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
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.
they were not pleaded your poore suppliant could not be receiued to giue them in euidence to the Iurye and so your poore orator is like to pay vnto the said I. the value of the said clothes the said I hauing no proper right ne title to the same vnles your most honorable good Lordships fauor be shewed herein In consideration wherof it may please your most honorable good Lordship the premisses tenderly considered to graunt the K. most gracious writ of Cerciorare to be directed to the shirifes of the said city coÌ„manding them euery of them to certifie before your good Lo. the whole record of the premisses depeÌ„ding before theÌ„ or either of them in the R. most gracious court of Chauncery at a certaine day by your good Lordship to be limitted and therein further to proceed and further to graunt the Kings most gracious and speedy writs of Subpena to bee directed to the said I. commaunding him personally to appeare before your good Lordship in the Kings said Court of Chancery at certaine day and vnder a certain pain by your good Lordship to be limitted therein to stand to the premisses further to take such direction order decree therein as may staÌ„d with equitie iustice good coÌ„science your poore Orator shall daily pray to almightie God for the prseruation of your most honorable good Lordships estate long to endure ¶ A warrant for a summe of money TO our right trustie and welbeloued G.L. our receiuer in our Lordship of C. and G. or to any other our receiuers there for the time being greeting We wil and charge you that of the profits reuenues of our liuelod in your receipt of the feast of Easter next comming c. without any longer delay ye coÌ„tent and pay vnto our welbeloued W. N. marchant x. li. which we owe vnto him for certain stuffe to our vse of him bought receiued for paiment of the said summe ye take for vs sufficient acquitance which with these our letters shal be therefore to you sufficient warrant discharge at your accounts then next to be giuen afore our Auditors there for the time being whom we will charge to make you due allowaÌ„ce in this behalf by these our letters Giuen c. tali die c. ¶ A Warrant dormant BE it knowne to all men by these presents that wee Sir T. S. Earle of D. and Lord S. haue giuen and granted and by these presents giue and grant vnto our welbeloued sir I.H. knight M. his wife otherwise called dame M. D. one stag two bucks in SoÌ„mer one hind and ij does in Winter yerely to bee taken in the two parkes of our isle of A. or in the chase beloÌ„ging to the same of our gift yerely during their liues and the longer liuer of them And we licence and giue authority and power to the said sir I. and dame M. and either of them during their liues the loÌ„ger liuer of them and their sufficient deputie yerely in the time of season conuenient to goe into the said parkes or chase calling the keeper or keepers thereof with them there to hunt kill the same Deere And them to carrie away at their liberty pleasure with such conuenient number of persons as shal like theÌ„ for about the doing of the same Any act statute or other thing made to the contrary notwithstanding And further we will that if the said Sir I. and dame M. yerely sometimes will not come themselues nor either of them for the same TheÌ„ I wil that my keepers of the same parkes or chase for the time being vpon a bill signed with the hand of the said sir I. or dame M. concerning the same shal kill deliuer from yere to yere to the bringer of the same letters the said soÌ„mer deere winter deere without any restraint or gainsaying by them or any of them in any wise to be made or done In witnesse whereof c. ¶ A warrant for a Bucke WE wil charge you that vnto I. S citizen of the Citie of London or to the bringer hereof ye deliuer or cause to be deliuered one Bucke of season to be taken of our gift within our parke of S. any restraint or other commandement heretofore made to the contrary notwithstanding And these letters shall be vnto you sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalfe Giuen vnder our signet at c. ¶ A deed vpon lands gotten by fine and recouery SCiant praesents c. quod nos H.D. T.H. ad instant specialem requisitionem W. H. A. vxor ' eius dimisimus tradidimus liberammus hac presenti charta nostra confirmauimus praefatis W.H. A. illud mesuagium c in E. in comitatu B. c. quod nos praefat H. T. per finem in curia domini regis apud Westmonasterium a die Paschae in 3. septimanas anno regni Henrici 8 c. coram I. E R.G.L.P. I.M. Iusticiarijs alijs domini regis fidelibus tunc ibidem praesentibus inter nos praefat H. T. querent prefat W. P. A. vxorem eius deforc ' inde leuatum habuimus nobis praefato T. H. haeredi mei praedict ' H. imperpetuum prout per recordum inde plenius liquet Habendum tenendum mesuagium praedict ' c. cum pertinenÌ„ praef VV. A. heredibus assignatis suis ad vsum eorund ' VV. A. hered ' assignat suorum imperpetuum ac insuper cum litera atturnat c. In cuius c. ¶ An other SCiant c. quod nos T.L. Miles R. VV. c. dimisimus c. C. T.VV.B c manerium de S. ac mesuagium c. quae habuimuss nobis hered ' dict' R. VV. per finem inter nos querent VV. Militem B. vxorem eius deforc ' in curia dnÌ„i reg termino Pa chae anno regni dnÌ„i Reg. nunc c. coram R. B. milite socijs suis Iusticiarijs dicti domini Reg. de communi Banco prout per finem plene liquet qui quidem finis fuit ad vsum mei dicti T.L. hered ' meorum Habend ' tenend pÌ„dict manerium ac omnia singula caetera praemissa cum pertinenÌ„ praefat C.T. VV.B. haered ' meis ad perimplend vltimam voluntatem mei dicti T.L. fact seu fiend ' de capitalibus dnÌ„is ac insuper cum litera atâ—â—rnat ' In cuius rei c. ¶ A deed of letting ouer a VVard OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos pÌ„sens scriptuÌ„ peruenerit M.G. genÌ„ salutem in dnÌ„o sempiternam Sciatis me praef M. pro certa pecuniae summa mihi prae manibus solut dedisse concess hoc praesenti scripto meo confirmasse dilecto mihi E. E ciui aurisabro ciuitatis L. custodiaÌ„ omniuÌ„ terrÌ„ tenÌ„torum redd ' reuerc ' cum perrinÌ„ quae nuper fuerunt T.P.
electorum de super omnibus omnimodis actionibus tam spiritualibus quam temporalibus discordijs variacionibus debitis demandis quibuscunque inter ê‘tes pÌ„dictas quouismodo ante datum infrascriptum habitis factis inactis seu perpetratis illa arbitrium ordinationem et iudicium dictoruÌ„ quatuor arbitratorum de praemissis fienduÌ„ rendendum dictus Ioh. A. ex parte sua iuste fideliter fecerit tenuerit perimpleuerit Ita quod hmÌ„odi arbitrium ordinatio iudicium de in praemissis fiant reddantur citra vltimum diem pÌ„sentis mensis Maij ê“ximo futurum infralimitatum Et si praedicti quatuor arbitratores de et in praemissis citra diem pÌ„dict ' interse concordare nequeant si tunc praedictus I. A. steterit obedierit ordinationi et finali iudicio talis vmparis qualis dicti quatuor arbitratores inter se citra diem praedictuÌ„ eligere et nominare voluerint ad iudicandum de super pÌ„missis et illam ordinationeÌ„ finale iudiciuÌ„ dicti vmparis sic eligendi nominandi de in pÌ„missis fiendum reddendum dict' Ioh. Archer ex ê‘te sua iuste et fideliter fecerit tenuerit et perimpleuerit Ita ê™ hmÌ„odi ordinatio et finale iudicium dicti vmparis sic eligendi et nominandi de et in praemissis fiant et reddantur citra diem Natiuitatis S. Ioh. Bapt extunc ê“ximo sequentis quod tunc praesens c. vel sic Et si praedicti quatuor arbitratores de et in praemissis citra diem praedict ' inter se concordare nequeant qd ' tunc praedictus IohiÌ„s Archer steterit et obedierit ordinationi finali iudicio P. A. vmparis inter partes pÌ„dict ' electi nominati ad iudicandum de suê‘ praemissis illaÌ„ ordinationeÌ„ finale iudiciuÌ„ dicti vmparis de et in praemissis fiendum reddendum dictus Ioh. Archer ex parte sua iuste fideliter fecerit tenuerit et perimplerit Ita qd ' hmÌ„odi ordinatio finale iudicium dicti vmparis de in pÌ„missis fiant reddantur citra diem Natalis sancti I. Bapt. extunc ê“oximo sequentis quod tunc praesens obligatio c. ¶ A condition that a man shall honestly behaue himselfe and not to resort to the house of the obligee THe condition c. That if the within bounden I. L. from henceforth well honestly aswel in wordes as in deeds behaue and demeane himselfe against the within named William P. and from this time forward neither to rebuke mislay threat manace face ne brace the same William nor him any bodily hurt or harme doe or procure to be done nor any assault or affray vpon him make or cause to be made And also do not from henceforth come resort or draw vnto the house of the said William he being absent or present nor with him ne any of his be accompanied eating drinking familiar or conuersant within his said house That then this present obligation shall be vtterly void and of none effect And if the said Iohn do contrary to the premisses or to any point of them That then c. ¶ A condition that the husband shall suffer his wife to make a Will of her goods to the value of xl pounds THe condition c. That if the within bounden R. P. doe permit and suffer one Mary Den which the same R. by Gods grace shall take to wife in her extreame day or daies at any time before her death to declare and make her will deuise and giue at her pleasure xl pounds sterling to what person or persons and vnto what vse or purpose as she will at her pleasure And also do permit and suffer her executors to prone declare and performe the last will by her made without vexation or interruption denying or impediment of the said E. And also if the same R. doe performe fulfill obserue pay and content the said xl pounds so by her assigned bequeathed and willed to such person or persons and in such maner and vse at such daies and within such time as by her shal be deuised bequeathed and willed without any further delay That then c. ¶ A condition that the husband shall leaue his wife worth a hundred pounds after his death THe condition c. That where the within bounden I. L. shall by the grace of God marry and take to wife one A. P. widow if the said I after the said marriage had and solemnized happen to dye before the said A. that then if the said I. doe leaue the said A. worth an hundreth pounds in money and moueables ouer and aboue houshold stuffe by legacie or otherwise to be deliuered by the executors or assignes of the said I. to the said A. her executors or assignes within one moneth next after the death of the said I. to be imployed and disposed to the proper vse of the said A. at her will and pleasure c. ¶ A condition to performe certaine couenants comprised in a paire of Indentures THe condition c. That if the within bounden I. L. well and truely performe obserue and keepe all and singuler the bargains couenants graunts articles and agreements contained and specified in a paire of IndeÌ„tures of the dace within written concerning a bargaine of certaine Mault made betweene the within named W. S. on the one partie and the said I. L. on the other partie which on the behalfe of the said I. are to be performed obserued and kept after the true meaning of the said Indentures That then c. ¶ Another condition of c. in Latin COnditio istius obligac ' c. quod si infranominatus I. L. benÌ„ fideliter pro parte sua teneat custodiat perimpleat oeÌ„s singulas coÌ„uentiones coÌ„dic ' coÌ„cessiones solue ' appunctuamenta content specificatas in quibusdaÌ„ Indenturis de dat infrascript Vel sic omnes singulas coÌ„ueÌ„tiones conditiones c. in quibusdam Indenturis of sale of wood or land de dat infrascript inter praef I. L. ex vna parte infranominat ' W. S. ex altera parte inde confecta quod tunc presens obligatio c. ¶ A condition concerning the office of a Sherifes Bailie THe condition c. that if the within bounden I. A. well and truely exercise occupie the office of the bailiwicke of the hundred of C. vnder the within named E. T. being shirife of E. be readie and attendant vpon the said shirife and his deputie at all times when he shal be required in executing his said office of shirifewicke and discharge and saue harmelesse the said shirife against our soueraigne lord the K. to all other persons for executing of all maner of processe precepts warraÌ„ts and commandements to bee directed executed done by the said I. of all prisoners as shall be in his custodie and well and truely
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
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