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
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
whereof the said E. knowledgeth c. Hath bargained sold and set ouer and by this Indenture doth bargaine and cleerely sel vnto the said C. D. all his estate right title vse interest and terme of yeres which hee hath yet to come in the premisses by the vertue of the Indenture and lease afore mentioned To haue and to hold the said tenement with shops sellers sollers warehouses and appurtenances to the said C. D. his executors and assignes from the feast of saint Michael next comming after the date hereof vnto the end and terme of all the yeres yet to come specified and comprised in the former Indenture of a lease The same C. D. his executors or assigns yeelding paying dooing and performing all and euery thing and things which the said E. by vertue of the former Indenture is bound or standeth charged for to do and hereof cleerely to acquite and discharge the said E. F. and his executors by these presents And the sayd E. F. couenanteth and granteth by these presents that he at no time before the date hereof hath done nor at any time hereafter shal do or cause or suffer to be done any act or thing which should or may be preiudiciall or hurtfull vnto the sayd C. D. his executors and assignes in hauing and inioying all the said tenement c. or any part or parcell of the same in maner and forme as is afore rehearsed In witnesse whereof c. ¶ An Indenture for the sale of a Reuersion THis Indenture made the first day of October in the xxiij yere of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord king Henry the eight c. betweene B. M. of Wakefield in the county of Y. of the one part and R. E. Citizen and Surgeon of London on the other part witnesseth that the said R. the day of making hereof hath bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargaine and sell vnto the said B. to his heires for euer all the reuersion when it shall happen to come and fall incontinently by and after the death of I. G. graundmother to the said R. of and in all those lands tenements meadowes leasues woods pastures reÌ„ts reuersions seruices with all and singuler the commodities appurtenances belonging to the same set lying and being in the towne and fields of A. in the couÌ„tie aforesaid now in the holding of Th. Fletcher and all his right claime title vse possession and interest of and in the same And also the said R. by this Indenture bargaineth and selleth vnto the said B. his heires and assignes for euer al and singular deeds charters euideÌ„ces escripts scrowls miniments and writings concerning the foresaid lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances or any part thereof and the same and euery one of them the said R. couenanteth graunteth to deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said B. his heirs or assignes at al times hereafter as hee may theÌ„ get or lawfully come by To haue to hold the said lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances and the right title vse and reuersion of the same to the said B. his heires and assignes to their owne vse for euer incontinent after the decease of the said Ioan G. And the said R. couenanteth and graunteth by this Indenture that he or his heirs within a moneth next after the decease of the foresaid Ioane shall make or cause to be made to the said Brian and his heires and to such other persons as hee or they shall name and assigne to the vse of the said B. his heires and assignes for euer a good sure sufficient and lawfull estate in the Law in fee simple of in the said lands tenements and al other the premisses with the appurtenances be it by deed fine feoffement recouerie release with warranty or otherwise as by the learned councell of the sayd B. or his heires shall be aduised The same to be then clearely discharged of all former bargaines former sales titles iointures dowries statutes marchant statutes of the staple of Westminster intrusions fines forfaitures vses willes iudgements executions condemnations and all other maner of charges and encumbrances whatsoeuer they be The rentes and seruices from thenceforth due to the chiefe Lords of the fees of the same and the right and title of the said Ioane during her naturall life of and in the premisses all onely except and reserued And further the said R couenanteth and graunteth by this Indenture that he and his heires and all other persons hauing or pretending to haue any estate right title vse claime or interest of or in the foresaid landes tenements and other the premisses with thappurtenances of or in any part or parcel of the same at all times from the decease of the foresaid Ioan forward shall doe cause and suffer to be done all and euery thing and things which by the learned counsell of the said B. or his heires shall be deuised for the further assurance sure making of all the foresaid lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances to the said B. his heirs assignes to their owne vse for euer For the sale bargaine of all which c. setting in the payments as in other examples here afore ¶ An other sale of a Reuersion in the maner of a deed in Latine OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesentes litere peruenerint I.H. senior de L. in comitatu Midd ' yeoman salutem in dnÌ„o sempiternam Cum C.M. vidua quae fuit vxor I.M. de H. in comitatu A. Husbandman iuxta voluntatem eiusdem I. M. habeat teneat ad terminum vitae eiusdem C. ex dimissione traditione chartae indentatae confirmatione mei dicti I.H. ac I.B. nuper de B. pÌ„dicta iam defunct ' omnes illas terras tenemeÌ„ta redditus seruitia cum pratis pascuis pasturis vijs semitis sepibus fossatis boscis subboscis oiÌ„bus suis pertineÌ„tijs quae ego dictê° I.H. pÌ„dict ' I.B. quondam coniunctim habuimê° nobis haeredibus assignatis nostris imperpetuum ex dono feoffamento dicti I.M. in villa campis de L. in comitatu pÌ„dicto reuersione omnium pÌ„dictarum terrarum tenementoruÌ„ reddituum seruic ' cum pratis pascuis vijs semitis sepibus fossatis boscis subboscis omnibê° suis pertinenÌ„ post mortem dicti C. mihi pÌ„fato H. haeredibus assignatis meis de iure spectant Noueritis me praefatum C.H. dimisisse tradidisse liberasse hoc praesenti scripto meo confirmasse N. S. de L. praedict ' dictam Reuersionem omniuÌ„ pÌ„dictarum terraruÌ„ tenemeÌ„toruÌ„ reddituum seruic ' cum pratis pascuis pasturis vijs semitis sepibus fossatis boscis subboscis omnibus suis pertinentijs statim cum acciderit post mortem dicti C. Ita quod omnia pÌ„dicta terras tenementa redditus seruitia cum pratis c. omnibus suis ê‘tinentijs quae post
mortem dicti C. mihi pÌ„f. I.H. haeredibê° assignatis meis reuertere remanere discendere deberent statim immediate post mortem dictae Cicilliae integre remanerÌ„ praefat N.S. Habendum tenendum dictam reuersionem cum omnibus singulis pÌ„missis cum pertinÌ„ post mortem dict' C. hered ' assignat suis imperpetuum de capitalibê° dominis feodi illius per seruitia inde debita de iure consueta per presentes In cuius rei testimonium c. ¶ An Indenture defeasant of a former sale of Lands THis Indenture made c. betweene Sir Hugh R. of N. in the countie of S knight on the one party and R B. Citizen Mercer of London on the other party Witnesseth that where the sayd Sir H. by Indenture bearing date the xx day of Iune the xxxiij yeere of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lord king Henry the 8. c. made between the same sir Hugh on the one partie the said R. B. on the other partie for the summe of x. li. sterling to the same sir Hugh contented paied bargained and sold to the said R. all the two mesuages with the shops cellers follers wharfs and al other their appurtenances set and lying at London bridge foote in the parish of saint M. of London in one of the which two mesuages W. D. Grocer now dwelleth in the other of them R. S. now inhabiteth all other lands tenements and hereditameÌ„ts with the appurtenances which the said Sir H. or any to his vse then had within the same parish And also all the deeds euidences writings miniments concerning the same mesuages lands tenements and al other the premisses euery parcell of the same with diuers other clauses couenants and grants in the same Indentures specified contained as by the tenor thereof more plainely doth appeare Neuerthelesse the said R. for him his heires and assignes willeth and granteth by these presents to the said Sir H. and his executors that if the said Sir Hugh his heires or executors at any time within the space of 3. yeres next ensuing the dare hereof wel and truely content pay or cause to be contented and paid to the said K. lx li. sterling that then and from thencefoorth after such paiment made the said R. and his heires and all and singuler other persons now being seised or that hereafter shal be seised of the premisses or of any parcell thereof to the vse of the said R. and his heires shall stand be thereof seised to the only vse of the said sir H. and of his heires And also the said R. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents that he and his heires and all other persons seised to their vse of and in the premisses within the space of eight moneths next after such paiment made shal make or cause to be made vnto the foresaid sir H. and his heires or other at his or their denomination and their heires a good sure sufficient and lawfull estate of and in the said mesuages lands tenements and other the premisses with the appurtenances by deed fine feoffement release confirmation or otherwise as by the counsel learned of the said sir H. shal be aduised at the only costs and charges of the said sir H. in the law discharged of all former bargaines and sales statutes of the staple statutes marchant recognisances iointers dowries and of all other charges and incumbrances whatsoeuer they be made knowledged or graÌ„ted by the said R. his heires or the said other persons And the said R. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents that he within the space of one yere next after that the said estate be made shall deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said sir H. or his heires all such euidences charters writings and muniments which he or any other to his vse to his knowledge hath then or afterward shall haue concerning the premisses and euery parcell of the same In witnesse c. ¶ An Indenture of sale of Copyhold lands THis Indenture made c. betweene M. R. widow late the wife of C. R. while he liued citizen and Tauerner of London T. R. sonne and heire apparant of the said T. on the one part and C. B. Serieant of the Law on the other part witnesseth that the said M. T. the sonne hath bargained and sold and by these presents clearely bargaineth and selleth to the said C. B. all that mesuage cellers sollers houses edifices gardens orchards and lands in Purney in the Countie of Surrey in the which the said T. the father dwelled occupied together with all easements commodities appurtenances to the same belonging apperteining whether they be freehold or copy-hold or whatsoeuer tenure they be of And the said M. and T. the sonne couenanteth graunteth for them and their heires to and with the said R. and his heires or him and other persons and their heires at the nomination of the sayd R. or his heirs to assure the said mesuage gardeÌ„ yards orchards lands tenements other the premisses before the teast of Saint Andrew next comming by surrender thereof into the Lords hands to the vse of the said R. his heires or to the vse of him and other persons by him to be named to their heires or otherwise at the expences costes and charges in the Law of the said M. and T. the sonne or of one of them their executors or assignes And also at their like expences aswell for the Lords fine as for all other things shall cause the Lord of the mannor for the time being of whom the said mesuage and all other the premisses be holden to make a sure graunt seisin possession and deliuery of and in all and singuler the same to the said R. and his heires or to him and other persons at his nomination to their heires according to the laudable vse and custome of the same manor heretofore vsed And furthermore the said M. couenanteth graunteth that if the said R. or such persons at his nomination which shall haue the said mesuage lands tenements and other the premisses without couin or collusion be lawfully euicted dispossessed or disseised out of the said mesuage lands and tenements or in any part thereof by reason of any former right or title that any person hath to the same better than the said M. or T. the sonne or if that the said R. be not made sure of the premisses before the feast of Easter next comming That then the said R. and his heires shal immediately within the space of 3 moneths next after any such euiction dispossession or disseisin haue as much lands and tenements of the foresaid M. and T. which they or either of theÌ„ haue or had in their possession reuersion or vse at the election pleasure of the said R. as shall amount be of the cleare yeerely value of the said mesuage c. or of as much part therof as the foresaid R.
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
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
Canons and their successors during the said terme Also the said A. couenanteth and granteth for him c. to make payment at and within the sayd Colledge of the said yerely rent of lxxx poūds equally at the termes of paiment before specified to the hands of the Treasorers of the said Colledge at his owne proper costes charges without allowance taking for the same during the sayd terme And the said Deane Canons for them their successors do couenant and graunt by these presents that the acquitances made sealed signed by the Treasorers of the said Colledge or by eyther of them to the said A. or to his executors or his assignes for the payment of the same yearely rent or any part or parcell thereof in maner and forme before mentioned shall be a good sure and sufficient warrant and discharge vnto the said A. his executors and assignes and to his or their deputie or deputies for the payment thereof And if it happen that the said yearely rent of lxxx li. be behind vnpaid in part or in all after any feast of payment before specified by the space of ten weekes that then it shall be lawfull to the said Deane c. in the said Manors and Lordships and into all and singuler the premisses with their appurtenāces to enter to distrain the distres there so taken to driue lead cary away them to withhold and keepe vntill the said yerely rent euery part thereof with tharrerages if any be vnto the said Deane c. be fully satisfied contented paid And if it happen the said yerely rent of lxxx li. to be behind vnpaid in part or in all after any of the feasts of payment before mentioned by the space of iii. moneths that then it shal be lawful vnto the said Deane Canons to their successors into all singuler the premisses their appurtenances in euery parcel thereof to reenter them to haue againe repossesse as in their former state and the said A. his executors assignes from thence vtterly to expell and amoue for euermore This Indenture or any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And the said Deane Canons couenanten granten for them their successors to with the said A. his executors or assignes that if the said A. his executors or assignes shall happen at any time hereafter to be euicted or dispossessed of any of the premisses or any part or parcell thereof without couin or fraud on the part of the said A. his executors c. that then the said rent of lxxx li. sterling shal be apportioned diminished accordingly after such rate portion as the quality and value of the said lands and tenements rents hereditaments and other dueties parcell of the premisses so euicted or taken from the possession or occupation of the said A. his executors or assignes shall amount or arise vnto And that it shall be lawfull vnto the said A. his executors or assignes to defaulk so much of his rent at euery of the said paiments This Indenture c. notwithstanding Also furthermore the said Deane and Canons couenanten and graunten for them c. to do cause suffer to be done all and singuler such thing and things act acts as shall be at any time or times hereafter deuised or aduised by the counsel learned of the said A. D. his executors or assigns by what waies or meanes soeuer it be for the further assurance and full perfit suerty of all and singuler the premisses and euery part and parcell thereof if this graunt and lease be not lawfull perfit and sufficient to be had and made vnto the said A. D. his executors or assignes for all the whole terme and interest aboue specified or for any part or parcell thereof in maner and forme aforesaid vpon conuenient notice request thereof giuen made vnto the said Deane Canons or to any of their successors by the said A. his executors or assignes at the costs in the law of the said A. his executors or assignes And the said A. couenanteth graunteth to and with the said Deane c. to find house lodging meat stable hay and prouender for the horses of the said Deane Canons other comming with him or them in progresse once in the yeare by the space of two dayes and two nights the sayd Deane and Canons and their successors paying reasonably for onely meate and drinke so prouided during the terme aforesaid And further the said A. couenanteth granteth for him c. that he his executors and assignes shall at the end and terme of euery xij yeres during the said terme deliuer or cause to be deliuered vnto the said Deane c. the Court Rolles well and truely ingrossed in parchment at his their costes and charges of such courts as shall be kept in the said manors of T and C. during any of the sayd xij yeres And also at the end of euery such xij yeres he the said A. his executors or assignes shall as neere as they can deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said Deane c. in maner before rehearsed a true Terrar of all the lands tenements rents and seruices being parcell or any wise appertayning to the said manors And the said Deane Canons couenanten and graunten for them c. that they shall deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said A. c. at such times as they shal be therevnto required one or two of their most true terrars wherby the said A. his executors or assignes may the better come to knowledge of all the said lands tenements rents and seruices appertayning to the said manors And the said Deane and Canons and their successors all the said manors or Lordships and all other the premisses before letten with all and singuler their appurtenances except before excepted vnto the said A. his executors and assignes for the said yearely rent in maner and forme before declared against all people shall warrant and defend during the said terme by these presents And also where the said A. standeth bounden vnto the said Deane Canons and their successors by their deed obligatory bearing date of these presents in the summe of one hundred pounds sterling the said Deane and Canons couenanten graunten for them and their successors to and with the said A. his executors administrators or assignes that if the said A. his executors administrators or assignes do well truely obserue performe fulfill and keepe all singuler such couenants graunts promises articles and agreements comprised in this Indenture which on the one part and behalfe of the said A. his executors administrators or assignes ought to be obserued performed fulfilled kept that then the said deed obligatory to be void and of none effect or else to stand in his full strength and vertue In witnesse whereof to the one part of these Indentures with
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
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
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
said master nor without hee shall commit hurt vnto his said Master he shal not do or consent to be done to the value of xij d. by the yere or aboue but he to his power shal let or anon his Maister warne Tauerns of custome he shall not haunt but if it bee about his maisters busines there to be done At the dice cards or any other vnlawfull games he shall not play The goods of his said master inordinatly hee shall not wast nor them to any man lend without his masters licēce Matrimony with any woman within the sayd terme hee shal not contract nor espouse Nor from his seruice neither by day nor by night shal absent or prolong himselfe but as a true and faithfull seruant ought to behaue himselfe aswel in words as in deeds And the said W. vnto the said T. in the craft the which he vseth after the best maner that he can or may shall teach informe or cause to be taught and informed as much as to the said craft belongeth or in any wise appertaineth and in due maner to chastice him finding vnto his said seruant meat drinke linnen woollen hose shooes and al other things to him necessary or belonging to an apprentite of such craft to be found after the maner and custome of the city of London In witnesse whereof the parties aforesaid to these Indētures sunderly haue set to their seales Giuen the xxij day of September in the xxxij yeare of the raigne of king H. the viij c. ¶ An Indenture of marriage THis Indenture made c. Betwixt dame Anne of H. W. A. and R. M. c. of the one part and E.F. Esquier on the other part Witnesseth that it is couenanted condiscended and agreed betweene the said parties in manner and forme following that is to say The said E.F. couenanteth and graunteth that he by the sufferance of God shall marry and take to wife Elizabeth E. widdow daughter of the said Dame Anne late the wife of W.E. and his executrix and the same Elizabeth espouse and wed after the law of holy Church before the feast of S. Michael the archangel next comming if the same Eliz. will thereto agree likewise the said dame Anne W.A. and R. M couenanteth and graunteth and euery of them couenanteth and graunteth that the same Eliz. by the sufferance of Almighty God shall marry and take to husband the same E. F. and him espouse in law of holy Church before the feast of S. Michael tharchangell next comming if the said Elizabeth will therto agree For which marriage so had done and solemnized the said E. couenanteth granteth and agreeth that hee shall make or cause to be made vnto the said dame A. W.A. and R. M. c. on this side the feast of the Natiuitie of our Lord next cōming after the date hereof a good sure sufficient and lawfull estate or estates of and in the mannor of M. c. with thappurtenances in the countie of L. c. and all other lands and tenements rents seruices with thappurtenances which the same E. F. or any other to his vse hath haue or had in M. aforesayd be it by recoueries fines feoffem̄ts confirmation release deed or deeds enrolled with warrantie of the said E.F. of T. F. or I. F. or otherwise as shal be best aduised by the learned counsell of the said dame Anne W. A. c. at the costs charges of the said E.F. the same manor lands tenemēts c. with thappurtenances clerely discharged of al estates former bargaines sales recognisances all other charges whatsoeuer they be Except an annuitie of xl s. by yere granted to E. D. Esquire for the terme of his life and excepted also all such lāds as be in the iointures of M. late wife of I. F brother to the said E.F. and also except the rents seruices to the Lord of the fee thereof due accustomed And also the said E. shall further doe suffer to be done at al times on this side the feast of the Natiuity of our Lord afore rehearsed all euery such thing things that shall in likewise be aduised by the learned counsell of the said dame Anne W. c. for to make the said dame Anne and W. c. and their heirs sure of the said manor lands tenements and other the premisses with thappurtenances To haue and to hold the same manor and other the premisses with the appurtenances to the same dame Anne W.A. c. their heires to the vse of the said E.F. and Elizabeth and the heirs males of the bodie of the said G. by the said Elizabeth to bee begotten without impeachement of wast and for default of such issue to thuse of the said E.F. his heirs to perform his last will And that after the said marriage al persons seised of the said manor other the premisses shall stand and be seised thereof to the vse before rehersed ouer this the said E.F. couenāteth graunteth that if the said manor and other the premisses except before excepted be not of the cleere yearely value of a C. l. ouer all charges expences that the same E. at reasonable request of the said dame A. W.A. c. or any of thē shall make or cause to be made like sure estate or estates of and in other lands and tenements within the said county of as much clere yearely value as the sayd manor and other the premisses except before excepted is vnder lacked of the said yearely value of C. l. to the said dame Anne W. c. and their heires to the vse afore declared and also shal suffer the said Elizabeth at her libertie and pleasure to marry one Elizabeth E. her daughter and daughter and heire of the said W. E. to any person that it shal please her And to dispose such money and profits that shall fortune to be granted promised for the marriage of the sayd Elizabeth the daughter at the liberty pleasure of the foresaid Elizabeth the mother without contradiction let or disturbance of the said E. F. or any person by his commaundement procurement or assent And that the said E. shall not receiue or haue any money or reward for the said marriage Moreouer the said E. F. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents that if it fortune the said Eliz. the mother after the said mariage solemnized betweene her and the said E.F. to decease out of this world in the life of the same E. her husbād that then the said E. shal giue licence power and authoritie to the said Elizab. before her death to make a testament cōcerning her last will by the same testament to giue dispose at her pleasure of the goods cattels of the said E. F. amounting to the value of an C. l. sterling that the said E. F. shal suffer such persons as the said Eliz. shall name to haue
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
it is couenanted and agreed betweene the said parties and the said I. and her feoffees graunt by these presents that the said R. and Anne in the right of the same Anne shal haue for their part and purpart of the foresaid lands and tenements c. three dwelling tenements of the yeerely value of iiij li. In one of the which said tenements T. D. Barbour now dwelleth and inhabiteth conteining in it self lx foote assise square c. And in that her tenemēt of the iij. tenements dwelleth one M. A. widow and it conteineth c. and the third tenement is in possession of A. R. c. which sayd iij. tenements with the yards kitchins chambers c. in as ample and large manner forme as the said persons now in them dwelling haue or occupie or they or any other aforetime haue had or occupied The said Philip and Anne as in the right of the same Anne shall haue enioy to her and to her heires in ful recompence allowance of and for her part and purpart that to her belongeth or ought to belong of al the said meases lands tenements c. by and after the decease of the foresaid W. and T. either of them as one of the daughters and heirs c. And it is agreed betweene the said parties the said Ioan and her feoffees beene content and pleased to accept and take in full recompence and allowance of for the part of the said I. of all the meases lands c. and other the premisses aboue rehearsed to the vse of the said I. and of her heirs one great tenement lying by the said three tenements concerning c. with thappurtenances in as ample and large maner as T. C. gentleman now dwelling in the same or any other c. And it is furthermore fully agreed couenanted graunted betweene the said parties by these presents that at all times conuenient it shall bee lawfull to either of them to enter into others part to them allotted to do reparations and other behoofs necessarie vpon the meases lands and tenements to them seuerally allotted and in amending building or repairing or otherwise of and vpon their owne parts of the said lands tenements c. to them allotted appointed by these presents And ouer that it is agreed couenanted graunted betweene the said parties that all annuel rents and seruices due to the Lord or Lords of the fee c. shal be equally borne betweene the said A. I. their heirs assignes inhabiters of the same tenement c. that is to say either of them for their part and portion afore allotted c. In witnesse c. ¶ An Indenture of sale of plate vpon a condition and in default of non repayment to retaine it for euer THis Indenture made the 25. day of c. between W. P. of London gentleman on the one partie and T. H. of H. in the county of H. on the other party witnesseth that the said T. being possessed of a cup with a couer of siluer parcell gylt weighing xx ounces an half quartern of Troy weight Item a plaine peece of siluer parcell gylt with a starre on the bottome weighing twelue ounces three quarters of the same weight and two great goblets c. hath bargained sold and deliuered all the said plate of goldsmiths worke the day and yere aboue rehearsed within the citie of London in plaine and open market to the said W. P. for the summe of l. l. sterling whereof the said T. knowledgeth himself fully contented and paid by these presents Neuerthelesse the said W. willeth and granteth by these presents that if the said W. well and truely content and pay or cause to be contented and paid vnto the said W. his executors or assignes within the said citie of London l. l. sterling at the feast of Christmas next comming after the date of these presents without any further delay that then the said William shal deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the said T. his executors or assignes so making paimēt of the foresaid fiftie pound all the said plate of Goldsmiths work and euery part parcel of the same the sale and bargaine aforesaid notwithstanding And if default be made of or in non paiment of the sayd l. l. in part or in all at the day place afore mentined that then the said T. willeth and graunteth and him and his executors bindeth by these presents for to warrant all the said plate and the sale and bargaine of the same to the said W. his executors and assignes against all persons for euermore In witnesse c. An Award VNto all true Christian people to whome this present Award shall come or it shall bee read seene or heard I. P. Grocer and I. A. poulter Citizens of London Sende greeting in our Lord God euerlasting Whereas diuers variances controuersies and debates heretofore haue bin had moued and depending betweene R. R. Citizen and Grocer of London on the one partie and I. L. Citizen and Fishmonger of London on the other partie for ceasing and pacifying whereof either of the same parties haue compromitted bounden themselues to other by Obligation in the summe of xx li. sterling with condition thereupon indorced to stand to abide the award ordinance and iudgement of vs the said I. P. and I. A. of their common assents indifferently elect and chosen So alwaies that our said award ordinance and iudgement of and vpon the premisses were made and giuen vp in writing on this side the feast of Al-Saints next comming after the date hereof as by the same ohligations thereof made bearing date the day c. more plainely it doth appeare Whereupon now we the said Arbitrators after the maner of variance by vs circumspectly knowen apperceiued and with good and due deliberation thereupon had and taken wee haue made giuen vp our award in that behalfe in manner and forme following that is to say First and principally we the said Arbitrators doe award ordaine and iudge by this our present award that either of the same parties at the insealing of this present award shall in seale and for their deede deliuer the one to the other a good iure sufficient lawful acquitance general of all all manner of actions aswell reall as personall suits quarels trespasses debts debates accounts and demaunds whatsoeuer they be betweene the said parties at any time before the date hereof haue bin had moued or depending Also wee award ordaine iudge by this our present award that the said R. shal pay or cause to be paied to the said I. L. to his executors or assignes iiij pound of good lawfull money of England in maner and forme following that is to say at the insealing of this our award xx s. sterling and in the feast of Easter next comming after the date hereof lx li. in full contentation payment of the said iiij li. and that vpon the
quecunque per quae ego possim in hac parte tueri aut cautelas seu dolum ministratum in damnum et preiudicium p̄dicti E. creditoris mei de praemissis c. In cuius rei testimonium c. After this maner may ye make all obligations ¶ Conditions of diuers sorts FOrasmuch as there be diuers formes of Indorcements called commonly Conditions some in Latine some in English according to the sundry pleasures of the writers Least I should be ouer tedious to the Reader I thought it most conuenient to set out only thē that be commonly vsed in English if any be disposed to traduce them into latine he may do it easily after the examples that here vnder follow ¶ A Condition for performing of an award in a matter of lands THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden H. I. and I. M. doe stand to obey performe keepe and fulfill the award arbitrement ordinance rule and iudgemēt of B. W. Gentleman c. and D. M. Serieant at the law arbitrators indifferently named elected and chosen aswell on the part of the within named H. I. as on the part of the said I. M. to arbiter ordeine and deeme aswell of and vpon the right title interest vse possession of a garden lying c. as of and vpon all actions trespasses quarrels suits debates demands debts and all other griefes incōueniences had moued stirred or depending between the said parties cōcerning the same garden And also if the sayd H.I. before the feast of Easter next comming c. shew vnto the said arbitrators al such writings as they haue in their possession concerning their right title vse interest or possessions for the foresaid garden in such wise that the said arbitrators be not delayed to giue an arbitrement of and in the premisses for want of sight of the euidences of their party And the same award arbitrement ordinance rule and iudgement of the foresaid arbitrators the said H. I. and I. M. do on their parts wel and truly performe and keepe So that the same award arbiterment c. of and vpon the premisses be made yeelded vp in writing on this side the feast of Easter next comming within limitted That then this present Obligation to be void and of none effect or els to remaine in his full power strength and vertue ¶ A condition to deliuer corne at a certaine day and place THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden I. S. well truely deliuer or cause to be deliuered vnto the within named I. M. his executors or assigns at the dwelling place of the same I. M. set and beeing in the towne of Holne xx quarters of wheat white red sweet cleane dry marchantable with the best on this side the feast of all Saints within written That then this obligation to be void and of none value or els to abide in his ful strength vertue effect ¶ A condition to maintaine the possession in a sale of lands THe condition of this obligation c. that if the within named A. may wel and peaceably haue hold inioy possesse from the date of these presents to him and his heires and assignes for euer all and singuler those lands tenemēts c. withall the appurtenances set lying and being in the c. which late were the lands of the within bounden R. and which the said A. lately had to him and to his heires and assignes of the gift and graunt of the said R. as by a certaine deed by the same R. to the foresaid A. thereof made and vnder his seal of armes sealed and subscribed with his owne hād more plainely doth appeare without any molestation interruption eiection expulsion or recouerie of the same or any parcell thereof by the sayd R. his heires or assignes or by any other person by reason of any right or title to him or them before the date within mentioned had growing or increasing That then this present obligation c. or els c. ¶ Another forme vpon the same THe condition c. That if the within named A. haue hold and peaceably possesse to him to his heires and assignes for euer all those fiue mesuages with the appurtenances which sometime were the within bounden W. H. without any deferring let interruption eiection expulsion impleading molesting vexation or grief either by the said T. or his heires c. or any other person or persons whatsoeuer they be hauing or pretending any maner right title vse claime or interest of in the said v. mesuages or any part or parcell of the same That then this present obligation c. ¶ A condition for the warrantie of Woad or any like thing THe condition of c. That where the within bounden F. hath bargained sold deliuered to the within named R. an hundred bales of Thoulouse woad of the markes of foure knots euery bale and hath promised and warranted vnto the same R. that euery set of the same woad shal make when it is set and proued iiij l. sterling if it be so that euery set of the same Woad when it is set and prooued make the saide warrantie of foure pound sterling that then this present obligation shall ve voide and holden for nought And if any set of the foresaid woad reckoning three hundred for a set make not when it is set and prooued the said warrantie of 4. l. sterling And then if the foresaid F. from time to time vpō due knowledge thereof to him made and giuen by the foresaid R. or by his assignes well and truely deliuer or cause to be deliuered vnto the said R. or to his certaine atturney or his executors at the bridge foot in the citie of London as much Thoulouse woad of the goodnes warranty aforesaid after xvj s. sterling for euery hundreth weight thereof as shall lacke in any set of the foresaid warrantie of 4. l. sterling that then also this obligation to bee void c. ¶ A condition vpon an Indenture of apprentiship THe condition of this obligation is such that where A. B. the sonne of the within named C. O. by his certaine Indenture whose date is the x. day c. hath put himselfe apprentice to the within named R.M. to be learned in the craft or mysterie of painting and to dwell with him c. from the said date to the end and terme of eight yeres then next ensuing and fully to be complet and ended as in the said Indenture thereof made more plainely doth appeare If the said A. well truly serue the foresaid R.M. his maister in the maner of an apprentice from the day of the date within written to the end terme of the said viij yeares according to the tenor and effect of the Indenture in all points articles c that then c. ¶ A condition where a man hath bought anothers right hath a letter of Atturney to
sue for the same binding the seller that he shall not giue any quitance to the partie to the danger of the buyer c. THe condition of this obligation is such that whereas the within bounden E. F. made and ordained the within named C.D. his his especial good and lawfull Atturney to aske leuy c. to the vse profite and commoditie of the sayd E.F. of one G. H. citizen of London Grocer xx li. sterling in which the said G. H. by his Obligation thereof made standeth bound to the said C.D. as in a certaine letter of Atturney by the said C. to the aboue named E. F. thereof giuen more euidently appeareth If the said C. D from the date of this present Obligation do not call againe reuoke or disanul the foresaid letter of Atturney nor any maner sale plee or action by the foresaid E. F. in the name of the fore rehersed A. against the aboue written G. H. or his executors in anie court hereafter to be commenced or depending or by any other meanes withstand let or interrupt the title of the same E. of and to the sayd summe of xx li. nor giue vnto the said G. H nor to his executors any maner quitāce discharge or releas of or vpon the said summe or any part or portion of the same that then this present obligation c. ¶ A condition for to keepe the Peace and to be of good abearing THe Condition of this Obligation is such that if the within bounden Sunon and Elizabeth his wife do keepe the peace against al the Kings liege people and especially against A.B.C.D. c. beare himself honestly duly both in his words and deeds against the said A B. c. nor slander them nor any of thē of or vpon any such matters touching the death of I M. or the sure about the trial of the same wherein the said A. B. c. by the kings Laws ecclesiasticall temporall is clerely declared innocent That then c. ¶ A condition to warrant the sale of a Ship THe Condition of this Obligation is such that where the within bounden A. B. sold vnto the within named C. D. a certaine Ship called the Mary of Calice all maner of battaile instruments furniments and apparel of the same ship with the appurtenances for a certaine summe of money betweene them accorded as in a bill of sale therof made plainly doth appeare If the said C.D. wel and peaceable may haue holde enioy possesse to him his heires and assignes al the said ship battel instrum̄ts apparel appurtenāces aforesaid without contradiction let or disturbance of any person or persons by reasō of any claime or interest in the same before the date of these p̄sents had or made according to the tenour and effect of the said Indenture that then c. ¶ A Condition to cause a man to seale an Obligation by a certaine day THe condition c. that if the within bounden I. C. before the feast of N. next comming after the date hereof cause W.C. of the towne of B. to be bound by his writing obligatorie sufficient in the law and with his seale sealed vnto the within named T. in x. li. sterling to be paied the x. day of August c. And also before the same feast cause the said W. to deliuer the same obligation clerely for his deed duety in the Towne of B. vnto I. R. of H. clother to the vse of the said C. that then this present obligation c. ¶ A Condition to deliuer Oyles by a day limitted THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden I. at any time before the feast of S. Mihael tharchangel next cōming after the date within written deliuer or cause to be deliuered in the City of London to W. R. within named or to his certaine Atturney heires or executors x. tunnes of oyle of Ciuile good sweet and marchandable full and well bound accordingly that then this present obligation c. ¶ A Condition to make an estate to an other by a certaine day THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden A. before the feast of Easter next comming make vnto the within named R. and to such other persons as the sayd R. shall thereunto name assigne to haue and to hold to them their heires assignes a good sure sufficient lawful estate of and in all those lands tenements c. by deedes euidences sufficient in the law or by fine or recouery if need shall require or by any other sure and lawfull meanes as shall be aduised by the learned counsel of the said Richard his heires and assignes that then c. ¶ A Condition to saue a man harmeles that is bound for an other man by Recognisance THe condition of this obligation is such that where the within named A. B. C. D. at the special instance petition request of the within bounden N.D. and for his debt by a certain obligation of recognisance made before W. F. Recorder of the citie of L. and I.K. Knight Alderman of Londō the x. day c. stand boūd vnto the chamber of London in the summe of xx li. sterling by the way of recognisance as in the obligatiō plainly appeareth If the said N. D. his heires executors and assignes pay vnto the said chamberer all the foresaid summe of xx li. and also saue and keepe harmlesse the aboue named A. B. c. from all manner indemnities costes and charges of for and concerning the said obligation of recognisance and all other things concerning the same that then c ¶ A Condition to pay a Rent accordingly to an Indenture of a Lease THe condition of c. That where the within bounden A. B. hath lately taken in farme for the terme of 6. yeres of the within named C.D. one tenemēt set lying in the towne of W. c. for the rēt of xl s. yerely to be paid as in a paire of indentures thereof made whose date is c. plainely appeareth If the sayd A. B. his executors well and truely pay or cause to be paid to the sayd C. D. his heires and assignes the foresaid yerely rent of xl s. at the daies and termes accustomed according to the tenour and effect of the said Indentures c. That then c. ¶ A Condition vpon an Indenture of sale to make good the summe THe condition of this obligation is such that where the within bounden I. S. the day of the date within written for the summe of xx li. sterling bargained sold and deliuered to the within named T. P. diuers goods plate and iewels in a certaine Indenture comprehended bearing date c. vnder a condition in the same Indenture specified If the said I. S. make default of paiment in the said Indenture mentioned and comprised and then if all the foresaid goods plate and iewels indifferently prised be found of lesse value than xx markes
sterling of ready money so the said I. S. immediately pay or cause to be paid to the aboue named T. his heires or assignes c. as much good and lawfull money or other ware as shall amount to the summe of all that shal be lacking of the said xx li. in the goods plate and iewels afore rehearsed That then this present Obligation be of no value c. ¶ A Condition in a ioincture to giue estate in certain lands to the wife where there is none other Indenture made betweene parties THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden W. R. c. or his heires at their owne proper costes and charges before the feast of Easter next after the date within written make or cause to be made vnto A. C. c. a good sure sufficient and lawfull estate in the Law of and in all and singuler those landes tenements c. with the appurtenances in the Citie of London of the yerely value of xl li. sterling ouer and aboue al charges and reprises to haue and to hold al the said landes tenements with the appurtenances vnto the said A. C. c. for terme of life of M.G. to the vse of the same M G. and to her assignes for terme of her life the which M. by the grace of God shall mary take to husband the said W. R. and also if the said W. R after the said estate of and in the lands and tenements afore rehearsed do suffer and cause to be done all euery thing things as shall bee aduised by the learned counsell of the said A. B. C. D. c. their heires executors to make the foresaid state sure to the aboue named A. B. to the vse of the same M. for terme of her life be it by recouery fines feoffements release confirmation and deeds introlled with warrantie or without warrantie or any of them That then c. ¶ A condition to performe a paire of Indentures THe condition c. that if the within bounden I. W. well and truely obserue fulfill and keep all and singuler grants promises and agreements on the part of the said I. W. E. his wife to bee obserued kept contained declared and specified in a payre of Indentures bearing date the x. day c. betweene the said I.W. of the one party and the within named R. S. on thother partie thereof made sealed and deliuered That then c. ¶ A Condition to saue a man harmelesse being suertie for another in a simple Obligation THe condition of this obligation c. that if the within bounden I C. from henceforth do saue and keepe harmlesse from all indictments losses actions troubles vexations the within named W.I. his heirs and executors against T.L.R.F. c. euery of them their heires c. of and from a certaine writing obligatory of the summe of xl l. wherein the said W.I. standeth bound as suertie for the said I.C. together with M N. of D. draper ioyntly and seuerally as by the same obligation plainlier appeareth that then this present obligation c. ¶ A condition of the peace for the good abearing THe condition c. if the within bounden S. T. personally appeare in the custodie of the Baily within writtē or of his deputie before the Iustices of our Soueraigne Lord the King c. the mōday next after the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist c. at the towne c. to find there before the sayd Iustices good sufficient suerties of the peace to behaue and beare himselfe well and peaceably against our Soueraigne Lord his liege people and especially against A. B. in the meane time keepe the peace of our Soueraigne Lord. And so from henceforth saue keepe harmlesse the within named Baily c. for and concerning the premisses or any part of them that then c. ¶ A condition to be true prisoner THe condition c. that if I. H. marchant of S. Lukas which now is in the kings prison vnder keeping of the shirife within written as well by reason of a writ of our Soueraigne Lord the king of the statute of the staple containing the summe of C. l. sterling as also for certaine other actions causes and suits on the behalf of R. S. c. moued commenced be from henceforth true and faithfull prisoner tarrying remaining with the said shirife his deputies till the same I. H. be fully at an end discharged and acquited of the said actions and then content pay to the said shirife c. all and singuler costs charges fees other dueties in such cases heretofore accustomed to bee paid That then c. ¶ A condition for the fealing of acquitance or release of lands c. THe condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden A. B. do cause I. M. Serieant at the Law and G. his wife before the feast of Easter next comming at the costes charges in the Law of the said A. by their sufficient deed in the Law to release remit and quite claime to the within named C. D. c. and their heires all their right title power interest which the said I. M. and E. his wife or eyther of them haue had or may haue of and in all such landes tenements c. That then c. ¶ The manner of making of acquitances in Latine and English ¶ An acquitance of a parcell of a summe NOuerint vniuersi per presents me A. B. c. recepisse habuisse die confectionis presentium de W. I. c. xx s. sterlingorum pro festo omnium Sanctorum anno domini c. in partem solutionis xx li. sterlingorum in quibus idem W. per scriptum suum obligatorium cum conditione in dorso eiusdem conscripta super eodem confecta mihi praefato A. tenetur obligatur De quibus quidem xx solid ' in partem solutionis maioris summae in eadem conditione specificatae fateor me bene fideliter esse solutū dictumque W. haeredes executores suos inde esse quietum per praesentes In cuius rei testimonium figillum meum praesentibus apposui Datum c. ¶ The forme of the same in English BE it knowen vnto al mē by these presents that I F. B. c. haue receiued and had the day of making of these presents of N. I. c. xx s. sterling afore the feast of Al-Saints last before the date within writtē in part of paimēt of xx li. sterling in which the said N. by his writing obligatorie with a condition in the backe thereof standeth holden and bounden to mee the said F. B for the payment of the same Of which xx s. in part of payment of the more summe in the said condition mentioned I confesse my selfe wel and truely contented and paied and the said N. his heires executors cleerely acquited and discharged thereof for euer In witnesse
I. B. cum toto sequela sua procreata seu procreanda liberum erga gentem omnem warrantizabimus imperpetuum per presentes In cuius rei c. ¶ The forme of the same letter of Manumission in English TO all Christian people that shall see this present writing T. S knight Lord of S. M. Countesse of R. his wife sendeth greeting in our Lord God euerlasting Whereas I. B. otherwise called F. G. our bondman or villaine the sonne of R. B. otherwise called F. G. our bondman or villaine belonging appendant to our manor of P. in the Countie of C. was and is borne in pure villenage and for and as a bondman or villain was and is commonly called taken had accompted and reputed priuily appertly Know ye that we the said T. c. for certaine good lawful considerations mouing our minds haue for vs and our heires manumissed from the yoke of seruitude and villenage deliuered and discharged as wee now by these our letters patents manumit deliuer and discharge for euer the said I. B. otherwise called F. G. with all his sequele and progeny gotten or to be gotten and all and singuler goods cattels lands and tenements and other perquisits which the said I. B. otherwise called F. G. now hath or at any time shall haue or get hereafter And ye shall vnderstand also that wee the foresaid T. S. and M. haue remised released for vs our heires for euer quite claimed as we now by these presents do remit release and quite claime to the lame I. B. otherwise called F. G. and all his heires sequel progente gotten or to be gotten c. all all maner actions real and personal suits quarrels seruices trespasses debts demands whatsoeuer they be which we the sayd T. and M. c. or our heires had haue or hereafter may or shall haue in any maner wise against the said I B. otherwise called F. G. or any of his heires sequel or progenie by reason of the villenage or seruitude aforesaid or by any other cause pretence or colour froÌ„ the beginning of the world vntill the day of making of these presents So that neither we the said T. and M. c. nor any of vs nor our heires nor any other by vs for vs or in our name shall or may from henceforth haue exact sue claime or challenge any manner right title action interest or demand of villenage or boÌ„dage against the said I. B. otherwise called F. G. or his heires sequel progeny goods cattels lands tenements c or any of them by writ of our soueraigne Lord the king or by any other maner but thereof be cleerely excluded and auoided for euer by these presents And we the said T. S. M. our heires the said I B. otherwise called F. G. with all his sequel and progeny gotten or to be gotten against all people shal warrant free for euer In witnesse whereof c. ¶ Another forme of Manumission in English TO all Christian people to whome this present commeth Anthony Earle Lord of R. S. and of R. sendeth greeting in our Lord God euerlasting Be it knowne vnto all people that whereas we by the information of certain persons haue made title and claime to one I. T. of Linne in the countie of Norff. and to one W. T. brother of the same I T of L. in the county of R. all their issues of their bodies comming to be villeines and bound vnto vs as appeÌ„dant to our manor of I. in the county aforesaid And forasmuch as wee find neither proof nor sufficieÌ„t grouÌ„d wherby we may vnderstand that the said I. W. or any of their issue should be villeins or bouÌ„d to vs but by euideÌ„t proofe in sundry wise brought and shewed to vs wee rather vnderstand the contrary to bee true Therefore wee being desirous to set all doubtfull matters apart and willing the said I. and W. to be no further greeued or molested wrongfully without sufficient cause and that they may from henceforth liue in suertie for the same haue remised released c. vt supra ¶ The maner of making Letters of Atturney ¶ A generall Letter of Atturney to recouer debts NOuerint vniuersi per praesentes me T. C. de W. in comitatu E. generos fecisse constituisse loco meo posuisse dilectum mihi in christo I. N. meum verum legitimum Atturnatum ad petendum exigendum leuandum recuperandum recipiendum vice nomine meo pro me omnes singulas pecuniarum mearuÌ„ summas debita mea quecunque quae mihi quacunque de causa à personis quibuscunque infra vniuersum regnum ' Angliae debentia spectantia siue pertinentia sunt Dand ' per presentes concedend ' pÌ„dicto Atturnato meo plenam integram potestatem meam authoritatem in praemissis querendi agendi dicendi ê“sequendi implacitandi arrestaÌ„di imprisonandi condemnari faciendi extra prisonam deliberandi debita pÌ„dicta recuperandi recipiendi de receptis recuperatis ac super fineÌ„ concordiaÌ„ acquietantias seu alias exonerationes nomine meo componendi sigillandi deliberandi atturnat alium vnum vel plures sub se constituend ' reuocand ' Necnon omnia alia et singula quae in pÌ„missis seu circa ea necessaria fuerint oportuna vice nomine meo faciendi exercendi expediendi fiendi adeo plenarie integre ê“ut facere possem siue deberem si in praemissis personaliter interessem Ratum gratum habens habiturus totum quicquid dictus Atturnatus meus in nomine meo fecerit seu fieri fecerit in praemissis per presentes In cuius rei testimonium c. ¶ The forme of the same in English BE it knowne vnto all men by these presents that I T C. of W. in the countie of E. gentleman haue constituted and in my place set and ordained my welbeloued in Christ I N my true lawfull atturney to aske require leuy recouer receiue in my name for me and to mine vse al and singuler summes of money and debts whatsoeuer they be of all maner persons in any wise to mee due pertaining or belonging in any part or place within this Realme of England Giuing granting to my said Atturney my full and whole power and authoritie in the premisses to plaint arrest sue declare impleade imprison cause to bee condemned release the said debters recouer receiue and thereupon finally accord and acquite letters of acquitance and other discharges for me and in my name to compound seale and deliuer atturney or atturneyes one or more vnder him to ordaine and set and at his pleasure againe to reuoke And moreouer to doe execute performe conclude and finish for me and in my place as is mentioned afore all and singuler things that shal be expedieÌ„t and necessarie concerning the premisses as throughly wholy and surely
occupand ' et ministrand ' Dand ' per presentes concedend ' praedicto atturnato meo plenam integraÌ„ potestatem meam authoritatem et mandatum speciale predictas personas et earum quamlibet occasione iniuste detentionis custodie vel occupationis praedictarum terrarum et tenementorum cum pertenentijs aut alicuius inde partis seu parcelle attachiand ' et arrestari faciend ' ac coram iudicibus et iusticiarijs praedictis comparere faâ—iend ' et producend ' ac versus ipsas personas et earum quamlibet occasione praedict omnes et singulas actiones sectas placita et prosecutiones licita requisit et necessaria in curia praedict ' vbicunque videbit ' oportunuÌ„ fore vice ac nomine meo leuand ' affirmaÌ„d capiend ' et atturnand ' et eas vel ea secundum iuris exigentiam cum quibuscunque inde circumstantijs interplacitaÌ„d ' et prosequend ' ac ius titulum meum praedictum coram pÌ„d iudicibus et iusticiarijs declarand ' exponend ' et notificand ' dictasque personas et earum quamlibet per legis vigorem arrestand ' imprisonand ' et condemnari faciend ' et ext prisonam deliberand ' ac damna et expeÌ„sas in ea parte habit habend ' de ipsis personis et de earum qualibet recuperand ' recipiend ' Et de receptis recuperand ' ac super fine c. as in other ¶ A letter of Atturney vpon a Patent VNiuersis c. I. B. vnus armiger ' pro corpore illustrissimi domini nostri Regis c. Salutem in domino sempiternam Cum idem noster Rex per suas gratiosas literas patentes quarum datum est apud Westmonasterium decimo die Feb anno regni 31. in consideratione verÌ„ fidelis seruitij quod ego praed ' F P. eidem illustrissimo domino nostro ante haec tempora impendi durante tota vita mea impenderÌ„ intendo concesserit licentiam dederit mihi pref F.P. qd ' ego per me aut deputatuÌ„ siue deputatos meos indigenas siue alienigenas numerum quantitatem ducentorum doleoruÌ„ Isatidis Anglic ' vocat woad de Tholosa in ê‘tibê° vltra marinis emerÌ„ prouidere ac eadem ducenta dolea de woad in vna naue siue diuersis nauibus de obedientia dict dominÌ„ regis aut obedientia aliquorum amicorum confederatorum suorum cariare imponere in quemcunque locum seu quecunque loca huius regni sui Angliae vna vice vel diuersis vicibus ibidem ad meum maximum proficuum aduantagium importand ' conducend ' inducend ' vendend ' distribuend ' conduci discariari facere possim valeaÌ„ licite impune aliquo actu statuto restrictione ê“hibitione aut ê“clâ—matione in contrarium factis non obstant prout in praed ' literis patentibus inde confectis pleniê° continetur Noueritis me praefatum F.P. virture authoritate dictarum literaruÌ„ patentium fecisse â—â—â—inasse constituisse in loco meo posuisse dilectos mihi in Christo A. B.C D. mercatores de Hispania meos veros legitimos deputatos factores irreuocabiles coniunctim vice nomine meo ad faciendum exequendum adminstrandum ad vsus commoda proficua propria eorund ' A.B.C. D. omnia singula in dictis literis patentibus coÌ„tent specificat videlicet in tam amplis modo forma prout ego dictus F.P. facere potuissem seu debereÌ„ vigore praedictarum literarum patentium si ibidem pÌ„sens personaliter interessem Et deputatum siue factoreÌ„ vnuÌ„ seuplures sub se constituend ' et ad libita sua reuocand ' Quibus quid ' A B.C.D. et eorum vtrique coniunctim ego dictê° F.P. do concedoet transporto per presentes omnimod ' potestatem meam authoritateÌ„ in praemissis Ratum gratum habens habiturus totum quicquid dicti deputat factores mei nomine meo fecerint seu fieri ê“curauerint aut eorum aliquis fecerit seu fieri procurauerit in pÌ„missis in quolibet praemissoruÌ„ per pÌ„sentes In cuius rei c. ¶ A like forme of a Letter of Atturney vpon a patent in English BE it knoweÌ„ vnto all men by these presents that where the king our soueraigne Lord by his gratious Letters of Licence insealed with his signe bearing date at Westminster the xii day of May in the xxxi yere of his raigne for certaine considerations his highnes mouing hath licened vs W. C. Seriant of the Caterie of his honorable houshould P.C. yeoman of his gard his welbeloued seruants that we by our selues our factors or Atturnies shall and may puruey and buy in anie place or places within this his Realme of England where it shall best like vs 4 hundred quarters of wheat and the same to conuey carrie or do to be conueied or carried out of any port hauen or creeke of this said Realme that shal please vs in the parts of Flaunders Holland Barbant or Zeland there to be vttered and sold for our most profits and aduantages as in the said letters of licence thereof made more plainly is contained Know ye that wee the foresaid W.C. and P. by vertue of the said gratious letters of licence haue committed ordeined and deputed our welbeloued in God A.B. of I. in the county of N. marchant R.S. seruant of me the foresaid W.C. our sufficient Atturneis and Factors iointly and seuerally to execute by themselues or by their sufficient deputie or deputies the whole tenour purport and effect of the said gratious letters and euery clause article of the lame as vnto them or anie of them shall be thought most conuenient and necessarie that is to say in all things by al things in as ample and large manner as wee the foresaid W. C. or either of vs might doe should doe or ought to do by vertue of the said gratious letters if we our own selues were personally present and whatsoeuer that our said atturnies or their sufficient deputie or deputies shall doe minister in the premisses or any thing coÌ„cerning the same we the said I.P. and R.S. bind our selues to ratifie and allow by these presents In witnes c. ¶ A Letter of Atturney in English BE it knoweÌ„ vnto all men by these presents that I I.G. of B. in the CouÌ„ty of S. yeoman haue made constituted ordeined and put in my place my right welbeloued in God R. M. gentleman my true and lawfull atturney in this behalfe to ouersee rule and gouerne for me in my name al my lands and tenements as well freehold as copihold set and lying in the towne and parish of C. in the county of S. also to receiue for me in my name all the rents issues commodities profits comming and growing of the lame lands and euery parcel thereof And the farmers of the same lands for non paiment to
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
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
nuper de L. defunct ' Et quae per siue per morteÌ„ ipsius T. ad manus H. ducis I. cum L. N. deuenerÌ„ seu deuenire debuerÌ„ ratione minoris aetatis A.P. filiae haered ' pÌ„dict T. ac custod ' maritag ipsius A. absque disparag ac etiam omnia illa terras tenement quae discendere venire dignoscuntur pÌ„dict ' E. vt consanguineo hered ' A. W. quam custod ' omniuÌ„ pÌ„dict terraruÌ„ tenemeÌ„torÌ„ accustod ' maritag pÌ„d ' A. absque disparag nuper habui mihi ex dono concess scripti coÌ„firmat ' pÌ„f. ducis Ac totuÌ„ ius tituluÌ„ interesse demand ' mea quae vnque habui habeo seu quouismodo in futuiÌ„ habere potero de in eisd ' Habend ' teneÌ„d ' custod ' pÌ„d ' pÌ„f E. et assignÌ„ suis à die confect ' pÌ„sentisi vsque ad plenaÌ„ legitimam aetatem pÌ„d ' hered ' vna cum maritagio eiusdem haered ' absque disparagatione vt praedictum est simul cum omnibus exitibus ê“ficuis reuentionibus inde medio tempore ê“uenient ' siue crescent ' absque aliquo mihi inde reddend ' seu compot ' faciend ' In cuius rei c. ¶ The forme of letters Testimonials ¶ A letter of Testimony for an Obligation confessed in the Court. VNiuersis singulis Christi fidelibus ad quos c. H. H. Maior AldermanÌ„ Ciuitatis Lond ' salutem c. Quia de commiss nobis officij debit veritatis testimonium tenemur subuenire ea quae coram nobis acta sunt prout iudicis incumbunt officio fideliter testificari Hinc est quod vniuersitati vestrÌ„ tenore praesentium innotescimus per praesentes quod die confectionis eorundem accessit ad pÌ„sentiam nostram dilectus conciuis noster G. R. Pannarius coram nobis exhibuit quoddam scriptum relaxat cera rubea impress sigillatum in haec verba Nouerint c. quod quidem scriptum vt praefatus G R. coram nobis asseruit affirmauit supradictus W.S. in curia dnÌ„i Regis in loco nostrÌ„ iudiciali videlicet in camera Guildhald ' ciuitatis pÌ„dictae in praesentia dilecti nostri I.H. adtunc vnius atturnat siue ê“curat in eadem curia sigillauit ac eidem G. liberauit qui vero I.H. die confectionis praesentis ad instantiam dicti G. R. coram nobis vocatus vinculoque iuramenti astrictus deposuit affirmauit quod ipse scripsit illud manu ê“pria in pÌ„dicto loco nostro iudiciali quod idem scriptum in pÌ„lentia sua sigillat liberatum fuit forma supermemorata In quorum omnium singulorum praemissorum fidem testimonium Sigillum officij nostri maioratê° ciuitatis pÌ„d praesentibus duximus apponendum Scriptum xij die Maij Anno dnÌ„i c. ¶ An other testimoniall in English for the approuing of a Testament TO all them to whom this present Letter shall come E. S. Maior the Alderm of the city of L. sendeth greeting in our Lord God euerlasting Forasmuch as by the duetie of our office appertayneth such things as before vs is shewed witnessed and affirmed to testifie and record if wee thereto be required therfore it is that we certifie vnto you by these our present letters that the day of making of the same we saw beheld a Testament or last Will as we were informed of one E. widdow written in paper and sealed in these wordes This is the last Will c. Furthermore know ye that the day of making of these presents came personally before vs I. R Marchant of the staple of Calice which before vs vpon the holy Euangelists of God sworne said deposed and affirmed that the said Testament or last will was written with the proper hand of the same E.M. And also that he heard the same E. in her life say diuers times that S. F. late AldermaÌ„ of the said Citie of London T. H. gent. and R. T. Mercer were infeoffed in all her lands tenements she said that the said R. T. should haue with them doe like as he would do of his owne lands tenements by him purchased In witnesse whereof to these presents the seale of our office of Mairalty of the said city we haue done to be put to WritteÌ„ at London the x day of Feb. the yere of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord king Henry the viij c. ¶ A good President of a Testament IN the name of God Amen The xxj day of the moneth of May the yere of our lord God 1589. c. I R N. Mercer citizen of L. being of whole mind and in good and perfect remembrance laud and praise be vnto almighty God make and ordeine this my present TestameÌ„t concerning herein my last Will in maner forme following that is to say First I commend my soule vnto almighty God my maker and Redeemer and my body to be buried in the parish Church or Churchyard of S.N. in the citie of L. I bequeth vnto the high Aultar vj. s. viij d. Item toward the reparation of the same church xiij s. iiij d. Item I will that in all such debts duties as I owe of right or of conscience to any person or persons be well and truely contented paid by mine executors hereafter named or els ordeined for to be paid without any delay or coÌ„tradiction And after my debts paid and my funerall expences performed I will that all my goods cattels debts shall be deuided into 3. equal parts wherof I wil that Anne my wife shal haue one equal part to her own proper vse in maner of her purpart reasonable part to her of all my said goods cattels debts after the laudable custome of the citie of LondoÌ„ belonging And the second equall part of all my said goods cattels debts I bequeath to E. M. my daughters to the child now being in the womb of my said wife equally to be deuided amongst theÌ„ to be deliuered vnto them wheÌ„ they shal accomplish come to their lawfull ages of xxi yeares or else be maried c. And if it fortune any of my said children to decease before they accomplish their said ages and before that time be not maried that theÌ„ I bequeth her part or his part of them so deceasing to the other of them then suruiuing to be deliuered vnto them when they shal accomplish their said ages or els be maried if it fortune all my said childreÌ„ to decease as God it defend before they accomplish their said ages before that time be not maried then I bequeth aswel all singuler the said part portion of my said children in my foresaid goods cattels debts as also my legacie to them hereafter bequethed to amongst the children lawfully begotten of the body of R. M. of S. in the county of R. to be paid deliuered to
them at like ages in like maner as is appointed vnto my owne children and euery child likewise to be others heire thereof And if it shall fortune all the children of the said R. M. of his body lawfully begotteÌ„ to decease which Goâ—â—efeÌ„d before they come to their lawful ages before that time be not maried theÌ„ I will that all their said parts and portion of my said goods catels and debts shall wholly be employed bestowed in amending and repairing of noyous highwayes nigh about the city of LondoÌ„ to the mariage of poore maidens by the discretion of mine executors and ouerseers if they were then liuing or else by the discretions of the Lord Maior his brethren the Aldermen of the city of London And the third equall part of all my said goods carels debts I reserue vnto mine executors therewith to performe my legacies and bequests hereafter specified that is to wit First I bequeath to my mother in law mistris A. C. a iewell of the value xx li. Item I bequeath xxx li. to be distributed shortly after my decease to and amongst the poore housholders inhabiting within the said parish of S. N. by the discretion of mine executors ouerseers Item I bequeath vnto the poore prisoners in all the prisons gailes of London S. x. li. sterl to be equally diuided amongst them by mine executors Item I bequeath vnto R L. x. li. a gowne Item I bequeath to P F. my seruant x li. in the intent that he shall instruct mine executors faithfully truely in all my recknings busines IteÌ„ I bequeath to A. B. a blacke gowne IteÌ„ I bequeath vnto the Masters Wardeins fellowship of the Mercers 6. li. for a recreation or a diner amoÌ„gst them that shal be in their liuery at my buriall Item I bequeath vnto euery one of my seruaÌ„ts that shal be in my house seruice at the time of my decease a gowne Item I bequeath vnto the said A. my wife 90. li. of my said portion to the intent and vpon condition that she in her widowhood by her deed sufficieÌ„t in the law shall clearely remit and release al her right title and interest that shee then shall haue or ought to claime or haue by reason of her mariage vnto me to of and in all and singuler my lands and tenements other their appurtenances set lying being within the county of E. aâ—â— elswhere within the Realme of England And in case my sayd wife then refuse so to doe and not so release that then as now and now as then I wil that my said legacy so made vnto her of the said lxxxx li. shall be void of none effect Item I wil that my said wife shall inhabit haue mine house wherein I now dwell in the said parish of S. N. during her widowhood and as soone when as she shall be assured or maried to any other man that then I will that the lease and terme of yeares of in the same shal be sold to the most price and furtherance that can be to the profit of my said children The residue of all my goods cattels and debts after my debts paid my funeral expences performed and these my legacies contemed in this my present testament fulfilled I wholy giue and bequeath to my said children equally to be deuided amongst them and to be deliuered vnto them according as I haue aboue willed and declared that their said owne portions shall be Prouided alwaies and it is my very will mind intent that shortly after my decease all singuler my wares stuffe of houshold plate and all other my goods whatsoeuer they be shall be prised by two indifferent persons to be named and sworne by the Lord Maior of London and his brethren for the time being And all and singular the portions thereof appertaining to my said children aswel my second part as my said legacy so to them made bequeathed of my part immediatly after the apprising to be ordered according to the custome of the orphanage of the citie of London by the L. Maior and brethren IteÌ„ I wil that the young meÌ„ being free of the fellowship of Mercers of LondoÌ„ shal haue the occupying of all my said childrens portions legacies during their nonages they putting in sufficient suerties therefore according to the said custome of the citie of London And I will my mind intent is that master H. L. master R. M. or their assignes shal haue the keeping gouernance bringing vp of my said children during their nonages And of this my present testament I make and ordaine the said A. my wife and the said Master H. and R. mine executors And I bequeath to either of them for their labour in that behalf xx li. a black gowne And of the execution of the same I make ordain the said master L. O. ouerseer And I vtterly reuoke and adnull all and euery other former testaments willes legacies bequests executors and ouerseers by me in any wise before this time made named willed and bequeathed These witnesses c. ¶ The maner of making a supplication vpon breaking of promise and such like IN most humble wise sheweth vnto your mastership your poore Orator W. V. of c. that where one R. M. c. faithfully promised to deliuer to your said Orator in mariage with one A. S. his daughter now the wife of your said beadman all maner houshold stuffe necessary for houshold afore sufficient witnesse ready to testifie the same to be deliuered immediatly after the said marriage Whereupon your said orator maried with the said A. fithens which time right honorable Sir your said orator hath required the same stuffe which the said W. hath alwaies promised neuerthelesse for the space of xv yeares past hath deferred with fained promises the deliuerie thereof to the great vnquiet and hinderance of your said orator which now is compelled to require the charitable helpe and aid of your good Mastership herein In consideration whereof it would please your accustomable goodnesse alwaies to pouertie extended to do cal before you the same R. M. and him to cause to recompence content your said Orator aswell for the said houshold stuffe or to deliuer the same as also for his losse of great time and hinderance thereabout expended Your said Orator should according to his bounden dutie c. ¶ Another vpon disceit by a partner IN most humble wise complaining sheweth vnto your good Lordship your daily Orator c. That whereas vpon the imagination of honest good opinion R. C. Father vnto your said orator deceased had in one T. T. c. the said R. about Easter last past did ioyne in bargain with the said T. T. for the deliuerie of so much wares whereof the moitie was to the said R. as amounted to the summe of c. vnto one I. S. of the kings Maiesties houshold Esquire for the which sum
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
M. vxori suae sorori eiusdem T. omnibus omnimodis hmÌ„odi hustilmeÌ„tis et bonis eidem mesuagio siue tenemeÌ„to clamÌ„ lignifix ' omnino exceptis eidem mesuagio siue tenement vt appropriat reseruatis quam omina singula debita quae dict' T. die eius obitus debeantur infra comÌ„ E. praedict ' debita quae dictus T. in dicto suo testamento voluit legauit pÌ„fat I.C. M. vxori eius Dante 's concedentes pÌ„fatis I. M. attornat nostris ac vtrique eorum plenam liberam tenore pÌ„sentiuÌ„ potestatem nrÌ„am ob defectum deliberationis solutionis in hac parte si necessè fuerit tam omnes singulos debitores detentores eoruÌ„ quemlibet oium bonorum hustilmentorum necessariorum praedictorum cuiuslibet eorum parcell ' exceptis reseruatis preexcept reseruatis quam omnes singulos debitores detentores debâ—toruÌ„ praedict ' ac quemlibet eoruÌ„ arrestari faciend ' imprisonand ' extra prisonam deliberand ' necnon implacitandum ê“sequenduÌ„ in quibuscunque curijs coram quibuscunque Iudicibê° Iustic ' quoruÌ„ interest adeo precisc integre sicut lex exiâ—it permittit et de receptis in hac paâ—te acquietanc ' nomine nostro faciendum sigilland ' deliberand ' atturnat quoque vnum vel plures sub se constituend ' ê“ suo libert reuocand ' ceteraque omni singula quae in pÌ„missis circa praemiss necessaria fuerint seu quomodolibet oportunÌ„ faciend ' exercend ' exequend ' adeo integre prout nosmetipsi facere possumus si presentes ibidem personaliter interessemus Ratum gratum habent habiturÌ„ totuÌ„ quicquid dicti Atturnat nostri nomine nostro ad eorum ê“priuÌ„ vsum fecerint seu duxerint aut fecerit vel duxerit fac ' eorum alter in premissis In cuius rei c. ¶ A letter of Atturney to enter into lands and tenements NOuerint vniuersi per pÌ„sentes nos H.C. H. W. fecisse ordinasse loco nrÌ„o posuisse dilectos nobis in Christo W. P. genÌ„ I.H. nostros veros legitimos AttornÌ„ coniunctim diuisim ad intranduÌ„ vice nominibus nostris in manerÌ„ de B. cum pertinenÌ„ ac in quingentas acrÌ„ terrÌ„ viginâ—i acras prati quadraginta acras pasturae quadraginta acrÌ„ bosci quinque libertatas redditus cum pertinÌ„ in B S R. in comÌ„ Ess quae nos pÌ„dict ' H. C. H. W. per breue domini Regis de ingressu super disseisinam en â—e post versus I.K. armig ' in cur ' dicti dnÌ„i regis coram Iusticiar ' suis apud WestmÌ„ termino sancti Mich. antedict ' c. etiam recuperauimê° ad vsum I. S. Milit haered ' suorum ac de suê‘ hmÌ„di introitu sic fact ' plenam pacificam possessioneÌ„ de in maner ' terr' tenÌ„t praedict ' cum pertinen ' noâ—bus nostr ' capiend ' continuand ' ad vsum praedicti I.S. haeredum suorum donec aliter inde duxerimus disponend ' Ratum gratum habent habitur ' quicquid dict' Attorn ' nostr ' nominibus nostris fecerint seu eorum alter fecerit in praemissis prout ibidem praesentes personaliter interessemus In cuius rei c. ¶ A letter of Atturney to enter for default of payment OMnibus Christi fidelibus c. A. P. salutem in domino sempiternam Cum ego pÌ„fat A nuper dimiserim feoffauerim per quandam chartam meam bipertitam confirmauerim W.C. vnuÌ„ tenemeÌ„tuÌ„ cum ê‘tinenÌ„ scituat in ê‘ochia sanct ' C. videlicet inter tenementuÌ„ c. HabenduÌ„ tenendum praefato W. haered ' assignat suis imperpetuum sub forma conditione sequenÌ„ videlicet quod praedictus W. haered ' vel assignati sui soluerint aut solui faciant mihi praefato A. aut executorÌ„ meis in Ecclesia sancti C. ad festum Sancti M. archangeli proximÌ„ futurÌ„ post datum chart pÌ„dict ' decem libras c. Et si pÌ„dictus W. vel assignati sui defecisset vel defecissent de solutione summae pÌ„dict ' aut in aliqua inde ê‘cella ad festum solutionis superius limitatuÌ„ extunc bene liceret mihi pÌ„fato A. in pÌ„dict ' tenement cum pertinÌ„ reintrare illud in pristino statu meo habere praedicta charta feoffamenti dimisionis non obstant prout in eadem charta plenius liquet Et quia praefatus W. de solutione pÌ„dict ' fregit Noueritis me praefatuÌ„ A. occasione praemiss atturnasse plenam potestatem meam concessisse dilect ' mihi in Christo C.M. I.P. coniunctim diuisim ad reintrand ' reclamand ' possidend ' pro me nomine meo in praedict ' tenement cum pertinentijs vt in pristrino statu meo pÌ„f. W inde expellend ' amouend ' dictumque tenementuÌ„ in manibus ipsorum T. I. ad opus meum retinend ' donec aliter inde duxerim disponend ' Ratum grat habenÌ„ habitus totum quicquid pÌ„fat attornat mei fecerint nomine meo seu eorum alter fecerit in pÌ„missis prout egomet facere possem si personaliter interessem In cuius rei testimonium c. ¶ A letter of attorney to receiue possession of lands extended by a Statute Marchant OMnibus Christi fidelibus c. T. B. ciuis Draper L. salutem in domino Cum I.K. Miles vicecomÌ„ comit E. virtute breuis domini Regis sibi inde direct ' extendi fecisset vnum mesuagium viginti acras terrae cumê‘tinentiis in D. in comÌ„ E. quae fuerint I.K. ad valorem c. per annum quod quideÌ„ messuagium viginti acras terrae cum ê‘tinenÌ„ dictus vicec ' cum ea sic extendi fecisset seisire fecit in manus domini regis Noueritis me praefatum T. B. assignasse fecisse locoque meo posuisse constituisse dilectum seruienteÌ„ meum I. B. meum veruÌ„ legitimuÌ„ in hac parte attornat ad recipiend ' pro me nomine meo de praefat I.K. vic' comÌ„ praed ' plenam possessioneÌ„ seisinam de in praed ' mesuagio viginti acrÌ„ terrÌ„ cum pertinentijs quae mihi praefato T. B per dictum vicecomÌ„ virtute breuis dicti domini regis sâ—bi inde direct ' liberari debent per extent praed ' Tenend ' mihi assignatis meis vt liberum tenÌ„tum meum secunduÌ„ tenorem vim formam effectum eiusdem breuis domini regis eideÌ„ vic' vt praefertur direct ' Dand ' concedend ' pÌ„f. attornÌ„ meo plenam sufficientem tenore praesent potestatem meam authoritatem mand ' speciale ad faciend ' exercend ' exequend ' pro me nomine meo de in praemissis et in quolibet pÌ„miss ea omnia et singula que ego praefatus T.B. fecerim
content and pay to the same shirife his executors and assignes all the issues reuenues and profits of the sayd hundred whereof the certainties amount to the suÌ„me of 4. li. by the confession of the sayd Bailife to be paid duely at the feast of Easter and Saint Michael the archangel next comming and also leuy content and pay to the shirife all such greene waxe pype siluer issues as the said shirife shall be charged within the said hundred and as shal be estreted out of the said baylie together to be paied to the said shyrife afore the said feast of S. Michael That then c. ¶ Acquitance made by one creditor OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit I.K. salutem in domino sempiternam Cum. W. B. teneatur mihi praefato I. ac cuidam H. Long in decem libris sterling soluendum nobis aut vni nostrum ad diuersos terminos prout in quadam obligatione defesanc ' super eandem nobis inde confect ' plenius coÌ„tinetur Noueritis me praefatum I. recepisse habuisse die confectionis presentium de prefato W. viginti solidos sterling in partem solutionis pÌ„dictar ' deceÌ„ libraruÌ„ viz. pro termino Natalis domini prox futurum de quibê° quidaÌ„ xx s. fateor me fore solut ' dictumque W. heredes executores suos inde esse quietum exoneratum per presentes In cuius rei c. ¶ A short quitance for the farme of a benefice BE it knowne to all men by these presents that I T. C. parson of P. in the County of E. haue receiued and had the day of making hereof of I. L. x. l. sterling for the halfe yere farme of my sayd parsonage to me due at the feast of S. Michael tharchangel last past before the date hereof In witnesse whereof to this bill I haue set my scale Giuen the x. day of October c. ¶ Acquitance for the redemption of lands before sold conditionally BE it known vnto al men by these presents that I I. Long of London gent. haue receiued and had this present day at the Font stone in the Cathedrall Church of saint Paul in L. between the houres of one and foure of the clocke at afternoon of the same day of W. G. of S. in the Countie of Essex yeoman xl l. sterling for the redemption in full satisfaction of all and singuler those tenements with thappurtenances in the parish of S. and P. in the said County of Essex called N. and D. contained specified in a patre of Indentures of couenant bearing date the xvj day of Ianuary in the xxx yere c. made betweene the said W. G. on the one part and mee the said I. L. on the other part of for and concerning the bargaine and sale of all and singuler the said lands tenements conditionally as by the same Indentures thereof made more at large do appeare of the which xl l. in full payment and contentation as is abouesaid receiued I the said I. L. knowledge me well and truely contented satisfied paid and thereof and of euery parcell thereof I cleerely acquite and discharge the said W. G. his heires and executors by these presents In witnesse whereof to these presents I the said Iohn Long haue set to my seale the first day of March in the thirty yere of the c. ¶ A Defeasance vpon a Recognisancee taken by the chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench or Common place NOuerint vniuersi per praesentes nos R. W. de D. in comitatu E. yeoman I. P. de D. in comitatu praedicto yeoman teneri firmiter obligari T.L. de B. in comitatu praedicto in centum libris sterlingorum soluendum eidem T. aut suo certo Atturnato hoc scriptum ostensuro haeredibus vel executoribus suis in festo omnium SanctoruÌ„ proximo futuro post datum praesentium Et si defecerimus in solutione praedicti debiti volumus concedimus quod tunc currat super nos vtrumque nostrum haeredes executores nostros poena in statuto Stapulae de debitis mercand ' in eadem empt recuperandis ordinata prouisa c. Datum decimo c. THis Indenture witnesseth that whereas R. W. of D in the Countie of Essex yeoman and I. P. of D. in the County aforesaid yeoman by a certaine Recognisance prouided for the recouery of debts taken recognised sealed before Sir E. Mountagne knight chiefe Iustice of the Kings bench bearing date the day of these presents stand and be iointly seuerally bound vnto T.L. of T. in the said County of Essex yeoman in the summe of one hundreth pounds sterling to be paied as in the same recognisance thereof made more plainly doth appeare Neuerthelesse the said T. for him his heires and executors willeth and granteth by these presents that if the said R. I. their heires executors or assignes or any of them do well and truely content and pay or cause to be contented paid vnto the foresaid T. his heires executors or assignes the summe of xl l. of good and lawfull money of England in manner and forme following that is to say at the feast of all Saints next comming after the date hereof v. l. at the dwelling house of the said T. wher he now inhabiteth and the first day of May then next following fiue pounds at the said house and so forth from yeare to yeare and halfe yere to halfe yeare at the least of all Saints and the first day of May next and immediatly ensuing another at the house of the said Thomas as is aforesaid fiue pounds vntill the said summe of xl pounds be fully contented paid That then the foresaid Recognisance to be vtterly void and of none effect And if default of paiment be made in any of the said payments in part or in all contrarie to the forme aforesaid theÌ„ the said R. and I. willeth and graunteth by these presents that the same Recognisance shall stand in full strength and vertue In witnesse whereof the said parties to these Indentures sunderly haue set to their Seales Giuen the xvij day of May c. ¶ An Indenture vpon the resignation of a benefice THis Indenture made the 3. day of Iune in the yere of our Lord God 1543. in the 35. yeare of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lord Henrie the 8. by the grace of God King of England France and Ireland defender of the faith and of the Church of England and also of Ireland and in earth Supreme head betweene Sir Simond B. late Parson of the parish Church and Parsonage of P. in the Countie of C. and in the dioces of Exeter on the one partie sir Iohn B. of P. aforesaid Priest on thother party witnesseth that where the said sir Simond at the instance of the said sir Iohn hath resigned his said parish church and parsonage into the Ordinaries hands of the same to the intent
A letter of substitution where the atturney maketh a deputie vnder him Fol. 71 ¶ To make letters Patents diuers and sundry formes A Patent of an Office for terme of life with a see assigned to the same Fol. 72 A graunt for the keeping of a Mannor Parke and Lodge Fol. 72 A letter patent of a yearely annuitie with diuers other clauses of fees Fol. 73 A letter patent of the King or of a Lord concerning the gift of a Stewardship and Constable Fol. 74 A letter patent for keeping of a naturall Idyot or Lunatike Fol. 75 A letter of Safeconduct for a certaine of yeares Fol. 75 A briefe Commission of a Steward Fol. 77 A patent of annuitie or a yearely fee giuen by a gentleman to his seruaunt for promotion of a marriage Fol. 77 ¶ To make diuers and sundry kinds of Supplications Bils of complaints Answers and other peticions to be put for any matter in the Kings Courts To the King our most dread Soueraigne Lord. Fol. 78 A petition to the King for a poore Scholer Fol. 78 A bill of complaint vpon certaine griefes requiring a Wri◠of Certiorare A bill of complaint for the right of landes where a state was made by disceit and to require a Subpena vpon the same Fol. 79 A bill of Subpena for a title of lands entailed Fol. 80 The aunswere of I. W. to the Bill of complaint of R. R. husbandman Fol. 82 A bill of complaint to the Chauncery for a debt without a specialtie Fol. 83 The aunswere to the same bill Fol. 84 An other forme of a bill for a Subpena Fol. 84 A bill of complaint where a Quest hath passed in a matter wrongfully alleaged Fol. 85 A warrant for a summe of money Fol. 86 A warrant dormant Fol. 86 A warrant for a Bucke Fol. 87 A deede vpon lands gotten by fine or recouery Fol. 87 Another Fol. 87 A deede of setting ouer of a Ward Fol. 87 ¶ To forme letters Testimonials A letter of a testimonie for an obligation confessed in a court Fol. 88 Another testimoniall in English for the approuing of a testament Fol. 88 A good president of a testament Fol. 88 The maner to make a Supplication vpon breaking of promise and such like Fol. 90 Another vpon deceipt by a partner Fol. 90 A bil of a complaint made for recouering of euidence made by compulsion Fol. 91 A bill of a title of Copyhold land Fol. 92 ¶ Additions to the Booke of Instrumnts A graunt of a Warde within age Fol. 94 A warrant for the payment of a annuitie Fol. 94 A graunt of a Warde by the king Fol. 95 A licence to be absent from the Parliament Fol. 95 Thincorporation of a Towne Fol. 95 A graunt of a Fayre Fol. 96 A graunt of a Warren Fol. 96 A licence for a man to keep on his cap. Fol. 96 A licence for apparell and to shoote in Crossebowes and Handgunnes Fol. 96 A placard for a Crossebow Fol. 97 Another placard for a Crossebow Fol. 97 A licence to vse the game of clossing Fol. 97 A licence to retaine xx men Fol. 98 Nonresidence Fol. 98 A graunt of the reuersion of an Office by the king Fol. 98 A graunt of the office of one of the Auditors of the Eschequer Fol. 99 A graunt of a Stewardship for terme of life Fol. 100 A graunt of a Stewardship during pleasure Fol. 100 A graunt of an Vnderstewardship Fol. 100 A graunt of the office of an Auditour Fol. 101 A graunt of a annuitie for terme of life Fol. 101 A graunt of a annuitie made by a Parson of a Church to endure so long as he shall be Parson Fol. 101 Another graunt of a annuitie of terme of life Fol. 102 A graunt of a annuitie with a payne of nonpayment the same Fol. 102 A graunt of a arnuitie made to a woman to begin after the death of her husband vpon condition Fol. 102 A graunt of a annuitie for ministration of Gods seruice Fol. 103 A graunt of a annuitie to the vse of a woman to begin after the death of her husband Fol. 103 A deede of Feoffement made vpon a decree in the Chauncerie Fol. 103 A deede of Feoffement of landes giuen by Testament with a refeoffement Fol. 104 A deede of Feoffement Fol. 104 A deede of Feoffement made by him that hath lands by discent Fol. 104 A deede of Feoffement vpon condition of payment or non payment of money with a Letter of Atturney Fol. 105 A deede of Fee farme Fol. 105 A graunt of the reuersion of certaine landes with other lands in possession Fol. 106 A deede of fee forme and a reentre for default of payment of the ferme or for suite of court vndone Fol. 107 A deede of feoffement made in the fulfilling of the last will of the testatour vntill a certaine summe of money bee payed Fol. 107 A graunt of landes vpon condition to finde the grauntour meate and drinke Fol. 108 A deed of feoffement of lands purchased Fol. 108 A state of lands solde by the Executors Fol. 108 A deede of Feoffement for making of an Obite for terme of twenty yeares Fol. 108 A deede where the Lord granteth that his tenant shal hold his Copyhold by free Charter Fol. 109 A deede of feoffement of the moitie of a manor recouered by writ of Entre en le post Fol. 110 A deede of feoffement of lands in auncient demesnerecouered there by fine Fol. 110 A deede of feoffement of lands in London Fol. 110 A feoffement made by him which hath an Hundred of the Kings graunt with a Letter of atturney Fol. 111 A release where two haue recouered lands by fine and hee that had the fee simple releaseth to his fellow Fol. 111 A letter of atturney made by Executors Fol. 112 A letter of atturney to enter into lands tenements Fol. 112 A letter of atturney to enter for default of payment Fol. 112 A letter of atturney to receiue possession of landes extended by a Statute marchant Fol. 113 To receiue an atturney Fol. 113 A letter of atturney to make suite to a Court Fol. 113 A bill Obligatorie Fol. 113 Another bill Obligatorie Fol. 113 An obligation made to a Shirife Fol. 113 A condition of an obligation where Cattell are deliuered by a Repleuin Fol. 114 A condition for appearance in the Kings Bench for good abearing Fol. 114 A condition for apparance in the Kings Bench for the peace Fol. 114 A conditiō for apparance in the Cōmon place for de◠Fol. 114 A condition containing one day of payment Fol. 114 A condition concerning ij dayes of payment Fol. 114 A condition concerning diuers dayes of paiment Fol. 115 Another for the same Fol. 115 A condition to deliuer a last of Salmon Fol. 115 A condition that the obligor shall not sell his land to no other person but to the obligee Fol. 115 A condition to saue a man harmelesse of an obligation that he is bound with him to another Fol. 115 A condition to keepe the peace vntil a certain day then to appeare before the kings counsell Fol. 116 A condition to discharge and saue harmelesse of an obligation bonds writings and promises Fol. 116 A condition to keepe the peace Fol. 116 A condition of arbitrement if the arbitrors cannot agree to stand to the iudgement of an vmpire Fol. 116 A condition that a man shall honestly behaue himselfe and not to resort to the house of the obligee Fol. 117 A condition that the husband shall suffer his wife to make a will of her goods to the value of xl li Fol. 117 A condition that the husband shall leaue his wife worth a hundreth pounds after his death Fol. 117 A condition to performe certaine couenants comprised in a payre of Indentures Fol. 117 Another condition of c. in Latin Fol. 118 A condition concerning the office of a Sherifes Baylie Fol. 118 Acquitance made by one creditor Fol. 118 A short quitance for the farme of a benefice Fol. 118 Acquitance for the redemption of lands before sold conditionally Fol. 118 A defesance vpon a recognisance taken by the chief Iustice of the Kings Bench or Common place Fol. 119 An Indenture vpon the resignation of a benefice Fol. 119 An Indenture where the executor of the second lessee granteth ouer his estate with a stocke Fol. 121 A supplication for a forfeit to the King our Soueraigne Lord. 123 A priuie seale to the Treasorer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer for the same Fol. 123 Another priuie seale for a like matter Fol. 124 A priuie seale to the Treasorer and Chamberlaine of the Exchequer for the leuying of a tayle for a forf Fol. 124 A supplication for a forfeiture of goods not customed to the King our Soueraigne Lord. Fol. 125 A priuie seale vpon issues forfeited in Attaint Fol. 125 Finis Tabulae