as atturn let their names be entred in the Court roll Liuerie and seisin of lands is commonly made by a peece of the same earth taken by the feoffor and giuen to the feoffee together with the deed in maner aforesaid ¶ A Letter of Atturney generall and speciall in a matter of lands VNiuersis Christi fidelibus c. P. H de K. in comitatu E. yeoman filius haeres R.H. defuncti dum vixit de C. in comitatu praedicto yeoman Salutem in domino sempiternam Noueritis me praef P. fecisse ordinasse constituisse loco meo posuisse dilectum mihi in Christo T.B. meum verum legitimum atturnatum ad prosequendum implacitandum et defendendum vice et nomine meo pro me in omnibus singulis curijs et placitis ac coram quibuscunque iudicibus iusticiarijs versus omnes singulas personas erga quas vel quam aliqua actio tam realis quam personalis mihi quouismodo datius sectam aut defensionem per legeÌ„ de pro omnibus illis terris tenÌ„tis meis cum suis ê‘tinenÌ„ vniuersis vocat ' W. scituatis iacentibê° existentibê° in villis campis de C. praedict ' quae mihi dicto P. iure hereditario discendebant per post mortem praedict R. pauis mei quae in praesenti a me iniuste detinentur NecnoÌ„ in omnia dictas terras tenementa cum suis pertenentijs vice et nomine meo intrand ' ac plenam pacificam possessionem et seisinam de in eisdem pro me nomine meo capiend ' ac omnes singulas personas quascunque firmarios siue occupatores eorundem ab inde expelland ' mouend ' super huiusmodi possessione sic capta et habita omnia dicta terras tenementa cum pertinentijs ad vsum dicti T. custodiend ' gubernand '
detinere quousque eis de eodem redditu sic aretro existent plenarie fuerit satisfactum et persolutum vna cum damnis et expensis suis in ea ê‘te sustinendis Prouiso semper ê™ si dictae nuptiae non successerint nec consummat fuerint aut si ijdem I. A et A. per me aut mea causa aliquo modo promoti fuerint siue obtinuerint aut ê“moueri siue obtineri possint aut eorum alter potest aliquam annuitatem seu annualem redditum terras tenementa seu hereditamenta aut aliam certitudinem victus habend ' eis durante dicta vita mea annui valoris deceÌ„ librÌ„ aut maioris qd ' extunc pÌ„sens scriptum penitus irritum erit pÌ„missis non obstantibê° In cuius rei testimonium huic pnÌ„ti scripto meo ego praefatus I. M. sigillum meum apposui Datum c. ¶ Here followeth diuers and sundrie kinds of Supplications Bils of complaint Answers and other Petitions for any matter in the Kings Courts ¶ To the King our most dread Soueraigne Lord. MOst lamentably complaineth vnto your highnesse your poore faithfull and obedient subiect T. V. of H. in the countie of K. vncle and heire vnto I. V late of the citie of L. Tiler that is to wit brother of T. V. father of the said I. V. that where the said I. in his life was seised of his demeane as of fee of and in two mesuages xxx acres of land errable wood and pasture seuerally set lying and being in the parishes of L. M. in the said countie And so he being seised thereof died seised so that the said two mesuages and other the premisses discended and of right ought to discend vnto your poore subiect as vncle and heire to the said I. V. So it is most gratious soueraigne Lord that certaine writings euidences escripts and miniments concerning the premisses which your said poore and faithfull subiect should prooue his true tytle by vnto the premisses bee come into the hands and possession of T. V and V. W. aforesaid by the hauing whereof the said W. and V. haue conueied diuers and sundry craftie estates vnto themselues and thereby haue obtained the possession of the premisses and the same the profits therof by the space of xx yeres wrongfully haue withholden yet do contrary to all right good conscience In coÌ„sideration whereof and for so much as your said poor subiect is in extreame miserie need not hauing wherwith to liue but driuen by necessity vnto his daily labor which he cannot intermit without the vtter vndoing of him and all his children and so of no maner of ability to sue for the premisses by your laws It may therefore please your highnes of your most abundant grace and pitie to graunt your most charitable fauourable letters or commission to be directed vnto such honorable men as your highnesse shall name thereunto commaunding them by the same to examine the premisses further to set such direction and final end therein as iustice and truth would and that as they will aunswere before the iudgement of almighty God vnto whom your said poore subiect will according to his bounden dutie pray for the preseruation of your royall estate c. ¶ A petition to the King for a poore Scholler ¶ To the King our Soueraigne c. PLeaseth it your highnesse of your most noble abundant grace in the way of charitie for and towards the exhibition of your daily Orator and poore suppliant T.M. master of Art and studeÌ„t in your vniuersitie of O. being minded to continue in his studie learning there which hee shall not be able to doe vnles your most gratious fauour be shewed him in this behalfe to giue and grant vnto your said Orator the pention going out of the Colledge or fellowship of N. being of your most noble foundatioÌ„ which pention was lately paid to A.B. master of art who for that the said colledge was lately void of a dean mast is by your grace to the same preferred called And that your said Orator may vpon this bil signed with your most gracious hand haue and obtaine such and as many your necessary writings as in this behalfe shal he to him expedient And your said orator shal daily pray to God for the preseruation of your royall estate long to continue in felicitie ¶ A bill of complaint vpon certaine gifts requiring a writ of Cerciorare IN most lamentable wise sheweth vnto your good Lordship your daily poore orator I.W. of London that were one A.H. of L. aforesaid marchant tailor borowed of your said orator xij li sterling to be paid to the said I. at a certaine day betweene them agreed which day was expired and the said summe of money not paid wherefore the said A. for that hee had not readie money desired your supplyant to take a certain white broad cloth in pawne containing xl yards cut in peeces for the said xij li. which cloth was sold deliuered to your said Orator by a bill of sale wherein the said A.H. standeth bound with condition in the same bil declared that if the said cloth were not redeemed by a day certain in the same bill limited that then the same cloth to be to the onely vse of your said Orator for contentation whole paiment of the said xij li. Since the which time the said A. counsailed your said Orator to put foorth the said cloth to one L. M of London shereman for to be dyed of seuerall colours for his most profit by the meanes whereof the said I.W. was contented to take the said broad cloth for the paimeÌ„t of his said money afterward the said cloath was deliuered to the said L.M. wâ—thin sixe daies after the deliuery of the said cloath to the said L. one R. N. Spaniard affirmed a plaint of debt against the said A and according to the custome of the said citie of London hath caused attachment to be made of the said broad cloth as the debt due by the said A. vnto the said R. where the said cloth is your said Orators Notwithstanding by reason of the said Attatchment your said orator retained CouÌ„sel in the Guild hal of London where the matter was being at issue whereupon the Iurie was panelled since the which time for the space of three Court daies your said orator did giue attendance there to haue the said matter heard and the said plaintife counsell would not suffer the said Iurie to appeare so long as your said suppliant did apply and pursue his cause in effect herein And for that the said R. his counsell would not proceed in the said action your said orator supposed that it should no more be called vpon by occasion wherof your said Orator being about his businesse in the Countrey in the meane time the said L. M with his counsel hauing knowledge that your said Orator was out of the citie in the countrey instantly laboured the Iurie to
complainant or did require him to respite the payment thereof or that the sayd E. at the time of her death left vnto the debtee sufficient of the goods of the said W. L. for the contentation payment of the said xviij l. as in the said bill of complaint vntruely is surmised and without that that any other thing comprised in the said fained bill of the foresaid I. S. which is material to be aunswered vnto in this aunswere not confessed auoided or trauersed is true All which matters the said I. S. is ready to auerre as this honorable Court shall award and prayeth to be dismissed with his reasonable costs and charges in this behalfe sustained c. ¶ Another forme of a bill for a Subpena IN most humble wise sheweth and complaineth vnto your good Lordship your poore and dayly Orator I. A. of R. in the county of N. that where one W. H. late of London Draper was seised in his demeane as of fee of and in one mesuage and xx acres of land wood and pasture set lying and being in the towne fields of R. and the said W. so being seised of the premisses at L. aforesaid by protestation thereof died seised after whose death the premisses discended and of right ought to discend vnto your said Orator as to the vncle next heir of the said W. H. deceased that is to say brother of W. H. father of the said W. deceased So it is right honorable Lord that since the death of the said W. diuers and sundry euidences deeds charters writings and other muniments concerning the premisses be commen to the hands and possessions of R. H. c. who by the colour of hauing of the said euidēces haue vnlawfully entred into the premisses and therof haue taken the profits to their owne vses by the space of vij yeares last past without hauing any iust colour of title so to do And albeit that your said Orator hath dyuers times since the death of the said W. required the deliuerie of all the said euidences of the said R. H. and euery of them that notwithstanding they and euery of them the same to deliuer haue alwayes denied and yet do deny contrary to all lawes equitie good conscience It may please therfore your good Lordship the premisses considered forasmuch as your said Orator for thobtaining of those euidences hath no remedie by course of the common Lawes of this Realme for that he knoweth not the certaine number of the said euidences wherein they be contained to graunt vnto your orator the kings most gratious writ of Subpena to be directed to the foresaid R H. c. commaunding them and euery of them by the same personally to appeare c. ¶ A bill of complaint where a Quest hath passed in a matter wrongfully alleaged IN most humble wise sheweth and complayneth vnto your most honorable good Lordshippe your poore suppliant and continuall Orator P W of the citie of London Broker That wheras one A M. of the said citie Marchant stranger within the said citie was possessed of and in certain linnē clothes to the value of xxij l. x. s. sterling and to your poore suppliants knowledge then as yet of his owne meere proper goods and cattels and so therof being possessed the same within the said citie deliuered to your poore orator being a broker safely to keepe to sell and marchandise by the discretion of your poore suppliant to the vse of the sayd A. by force whereof your orator made sale thereof to certaine persons within the same city and the money goods and marchandise therefore receiued and taken deliuered vnto the sayd A. And so it is right honorable Lord that after and since the sale thereof made one I. S. Marchant stranger pretending a propertie in the foresaid linnen clothes hath commenced an action vpon the case against your poore suppliant in the Guild hall set and being within the foresaid citie before the Shirifs therefore and thereupon hath declared that the said I. should haue lost those goods and that they came to the hands and possession of your poore suppliant within the said Citie by way of trouer And furthermore that your orator was sundry times required to make deliuerance thereof to the said I. and that refused and the same afterward sold and the money thereof receiued conuerted to your orators vse to which matter one I. O. your poore suppliants Atturney rashly without aduisement or counsell therein taken said that your sayd Orator did not sell the said clothes nor any part thereof and vpon the same matter whether any sale thereof was made by your suppliant or not an issue was taken and the Iury tried sworne and charged found a sale made by your poore orator of the said clothes as the truth was nothing regarding in whome the propertie of the goods was at the time of the sale thereof made because by the plee so vnaduisedly pleaded it was confessed in poynt of iudgement the propertie thereof to be to the said I. S. and so it is right honourable Lord that the said Atturney might haue taken an issue that your orator sold no clothes of the said I. because of truth the clothes were the proper clothes of the said A. and not the clothes of the said I. and so the Iurie should haue tried in whom the propertie was and because the property was not put in issue the Iurie had no warrantie to enquire thereof And in case they had bene the clothes of the said I. as they were not indeed your poore orator ought not by the order of the law to haue bin charged because they were deliuered to your orator by the hands of the foresaid A. to sell and your orator did accordingly and the money goods and marchandizes thereof receiued deliuered to the said A. and so if any trespasse or wrong was done to the said I. it was done by the said A. and not by your poore Orator against whō the said A. may take his actiō for your poore orator at the time of the said action commenced neither had the said goods in his possession ne any other thing in lieu or considerance of the same goods And also there is a custom within the said city that if any vpholster or broker sell any goods within the same city to any person or persōs within the same city vpon the deliuerie of any person for or at the request of him hauing witnesse of the deliuery thereof to him made or bring out the partie who deliuered them vnto him not being himselfe particeps criminis should bee discharged and not damnyfied for his office doing in making sale thereof And also by the order of the common Law of this Realme a man comming immediatly to the possession of goods not being party to the first wrong shall not be charged in action of trespas which matters or any of them if they had bin pleaded had bin a sufficient matter of barre and because
which hath right in the taile Fol. 33 A release made by the feoffees to one of them Fol. 33 A release made by him which had the land in Morgage Fol. 33 A release of dowrie made by a widow Fol. 33 A release made by the tenant for terme of yeares Fol. 33 ¶ A deed of sale with alienation A deed of a sale made by the executors by vertue of the testament of their testator Fol. 34 The forme of the same in English Fol. 34 An alienation of a reuersion Fol. 35 The forme of the same in English Fol. 35 A letter of atturney vpon the same alienation Fol. 35 The forme of the same in English Fol. 36 An alienation of free rent with homage and seruice Fol. 36 The forme of the same in English Fol. 36 A grant of annuitie of yearely rent with deliuerie of possession and seisin Fol. 36 The forme of the same in English Fol. 37 ¶ Of Surrenders ¶ A Surrender Fol. 37 The forme of the same in English Fol. 37 A partition betweene Sisters Fol. 38 The tenor of the same in English Fol. 38 Assignment of dowrie at the Church doore Fol. 38 The deed aforesaid in English Fol. 38 How the Copie should bee made of lands holden by the yard Fol. 39 An other forme for certain rent for all maner of seruice Fol. 39 A recognition of a tenant what he holdeth of the Lord. Fol. 39 The forme of a copie in auncient demesne where the proclamation should be had Fol. 40 The forme of a copie in auncient demesne where the wise shall be examined Fol. 40 An other forme for terme of life Fol. 40 An other forme vpon condition Fol. 40 An other maner of Surrender which is made vnto the Baily out of the Court Fol. 41 An other forme where the Lord graunted a copie of his speciall graunt Fol. 41 An other maner for terme of yeares where the Lord shall keepe reparations Fol. 41 An other maner where a man pretendeth a title and after realeaseth in the Court Fol. 41 A forme of a Copie where the heire is admitted to his landes after the death of his father Fol. 41 An other forme of a Copie where the landes were made intayled with a remainder ouer Fol. 42 An other maner of Copie for terme of life with diuers remainders ouer Fol. 42 A Surrender out of the Court and a remainder with a condition Fol. 42 A Supplication to be exempt from all maner Enquests and Iuries within the Lordship Fol. 42 ¶ Indentures of all sortes An Indenture of sale with a purchase Fol. 43 An Indenture of sale of Wood. Fol. 45 An Indenture of a bargaine of Wheat Fol. 45 An Indenture of setting ouer a Lease Fol. 46 An Indenture for the sale of a Reuersion Fol. 47 An other sale of a reuersiō in the maner of a deed in latin Fol. 48 An Indenture defeasance of a former sale of lands Fol. 48 An Indenture of sale of Copyhold lands Fol. 49 An Indenture for the farming of a Parsonage Fol. 50 An Indenture betweene Partners Fol. 51 An Indenture for a Prentice Fol. 52 An other for the same in English Fol. 53 An Indenture of Mariage Fol. 53 A formall Indenture of a plaine bargaine which is a good president in all common sales of lands Fol. 55 An Indenture of Partition of land diuided among Sisters Fol. 56 An Indenture of sale of Plate vpon a condition ' and in default of non repayment to retaine it for euer Fol. 57 ¶ An Award Fol. 57 ¶ Obligations ¶ The forme of making all kindes of Obligations Fol. 58 An Obligation where two are bound to twaine Fol. 58 Where three are bound to one Fol. 58 An Obligation where two owners of a Ship are bound to two Marchants Fol. 59 An Obligation where three are bound to the King and others Fol. 59 An Obligation of diuers dayes of payment with expressing of a forfait if default be made Fol. 59 A sure Obligation in case where the debtor is mistrusted for flying into Sanctuarie or beyond the Sea Fol. 59 ¶ Conditions of diuers sorts ¶ A Condition for performing of award in a matter of lands Fol. 60 A condition to deliuer Corne at a certain day and place Fol. 60 A condition to maintaine the possession in sale of lands Fol. 60 An other forme vpon the same Fol. 61 A condition for the warrantie of woad or any like thing Fol. 61 A condition vpon an Indenture of a Prenticeship Fol. 61 A condition where a man hath bought an others right and hath a letter of Atturney to sue for the same binding the seller c. Fol. 61 A condition for to keepe the Peace and to be of good abearing Fol. 62 A condition to warrant the sale of a Ship Fol. 62 A condition to cause a man to seale an Obligation by a certaine day Fol. 62 A condition to deliuer oyles by a day limited Fol. 62 A condition to make an estate to another by a certaine day Fol. 62 A condition to saue a man harmelesse that is bound for an other man by recognisance Fol. 63 A condition to pay a rent according to an Indenture of lease Fol. 63 A condition vpon an Indenture of sale to make good the summe Fol. 63 A condition in a ioynture to giue estate in certaine lands to the wife where there is none other Indenture made betweene the parties Fol. 63 A condition to performe a paire of Indentures Fol. 64 A condition to saue a man harmelesse being suertie for another in a simple obligation Fol. 64 A condition of the Peace for the good abearing Fol. 64 A condition to be a true prisoner Fol. 64 A condition for the sealing of acquitances or release of lands Fol. 64 ¶ Acquitances both in Latin and English ¶ An acquitance of a parcell of a summe Fol. 65 The forme of the same in English Fol. 65 Acquitance of annuitie Fol. 65 Acquitance of the Tenthes and Subsidie payed to the Collector Fol. 65 A generall quitance Fol. 65 The forme of the same in English Fol. 65 Acquitance made by a Vicar or Parson to the Proctors of his Vicarage or Parsonage Fol. 66 The forme of the same in English Fol. 66 Letters of Manumission for a bondman in Latin and English Fol. 66 The forme of the same letters of Manumission in English Fol. 67 Another forme of Manumission in English Fol. 67 ¶ To make diuers Letters of Attorney ¶ A generall Letter of Atturney to recouer debts Fol. 68 The forme of the same in English Fol. 68 A letter of atturney for speciall debt Fol. 68 A letter of atturney to deliuer possession of lands Fol. 69 A letter of atturney to receiue possession of lands Fol. 69 A letter of atturney generall and speciall in a matter of lands Fol. 69 A letter of atturney vpon a Patent Fol. 70 A like forme of a letter of atturney vpon a Patent in English Fol. 71 A letter of atturney in English Fol. 71