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.
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
male to the said I.I. by vertue of any gift or otherwise as in the bill of cōplaint is vntruly surmised But the said defendāts do auer are shal be at al times ready to proue as this honorable Court shall award that the said mesuage al other the premisses by and immediatly after the death of the said I.I. discended of right oght to discēd come vnto one A. daughter heire of the said I. lawfully begotten on the bodie of the said E. one of the def the which A. is yet in plein life in the ward custody of her said mother and without that that any deed of taile made of in the bill by the said W.R. the grandfather or any other euidence deeds writings or munimēts concerning the premisses prouing the said interest title of the said complainant of in the premisses euery part or parcell therof be comen into the hands possessiō of the said I.W. E. his wife or either of them or to the custodie or possessions of any other by their deliuery conueyance or appointment but truth it is that the said def haue in their custodie one writing indented ready to be shewed wherby the remainder of the premisses is cōueyed vnto the said A. Agnes his wife to the heires assignes of the said A. for euer as is aforesaid diuers other euidences writings proouing concerning the conueiance of the fee simple of the said mesuage other the premisses vnto the said A. other his ancesters the which charters euidences writings the said def do stil with them detaine keep as good and lawfull is for them to do aswel for the proofe and preseruation of their right title and interest vnto the third part of the premisses for the dowry of the said E. as for the said A. daughter and heire to the said I of in the said mesuage other the premisses without that that the said def haue at any time wrongfully entred into the mesuage and other the premisses or into any part thereof or the profits thereof doe wrongfully detaine and keepe from the said complainants or the rents issues and profits thereof haue wrongfully restrained receiued and taken to their owne vse as in the same bill is also vntruly surmised c. ¶ A Bill of complaint in the Chancery for a debt without a specialtie IN most humble wise sheweth and complaineth vnto your good Lordship your daily Orator and poore beadman I G. of H. in the countie of D. that where the said I. G. by way of prest at the feast of Pentecost in the xxiiij yeare of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord the king that now is did deliuer vnto one W.L. late of H. in the Countie of D. the summe of xviij li. of lawfull money of England to be paid vnto him at the feast of S. A. then next insuing before which day the said W.L. by his last will and testament constituted and made one E. then his wife his executrix of his owne proper goods all his debts paid to the summe of one C. pound whom your said Orator sundry and many times hath required payment of the said xviij pound which to content and pay the said E. did neuer vtterly deny but did require respite for the payment of the same and before the said E. did content and pay any penny of the said xviij pound the said E. in her death bed by her last will and testament did constitute and make one I. S. her sonne her executor and dyed and left to him sufficient of the goods of the said W. for the contentation and paiment of the same xviij pound and after dyed sithen whose death the said complainant daily sundry and many times required the said I. S. to content and pay vnto him the said summe of xviij pound which to doe hee hath at all times refused and yet doth contrarie to right and good conscience to the vtter vndoing of your poore Orator for euer And for because your Orator hath no specialtie whereby he should charge the executor of the executrix of the said W.L. hee is therefore without remedy by the order of the common law of this Realme and is like vtterly to lose the said xviij poūd vnlesse your gratious fauor be to him shewed in this behalfe In tender consideration wherof it may therefore please your good Lordship the premisses considered to graunt the Kings writ of Subpena to be directed to the said I. S. commanding him by the same personally to appeare before your good L. in the kings c. ¶ The aunswere to the same bill THe said I.S. by protestatiō not knowing that the said complainant did deliuer the sayd W. L. in the said bill named the summe of xviij l. or any part thereof by way of prest as in the said bill is furmised he further saith that the bill of complaint is vncertaine and vnsufficient in the law to be aunswered vnto and much of the matter therein contained is fayned and imagined for vexation and trouble of the said I.S. the aduantage thereof to him at all times saued The said I.S. for further answere vnto the said bill sayth that long time before the laid E.L. was constitute made executrix vnto the said W.L. she was married vnto one I.S. father of this defendant by the space of xx yeares and more which sayd I. S. by his last will and testament constituted ordained and made the sayd E. and the sayd I.S. his executors and died and left to the order and disposition of his said executors goods and cattels of his owne proper to the value of 200. pounds sterling and aboue All which the said goods and cattels for the most part of the same being and remaining in the hands and custody of the said E. she the same E. married took to husband the said W.L. which said W. after the mariage had between him the said E. did mispend wast and consume of the said goods cattels late of the said I.S. to the value of 140. l. sterling and aboue And afterward the said W.L. by his last will and testament ordained made the sayd E. executrix thereof and died a very poore man hauing no maner goods nor cattels at the time of his death of his owne proper to the value of xx s. sterling And afterward the said E. by her last will ordained this def exechtor thereof and died sithence whose death there hath not comen to the hands of this def of the goods late the said W. L. to the value of xx s. sterling without that that the said W.L. at his death left vnto the said E. of his owne proper goods to the summe of an C. l. ouer his debts paid or yet the summe of xx s. sterling or that the said E. after the death of the said W.L. did euer consent or agree to pay the said xviij l. vnto the said
that the said Ordinarie shall institute and induct the said Sir Iohn Parson of the said parish Church and Parsonage Whereupon it is couenanted concluded and fully agreed betweene the said parties either of them couenanteth and graunteth to and with the other of them by this Indenture in manner and forme following that is to wit the said Sir Iohn for him and his executors conenanteth and graunteth to and with the said sir Simond by these presents that the same sir Iohn at such time as hee shall be lawfully instituted and inducted Parson of the said parish Church and Parsonage shall make or cause to be made to the said sir Simond such a good sure sufficient and a lawfull bond as shall be reasonably aduised or deuised by the said sir Simond or his learned counsel for the assurance suertie and sure payment of an annuable pension of vij pounds of good lawfull money of England to be paid to the said sir Simon or his assignes vpon the Font stone in the body of the Cathedrall Church of S. Paul in London at two termes of the yeare that is to wit on the day of All Saints betweene the houres of nine eleuen of the clocke before noone of the same day three pounds ten shillings and on the day of Pentecost betweene nine and eleuen of the clocke beforenoone of the same day three pounds and ten shillings and so from yeare to yeare one after an other then next and immediatly following during the naturall life of the said sir Simond the first terme of payment thereof to begin on the day of All Saints now next comming And also that the said sir Iohn and his executors at all and euery time and times hereafter shall cleerely acquite and discharge and saue harmelesse the sayd sir Simond and his executors and euery of them aswell against the King our Soueraigne Lord as against all and euery other person or persons of and for all maner of dismes subsidies taxes and tallages and all other charges whatsoeuer they bee beeing due to be paid and borne out for the said benefice And moreouer the sayd Sir Iohn couenanteth and graunteth to and with the sayd sir Simond by these presents that the same Sir Iohn within xiiij dayes next and immediatly after that hee shall bee so instituted and inducted shall by his deed sufficient in the law clearely remit and release vnto the said sir Simond all and all maner actions suits quarrels debts debates accompts trespasses iniuries demaunds whatsoeuer they be which against the said sir Simond and his executors euer hee hath had or hereafter shall now haue aswell by reason of dilapidations of the said Church Parsonage as by any other reason or cause from the beginning of the world vnto the day of the date of the said Letters of acquitance And furthermore the sayd sir Iohn for him and his executors couenanteth and granteth to and with the said Sir Simond by these presents that he the same Sir Iohn or his assignes before the feast of all Saints now next comming shall deliuer or cause to bee deliuered to the sayd Sir Simond or his assignes a good sure sufficient and a lawfull decree vnder the seale of the said Ordinarie whereby or wherewith the sayd Parish Church shall stand and bee sufficiently charged and bound for the assurance and sure paiment of the said yearely pension of vij l. to be paid to the said Sir S. or his assignes during the life naturall of the sayd sir S. after the forme abouesaid And also the said sir Iohn couenanteth and graunteth by these presents that in case one Th. H. Esq one of the Patrons of the said benefite his heires or assignes doe not feale the presentation whereby the said sir Iohn should bee presented Patron of the said Parish Church parsonage that then the said Sir Simond shall bee restored againe to his said benefice without any let gainsaying or interruption of the said sir Iohn or any other person or persons by or for him the foresaid resignation or any other couenant aboue specified to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And the said sir Simond for him his executors will and graunteth by these presents that if the said sir Iohn well and truely performe obserue and keepe all and euery the couenants graunts promises and paiments abouesaid which on his part are to be performed obserued fulfilled and kept in manner and forme aboue rehearsed That then an obligation of the date of these presents wherein the said sir Iohn and one William Browne of the parish of saint Dominicke in the said County of Cornwall yeoman be iointly holden bounden to the said sir Simond in CC. Markes sterling shall be voide and had for nought or else it shall stand in full strength and vertue In witnesse whereof the said parties to these Indentures interchangeably haue set to their seales Giuen the day and yeare aboue writen ¶ An Indenture where the executor of the second leasee graunteth ouer his estate with a stocke THis Indenture made betweene Agnes Iohnson of London widdow late the wife and executrix of the Testament and last will of William I. while he liued Citizen Haberdasher of London on the one partie and William H. Citizen and Haberdasher of London on the other partie Witnesseth that where W. Kellot c. by his Indenture dated c. demised graunted and let to ferme to I. Harison citizen while he liued Mercer of London which wise and execurrix one W. T. citizen and Mercer of London hath maried all that his tenement with shops sellers sollers and other the appurtenances set and being in B. in the parish of saint Martins next to Ludgate of London late being two tenements and the which the said Iohn H. sometime held and occupied To haue and to hold to the said I. his executors and assignes from the feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn the Baptist last before the date of the said Indenture vnto the end and terme of twentie yeares then next ensuing and fully to be complet and fulfilled Yeelding and paying therefore yearely to the said W. his heires assignes sixe poundes sterling at foure termes in the yeare in the Citie of London vsually by euen porcions together with diuers other couenants articles and clauses in the said Indenture expressed as by the same Indenture at large may appeare And where also the said William T. by his Indenture dated the x. day of Ianuary in the xxiij yeare of the Raigne of our soueraigne Lord king Henry the eight bargained graunted and sold to the said W.I. his executors and assignes all his estate interest and terme of yeares that then were due and for to come to of and in the premisses by force whereof the said William I. entred into the said tenements and other the premisses and was thereof possessed accordingly for the terme aforesaid and so dyed thereof possessed It is now bargained couenanted condiscended
and agreed betweene the said parties by this Indenture in maner and forme following that is to wit The said Agnes I. by the vertue and authoritie of execution of the Testament and last Will of the said William I. her late husband hath bargained graunted and sold and by these presents cleerely bargaineth graunteth and selleth to the foresaid William H. all that right interest estate and terme of yeares which be yet due and for to come of and in the said tenement sometime two tenements by vertue of the foresaid Indentures or either of them And also the said Agnes the day of making of these presents hath deliuered into the hands and custodie of the said William H. for a stocke in ware ready money the summe of fortie pounds sterling To haue and to hold occupie and enioy the said tenement with the appurtenances and stocke of fortie pound and all the interests estates and termes of yeares that be yet due and for to come to of and in the said tenement to the said W. H. his executors and assignes from the day of the date of these presents vnto the feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist which shall bee in the yeare of our Lord. M. fiue hundred fortie fiue that is to say to the full end and accomplishment of as many yeares of the said terme as be yet to come mentioned in the said former and first Indenture of lease And for and in confideration of the bargaine graunt and sale aforesaid and for the vsage of the said stocke The said William H. couanteth and graunteth to and with the said Agnes by these presents that hee the same William his executors and assignes shall yearely during the said yeares yet to come well and truely content and pay and cause to bee contented and paid to the said Agnes her executors or assignes twentie Markes starling at foure termes of the yere that is to wit at the feast of Saint Michael the Archangell the Natiuitie of our Lord God the Annunciation of our Lady and the Natiuitie of S. Iohn the Bap. or within the moneth next insuing euery of the said feasts by euen portions Also the said W.H. couenanteth and granteth to and with the said Agnes by these presents that he his executors and assignes shall at the said feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn the Baptist which shall bee in the yere of our Lord God one thousand fiue hundred fortie sixe wel truely repay or cause to be repayed to the said Agnes her executors or assignes the said whole stocke of xl pounds sterling And the said W. H. couenanteth and graunteth by these presents to and with the said Agnes that he the same W. his executors or assignes shall beare and pay the said yearely rent of sixe pound and also performe and keepe all and euery articles couenants and charges which the said Iohn H. by the foresaid former Indenture or lease standeth bounden to performe and keepe And if it fortune any of the said yerely payments of twenty Markes to be behind vnpaid in part or in all ouer and after any terme of payment thereof abouesaid that it ought to be paid by the space of one Moneth if it be lawfully asked that then it shall bee lawfull to the said Agnes her executors or assignes in and vpon the said tenement and stocke wholy to reenter And the same as in her former estate to haue againe retaine and repossesse and the said W.H. his executors and assignes thereof and therefrom vtterly to expell amoue and put out This Indenture or any thing in the same contayned to the contrarie notwithstanding Furthermore it is couenanted and agreed betweene the said parties by these presents that the said Agnes at al times at her comming to London in her widowhood shall haue her lodging and libertie of the Chamber with the chimney ouer the hall of the said tenement with free entry and issue into and from the same without any let or contradiction of the said W.H. his executors or assignes during the foresaid yeares yet to come Moreouer the said Agnes couenanteth and graunteth to and with the said Willam H. by these presents that the same William his executors and assignes for and vnder the couenants graunts charges and payments abouesaid and in manner and forme aboue expressed shall peaceably and quietly haue hold occupie and inioy the said tenement and other the premisses without any maner interruption let or expulsion of the said Agnes her executors or assignes or of any other person or persons In witnesse whereof the said parties to these Indentures interchangeably haue set to their seales Giuen the twenty day of May c. ¶ A Supplication for a forfait to the King our Soueraigne Lord. MEekly sheweth vnto your Highnesse your humble seruants H. K and P. C. pages of your most honorable Chamber That whereas I. S. of N. in the Countie of N. yeoman and R. C. of the same Towne and Countie yeoman came before the Iustices of your peace within your said Countie and vndertooke by Recognusance before them that one W.M. of N. in the same Countie yeoman should not onely personally appeare before N. N. Knight and his fellowes Iustices of Peace of your said Countie at a generall Session then next to bee holden at Winchester within your said Countie the Thursday next after the feast of the Epiphanie of our Lord the xxxviij yere of your most noble Raigne but also that he should in the meane season keepe the peace against all your liege people and namely against I. B. widow either of them in the sum of ten pounds and the same W. M. vndertooke in likewise for him in the summe of twentie Markes like as in the said Recognisance more plainely appeareth at which day the said W. M. made default and appeared not by reason whereof the said I. C. and R. W. haue lost and forfaited vnto your highnesse either of them the summe of ten pound and the said W. M. twentie Markes Wherefore may it please your highnesse in consideration of the true and faithfull seruice which your said seruants daily do vnto your highnesse and during their liues intend to doe to giue and graunt vnto them all the sayd forfaiture forfaited as is abouesaid and thereupon to haue such and as many of your writings for the leuying of the same as in that case is accustomed And they shall euer pray to God for the preseruation of your most noble grace ¶ A priuie seale to the Treasorer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer for the same HEnry the eight c. To the Treasorer and Chamberlaine of our Exchequer greeting Whereas one I. S. of S. in the Countie of S. yeoman R. W. of the said towne countie vndertooke before our Iustices of the peace of the same County that W. Moore of R. in the Countie aforesaid yeoman should not onely personally appeare before R.L. knight other his fellowes Iustices of our peace in our said Countie at
the generall Session of the peace holden at Winchester the thursday after the feast of the Epiphanie of our Lord God in the eight and twenty yere of our raigne but also that hee should in the meane season keepe the peace against all our Itege people and namely against M.C. widow either of them in the summe of x. pound At which day the said W. Moore made default and appeared not by reason whereof the said William R. and R. W. haue lost and forfaited vnto vs either of theÌ„ the summe of tenne pound and the said W. M. hath also lost for himselfe the said sum of twentie Markes We let you wit that in consideration of the good seruice done vnto vs by our welbeloued seruants H. K and P. C. Pages of our Chamber we haue giuen granted vnto them the said forfaitures amounting to the summe of xxxiii li. vi s. viij d. by way of reward Wherefore we will and commaund you that at the receipt of our said Exchequer ye leuie or doe to be leuied one taile or tailes by due and sufficient forme vpon the said persons for the said summe of xxxiij pound vi s. viij d. as vnto vs is forfaited in manner and forme aboue rehearsed and the said taile or tailes so leuied yee deliuer vnto our said seruants to be taken of our reward without any prest or other charge to be set vpon them for the same And these our letters shall bee your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalfe Giuen vnder our priuie Seale at our Mannor of Richmond the xx day of March the xxxvij yeare of our raigne ¶ An other priuie seale for a like matter HEnry c. To the Treasorer and Chamberlain of our Exchequer greeting Whereas one I. S. of G. in our county of c. hath forf vnto vs the summe c. forasmuch as he had not T. G. of L. in the said Countie Esquire before O. P. and other his fellow Iustices of our peace at our Citie of Excester the Tewsday next after the feast of S. Swithine in the tenth yeare of our raigne as he by Recognisance vndertooke And where also I. V. of G. in the same County yeoman hath forfeyted vnto vs the summe of c. forasmuch as he appeared not before O. Pollard and other Iustices of our peace in our said countie of D. at Excester the Tewsday next after the feast of Saint S. in the x. yere of our raigne as hee by Recognisance before our sayd Iustices personally vndertooke And where also T. R. of I. in our sayd countie of Deuon yeoman one of the pledges of the said I. V. hath forfeited vnto vs the summe of c. forasmuch as he had not the said I. before our sayd Iustices at Excester the Tewsday next after the said feast of S Swithin in the x. yeare of our raigne as he by Recognisance vndertooke Wee let you wit that of our especiall grace in consideration of the true faithfull seruice which our welbeloued seruants H. K. and P. C. pages of our Chamber heretofore haue done vnto vs and during their liues intend to doe wee haue giuen and granted vnto them by way of our reward all the said forfeitures and euery of them amounting to the summe of c. by them the sayd I. S. I. V. and T. R. in maner and forme aforesaid which are forfeited and lost Wherefore wee will and commaund you our said Treasorour and Chamberlaine that yee at the receipt of our Exchequer do leuy or cause to be leuied one tayle or tayles vpon the said I. S. I. W. and T. R. of the said seuerall summes to vs forfeited as is abouesaid for our said seruants And the same taile or tailes so in due and sufficient forme leuied ye deliuer or doe to be deliuered to our said seruants to be taken of our gift by way of our reward without prest or any other charge to be set vpoÌ„ them for the same And these our letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalfe Giuen vnder our priuie seale c. ¶ A priuie Seale to the Treasorer and Chamberlaine of the Exchequer for the leuying of a taile for a forfeit HEnry c. to the Treasorer and Chamberlayne c. â—reeting Whereas one Giles L. and W. C. yeomen heretofore attached for suspicious of felony and committed to the ward and keeping of Sir Robert D. knight Sherife of our County of L. within our Castle for lacke of sure and safe keeping of the said sir Rob. the first day of Aprill in the thirtie and three yeare of our raigne negligently did escape out of our said Castle and tooke the priuiledge of Sanctuarie within the minster of L. by reason whereof the said sir Robert hath forfeited vnto vs for either of the said two prisoners C.s. amounting in the whole to x. pounds sterling We let you to wit that in consideration of the true and faithfull seruice which our welbeloued seruants N. Maior our Sadler N. Pirot heretofore haue done vnto vs and during their liues intend to do we haue giuen graunted vnto them the said forfeiture by way of our reward Wee therefore will and commaund you that at the receipt of our Exchequer yee strike or leuy or doe to be striken or leuied one taile or tailes vpon the said Sir Robert containing the said summe of x. pounds And the said tayle or tayles so leuied ye deliuer vnto our said seruants without prest or other charge to bee set vpon them for the same And these our letters shal be sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalfe Giuen vnder our priuie Seale c. ¶ A supplication for the forfeiture of goods not customed to the King our Soueraigne Lord. MEekely c. Your humble seruant Iohn P. one of the yeomen of your most honorable guarde That whereas the 11. day of March in the xxvii yere of your most noble raigne one Henry Vale R. Vale seruants to R. T. Searchers of your Port of L. seised for your gracious vse and their said Maister vpon the Thames xj peeces of kersey ij peeces of Satten and ij peeces of Worsted amounting in all by estimation to the value xvij x. vj. s. viij d. of the goods of certaine marchants vnknown for that that the said goods were shipped and carried forth from your said Port toward the parts beyond the Sea by way of Marchandise and your customes thereof due not paid The moitie of the value whereof being viij l. iij. s. and iiii d. rightfully belonging vnto your good grace as your part Wherfore may it please your highnesse in consideration of the true and faithfull seruice which your said seruant daily doth vnto your highnesse and during his life intendeth to doe to giue and graunt vnto him the said viij l. iij s. iiij d. beeing your part of the said forfeiture to bee taken to him for your gift and reward and thereupon to haue such and as many your writings