A BOOK OF Precedents, WITH ADDItions of divers necessary Instruments, meet for all such as desire to learn the manner and form how to make Evidences and Instruments, etc. As in the Table of this Book more plainly appeareth. Imprinted at London for the Company of Stationers. 1607. Cum Privilegio. The Contents of this Book. FIrst a perfect rule to know when the Terms begin and end, and how many Returns are in every of them. 2 A rule for 24. years, to find out the year of our Lord, the Prime, the Epact, Sunday letter, Leap year, Ashwensday, Easter day, Rogation week, Whitsunday, etc. 3 A Calendar, of the twelve Months, with the Sun rising, and setting, and the length of days and nights. 4 A Table in the end of this book, with all the principal matters therein contained. ¶ A necessary and perfect Rule to know when the Terms begin, and end, and how many Returns are in every of them. Eight days before any Term be, The Exchequer openeth for certainty, Except the Term of Trinity, That openeth but four days before truly. Hillary Term beginneth the 23. of january (if it be not Sunday) than the day following, and endeth the 12. of February. Which Term hath four Returns, that is to say: Octau. Hillarij. Quind. Hillarij. Craft. Purif. Octa. Purif. Easter Term beginneth the 17. day after Easter, and endeth the monday next after the Ascension day. And hath five returns. Quind. Paschae. Tres Paschae. Mense Paschae. Quinque Paschae. Crastin. Ascen. Trinity Term beginneth the Friday after Trinity Sunday, & endeth the wednesday fortnight after. And hath four returns. Craft. Trinitatis. Octab. Trinitatis. Quind. Trinitatis. Tres Trinitatis. Michaelmas Term beginneth the ninth day of October, and endeth the 28. of November. And hath eight returns. Octab. Michael '. Quind. Michael ' Tres Michael '. Mense Michael '. Craft. Animar '. Craft. Martini. Octab. Martini. Quin. Martini. In this Calendar following you shall oftentimes find this letter B, the which signifieth such days as the Egyptians note to be dangerous, to begin or take any thing in hand, as to take a journey or any such like thing. An Almanac for 24. years to come. The year of our Lord The Prime. The Epact. Sunday letter & leap year. Ash-wednesday the first of Lent. Easter day. Rogation week. Whitsunday. 1599 4 14 G Febr. 21. April 8 May 14 May 27 1600 5 25 F E 6 Mar. 23 April 28 11 1601 6 6 D 25 April 12 May 18 31 1602 7 17 C 17 4 10 23 1603 8 28 B March. 9 24 30 june 12 1604 9 9 A G Febr. 22. April 8 14 May 27 1605 10 20 F 13 Mar. 31 6 19 1606 11 1 E March 5 April 20 26 june 8 1607 12 12 D Febr. 18 5 11 May 24 1608 13 23 C B 10 Mar. 7 2 15 1609 14 4 A March 1 April 26 21 june 4 1610 15 15 G Febr. 21 18 14 May 27 1611 16 26 F 6 Mar. 24 April 29 12 1612 17 7 ED 26 April 12 May 18 31 1613 18 18 C 17 4 10 23 1614 19 29 B March 9 24 30 june 12 1615 1 11 A Febr. 22 9 15 May 28 1616 2 22 G F 13 Mar. 31 6 19 1617. 3 3 E March 5 April 20 26 June 8 1618. 4 14 D Febr. 18 5 11 May 24 1619 5 25 C 10 Mar. 28 3 10 1620 6 6 B A March 1 April 16 22 june 4 1621. 7 17 G Febr. 14 1 7 May 20 1622 8 28 F March 6 21 27 june 9 ¶ A Rule to find out Easter day. In March after the first C Look the Prime where ever it be: The third Sunday after, Easter day shall be. And if the Prime on the Sunday be, Then reckon that for one of the three. januarie hath xxxj. days. Sun riseth Hour 7.34. min. setteth 4.26. min. The day is 8. hours, the night 16. 3 A Calend. Circumcision of Christ. B 1 b 4 no. Octaves of s. Steven B 2 11 c 3 no. Oct. of s. john 3 d Pridie. Oct. of Innocents' B 4 19 e Nonas. Oct. of Tho. Becket B 5 8 f 8 id. Twelve day 6 g 7 id. Felix 7 16 A 6 id. Lucian 8 5 b 5 id. Agape virgin 9 c 4 id. Pa. first her. Sol in Aq. B 10 13 d 3 id. Atlas' Autumn 11 2 e Pridie. Arcade martyr 12 f Idus. Hillary Bishop 13 10 g 19 call. Feb. Felicia 14 A 18 call ' Maure B 15 18 b 17 call ' Marcel 16 7 c 16 call ' Antony B 17 d 15 call ' Prisca 18 15 e 14 call ' Wolstan B 19 4 f 13 call ' Sebastian 20 g 12 call ' Agnes 21 12 A 11 call ' Vincint 22 1 b 10 call ' Emercense Term beg. 23 c 9 call ' Timothe 24 9 d 8 call ' Conuers. of S. Paul. 25 e 7 call ' Policarpe 26 17 f 6 call ' julian 27 6 g 5 call ' Valery 28 A 4 call ' Theodore 29 14 b 3 call ' Basill 30 3 c Pridie. Victor 31 February hath xxviij. days. Sun riseth Hour 7.15. min. setteth 4.45. min. The day is 10. hours, the night 14. d Calend. S. Bridget. Fast. 1 11 e 4 no. Purification of our Lady. 2 19 f 3 no. Blaze 3 8 g Pridie Gilbert 4 A Nonas Agathe 5 16 b 8 id. Vedasti & Amandi 6 5 c 7 id. Anguli bishop B 7 d 6 id. Paul Bishop 8 13 e 5 id. Apolin. Sol in Pisces 9 2 f 4 id. Scholastica B 10 g 3 id. Enostragie 11 10 A Pridie Eulalie Term ends. 12 b Idus Exantippa 13 18 c 18 Cal. Ma. Valentine 14 7 d 15 call Faustine & jonite 15 e 14 call julian virgin 16 15 f 13 call Policron B 17 4 g 12 call Simion 18 A 11 call Tabini 19 12 b 10 call Mildred 20 1 c 9 call Lxix. Martyrs 21 d 8 call Cathedra S. Petri 22 9 e 7 call Locus bisexti. Fast 23 f 6 call Mathias. 24 17 g 5 call conversio S. Pauli 25 6 A 4 call Nestor 26 b 3 call Augustine B 27 17 c Pridie call Oswold B 28 March hath xxxj. days. Sun riseth Hour 6.18. min. setteth 5.42. min. The day is 12. hours, the night 12. 3 d Calend. David 1 e 6 no. Chad 2 11 f 5 no. Maurice 3 g 4 no. Adrian 4 1● A 3 no. Eusebius & Focas 5 8 b Pridie. Victor 6 c Nonas. Perpetue 7 16 d 8 id. Felix 8 5 e 7 id. Lx. Martyrs 9 f 6 id. Agapite 10 13 g 5 id. Quiron. Sol in Aries 11 2 A 4 id. Gregory bishop 12 b 3 id. Theodore 13 10 c Pridie. Candid 14 d Idus. Longine B 15 18 e 17. Cal. Ap. Hilla. & jonice B 16 7 f 16 call Patrick 17 g 15 call Edward 18 15 A 14 call joseph 19 4 b 13 call Cuthbert 20 c 12 call Benet 21 12 d 11 call Aphrodosy 22 1 e 10 call Theodore 23 f 9 call Init. Reg. jacob. Fast 24 9 g 8 call Annunciation of our Lady 25 A 7 call Castoris Martyr 26 17 b 6 call Resurrect. Domini 27 6 c 5 call Dorothy B 28 d 4 call Victor 29 14 e 3 call Quirine 30 3 f Pridie. Adelme 31 April hath thirty. days. Sun riseth Hour 6.17. min. setteth 6.34. min. The day is 14. hours, the night 10. g Calend. Theodore 1 11 A 4 no. Mary Egipti 2 b 3 no. Richard Bishop 3 19 c Pridie. Ambrose 4 8 d Nonas. Marcian 5 16 e 8 id. Sexton 6 5 f 7 id. Egesippus B 7 g 6 id. Parpetuus 8 13 A 5 id. Passion of seven virgins 9 2 b 4 id. Tiburci & Valerian B 10 c 3 id. july Bish. Sol in Taur. 11 10 d Pridie. Oswolde archbishop 12 e Idus. Anisary 13 18 f 18. call. Maij Olife 14 7 g 17 call Leonard 15 A 16 call Isidore bishop B 16 15 b 15 call Cosmy 17 4 c 14 call Quintine 18 d 13 call Alphe bishop 19 12 e 12 call Victor martyr B 20 1 f 11 call Simon bishop B 21 g 10 call Southern 22 9 A 9 call George martyr 23 b 8 call Wilfride bishop 24 17 c 7 call Mark Evangelist. 25 6 d 6 call Clete 26 e 5 call Anastasi 27 14 f 4 call Vitalis Martyr 28 3 g 3 call Peter Medolensis 29 A Pridie. Erkenwald Fast 30 May hath xxxj. days. Sun riseth Hour 5.18. min. setteth 7.42. min. The day is 16. hours, the night 8. 11 b Calend. Philip & jacob. 1 c 6 no. Athanasti bishop 2 19 d 5 no. Invention of the Cross 3 8 e 4 no. Festum coronis spin 4 f 3 no. Goddard 5 16 g Pridie. john Port La●●n 6 5 A Nonas. john of Beverley B 7 b 8 id. Apparitio s Michael 8 13 c 7 id. Trans. of s Nicholas 9 d 6 id. Gordian & Epemachy 10 2 e 5 id. Antony Sol in Gemini 11 10 f 4 id. Parker 12 g 3 id. Boniface martyr 13 18 A Pridie. Ilidor Martyr 14 7 b Idus. Brandon B 15 c 17. Cal, jun. Trans. of s. Barnard 16 15 d 16 call Diascori martyr 17 4 e 15 call Dunstan 18 f 14 call Barnardine 19 12 g 13 call Elen Queen B 20 1 A 12 call julian virgin 21 b 11 call Desiderij martyr 22 9 c 10 call Trans. of s. Francis 23 d 9 call Adelme Bishop 24 17 e 8 call Augustine of England 25 6 f 7 call Bene presbiteri 26 g 6 call German 27 14 A 5 call Coronis Martyr 28 3 b 4 call Felix 29 c 3 call Petronel 30 11 d Pridie. Nerei 31 june hath thirty. days. Sun riseth Hour 3.34. min. setteth 8.26. min. The day is 18. hours, the night 6. e Calend. Nicomed 1 19 f 4 no. Marceline & Pet. 2 8 g 3 no. Erasme Martyr 3 16 A Pridie Petrocy conf. B 4 5 b Nonas Boniface bishop 5 c 8 id. Melon bishop 6 13 d 7 id. Trans of Wolstan 7 2 e 6 id. William conf. 8 f 5 id. Trans. of Edmond 9 10 g 4 id. Innocent cont. B 10 A 3 id. Barn. Apo. longest day 11 18 b Pridie Basil Sol in Cancer 12 7 c Idus Anthony Summer 13 d 18. Cal. jul. Basil bishop 14 15 e 17 call Vite modest 15 4 f 16 call Richard 16 g 15 call Botolph 17 12 A 14 call Marceline 18 1 b 13 call Nat. Reg. jacob. 19 c 12 call Trans. of S. Edw. 20 9 d 11 call Walburge virgin. 21 e 10 call Albany Martyr B 22 17 f 9 call Audery Fast 23 6 g 8 call john Baptist. 24 A 7 call Trans. of Eligij 25 14 b 6 call john & Paul 26 3 c 5 call Crescent 27 d 4 call Leo Bishop of Rome 28 11 e 3 call Peter & Paul 29 f Pridie. Conu. of Paul 30 julie hath xxxj. days. Sun riseth Hour 4.18. min. setteth 7.42. min. The day is 16. hours, the night 8. 19 g Calend. Octanis s. john Bapt. 1 8 A 6 no. Visitation of our Lady 2 b 5 no. Trans. of s. Tho. Apost. 3 16 c 4 no. Trans. of S. Martin 4 5 d 3 no. Zeo virgin & Martyr. 5 e Pridie. Oct Peter & Paul 6 13 f Nonas. Trans. of Th. Dog da. beg 7 g 8 id. Depo. s. Grim. 8 2 A 7 id. Cecille bishop 9 10 b 6 id. seven. Brethren martyrs 10 c 5 id. Trans. of Benet 11 18 d 4 id. Nabor & Felix 12 7 e 3 id. Private 13 f Pridie. Revel. Sol in Leo 14 15 g Idus. Trans. of s. Swith. B 15 4 A 17. call. Au. Osmond 16 b 16 call Renelme king 17 12 c 15 call Arnulph bishop 18 1 d 14 call Rufine & justine 19 e 13 call Margaret B 20 9 f 12 call Praxe de virgin 21 g 11 call Mary Magdalen 22 17 A 10 call Apolonar 23 6 b 9 call Christine virgin. East. 24 c 8 call S. james Apostle. 25 14 d 7 call Anne 26 3 e 6 call seven. Sleepers 27 f 5 call Samson bishop 28 11 g 4 call Cor jac. Reg. Sc. 29 19 A 3 call Abdon & Senica 30 b Pridie. Germany 31 August hath xxxj. days. Sun riseth Hour 4.36. min. setteth 7.24. min. The day is 14. hours, the night 10. 8 c Calend. Peter Lammas B 1 16 d 4 no. Steven 2 5 e 3 no. Invention of Steven 3 f Pridie justine 4 13 g Nonas Festum ninis 5 2 A 8 id. Transfiguration 6 b 7 id. The feast of jesus 7 10 c 6 id. C●riarke 8 d 5 id. Roman 9 18 e 4 id. Laurence 10 7 f 3 id. Tiburcius 11 g Pridie Clare 12 15 A Idus Hipolite & Soc. Sol in Vi. 13 4 b 19 Cal. Sep. Euseby 14 c 18 call Assump. of our Lady 15 12 d 17 call Rock Dog days end. 16 1 e 16 call Oct. of Laurence 17 f 15 call Agapite 18 9 g 14 call Magnus B 19 A 13 call Lewes B 20 17 b 12 call Barnard 21 6 c 11 call Oct. Assumption 22 d 10 call Timothe Fast 23 14 e 9 call Bartholomew Apost. 24 3 f 8 call Lewes king 25 g 7 call Severine 26 11 A 6 call Rufe 27 19 b 5 call Austin 28 c 4 call Decolla. s. john B 29 8 d 3 call Felix B 30 e Pridie. Curbert 31 September hath thirty. days. Sun riseth Hour 6.52. min. setteth 6.17. min. The day is 12. hours, the night 12. f Calend. Egidii 1 16 g 4 no. Anthony 2 5 A 3 no. Gregory B 3 b Pridie Trans. of s. Cuthbert B 4 13 c Nonas Bertin 5 2 d 8 id. Eugenius B 6 e 7 id. Gorgon B 7 10 f 6 id. Nativity of our Lord 8 g 5 id Silvius 9 18 A 4 id. Protho. & jasincti 10 7 b 3 id. Marcian 11 c Pridie Mauxili 12 15 d Idus Exalt. of the Cross 13 4 e 18 Cal. Oct. Sol in Libra 14 f 17 call Octavis of our Lady 15 12 g 16 call Edeth 16 1 A 15 call Lambart 17 b 14 call Victor 18 9 c 13 call januarij Mart. 19 d 12 call Eutas Fast 20 17 e 11 call Matthew Apost. B 21 6 f 10 call Mauris B 22 g 9 call Tecle virgin 23 14 A 8 call Audocht Martyr 24 3 b 7 call Firmini Martyr 25 c 6 call Cyprian & justine 26 11 d 5 call Cousin & Damiani 27 19 e 4 call Eupere 28 f 3 call Michael Archangel 29 8 g Pridie Jerome 30 October hath xxxj. days. Sun riseth Hour 6.35. min. setteth 5.25. min. The day is 10. hours, the night 14. 16 A Calend. Remigij 1 5 b 6 no. Leodegarij 2 13 c 5 no. Candidi mar. 3 2 d 4. no. France's confessor B 4 e 3 no. Faith 5 10 f Pridie. Marci & Marcilliani B 6 g Nonas. Deonice 7 18 A 8 id. Geryon & Victor 8 7 b 7 id. Nicasius Term beginneth. 9 c 6 id. Wilfrid 10 15 d 5 id. Transl. of Edward 11 4 e 4 id. Calixt 12 f 3 id. Wolfran Sol in Scorpio 13 12 g Pridie. Michaelis in monte 14 1 A Idus. Audery 15 b 17. call. No. Transl. of Etheld. B 16 9 c 16 call Agas 17 d 15 call Luke Evangelist. 18 17 e 14 call Phriswede 19 6 f 13 call Austrebert 20 g 12 call xj. M. Virgins 21 14 A 11 call Mary Solome 22 3 b 10 call Maglorie 23 c 9 call Crispin B 24 11 d 8 call Euerest 25 9 e 7 call Ursula 26 f 6 call Florence Martyr Fast 27 8 g 5 call Simon & Jude 28 A 4 call Narcissus 29 16 b 3 call German 30 5 c Pridie. Quintine Fast 31 November hath thirty. days. Sun riseth Hour 7.34. min. setteth 4.26. min. The day is 8. hours, the night 16. d Calend. All Saints 1 13 e 4 no. All Souls 2 2 f 3 no. Winifred 3 g Pridie Amancius 4 10 A Nonas let B 5 b 8 id. Leonard B 6 18 c 7 id. Wolifride 7 7 d 6 id. Bery 8 e 5 id Theodore 9 15 f 4 id. Martin Bish. of Rome 10 4 g 3 id. Martin Bishop 11 A Pridie Pattern Sol in Sagitarius 12 12 b Idus Brice 13 1 c 18. Cal. De. Transl. of Erken 14 d 17 call Macure 15 9 e 16 call Edmond 16 f 15 call Hugh 17 17 g 14 call Oct. S. Martin 18 6 A 13 call Elizabeth 19 b 12 call Edmund king 20 14 c 11 call Mary 21 3 d 10 call Cecely 22 e 9 call Clement 23 11 f 8 call Grisogony 24 19 g 7 call Katherine virgin 25 A 6 call Lini 26 8 b 5 call Agricoli 27 c 4 call Susy Term ends B 28 16 d 3 call Saturn Fast B 29 5 e Pridie Andrew Apostle 30 December hath xxxj. days. Sun riseth Hour 8.12. min. setteth 3.48. min. The day is 6. hours, the night 18. f Calend. Loy 1 12 g 4 no. Libane 2 2 A 3 no. Depos. of Osmond 3 10 b Pridie Barbara virgin 4 c Nonas Sabba Abbot 5 18 d 8 id. Nicholas B 6 7 e 7 id. Oct. S. Andrew B 7 f 6 id. Conception of our Lady 8 15 g 5 id Cyprian Abbot B 9 4 A 4 id. Eulasia virgin 10 b 3 id. Zantippa Sol in Capricorn 11 12 c Pridie Paul Bishop Winter 12 1 d Idus Lucy The shortest day 13 e 19 Cal. jan. Othile virgin 14 9 f 18 call Valery B 15 g 17 call O. Sapientia 16 17 A 16 call Lazarus B 17 6 b 15 call Gratian 18 c 14 call Venessi 19 14 d 13 call julian Fast 20 3 e 12 call Thomas Apostle 21 f 11 call 30. Martyr's B 22 11 g 10 call Victor Virgin 23 19 A 9 call Claudy Fast 24 b 8 call Christmas day 25 8 c 7 call Stephen 26 d 6 call john Evangelist 27 16 e 5 call Innocents' day 28 5 f 4 call Thomas Becket 29 g 3 call Trans of S. james 30 13 A Pridie. Silvester Bishop 31 A right fruitful Book of examples, or Copies, of sundry sorts of Instruments of Writings. ¶ An Aduowson of a Parsonage or Vicarage granted by the King. REx omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem. Sciatis quod nos ex speciali gratia nostra, certaque scientia, dedimus & concessimus, ac perpraesentes damus & concedimus dilectis seruientibus nostris, A. B. & C. D. Militibus, primam proximamque advocationem, donationem, collationem, presentationem, liberamque dispositionem Ecclesiae parochialis etc. (or if it be of a Vicarage) vicariae perpetuae ecclesiae de N. in Comitatu nostro Kancij, Cantuarie n diocesis, & nostr' patronatus pleno iure existent (vel in iure Coronae nostre, vel ratione Ducatus nostri Lancastriae) vel ex concessione A. B. hac vice tantum etc. Habendum & tenendum praedictam primam, proxmamque advocationem, donationem, collationem, presentationem, liberamque dispositionem praefatiis A. B. & C. D. coniunctim vel divisim, aut eorum assignatis, & eorum cuilibet pro unica & proxima vacatione eiusdem duntaxat. Ita quod bene licebit eisdem A. B. & C. D. coniunctim vel divisim, aut eorum assignatis, seu eorum cuilibet, aucthoritate presentis doni & concessionis nostrae, unum aliquem idoneum virum ad dictam Ecclesiam Diocesano eiusdem, aut alteri judici in ea part competenti, presentare cum primo & proximo praefatam Ecclesiam (ut praefertur) per mortem, resignationem, privationem, cessionem, seu quacunque alia ratione vacare contigerit: Ac omnia alia & singula, quae circa praemissa necessaria fuerint, seu quomodolibet oportuna peragere & implere, tam plene, libere, & integre, ac si nos ipsi perageremus, si presens concessio nostra praefatis A. B. & C. D. facta non fuister. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The same in English. THe king to all you to whom etc. Sendeth greeting: Know ye that we of our especial grace and certain knowledge, have given & granted, and by these presents, give and grant unto our well-beloved servants A. B. and C. D. Knights, the first and next advowson, donation, collation, presentation, and free disposition of the Parish Church &c. (or if it be a Vicarage) of the Vicarage of the perpetual Church of N. in our county of Rent, in the diocese of Canterbury, and of our patronage fully of right being (or in the right of our Crown, or by reason of our Dukedom of Lancaster) or of the grant of A. B. by this turn only etc. To have & to hold the foresaid first and next advowson, donation, collation, presentation, and free disposition to the foresaid A. B. and C.D. jointly or severally, or to their assigns, for one and next avoidance of the same, when it shall happen. So that it shall be lawful to the same A. B. and C.D. jointly or severally, or to their assigns, or any of them, by the authority of this our present gift & grant, any honest or worthy man unto the said church, to the Diocesan of the same, or to any other competent judge in this behalf to present, whensoever first and next the foresaid Church (as before is said) by death, resignation, deprivation, session, or by any other manner of reason shall fortune to stand void. And also all & singular other things which about the premises shall be, or by any manner of means behovable to do and fulfil, as fully, freely, & wholly as we might do, if this our present grant to the foresaid A. B. and C.D. had not been made. In witness etc. ¶ An advowson of a deanery, Provostship, or Mastership of a College by the King. REx omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem. Sciatis quod nos ex gratia nostra speciali, certa scientia, & mero motu nostr', dedimus & concessimus, ac tenore praesentium damus & concedimus dilectis subditis nostris E.F. & G.H. armigeris, primam ac proximam advocationem etc. Decanatus, Praepositurae, Magistr̄, sive Praefecturae Collegij nostri de N. in comitatu nostro M. etc. Habendum, ut supra. THe king unto all to whom etc. greeting: Know ye that we of our grace especial, true knowledge, and of our mere motion, have given and granted, and by the tenor of these presents do give and grant, to our well-beloved subjects C.F. and G H. esquires, the first & next advowson etc. of the Deanery, Prepositorship, Mastership, or Prefecturship of our College of N. in our county of M. etc. To have etc. as is aforesaid. ¶ An advowson of a benefice granted by a Baron, Knight, or Esquire etc. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit. A.P. dominus P. aut A B. Miles, vel armiger, verus & indubitatus patronus rectoriae Ecclesiae parochialis de N. Eborac' diocesis, salutem in domino sempiternam. Noveritis me praef. A dedisse, concessisse, & hoc pnsenti scripto meo confirmasse dilect' mihi Christopher P. & Ed. L. generosis, coniunctim, & eorum alteri per se divisim, executoribus & assignatis suis, primam & proximam advocationem, donationem, nominationem, presentationem, liberamque dispositionem praed' rectoriae Ecclesiae parochial'de N. volens, & hoc pnsenti scripto meo concedens, qd' bene liceat & licebit dictis C. & Ed. coni●nctim, & eorum alteri per se divisim, executoribus & assignat suis, ad pnd' ecclesiam quandocunque quomodocunque, & qualitercunque, ꝑ mortem, resignationem, privationem, cessionem, permutationem, dimissionem, sive quocunque alio modo, primo & proximo vacare contigerit, unum aliquen virum honestum & literatum presentare, ceteraque oina que ad patroni munus seu officium spectant perficere pro hmodi prima, ꝓximaque vacatione tantum, adeo plene & integre, sicuti egomet ea in part facerem, si hoc presens scriptum meum factum minime fuisset. In cuius rei testimonium huic pnsenti scripto meo sigill' meum ad arma apposui. Datum secundo die julij, Anno domini etc. Et anno regni dni nostri Henrici octavi dei gratia Angl' &c. xxxiij. ¶ The same in English. TO all true Christian people to whom this present writing shall come. A. P. Lord P. or A. B. Knight, or Esquire, true and undoubted Patron of the parish Church of N. in the diocese of York, sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Know ye, me the foresaid A. to have given, granted, and by this my present writing confirmed to my well-beloved, Christofer P. & E. L. gentlemen, jointly, and to either of them, by himself divisible to their executors and assigns, the first and next advowson, donation, nomination, presentation, and free disposition of the rectory or Parsonage of the foresaid parish Church of N. Willing, and by this my present writing granting, that it may be lawful, and shall be lawful to the said P. and E. jointly, and to either of them by himself, severally, to their executors and assigns, to the aforesaid parish church, whensoever, howsoever, & by whatsoever means, by death, resignation, privation, session, permutation, dismission, or by whatsoever other manner, first & next it shall happen to be void, any one honest man, and being learned or lectured, to present, & all other things which unto the reward or office of a Patron belongeth, to fulfil, for such first & next vacation or avoidance only, as fully and wholly, as I myself in that behalf might do, if this my present writing made, had not been made. In witness hereof, to this my present writing I have set to my seal at arms. Dated the second day of july: The year of our Lord etc. And in the year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Henry the eight, by the grace of God king of England etc. xxxiiij. ¶ The King's letter to a Dean and Chapter for an Aduowson. Trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: Forasmuch as we much tender the convenient preferment of our well-beloved servant A. B. to the intent he may be the more encouraged, and also the better able to prosecute, and finally to accomplish the effect and purpose of his learning. We have thought it meet by these our letters, to desire and pray you, that for our sake, ye will immediately upon the sight hereof under your chapter seal, confer & give the next avoidance of the prebend of C. or of the next prebend in that our Church, which shall be in your gift & disposition, to such persons as our said servant shall name to his use and behoof Wherein ye shall administer unto us a right acceptable pleasure, to be hereafter remembered in any your lawful suits, when occasion shall thereunto serve accordingly. Given under our signet etc. ¶ To a Bishop for a like thing, by the King. RIght reverend father in God, right trusty & right well-beloved, we greet you well. Whereas we be very desirous for the honest qualities which we understand to be in our well-beloved chaplain A. B. to see him furnished with convenient livings accordingly: We have thought good to desire and pray you, that the rather for our sake, and at the contemplation of these our letters, ye will forthwith under your sufficient writing ensealed, give and grant to his behoof the next advowson of the prebend or parsonage of N. Wherein ye shall deserve our right hearty thanks etc. ¶ An advowson of a Prebend of the King's College in Oxford. REx omnibus ad quos etc. Sciatis nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, meroque motu nostro dedisse, concessisse, & confirmasse, ac praesenti scripto nostr' dare, concedere, & confirmare dilectis nobis T. H. & N. M. primam & ꝓximam advocationem canonicatus & praebend' in collegio nostro Oxon, vulgariter nuncupat (king Henry the viii. College) ac plenam & integram collation̄ huiusmodi canonicatus & praebendae pro prima & proxima vacatione eiusdem tantum. Ita qd' bene licebit eisdem T. H. & N. M. ac eorum utrique coniunctim & divisim execute & assign' suis, ac eorum utrique canonicatum & praebendam praed' (sic ut praemittitur) primo & prox. vacantem, uni alicui personae idoneae, vere & actualiter intuitu charitatis conferre. Necnon literas collationis ad hoc sufficientes, & in iure validas facere, sigillare, & tradere, decanoque & Canonicis dicti Collegij nostri pro huiusmodi personae reception̄, admissione, & installation̄ rescribere: Ceteraque omnia circa praemissa necessaria facere & exequi pro huiusmodi prima (ut praemittitur) ac ꝓxima vacatione tantum, adeo plene & integre, sicut nos ipsi faceremus & exequeremur, si praesens haec nostra concessio facta nequaquam fuisset. In cuius etc. ¶ The same in English. THe King to all to whom etc. Know ye that we of our grace especial, and true knowledge, and of our mere motion have given, granted, and confirmed, & by this our present writing do give, grant, & confirm to our beloved T. H. & N. M. the first & next advowson of the Canoncie & Prebend in our college of Oxenford, vulgarly called (King Henry the eights College) & the full and whole collation of such Canonship & Prebendaryship, for the first and next avoidance of the same only: So that it shall be lawful unto the same T. H. & N. M. and to either of them jointly & severally to their executors & assigns, & to every of them, the canonship and prebendary aforesaid, as is before showed, first and next being void, to any other honest & meet person, truly & actually, so in the aspect of charity to confer. And also letters of collation, or pleasing, unto this sufficient & lawful in the law, to do, seal, & give, & to the Dean and Canons of our said College, for the reception, admission, and installation of such a person to write. And all other things about the premises necessary to do and follow for such first as aforesaid, and next avoidance only, as fully and as wholly, as we ourself should or might do and execute, if this our present grant had never been made. In witness etc. ¶ The form of a presentation to a Parsonage, by the king. REx reverendissimo in Christo patri & domino, dno E. permissione divina Ebor' Archiepiscopo, Angliae primate & Metropolitano, eiusue in absentia vicario suo in rebus ecclesiasticis generali, Salutem: Ad ecclesiam ꝑochialem de N. vestrae diocesis modo ꝑ mortem ultimi incumbentis ibm' vacan, & ad nostram donationem pleno iure spectantem, dilect. capellanum nostrum A. B clericum intuitu charitatis vobis pnsentamus: Mandantes dictum A. capellanum nostrum ad present ecclesiam admittere, cumque rector̄ eiusdem instituere cum suis iuribus & pertinent universis, caeteraque expedire & peragere quae vr̄o in hac part incumbunt officio munerique pastorali, velitis cum favore. In cuius rei etc. But if the Church be void by resignation, than ye shall say, Modo per liberam & spontaneam resignationem A. B. ultimi incumbentis eiusdem vacantem etc. If by attainder, than thus: Per attincturam E. F. ultimi incumbentis ibidem, qui de alta ꝓditione nuper attinctus fuit vacant. Et sic de consimilibus. Also ye shall understand, that the King's Majesty hath as the case requireth sundry titles to present, for sometime he presenteth by his Prerogative royal, and then ye shall say, Et ad nostram donationem ratione Praerogatinae nostrae Regiae spectant, etc. Sometime by reason that the Temporalties of a Bishopric be in his hands, than ye shall say, Ratione temporalium Episcopatus N. in manibus nostris existent. Sometime his grace presenteth by the grant of an advowson of another man, and then ye shall say, Ratione concessionis I. R. quam idem I. primam & proximam advocationem eividem nobis largitus est etc. And if the manor whereunto the advowson is appendent, be parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, than ye shall say, Et ad nostram donationem ratione Ducatus nostri Lancastriae spectant, etc. Et sic de relic. ¶ The same in English. THe king to the reverend Father in Christ & L. Lord Ed. by divine sufferance Archbishop of York, Primate of England, and Metropolitan of the same, in his absence, to his vicar general in ecclesiastical matters, Sendeth greeting: unto the parish Church of N. of your Diocese, now by the death of the last incumbent there being void, and unto our donation or gift of full right belonging, our well-beloved chaplain A. B. clerk, of thaspect of charity, to you we do present, commanding unto you the said A. our chaplain to the foresaid Church to admit, and him Parson or governor of the same to institute with all his rights & appurtenanes. And all other things to extend & do, which to your office in this behalf do appertain, and with a fatherly respect vouchsafe ye him to favour. In witness etc. ¶ Now by free and willing resignation of A. B. last incumbent of the same being void etc. ¶ By thattainder of G. H. last incumbent there, the which of high Treason was lately attainted, being void etc. ¶ And to our donation by reason of our Kingly prerogative belonging. ¶ By reason of the Temporalities of the Bishopric of F. in our hands being. ¶ By reason of the grant of I. R. which the same I. first and next avoidance of the same to us hath granted etc. ¶ And to our donation by reason of our Dukedom of Lancaster belongeth. And so of the like. ¶ The form of a presentation where an Archdeacon or other Ecclesiastical person hath jurisdiction ordinary. REx etc. Venerabili viro dno Willihelmo K. Archidiacono Richmond ', eiusue in absentia vicario in spritualibus generali, Salutem. Ad vicariam de Lancastr̄ vestrae jurisdictionis modo per mortem ultimi incumbentis ibidem vacantem, atque ad nostram donationem pleno iure spectant, dilectum capellanum nostrum A.B. clericum vobis presentamus, requirentes quatenus pfatum A. ad vicariam pndictam admittere, ipsumque vicarium in eadem instituere, cum oibus suis iuribus & pertinentijs universis: Caeteraque omnia & singula facere & exequi, quae vestro in hac part incumbent officio pastorali, velitis cum favore. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The same in English. THe King etc. To the right worshipful man Sir W.R. archdeacon of Richmond, or in his absence to his vicar general in spiritualties, Sendeth greeting. To the vicarage of Lancaster of your jurisdiction now by the death of the last incumbent there being void, and at our gift of full right belonging, our well-beloved chaplain A. B. clerk, to you we do present, requiring that ye will vouchsafe the foresaid A. B. to the vicarage aforesaid to admit, and the same vicar in the same to institute with all rights & appurtenances whatsoever they be, and all and singular other things to do & follow, the which to your shepherdly office in this behalf belong, ye will vouchsafe with favour. In witness etc. ¶ The form of a presentation in the Marches of Calcis, void by attainder. REx reverendissimo in Christo patri domino Tho. divina permissione Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo, ac totius Angliae primate, eiusue vicario in spiritualibus generali, Salutem, Ad Rectoriam de B. in Marchijs nostris Califiae dioc' Moronensis, modo per attincturam W. P. ultimi ibidem incumbentis vacant. & ad nostram donationem pleno iure spectant, dictum capellanum nostrum W.M. clericum vobis praesentamus, rogantes uti prefat W. ad rectoriam p̄dictam admittere, atque eum rectorem eiusdem ecclesiae instituere, cum oimbus suis iuribus & fructibus, ab attinctura dicti P. universis: Caeteraque omnia & singula peragere quae ad vestrum munus Episcop̄ pertinere videbuntur, velitis cum favore. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The same in English. THe King to the most reverend father in God Lord Tho. by divine sufferance Archbishop of Canterbury, and primate of all England, or else to his Vicar general in spiritual matters greeting: To the rectory or parsonage of B. in our marches of Caleis, of the diocese of Moron now by reason of attainder of W. P. last incumbent there being void, and to our gift of full right belonging, our well-beloved chaplain W. M. clerk to you we do present, praying you that the foresaid W. to the rectory or parsonage aforesaid to admit, and him Parson of the same Church to institute, with all his rights & fruits whatsoever they be, from the time of the attainder of the said P. and all and every other things to do which to your bishoply office shall be seeming to appertain. In witness etc. ¶ The form of a presentation made by a knight or gentleman. REuerendo in Christo patri etc. R. B. miles verus & indubitatus patronus rectoriae ecclesiae parochialis de N. salutem in dno sempiternam: Ad ecclesiam de N. predict' vestre dioc' modo ꝑ mortem C. D. ultimi incumbentis ibm' vacant, & ad meam pnationem pleno iure spectant, dilectum mihi in christo I.P. clericum vestre paternitati pfento, humiliter rogans quatenus praefatum I. ad dictam ecclesiam admittere, ipsumque in rector̄ eiusdem ecclesiae instituere & induci facere cum suis iuribus & pertinentijs universis, caeteraque peragere & adimplere quae vestro in hac part incumbunt officio pastorali dignemini cum favore. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum apposui. Dat. etc. ¶ The same in English. TO the Reverend Father in Christ etc. R. B. knight, true & undoubted patron of the rectory or parsonage of the parish Church of N. greeting be in our Lord God everlasting: To the Church of N. aforesaid of your Diocese now by death of C. D. last incumbent there being void, and to my presentation of full right belonging, my well-beloved I. P. clerk to your fatherhood I present, humbly praying that ye will vouchsafe the foresaid I. to the said Church to admit, and him into the rectory or rule of the same Church to institute and make to be brought with all and singular his rights and appurtenances. And all other things to do and fulfil which unto your Bishoply office in this behalf do appertain, ye will vouchsafe with favour. In witness whereof I have to these presents put my seal. Given etc. ¶ A presentation to a Parsonage or Vicarage by a Master of an Hospital and his brethren, or by a Dean and Chapter or such other. REuerendo in Christo patri domino, domino N. permissione divina Coventrien & Lichfield ' Episcopo eiusue vicario in spiritualibus generali, vester humilis & devotus frater T.R. Magister hospitalis N. & eiusdem consratres, sive Decanus collegij de N. & capitulum eiusdem etc. Lincoln dioc' omnimodam reueren̄ tanto patri debitam. Ad perpetuam vicariam Ecclesiae parochialis de N. vestre dioc' iam per mortem C. D. ultimi vacarij eiusdem vacantem, ad nostramque presentationem pleno iure spectantem, dilectum nobis in Christo johannem B. sacrae theologiae professorem paternitati vestrae praesentamus, humiliter supplicantes, ut praefat' johannem ad dictam vicariam admittere, ipsumque in eadem canonice instituere, ceteraque peragere, que in hac part vestro pastorali incumbunt officio dignemini cum favore. In cuius rei testimonium sigill' nostrum commune presentibus est appensum Dat' etc. ¶ The same in English. TO the reverend father in Christ and Lord, L. N. by divine sufferance of Coventry and Lichfield Bishop, or else to his Vicar general in spiritual things, your humble and devout brother T. R. Master of the Hospital of N. and the brethren of the same, or else the Dean of the College of N. and the Chapter of the same &c. of the diocese of Lincoln, all manner reverence to such a Father owing. To the perpetual vicarage of the parish Church of N. of your diocese now by decease of C. D. last incumbent of the same being void, and to our presentment by full right belonging our well-beloved in Christ I. B. professor of holy divinity, to your fatherhead we do present humbly beseeching, that ye will vouchsafe the same, to the same vicarage to admit, him into the same Canonically to institute, and all other things fully to do which in this part to your pastorical office do appertain, it will like you with favour. In witness whereof our common seal to these presents we have put unto. ¶ A Presentation Sede vacant. REuerendissimo in Christo patri & domino, domino Thomae permissione divina Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo, totius Angliae Primati & Metropolitano, eiusue vicario in ecclesiastic' general' Lincoln diocesis Sede vacant, ad Rectoriam ecclesiae parochialis etc. ¶ The same in English. TO the most reverend father in God and Lord, Lord Tho. by divine sufferance Archbishop of Canterbury primate of all England and Metropolitan, or else to his vicar general in Ecclesiastical matters, of the diocese of Lincoln, the See being void, to the rectory of the parish Church etc. ¶ An other form of presentation Sede vacant. HEnricus octanus dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Rex, fidei defensor, & in terra Ecclesiae Anglicanae, & Hiberniae supremum caput, ac verus & indubitatus patronus, Rectoriae sive Ecclesiae parochialis de N. in comitatu nostro Somerset, Bathen & Wellen dioc' ipsa sede de Bathen & Wellen iam vacant, reverendissimo in Christo patri T. Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo totius Angliae Primati, eiusue in absentia vicario dictae sedis in spiritualibus generali, Salutem: Ad dictam Rectoriam sive Ecclesiam parochialem de N. modo vacantem per mortem, etc. ¶ The same in English. HEnry the 8. by the grace of God king of England, France & Ireland, defender of the faith, and in earth of the Church of England and also of Ireland supreme head, and true and undoubted Patron of the parsonage or parish church of N. in our County of Somerset, of the diocese of Bath and Welles, the same See of and Welles now being void, to the most Reverend Father in Christ T. Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, or in his absence to the Vicar general in spiritual offices of the same See greeting, unto the said rectory or parish church of N. now being void by the death etc. ¶ Letters missive to a Bishop for the collation of a benefice by the King. RIght Reverend Father in God, right trusty & well-beloved we greet you well: And whereas we are credibly informed, that the benefice of N. is now void and in your gift & collation, we much rendering the preferment of our well-beloved chaplain A. B. desire and pray you, that for our sake, and at the contemplation of our letters, ye will give & confirm the said benefice to our said chaplain, whereby ye shall administer unto us a very thankful pleasure & gratuity: which we shall not fail to remember, when occasion shall be offered to the same accordingly, Given, etc. ¶ The form of a letter from one friend to an other for the like purpose. IN my right hearty manner I commend me unto you. For as much as I understand that the benefice of N. which such a person now enjoyeth (or which is now void) is of your gift and patronage. These shallbe instantly to desire and pray you, that ye will vouchsafe, to grant me the next advowson thereof, for to bestow upon such one as I shall thereunto present, or (if the benefice be already void ye may write) that ye will do so much, as for my sake to present A. B. to the same, who is my very loving friend, and such a person as both for his learning and outward conversation & living is very meet for the same. Which doing, ye shall minister unto me an acceptable pleasure, and give me cause to requite the same with thanks according. And of your resolute mind herein, I pray you that I may be advertised by the bringer hereof. Thus far you hearty well. From London etc. ¶ A presentation to a Chantry by the King. REx reverendissimo in Christo patri Edmundo Londinensi Episcopo, eiusue vicario in spiritualibus generali salutem. Ad cantariam beatae Mariae v●rginis, in Ecclesia parochiali sancti Olani Londinensis vestrae diocesis iam vacantem & ad nostram donationem spectantem, Dilectum nobis in Christo G.H. clericum vobis presentamus, rogantes quatenus ipsum G. ad cantariam pndictam admit & instituas in eadem, In cuius rei etc. ¶ Like form of presentation is of a Chapel whether it be of the king's patronage or of a subjects, Mutatis mutandis. ¶ A presentation to a Prebend by the King. REx etc. reverendo in Christo patri W. Menenensi Episcopo, eiusue in absentia vicario suo in spi●itualibus generali, aut alij cuicunque potestatem sufficientem ea in part habenti salutem: Ad canonicatum in Ecclesia collegiata de N. vestrae diocesis & pmbendam de L. in eadem per liberam resignationem E. F. ultimi incumbentis et possessoris eorund' iam vacantem & ad nostram donationem ratione prerogative nostrae regie hac vic' spectant, dilectum nobis in Christo I. T. in artibus magistr̄ clericum vobis presentamus intuitu charitatis. Volentes & requirentes quatenus praef. joh. ad dictam canonicatum & prebendam admittere, ipsumque canonicatum & prebendarium eorund' ac in eisdem cum suis iuribus & pertinent universis rite & legitime instituere, ceteraque facere & peragere, quae vestro hac in re officio pastorali incumbent velitis. In cuius rei, etc. ¶ Notes to be diligently observed. YE shall note that in a presentation by this word Ecclesiam parochialem, is intended always a parsonage. Howbeit now a days many be wont to write Ad rectoriam Ecclesiae parochialis de N. But if the presentation be to a vicarage, than ye may not say ad Ecclesiam, but ad Vicariam. And ye shall understand, that the presentation to a Vicarage appertaineth of common right to the Parson, for the Vicar is in effect but the Parson's deputy. Howbeit the Parson with assent of his Patron & Ordinary may grant away the patronage of the Vicarage from him and his successors to another man and his heirs or successors for ever. Furthermore ye shall understand, that sometime one man hath the nomination to a benefice, and an other the presentation, in which case he that hath the presentation can present no other person to the Ordinary, but such as the other man shall name by his sufficient writing under Seal. Also the King shall join with no man in presentment, but shall have the whole presentment alone in all cases. And if the king be entitled by reason of the custody of his ward: than ye shall say, Et ad nostram advocationem ratione custodiae terrae & haeredis quondam Comitis de A. defuncti qui de nobis tenuit in capite & in manu nostra existentis spectant etc. And if the King be entitled by reason of the temporalties & possessions of an archbishopric or bishopric being in time of vacation in his hands: than ye shall say in the presentation, Et quae ad nostram spectat donationem ratione Episcopat' Cantuariensis iam vacantis & in manu nostra existentis, ratione vacationis sedis Cantuariensis & temporalium eiusdem iam de iure & facto, vacantis, & in manibus nostris existent. etc. Finally concerning chantries, free chapels & prebend's, ye shall observe & know, that some be presentative, and some donative: presentative be of such a nature, that ye cannot confer them but by way of presentation to the ordinary, the form whereof is set forth before. But chantries, free chapels, and prebends donatives, be of that nature, that ye need not to present the person to whom ye will confer the same to the ordinary: but it sufficeth to give the same by your Charter of grant under your seal: the form whereof ensueth hereafter. But take heed ye present not your Clerk to the Ordinary, unto that which is donative by your letters patents, for if ye do the nature is changed, & ye can no more make collation of it, but ye must needs now present your Clerk to the Ordinary, which if ye do not within six months, the Ordinary may take advantage of the laps. ¶ The gift of a free Chapel by the King. REx omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem. Sciatis etc. dedisse & concessisse, etc. liberam Capellam sancti S. apud L. in comitatu Lincolnensi. Habendum & tenend' dictam liberam capellam pfato A. B. durant vita ipsius, cum omnibus suis iuribus & pertinentijs universis. In cuius rei etc. ¶ An other form of a collation by an Esquire, or other common persons. universis Christi fidelibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, joh. N. armiger dominus manerij de B. Cantuariensis diocesis salutem & sinceram in domino charitatem. Cum capella libera de R dictae diocesis iam vacare, & ad meam donationem pleno iure spectare dignoscitur: Noveritis me praedictam capellam cum omnibus suis iuribus & pertinentijs universis, dilecto mihi in Christo Richardo C. clerico, viro tam probo quam literato donasse & concessisse ac tenore presentium ipsum Ricardum in corporalem possession dictae capellae cum pertinentijs inducere. In cuius rei etc. sigillum meum presentibus apposui. Dat in manerio meo de B. praedicto, etc. ¶ A Patent donative of a Prebend, void by the promotion of the last incumbent. REx omnibus ad quos, etc. Salutem, Sciatis nos ex gratia nostr' speciali, ac intuitu charitatis, dedisse & concessisse ac per praesentes dare & concedere dilecto Scholari nostro I L. canonicatum in Ecclesia nostra Cathedrali Sarum, & Praebend' de H. in eadem, modo per promotionem dilecti nobis in Christo R. T. dudum ac ultimi incumbentis eorundem ad Episcopatum N. vacantem, & ad nostram donationem, ratione ac iure Praerogativae nostrae Regiae spectant. Habendum & tenendum canonicatum & praebendam praedictam praefat johanni, ad terminum vitae ipsius I. una cum omnibus & omnimodis iuribus, praeheminentijs, & pertinentijs universis. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The gift of a Prebend in the king's College in Oxford. HEnricus octaws etc. Dilectis nobis johanni O. Decan● Collegij nostri Oxonien, vulgaritèr nuncupat (King Henry the eights College) ac eiusdem Collegij canonicis salutem. Sciatis nos ex mero motu nostro, atque ex gratia nostra speciali, dedisse, concessisse, ac presenti scripto nostr' confirmasse dilecto Capellano nostr' I.B. sacrae Theologiae professori canonicatum sive prebendam in Collegio nostro praedicto, modo per mortem I. H. ultimi incumbentis ibidem vacantem, atque ad donationem nostram pleno iure attinent Habendum & tenendum praefato I B. canonicatum sive prebendam praedictam cum suis iuribus & pertinentijs universis, una cum hospitio quod idem I. H. ratione dicti canonicatus sive pmbendae nuper possidebat. Vobis igitur con●unctim & divisim commirtimus & strict mandamus quatenus praefarum I. B. ad dictum canonicatum sive praebendam statim, his literis nostris inspectis admittatis, necnon eundem in realem & corporalem possessionem dicti canonicatus sive prebende iuriumque & pertinentium suorum universorum inducatis, prout decet. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A Prebend in Windsor. REx etc. Sciatis quod nos ex gratia nostra speciali etc. dedimus & concessimus, ac tenore praesentium damus & concedimus dilecto Capellano nostro E F. sacrae Theologiae Bacchalario (or if he be a Doctor) professori, canonicatum sive prebendam infra Ecclesiam nostram Collegiatam, sive liberam Capellam nostram Regiam sancti Georgij, infra Castrum nostrum de Windsor, modo per etc. vacantem, atque ad nostram donationem pleno iure spectant Habendum & tenendum canonicatum sive prebendam praedict' praefato E. F. durant vita eius naturali, cum omnibus suis iuribus & pertinentijs universis. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A warrant for a fellowship in the King's Hall in Cambridge. HEnry etc. To our trusty and well-beloved, the Master of our college, called the King's hall, within our University of Cambridge, and in his absence to his Lieutenant or deputy there, greeting: Forasmuch as we be credibly informed, that our well-beloved subject E. F. scholar of our said university is greatly desirous and minded to continue at school for his further increase in virtue and learning. We let you to wit, that considering his virtuous intent and purpose, for his better exhibition in that behalf, we have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto him the room of a Fellow, of, and within our said College, and if any be now void there, or else the room of a Fellow, of, and within our said College which shall first and next fall void within the same, by death, dismission, surrender, or otherwise. To have and enjoy the same room with all manner rights, profits, emoluments, and duties thereunto belonging, to the said E. F. for term of his life, with a benefice, or benefices, pension, or annuity, not exceeding the yearly value of ten pounds, in as ample and large manner as any heretofore hath had or inioy●d the room aforesaid: any act, statute ordinance, or other thing to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding: Wherefore we will and command you, that according to the effect and purpose of this our grant, ye do admit the said E. F. unto the said room of a Fellow accordingly, and these our letters shallbe your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalf. Given etc. ¶ The form of the king's Letters patents of collation of a Prebend made, Causa permutationis. HEnricus octaws etc. Omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem. Sciatis quod cum E. F Rector Ecclesiae parochialis de P. Norwicensis diocesis & R. S. Canonicus in Ecclesia Cathedrali Sancti Pauli Londinensis, ac prebendarius prebende de H. in eadem Ecclesia intendunt (ut asserunt) beneficia sua predicta adinuicem permutare: Nos praebendam praedictam ad nostram donationem spectantem ratione temporalium Episcopatus Londinensis in manu nostra in presenti existentium praefato E.F. ex causa huiusmodi permutationis, dedimus & concessimus, ac per presentes damus & concedimus. Habendum & tenendum &c. ¶ The form of a presentation, Causa permutationis inter rectores. REuerendo in Christo patri Johanni permissione divina Lincolniensi Episcopo etc. vester humilis & devotus filius A. B. miles obedientiam & honorem tanto patri debitam. Dilectum nobis in Christo Magistr̄ S. T. rector Ecclesiae de W. & jacobus A. clericus rector ecclesiae parochialis de B. vestre diocesis intendunt (ut asserunt) beneficia sua certis & legitimis ex causis ipsos ad hoc moventibus adinuicem permutare, egoque permutationi huiusmodi fiend meum prebens assensum pariter 〈◊〉 consensum, praefatum jacobum A. ad dictam ecclesiam de W. per modum & ex causa permutationis predictae vacan●em, & ad meam presentationem spectantem, vestre paternitati reverend praesento, intuitu charitatis humiliter supplicans quatenus ipsum jacobum ad dictam Ecclesiam parochialem de W. ex causa permutationis predict admittere & instituere in eadem, ceteraque omnia & singula quae vestro in hac part pastorali officio incumbere dignoscuntur eidem jacobo facere & peragere digneminicum favore. In cuius rei etc. ¶ Another form of the same. REuerendo in Christo patri Willihelmo permissione divina Herefordensi Episcopo etc. vestri humiles & devoti in Christo filii I.S. & I.A. armigeri, omnimod' reverent tanto patri dign̄. Cum honesti viri M. T Ecclesiae parochialis de A Norwicensis diocesis, & C.D. Ecclesiae parochialis de B. vestr̄ diocesis rectores intendant (ut asserunt) beneficia sua praedicta certis de causis veris quidem & legitimis ipsos moventibus (dum tamen quorum interest consensus & authoritas interuenerint in hac part) adinuicem canonice permutare: Nos igitur permutationem huiusmodi faciend' nostrum prebentes assensum pariter & consensum, praefatum M. T. ad dictam Ecclesiam de A. predicta vestrae docesis nostrique patronatus, paternitati vestrae reverend, ex causa permutationis huiusmodi, & non aliter nec alio modo, presentamus per presentes M T. ad dictam Ecclesiam de B admittere, ipsumque rectorem ex causa hmodi permutationis canonice instituere in eadem. cum suis iuribus & pertinentijs universis ceteraque peragere que vestro in hac part incumbunt officio pastorali dignemini cum favore. In cuius ●ci testimonium sigilla nostra pnsentibus duximus apponend', Dat etc. ¶ The form of a warrant for a Congee deslier. CHarissime consanguinie etc. Supplicaverunt nobis humiliter Decanus & Capitulum Ecclesiae nostre Cathedralis de N. cum sedes episcopalis infra Ecclesiam nostram cathedralem praedictam per mortem naturalem piae memoriae A. B. ultimi episcopi eiusdem sit pastorali solatio destituta, alium in loci illius episcopum & pastoral●m eligendi facultatem licentiamque nostram gratiose concedere dignaremur: Nos igitur corum supplicationibus favore humiliter inclinare, facultatem atque licentiam nostram huiusmodi duximus concedendam: Quocirca, vobis mandamus, quod sub privato sigillo nostro in custodia vestra existent literas etc. Mandantes ei ut sub magno sigillo nostro in eius custodia existent literas nostras patent fieri faciat in hac part debitas, & in tali casu consuetas, Et de litter nostris etc. ¶ And ye shall understand, that hereupon the Chancellor of England shall grant them the King's Letters Patents of licence to proceed to their election. The form whereof appeareth in the Register. With which Letters Patents of licence under the great Seal, shall be sent a letter missive, containing the name of the person to be elected which may be made after this sort. ¶ The form of a Letter missive to the Dean and Chapter by the king. Trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well, and being now the Bishopric of Hereford void, by the translation of the right Reverend father in God, our right trusty and right welbelooved Chancellor, the late Bishop of the same, unto the Bishopric of London: We having respect to the honest qualities, virtue, & learning, of our trusty and well-beloved chaplain Master Doctor N. our Almoner, have named and appointed him the same Bishopric: Wherefore we will and command you, that forthwith upon the receipt hereof ye proceed to the election of him, according to the tenure and purports of our laws and statutes in that behalf, made and provided, and the same so elected to certify accordingly. And these our letters shallbe your sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalf. Given under our signet etc. ¶ A warrant for a royal assent. CHarissime etc. Vacant nuper sede Episcopali infra ecclesiam nostram Cathedralem de N. per mortem bone memory G ultimi Episcopi ibidem. Decanus & Capitulun eiusdem, facultate a nobis prius per ipsos alium eligendi in ipsorum Episcopum & pastorem petitam pariter & obtenta. venerabilem & egregium virum T. D. in suum pastorem eligerunt, & nominaverunt: Cui nos electioni & viro sic electo humilibus eorum interuenientibus supplicationibus regium nostrum adhibemus assensum pariter & favorem, eundemque electum apud vos commendatum habemus. Quocirca vobis mandamus etc. ¶ And upon this warrant the Lord Chancellor of England shall do make the King's letters patents of his royal assent directed to the Metropolitan, to confirm & consecrate the Lord elected, or if he will, the words of the patent may be set forth at length in the warrant that the king shall sign, in this or like form following. ¶ The Patent of a royal assent with a significat unto the Metropolitan. REx etc. Reverendissimo in Christo patri etc. Salutem, Cum vacua nuper ecclesia nostra cathed' sancti Andree Welly mensis per mortem bone memory domini G. H. eiusdem ecclesiae dudum episcopi existat, Decanus & capitulum ecclesiae nostrae praedictae prius licentia nobis per eos alium eligendi in eorum Episcopum & pastorem petita, pariter & obtenta, venerabilem virum A. B. in ipsorum episcopum ac pastorem canonice eligerunt & nominaverunt, sicuti per eorum literas, quas vobis mittimus praesentibus inclusas plenius liquet: Vobis significamus quod dicte quidem electioni & person sic elect humilibus eorum mediantibus supplic', nostrum regium ad hibuimus favorem pariter & assensum. Et eund' electum apud vos recommendatum habemus. Quocirca vobis mandamus, quod cetera omnia que per vos ad confirmationem & consecrationem eiusdem in dicto episcopatu fieri consueverunt, secundum leges & statuta regni nostri Angliae hac in part edita & provisa, cum favore & diligentia facere velitis. In cuius tei etc. ¶ If ye list to know further after what manner the Archbishops and Bishops be at this day chosen, nominated, presented, invested, and consecrated to the dignity and office of an Archbishop or Bishop, ye must read the foresaid statute thereof made in the xxv. year of our most dread Sovereign Lord King Henry the eight. ¶ The form of a Significavit to the Metropolitan of the province upon a new foundation of a Bishopric. REx reverendissimo etc. Cum nos novam sedem episcopalem infra ecclesiam nostram Cathedralem sancti P. Westmonasterij nuper fundavimus & ereximus, ac dilectum Consiliarium nostrum T T. ad episcopatum illum nominauerimus & prefecerimus, ipsumque in episcopum loci illius & pastorem ordinaverimus & constituerimus: hoc vobis tenore presentium duximus significandum. Rogantes ac in fidei dilectione, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter vobis mandantes, quarenus prefatum T. T. in episcopatum Westmon̄ consecrare, ipsumque, prout mos est, episcopalibus insignijs investire, ceteraque peragere, que vestr̄ in hac part incumbunt officio velitis diligenter cum effectu. In cuius etc. ¶ A warrant for the restitution of the possessions of the Bishopric. RIght trusty etc. We greet you well. Whereas the Dean & Chapter of our Cathedral church of Saint A. in Welles, upon the late vacation of the Bishopric there, by reason of our licence to them granted, have elected and chosen our well-beloved in God A. B. to be Bishop and Pastor there, to which election and person so elected, we have given our royal assent, who hath done homage and fealty unto us, and hath compounded and agreed with us for the possessions of the said Bishopric. We will and command you, etc. commanding him by the same, that he make out such, & as many our writs under our great seal. as shallbe necessary and requisite for the restitution of the possessions of the same to the said Bishop accordingly, and these our letters etc. And upon this warrant, the party shall have a writ for the restitution of all possessions, ●swel spiritual as temporal only out of the king's hands, according to the statute thereof made Ann 25. H. 8. ¶ The form of a Charter of Fee simple, with a letter of Attorney. SCiant praesentes & futuri, quod ego W. H. gen. consanguineus et haeres R. H. viz filins G. H. armig. defuncti, fratris dicti R. dedi, concessi, & hac presenti charta mea confirmavi W. T. armigero, & I. S. clerico, manerium meum de T. cum omnibus suis membris & pertinentijs, ac omnia terras et tenementa mea, redditus, reversiones, & serui●ia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, subboscos, cum suis pertinentijs in T. in comitatu B. Habendum & tenendum praedictum manerium cum omnibus suis membris & pertinentijs, ac etiam omnia praedicta terras & tenem●nta, redditus reversiones et seruitia cum suis pertinentijs praefat W.T. et I. S. haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per seruitia inde debita & de iure consueta. Ego vero pndictus W.H. & haeredes mei praedictum manerium cum omnibus suis membris et pertinentijs pfatis W.T. et I.S. haeredibus et assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus per presentes. Et ulterius sciant me pfatum W.H. fecisse, ordinasse, constituisse, et in loco meo posuisse dilectos mihi in Christo R.F. et W.S. meos veros et legitimos atturnatos, coniunctim et divisim ad possessionem capiendam pro me et in nomine meo, de et in predict' manerio, terris, tenementis, recuperation, et seruic', cum omnibus suis pertinentijs: Et post hmndi possessionem sic inde captam et habitam, deinde pro me, et in nomine meo plenam et pacificam possessionem et seisinam praefatis W. & I vel eorum in hac part atturnatis deliberandum, secundum tenorem, vim, formam, et effectum huius presentis chartae meç super hoc confectae. Ratum et gratum habens et habiturus totum etquicquid pndicti atturnati mei nomine meo fecerint, vel alter eorum fecerit in praemissis. In cuius rei testimonium huic praesenti chartae meç sigillum meum apposui Datum apud T. predict' Ann regni Reg. Henrici octavi xxxiij. his testibus, A. B C.D. etc. ¶ A Charter of fee simple to the husband and wife jointly enfeoffed. SCiant praesentes et futuri, quod ego R. B. de S. dedi et concessi, et hac pnsenti charta mea confirmavi A.C. de eadem et E. uxori suae, totum illud mesuagium meum quod ego habeo in villa de S. et sexaginta acras terrae arabilis in campis in dicta villa, qd' quidem mesuagium situatum est inter tenementum R.B. ex part australi, & tentum I.B. ex part boreali, et abuttat super stratum regium versus occidentem, & praedict' sexaginta acrae jacent in campo orientali dictae villae, quarum viginti acrae terrae jacent simul in quodam furlongo vocato L. et alie viginti acrae terrae jacent ex part australi eiusdem campi similiter inter terras dominicales, et abuttant versus austrum super pratum vocatum B. et alie viginti acrae jacent divisim in dicto campo, quarum quinque jacent inter terras I.B. ex part bortali, et terram E. D. ex part australi, et extendunt se ad quendam riwlum vocat C. ex part orientali dicti campi, & quinque acrae jacent inter terram S. H. ex part boreali, & terram I.S. ex part australi, & extenduntse super semita de L. praedict' versus occidentem, & alie septem acreiacent ex opposito terr' I. M. ex part boreali, & australi, & extendunt se usque ad croftum H. O. versus occidentem. Habendum & tenendum praedictum mesuagium & sexaginta acras terrae arabilis cum omnibus suis pertinentijs pfatis A. C. & E. heredibus & assignatis sui● imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per seruitia inde debita & de iure consueta. Et ego praedictus R. B. & heredes mei praedictum mesuagium & sexaginta acras terrae arabilis cum omnibus pertinentijs praefatis A. T. & E. haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus & imperpetuum defendemus per praesentes. In cuius rei testimonium, ut supra. ¶ The form of a widows gift in her widowhood. SCiant presents etc. quod ego Alicia T. relicta cuiusdam B W. de N. in pura viduitate mea et legitima potestate, dedi, concessi, et hac praesenti charta etc. ut supra. ¶ The form of a charter of Fee farm, made by the chief Lord. SCiant etc. quod ego I.S. dominus de D. dedi, concessi, etc. W.I. unum mesuagium cum gardino, & viginti acras terrae arabilis in villa et in campis de E. quod quidem mesuagium vocatum E. etc. Habendum & tenendum praedictum mesuagium cum gardino & praedictis viginti acris terrae arabilis cum pertinentijs praefato W. haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum de me et haeredibus meis. Reddendo inde annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis xx. s. sterling ', ad festa sancti Michaelis archangeli, & Annunciationis beatae Mariae virginis, per equales portiones, et fac' sectam curiae meae de D. praedict' quotiens dictam curiam teneri contigerit, pro omnibus alijs sectis, seruitijs, exactis & demandis. Et ego vero praedictus I.S. & haeredes mei praedictum mesuagium cum gardino, & praedictas viginti acras terrae arabilis cum suis pertinentijs praefato W. haered. & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus per praesentes. In cuius rei testimonium huic pnnti chartae mei, sigilium armorum meorum apposui Dat etc. his testibus etc. ¶ The form of a purchase of lands in fee simple of the king to be holden in Capite. REx omnibus ad quos etc. salutem. Sciatis quod nos pro summ● etc. legalis monetae Angl', ad manus Thesaurarij reventionum Augmentationum coronae nostr' ad usum nostrum, per dilectum nobis H. W. de C. in come nostro N. generosum soluta, de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris dedimus et concessimus, ac per pnntes damus et concedimus eidem H. W totam scitum et capitale mesuagium manij nostri de C. in H. in come nostro N nuper monasterio de C. in eodem comitatu nostro N. modo disoluto dudum spectans et pertinens, ac parcell' posse Fonum inde existent, et omnia terras dn̄cales manerij praedicti: Necnon omnia mesuagia, domus, horrea, edificia, hortos, pomaria, gardina, curtelagia, terras, prata, pascua, pasturas, aquas, piscarias, communias, iura, commoditates, et hereditamenta nostra quaecunque cum suis pertinentijs universis in C. in come predict', ac alibi ubicunque in eodem comit, dicto capital' mesuag manerij pndicti quoquo modo spectant vel pertinent', aut cum eodem capitali mesuagio dimiss. usitat seu occupat existent, ac nuper in tenura H. T. armig & mod' in tenura seu occupatione dicti H. W. cum dicto capitali mesuagio existent: Ac etiam omnes et omnimodos boscos de, in, et super dictis terris et caeteris pmmissis crescent et existent. Damus etiam ac per presentes pro consideratione praedict' concedimus praefat H. W. advocationem, donationem, liberam dispositionem. et patronatum rectoriae et ecclesiae parochialis de A. in eodem comitatu nostro N. Habendum, tenendum, et gaudendum totum pndictum scitum et capitale mesuagium manij pndicti, et praedictas terras, prata, pascua, pasturas, aduoc' et cetera omnia et singula praemissa superius expressa et specificata cum suis pertinentijs universis praefato H. W. haeredibus et assignatis suis imperpetuum: Tenend' de nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris in Capite, per seruicium vicesime partis unius feodi Militis, ac reddendo inde annuatim nobis, hered' & successoribus nostris viginti unum solidos & quatuor denarios, ad curiam nostram Augmentationum reuen' Coronae nostrae, ad festum sancti Mich arch. singulis annis soluend' pro omnibus redditibus seruitijs & demandis quibuscunque proinde nobis, heredibus, vel successoribus nostris, quoquo modo reddend', soluend', vel faciend'. Et ulterius volumus et per presentes concedimus pref. H. W. hered' & assignatis suis, qd' nos heredes et successores nostri imperpetuum annuatim, et de tempore in tempus exonetabimus, acquietabimus et indemnes conseruabimus eundem H. W. heredes & assignatos suos versus nos, heredes & successores nostros, et versus quascunque alias personas, de omnibus et omnimodis redditibus, feodis, annuitatibus, pensionibus, & denariorum summis quibuscunque de pmmissis seu de aliquo p̄missorum exeunt seu soluend', vel superinde oner̄ seu onerand', preterquam de redditu et seruitio superius ꝑ presents reseruat. Volentes enim & firmiter iniungendo precipientes tam Cancellario et consilio dictae curiae nostr' Augmentationum recreation Coronae nostrae pro tempore existent, cum omnibus receptoribus, auditoribus, et alijs officiarijs & ministris nostris quibuscunque quod ipsi & eorum quicunque super solam demonstration̄ harum literar̄ nostrar' patent vel super irrotulament earundem, absque aliquo alio brevi seu warranto a nobis, heredibus vel success. nostris quoquo modo impetrando seu prosequendo super solutione dict'ant vi redditus xx. solid & quatuor denariorum, plenam, integram, debitamque allocationem, & defalcationem, deductionem, & exoncrationem manifestam, de omnibus et omnimod' huiusmodi redditibu●, feod', annuitatibus, pensionibus, et denariorum summis de premissis, seu de aliqua indeꝑcella (ut praesertut) exeunt seu soluend' pref. H. W. hered' & assignat suis facient & fieri curabunt: & hae literae nostrae patentes erunt annuatim et de tempore in tempus tam dict' Cancellario & consitio nostr' quam omnibus receptoribus, auditoribus, et alijs officiar' et ministr' nostris, sufficiens warrant et exoneratio in hac part. Et in super de ampliorigratia nostra damus & per pnsentes concedimus pref. H. W. omnes exitus redditus, reuentiones et ꝓficua, omnium et singulorum premissorum superius expressorum & specificatorum cum pertinentijs, a festo sancti Mich. Archange●i ultimo praeterito, hucusque prouenient sive crescent. Habend eidem H. ex dono nostro absque compoto scu aliquo alio proinde nobis, haered' vel successoribus nostr' quoquo modo reddendo, soluendo, vel ●aciendo. Et ulterius de uberiori gratia nostra volumus, & per pnsentes concedimus praef. H. W. quod habeat & habebit has literas nostras patent sub magno sigillo nostro Angl' debito modo factas et sigillat absque fine seu feodo magno vel parno proinde nobis in hanaperio nostro seu alibi ad usum nostrum reddend', soluendo vel faciendo: Eo qd expressa mentio etc. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The form of a patent for a benefice of lands given by the king in pure alms. REx omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem, Sciatis, quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris, dedimus & concessimus ac ꝑ pnsentes damus & concedimus dilectis nobis in Christo Decano et Canonicis libere Capellae nostrae Regiae sancti Georgij, infra castrum nostrum de Windsor, advocationem & patronatum vicariae ecclesiae de N. in come H. Habend' & tenend' advocationem & patronat vicariae ecclesiae pnd', cum omnibus suis pertin' & appendentijs praefato Decano & Canonicis & success. suis imperpetuum in puram & perpetuam eleemosinam, absque aliquo impedimento, impetitione, perturbatione, molestatione, inquietatione, seu gravamine nostro, seu heredum nostrorum, justiciariorum, eschaetorum, vic', Coron, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum, vel haered' nostrorum quorumcunque absque apporto, firma, compoto, vel ratiocinio, aut alio proficuo quocunque nobis vel haered' nostris inde reddendo, soluendo seu faciendo: statuto de terris & tenemntis ad manum mortuam non ponendis edito, aut aliquo statuto de possessionibus alienigenis facto, edito sive proviso, in contrarium non obstante. Aut eo quod expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, aut de certitudine premissorum seu alicuius eorundem aut de alijs donis sive concessionibus praefatis decano & canonicis, vel predecessoribus suis, per nos vel progenitores nostros ante haec tempora factis in presentibus minime fact' exist. aut aliquo alio statut, actu, ordination̄, siue prouision̄, edito, facto vel provis. aut aliqua re causa, vel materia quacunque in contrarium non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ A Charter of Fee simple with a condition. SCiant presentes etc. quod ego I. W. de O. dedi, concessi, & hac presenti charta mea indentat confirmavi S. W. de eadem, omnia illa terras & tenementa, redditus, seruitia, prata, pascuas, pasturas, cum boscis & sepibus, fossatis, & suis pertinentijs, quae habeo in villa & in campis de H. in comitatu Oxon. Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta terras & tenemnta, redditus, seruitia, prata, pascuas, & pasturas, cum boscis, sepibus, fossis & fossatis, & suis pertinentijs praefat S. W. haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum, de capitalibus domin' feodi illius per seruitia inde debita & de iure consueta, sub forma & conditione subsequenti, videlicet, quod si ego praedictus I. soluam, seu solui faciam, haeredes vel executores mei soluant, aut solui faciant praefato Simon Wilkes, aut eius certo Atturnato, haeredibus vel executoribus suis ad festum Paschae proxim' futurum, in parochiali Ecclesia omnium Sanctorum Oxon, viginti libr' sterlingorum, quod ex●unc presens charta indentata, ac seisina inde deliberata cassa sint & vana, nulliusque valoris, ac tunc bene mihi licebit praefat I. haeredibus & assignatis meis, in omnia illa terras & tenementa, redditus, seruitia, prata, pascuas, pasturas, cum caeteris praenominatis & suis pertinentijs reintrare, reseisire, & ea rehabere, & tenere, ut in statu meo pristino, ac prefat W.S. haered' & assignat suos inde totaliter expellere, pnsenti charta indentata, ac seisina inde liberata ullo modo non obstante, Et si defectus fiat in solutione praedictarum xx. libr' contra formam praedictam, extunc praesens haec charta mea indentata & seisina inde liberata suum ●obur obtineant & effectum, & tunc bene liceat praefato S. W. hered' & assignatis suis ea rehabere, & pacifice gaudere imperpetuum. In cuius reī testimonium uni parri huius chartae indentatae penes me remanen praefatus S. W. sigillum suum apposuit. Alteri vero parti huius chartae indentatae penes prefat S. W. reman', ego praefat I. W. sigillum meum apposui, his testibus. Datum etc. ¶ An other form of a deed of Fee simple, with condition to refeoffe the Morgageor. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum indentatum pervenerit, I. N. de Oxon salutem etc. Cum H. P. de eadem dederit & concesserit per chartam suam feoffamenti, geren̄ datum ultimo die Decembris, ante datum praesentium ultimo praeterito, mihi praef. I. confirmaverit omnia illa terras & tenementa sua, reversiones, prata, pascua, & pasturas, cum boscis, sepibus, fossis & fossatis, & suis pertinentijs quae habuit in villa & in campis de H. in comitatu Oxon. Habendum & tenendum mihi, haeredibus & assignatis meis imperpetuum, prout in eadem charta sua mihi inde confecta plenius continetur. Noveritis me praefatum I. demisisse, concessisse, & hoc presenti scripto meo indentato confirmasse praedicto C. omnia illa praedicta terras, tenementa, redditus, seruitia, prata, pascuas, & pasturas, cum boscis, sepibus, fossis & fossatis, & suis pertinentijs. Habend' sibi, haered', & assignatis suis imperpetuum, sub forma & conditione sequentibus, videlicet, quod si praedictus C. soluat, seu solui faciat, haeredes vel executores sui soluant, aut solui faciant mihi praefato I. atturnato vel executoribus meis, in parochiali Ecclesia omnium Sanctorum in Oxon xx. li. sterlingorum, ad festum Paschae proxim' futuro, quod extunc praesens charta indentata, & seisina inde liberata, suum robur obtineant & effectum. Et si defectus fiat in solutione praedict viginti librarum contra formam praedictam, extunc praesens charta indentata, & seisina inde liberata sint vacua & vana, ac pro nullis habeant, & tunc bene liceat mihi praefato I. haeredibus & assignatis meis, in omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, seruitia, prata, pascua, & pasturas, cum caeteris praenomin●tis & suis pertinentijs reintrare, rehabe●e, & ea reseisire, & reti●ere, ut in statu meo pristino, ac prefat C. hered' & assignat suos inde totaliter expellere, pnsenti charta indentata, aut seisina inde liberata ullo modo non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium etc. una parti huius Indentur etc. But if there be many days of payment, then may ye proceed after this form following. Si praedictus C. soluat, aut solui faciat, haeredes seu executores sui soluant, aut solui faciant, mihi praefato I. atturnato seu executoribus meis in parochiali Ecclesia omnium Sanctorum Oxon̄ viginti libr' sterlingorum in forma subscripta, videlicet, ad festum Paschae proximum futurum post datum praesentium xx. s'. ad festum Nativitatis S. johannis Baptistae tunc prox. sequent xx. s'. & sic de festo in festum, de anno in annum, unum post alium continue sequent, ad quemlibet festorum praedictorum xx. s'. quousque pndictae xx. li plenarié persoluantur, extunc presens charta indentata etc. Et si defectus fiat in aliqua solutione praedictarum viginti librarum in part, vel in toto, contra formam pndictam, extunc etc. (ut in charta praedicta) proviso semper, quod si praedictus C. vel aliquis alius nomine suo allegauerit aliquam acquietantiam seu solutionem dictae pecuniae alibi forisfact', quam in Ecclesia omnium Sanctorum praedict' contra me praefatum I. quod extunc idem C. vult & concedit per praesentes, quod huiusmodi acquietantia in solutione forinseca nullius sit valoris. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The form of a gift of a Manor with an Aduowson appendent thereunto by the King, to a man and his heirs males. REx etc. omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem Sciatis quod nos ex gratia nostra speciali, & in consideratione veri & fidelis seruitij quod dilectus seruiens noster A. B. nobis prestitit, & durant vita sua prestare intendit, dedimus & concessimus, ac ●enore presenti●m damus & concedimus praefato A. manerium nostrum de B. cum suis membris ac pertin' in comitatu nostr' 〈◊〉 necnon Rectoriam de B. in eodem comitatu P. ac Aquocationem Ecclesiae de B. praedict', una cum omnibus & singulis suis glebis decimis, oblationibus, mortuar, porcionibus, pencionibus, & alijs ꝓficuis quibuscunque eidem Rectoriae de B aliquo modo pertin' sive spectantibus. Ac etiam advocationem & patronatum vicariae de B. praedicta, cum suis iuribus & pertinentijs universis: Necnon omnia & singula mesuagia, terras, tenementa, prata, pascuas, pasturas, boscos, subbo●●os, redditus, reversiones, molendina, seruitia, feoda militum, ward ', maritagia, relevia, eschaetas, communias, aquas, stagna, vasta, warrennas, libertates, franches. curias, letas, ac perquisitiones curiae, advocationem & patronatum vicariae de B. praedicta, ac etiam omnes alias advocationes & patronat Ecclesiarum, capellarum, cantuar', ac alia iura & hereditamenta quecunque cum suis pertinentijs universis in B. praedicta, ac alibi ubicunque predicto manerio, rectoriae, vicariae, seu eorum alicui spectant, sive aliquo modo pertinentijs, aut quae v● membra vel parcella eorund' manerij, rectoriae, vicariae, sive eorum alicuius, habita, cognita, sive reputata fuerunt. Quod quidem manerium de B necnon rectoria, vicaria, terra, tennta, & caetera oia & singula pmmissa cum corum pertinentijs inter alia ad manus nostr' devenerunt, ac in manibus nostris iam existunt, ratione cuiusdam finis inter nos & A. B. levat, ꝓut de recordo de termino sanctae Trinitatis, anno regni nostri xxix plene liquet. Habendum & tenendum omnia & singula supradicta manium, mesuagium, terras, tenementa, prata, pascuas, pasturas, boscos, & subboscos, redditus, reversiones, molendina, seruitia, feoda militum, ward ', maritagia, relevia, eschaetas, communias, aquas, stagna, vasta, warrennas, libertates, franches. curias, lotas, perquisitiones curiae, rectoriam, advocationes & patronatus Ecclesiarum, capellarum, cantuarium, & vicariam p̄drct', glebas, decimas, oblationes, obuentiones, mortuaria, portiones, pensi●nes, ac omnia & singula caetera pmmissa cum suis membris & pertinentijs uniunsis uniunsis pfato A.B. & heredibus masculis de corpore suo legitime ꝓcreatis. Tenendum de nobis & hered' nostris in capite, per seruitium quinte partis unius feodi Militis pro omni seruitio, exactione, & demanda quacunque, absque compoto seu ratiocinio, sive aliquo alio nobis, heredibus, & success. nostr', pro eisdem reddendo vel faciendo. Et ulterius ex uberiore gratia nostra dedimus & concessimus, ac tenore presentium damus & concedimus pref. A. B omnes & singulos exitus, redditus, firmas, ꝓficua, & emolumenta manerij, mesuag', terrarum, tenementorum, Rectoriae, & caeterorum praemissorum superius expressorum & specificatorum cum pertinentijs, a festo sanctae Michaelis archangeli ultim pnterito, hucusque preuenient & crescent. Habendum eidem A. ex dono nostro, absque compoto aliquo, vel alio pro eisdem, nobis, he edibus, vel successoribus nostris quoquo modo soluendo, reddendo, exigendo, seu faciendo. Eo quod expressa mentio etc. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A Charter of Fee tail Tripartite. SCiant praesentes ac futuri, quod ego A. B. de Oxon, dedi concessi, & hac presenti charta mea tripartita indentata confirmavi C. B. filio meo, totum illud tenntum meum, una cum horto seu gardino adjacent, & suis pertinentijs quod habeo in tali vico, nempe in parochia divae Mariae de Oxon̄ pndicta, iacens & situatum inter tenementum P. C. ex part Australi, & tenementum W. M. ex part Boreali, cuius unum quidem caput abuttat super pomarium P. C. versus Occidentem, alterum vero caput eiusdem abuttat super vicum praedictum Orientem versus. Habendum & tenendum praedictum tenementum cum horto seu gardino suisque pertinentijs praefato C. B. & haeredibus de corpore eius legitimè procreatis, & pro defectu haeredis de corpor dicti C. legitime procreat; Volo quod praedictum tenementum cum gardino suisquè pertinentijs C. B. filio meo natu minori seu iuniori integre remaneat. Habendum & tenend' illi & haered' de corpor̄ suo legitime procreatis, de capitalibus dnis feodi, Et pro defectu haeredum de corpore ipsius D. legitime procreat, Volo quod praedictum tenementum cum gardino seu horto suisque pertinentijs integre remaneat haeredibus legitimis praedicti C. B imperpetuum. Et ego vero praenominatus A. B. & haered' mei praedictum tenementum cum gardino & suis pertinent praefato C. B. haeredibusque de corpore suo legitime procreatis in forma praemissa, contra omnes gentes warrantizab. & imperpetuum defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium duabus quidem partibus huius chartae meae tripartite indentate penes praefatos C. & D. remanent, Sigillum meum apposui Tertiae vero parti eiusdem chart penes me praefatum A. B. remanent, praedicti C. & D. sigilla sua apposuerunt, his testibus etc. Eodem modo de Chartis quadripartitis, quinquepartitis, & similibus dicendum est. ¶ A form of a Gift in Frankmariage. SCiant tam praesentes quam futuri, me W. H. de W. dedisse & concessisse, ac praesenti charta mea confirmasse I.H. filio meo, & Margaritae uxori eius, filio vero T. N. in liberum Maritagium, unum mesuagium quod habeo etc. Habendum & tenendum predict' &c. praefatis I. & Margaritae uxori suae, & haeredibus de eorum corporibus legitime procreatis, de me, & haeredibus meis imperpetuum. Et ego vero praenominatus W. H. & heredes mei praedictum mesuagium etc. praefatis I. & Margaritae uxori suae, & hered' de eorundem corporibus legitime procreatis, contra omnes gentes warrantizab. ac adversus capitales dominos, caeterosque universos acquietab. & defendemus imperpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium huic praesenti chartae meae sigillum etc. ¶ An other form of a gift in the special tail. OMnibus etc. dedisse & concessisse, ac tenore praesentium dare & concedere A. B. totum dominium etc. Habendum, tenendum, & gaudendum dictum dominium etc. praefato A. B. & heredibus masculis de corpore ipsius A. inter cundem A. B. & dominam Elizabeth ' uxorem eiusdem A. legitimè procreatis & procreandis. Tenendum etc. ¶ An other form of a special tail. PAteat praesentibus & futuris, quod ego H. B. dedi & concessi, ac per praesentes do & concedo charissimis mihi in Christo, Henrico D. & Annae uxori eius manerium illud meum etc. Habendum, tenendum, & fruendum praedictum manerium etc. praefatis H. D & A. uxori suae, ac haeredibus masculis de corporibus eorum inter eos legitimè procreatis etc. ¶ A deed of Fee simple made in exchange of two parts of a Manor, and Aduowson. SCiant praesentes & futuri, me W. S. Militem, dedisse, concessisse, & hac praesenti charta mea indentata confirmasse I. S. Militi, duas partes manerij mei de B. in comitatu de B. cum omnibus nativis meis ac mancipijs & eorum sequela, tam procreata quam procreanda, cum omnibus terris, fundis, & tenementis, redditibus, & seruitijs, tam liberis quam seruilibus, seu nativis, ac cum tribus Molendinis, quorum unum est aquaticum, duo vero ventilia, necnon cum secta multurae, tam liberorum quam nativorum: una cum pratis, pascuis, pasturis, vijs, semitis, ripis, aquis, piscinis, stagn̄, vivarijs, turbarijs, pomarijs, hortis, gardinis, curtilagijs, homagijs, wardis, maritagijs, communijs, boscis, subboscis, warrennis, moris, mariscis, relevijs, eschaetis, curijs, & sectis curiae, cum visu franciplegij, cumque alijs suis iuribus pertinentijs, consuetudinibus, libertatibus, commoditatibus, & emolumentis quibuscunque eidem manerio spectantibus. Dedi insuper & concessi praefato I. S. advocationem Ecclesiae de E. pndicto manerio spectantem, necnon reversioonem tertiae partis praedicti manerij, quam quidem tertiam partem Alicia mater mea tenet ratione ac nomine dotis suae cum acciderit, nempe post discessum eiusdem Aliciae. Habendum & tenendum praedict' duas partes manerij p̄dictī, cum omnibus nativis seu villanis meis etc. una cum aduocatione dictae Ecclesiae, ac reuersione tertie partis praed' manerij cum accideret, praenominato johanni, heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum, in commutationem seu excambium plenamque recompensationem pro manerio suo de H.M. in comit Oxon, quod ego habeo ex dono & feoffamento praef. I. per excambium praedictum, de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per seruitia inde debita & de iure consuera, sub forma & conditione sequenti: videlicet, si pndictum manerium de H. cum suis pertinent, vel aliqua eiusdem parcella imposterum ac deinceps, a me, vel heredibus meis, aut à meis assignatis, justo titulo & ex antiquo tempore motu per legis processum & judicium in curia domini Reg. redditum seu reddendum recuperetur, aut per statutum Stapulae, vel Mercatorem, recognitionem, vel concessionem annuitatis ante haec tempora per possessores dicti manerij de H. fact' seu cognitum oneretur seu extendatur, quod extunc bene liceat mihi praefato W. heredibus & assignatis meis, pndictum manerium de C. cum omnibus nativis meis & eorum sequela etc. una cum aduocatione & reuersione praedict', reseisire, reintrare, & ea rehabere & retinere, ut in statu meo pristino, hac praesenti charta mea indentata, signata, ac inde liberat, tradita, vel ullo modo non obstante. Et ego sane praedictus W. & heredes mei pndictum manerium de C. cum omnibus nativis meis, & eor sequela etc. una cum aduocatione etc. ac reuersione tertiae partis etc. cum acciderit, praefato joh. heredibus & assignatis suis in forma praedicta, contra omnes gentes warrantizab●mus, prestabimus, & imperpetuum defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium etc. uni quidem parti huius chartae meae indentate penes prefat I. C. remanent, sigillum meum apposui, alteri vero parti eiusdem chart etc. ¶ Another form of an Exchange. REx omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem etc. Sciatis quod nos tam in contemplatione boni & sidelis serlitij nobis per dilectum famulum nostrum johannem C. in comitatu nostro Surr̄ generosum, ante haec prestiti & impensi, quam in consideratione ac in plena recompensatione cuiusdam mesuagij cum pertinent vocat W. per dictum I. C. nobis, heredibus, & successoribus nostris imperpetuum nuper dati & venditi: ac etiam in consideratione centum librarum legalis monetae Angliae, nobis & ad usum nostrum per ipsum I.C. heredes, executores, vel administratores suos solutarum & soluendarum, de gratia nostra speciali etc. dedimus & concessimus &c. manerium nostrum de N. etc. ¶ A Charter for term of life of a mesuage, without impeachment of waist. SCiant presentes & futuri, quod ego W.H. de Waltam etc. dedi & concessi &c. Richardo L. unum mesuagium cum curtilagio adiacente, & tribus acris terre, & uno crofto adiacente, nimirum in terras etc. Habendum predictum mesuagium cum curtilagio etc. prefat R. ad terminum vitae suae, de me & heredibus meis, absque impetitione vasti: reddend' inde annuatim mihi & heredibus meis, unam rosam rubeam (si tamen petatur) ad festum Sancti johannis Baptistae etc. & faciend' sectam Curiae meae de W. de mense in mensem, pro omnibus alijs seruitijs, exactionibus, & demandis, toties quoties dicta curia mea teneri contigerit. Et post decessum predicti R. tunc praedictum mesuagium cum curtilagio etc. mihi praefato W. hered' & assignatis meis imperpetuum revertatur absque impetitione vasti. Et ego vero prefat W. & heredes mei predictum mesuagium cum curtilagio etc. prefato R. ad terminum vitae suae per seruitia superius dicta & expressa, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, tuebimur, & defendemus per pnsentes. In cuius rei testimonium uni parti huius pnsentis chartae meae, sigillum etc. alteri vero parti etc. ¶ A grant for term of life of Manors with the appurtenances to a spiritual person, with a dispensation of the statute made xxj. Henry the viii. REx omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem. Sciatis quod nos etc. Roberto F. clerico, maneria, dominia, & tenemnta nostra de N. etc. ac omnia & singula edificia, domus, gardina, terras, tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, subboscos, ac redditus & seruitia, omnium & singulorum tenenc', tam liberorum quam nativorum, ac tenentium per copias Rotulorum curiae & ceterorum tenentium customariorum, & tenentium ad terminum vite, vel ad terminos annorum, ac omnes et singulos redditus & firmas super quibuscunque dimissionibus, concessionibus, sive traditionibus de premissis, vel eorum aliquo factis quovismodo reseruatis. Et insuper, reversiones, feoda militum, ward as, maritagia, curias, letas visus franciplegij, & omnia ea que ad visum francipleg. pertinent, fines, amerciamenta, exitus, proficua, warrennas, aquas, piscarias, libertates, franchesias, commoditates, emolumenta, hereditamenta nostra quecunque cum suis pertinen' dict' manerijs, dominiis, & tenntis de N. etc. & eorum cuilibet, sive eorum alicui pertinen' siue spectant, sive parcella aut parcelle eorundem aut eorum alicuius existent aut fore reputat. Et ulterius etc. Rectoriam nostram ecclesiae parochialis de. N. etc. Habendum & tenendum omnia & singula praedict' maneria etc. prefato R. & assignatis suis, pro termino & ad terminum vite ipsius Roberti. Tenendum de nobis haeredibus & successoribus nostris per fidelitatem et redditum xl. librarum etc. pro omnibus seruitijs, redditibus, & demandis quibuscunque etc. Ac insuper de gratia nostra predicta volumus & per presentes pro nobis, heredibus et successoribus nostris licentiam, facultatemque specialem prefato R. damus et concedimus, quod idem R. et assignati eius, omnia et singula predicta maneria, mesuagia, terras, tenementa, prata, pascuas, pasturas, boscos, subboscos redditus, reversiones, seruitia, & cetera premissa cum suis pertin', virtute et virgore harum literar̄ patenc' habere, gaudere, tenere posset et valeat, pro termino vite ipsius R. erga nos, heredes & successores nostros: Quodam Statuto in anno vicesimo primo regni nostri edito spiritualibus seu ecclesiasticis personis concernente atque spectant, per quod quidem statutum ordinatum & stabilitum existit inter alta, quod nulla spiritual' seu ecclesiastica persona secularis vel regularis cuiuscunque gradus existit, deinceps ad firmam recipere possit sibi vel alicui person vel aliquibus personis ad eius usum, & dimissione seu concessione nostra, aut alicuius sive aliquarum aliarum personarum per literas patentes, Indenturas, scripta, verba, vel quocunque alio modo, aliqua maneria, terras, tenementa, seu alia hereditamenta ad terminum vitae, annorum vel ad voluntatem, sub pena in eodem actu expressa, non obstante. Ac quod idem R. & assignati sui omnia & singula maneria praedicta, fundos, terras, tenementa, ceteraque premissa universa, habere, tenere, & occupare possit & valeat pro te●mino vitae ipsius R. absque aliquibus primis fructibus pro premissis seu aliqua inde parcella nobis, heredibus vel successoribus nostris pro eisdem reddend' seu faciend': aliquo statuto, ordinatione, sive proviso, seu aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque in contrarium huius edit' seu provis. non obstante etc. ¶ Hereafter ensueth divers forms and manners of Leases. ¶ The form of a lease by Indenture of a tenement in London or elsewhere. THis Indenture made the 25. day of April, in the xxxv. year of our Sovereign Lord King Henry the eight, Between W. P. Citizen & Goldsmith of London, Master of the the Guild or fraternity of Saint N. founded within the parish Church of S. N. R. A. and R. C. citizens and Merchant Tailors of London, Wardens of the said Guild or fraternity on the one party, and R. S. of London Esquire on the other party. Witnesseth, that the said Master & Wardens for them & their successors, with the assent, will and consent of all the brethren & sisters of the said fraternity or guild, have granted, demised, and to farm let to the said R. S. by these presents, all that their mesuage or tenement and garden thereunto adjoining, with sellers, solers, & all other apputenances there to belonging called A. B. set and being in Fleetstreet aforesaid, in the parish of etc. that is to wit, between the tenement pertaining to the Dean and Canons of the King's chapel of S. within the palace of etc. now in the holding of I.C. on the east part, and a tenement pertaining to the said fraternity, now in the tenure of T.W. on the west part, and the gardens pertaining to the craft or mystery of Goldsmiths of London in the north part, and the tenements pertaining to the said fraternity, wherein I. D. Waxchandlor and I. F. gentleman now dwell on the south part. To have and to hold the said mesuage or tenement, & other the premises above let with thappurtenances to the said R. S. his executors and assigns, from the feast of the Annunciation of our blessed Lady the virgin last passed, before the date hereof, unto the end and term of thirty years then next ensuing, and fully to be complete. Yielding and paying thereof yearly during the said term, to the said Master and Wardens, and to their successors or assigns, iiij l. of good and lawful money of England, at four terms of the year: that is to say, at the feast of the Nativity of Saint I. Baptist: Saint Machael th'archangel: the Nativity of our Lord God: at the Annunciation of our Lady the virgin, by even portions. And if it happen the said yearly rend of iiij. pounds to be behind unpayed, in part or in all, by the space of one month next after any of the said feasts of payment, at the which it ought to be paid: that then it shall be lawful to the said Master and Wardens, and their successors into the said mesuage or tenement, and other the premises above let with thappurtenances, and every parcel thereof to enter and distrain, & the distresses so there taken lawfully, to bear, lead, drive, and carry away, and the same to withhold and keep, until they of the said yearly rent, and every parcel thereof, with the arrearages of the same if any be, unto them be fully contented, satisfied, and paid. And the said R. S. for him, his executors, and assigns, covenanteth and granteth, to and with the said Masters and Wardens & their successors by these presents, that he the same R. S. his executors and assigns, at his and their proper costs and charges, the said mesuage or tenement, and other the premises above let with thappurtenances, with the pavements and wydraughts of the same, in and by all things well and sufficiently shall repair, sustain, maintain, scour, and cleanse, as often as need shall require, during the said term, and the same so repaired, scoured, & cleansed, and all glass windows, iron, doors, locks, and keys, (as it is thereof and therewith now fully furnished and garnished) at the end of the same term shall leave and yield up. And it shall be lawful to the said Master & Wardens and their successors, at all times during the said term at their liberty and pleasure, to come and enter into the said mesuage or tenement, and other the premises above let with thappurtenances, and every parcel thereof, there to view and search what reparations shall be needful to be made and done: and upon such view and search had, the said R. S. for him, his executors and assigns, conenanteth and granteth, to and with the said Master and Wardens and their successors, by these presents, that the same R. his executors and assigns, at his and their proper costs and charges, shall during the said term, within one quarter of a year next after motion and knowledge to him or them given by the said Master and Wardens, or their successors, well and sufficiently from time to time repair and amend all such defaults and lacks of reparations, as there shall happen to be found. And that the same R. his executors and assigns, during the said term, shall peaceably and quietly permit and suffer the said T. W. and all other tenants of the said fraternity dwelling there about, to have, use, and enjoy all such lights, penthouses, and other easements, as now be and appertain to their several tenements or mansions, without any stopping, darkening, impairing, or breaking, hurting or diminishing, and without let, interruption, or disturbance of the same R. his executors or assigns, or of any other person or persons by his or their commandment or procurement. And it shall not be lawful to the said R S. his executors nor assigns to bargain, grant, alien, let, or set his lease, interest, or term, of and in the said mesuage and other the premises above let, nor any parcel thereof to any person or persons during the said term, but only at will from year to year without the consent & agreement of the said Master and Wardens, or their successors first had and obtained in writing, under the common seal of the said fraternity. And the said Master and Wardens for them & their successors, covenant and grant, to and with the said R. S. his executors and assigns by these presents, that the same Master & Wardens, and their successors, at their proper costs and charges shall bear and pay all manner quite rends, if any such be due, or to be due, and going out, of, and for the said mesuage and tenement and other the premises above let, during the said term, and therefore shall acquit, discharge, and save harmless the said R. S. his executors & assigns, during the said term by these presents. And the said Master and Wardens for them and their successors covenant & grant, to and with the said R. S. by these presents, that if the same R. his executors and assigns well and truly keep, perform and fulfil, all and every the covenants, grants, agreements, articles, & payments above rehearsed, which on his or their part are to be holden, performed, fulfilled and kept, than an obligation of the date hereof, wherein the said R. S. standeth and is bound to the said Master & wardens, and their successors in the sum of xl. pounds sterling, shall be void and of none effect. In witness whereof to the one part of this Indenture remaining with the said Master and Wardens, & their successors, the said Richard Simon hath put his seal, and to the other part of the same Indenture remaining with the same R. the said Master & wardens have put their common seal of the said Fraternity. Given the day and year above written. ¶ A copy of a Lease made by a Parson of a parish Church of his Parsonage. THis Indenture made the xx. day of March, in the etc. Between I. C. Deane of the College 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 party, and T. B. Gentleman of the other party. Witnesseth that the said I C Parson of the parish aforesaid, hath demised, granted, and by these presents, for him and his successors parsons of the same parish church, demiseth, granteth, & to farm letteth unto 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, barns, stables, and other edifices thereunto in any manner wise appertaining or belonging, together with all glebe lands, and all other lands, tenements, rents, reversions, services, tithes, portions, annuities, free chapels, oblations, offerings, fruits, obuentions, emoluments, commodities, profits, casualties, and advantages to the said parish Church and parsonage, and either of them, or to the said I. C. by reason thereof, in any manner wise appertaining or belonging: Except & reserved unto the said I. C. & his successors parsons there, during & for such time only as the same I. C. or his successors parsons there shall be parsonally resident & abiding on the said parsonage, these parcels of the premises hereafter following that is to say, the hall, a great chamber over the same hall, the buttery, the larder, the kitchen, with all chambers over the same kitchen, buttery, & larder, together with a stable parcel of the premises. To have and to hold all the said parish church and parsonage, and all other the premises with all and singular their appurtenances above let (except in manner and form before excepted) unto the said T. B. his executors and assigns, from the feast of the Annunciation of our Lady saint Mary next coming, after the date of these present Indentures, unto the end and term of xxi. years, than next & immediately following, and fully from henceforth to be complete & ended. Yielding and paying therefore yearly during the said term of xxi. years, unto the said I. C. and to his successors Parsons of the said Church, one yearly rend of lxxx. li. of good and lawful money of England, to be paid yearly at two terms in the year, that is to say, at the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of our Lady Saint Marie, by even portions, or within twenty days next and immediately ensuing either of the same feasts, which said yearly rend of lxxx. two. the said T. B. covenanteth & granteth by these presents, to and with the said I. C. truly to content and pay yearly unto the said I. C. at the dwelling house of the said I. C. at saint S. aforesaid, at the feasts and days of payment aforesaid, or within the space of xx. days next and immediately ensuing the same feasts and days of payment, for, and by all such time as the said I. C. shall continue and be Parson of the said Church of G. And the said I.C. and his successors Parsons of the said Church of G. covenanteth and granteth, to and with the said T. B. his executors and assigns by these presents, that he the said I. C. and his successors Parsons of the said Church of G. at his and their costs, charges, & expenses, shall from time to time, as often as need shall require, during the said term of xxi. years well and sufficiently maintain, repair, make and amend aswell the Chancel of the said Church, and all other things thereunto belonging, as the said mansion houses, stables, barns, & other edifices, the repairing of thacthing, and daubing of them only except, which thatching, & daubing the said T. B. his executors & assigns at their proper costs and charges shall repair, make & amend during the said term. And also the said I. C. for him and his successors parsons of the said Church of G. at their proper costs, charges & expenses, shall bear and pay all manner, dimes, subsidies, grants, sums of money, and other charges whatsoever they be, as well now granted, as hereafter to be granted our Sovereign Lord the King, his heirs and successors, as all other ordinary charges to any other person or persons, due or to be due, & now going out of the said parish Church, & parsonage, or of any other the premises: or wherewith the premises or any part thereof be or may be charged. And that the said I. C. and his successors parsons there, shall thereof, and of every part thereof clearly acquire, discharge, save, and keep harmless the said T. B. his executors & assigns during the said term, except process and sinages of the premises before let, which the said T. B. for him his executors and assigns promiseth and granteth to bear and pay during the said term. And the said T B covenanteth & granteth to and with the said I. C. and his successors parsons there by these presents, that he the said T. his executors & assigns, at their proper costs and charges during the term, shall find an, able and sufficient P●iest to serve and keep the Cure at N. being a member or chapel of the said parsonage, to sing & say divine Service daily, & there to minister divine Sacraments & Sacramentals to the parishioners there inhabiting, during the term' aforesaid. And also it is agreed between the said parties, that the same T. B. nor his executors ne assigns, shall not sell, give ne grant, during the said term, any part of the woods belonging to the said parsonage, ne cut down any part thereof, but only for the necessary housbote, hedgebote, plowbote, and firebote, to be spent only in, upon, and about the premises. And if it fortune the said yearly rend of lxxx li or any part thereof to be behind and not paid by the space of vj. months next after any of the said feasts or days of payment, in which it ought to be paid in manner and form aforesaid, that then it shall be lawful to the said I. & his successors parsons there into the said church and parsonage, and into all and singular other the premises, with their appurtenances above let, wholly to re-enter, & thereof the said T. his executors and assigns utterly to expel & put out, and the same to have and repossess again as in their former estate, this Indenture or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding In witness whereof the parties aforesaid to these present Indentures interchangeably have set to their Scales, the day, month, and year above written. ¶ Ye shall note, that if any fine or portion of money be paid on the behalf of the farmer, for the obtaining of the Lease, than it were not amiss to express the same in the Lease after this sort. THis Indenture made the &c. between A. B. etc. on the one part, and C. D. on the other part, witnesseth, that the said A. B. for a certain sum of money to him by the said C. D. in hand contented and paid, whereof the said A. B. knowledgeth himself to be fully satisfied, contented & paid, and the said C. D. his heirs, executors and assigns thereof to be acquitted and discharged for ever by these presents, hath demised, granted and to farm let etc. ¶ The form of a Lease made by a Dean and Chapter of a Parsonage appropriate. THis Indenture made between B. F. Deane of the college of M. in the county of S. and the Chapter of the same College on the one party, and N. L. of A. in the same county of S. Esquire on the other party. Witnesseth, that the said Deane and Chapter with whole mind, voice, and assent, have granted and to farm let to the said N. his heirs and assigns their Parsonage of A. aforesaid, with all their lay fee, lands, & other the appurtenances to the same belonging within the said parish of A. and C. (the Aduowson of the vicarage, wards, marriages, hariots, reliefs, woods, & underwoodes, to the said Deane and Chapter, always except and reserved.) To have and to hold all the premises (except before excepted) to the said N. his heirs, executors, or assigns, from the feast of Christmas last passed before the dare of this Indenture, to the end & term of xxj. years next ensuing. Yielding & paying yearly therefore ix. li. of good & lawful money of England, by even portions: that is to say, at the feast of the Nativity of S. I. Baptist, & Christmas. And the said Deane & Chapter shall pay & discharge the said N. his executors, heirs, & assigns to the king our Sovereign Lord of all manner dimes or other duties due, granted, or hereafter to be granted, during the said term. And also the said Deane & Chapter shall maintain, sustain & keep all manner of reparations necessary for the mansion house of the said parsonage, & every parcel thereof, and also the Chancel, and of the said Church of A. as much as shall belong to the charge of the said Deane & Chapter, all times when need shall require during the said term. And the said Dean & chapter grant by these presents, that the said N. his heirs, & assigns shall have yearly during the said term, necessary firebot, hedgebote, housebote, carbote, & ploughbote, for the said house & lands, to be taken within the grounds belonging to the foresaid parsonage without streap or waste, during the said term. And the foresaid N. covenanteth & granteth by these presents, that he nor any other for him shall pay any manner of tithes, nor otherwise, to the vicar of A. for the said Deane & Chapter, other than of old custom hath wont to be 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 yearly farm, or any parcel thereof, to be behind unpaid by the space of one month next ensuing any of the said feasts before limited: That then it shall be lawful to the said Deane & Chapter, & to their successors & their assigns in their parsonage, and every parcel thereof, to enter & to distrain, and the distresses so taken to retain till such time as the foresaid rent or yearly farm be fully to them satisfied, contented and paid. And the said N. covenanteth and agreeth, that if it happen the said rend or yearly farm to be behind unpaid, or any parcel thereof, by the space of 3. months' next ensuing any of the said feasts, That then it shall be lawful to the foresaid Deane & Chapter, and to their successors into their said parsonage, & every parcel thereof to re-enter and to distrain the said N. his heirs, executors, and assigns, and them thereof to put out and amove, this Indenture in any wise notwithstanding. And also the said N. covenanteth by these presents, that the mansion house of the said parsonage, shall yearly during the said term be inhabited and household kept in it, & that the corn and grain that groweth yearly in the lands of the said parsonage, shall be laid in the barns, and housing of the said parsonage. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid interchangebly have put to their seals the day, month, and year abovesaid. ¶ The form of a Lease of Grain, which the farmer ought to pay to his lessor, with a clause of defeasance of the whole Lease for lack of payment of the rent. HEc Indentura facta inter Dominum Regem ex una part, & I. C. Militem ex altera part, Testatur, quod idem dominus Rex per advisamentum consilij curiae Augmentationis reventionum Coronae suae tradidit, concessit, & ad firmam dimisit praefato I.C. omnia illa ducenta quarteria hordei, & quadraginta quarteria frumenti boni & suavis 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 sive annualis firm eiusd' rectoriae dicto dno Regi annuatim reddere & deliberare debent seu debet. Habendum, gaudendum, & annuatim percipiend' hordeum & frumentum pnd' praef. I. C. & assignatis suis, à festo Sancti Marci Evangelist, ultimo preterito, usque ad finem termini & per terminum viginti & unius annorum extunc proxim' sequentium & plenary complendorun. Reddendo inde annuatim dicto dno Regi heredibus & successoribus suis xl. li. xiii. s'. iiij. d '. legalis monetae Angliae, viz. pro praed' CC. quarterijs hordei thirty. li. & pro pndictis xl. quarterijs frumenti x. li. xiii. s'. iiij. d'. ad festa S. Marci Euang', & sanctae Katherinae in hyeme, vel infra unum mensem post utrumque festum festorum illor̄ ad curiam predict', ꝑ aequales portiones soluendas durant termin̄ pndicto. Proviso semper quod si contigerit predict' redditum aretto fore insolutum per spacium unius 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 etc. ¶ A like form in English. THis Indenture made between A. B. of London gentleman on the one party, and C. D. of N. in the county of N. yeoman on the other party. Witnesseth, that the said A. B. hath granted demised, and to farm let to the foresaid C. D. all those one hundred quarters of Wheat, and CC. quarters of Barley, of good and sweet grain, which the farmor or farmers of the parsonage of N. in the County of N. ought yearly to pay and deliver to the said A. B. for and by the name of rent, or yearly farm of the said parsonage. To have, enjoy, and yearly to receive the Wheat & Barley aforesaid, to the said C. D. and his assigns, from the feast of saint M. etc. Yielding and paying therefore yearly to the said A. B. his executors and assigns lx. li. etc. Provided always, that if it chance the said yearly rend of lx. li. to be behind unpaid by the space of one month after any day of payment of the same before expressed and specified, if it be in due manner demanded, than this present lease immediately to cease, and stand void, and of no force ne virtue: any thing in this present Indenture to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid etc. ¶ The form of a very perfect Lease of sundry Lordships, with divers clauses of covenants. THis Indenture made the last day of April, in the xxxiiij. year of the reign of our most dread Sovereign Lord Henry the viii. by the grace of God, king of England, France, & Ireland, defender of the faith, and in earth under Christ of the Church of England & Ireland the supreme head, Between Master I.P. doctor of the Civil Law, Deane of the College etc. and the Canons of the same College 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 & mutual assent, consent, will, and agreement, have demised, granted, & to farm let unto the said A. their mansion or dwelling place of their manor or Lordship of T. aforesaid in the said County of B. late called the Priory of T. with all the scite and circuit of the same mansion, and all houses, buildings, yards, closes, orchards, gardens, ponds, and stews, contained within the same scite or circuit, together with all the demean lands, leisures, meadows, and pastures, with all and singular thappurtenances to the said mansion or dwelling place, manor, or Lordship, or to any part or parcel of them, or to any of them belonging, or in any wise appertaining. And also all & singular their lands, tenements, meadows, leisures, pastures, commons, fishings, with all other easements, profits, and commodities, and all other their hereditaments whatsoever they be, set, lying or being within the Town and fields of T. aforesaid. And also all those their two Milles called etc. with all and singular their appurtenances, profits, and commodities, and with all other their messages, lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, commons, easements, profits, & commodities, with all and singular rents, reversions, remainders, and services of all the tenants, aswell freeholders as tenants for years, or from year to year, copiholders, tenants at will, or otherwise, set, lying, or being, to be perceived or taken within the towns, parishes, or fields of S. Nicholas P. etc. late belonging & appertaining to the said late Priory of T. aforesaid, with all & singular their appurtenances, and all that their manor or Lordship of T. with all the demeans of the same. And all & singular their other messages etc. and other hereditaments whatsoever they be, set, lying, or being in C. aforesaid, and all & singular reversions, remainders, and services, of all the tenants, aswell of all the freeholders, tenants for years, or from year to year, as copyholders, tenants at will to the said manor or Lordship of C. belonging or appertaining, or which be in any wise to be perceived, received, & taken out of any lands, tenements, meadows, leisures, pastures, or other hereditaments whatsoever they be, set, lying, or being in C. aforesaid. And also of all manner of such glebe lands & tenements, tithes, oblations, fruits, profits, & commodities whatsoever they be, to the Churches & Parsonages of N. C. and L. or to any of them now belonging, or in any wise appertaining, or which at any time heretofore have of right appertained or belonged to them, or to any of them. And also all and singular pensions and portions in L. W. etc. with all rights, profits, and commodities, aswell spiritual as temporal, together with all woods, underwoods', warrens, and other liberties whatsoever they be, to the said manors and Lordships of T. and C. or to either of them belonging, or in any wise appertaining, or that be set, lying or being in the towns and fields of T. and C. aforesaid, or in, or upon any of the premises: Except and always reserved unto the said Deane and Canons, and to their successors, all such rents and f●●ites, pensions and portions, which be contained in a Schedule indented thereof made, and to this Indenture annexed, amounting to the yearly value of xx. li. sterling. And also except & reserved unto the said Dean etc. all & singular felons goods, wards, marriages, escheats, hariots, advowsons, & patronages of Churches in any wise to the said Lordships belonging. To have, hold, occupy, & peaceably to possess and enjoy the said scite, manors, or Lordships, and all & singular the premises with their appurtenances (except before excepted) unto the said A. D. to his executors and assigns, from the feast of S. Michael the Archangel next and immediately following the date hereof, unto the end and term of fifty years then next ensuing, & fully to be complete & ended, in as ample and large manner & form, & as much for his commodity and profit, as ever any being Prior of T aforesaid, or any other farmer, occupier, or possessor of the same, have at any time heretofore occupied, possessed, or enjoyed the premises, or any part or parcel thereof. Yielding & paying therefore yearly unto the said Deane & Canons, and to their successors lxxx. li. of good and lawful money of England, at two terms of the year, that is to say, at the feast of Thannunciation of our blessed Lady, & Saint Michael the Archangel by even portions. And the said A. covenanteth & granteth by these presents, that he the said A. his executors & assigns, shall at his or their proper costs & charges, well & sufficiently repair, sustain, maintain, & uphold the said manor place, and all other houses, barns, and stables, now there being, and to the same belonging, during the said term. And also shall repair, uphold and maintain, well and sufficiently all manner of tenements, buildings, & edifications of tenements now builded, or hereafter to be builded to the said manors of T. and C. or to either of them belonging or appertaining, at his proper costs and charges, during the said term, and also shall well & sufficiently keep, scour, & repair all manner of hedges, ditches, & muddes, of and in the said lands of the said manors, and other the premises, during the said term, and so being well and sufficiently repaired in the end of the said term, shall leave & yield up. And the said Deane and Canons covenanten and granten for them and their successors, to and with the said A. his executors and assigns, to bear and maintain all manner reparations of Chancels of all such Churches as belong to any of the said manors, or that be now, or that hereafter shallbe scituat, edified, or builded in any of the said Towns, villages, or hamlets before mentioned, or upon any of the said lands, tenements, or other the premises. And also to discharge the said A. D. his executors and assigns, 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 januarie, Anno Dom. MDL. as in the same composition more plainly is declared. And also the said A. covenanteth and granteth for him, his executors & assigns, to and with the said Deane etc. to acquit and discharge the said Deane etc. of and for all manner of quite rents, & other charges whatsoever they be, due or accustomed to be paid out of the said manors or Lordships, or out of either of them, or other the premises, or any parcel thereof, to our sovereign Lord the king, the chief Lord of the fee or fees, or to any other person or persons whatsoever they be, during the said term, having their commencement, beginning and being before the date of these presents, the tenth or tenths out of any of the premises due unto our Sovereign Lord the king only excepted, which the said Deane and Canons, and their successors shall bear and pay. And moreover the said Deane etc. by these presents do licence & authorize the said A. and also doth covenant and grant unto him, his executors or assigns, that he the said A. his executors or assigns, by his or their sufficient deputy or deputies, shall keep the Court & Leetes within the said manors or Lordships, or within either of them, in the name of the said Deane etc. when and as often as it shall seem good unto the said A. his executors or assigns, without fee or other allowance demanding for the same, during the said term. And also the said A covenanteth &c. to levy, gather, & receive to the use of the said Deane and Canons, and their successors, all such rents as be excepted and reserved out of this Indenture, and mentioned in the said schedule indented, hereunto annexed, at such time as they shall be by the law recovered, or by any other way or means sufficiently or lawfully tried and proved against the said tenants or deteinors and withholders of the said rents and duties to be payable unto the said Deane and Canons, if the said A. D may obtain or get any of the said rents or duties, without costs and charges in the law to be had or made by the said A. for the same, and for the collection thereof to demand no fee or other allowance of the said Deane and Canons, upon his account thereof to be made before the Auditors of the said Deane & Canons, and their successors during the said term. Also the said A. covenanteth and granteth for him &c. to make payment, at and within the said College of the said yearly rend of lxxx. pounds, equally at the terms of payment before specified, to the hands of the treasurers of the said College, at his own proper costs & charges, without allowance taking for the same, during the said term. And the said Deane & Canons, for them & their successors, do covenant and grant by these presents, that the acquittances made, sealed & signed by the treasurers of the said College, or by either of them, to the said A. or to his executors, or his assigns, for the payment of the same yearly rent, or any part or parcel thereof, in manner and form before mentioned, shall be a good, sure, and sufficient warrant and discharge unto the said A. his executors and assigns, and to his or their deputy or deputies, for the payment thereof. And if it happen that the said yearly rent of lxxx. li. be behind unpaid in part, or in all, after any feast of payment before specified, by the space of ten weeks: that then it shall be lawful to the said Deane etc. in the said Manors and Lordships, and into all and singular the premises with their appurtenances to enter, & to distrain: & the distress there so taken, to drive, lead, & carry away, & them to withhold and keep, until the said yearly rend & every part thereof with tharrearages, if any be, unto the said Deane etc. be fully satisfied, contented, & paid. And if it happen the said yearly rend of lxxx. li. to be behind unpaid, in part or in all, after any of the feasts of payment before mentioned, by the space of three months: that then it shallbe lawful unto the said Deane & Canons, & to their successors, into all & singular the premises, & their appurtenances, & in every parcel thereof, to re-enter, & them to have again, & repossess, as in their former state, and the said A. his executors & assigns from thence utterly to expel and amove for evermore: This Indenture, or any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. And the said Deane & Canons covenanten & granten for them & their successors, to & with the said A. his executors or assigns, that if the said A. his executors or assigns shall happen at any time hereafter to be evicted or dispossessed of any of the premises, or any part or parcel thereof, without covin or fraud on the part of the said A. his executors etc. that then the said rend of lxxx. li. sterling shallbe apportioned & diminished accordingly, & after such rate & portion, as the quality and value of the said lands and tenements, rents, hereditaments, and other duties, parcel of the premises so evicted or taken from the possession or occupation of the said A. his executors or assigns shall amount or arise unto: And that it shall be lawful unto the said A. his executors or assigns to defaulk so much of his rent at every of the said payments: This Indenture etc. notwithstanding. Also furthermore the said Deane and Canons, covenanten and graunten for them &c. to do, cause, & suffer to be done, all and singular such thing and things, act & acts, as shall be at any time or times hereafter devised or advised by the counsel learned of the said A. D. his executors or assigns, by what ways or means soever it be, for the further assurance and full perfect surety of all and singular the premises, and every part and parcel thereof, if this grant and lease be not lawful, perfect, and sufficient, to be had and made unto the said A. D. his executors or assigns, for all the whole term and interest above specified, or for any part or parcel thereof, in manner and form aforesaid, upon convenient notice & request thereof given & made unto the said Deane & Canons, or to any of their successors, by the said A. his executors or assigns, at the costs in the law of the said A. his executors or assigns. And the said A. covenanteth & granteth, to and with the said Deane etc. to find house, lodging, meat, stable, hay and provender for the horses of the said Deane & Canons, & other coming with him or them in progress, once in the year, by the space of two days, and two nights, the said Deane and Canons and their successors, paying reasonably for only meat and drink so provided, during the term aforesaid. And further the said A. covenanteth & granteth for him etc. that he his executors and assigns, shall at the end and term of every xii. years, (during the said term) deliver, or cause to be delivered unto the said Deane etc. the Court Rolls, well and truly engrossed in parchment at his & their costs and charges of such courts as shall be kept in the said manors of T and C. during any of the said xii. years. And also at the end of every such xii. years, he the said A. his executors or assigns, shall (as near as they can) deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said Deane etc. in manner before rehearsed, a true Terrar of all the lands & tenements, rents and services, being parcel, or any wise appertaining to the said manors. And the said Deane & Canons covenanten and graunten for them etc. that they shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said A. etc. at such times as they shall be thereunto required, one or two of their most true terrars, whereby the said A. his executors or assigns may the better come to knowledge of all the said lands, tenements, rents, and services, appertaining to the said manors. And the said Deane and Canons, and their successors, all the said manors or Lordships, and all other the premises before let, with all and singular their appurtenances (except before excepted) unto the said A. his executors and assigns, for the said yearly rent, in manner and form before declared, against all people shall warrant and defend during the said term, by these presents. And also where the said A. standeth bounden unto the said Deane & Canons, and their successors, by their deed obligatory, (bearing date of these presents) in the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, the said Deane and Canons covenanten & graunten for them and their successors, to and with the said A. his executors, administrators, or assigns, that if the said A. his executors, administrators, or assigns, do well & truly observe, perform, fulfil, and keep all & singular such covenants, grants, promises, articles, and agreements, comprised in this Indenture, which on the one part and behalf of the said A. his executors, administrators, or assigns, aught to be observed, 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 virtue. In witness whereof, to the one part of these Indentures with the said A. remaining, the said Master, Deane, and Canons have set their common Seal, and to the other part of these Indentures with the said Master, Deane, and Canons remaining, the said A. hath set his seal. Given the day & year above written. ¶ The form of a lease of a Brewhouse, or such like thing. THis Indenture made etc. Between 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, granted, and to farm let to the foresaid C. D. all that his Brewhouse, with all and singular the appurtenances called N. set, lying, and being in F. in the parish of etc. between the tenement pertaining to our sovereign Lord the king, now in the holding of I.K. on the east part, and a tenement pertaining &c. on the north part etc. together with all manner vessels and utensils to the said Brewhouse belonging, or in any manner wise appertaining: that is to say, two horse Mils price x. s. two great leads price etc. one mashfat price etc. ten barrels price &c. (and so forth of the rest: Else ye may say thus) together with all manner vessels and utensils contained in a certain schedule to these present Indentures annexed. To have and to etc. And the said C.D. covenanteth and granteth etc. that the said C. his executors and assigns shall well, truly, and sufficiently maintain, repair, & sustain the said brewhouse, vessels, and utensils etc. during the said term. Provided always, that if any of the said vessels or utensils shall need (during the term aforesaid) for default of oldness to be renewed, that then the said A. B. his executors or assigns shall of his and their proper costs & charges, renew all and every such vessels & utensels so to be renewed, as oft as need shall require, during the said term: So that the same be not broken or destroyed by the default or negligence of the said C. D. or of his servants. And the said A. B. and his heirs, the said Brewhouse with the appurtenances, and all other the premises before let, unto the foresaid C. his exetutors and assigns for the said yearly rend, in manner and form before specified, against all people shall warrant and defend, until the end of the said term, by these presents. In witness etc. ¶ An other Lease. THis Indenture made etc. Between 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 granted, demised, betaken, and let to farm, and by this Indenture doth grant, demise, betake, and to farm let, unto the said H. all that his manor place called Morton hall, with all lands, tenements, dovehouses, barns, stables, orchards, gardens, ponds, & waters, with thappurtenances to the said manor belonging or appertaining, set, lying, & being in the parish of Hornechurch aforesaid. To have and to hold the foresaid manor, lands, tenements, dovehouses, barns, stables, orchards, gardens, ponds, & waters, & other the premises with the appurtenances to the said H. to his executors & assigns, from the feast of S. Michael next following, after the date of this Indenture, unto the end and term of xx. years from thence next ensuing, and fully to be complete and ended. Yielding and paying therefore yearly during the said term, to the said I. his heirs or assigns xx. pounds of good and lawful money of England, at four terms of the year: that is to say, at the feast of the Nativity of etc. by even portions. And if it shall happen the said yearly rent of xx. li. to be behind unpaid, in part or in all, over or after any term of payment thereof aforesaid, in which it ought to be paid, by the space of 6. weeks, and lawfully asked: That then it shall be lawful to the said I. to his heirs & assigns, into the said manors, lands, tenements, & all other the premises, with thappurtenances, to enter & distrain, & the distresses there so taken lawfully to bear, lead, drive, and carry away, and them to retain until the said yearly rend and tharrearages of the same (if any be) to them be fully contented and paid. And if it shall happen, the said yearly rend of xx. li. to be behind unpaid, in part, or in all, over or after any term of payment thereof aforesaid, in which it ought to be paid, by the space of a quarter of a year and lawfully asked, and no sufficient distress then there can be found: That then and at all times after, it shall be lawful to the said I. to his heirs and assigns, into all the said manor, lands, tenements, and other the premises with thappurtenances, wholly to re-enter, & the same to have again, retain, and repossess, as in their former estate. And the said H.R. his executors and assigns thereof utterly to expel, put out, and avoid: this Indenture or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. And the said 1 covenanteth & granteth by this Indenture, that he or his heirs, the said manor, lands, tenements, & other the premises with thappurtenances, meet & sufficiently shall repair, sustain, & maintain, and against wind & rain shall make defensible, when & as often as need shall require, during the said term, except daubing of walls horn 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 assigns, 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 deliver up to the said I. his heirs or assigns. And the said H. covenanteth & granteth by this Indenture, that he, his executors, or assigns, at their like cost and tharge, shall bear and pay all manner of quite rents and outcharges which shall be due & going out of the foresaid manor, lands, and tenements, with thappurtenances at all times during the said term. And the said 1 covenanteth and granteth by this Indenture, that it shallbe lawful to the said H. his executors and assigns, to have and to take, in, & upon the lands before let, competent and sufficient freebote, cartbote, ploughbote, & hedgebote, to be occupied & spent, in, & upon the lands & tenements aforesaid at all times during the said term. And further the said 1 covenanteth and granteth by this Indenture, that he and his heirs, the aforesaid manor, lands, tenements, and all other with thappurtenances to the said H. to his executors & assigns for the yearly rent aforesaid, and under the other covenants above rehearsed, against all people shall warrant and defend, during the foresaid term of xx. years by this Indenture. In witness whereof &c. ¶ A Lease for years of a house. THis Indenture made the xx. day of januarie, in the xvij year of the reign of king Henry the eight, between 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, have granted, demised, betaken, and to farm let, and by this Indenture granteth, demiseth, betaketh, and to farm letteth, to the said N. all that their mesuage or tenement, with all shops, cellars, solers, warehouses, yards, with all and singular their appurtenances to the same mesuage or tenement appertaining or belonging, set, lying or being in the parish of S. Mildred in the poultry in London, which was lately in the tenure & holding of I.C. and wherein the said N. now inhabiteth. To have & to hold the foresaid mesuage or tenement, with all shops, cellars, solers, & other the premises, with the appurtenances to the said N. to his executors and assigns, in as large and ample manner and form in every thing, as the foresaid I.C. the same lately held and occupied, from the feast of S. Michael th'archangel last passed before the date hereof, unto the end & term of xx. years, from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended. Yielding and paying therefore yearly during the said term to Sir T. & dame Anne his wife, or to either of them, their heirs or assigns iij. li. vi. s. viii. d. of good and lawful money of England, at 4. terms of the year in the City of London usual by even portions. And if it shall happen the said yearly rend of 3. li. 6. s. 8. d. to be behind unpaid in part, or in all, over or after any term of payment thereof aforesaid, in which it ought to be paid by the space of vi. weeks: That then it shall be lawful to the said Sir T. and dame A. his wife, their heirs and assigns in all the foresaid mesuage or tenement, and other the premises with the appurtenances, to enter and distrain, and the distress so taken lawfully to bear, lead, and carry away, & with them to retain until the said yearly rend and tharrearages of the same be fully contented and paid. And if it happen the said yearly rend of iij. li. vi. s. viii. d. to be behind unpaid in part or in all, over or after any term of payment thereof aforesaid, in which it ought to be paid by the space of a quarter of a year: That then it shall be lawful to the said sir T. and dame A. his wife, their heirs and assigns, into all the foresaid mesuage, and other the premises, with the appurtenances, wholly to re-enter, and the same to have again, retain, & possess, as in their former estate, and the said N. his executors & assigns thereof utterly to expel, put out, and amoove: This indenture or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. And the said sir T. & dame A. covenanteth & granteth by this Indenture, that they, their heirs or assigns, at their own cost & charge, the said mesuage or tenement, and all other the premises with the appurtenances, well and sufficiently shall repair, sustain, and maintain, and against wind and rain shall make defensible when and as often as need shall require, during the said term, and also at their like cost & charge shall bear and pay all manner of quite rents and outcharges, which shall be due and going out of all the foresaid mesuage, and other the premises, at all times during the said term. And the said Sir Thomes and dame Anne covenanteth & granteth by these presents, the foresaid mesuage or tenement, and all other the premises, with thappurtenances to the said N. to his executors and assigns, for the yearly rent aforesaid, and under the other covenants above rehearsed against all people shall warrant and defend, during the foresaid term of xx. years by this Indenture. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid to these Indentures interchangeably have set to their seals, the day & year above said. ¶ Here followeth the form and manner how to make releaseth. ¶ Ye shall understand, that there be sundry sorts of releaseth, Some be of a man's 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 usually called a general acquittance, the form whereof ye shall find in the title of acquittances. But concerning the nature of releaseth, where they take place, & of the strength and virtue of the words in the same, I remit you to Master Litteltons' book of Tenors: Mine intent and purpose here, is only to describe sundry forms and examples of them. ¶ The form of a Release made to the tenant of the freehold of a Manor etc. noverint universi per praesentes me T. R. filium & heredem 1 R. armigeri defuncti, remisisse, relaxasse, & omnino de me & hered' meis quietum clamasse R. D. armigero, totum ius, titulum & clameum quae habui, habeo, aut quovismodo in posterum habere potero, de, & in manerio de R. juxta A. Velure sic. ¶ An other form of the same. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, T.R. filius & heres C. R. armigeri defuncti, salutem in domino sempiternam: Noveritis 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, clameumdemandum & interesse, quae unquam habui, habeo, seu quovismodo in futur' haber̄ potero, vel poterint hered' mei, de & in manerio de R. juxta A. in comitatu K. cum omnibus terris, & tenementis, redditibus, seruitijs, pratis, pascuis, boscis, & pasturis, una cum omnibus alijs pertinentijs eidem manerio spectant. Necnon de & in omnibus illis terris & tenementis, cum omnibus suis pertinentijs 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. avi 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 pertinent vocatis I. neque in aliqua part seu parcell' eorundem de cetero clamare vel vendicare poterimus nec debemus, quovismodo in futurum, sed ab omni action̄ juris, tituli, clamei, demandi & interesse in eisdem, simus penitus exclusi imperpetuum per praesentes. Et ego vero praedictus T. & haeredes mei praedictum manerium de R. cum omnibus terris, tenementis, redditibus, seruitijs, pratis, pascuis, boscis, & pasturis, cum alijs pertinentijs eidem manerio spectantibus, ac etiam omnia praedicta terras & tenementa cum omnibus suis pertinentijs vocatis I. praefato R. haeredibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus & imperpetuum defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium huic praesenti scripto meo sigillum meum apposui. Datum etc. ¶ A Release made by deed, of tenements before purchased, with a clause of warranty. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos hoc presens script peruenerit I. L. de Oxon salutem in domino sempiternam. Cum C. F. de N. habuerit & perquisiverit de me praefato I. unum tenementum scituatum & iacens in N. in parochia beatae Mariae virginis, in alto vico seu platea inter tenementum W. E. ex part orientali, & tenementum T.P. ex part occidentali, cuius unum quidem caput abuttat super vicum pndictum versus austrum, & alterum caput abuttat super pomarium sive gardinum G.S. versus boream, quod tenemntum cum suis pertin' idem C. modo tenet & inhabitat ibidem. Habendum & tenendum eidem C. heredibus & assignat suis imperpetuum, prout per chartam feoffamnti per me eidem C. inde confectam, cuius dat est 4. die Aprilis, ann regni Reg. H. 7. post conquestum Angliae 17. plenius apparet. Noveritis me praedictum I. remisisse, relaxasse, & omnino pro me & heredibus meis imperpetuum quiet clamasse praef. C. haeredibus & assignat suis, tot ius meum & clameum, quae unquam habui, habeo, seu quovismodo habere potero in futur', in praed' tenemento cum suis pertin'. Ita viz. qd' nec ego, heredes mei, nec aliquis alius per nos, seu nomine nostro aliquod juris vel clamei in pnd' tennto cum suis pertin', nec in aliqua inde parcella de cetero exigere, clamare, seu vendicare poterimus nec debemus in futurum, sed ab omni actione juris & clamei inde fimus prorsus exclusi imperpetutum per pnsentes. Et ego praed' I. & hered' mei pnd' tenntum cum oibus suis ꝑtin' pref. C. hered & assignatis suis contra oens gentes warrantizabimus, & imperpet defendemus per pnsentes. In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti scripto meo sigillum etc. Datum etc. ¶ The form of a Release made by the heir which hath right in the tail. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos hoc praesens scriptum pervenerit, A.R. frater I.O. de R. salutem in dno sempiternam. Cum R.O. nuper antecessor meus, videlicet, pater P. patris S. patris mei, & praed' I. fratris mei senioris, per chartam suam feoffamenti quondam dederit & concesserit predict' P. filio suo, unum tenementum cum pertinent suis in villa de D. praed' vocat H. Habendum & tenendum eidem P. & heredibus de corpore suo legitime procreate, & pro defectu huiusmodi haered' de corpore suo legitime procreatorum, praedictum mesuagium cum pertinentijs rectis haeredibus praedict' S. integrè remaneret: qui quidem P. obijt: Post cuius decessum praedict' tenementum cum suis pertinentijs praef. S. patri meo discenderit. Et post decessum praedict' S. praedict' tenementum cum fuis pertinentijs praefato I. fratri meo seniori, ut filio & haeredi suo discendit, & pro defectu hered' de corpor praedicti I. legitime procreate, predict' tenementum cum suis pertinentijs mihi praefato A. ut consanguineo & recto heredi predict' R. discendere deberet per formam donationis predict'. Noveritis me praefat A. remisisse, relaxasse etc. ut supra. ¶ A Release made by the Feoffees to one of them. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit, N.R. & S. T. salutem in domino sempiternam. Noveritis nos pfatos N. & S. per pnsentes remisisse, relaxasse, & omnino ꝓ nobis & heredibus nostris imperpetuum quietos clamasse I.S. de O. heredibus & assignatis suis, totum ius nostrum & clameum que unquam habuimus, habemus, seu quouismod' in futurum habere poterimus, aut alter nostrum habet, seu habere poterit, in oibus illis terris & tenemntis quae nuper habuimus simul cum pnd' I. in villa & in tampis de I. in comitatu Oxoniensi, ex concessione & feoffamento dni I. B. Capellani, & N.D. de L. praed', in quorum quidem terris & tenemntis idem I.S. iam existit in plena possessione: Ita videlicet quod nec nos praedict' N. & S. nec heredes nostri, nec aliquis alius nomine nostr', seu alterius nostri, aliquod ius vel clameum in pndictis terris & tenementis cum suis pertinentijs, nec in aliqua inde parcella exigere etc. sed ab omni actione etc. In cuius rei testimonium nos N.R. & S.T. sigilla etc. Anno regni Regis etc. ¶ A Release made by him which had the land in Mortgage. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesens etc. Noveritis me praefatum etc. per praesentes, remisisse, relaxasse, etc. R.W. de O. haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum, totum ius meum & clameum quae unquam habui, habeo, seu quovismodo etc. in uno tenemento in O. cum suis pertinentiis, quae nuper habui ex dono & feoffamento praedicti R. in villa de O. pndicta, situatum in parochia sancti Ceddi, inter tenement H.D. ex part Australi, & tenementum T.A. ex part Boreali, & abuttat super vicum Regium versus Orientem, per modum morgagij, pro xx. libris sterlingorum, & quas mihi iam soluit & satisfecit, quod quidem tenementum cum suis pertinentijs idem R. W. in sua plena possessione iam habet: Ita videlicet, quod nec ego, nec haeredes etc. sed ab omni etc. In cuius rei etc. his testibus &c. Anno regni Regis Henrici septimi etc. ¶ A release of Dowry made by a Widow. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, A.H. vidua vel relicta R.H. de O. salutem in domino sempiternam. Noveritis me praef. A. in pura viduitate mea, & legitima potestate, remisisse, relaxasse etc. E F. in sua possessione existent, heredibus & assignatis suis, totum ius meum & clameum quae unquam habui, habeo, etc. ratione dotis meae, in tertia part unius tenementi cum suis pertinent, quod idem E. modo inhabitat in villa de O. pndicta, in parochia etc. quod quidem tenementum cum pertinentijs praef. E. nuper perquisivit de praef. R. quondam viro meo, Ita videlicet qd' nec ego, nec aliquis alius nomine meo etc. sed ab omni actione juris, tituli, etc. ¶ A release made to the tenant for term of years. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos etc. cum R.W. de Oteneat de me praefat F. unum tenementum cum pertinentijs suis, quod idem R. inhabitat, in parochia S. Michaelis archangeli ad pontem borealem Oxonie, ex part australi, juxta hospic' vocat le Crown, pro termino annorum etc. Noveritis me praefat F. remisisse, relaxasse, etc. Ita quod nec ego, heredes mei etc. Sed ab omni actione juris, clamei etc. Dat etc. Anno regni Regis Henrici septimi decimo quarto. ¶ The form of Sales, and of other alienations. ¶ A deed of a sale made by the executors by virtue of the testament of their testator. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos hoc presens scriptum pervenerit. W. & I. executores Testamnti R. W. de civitate London, Civis & Mercatoris, salutem in domino sempiternam. Cum pndictus R. per testamntum suum, lectum & proclamatum in Hustingis London̄ tenntis tali die etc. ꝓximo post festum sancti Barnardi, anno regni Regis Henrici octavi etc. nineteen. dederit & legaverit 1 uxori suae tria tenemnta sua cum pertinent, quae habuit in dicta Cinitate, unde unum tenementum situatum est & jacet in parochia Sanctae Mariae virginis in Fanchestreet, inter tenementum R. W. ex part Boreali, & tenemntum I.A. ex parti Australi, & abuttat super vicum Regium in Fanchstreet praed' versus Occidentem, & tenementum P.C. versus Orientem, Et aliud tenementum de praed' tribus tenementis situatum est & jacet in parochia omnium sanctorum in Lumbardstreet, inter tenementum I. B. ex part Australi, & tenementum H.K. ex part Boreali, & abuttat super vicum Regium de L. versus Occidentem, & tenementum R.S. versus Orientem, Et tertium tenemntum de praed' tribus tenementis situatum est & jacet in parochia sancti Andreae de Eastchepe, inter tenementum T. A. ex part Australi, & tenementum I H. ex part Boreali, & unum caput abuttat super vicum regium de L. praed' versus Orientem, & alterum caput abuttat super venellam de Puddding lane versus Occidentem. Habend' & tenend' praedicta tria tenementa cum suis pertinentijs praefat I. ad terminum vitae suae. Et post decessum praedict' I. voluit & legavit antedictus testator, qd ' praedicta tria tenementa cum suis pertinentijs Agnetae filiae & heredibus de corpore suo legitime procreat integre remanerent, & ꝓ defectu heredis de corpore eiusd' A. legitime ꝓcreat voluit & leganit idem testator, quod pndicta tria tenementa cum suis pertinentijs nobis prefat W. & I. executoribus suis integre remanerent ad vendendum, & pecuniam svam inde percipiendam, in operibus charitatis disponend', prout in eodem testamnto plenius continetur. Et quia praedicta I obijt & praedicta A. similiter sine heredibus de corpore suo legitime procreat decessit: Sciatis nos praefat W. & I. executores dicti testamenti prefat R. authoritate dicti testamenti, dimisisse, concessisse, & hoc pnsenti scripto nostro confirmasse, ac ꝓ quadam pecunie summa inde in complementum executionis dicti testamnti prae manibus soluta, vendidisse R. D. de London civi & Mercatori London, praed' tria tenemnta cum suis pertinentijs. Habend' & tenend' eidem R.D. heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum, de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, pro seruitio inde debito & de iure consueto. In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti scripto nostro figilla nostra, etc. ¶ The form of the same deed in English. TO all Christian people, to whom this present writing cometh, W. I. executors of the testament of R. W. of London Citizen and Mercer, greeting in our Lord everlasting. Where the aforesaid R. W. by his last will & testament read and proclaimed in the Hustings of London, holden the day next after S. Barnaby, in the 19 year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord R. Henry the eight etc. gave and bequeathed to I. his wife, three tenements with the appurtenances which be had in the City: whereof one tenement lieth in the parish of our blessed Lady of Fanchstreete, between the tenement of P. C. on the North part, & the tenement of I. A. on the South part, and it abutteth upon the King's street of Fanchstreete toward the West, and the tenement of R. L. toward the East. And another tenement of the said three tenements, lieth in the parish of Alhallow in Lumberstreet, between the tenement of I. B. on the South side, and the tenement of H. R. on the North side, and it abutteth upon the king's high street called Lombard street toward the West, and the tenement of R. S. toward the East. And the third tenement of the foresaid three tenements, is set and lieth in the parish of Saint Andrew's in Eastchepe, between the tenement of T. A. on the South, and the tenement of I. H. on the part of the North, & the one end abutteth upon the king's street toward the West, and the other end abutteth upon the lane called Poding Lane toward the East. To have and to hold the foresaid iij. tenements with the appurtenances of the same, to the said jone for term of her natural life. After her decease the said testator willed & bequeathed, that the foresaid three tenemnts with their appurtenances, should remain wholly to Agnes his daughter, and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten. And for default of heirs of the body of the said Agnes lawfully begotten, the said testator willed and bequeathed, that the foresaid iij. tenements with the appurtenances, should remain wholly to us the foresaid W. & I. his executors for to sell, and then money thereof coming to bestow, order, & dispose in works of charity, as in the same testament it appeareth more at large. And for as much as the foresaid I. is departed out of this present life, and the foresaid A. also is dead without heir of her body lawfully begotten. Know ye, that we W. and I. executors of the said testament of the above named R. by authority of the same testament, have demised, granted, & by this our present writing have confirmed, and (for a certain sum of money to the accomplishment of the execution of the same testament to us aforehand delivered by him) clearly bargained & sold to R. D. of London citizen & Merchant of L. the foresaid three tenements with their appurtenances. To have and to hold to the said R. and his heirs & assigns for ever, of the chief lords of the fee, by the service thereof due & of right accustomed. In witness whereof we have set to our Seals etc. ¶ An alienation of a reversion. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos pnns scriptum pervenit W.H. de W. salutem in domino sempiternam. Cum T.H. pater meus habeat & teneat pro termino vite sue quoddam tenementum cum suis pertinentijs in villa de W. predicta, vocatum H. (reuersione inde post suum decessum mihi & heredibus meis spectant.) Noveritis me pref. W. dedisse, & concessisse, & hoc presenti scripto meo confirmasse. T.B. de C. reversionem dicti tenementi cum suis pertinentijs cum acciderit post decessum praedicti R. patris mei. Habendum & tenendum pndictam reversionem cum suis pertinentijs cum acciderit, praefat T.B. heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum, de capital' dominis feodi illius per seruitia inde debia etc. in cuius rei testimonium etc. Dat etc. Ann regni Regis H. viii. etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. TO all Christian people, to whom this present writing cometh, W. H. of W. sendeth greeting in our Lord everlasting. Where S. H. my father hath & holdeth for term of his life a certain tenement with thappurtenances in the town of W. aforesaid called H. (the reversion thereof after his decease unto me & mine heirs appertaining) Know ye that I the said with: have given & granted, & by this my present writing have confirmed to T.B. of C. the reversion of the said tenement with thappurtenances whensoever it shall happen after the decease of the said R. my father. To have and to hold the foresaid reversion with all the appurtenances whensoever it shall happen as aforesaid, to the said T B. his heirs and assigns for ever of the chief Lords of the fee, by the service of the same due and of right accustomed. In witness whereof we the said parties interchangeably have put to our seals, the day and year, etc. ¶ A letter of attorney upon the same alienation. Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit T.H. de W. salut in dno sempiternan. Cum ego pred' T. habeam & teneam pro termin̄ vitae meae unum tenntum cum suis pertinentijs in villa de C. vocatum D. qd' quidem tenementum cum suis pertinentijs & reversionem, cum acciderit post meum decessum T.B. perquisivit de W.H. filio meo & haered' natural'. Noveritis me praef. T.H. posuisse praed' T.B. in plenam & pacificam possess. & seisinam de reversione dict' tenementi, cum oibus suis pertinent, per solutionem i d '. argenti. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. TO all Christian people to whom this present writing cometh, T.H. of W. sendeth greeting in our Lord everlasting. Whereas I the said T. have and hold for term of my natural life, one tenement with the appurtenances in the town of Croyden, called Downs, which said tenement with the appurtenances and reversion of the same when it happeneth after my decease T. B. hath acquired and gotten of W. H. my natural son and heir. Know ye, that I the said T. H. have put the said T. B. in full and peaceable possession estate, and seisin of the reversion of the said tenement, with all and singular the appurtenances, by payment of one penny of silver. In witness whereof &c. ¶ An alienation of free rent, with the homage and service. SCiant pnsentes & futuri, quod ego W.H. dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti charta mea confirmavi R.M. totum redditum meum de thirty. s. homagium, et liberum seruitium, exeuntia de uno tennto, & quatuor virgatis terrae I. S. in Dale, cum omnibus pertinentijs, quod quidem tenementum & quatuor virgate terrae, quondam fuerunt S.E. Habendum & percipiendum pndictum redditum xxx.s. homagium & liberum seruitium, cum suis pertinentijs exeunt' de praedicto tenemento cum quatuor virgatis terrae praefat R. M. haeredibus & assignat suis imperpetuu. Soluendo, faciendo, & reddendo eidem modo & forma, sicut pnd' I.S. & eius antecessores mihi & antecessoribus meis facere, solvere, & reddere consueverunt. Et si contingat pnd reddit thirty. s aretro esse non solut, in part vel in toto, ad aliquod festum quo solui debeat, extunc bene liceat prefat R.M. haeredibus & assignatis suis in predict ten̄tum & quatuor virgatas terrae cum ꝑtinentijs intra●e & distringere, et districtiones ibidem inventas capere, abducere, effugare, asportare & penes se retinere, quousque de toto pndicto redditu cum omnibus inde arreragijs (si quae fuerint) sibi plenary fuerit satisfactum & persolutum. In cuius rei testimonium etc. Datum etc. ann regni Regis etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. BE it known to all that be present and for to come, that I W.H. have given and granted, & by this my present deed, have confirmed to R.M. all my rent of thirty. s. homage, and free service, due out of one tenement, & iiij. rods of ground of I. S. in Dale, with all th'appurtenances, which tenement and four rods of ground, sometime were S. E. To have, hold, & enjoy the foresaid yearly rent of thirty. s. homage, free service, and appurtenances, due out of the said tenement and four rods of ground, to the said R. M. his heirs and assigns for ever, to be paid, made, & yielded unto them, in manner and form as the foresaid I. S. and his ancestors were wont to pay, make, and yield to me & to mine ancestors in time passed. And if it happen the said rend of thirty s. to be behind hand and not paid in part or in whole, at any of the usual terms at which it ought to be paid: That then it shall be lawful to the said R. M. his heirs and assigns, into the said tenement & four rods of ground with the appurtenances to enter & distrain, & the distresses so there taken to carry, lead, chase, drive, & bear away, and in his custody to retain, till such time as all the foresaid rent with the arrearages if any there be, unto the same R. his heirs and assigns be fully contented, satisfied & paid. In witness whereof &c. ¶ A grant of Annuity or yearly rent, with delivery of possession and seisin. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit I.S. armiger, salutem in dno sempiternam. Noveritis men pfatum I. dedisse, concessisse, & hoc pnnnti scripto meo confirmasse. R.T. de O. unum annualem redditum sive annuitatem xl. s. de quodam tenemnto sive hospitio in parochia omnium Sanctorun de O. existent. Habendum, tenendum, & percipiendum predictum annualem redditum sive annuitatem xl s. de pndicto tennto sive hospitio cum suis pertinentiis pfato R. T. haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuu, ad festum Annunciationis, beatae Mariae virginis, & S. Mich. archangeli, per equales portiones soluend'. Et si contingat predictum annualem redditum, sive annuitatem xl. s. ad aliquod festum solutionun quo solui debeat, in part vel in toto, aretro esse non solutum, qd' extunc bene liceat pndicto R.T. haeredibus & assignatis suis in dictum tenementum sive hospitium intrare & distringere, & districtiones ibidem inventas, seu captas, asportare, abducere, fugare, & penes se retinere, quousque de predict' annuali redditu sive annuitate, una cum oibus inde arreragijs, si quae fuerint, sibi sit plenary satisfactum. D● quo quidem annuali redditu sive annuitate, posui pnd' R. T. in plenam possessionem & seisinam per solutionem sex denariorum sterlingorum. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. TO all Christian people to whom this present writing cometh, I. S. Esquire sendeth greeting in our Lord everlasting. Know ye that I the foresaid I. have given and granted, and in this my present writing have confirmed to R. T. of O one yearly rend or annuity of xl. s. of a certain tenement or Inn of mine in the parish of Alhollowen in O. due to be paid. To have, hold, and receive the foresaid yearly rend or annuity of xl. s. of the said tenement or Inn with the appurtenances of the aforesaid R. his heirs and assigns for ever, at the feast of the Annunciation of our blessed Lady the virgin, and at the feast of Saint Michael th'archangel, by even portions. And if it happen the foresaid yearly rend or annuity of xl. s. at any of the feasts above named, at which it ought to be paid to be behind & unpaied: that then it shall be lawful for the said R. his heirs & assigns into the said tenement or Inn immediately to enter and distrain, and the distresses so there found, to take, carry, drive, and bring away, and in his or their custody to retain, till such time as all the said yearly rend or annuity, and all and singular arrearages of the same, be fully contented, satisfied and paid: Of which yearly rent or annuity I have put the said R. in full and peaceable possession, state, and seisin, by paying of vj. pence sterling. In witness etc. ¶ A Surrender. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, T.R. de B. salutem. Cum I. R. pater meus per chartam suam feoffamenti dederit & concesserit mihi pfato T. unum mesuagium cum suis pertinentijs in villa de B. praedict', situatum inter tenementum R W. ex part australi, & stratam regiam versus borealem: Habendum & tenendum mihi ꝓ termino vitae meae. Ita qd' post decessum meum, pndictum mesuagium cum suis pertinent H R. fratri meo, haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum remaneret. Noveritis me pndictum T. concessisse, & sursum reddidisse pfato H fratri meo, totum ius meum & statum quae habeo pro termino vitae meae in praedict' mesuagio cum suis pertinent. Habend' & tenendum eidem H. haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dnis feodi illius per seruitia etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. TO all Christian people to whom this present writing cometh, T. R. of B. sendeth greeting. Whereas I. R. my father by his deed of feoffment gave and granted to the said T. one mesuage with the appurtenances in the town of Barton, lying between the tenement of R. W. on the south part, & the street toward the north. To have & to hold to●ne for the term of my natural life: so that after my decease the foresaid mesuage with thappurtenances should remain wholly to H. R. my brother, his heirs & assigns for ever. Know ye that I the said T. have given and surrendered to the foresaid H. my right, title, and state, that I have for term of my life, in the said mesuage with the appurtenances of the same. To have and to hold to the said H. his heirs & assigns for ever, of the chief Lords of the fee, paying the service thereof accustomed etc. ¶ A partition of inheritance between sisters. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens script indentat pervenerit A.M. et M.M. fil' et her̄ E. M nuper de R. defuncti, salutem. Cum praedictus E pater noster nuper obierit seisitus in dominico suo, ut de feodo, de duobus tenementis & xuj. acris terrae, cum pertinentijs in R. praedicta iacentibus, quae nobis praefatis A. & M. descenderunt iure hereditario post mortem praedicti E. patris nostri. Noveritisnos unanimi assensu et consensu nostro per visum proborum & legalium hominum de viceneto nostro, divisionemdictarum terrarum et tenem fecisse sub forma quae sequitur, videlicet, quod ego praedicta A. senior filia dicti E. habeam illud tenementum scituatum in London green inter etc. cum octo acris terrae arabilis eidem tenemento annexis. Et quod ego praedict' M. junior filia praedicti E. habeam etc. Habendum & tenendum nobis heredibus et assignatis nostris imperpetuum, de capitalibus dominis feod' illorum per seruitia inde debita, & de iure consueta: quam quidem partitionem sive divisionem ratificamus et confirmamus pro nobis & heredibus nostris imperpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium utrique parti huius scripti nostri indentati sigilla nostra alternatim apposuimus, his testibus E. N. N. O. P. Q. Dat etc. ¶ The tenor of the same partition in English. TO all Christian people to whom this present writing indented cometh. A.M. and M.M. daughters and heirs of E.M. late of R deceased sendeth greeting. Where the foresaid E. M. our father late died seized in his demean as of Fee of two tenements, and xuj. acres of land with the appurtenances lying in R. aforesaid, which after the decease of our said father descended unto us by way of inheritance according to the Law. Know ye that we with one assent and consent between us by the advise of good and lawful men of our neighbours, have made division & partition of the said lands and tenements, between us in manner & form following, that is to say: that I the foresaid A. the elder daughter of the said E. shall have the tenement lying in London green, between the land etc. & eight acres of errable ground to the said tenement annexed, for the due and whole portion of mine inheritance of the premises. And that I the said M. younger daughter of the aforesaid E. shall have the tenement called Drakes for the just and whole portion of mine inheritance aforesaid. To have and to hold ●o us, our heirs & assigns for ever of the chief Lords of the Fee, according to the service and custom thereupon due and appertaining. Which foresaid parting and division, we the said A. & M. ratify, allow, & establish for us and our heirs for ever: In witness whereof to either part of these writings indented, we have interchangeably set our seals these being witness, N. O. P. B. Dated etc. ¶ Assignment of Dowry at the Church door. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit T. W. de W. Salutem. Noveritis me praedictum S dedisse, concessisse & hoc presenti scripto meo assignasse Petronille uxori meae in tempore sponsaliorum in ostio ecclesiae parochialis de W. praedict' celebrand' unum tenementum cum uno crafto eidem annexo vocat C. Habend' & tenend' sibi & assignat suis ad totam vitam suam pro rata portione totius dotis suae, quae post mortem meam sibi contingere etc. Dat' etc. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The deed aforesaid in English. TO all Christian people to whom this present writing cometh, T. W. of W. sendeth greeting. Be it known that I the foresaid T. have given & granted, and by this my present writing have assigned to Petronell my wife, in the time of our esꝑousels, in the Church door of W. aforesaid to be celebrated, one tenement with a croft to the same annexed called C. To have and to hold to her & her assigns all the term of her life, for the just and whole portion of all her dowry which should happen to her after the death of the said T. her husband. In witness whereof etc. Dated etc. ¶ How the copy should be made of lands, holden by the yard. AD hanc Curiam dominus concessit extra manus suas per johannem Foster capitalem Seneschallum suum, Thomae David & A. vxor' eius, unum mesuagium & vj. acras terrae cum pertinenrijs, jacent apud B. quibus dominus per Seneschallum concessit seisinam. Habend' sibi & heredibus suis per virgam ad voluntatem domini secundum consuetudinem manerij. Et dant domino de fine pro ingressu inde habendo, prout patet in capite, & fec' domino fidelitatem, & admissi sunt inde tenentes. ¶ Another form for certain rent for all manner of service. AD hanc curiam dominus concessit per I.F. Seneschallum suum C. B. & M. uxori suae unum mesuagium cum vi. acris terrae, ij. aeris boscis cum pertinent praefatis C. & M. heredibus & assignatis suis ad voluntatem domini secundum consuetudinem manerij, Reddendo inde annuatim domino & heredibus (vel successoribus suis, if the Lord be a Bishop or such other) vi s. viii. d. pro omnibus & singulis seruitijs ad duos anni terminos, videlicet, ad festum S. Michaelis Archangelis, & Annuntiationis beatae Mariae virginis aequis portionibus, & daunt domino de fine etc. & fecerunt fidelitatem, & admissi sunt etc. It is also requisite to put in certainty in their copies all the customs, rents, and services, and that is in ancient demean, & in all places where the tenants have their lands by copy to them and their heirs after the custom of the manor: for there they have or aught to have a customary Rol, wherein is every man's land contained, and what rent, customs and services every man ought to pay and do, and in many places their laws and their customs be put into writing, and remain in their own custody, to put them in remembrance when need shall require. But in case there should be made any new incrochments or intakes enclosed or taken in, out of the commons, or any mine new found, as lead, or tin, coal, iron, stone, or other such, if a copy shall be made thereof, it is necessary and expedient to put the rent thereof in the tenant's copy, for it is a new thing that hath not gone by custom, and it would be put in the customary Roll, for this new approvement may fortune either to increase or diminish in the rent, and therefore must the rents be continually expressed. Also where a man hath a Lordship, wherein be many tenants that hold their land of the Lord by copy of Court roll for term of life, and have no estate of inheritance in the same, In all such cases must the rents be declared in copies. ¶ A recognition of a tenant what he holdeth of the Lord. AD hanc curiam etc. venit B. C. coram T. P. Seneschallo huius manerij, & cognovit se tenere de domino unum mesuagium, decem acras terrae, tres acras prati cum pertinent in L. vocat C. libere per chartam in socagio per redditum xii d. vel unius libre piperi, & faciend' sectam curiae bis per annum. Et etiam dictus B. C. cognovit se tenere de domino aliud mesuagium cum crofto adiacente, & sex acras terrae arabilis, & duas acras prati cum pertinentiis, ad voluntatem domini secundum consuetudinem manerii, & per redditum iii. s. & fecit fidelitatem, & admissùs est inde tenens etc. ¶ The form of a Copy in ancient demesne where the Proclamation shall be had. AD hanc Curiam tentam ibidem (tali die & tali anno) B. A. filius & heres 1 C. venit & sursum reddidit in manus domini unum mesuagium, x. acras terrae, tres acras prati cum uno crofto in D. infra iurisdict' huius curiae, ad opus T. H. heredum & assignatorum suorum imperpetuum, virtute barganiae sive pactionis inter eos factae, & super hoc publica proclamatio in eadem curia facta fuit, quod si quis aliquod ius seu titulum ad eundem mesuagium, terras, prata, & crofta, vel in aliqua eorum parcella pretendere voluit vel haberet, veniret & audiretur, Et nullus venit ad hanc curiam, ꝑ quod secundum consuetudinem manerij praedicti mesuagium, terrae, prata, & crofta remanerent in manus domini vsquè ad tertiam proclamationem super eisdem factam, & super hoc dies dat est partibus praedictis essendi ad ꝓximam curiam manerij praedicti, ad audiendum inde judicium suum super praemissis. Et ad hanc Curiam tentam ibidem (tali die & anno) tam pndictus A. B. quam praedictus T. H. venerunt, & super hoc secunda proclamatio facta fuit super praemissis: quod si aliquis aliquid ius vel titulum ad praedictum mesuagium, terras, prata, etc. haberet aut pretenderet, veniret & audiretur, Et nullus venit, & super hoc dies dat est partibus predict essendi ad proximam curiam manner praedicti, ad audiendum inde judicium suum. Et ad hanc Curiam tentam ibidem (tali die & anno) tam praedictus A. B. quam praedictus T. H. venerunt, & super hoc tertia proclamatio facta fuit super praemissis, quod si aliquis aliquod ius vel titulum ad praedict mesuagium, terras, prata, & crofta, vel in aliqua eorum parcella haberet vel pretenderet, veniret & audiretur, Et nullus ad hoc venit. Et super hoc dominus per W. H. Seneschallum suum concessit seisinam de praedict' mesuag', terris, pratis, & crofto, cum eorum pertin' praefato T. H. Tenendum sibi, heredibus, & assignatis suis, secundum consuetudinem manerij praedicti, & dat domino de fine pro ingressu etc. & admissus est inde tenens, & fec' fidelitatem etc. ¶ The form of a Copy in ancient demesne, where the wife shall be examined. DAle. Ad Curiam tentam ibidem (tali die & tali etc.) T.B. de N. & E. uxor eius hic in plena curia sola examinata & confessa, sursum reddiderunt in manus domini unum mesuagium, & dimidiatum bovatam terr', unam quatronam terrae cum suis pertinent in Dale praedict' vocat G. ad opus W.C. de O. vnd ' accidit domino unus equus de herioto, & super hoc venit dictus W.C. & cepit de domino dictum mesuagium etc. cum pertinentijs. Habendum & tenendum sibi, & Anne uxori suae, heredibus & assignatis ipsius W. imperpetuum, secundum consuetudinem manij, per redditum et seruitium inde prius debitum & consuetum, & dant dno de fine pro ingressu habendo in dictis mesuagijs & ceteris praemissis etc. Et data est eis seisina, & fecerunt fidelitatem etc. ¶ An other form for term of life. AD hanc Curiam etc. venit I.D. & I. uxor eius, ipsa sola examinata coram Senesch●llo, & sursum reddiderunt in manus domini unum tenementum cum pertinent in E. jacent inter tenementum I C ex part orientali, & tenementum C. D. ex part occidentali, & abbuttat super altam viam ex part australi, & super gardinum E.F. ex part boreali, ad opus & usum G.H. & uxoris suae, ad terminum vitae eorum & alterius eorum diutius viventis, secundum consuetudinem manner, Et dant dno de fine etc. & fecerunt fidelitatem. ¶ An other form upon Condition. AD hanc Curiam venit I.C. & sursum reddidit in manus domini unum cotagium, iacens etc. ad opus & usum I.D. Tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de domino, ad voluntatem domini, secundum consuetudinem manerij, sub conditionibus sequentibus, videlicet, si praedict' E.D. soluat, aut solui faciat praefato I.C. xl. s. ad festa sancti johannis Baptistae, & omnium Sanctorum proxim' futurum post datum huius curiae aequis portionibus, quod tunc praesens sursum redditio sit in suo robore & effectu, & si ipse defecerit in solutione solutionum praedict' in part vel in toto, quod extunc bene licebit praefato I.C. & assignatis suis reintrare & rehabere pndictum cotagium, ista sursumredditione non obstante in aliquo, & dat dno de fine, & fecit fidelitatem etc. & admissus est etc. ¶ An other manner of Surrender which is made unto the Bailie out of the Court. AD hanc Curiam etc. compertum est, quod T. C. extra curiam sursum reddidit in manus F.G. ballivi, in posentia D.E. & aliorum tenentium domini huius manerij hoc testantium, unam acram terrae in E. quondam G.H. ad opus W. E. cui dns inde concessit seisinam, Tenendum sibi & haeredibus &c. de seruic' etc. Et dat etc. ¶ An other form where the Lord granted a Copy of his special grant. AD curiam apud D.A. tentam ibidem (tali die etc.) Praeceptum fuit ballivo sesire in manus dni unum tenementum sive mesuagium cum pertinent nuper in tenura I.C. vocatum D. eo quod ipse alienaverit & vendidit dictum tenementum cuidam T.U. sine licentia domini etc. & inde respondebit dno de exitibus quousque etc. Et qd' in ista eadem curia dominus de sua gratia speciali concessit dictum tenementum cum pertinentjis pfato I. B. cui dominus inde concessit sesinam: Habend' sibi & heredibus, etc. de domino ad voluntatem, secundum etc. Et dat etc. Et fecit etc. ¶ An other manner for term of years, where the Lord shall keep reparations. AD curiam dominus per I. F. Senescallum suum, concessit E.R. vuum mesuagium cum domibus superastantibus, & diversas terras, prata, pascua, & pasturas, cum sepibus, fossatis, & omnibus alijs suis pertinentijs vocatum A. Habendum & tenendum sibi & assignatis suis, à festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli proximo futur' post dat huius curiae, usque ad finem & terminum quadraginta annorum extunc proximo sequentium & plenariè complendorum: Reddend' inde annuatim xx. s. ad duos anni terminos, videlicet etc. per aequales porciones. proviso semper, quod durant termino praedicto, pndictus dominus inveniet maeremium, materiam & ligna toties, quoties necessarium fuerit dicto tenemento, ad emendandum, reparandum, & sustinendum. Et dat domino de fine etc. Et fecit fidelitatem etc. ¶ An other manner where a man pretendeth a title and after releaseth in the Court. AD hanc Curiam tent etc. compertum est, quod dominus per T.P. Seneschallum suum ad curiam tentam apud C. tali die & anno, concessit ex manerijs suis W.P. & haeredibus suis, unam procellam terrae continentem circa tres acras terrae, sive plus sive minus habeatur, cuidam T.C. in A iacentem inter terram A.B. ex part Australi, & terram W.S. ex part Boreali. Habendum & tenendum &c. ad voluntatem domini, secundum consuetudinem manerij. Et postea venit quaedam Agneta W. coram praefato T.P. Seneschallo domini, & praetendit habere titulum in praedict' parcella terrae, & hic praesens in Curia remisit, relaxavit, & imperpetuum quiet clamavit praefato W. P. & haeredibus suis per licentiam domini, totum ius suum & clameum quae habet, vel habuit, vel in futurum habere poterit in praedicta parcella terrae, & in qualibet inde parcella. Ita videlicet, quod nec ipsa Agneta, nec haeredes sui, nec aliquis alius, nomine eorum, aliquod ius vel clameum in praedicta parcella de cetero exigere vel vendicare poterit, sed ab omni actione juris vel clamei sint exclusi per praesentes etc. Et dat domino etc. Et fecit fidelitatem etc. ¶ A form of a Copy, where the heir is admitted to his lands after the death of his Father. AD hanc Curiam tentam, compertum est, quod I.B. obijt seisitus post ultimam curiam qui de domino tenuit sibi & haeredibus suis, unum tenementum vocatum E. & obijt inde seisitus. Et dicit quod R.B. filius eius est proximus haeres & plenae aetatis (vel infra aetatem, videlicet, duodecim annorum, & in custodia T.W.) vel R.M. fratris eius, vel consanguinei eius & proximus haeres eiusdem & plenae aetatis, & praesens hic in cur' petit admitti, & admissus est inde tenens: Tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de domino, ad voluntatem domini, secundum consuetudinem etc. Et dat etc. & fecit fidelitatem. ¶ Another form of a Copy, where the lands are made entailed, with a remainder over. AD hanc curiam compertum est, quod R.B. de F. ad curiam tentam apud E. tali die & anno &c. fursum reddidit in manus domini, unum tenementum & tres acras terrae vocat C. ad opus O.B. filii eiusdem R. & Aliciae uxoris suae, quibus dominus concessit seisinam: Tenendum sibi & heredibus de corporibus eorum legitime ꝓcreatis. Et si praedictus R. et Alicia uxor eius sine heredibus de corporibus eorum legitime ꝓcreatis obierint, quod tunc praedicta terra & tenementa cum suis pertinentijs remaneant rectis heredibus ipsius R B. Et modo curia ista informat ꝑ totum homagium, quod praedicti R. & A. obierint sine heredibus inter eos procreatis, & praedictus O.B. similiter. Et super hoc venit I.B. frater & heres praedicti R. B. & petit admitti, et admissus est tenens etc. Et per licentiam domini praefatus I.B. concessit quod praedictum tenementum & terra quae ei remanserunt post mortem praedictorum R.B. & O.B. & Aliciae uxoris suae remanerent W.C. & heredibus suis, cui dominus inde concessit seisinam, tenendum ad voluntatem domini, secundum consuetudinem etc. Et dat etc. Et fecit fidelitatem etc. ¶ Another manner of Copy for term of life, with divers remainders over. AD hanc curiam venit N.O. & sursum reddidit in manus domini unum mesuagium, & octo acras terrae customar̄ vocat F. ut dominus faceret inde voluntatem suam, & dominus inde habet seisinam. Et ex gratia sua speciali reconcessit praedictum mesuagium & terras praefatis N.O. & K. uxori eius, durant vita eorum, ita quod post eorum decessum dictum tenementum & terrae remaneant K. uxori W. durant vita sua, Et post decessum ipsius K. praedictam terram et tenementum ramaneant rectis heredibus ipsius N.O. imperpetuum. Tenendum eisdem N.O. & K. uxori eius, durant tota vita eorum ꝑ virgam ad voluntatem domini secundum etc. in forma predict': saluo iure cuiuslibet etc. Et praedicti N.O. & K. dant domino de fine etc. Et fecerunt fidelitatem etc. ¶ A Surrender out of the Court, and a remainder with a condition. AD hanc Curiam compertum est, quod V. L. languens in extremis sursum reddid' in manus B. F. extra curiam, per manus I.H. in presentia F. G. G. H. tenent huius manerij hoc testantium, unum mesuagium cum pertinentijs. etc. ad opus E uxoris praedict' V.L. tenendum sibi pro seruitio inde debit, secundum consuetud' manerij protermino vitae suae. Ita quod post mortem dictae F. praedict' mesuagium remaneat I. filio praedicti G. & H. & heredibus de corpore suo legitime procreatis. Et si contingat dictum I obire sine heredibus de corpore suo legitime procreatis, quod tunc praedictum mésuagium remaneat R. filio praedict' R. & F. & heredibus de corpore suo legitime procreatis. Et si contingat dictum N. obire sine heredibus de corpore suo legitime procreatis, quod tunc praedictum mesuagium per executores utriusque eorum diutius vinent venderetur, & denarij inde recepti & provenientes, in pauperes & alias eleemosinas erogentur, disponentur, & distribuentur, prout eis melius videbitur expedire, quibus dominus inde concessit seisinam. Tenendum in forma praedicta, ad voluntatem domini, secundum consuetudinem manner. Et dat domino de fine etc. Et fecit fidelitatem. And note, that if any of them die, and the heir be within age, the fidelity must be deferred till he cometh to lawful years etc. ¶ A Supplication to be exempt from all manner Inquests and juries within the Lordship. AD hanc Curiam venit R.C. instanter supplicand', prout ipse per transacta plurima tempora supplicavit & profert domino finem annualem nomine exemptionis, ut ipse ex sua gratia speciali & favore, ob causam senectutis, infirmitatis & debilitatis suae, possit exonerari de cetero ab omnibus & singulis inquisitionibus, iuramentis, & officijs quibuscunque, tam in hac villa quam alibi infra dominium domini sibi obijciend' & assignand'. Quapropter aspecta vera senectute, una cum infirmitate & debilitate sua, sub fine annuali nomine exemptionis inde prolato, ac suggestione eius per tenentes & visus veraciter & congrue testificata in premissis, modo dominus concessit in ista curia per I. P. Seneschallum suum praefat R.C. huiusmodi licenciam, fanorem, & exemptionem ad terminum vitae suae duraturum. Et praedict' R.C. dat domino de annuali redditu persoluēd' annuatim iiij. ad terminos usuales. Ye shall understand, that there is no manner of states made of free land by poll deed, or deed indented, but there may be made the same of copy lands by copy, if they be well made and entered in the court Rolls. And the Steward is bound by law and conscience to be a judge indifferent between the tenants and the Lord, & to enter their copies truly in the court rolls of the Lord, for that shall be a great commodity to the Lord to know his precedents, customs and services, and also a great assurance to the tenants: for if their copies should be lost, they may vouch and resort to the Court Rolls, and the Steward may make them new copies, according to the old precedents in the Lords records, even as it is of free land, or of any other matter at the common law, when it is enroled according to the statute, which shall ever testify the truth, what chance soever happeneth to the parties, as ye may read in the book of Surveying, wherein be many good examples of enrolling and making of records. ¶ Hear followeth the form to make indentures. ¶ An Indenture of sale with a purchase. THis Indenture made the 17. day of August, in the xxxij. year of our sovereign Lord king Henry the eight, by the grace of God king of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, and in earth supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland, between A.B. of C. in the County of K. yeoman on the one party, 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 sum of xl. marks sterling, to him by the said R. well and truly contented & paid in hand, at the infealing of this Indenture, whereof & wherewith the said A. B. knowledgeth himself well and truly contented & paid, & thereof, and of every parcel thereof, doth clearly acquit and discharge the foresaid R. his heirs and executors by these presents, hath bargained and sold, and by this Indenture bargaineth & selleth, clearly unto the said R. his heirs and assigns, to their own use for ever, all those his mesuage, lands, tenements, meadows, leasues, pastures, & appurtenances, set, lying and being in the town, parish, & fields of Ashforth in the county 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 unto the said R. all deeds, charters, evidences, escripts, escrowles, writings & muniments, concerning the premises, and any part or parcel thereof, and the same deeds, charters, evidences, escripts, escrowles, writings and muniments, the said B. covenanteth by this Indenture, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said R. his heirs or assigns, before the feast of the Nativity of S. john the baptist next coming, after the date hereof: To have and to hold all the said mesuage, lands, tenements, meadows, leasues, pastures & all other the premises with their appurtenances to the said R his heirs & assigns, to their own use for ever. And the said A. B. covenanteth & granteth by these presents, that he or his heirs before the feast of S. Michael the archangel, which shallbe in the year of our Lord God M. CCCCC. xliiij. shall make or cause to be made to the said R. and his heirs, and to such other persons, as he or they shall name or assign, to the use of the same R. his heirs and assigns for ever, a good, sufficient, & lawful estate in the law in fee simple, of & in the said mesuage, lands and tenements, & other the premises with the appurtenances, by deed, fine, feoffment, recovery, release with warranty, surrender, or otherwise, at the costs and charges in the law, of the said R. or his heirs, as by the learned counsel of the said R. or his heirs, shallbe best devised & required: The same mesuage, lands, tenements, & all other the premises, to be then clearly discharged of all former bargains, former sales, titles of inheritance, jointures, dowers, mortgages, statutes merchant, statutes of the Staple of Westminster, intrusions, forfeitures, leases, judgements, condemnations, executions, arrearages of rents, and of all manner of charges and encumbrances whatsoever they be: The rents & services from thenceforth due to the chief Lords of the same lees only out taken and excepted. And the same A. B. covenanteth and granteth by this Indenture, that all such persons as now stand & be enfeoffed & seized of and in the said messages, lands, tenements, & other the premises with the appurtenances, or of or in any part or parcel of the same, shall at all times from the day of the date of this Indenture forward, stand, remain, and be enfeoffed & seized, of, and in the same, to the use of the same R. his heirs & assigns for ever. And also the said A. B. covenanteth and granteth by these presents, that he and his heirs, and all other persons, having, claiming, or pretending to have any state, right, title, use, or interest, of, or in the said mesuage, lands, tenements, and other the premises with their appurtenances, of, or in any part or parcel of the same, at all times from the day of the date of these presents, forthwith shall do, cause, and suffer to be done, all and every thing and things, which by the learned counsel of the said R. or his heirs shall be devised for the further assurance of all and singular the premises, to the aforesaid R to his heirs & assigns to their own use for ever. And in likewise the said A. B. covenanteth and granteth by this Indenture, that he the same A. B. the day of making hereof, is very true owner & possessor in his own right, of all the foresaid messages, lands, tenements, & other the premises with the appurtenances, and that he hath full power, strength, & authority, in his own right, to bargain and sell the same to the said R. and his heirs, in manner & form aforesaid. And furthermore it is covenanted, condescended & agreed between the said parties, and the said R. for his part covenanteth & granteth by this Indenture, that if the said A. his heirs and assigns pay, or cause to be paid to the said R. his heirs or assigns xl. marks, of good and lawful money of England, (together with all such costs and expenses as the same R. his heirs and assigns shall be at, aswell in the making sure of the same messages, lands, tenements &c. as also in repairing, making, and amending of the same) at any time within the term of four years, next after the date of this Indenture: That then the said R. his heirs or assigns shall make to the same A. B. & his heirs, a good, sure, and sufficient, lawful, and indefeasible estate to their own use, and their heirs for ever, of and in the same messages, lands, tenements, and other the premises with the appurtenances, and every part and parcel of them: The same to be then clearly discharged of all former bargains, former sales, jointures, dowers, statutes of the Staple of Westminster, statutes Merchants, and all other charges and encumbrances whatsoever they be, by the said R. his heirs or assigns, at any time commenced, made, or done. And at the said assurance of the same to the said A. in form aforesaid to be made, the said R. covenanteth and granteth by these presents, to deliver or cause to be delivered to the said A. his heirs or assigns, all such evidences, deeds, and writings, as he the same R. his heirs or assigns, shall then have concerning the said messages, lands, tenements, & other the premises with the appurtenances, under like manner & form, as the said R. received them, without fraud or further delay. In witness whereof &c. This deed is commonly vesd when a man layeth his land to mortgage to another, and covenanteth to pay him by a certain day under pain of forfeiture. And so in case the day be broken, the lands are as sure to the lender of money, as if it were a plain bargain, or a sale. It is also very good in Wales, where they use to pledge land called Tirpride. ¶ An Indenture of sale of wood. THis Indenture made, etc. Between A. B. of T. in the county of D. gentleman on the one party, and E. F. of S. in the same county yeoman of the other party. Witnesseth, that if the said A. B. the day of making hereof, hath bargained and sold, and by these present Indentures, doth clearly bargain and sell unto the said E. all those his woods and underwoods', nowstanding & growing, in & upon his groans and hedge groves called M. in the parish of N. in the county of Essex. And the said E. doth covenant and grant by this Indenture, that he, his executors or assigns, shall leave standing, in and upon the foresaid lands called M. competent and sufficient stathels and stores, according to the custom in the same country heretofore used. And also the said E. doth covenant and grant by this Indenture, that he, his executors or assigns, at their own costs and charges, all hedges and defences belonging to the said groans and hedge groves, well and sufficiently shall amend, restore, and repair, when and as often as need shall require, from the day of the felling of the said woods, to the end & term of iiij. years than next ensuing, for the safeguard of the springs growing upon the same. And the said E. doth further covenant and grant by these presents, that he, his executors or assigns, shall not fallen any of the same woods or underwoodes, but in due and seasonable times of felling: that is to say, yearly between the feasts of S. Michael th'archangel, and the Annunciation of our blessed Lady the virgin, from the feast of Saint Michael th'archangel next coming after the date hereof, to the end and term of three years from thence next ensuing, fully to be complete & ended. And the aforesaid A. B. for his part doth covenant and grant by this Indenture, that the said E. his executors and assigns, shall have free ingress and regress, to and from the said woods and underwoods', with horse, cart, and carriage, at all times, according to his pleasure, for the felling, hewing, cutting down, and carrying away the foresaid woods and underwoods', in manner and form afore declared, during the foresaid term, without let or interruption of any person or persons: For the sale & bargain of all which woods and underwoods', the said E. doth covenant and grant by these presents, to pay or cause to be paid to the said A. his executors or assigns xx. pounds of good and lawful money of England, in manner and form following: that is to say, in hand at the sealing of these Indentures x. pound, of which x. l. the said A. B. knowledgeth himself well and truly satisfied and paid, and thereof, and of every parcel of the same clearly doth acquit and discharge the said E. his heirs and executors by these presents, and at the feast of the Nativity of our Lord God next coming after the date hereof x. pounds in full payment of the said xx. pound. In witness whereof &c. ¶ Another Indenture of a bargain of wheat. THis Indenture made etc. Between A. B. of W. in the county of R. yeoman on the one part and C. D. of Lambeth in the county of Surrey gentleman on the other part. Witnesseth, that the said A B. the day of making hereof, hath bargained and sold, & by these presents bargaineth & selleth unto the said C. D xx. quarters of wheat, & xx. quarters of rye: good wheat & rye: clean and merchantable, with the best, accounting 8. bushels with the heap to every quarter. All which xx. quarters of wheat & xx. of rye, the said A. B. doth covenant & grant by this Indenture, that he, his executors or assigns, at his or their own cost and charge shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the said C. D. to his executors or assigns, frank & free at the dwelling house of the said C. D. of L. aforesaid before the feast of the Nativity of our lord God next coming after the date hereof without any further delay, fraud or contradiction. And the said C. D. covenanteth & granteth by this Indenture that he, his executors or assigns shallbe ready, to receive all the same xx. quarters of wheat, & xx. quarters of rye, at all time & times whensoever the foresaid A. B. or his executors or assigns shall bring the same to be delivered, in manner and form as is afore declared: For the bargain & sale of all which xx. quarters of wheat, & xx. quarters of rye: & for the delivery thereof in manner & form aforesaid, the said C. D. covenanteth & granteth by these presence to pay or cause to be paid to the said A. B. his executors or assigns, for every quarter of the said wheat viii. s. sterling: & for every quarter of the said rye, vi s. sterling in manner and form following: that is to say etc. To all & singular covenants, grants, payments, articles, & agreements afore rehearsed on either part of the said parties well & truly to be observed & kept, either of the same parties, binding themselves to other in the sum of xx. li. sterling, well & truly to be paid, by this Indenture. In witness whereof &c. ¶ An Indenture for setting over a Lease. THis Indenture made between F. G. citizen & mercer of London, on the one party, & C. D. citizen and Haberdasher of London, on the other party, Witnesseth, that whereas E. M. citizen & Mercer of London, by his Indenture of a lease bearing date etc. granted, and to farm did let unto the said F. G. all that his tenement & house, with shops, sellers, solers, warehouses, & appurtenances, set, lying, and being in the parish of S. Margaret etc. which is now in the tenure and occupation of the said E. C. To have and to hold the said tenement, shops, sellers, solers, warehouses, and appurtenances to the said E. F. to his executors, & assigns, from the feast of Saint Michael Tharchangel last passed before the date of the said Indenture, unto the end & term of thirty. years from thence next ensuing, and fully to be complete and ended. Yielding and paying therefore yearly during the said term to the said E. F. his heirs or assigns iiij. l. of good and lawful money of England, at iiij. terms of the year, in the city of London usually by even portions, with divers other covenants, grants, & articles specified and comprised in the said Indentures, as by the same Indentures thereof made, more plainly doth appear. Whereupon now the same E. F. for the sum of xx. l. to him in hand by the said C. D. the day of making hereof well and truly contented and paid: whereof the said E. knowledgeth, etc. Hath bargained, sold, and set over, and by this Indenture doth bargain and clearly sell unto the said C. D. all his estate, right, title, use, interest, and term of years, which he hath yet to come in the premises by the virtue of the Indenture and lease afore mentioned. To have and to hold the said tenement, with shops, sellers, solers warehouses, and appurtenances to the said C. D. his executors and assigns, from the feast of saint Michael next coming after the date hereof, unto the end and term of all the years yet to come, specified, and comprised in the former Indenture of a lease. The same C. D. his executors or assigns yielding, paying, doing, and performing all and every thing and things which the said E. by virtue of the former Indenture is bound or standeth charged for to do: and hereof clearly to acquit and discharge the said E. F. and his executors, by these presents. And the said E. F. covenanteth and granteth by these presents, that he at no time before the date hereof hath done: nor at any time hereafter shall do, or cause or suffer to be done, any act or thing, which should or may be prejudicial or hurtful unto the said C. D. his executors and assigns, in having and enjoying all the said tenement etc. or any part or parcel of the same in manner and form as is afore rehearsed. In witness whereof &c. ¶ An Indenture for the sale of a Reversion. THis Indenture made the first day of October in the twenty-three. year of the reign of our sovereign Lord king Henry the eight etc. between 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 bargain and sell unto the said B. & to his heirs for ever, all the reversion when it shall happen to come and fall, incontinently by and after the death of I. G. grandmother to the said R. of and in all those lands, tenements, meadows, leasues, woods, pastures, rents, reversions, services, with all and singular the commodities & appurtenances belonging to the same, set, lying and being in the town and fields of A. in the county aforesaid (now in the holding of Th. Fletcher) and all his right, claim, title, use, possession, and interest, of and in the same. And also the said R. by this Indenture bargaineth and selleth unto the said B. his heirs and assigns for ever, all and singular deeds, charters, evidences, escripts, scrowls, miniments, and writings, concerning the foresaid lands, tenements, and other the premises, with the appurtenances, or any part thereof, and the same and every one of them the said R. covenanteth & granteth to deliver or cause to be delivered to the said B. his heirs or assigns, at all times hereafter as he may then get or lawfully come by. To have & to hold the said lands, tenements, and other the premises with the appurtenances, and the right, title, use, and reversion of the same to the said B. his heirs and assigns to their own use for ever, incontinent after the decease of the said joan G. And the said R. covenanteth and granteth by this Indenture, that he or his heirs within a month next after the decease of the foresaid joane, shall make or cause to be made to the said Brian and his heirs, and to such other persons as he or they shall name and assign, to the use of the said B. his heirs and assigns for ever, a good, sure, sufficient and lawful estate in the Law, in fee simple, of & in the said lands, tenements, and all other the premises with the appurtenances, be it by deed, fine feoffment, recovery, release with warranty, or otherwise: as by the learned council of the said B. or his heirs shall be advised. The same to be then clearly discharged of all former bargains, former sales, titles, jointures, dowries, statutes merchant, statutes of the staple of Westminster, intrusions, fines, forfeitures, uses, wills, judgements, executions, condemnations, and all other manner of charges and encumbrances, whatsoever they be. The rents and services from thenceforth due to the chief Lords of the fees of the same and the right and title of the said joane during her natural life, of and in the premises all only except and reserved. And further the said R covenanteth and granteth by this Indenture that he and his heirs and all other persons having or pretending to have any estate, right, title, use, claim, or interest of, or in the foresaid lands, tenements, and other the premises with thappurtenances of, or in any part or parcel of the same, at all times from the decease of the foresaid joan forward, shall do, cause, and suffer to be done, all and every thing and things, which by the learned counsel of the said B. or his heirs shall be devised for the further assurance & sure making of all the foresaid lands, tenements, and other the premises with the appurtenances, to the said B. his heirs & assigns, to their own use for ever. For the sale & bargain of all which &c. (setting in the payments) as in other examples here afore. ¶ An other sale of a Reversion, in the manner of a deed, in Latin. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesentes litere pervenerint, I.H. senior de L. in comitatu Midd' yeoman salutem in dno sempiternam. Cum C.M. vidua quae fuit uxor I.M. de H. in comitatu A. Husbandman, juxta 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. pndicta iam defunct', omnes illas terras, tenementa, redditus, & seruitia, cum pratis, pascuis, pasturis, vijs, semitis, sepibus, fossatis, boscis, subboscis, & oimbus suis pertinentijs quae ego dictus I.H. & predict' I.B. quondam coniunctim habuimus nobis & haeredibus & assignatis nostris imperpetuum, ex dono & feoffamento dicti I.M. in villa & campis de L. in comitatu pndicto, reuersione omnium pndictarum terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum, seruic', cum pratis, pascuis, vijs, semitis, sepibus, fossatis, boscis, subboscis, & omnibus suis pertinent post mortem dicti C. mihi pfato H. haeredibus & assignatis meis de iure spectant. Noveritis me praefatum C.H. dimisisse, tradidisse, liberasse, & hoc praesenti scripto meo confirmasse N. S. de L. praedict', dictam Reversionem omnium pndictarum terrarum, tenementorum, 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 pndicta terras, tenementa, redditus, seruitia, cum pratis etc. & omnibus suis pertinentijs quae post mortem dicti C. mihi pref. I.H. haeredibus & assignatis meis revertere, remanere, & discendere deberent, statim & immediate post mortem dictae Cicilliae integre remaner̄ praefat N.S. Habendum & tenendum dictam reversionem cum omnibus & singulis pmmissis cum pertin', post mortem dict' C. hered' & assignat suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruitia inde debita & de iure consueta per presentes. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ An Indenture defeasant of a former sale of Lands. THis Indenture made &c. between Sir Hugh R. of N. in the county of S knight on the one party, and R B. Citizen & Mercer of London on the other party: Witnesseth, that where the said Sir H. by Indenture bearing date the xx. day of june, the xxxiij. year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord king Henry the 8. etc. made between the same sir Hugh on the one party, & the said R. B. on the other party, for the sum of x. li. sterling, to the same sir Hugh contented & paid, bargained and sold to the said R. all the two messages with the shops, cellars, follers, wharves, and all other their appurtenances, set and lying at London bridge foot, in the parish of saint M. of London, in one of the which two messages, W. D. Grocer now dwelleth: & in the other of them R. S. now inhabiteth, & all other lands, tenements, and hereditaments, with the appurtenances which the said Sir H. or any to his use then had within the same parish. And also all the deeds, evidences, writings & miniments, concerning the same messages, lands, tenements, and all other the premises, & every parcel of the same with divers other clauses, covenants and grants in the same Indentures specified & contained, as by the tenor thereof more plainly doth appear. Nevertheless the said R. for him his heirs and assigns, willeth and granteth by these presents to the said Sir H. and his executors, that if the said Sir Hugh, his heirs or executors at any time within the space of 3. years next ensuing the dare hereof, well and truly content & pay, or cause to be contented and paid to the said K. lx. li. sterling, that then and from thenceforth after such payment made, the said R. and his heirs, and all and singular other persons now being seized, or that hereafter shallbe seized of the premises, or of any parcel thereof to the use of the said R. and his heirs, shall stand & be thereof seized to the only use of the said sir H. and of his heirs. And also the said R. covenanteth and granteth by these presents, that he and his heirs, and all other persons seized to their use, of and in the premises, within the space of eight months next after such payment made, shall make or cause to be made unto the foresaid sir H. and his heirs, or other at his or their denomination and their heirs, a good, sure, sufficient and lawful estate, of and in the said messages, lands, tenements, and other the premises, with the appurtenances, by deed, fine, feoffment, release, confirmation, or otherwise, as by the counsel learned of the said sir H. shallbe advised, at the only costs and charges of the said sir H. in the law discharged of all former bargains and sales, statutes of the staple, statutes merchant, recognizances, jointers, dowries, and of all other charges and encumbrances whatsoever they be, made, knowledged or granted by the said R. his heirs, or the said other persons. And the said R. covenanteth and granteth by these presents, that he within the space of one year next after that the said estate be made, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the said sir H. or his heirs, all such evidences, charters, writings, and muniments, which he or any other to his use, to his knowledge, hath then or afterward shall have concerning the premises: and every parcel of the same. In witness etc. ¶ An Indenture of sale of Copyhold lands. THis Indenture made &c. between M. R. widow, late the wife of C. R. while he lived, citizen and Taverner of London, & T. R. son and heir apparent of the said T. on the one part, and C. B. Sergeant of the Law on the other part: witnesseth that the said M. & T. the son, hath bargained and sold, and by these presents clearly bargaineth and selleth to the said C. B. all that mesuage, cellars, solers, houses, edifices, gardens, orchards, and lands in Purney, in the County of Surrey, in the which the said T. the father dwelled & occupied, together with all easements, commodities, & appurtenances to the same belonging & appertaining, whether they be freehold, or copyhold, or whatsoever tenure they be of. And the said M. and T. the son, covenanteth & granteth for them and their heirs, to and with the said R. and his heirs, or him and other persons, and their heirs, at the nomination of the said R. or his heirs, to assure the said mesuage, garden, yards, orchards, lands, tenements, & other the premises, before the teast of Saint Andrew next coming, by surrender thereof into the Lords hands, to the use of the said R. & his heirs, or to the use of him and other persons by him to be named, & to their heirs, or otherwise, at the expenses, costs, and charges in the Law of the said M. and T. the son, or of one of them, their executors or assigns. And also at their like expenses, aswell for the Lords fine, as for all other things, shall cause the Lord of the manor for the time being, of whom the said mesuage, and all other the premises be holden to make a sure grant, seisin, possession, and delivery, of, and in all and singular the same to the said R. and his heirs, or to him and other persons at his nomination & to their heirs, according to the laudable use and custom of the same manor heretofore used. And furthermore the said M. covenanteth & granteth, that if the said R. or such persons at his nomination which shall have the said mesuage, lands, tenements, and other the premises, without covin or collusion be lawfully evicted, 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 son, or if that the said R. be not made sure of the premises before the feast of Easter next coming: That then the said R. and his heirs shall immediately within the space of 3 months next after any such eviction, dispossession, or disseisin, have as much lands and tenements of the foresaid M. and T. which they or either of them, have or had in their possession, reversion, or use, at the election & pleasure of the said R. as shall amount & be of the clear yearly value of the said mesuage etc. or of as much part thereof, as the foresaid R. shallbe so lawfully evicted & disseised of, or that shall not be assured to the said R. before the feast of Easter above rehearsed. To have & to hold all & singular such lands, tenements, & appurtenances, which the foresaid R. shall in case aforesaid lawfully require & choose to him & to his heirs, or to such other persons as he shall appoint, in manner, effect, & form, & in as good assurance, as he should have had by virtue of this Indenture, in the foresaid mesuage etc. & every part & parcel of the same. And also the said M. bargaineth and selleth to the said R. all manner of stuff, goods, hostilments & implements, to them and either of them pertaining and belonging, being the same mesuage, garden, houses etc. at the day of sealing of these presents. And the said M. & T. the son doth grant, that they shall discharge the said lands and tenements of all arrearages of rents, & of all rents, except the yearly rent of xii. d. And that the said R. shall take the profits from the feast of S. Michael last passed forward. For which sale & bargain of all & singular the premises on the part of the said M. & T. the sons, to be observed, performed & done, the said R. hath contented & paid to the said M. & T xl li. of lawful money of England, whereof they holden them fully content and pleased: And therefore acquit and discharge the said R. by these presents. And over this the said R. covenanteth & granteth, and him and his executors by these presents, bindeth to the said M. and T. the son, that he shall content and pay, or cause to be contented & paid to the said M. & T. or their assigns lxxx. li. of good & lawful English money, at such time, and when the said R. or other persons at his nomination shallbe made sure of the said mesuage and other the premises, in form as is aforesaid, on this side the feast of Easter next coming. And the said R. covenanteth and granteth, that if the said M. & T. cause the said estate to be made to the said R. and his heirs, or to him & other persons at his nomination, in manner afore-rehearsed, on this side the feast of Easter above mentioned: that then an Obligation of the date hereof, wherein the said M. & T. the son stand bounden to the said R. in x. li. sterling, shallbe void and of none effect. And that then the said R. shall deliver the foresaid Obligation to the above named M and T to be canceled. In witness of all which covenants, grants, and agreements etc. An Indenture for farming of a Parsonage. THis Indenture made between S. H. clerk, Parson of the Parish Church of Saint I. in the County of Essex on the one party, and H. M. of D. in the same County clerk on the other party, Witnesseth that the said S. H. the day of making hereof, hath granted, demised, betaken, & let to farm, and by this Indenture doth demise, grant, betake, & to farm let unto the said I. all that his Church & Parsonage of S. aforesaid, with the mansion place belonging to the same: And also all glebe lands, tithes, fruits, profits, oblations, obuentions, commodities, emoluments, advantages & appurtenances to the said church & parsonages belonging, or in any wise appertaining (except & alway reserved to the said Parson & his assigns, only the tithe kids of all the said parish.) To have and to hold all the foresaid Church and parsonage & mansion, with all & singular glebe lands, edifices, tithes, fruits, profits, oblations, obuentions, commodities, emoluments, advantages, & 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 assigns, from the feast of saint john the Baptist next coming after the date hereof unto the end and term of iij. years from thence next ensuing, fully to be complete & ended. Yielding & paying therefore yearly during the said term to the said parson or his assigns viii. li. of good & lawful money of England at two terms of the year, that is to say, at the feast of thannunciation of our Lady, and saint Michael th'archangel by equal portions. And if it shall happen the said yearly rend of viii. li. to be behind unpaid in part or in all, over or after any term of payment thereof aforesaid, in which it ought to be paid by the space of viii. weeks, and lawfully asked, and no sufficient distress than can be found there: That then and at all times after it shall be lawful to the said parson & his assigns, into the said Church, and Parsonage, and all other the premises, with the appurtenances wholly to re-enter, and the same to have again, retain, and repossess, as in his former estate, and the said I. his executors & assigns thereof utterly to expel, put out and amove: This Indenture, or any thing therein contained notwithstanding. And the said S. covenanteth and granteth by this Indenture, that he, his executors or assigns, the foresaid parsonage, mansion places and houses, before let, well and sufficiently shall repair, sustain, & maintain, and against wind & rain shall make defensible, when & as often as need shall require during the said term. And the same I doth covenant and grant by these presents, that he or his sufficient deputy, shall well and duly serve the cure of the foresaid Church, & shall minister all Sacraments & Sacramentals to the parishioners of the same, at all times, when & as often as need shall require, during the foresaid term. And also the foresaid I. at his own cost & expenses, shall bear & pay all manner of ordinary charges & payments, due & going out of the said parsonage, & all other the premises with the appurtenances, at all times during the foresaid term. And the said S. covenanteth & granteth by these presents, to bear & pay all manner of extraordinary charges & payments, which shallbe due & going out of the said parsonage by all the foresaid term of iij. years. The said I. & his assigns shall maintain & support all manner tithes, offerings, rights, & customs, appertaining & belonging to the said parsonage. And the said S. H. covenanteth & granteth by these presents, that he at no time during the said term, shall not resign, permut, nor by any other ways discharge or dismiss himself of the said benefice, and appurtenances, nor of any part or parcel 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 prejudicial to the said I. his executors or assigns, in having and enjoying of the foresaid parsonage & other the premises with the appurtenances, till that the foresaid term of years be utterly ended and expired. In witness etc. ¶ An Indenture made between partners. THis Indenture made the v. day of March, in the xxxviij. year of the reign of king Henry the viii. Between I. T. and E. M. Citizens & Haberdashers of London, on the one party. And I. B. and R. I. of the same City Grocers on the other party: Witnesseth that whereas at the day of making hereof it is accorded, covenanted, concluded, & agreed between the said parties, and either of the same parties by himself & for his own part covenanteth & granteth and bindeth himself to the other, that they, and either of them, shall jointly as partners occupy together aswell in buying and selling of all manner goods, wares, and merchandises, as by factorship, alienation, exchange, and otherwise, aswell beyond the sea, as on this side: that is to say, from the day of making hereof, unto the end and term of v. years than next following, & fully to be complete and ended. During which time or term, either of the said parties shall be just, faithful, and true to other in buying and selling, and otherwise as is aforesaid. And all such lucre, profit, and increase, gain, advantage, and winning, as shall come and grow in buying & selling any goods, wares, or merchandises, and otherwise during the said term, shallbe equally parted and divided, between the said parties: that is to say, either of them to have his just and true portion, or part of the gains aforesaid. And at all times within the said term, when it shall please either of the said parties to give admonition or warning to other, then either of them to make the other a just & true reckoning and account of the buying & selling of all manner wares, goods, merchandises, and otherwise, as is aforesaid, and of the increase and advantage that shall come and grow of the same. And also it is covenanted and agreed between the said parties that if either of the said parties at any time within the said term happen to lose, by debts, casualty, or otherwise, any part or parcel of the occupying in buying & selling of any goods, wares, and merchandises, and otherwise in manner and form as is aforesaid: so that it be not by negligence, colour, or feigned pretence, and that immediately proved, that the same loss be borne equally between either of the said parties. And also it is covenanted, concluded, and agreed between the said parties, and either of themselves, and for his own part promiseth, covenanteth, and granteth to the other, that if any of them within the said term, which at this present time are not espoused, happen hereafter to espouse and marry a wife, that then forthwith it shall be at the will and pleasure of the other, whether the party so espoused or married shall any longer continue as partner, according to the tenor & form above rehearsed. And also it is agreed, that if either of the parties happen (as God defend) at any time within the said term to die, than the executors or administrators of the goods & chattels of the party so deceased, shall truly without any covin or guile, make a just and true account, and ready payment and delivery of all such increases and gains, as then shall be remaining, to the other living. And moreover, it is covenanted and agreed between the said parties, that if either of them be found untrue in his receiving or account, contrary to the true meaning of this present Indenture, to the value of xx. s. sterling, than the same party so found defective, to forfeit and pay to the other an C. pounds sterling without any delay, according to the tenor and true meaning of this present Indenture. And to all and singular covenants, promises, conditions, and payments aforesaid, on either party to be truly without covin or fraud observed, fulfilled and kept, in manner and form as is aforesaid, either party for him & his executors bindeth himself to the other in the sum of three hundredth pounds sterling, well and truly to be paid by these presents. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid to these Indentures interchangeably have set to their seals. Given the day and year abovesaid. ¶ An Indenture for a Prentice. he Indentura testatur quod G. H. filius W. H. de comitatu D. husbandman, posuit seipsum apprenticium E. W. civi & Haberdasher London, ad artem suam qua utitur erudiendum, & secum more apprenticij sui commoraturum & deseruiturum, à festo omnium Sanctorum anno regni Regis H. octavi etc. usque ad finem & terminum octo annorum extunc ꝓximo sequentium & plene complendorum. durant quo termino praedictus G. praefato E. tanquam magistro suo benè & fideliter deseruiet, secreta sua celabit, praecepta sua licita & honesta libenter ubique faciet: Damnum eidem magistro suo non faciet, nec ab alijs fieri sciet, ad valorem duodecim denariorum per annum vel amplius, quin illud pro posse suo impediet, aut statim dictum magistrum suum inde praemoniet: Bona dicti magistri sui non devastabit, nec ea alicui illicit accommodabit: Fornicationem in domibus dicti magistri sui nec extra non committet, matrimonium non contrahet, ad talos seu aliqua alia ioca illicita non ludet: Tabernas non frequentabit cum bonis suis proprijs a●t alienis durant dicto termino, sine licentia dicti magistrisui non marchandizabit: A seruitio suo pndicto non recedet, nec se elongabit, sed in omnibus tanquam bonus et fidelis app●enticius benign se gerat & habebit per dictum terminum. Et pndictꝰ E. praefat G. apprenticium suum in arte sua qua utitur meliori modo quo sciverit aut poterit docebit, tractabit, & informabit, vel faciet informari, debito modo castigando: Inueniendo omnia sibi necessaria, ut victum, veslitu●h, lineum, laneum, calciamentum, & lectum sufficientem per totum dictum terminum. Et ad istas conventiones omnes & singulas ex part dicti apprenticij bene & fideliter tenend' & perimplēdū, in forma ut supra, idem apprenticius firmiter se obligat ꝑ pnntes. In cuius rei testimonium partes pndictae his indenturis sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt, M. D. tunc Maior' civitatis London, R. H. H. S. tunc vicecom̄ eiusdem civitatis. Dat London etc. & anno supradicto. ¶ An Indenture for a Apprentice in English. THis Indenture witnesseth, that T. S. the son of I. S. of new Sarum in the County of Wiltshire merchant, hath put himself apprentice with W. Webbe of New Sarum aforesaid in the county of Wiltshire tailor, and after the manner of an apprentice with him to dwell, from the feast of Christmas next coming after the date hereof unto the end and term of viii. years than next ensuing, and fully to be complete: By all which said term the said T. apprentice to the said W. as his Master well and faithfully shall serve, his secrets shall keep, his commandments lawful and honest every where shall do, no fornication in the house of his said master, nor without he shall commit, hurt unto his said Master he shall not do, or consent to be done, to the value of xii d. by the year or above, but he to his power shall let, or anon his Master warn: Taverns of custom he shall not haunt, but if it be about his masters business there to be done: At the dice, cards, or any other unlawful games he shall not play: The goods of his said master inordinately he shall not waste, nor them to any man lend without his master's licence: Matrimony with any woman within the said term he shall not contract nor espouse: Nor from his service neither by day nor by night shall absent or prolong himself, but as a true and faithful servant ought to behave himself, aswell in words, as in deeds. And the said W. unto the said T. in the craft the which he useth after the best manner that he can or may, shall teach & inform, or cause to be taught and informed, as much as to the said craft belongeth, or in any wise appertaineth, and in due manner to chastise him, finding unto his said servant meat, drink, linen, woollen, hose, shoes, and all other things to him necessary or belonging to an apprentite of such craft, to be found after the manner and custom of the city of London. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid to these Indentures, sunderly have set to their seals. Given the xxij. day of September, in the xxxij. year of the reign of king H. the viii. etc. ¶ An Indenture of marriage. THis Indenture made etc. Betwixt dame Anne of H. W. A. and R. M. etc. of the one part, and E.F. Esquire on the other part, Witnesseth, that it is covenanted, condescended, and agreed between the said parties, in manner and form following: that is to say, The said E.F. covenanteth and granteth, that he by the sufferance of God shall marry and take to wife Elizabeth E. widow, 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 coming, if the same Eliz. will thereto agree. & likewise the said dame Anne & W.A. and R. M covenanteth and granteth, and every of them covenanteth and granteth, 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 th'archangel next coming, if the said Elizabeth will thereto agree: For which marriage so had, done and solemnized, the said E. covenanteth, granteth, and agreeth, that he shall make or cause to be made unto the said dame A. & W.A. and R. M. etc. on this side the feast of the Nativity of our Lord next coming after the date hereof, a good, sure, sufficient, and lawful estate or estates, of, and in the manor of M. etc. with thappurtenances in the county of L. etc. and all other lands and tenements, rents, & services, with thappurtenances which the same E. F. or any other to his use hath, have or had in M. aforesaid, be it by recoveries, fines, feoffemnts, confirmation, release, deed or deeds enroled with warranty of the said E.F. & of T. F. or I. F. or otherwise as shallbe best advised by the learned counsel of the said dame Anne & W. A. etc. at the costs & charges of the said E.F. the same manor, lands, tenements etc. with thappurtenances clearly discharged of all estates, former bargains, sales, recognizances, & all other charges whatsoever they be: Except an annuity of xl. s. by year granted to E. D. Esquire for the term of his life, and excepted also all such lands as be in the jointures of M. late wife of I. F brother to the said E.F. and also except the rents & services to the Lord of the fee thereof due & accustomed. And also the said E. shall further do & suffer to be done at all times, on this side the feast of the Nativity of our Lord afore rehearsed, all & every such thing & things that shall in likewise be advised by the learned counsel of the said dame Anne & W. etc. for to make the said dame Anne and W. etc. and their heirs, sure of the said manor, lands, tenements, and other the premises with thappurtenances. To have and to hold the same manor and other the premises with the appurtenances to the same dame Anne & W.A. etc. & their heirs, to the use of the said E.F. and Elizabeth, and the heirs males of the body of the said G. by the said Elizabeth to be begotten, without impeachement of waist, and for default of such issue to those of the said E.F. & his heirs, & to perform his last will. And that after the said marriage all persons seized of the said manor, & other the premises shall stand and be seized thereof, to the use before rehearsed, & over this the said E.F. covenanteth & granteth, that if the said manor and other the premises (except before excepted) be not of the clear yearly value of a C. l. over all charges & expenses, that the same E. at reasonable request of the said dame A. & W.A. etc. or any of them, 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 clear yearly value as the said manor and other the premises (except before excepted) is under & lacked of the said yearly value of C. l. to the said dame Anne & W. etc. and their heirs, to the use afore declared, and also shall suffer the said Elizabeth at her liberty and pleasure to marry one Elizabeth E. her daughter and daughter and heir of the said W. E. to any person that it shall please her. And to dispose such money and profits that shall fortune to be granted & promised for the marriage of the said 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 commandment, procurement, or assent: And that the said E. shall not receive or have any money or reward for the said marriage: Moreover the said E. F. covenanteth and granteth by these presents, that if it fortune the said Eliz. the mother after the said marriage solemnized between her and the said E.F. to decease out of this world in the life of the same E. her husband, that then the said E. shall give licence, power and authority to the said Elizab. before her death, to make a testament, concerning her last will, & by the same testament to give & dispose at her pleasure, of the goods & cattles of the said E. F. amounting to the value of an C. l. sterling, & that the said E. F. shall suffer such persons as the said Eliz. shall name, to have & do the execution & distribution of the same, according to her mind & pleasure. And that after her decease, the said E. F. shall give, deliver, pay, & execute, to such persons as the same Eliz. shall bequeath & appoint to have, any thing of the said E. goods extending to the said sum of C. l. And the said dame A. & W. A etc. willeth & granteth by these presents, that if the said E. F. well & truly do wholly observe, perform & keep all and singular covenants, grants, promises & agreements afore rehearsed on his part without deceit etc. that then an Obligation of CC. li. bearing date etc. wherein he standeth bound to the said dame A. etc. be clearly void & of none effect etc. In witness etc. ¶ A formal Indenture of a plain bargain, which is a good precedent 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 clearly bargained an sold, and by these presents, clearly bargaineth and selleth to the said R. T. the manor of L. with the appurtenances in the county of Sussex, & all lands, tenements, rents, reversions, services, meadows, leasues, woods, waters, mills, parks, fields, and fens, with all and singular their appurtenances, & all manner profits, gains, and advantages, arising upon the same, which he or any other person, or persons to his use hath, have, or had in the towns & parishes of Belton, Buckley, Roidon, etc. in the county of S. aforesaid. To have and to hold the said manor, lands, tenements, and other the premises, with the appurtenances to the same K his heirs and assigns for evermore, And also the said A. hath bargained & sold to the said R. T. all deeds, charters, evidences, writings, escripts, & muniments, which he or any other person or persons, to his use, hath or have concerning the premises or any part or parcel of the same: and the said evidences, deeds, charters, etc. covenanteth & granteth to deliver to the said R. his heirs or assigns on this side the feast of Al-Saints, now next coming, or after as he may conveniently obtain and get them, etc. which manor, lands, tenements, etc. the said A. covenanteth and granteth and also warranteth to be of the clear yearly value of CC. l. sterling, over and above all charges and reprises. And that he hath lawful power and authority to bargain and to sell the premises to the said R. and his heirs, as afore is said: & also the said A covenanteth and granteth by these presents, that he before the feast of Al-Saints now next coming, shall make or cause for to be made to the said R. his heirs and assigns unto such persons and to their heirs, as the same R. shall name and assign, a good, sure, sufficient and lawful estate, in fee simple, of, and in the said manor, lands, tenements and other the premises, and appurtenances by fine, feoffment, recovery, release, confirmation, deed or deeds, enroled with warranty or warranties or otherwise as by the learned counsel of the said R. his heirs or assigns shall be advised, at the costs and charges only in the Law of the said A. his heirs or assigns, discharged of all former bargains and sales, statutes, recognizances, annuities, fees, jointers, dowers, leases, fines, issues, amerciaments, condemnations, judgements, executions, intrusions, and of all other encumbrances and charges whatsoever they be, except the rents and services of the chief Lords of the fee thereof from henceforth due and accustomed to be paid. And also the said A. covenanteth and granteth to discharge the said R. of all arrearages of rents, growing and being due before the date of these presents. And over this the said A. covenanteth and granteth, that he and all other persons at any time seized to the use of the said A. of and in the same manors, etc. shall at all times before the feast of etc. in the year etc. suffer, and cause to be done and suffered all and every such thing and things as shall be devised 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, etc. sure to the said R. and his heirs, or such other persons, & to their heirs, as the same R. shall name & appoint thereunto, at the costs and charges in the law of the said A and his heirs. And that the same K. and his heirs, or the said other persons & their heirs whom the said R. shall thereunto assign after the said estate had, or made, shall have and enjoy the same manor, etc. without any lawful expulsion, eviction, or interruption of the said A, or his heirs, or any person or persons, by reason of any title had or grown before the date of these presents: For which bargain, sale, covenants, grants, and agreements on the behalf of the said A. to be performed, observed, and done: The said R. hath well and truly contented and paid in hand to the said A. before the date of these presents 3063. pounds of lawful money of England, in full contentation and payment of and in the said bargain and sale, & other the premises, which said sum etc. the said A. acknowledgeth himself fully contented and paid, and thereof acquitteth etc. In witness etc. And if the money be not paid in hand, ye must express the days of payment of them, and the clauses of the distress, or re-entry, or any other penalties, according to the covenants of the parties. ¶ An Indenture of Partition of lands divided among Sisters. THis Indenture made the x. day etc. Between P. W. citizen of London and Anne his wife, one of the daughters and heirs of W. R. late of London Mercer, and one of the sisters and heirs of T. R. which was son & heir of the said W. R. when he lived on the one party, and I. R. widow sister of the said Anne, and an other of the daughters & heirs of the said W. R. and an other of the sisters and heirs of the said T. R. and S. R. citizen and Mercer of London, W. W. draper, and I. B. draper, which were of late enfeoffed by the said I. of the moiety of a great tenement or mesuage &c. set and lying together in the Parish of Saint B. to the use of the said I. & her heirs, on the other party. Witnesseth, that it is covenanted, granted, condescended, and agreed between the said parties for a partition between them to be had and made of the inheritance of the said tenement and other the premises in the said parish, which descended to the said Anne & joane in coparcenarie, by and after the death of the said W. R. aswell daughters and heirs of the said W. R. as sisters & heirs of the above named T. R. in manner and form ensuing. First it is covenanted and agreed between the said parties, and the said I. and her feoffees grant by these presents, that the said R. and Anne in the right of the same Anne shall have for their part and purpart of the foresaid lands and tenements, etc. three dwelling tenements of the yearly value of iiij. li. In one of the which said tenements T. D. Barbour now dwelleth and inhabiteth, containing in itself lx. foot assize, square, etc. And in that her tenement of the iij. tenements dwelleth one M. A. widow, and it containeth etc. and the third tenement is in possession of A. R. etc. which said iij. tenements with the yards, kitchens, chambers etc. in as ample and large manner & form as the said persons now in them dwelling, have or occupy, or they or any other aforetime have had or occupied. The said Philip and Anne, as in the right of the same Anne, shall have & enjoy to her and to her heirs, in full recompense & allowance, of and for her part and purpart that to her belongeth, or aught to belong of all the said meases, lands, tenements etc. by and after the decease of the foresaid W. and T. & either of them, as one of the daughters and heirs etc. And it is agreed between the said parties, & the said joan and her feoffees been content and pleased, to accept and take in full recompense and allowance, of & for the part of the said I. of all the meases, lands, etc. and other the premises above rehearsed, to the use 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 manner, as T. C. gentleman now dwelling in the same or any other etc. And it is furthermore fully agreed, covenanted & granted between the said parties by these presents, that at all times convenient it shall be lawful to either of them to enter into others part to them allotted, to do reparations and other behoofs necessary, upon the meases, lands, and tenements, to them severally allotted, and in amending, building, or repairing or otherwise, of and upon their own parts of the said lands, tenements etc. to them allotted, & appointed by these presents. And over that, it is agreed, covenanted & granted between the said parties, that all annuel rents and services due to the Lord or Lords of the fee etc. shall be equally borne between the said A. & I. & their heirs & assigns, inhabiters of the same tenement etc. that is to say, either of them for their part, and portion afore allotted etc. In witness etc. ¶ An Indenture of sale of plate upon a condition, and in default of non repayment, to retain it for ever. THis Indenture made the 25. day of etc. between W. P. of London gentleman on the one party, 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 cover of silver parcel gilt, weighing xx. ounces & an half quartern of Troy weight. Item a plain piece of silver parcel gilt with a star on the bottom, weighing twelve ounces & three quarters of the same weight, and two great goblets, etc. hath bargained, sold, and delivered all the said plate of goldsmith's work, the day and year above rehearsed within the city of London, in plain and open market, to the said W. P. for the sum of l. l. sterling, whereof the said T. knowledgeth himself fully contented and paid by these presents: Nevertheless the said W. willeth and granteth by these presents, that if the said W. well and truly content and pay, or cause to be contented and paid unto the said W. his executors or assigns, within the said city of London l. l. sterling at the feast of Christmas next coming, after the date of these presents, without any further delay, that then the said William shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the said T. his executors or assigns (so making payment of the foresaid fifty pound) all the said plate of Goldsmith's work, and every part & parcel of the same, the sale and bargain aforesaid notwithstanding. And if default be made, of, or in non payment of the said l. l. in part or in all at the day & place afore mentined, that then the said T. willeth and granteth, and him and his executors bindeth by these presents for to warrant all the said plate and the sale and bargain of the same, to the said W. his executors and assigns against all persons for evermore. In witness etc. An Award. Unto all true Christian people, to whom this present Award shall come, or it shall be read, seen, or heard, I. P. Grocer, and I. A. poulter Citizens of London, Send greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Whereas divers variances, controversies, and debates heretofore have been had, moved, and depending between R. R. Citizen and Grocer of London on the one party, and I. L. Citizen and Fishmonger of London on the other party, for ceasing and pacifying whereof, either of the same parties have compromitted & bounden themselves to other by Obligation in the sum of xx. li. sterling, with condition thereupon endorsed, to stand to & abide the award, ordinance, and judgement of us the said I. P. and I. A. of their common assents indifferently elect and chosen: So always that our said award, ordinance and judgement, of and upon the premises were made and given up in writing, on this side the feast of Al-Saints next coming after the date hereof, as by the same ohligations thereof made, bearing date the day etc. more plainly it doth appear: Whereupon now we the said Arbitrators, after the manner of variance by us circumspectly known, apperceived, and with good and due deliberation thereupon had and taken, we have made & given up our award in that behalf, in manner and form following: that is to say, First and principally we the said Arbitrators do award, ordain and judge, by this our present award, that either of the same parties at the insealing of this present award, shall in seal, and for their deed deliver the one to the other, a good, iure, sufficient, & lawful acquittance general, of all, & all manner of actions, aswell real as personal, suits, quarrels, trespasses, debts, debates, accounts, and demands, whatsoever they be, between the said parties, at any time before the date hereof, have been had, moved, or depending. Also we award, ordain & judge by this our present award, that the said R. shall pay, or cause to be paid to the said I. L. to his executors or assigns, iiij. pound of good & lawful money of England, in manner and form following, that is to say: at the insealing of this our award xx. s. sterling, and in the feast of Easter next coming after the date hereof lx. li. in full contentation & payment of the said iiij. li. and that upon the payment thereof, the same parties to continue and be lovers and friends, as they were before the date hereof. In witness etc. ¶ Obligations. ¶ The form of making of all kinds of Obligations. noverint universi per praesentes me W. G. de R. in Comitatu S. gen, teneri & firmiter obligari W. G. in decem libris sterlingorum. Soluendum eidem W. aut suo certo Atturnato, vel executoribus suis, in festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli proximo futur' post datum presentium. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene & fideliter faciendum, obligo me, haered', & execute meos per praesentes Sigillo meo sigillatat. Datum tertio die Octob. Anno regni Regis Henrici octavi etc. tricefimo tertio. ¶ An Obligation where two are bound to twain. noverint universi per presentes nos W. M. de C. in comitatu L. yeoman, & T. R. de R. in comitatu pnd Taylor, teneri & firmiter obligari S.I. & C. R. generosis in xx. li. sterlingorum. Soluend' eisdem S.I. & C.R. seu eorum alteri, vel corum certis atturnatis, heredibus, vel executoribus suis, in festo omnium Sanctorum ꝓxim̄ post datum presentium. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene & fideliter faciendum, obligamus nos, & utrumque nostrum per se, pro toto & in solido, haeredes & executores nostros per praesentes. Sigillis nostris sigillatis. Datum etc. ¶ Where three are bound to one. noverint etc. nos A. B. C. D. E. F. Milites, teneri etc. G. H. gen in xx. li. sterlingorum. Soluendum eidem G. H. aut suo certo atturnato, vel executoribus suis, in festo omnium Sanctorum proximo futuro post datum praesentium. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene & fideliter faciendum, obligamus nos, & quemlibet nostrum per se, pro toto & in solid', haeredes & executores nostros per pnsentes. Sigillis nostris sigillat etc. ¶ An Obligation where two owners of a Ship are bound to two Merchants. noverint universi per presentes nos I.B. & R.T. de villa Hull, Marinarios ac possessores sive proprietarios cuiusdam Navis vocat etc. T.I. de Hull, teneri & firmiter obligari W.C. & I. C. Mercaroribus ville C. in xl. li sterlingorum: Soluendum eisdem W.C. & I.C. seu eorum alteri, vel eorum certo Atturnato, haeredibus seu executoribus suis, in festo Paschae proximo futuro post datum praesentium. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene & fideliter faciendum, obligamus nos & utrumque nostrum per se, pro toto & in solid', ac Navem praedictam cum toto apparatu eiusdem, haeredes & executores nostros, ac omnia bona nostra, tam ultra mare, quam circa, ubicunque fuerint inventa per praesentes. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ And ye shall understand, that in Obligations with conditions, it is commonly accustomed to set no day of payment of the forfeit, for than it shall be due at all times when it is required, if so be the condition is not kept. ¶ An Obligation wherein three are bound to the King and other. noverint etc. nos A. B. C. etc. Mercatores de etc. teneri & firmiter obligari excellentissimo in Christo Principi & domino nostr', Domino H. octavo dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae &c. ac T. B. & H. C. Collectoribus, Custom, & Subsid' eiusdem domini Regis in portu Colcest. in xx. li. sterlingorum. Soluendum eisdem Domino Regi & Customarijs, aut eorum uni, vel eorum certis Atturnatis. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene & fideliter faciendum, obligamus nos & utrumque nostrum per se pro toto, & in solid', haeredes & executores nostros per praesentes. ¶ An Obligation of divers days of payment, with expressing of a forfeit if default be made. noverint etc. nos A. B. C. D. etc. teneri etc. G.H. etc. in CC. li. sterlingorum. Soluend' eidem G. etc. in forma subscripta, videlicet, in festo Annunciationis beatae Mariae virginis proximo futur' v. li. In festo Paschae tunc proximo sequent v. li. In festo Nativitatis sancti johannis Baptistae tunc proximo futur' v. li. & sic de festo ad festum etc. videlicet, in festis praedictis v. li. quousque dictae CC. li. plenariè sic persoluantur. Ad quas quidem solutiones & quamlibet earum (ut permittit) been & fideliter faciendum, obligamus nos & quemlibet nostrum etc. Et si contingat nos praefatos A. B.C.D. etc. deficere in aliqua solutione solutionum praedictarum in part vel in toto, contra formam praedictam, tunc volumus & concedimus nos teneri, & quemlibet nostrum per se pro toto & in solid' per presentes firmiter obligari praefato G. in praedictis CC. li. sterlingorum: Soluendum eidem G. aut suo certo Atturnato, executoribus aut assignatis suis etc. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra etc. ¶ A sure Obligation, in a case, where the debtor is mistrusted, for flying into Sanctuary, or beyond the Sea, or such like causes, with expressing of restitution of all costs and charges of the suit etc. noverint universi per presentes, quod ego A. B. non coactus, non compulsus, nec aliqua alia mala imaginatione ad hoc inductus, sed mera, propria, & spontanea voluntat, & certa scientia recognosco, ac palam & publicè confiteor me teneri, & per praesentes firmiter obligari D. E. in 50. li. sterlingorum: Soluend' & restituend' eidem D.E. aut suo certo Atturnato, procurator̄, nuntio, haered', vel executoribus suis, aut latori presentium in festo Paschae proximo futur' sine dilatione ulteriori. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene & fideliter faciendum & perimplendum in forma praedicta, obligo me, haeredes & executores meos, ac omnia bona mea mobilia & immobilia, posentia & futur', tam ultra mare quam citra, in quocunque loco vel jurisdictione inventa fuerint capienda & distringenda: Et si (quod absit) defectus fiat in solutione pndicta ultra festum sive terminum superius limitatum, tunc quecunque damna sumptus & interesse dictus D.E. patietur, aut pati poterit, vel debet, ꝓ tempore eiusdem defectus etc. illa omnia & singula ego dictus A. B. teneor et firmiter obligor per presentes solvere et fideliter satisfacere, sicut de debito principali: statutis, privilegijs, ac consuetudin̄ quibuscumque civitatis Lond', seu cuiuscunque alterius civitatis, ville, patrie, vel loci, ad hoc contrarijs non obstantibus. Revoco etiam & renuncio omnes protectiones, defensiones, sanctuaria, franchesias, libertates, subuentiones, et privilegia quecunque, per quae ego possim in hac part tueri, aut cautelas seu dolum ministratum, in damnum et preiudicium pndicti E. creditoris mei de praemissis etc. In cuius rei testimonium etc. After this manner may ye make all obligations. ¶ Conditions of divers sorts. FOrasmuch as there be divers forms of Endorsements, called commonly Conditions, some in Latin, some in English, according to the sundry pleasures of the writers: Lest I should be over tedious to the Reader, I thought it most convenient to set out only them that be commonly used in English: if any be disposed to traduce them into latin, he may do it easily, after the examples that here under 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. do stand to, obey, perform, keep, and fulfil the award, arbitrement, ordinance, rule, and judgement of B. W. Gentleman, etc. and D. M. Sergeant 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, ordain, and deem, aswell of and upon the right, title, interest, use, & possession of a garden lying &c. as of and upon all actions, trespasses, quarrels, suits, debates, demands, debts, and all other griefs & inconveniences, had, moved, stirred or depending, between the said parties concerning the same garden. And also if the said H.I. before the feast of Easter next coming &c. show unto the said arbitrators, all such writings as they have in their possession concerning their right, title, use interest, or possessions for the foresaid garden, in such wise that the said arbitrators be not delayed to give an arbitrement, of and in the premises for want of sight of the evidences of their party: And the same award, arbitrement, ordinance, rule, and judgement of the foresaid arbitrators, the said H. I. and I. M. do on their parts, well and truly perform and keep: So that the same award, arbitrement etc. of, and upon the premises, be made & yielded up in writing on this side the feast of Easter next coming, within limited: That then this present Obligation to be void, and of none effect, or else to remain in his full power, strength and virtue. ¶ A condition to deliver corn at a certain day and place. THe condition of this obligation is such, that if the within bounden I. S. well & truly deliver or cause to be delivered unto the within named I. M. his executors, or assigns, at the dwelling place of the same I. M. set and being in the town of Holne, xx. quarters of wheat, white & red, sweet, clean, dry, & merchantable 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 else to abide in his full strength, virtue, & effect. ¶ A condition to maintain the possession in a sale of lands. THe condition of this obligation etc. that if the within named A. may well and peaceably have, hold, enjoy, & possess, from the date of these presents, to him and his heirs and assigns for ever, all and singular those lands, tenements etc. withal 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 heirs and assigns, of the gift and grant of the said R. as by a certain deed by the same R. to the foresaid A. thereof made, and under his seal of arms, sealed and subscribed with his own hand more plainly doth appear) without any molestation, interruption, ejection, expulsion, or recovery of the same, or any parcel thereof by the said R. his heirs or assigns, 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 etc. or else etc. ¶ Another form upon the same. THe condition etc. That if the within named A. have, hold, and peaceably possess to him & to his heirs and assigns for ever, all those five messages with the appurtenances, which sometime were the within bounden W. H. without any deferring, let, interruption, ejection, expulsion, impleading, molesting, vexation, or grief, either by the said T. or his heirs etc. or any other person or persons whatsoever they be, having or pretending any manner right, title, use, claim, or interest, of & in the said v. messages, or any part or parcel of the same: That then this present obligation etc. ¶ A condition for the warranty of Woad, or any like thing. THe condition of etc. That where the within bounden F. hath bargained, sold, & delivered to the within named R. an hundred bales of Thoulouse woad, of the marks of four knots every bale, and hath promised and warranted unto the same R. that every set of the same woad shall make when it is set and proved iiij. l. sterling: if it be so that every set of the same Woad when it is set and proved make the said warranty of four pound sterling, that then this present obligation shall ve void 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 proved the said warranty of 4. l. sterling: And then if the foresaid F. from time to time, upon due knowledge thereof to him made and given by the foresaid R. or by his assigns, well and truly deliver, or cause to be delivered unto the said R. or to his certain attorney, or his executors, at the bridge foot in the city of London, as much Thoulouse woad of the goodness & warranty aforesaid, after xuj. s. sterling for every hundredth weight thereof, as shall lack in any set of the foresaid warranty of 4. l. sterling, that then also this obligation to be void etc. ¶ A condition upon an Indenture of apprenticeship. THe condition of this obligation is such, that where A. B. the son of the within named C. O. by his certain Indenture, whose date is the x. day etc. hath put himself apprentice to the within named R.M. to be learned in the craft or mystery of painting, and to dwell with him etc. from the said date, to the end and term of eight years then next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended, as in the said Indenture thereof made more plainly doth appear, If the said A. well & truly serve the foresaid R.M. his master in the manner of an apprentice, from the day of the date within written, to the end & term of the said viii. years according to the tenor and effect of the Indenture in all points & articles etc. that then etc. ¶ A condition where a man hath bought another's right, & hath a letter of Attorney to sue for the same, binding the seller that he shall not give any quittance to the party, to the danger of the buyer etc. 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 lawful Attorney, to ask, levy, etc. to the use, profit, and commodity of the said 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 certain letter of Attorney by the said C. to the above named E. F. thereof given, more evidently appeareth: If the said C. D from the date of this present Obligation, do not call again, revoke or disannul the foresaid letter of Attorney, nor any manner sale, plea, or action by the foresaid E. F. in the name of the fore-rehearsed A. against the above written G. H. or his executors in any court hereafter to be commenced or depending, or by any other means withstand, let, or interrupt the title of the same E. of and to the said sum of xx. li. nor give unto the said G. H nor to his executors any manner quittance, discharge, or release, of, or upon the said sum, or any part or portion of the same, that then this present obligation, etc. ¶ A condition for to keep 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 keep the peace against all the King's liege people, and especially against A.B.C.D. etc. & bear himself honestly & duly, both in his words and deeds, against the said A B. etc. nor slander them, nor any of them, of, or upon any such matters touching the death of I M. or the sure about the trial of the same, wherein the said A. B. etc. by the king's Laws ecclesiastical & temporal is clearly declared innocent, That then etc. ¶ A condition to warrant the sale of a Ship. THe Condition of this Obligation is such, that where the within bounden A. B. sold unto the within named C. D. a certain Ship called the Mary of Calais, & all manner of battle instruments, furniments, and apparel of the same ship, with the appurtenances, for a certain sum of money between them accorded, as in a bill of sale thereof made, plainly doth appear. If the said C.D. well and peaceable may have, hold, enjoy, & possess, to him, his heirs and assigns, all the said ship, battle instruments, apparel, & appurtenances aforesaid, without contradiction, let or disturbance of any person or persons, by reason of any claim or interest in the same before the date of these pnsents had or made according to the tenor and effect of the said Indenture, that then etc. ¶ A Condition to cause a man to seal an Obligation by a certain day. THe condition etc. that if the within bounden I. C. before the feast of N. next coming after the date hereof, cause W.C. of the town of B. to be bound by his writing obligatory sufficient in the law, and with his seal sealed, unto the within named T. in x. li. sterling to be paid the x. day of August etc. And also before the same feast, cause the said W. to deliver the same obligation clearly for his deed & duty in the Town of B. unto I. R. of H. clother, to the use of the said C. that then this present obligation etc. ¶ A Condition to deliver Oils by a day limited. THe condition of this obligation is such, that if the within bounden I. at any time before the feast of S. Mihael th'archangel next coming after the date within written, deliver or cause to be delivered in the City of London to W. R. within named, or to his certain Attorney, heirs or executors x. tons of oil of Civil, good, sweet, and marchandable, full and well bound accordingly, that then this present obligation etc. ¶ A Condition to make an estate to an other by a certain day. THe condition of this obligation is such, that if the within bounden A. before the feast of Easter next coming, make unto the within named R. and to such other persons as the said R. shall thereunto name & assign, to have and to hold, to them, their heirs & assigns, a good sure, sufficient & lawful estate, of and in all those lands, tenements etc. by deeds, evidences, sufficient in the law, or by fine or recovery, if need shall require, or by any other sure and lawful means, as shall be advised by the learned counsel of the said Richard his heirs and assigns, that then etc. ¶ A Condition to save a man harmless 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 recognizance made before W. F. Recorder of the city of L. and I.K. Knight, Alderman of London, the x. day etc. stand bound unto the chamber of London, in the sum of xx. li. sterling by the way of recognizance, as in the obligation plainly appeareth: If the said N. D. his heirs, executors, and assigns, pay unto the said chamberer all the foresaid sum of xx. li. and also save and keep harmless the above named A. B. etc. from all manner indemnities, costs and charges, of, for and concerning the said obligation of recognizance, and all other things concerning the same, that then etc. ¶ A Condition to pay a Rent accordingly to an Indenture of a Lease. THe condition of etc. That where the within bounden A. B. hath lately taken in farm for the term of 6. years of the within named C.D. one tenement set & lying in the town of W. etc. for the rent of xl. s. yearly to be paid as in a pair of indentures thereof made whose date is &c. plainly appeareth. If the said A. B. & his executors well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said C. D. his heirs and assigns, the foresaid yearly rend of xl. s. at the days and terms accustomed, according to the tenor and effect of the said Indentures etc. That then etc. ¶ A Condition upon an Indenture of sale to make good the sum. THe condition of this obligation is such, that where the within bounden I. S. the day of the date within written for the sum of xx. li. sterling, bargained, sold, and delivered to the within named T. P. divers goods, plate, and jewels in a certain Indenture comprehended, bearing date, etc. under a condition in the same Indenture specified. If the said I. S. make default of payment in the said Indenture mentioned and comprised, and then if all the foresaid goods, plate and jewels indifferently prized, be found of less value than xx. marks sterling of ready money, so the said I. S. immediately pay or cause to be paid to the above named T. his heirs or assigns etc. as much good and lawful money, or other ware as shall amount to the sum of all that shallbe lacking of the said xx. li. in the goods, plate, and jewels afore rehearsed, That then this present Obligation be of no value etc. ¶ A Condition in a jointure, to give estate in certain lands to the wife, where there is none other Indenture made between parties. THe condition of this obligation is such, that if the within bounden W. R. etc. or his heirs at their own proper costs and charges before the feast of Easter next after the date within written, make or cause to be made unto A. C. etc. a good, sure, sufficient, and lawful estate in the Law, of and in all and singular those lands, tenements, etc. with the appurtenances in the City of London, of the yearly value of xl. li. sterling, over and above all charges and reprises, to have and to hold all the said lands, & tenements, with the appurtenances unto the said A. C. etc. for term of life of M.G. to the use of the same M G. and to her assigns for term of her life, the which M. by the grace of God, shall marry & 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 & every thing & things as shall be advised by the learned counsel of the said A. B. C. D. etc. their heirs & executors, to make the foresaid state sure to the above named A. B. to the use of the same M. for term of her life, be it by recovery, fines, feoffments, release, confirmation, and deeds introlled, with warranty, or without warranty, or any of them. That then etc. ¶ A condition to perform a pair of Indentures. THe condition, etc. that if the within bounden I. W. well and truly observe, fulfil and keep all and singular grants, promises and agreements on the part of the said I. W. & E. his wife to be observed & kept, contained, declared and specified in a pair of Indentures, bearing date the x. day etc. between the said I.W. of the one party, and the within named R. S. on tother party thereof made, sealed, and delivered. That then etc. ¶ A Condition to save a man harmless being surety for another in a simple Obligation. THe condition of this obligation etc. that if the within bounden I C. from henceforth do save and keep harmless from all indictments, losses, actions, troubles, & vexations, the within named W.I. his heirs and executors against T.L.R.F. etc. & every of them their heirs etc. of, and from a certain writing obligatory of the sum of xl. l. wherein the said W.I. standeth bound as surety for the said I.C. together with M N. of D. draper, jointly and severally, as by the same obligation plainlier appeareth, that then this present obligation etc. ¶ A condition of the peace, for the good abearing. THe condition etc. if the within bounden S. T. personally appear in the custody of the Bailie within written, or of his deputy, before the justices of our Sovereign Lord the King etc. the monday next after the Nativity of S. john Baptist etc. at the town etc. to find there before the said justices, good & sufficient sureties of the peace, & to behave and bear himself well and peaceably against our Sovereign Lord & his liege people, and especially against A. B. & in the mean time keep the peace of our Sovereign Lord. And so from henceforth save & keep harmless the within named Baily etc. for and concerning the premises or any part of them, that then etc. ¶ A condition to be true prisoner. THe condition etc. that if I. H. merchant of S. Lukas, which now is in the king's prison under keeping of the sheriff within written, as well by reason of a writ of our Sovereign Lord the king of the statute of the staple, containing the sum of C. l. sterling, as also for certain other actions causes, and suits, on the behalf of R. S. etc. moved & commenced, be from henceforth true and faithful prisoner, tarrying & remaining with the said sheriff & his deputies till the same I. H. be fully at an end, discharged and acquitted of the said actions, and then content & pay to the said sheriff etc. all and singular costs, charges, fees, & other duties in such cases heretofore accustomed to be paid. That then etc. ¶ A condition for the feeling of acquittance or release of lands etc. THe condition of this obligation is such, that if the within bounden A. B. do cause I. M. Sergeant at the Law, and G. his wife, before the feast of Easter next coming, at the costs & charges in the Law of the said A. by their sufficient deed in the Law, to release, remit, and quite claim to the within named C. D. etc. and their heirs, all their right, title, power & interest, which the said I. M. and E. his wife, or either of them have had, or may have, of and in all such lands, tenements, etc. That then etc. ¶ The manner of making of acquittances in Latin and English. ¶ An acquittance of a parcel of a sum. noverint universi per presents me A. B. etc. recepisse & habuisse, die confectionis presentium, de W. I. etc. xx. s. sterlingorum pro festo omnium Sanctorum anno domini etc. 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 solutum, dictumque W. haeredes & executores suos inde esse quietum per praesentes. In cuius rei testimonium, figillum meum praesentibus apposui Datum etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. BE it known unto all men by these presents, that I F. B. etc. have received and had the day of making of these presents of N. I. etc. xx. s. sterling, afore the feast of Al-Saints last before the date within written, in part of payment of xx. li. sterling, in which the said N. by his writing obligatory, with a condition in the back thereof, standeth holden and bounden to me the said F. B for the payment of the same. Of which xx. s. in part of payment of the more sum in the said condition mentioned, I confess myself well and truly contented and paid, and the said N. his heirs & executors clearly acquitted and discharged thereof for ever. In witness etc. ¶ Acquittance of Annuity. noverint etc. me I.K. etc. recepisse etc. de H.R. per manus I. D. firmarij manerij R x. li. in partem solutionis cuiusdam annuitatis xx. li. mihi ad terminum vitae meae per dictum H. concessae, percipiend' annuat ad terminos duos, viz. ad festa N. & N. aequis portionibus, de quibus x. li. fateor me contentum & solutum, & ipsum inde hered' & executores suos imperpetuum esse quietum per praesentes etc. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ Acquittance for the tenths and Subsidies paid to the Collector. PRaesens scriptum testatur, quod ego Magister Henricus Hoskins decimarum & subsidiorum domini nostri Regis super omnes personas Ecclesiasticas, in & per totam Dioces. M percipiend' Collector & receptor generalis, sufficienti authoritate Episcopali fulcitus, & legitimè constitutus, recepi de Magistro G. W. rectore de Bridel ꝓ decimis & subsidijs eiusdem Ecclesiae suae, dicto illustrissimo nostro Regi, pro ann dni millesimo quingentesimo etc. ad festum Natalis domini ultimo praeterit debitis xviij. li xuj. s'. & ij. d'. de quibus quidem pecunijs fateor me ad usum dicti domini Regis solutum, & ipsum & Ecclesiam suam pndictam penitus liberam & quietam per pnsentes, manu mea subscript etc. anno regni regis H etc. ¶ A general quittance. noverint uniunli etc. me T. H. remisisse, relaxasse, & omnino pro me, heredibus, & executoribus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse R.M. de N. omnes & omnimodas actiones, tam reales quam personales, sectas, quaerelas, debita, executiones, transgressiones, & demanda, quas vel quae unquam habui, habeo, seu in futurum quovismodo habere potero versus praed' R. ratione aut causa quacunque ab origine mundi usque in diem confectionis presentium. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. BE it known to all men by these presents, that I T. H. have remised, released, and for me mine heirs, & executors, perpetually quite claimed to R. M. of N. all manner of actions aswell, real as persoeal, suits, quarrels, debts, executions, trespasses, & demands, which I the said T. mine heirs & executors have had, or might or aught to have against the same R. by any manner of cause or colour from the beginning of the world, till the day of the date of these presents. In witness whereof &c. ¶ A quittance made by a Vicar, or Parson, to the proctor's of his vicarage or parsonage. noverint universi etc. me A. B. vicarium Ecclesiae parochialis de S. recepisse, & audivisse, die confectionis praesentium, compotum finalem & totalem W. P. procuratoris vicariae meae praedict', de omnibus receptis, exitibus, solutionibus, & liberationibus, praedict' vicariae meae spectant, de toto tempore quo dictus W. fuit Procurator mens ibidem: Ita quod computatis computandis, & allocatis allocandis ipsum W. & executores suos de quocunque ulteriori compoto ratione praemissorum mihi reddendo, usque in diem dat praesentium, acquieto, libero, & exonero per praesentes. Sigillo meo sigillat etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. BE it known unto all men by these presents, that I A. B. Vicar of the parish church of S. in the county of H. have received & heard the day of making of these presents, the whole, full, and final account of W. P. my proctor of the said Vicarage, of, and for all and all manner of receipts, issues, payments, & deliveries unto my said Vicarage in any wise pertaining, for all the time and space that the foresaid W. P. hath been my proctor there: So that all things accounted that aught to be counted, & all things allowed that aught to be allowed, I do release, acquit, & discharge the foresaid W. P. his heirs & executors of all manner of further reckonings, concerning the premises, or any parcel of the same, from the beginning of the world, till the day of the date hereof etc. In witness etc. ¶ Letters of Manumission for a bondman in Latin and English. universis & singulis Christi fidelibus praesentes literas inspecturis, T. R. Miles dominus S. & M. Comitissa R. uxor eius salutem in domino sempiternam. Cum I. B. alias dictus I. B. natiws noster, filius R. B. alias dicti R. B. nativi nostri spectantis sive appendentis manerio nostro de P. in comitatu C. in villenagio procreatus fuerit, est, ac pro tali, & ut talis communiter dictus, tentus, habitus, & reputatus palam, publice & private: Noveritis nos T. R. etc. certis de causis veris & legitimis, nos & animos nostros in ea part moventibus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris imperpetuum, manumisisse, liberasse, & ab omni iugo servitutis & villenagij exonerasse, prout per praesentes nostras literas patentes manumittimus, liberamus, & exoneramus praedictum I. B. cum tota sequela sua procreata & procreanda, cum bonis & catallis, terris, & tenementis suis perquisitis, sive imposterum perquirendis quibuscunque. Sciatis etiam nos praefatos T. & M etc. remisisse, relaxasse, ac omnino pro nobis, haeredibus, & executoribus nostris imperpetuum quiet clamasse, sicut ꝑ pnsentes nostras literas relaxamus, remittimus, & quiet' clamamus eidem I. B. alias dicto I. B. et heredibus suis, & toti sequelae suae, omnes & omnimodas actiones reales & personales, sectas, querelas, seruitia, calumnia, transgressa, debita, & demanda quecunque, quae versus eundem I. B. alias dict' I. B. vel aliquos heredum seu sequelarum suarum, aut eorum aliquam habemus, habuimus, seu quovismodo habere poterimus, aut heredes nostri habere poterint in futurum, ratione servitutis & villenagij pndicti, vel aliqua quacunque de causa, ab origine mundi in diem confectionis praesentium: Ita videlicet, quod nec nos praed' T. dominus S. & M. Comitissa R. nec alter nostum, nec heredes nostri, nec aliquis alius ꝑ nos, pro nobis, seu nomine nostro, aut alterius nostrum, aliquam actionem, ius, titulum, clameum, interesse, seu demanda villenagij vel servitutis, per breve domini Regis, seu aliquo modo quocunque, versus dictum I B aliter dictum I. B. aut sequelam suam procreat seu procreandam, bona aut catalla, terras aut tenementa sua perquisita, vel imposterum perquirend' de caetero exigere, clamare, seu vendicare poterimus, poterit, aut unquam poterint in futurum, sed totalitersimus imperpetuum exinde penitus aversi & exclusi per presentes. Et nos vero predicti T. S. & M. & heredes nostri praef. I B. alias dict I. B. cum toto sequela sua procreata seu procreanda, liberum erga gentem omnem warrantizabimus imperpetuum per presentes. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The form 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. Countess of R. his wife, sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Whereas I. B. otherwise called F. G. our bondman or villain, the son of R. B. otherwise called F. G. our bondman or villain, belonging & appendent to our manor of P. in the County of C. was and is borne in pure villeinage, and for, and as a bondman or villain, was and is commonly called taken, had, accounted, and reputed privily & apertly. Know ye, that we the said T. etc. for certain good & lawful considerations, moving our minds, have for us and our heirs manumissed, & from the yoke of servitude and villeinage delivered and discharged, as we now by these our letters patents, manumit, deliver, and discharge for ever the said I. B. otherwise called F. G. with all his sequel and progeny, gotten, or to be gotten, and all and singular goods, cattles, lands, and tenements, and other perquisits, which the said I. B. otherwise called F. G. now hath, or at any time shall have or get hereafter. And ye shall understand also, that we the foresaid T. S. and M. have remised, released, & for us & our heirs for ever, quite claimed, as we now by these presents do remit, release, and quite claim to the lame I. B. otherwise called F. G. and all his heirs, sequel & progente, gotten, or to be gotten etc. all & all manner actions, real and personal, suits, quarrels, services, trespasses, debts, & demands, whatsoever they be, which we the said T. and M. etc. or our heirs had, have, or hereafter may or shall have in any manner wise against the said I B. otherwise called F. G. or any of his heirs, sequel or progeny, by reason of the villeinage or servitude aforesaid, or by any other cause, pretence, or colour, from the beginning of the world until the day of making of these presents: So that neither we the said T. and M. etc. nor any of us, nor our heirs, nor any other by us, for us, or in our name, shall or may from henceforth have, exact, sue, claim, or challenge any manner right, title, action, interest, or demand of villeinage or bondage against the said I. B. otherwise called F. G. or his heirs, sequel, progeny, goods, cattles, lands, tenements, etc. or any of them, by writ of our sovereign Lord the king, or by any other manner, but thereof be clearly excluded and avoided for ever by these presents. And we the said T. S. & M. & our heirs, the said I B. otherwise called F. G. with all his sequel and progeny, gotten or to be gotten, against all people shall warrant free for ever. In witness whereof &c. ¶ Another form of Manumission in English. TO all Christian people to whom this present cometh, Anthony Earl, Lord of R. S. and of R. sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Be it known unto all people, that whereas we by the information of certain persons, have made title and claim to one I. T. of Linne in the county 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 coming, to be villains and bound unto us, as appendent to our manor of I. in the county aforesaid: And forasmuch as we find neither proof nor sufficient ground, whereby we may understand that the said I. & W. or any of their issue should be villains or bound to us, but by evident proof in sundry wise brought and showed to us, we rather understand the contrary to be true. Therefore we being desirous to set all doubtful matters apart, and willing the said I. and W. to be no further grieved or molested wrongfully without sufficient cause, and that they may from henceforth live in surety for the same, have remised, released, etc. ut supra. ¶ The manner of making Letters of Attorney. ¶ A general Letter of Attorney to recover debts. noverint universi 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, levandum, recuperandum, & recipiendum vice & nomine meo, & pro me, omnes & singulas pecuniarum mearum summas, & debita mea quecunque, quae mihi quacunque de causa, à personis quibuscunque, infra universum regnum ' Angliae, debentia, spectantia, sive pertinentia sunt. Dand ', & per presentes concedend' pndicto Atturnato meo, plenam & integram potestatem meam & authoritatem in praemissis, querendi, agendi, dicendi, ꝓsequendi, implacitandi, arrestandi, imprisonandi, condemnari faciendi, & extra prisonam deliberandi, debita pndicta recuperandi, & recipiendi, & de receptis & recuperatis, ac super finem & concordiam acquietantias seu alias exonerationes nomine meo componendi, sigillandi, & deliberandi, & atturnat alium unum, vel plures sub se constituend', & reuocand': Necnon omnia alia et singula quae in pmmissis seu circa ea necessaria fuerint, & oportuna vice & nomine meo faciendi, exercendi, expediendi, & fiendi, adeo plenary & integre ꝓut facere possem sive 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 etc. ¶ The form of the same in English. BE it known unto all men by these presents, that I T C. of W. in the county of E. gentleman, have constituted, and in my place set and ordained my well-beloved in Christ I, N my true & lawful attorney, to ask, require, levy, recover, & receive in my name for me, and to mine use, all and singular sums of money, and debts whatsoever they be, of all manner persons in any wise to me due, pertaining or belonging, in any part or place within this Realm of England: Giving & granting to my said Attorney my full and whole power and authority in the premises to plaint, arrest, sue, declare, implead, imprison, cause to be condemned, & release the said debtor: recover & receive, and thereupon finally accord and acquit: letters of acquittance, and other discharges for me and in my name, to compound, seal, and deliver, attorney or attorneys, one or more under him to ordain and set, and at his pleasure again to revoke: And moreover to do, execute, perform, conclude, and finish for me and in my place, as is mentioned afore, all and singular things that shall be expedient and necessary concerning the premises, as thoroughly, wholly, and surely, as I myself should do, if I were therein my own person present. And all that ever my said Attorney shall happen to do, or cause to be done, in and for the premises, I promise to allow, perform, ratify, and 'stablish, and thereto I bind me, mine heirs and executors by these presents. In witness etc. ¶ A letter of Attorney for special debt. noverint universi per praesentes me I C. de W. in comitaru R. yeoman fecisse, ordinasse, & loco meo posuisse dilectos mihi in christo R.B. & R.M. meos veros & ligitimos atturnatos coniunctim & divisim, ad petendum, levandum, recuperandum, & recipiendun vice & nomine meo, & pro me de T.H. & de executoribus suis, illas decem libras sterlingorum, quas idem T. mihi debet, & iniuste a me detinet, & in quibus ipse per scriptum suum obligatorium mihi tenetur & obligatur: Dand' & per praesentes concedend' dictis Atturnatis meis & eorum utrique coniunctim & divisim plenam potestatem meam & authoritatem in pmmissis & in singulis ea tangentibus pndictum T. & executores suos si necesse fuerit pro non solutione dictarum x. li. & cuiussibet inde ꝑcella implacitand', arrestand', condemnari faciend', imprisonand', & extra prisonam deliberand', ac per quemcunque ꝓcessum juris versus eosdem ꝓsequend': Necnon de & super receptis & recuperatis &c. (And so likewise after the first example.) ¶ A letter of Attorney to deliver possession of lands. noverint universi per pnntes me W R. etc. assignasse, fecisse, & loco meo posuisse ac constituisse per pnsentes dilectum mihi in christo A.R. meum verum & legitimum Atturnatum, ad intrand' pro me vice & nomine meo in omnia illa mesuagia, terras, tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, ac caetera premissa cum suis pertinentijs, quae nuper fuer' R M. generosi defuncti. Et post talem introitum ad deliberandum pro me, vice & nomine meo plenam & pacificam possessionem & seisinam, de & in pndictis mesuagijs, terris, etc. cum oimbus suis pertinentijs F.G. de L in comitat S. generoso, aut suo certo atturnato, haeredibus & executoribus suis, secundum vim, formam, tenorem, & effectum cuiusdam chartae meae per pfatum W. antedicto F.G. & alijs fact', cuius datum est etc. prout per inspectionem eiusdem plenius appa●ebit: Caeteraque oina & singula quae in pmmissis, vel circa ea necessaria fuerint, seu quomodolibet oportuna ꝓ me, vice & noie meo faciend exercend', etc. adeo plen̄ etc. Datum etc. (As aforesaid.) ¶ A letter of Attorney to receive possession of lands. noverint etc. dilectum mihi in Christo C. D. de M. esse meum verum & legitimum Atturnatum ad intrandum pro me, vice & nomine meo, in unum mesuagium cum gardino & suis pertinentijs in villa de M. continens per estimationem duas acras terrae etc. quae nuper fuerunt A. B. defuncti, ac plenam & pacificam possessionem & seisinam inde capiend', & post hmndi seisinam & possessionem sic inde receptam & habit, eandem ad meum proprium usum retinend' & custodiend', secundum vim, formam & effectum cuiusdam chart mihi & alijs fact' E.F. generosum, ut per eandem chartam inde confectam, cuius datum est etc. manifest liquet & apparet: Caeteraque omnia etc. And ye shall understand, that this is the use in taking of seisin and possession. First ye must expel all persons out of the house, and call unto you certain neighbours, to witness at the former door, than cause one to read the deed of feoffment, & if it be in latin, some body must interpret & declare it to the witnesses, in the mother tongue, than let one of the Attorneys, he that giveth the possession, take the door, or the ring thereof in his hand, & set the hand of the receiver of possession upon the door in like manner, saying: By the authority of this deed of feoffment, I make unto you Livery and seisin of this tenement, and lands, etc. according to the effect of the same deed, and therein I set you in firm and peaceable possession. Then cause the feoffees to enter. This done, it is good to write the names of them that be present, to bear witness, on the back of the deed as thus: Data & liberata fuit seisina, & pacifica possessio E. F. iuxt formam & effectum huius chart, per W.M. atturnatum etc. in pnntia A. B. C D. de villa predict' tertio die Maij etc. And if the possession be given of a manor, it is good to have a Court holden immediately in the name of the new Lord: And there let the evidences & deeds be showed to the tenants, & they to be required to atturne and agree to the same estate. And as many as atturn, let their names be entered in the Court roll. Livery and seisin of lands is commonly made by a piece of the same earth, taken by the feoffor, and given to the feoffee, together with the deed, in manner aforesaid. ¶ A Letter of Attorney general and special in a matter of lands. universis Christi fidelibus etc. P. H de K. in comitatu E. yeoman, filius & haeres R.H. defuncti dum vixit de C. in comitatu praedicto yeoman, Salutem in domino sempiternam. Noveritis me praef P. fecisse, ordinasse, constituisse, & loco meo posuisse dilectum mihi in Christo T.B. meum verum & legitimum atturnatum ad prosequendum, implacitandum, et defendendum, vice et nomine meo, & pro me, in omnibus & singulis curijs et placitis, ac coram quibuscunque judicibus & iusticiarijs, versus omnes & singulas personas, erga quas vel quam aliqua actio tam realis quam personalis, mihi quovismodo datius sectam aut defensionem per legem, de, & pro omnibus illis terris & tenntis meis cum suis pertinent universis, vocat' W. scituatis, iacentibus & existentibus, in villis & campis de C. praedict' quae mihi dicto P. iure hereditario discendebant, per & post mortem praedict R. pavis mei, & quae in praesenti a me injust detinentur. Necnon in omnia dictas terras, & tenementa, cum suis pertenentijs vice et nomine meo intrand' ac plenam & pacificam possessionem et seisinam de & in eisdem pro me & nomine meo capiend', ac omnes & singulas personas quascunque, firmarios sive occupatores eorundem ab inde expelland' & mouend', & super huiusmodi possessione sic capta et habita, omnia dicta terras & tenementa cum pertinentijs ad usum dicti T. custodiend', gubernand', occupand', et ministrand'. Dand' & per presentes concedend' praedicto atturnato meo plenam & integram potestatem meam, authoritatem et mandatum speciale predictas personas et earum quamlibet occasione injust detentionis, custody vel occupationis praedictarum terrarum et tenementorum cum pertenentijs aut alicuius inde partis seu parcelle attachiand' et arrestari faciend', ac coram judicibus et iusticiarijs praedictis comparere fa●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' ubicunque videbit' oportunum fore, vice ac nomine meo leuand' affirmand, capiend' et atturnand', et eas vel ea secundum juris exigentiam cum quibuscunque inde circumstantijs interplacitand', et prosequend', ac ius & titulum meum praedictum coram pnd judicibus 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 expensas in ea part habit & habend' de ipsis personis et de earum qualibet recuperand ' & recipiend'. Et de receptis & recuperand' ac super fine etc. as in other. ¶ A letter of Attorney upon a Patent. universis etc. I. B. unus armiger' pro corpore illustrissimi domini nostri Regis etc. 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 ver & fidelis seruitij quod ego praed' F P. eidem illustrissimo domino nostro ante haec tempora impendi, & durant tota vita mea impender̄ intendo, concesserit & licentiam dederit mihi pref. F.P. qd' ego per me aut deputatum sive deputatos meos indigenas sive alienigenas, numerum & quantitatem ducentorum doleorum Isatidis, Anglic' vocat woad de Tholosa in partibus ultra marinis emer̄, & providere, ac eadem ducenta dolea de woad in una nave sive diversis navibus de obedientia dict domin' regis, aut obedientia aliquorum amicorum & confederatorum suorum cariare & imponere, & in quemcunque locum, seu quecunque loca huius regni sui Angliae una vice vel diversis vicibus ibidem ad meum maximum proficuum advantagium importand', conducend' & inducend' vendend' & distribuend', conduci & discariari facere possim & valeam licite & impune: aliquo actu, statuto, restrictione, ꝓhibitione aut ꝓcl●matione in contrarium factis non obstant prout in praed' literis patentibus inde confectis plenius continetur. Noveritis me praefatum F.P. virture & authoritate dictarum literarum patentium fecisse, ●●●inasse, constituisse & in loco meo posuisse dilectos mihi in Christo A. B.C D. mercatores de Hispania meos veros & legitimos deputatos & factores irrevocabiles coniunctim vice & nomine meo ad faciendum, exequendum & adminstrandum ad usus commoda & proficua propria eorund' A.B.C. D. omnia singula in dictis literis patentibus content & specificat, videlicet, in tam amplis modo & forma prout ego dictus F.P. facere potuissem seu deberem vigore praedictarum literarum patentium, si ibidem presens personaliter interessem. Et deputatum sive factorem unum seuplures sub se constituend' et ad libita sua reuocand'. Quibus quid' A B.C.D. et eorum utrique coniunctim, ego dictus F.P. do, concedoet transporto per presentes omnimod' potestatem meam, & authoritatem in praemissis. Ratum & gratum habens & habiturus totum & quicquid dicti deputat & factores mei nomine meo fecerint, seu fieri ꝓcuraverint, aut eorum aliquis fecerit, seu fieri procuraverit in pmmissis, & in quolibet praemissorum per pnsentes. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A like form of a Letter of Attorney upon a patent in English. BE it known unto all men by these presents, that where the king our sovereign Lord by his gracious Letters of Licence insealed with his sign bearing date at Westminster the xii. day of May in the xxxi. year of his reign, for certain considerations his highness moving, hath licened us W. C. Sergeant of the Caterie of his honourable household, & P.C. yeoman of his guard, his well-beloved servants, that we by ourselves, our factors or Attorneys shall and may purvey and buy in any place or places within this his Realm of England, where it shall best like us, 4 hundred quarters of wheat, and the same to convey & carry, or do to be conveyed or carried out of any port, haven or creak of this said Realm, that shall please us, in the parts of Flaunders, Holland, Barbant, or Zealand, there to be uttered and sold for our most profits and advantages, as in the said letters of licence thereof made more plainly is contained: Know ye that we the foresaid W.C. and P. by virtue of the said gracious letters of licence, have committed, ordained, and deputed our well-beloved in God A.B. of I. in the county of N. merchant, & R.S. servant of me the foresaid W.C. our sufficient Atturneiss and Factors, jointly and severally to execute by themselves, or by their sufficient deputy or deputies, the whole tenor, purport and effect of the said gracious letters, and every clause & article of the lame, as unto them or any of them, shall be thought most convenient and necessary, that is to say, in all things & by all things, in as ample and large manner as we the foresaid W. C. or either of us might do, should do, or aught to do, by virtue of the said gracious letters, if we our own selves were personally present: and whatsoever that our said attorneys or their sufficient deputy or deputies, shall do & minister in the premises, or any thing concerning the same, we the said I.P. and R.S. bind ourselves to ratify, and allow by these presents. In witness etc. ¶ A Letter of Attorney in English. BE it known unto all men by these presents, that I I.G. of B. in the County of S. yeoman, have made, constituted, ordained, and put in my place, my right well-beloved in God R. M. gentleman, my true and lawful attorney in this behalf, to oversee, rule, and govern, for me & in my name all my lands and tenements, as well freehold as copyhold, set and lying in the town and parish of C. in the county of S. & also to receive for me, & in my name, all the rents, issues, commodities & profits coming and growing of the lame lands, and every parcel thereof. And the farmers of the same lands, for non payment to expel, put, out and amove, & them to let to farm to other at his own pleasure and discretion: giving & granting unto my said Attorney my full power and authority by the tenor of these presents, to do and execute all and singular the premises, as fully, wholly, and surely as I the said I.G. might or should do if this my present writing had not been made etc. In witness whereof &c. ¶ A Letter of substitution, where the Attorney maketh a Deputy under him. universis etc. S. F etc. Salutem in domino sempiternam. Cum I. T. etc. per quoddam scriptum suum de Atturnato, fecerit, ordinauerit, constituerit, & in loco suo posuerit me praefat S. suum verum & legitimum Atturnatum ad petendum etc. vice & nomine dicti I. & ad meum proprium usum de H. x. li. in quibus dictus H. per obligationem suam pref. I. tenetur & obligatur, dictusque I. per dictum script suum de atturnato, dederit & concesserit mihi pref. S. atturnato suo, plenam & integram potestatem suam & authoritatem in praemissis, ad tangendum, agendum, ꝓsequendum, etc. Et de receptis & recuperatis, ac super finem & concordiam acquietantias seu exonerationes nomine dicti I. componendum, sigillandum, & deliberandum, & atturnatos alios, unum vel plures sub me constituendum & revocandum, prout in eodem scripto de Atturnato inde confecto plenius continetur. Noveritis me praef S. vigore & authoritate dicti script de atturnato mihi sic facto, ordinasse, posuisse, etc. E.B. meum verum & legitimum substitutum, ad petendum etc. usum, commodum, & ꝓficuum dicti E. de prefato H. decem libr': Necnon omnia alia & singula in praemissis, & circa ea necessaria ad faciendum, exercendum, experiendum, & finendum, adeo plene & integre, sicut ego praedictus T. vigore antedicti scripti atturnatos facere possem, seu deberem, si praesens personaliter adessem. Ratum & gratum &c. In cuius rei etc. ¶ Letter's Patents of divers and sundry forms. ¶ A Patent of an Office for term of life, with a fee assigned to the same. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, R.G. Comes L. salutem in dno sempiternam. Sciatis me pfatum Comitem dedisse, & per hoc presens scriptum meum concessisse E.H. generoso, officium Receptoris omnium exituum, ꝓficuorum & denariorum summarum crescentium & ꝓuenientium de oibus manerijs, terris, & tenementis, redditibus, hereditamentis meis quibuscunque in come de B. etc. Ac etiam officium superuisoris omnium pndictorum maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum, & hereditam̄torū meorum quorumcunque, ac ipsum W.H. receptorem ac superuisorem maneriorum, terrarum, etc. constituisse & ordinasse, prout per pnsentes ordinamus & constituimus. Habendum, tenend', & occupand' officia praedicta, & eorum utrumque per se, vel per suum sufficientem deputatum aut deputatos suos, pro termino vitae eiusdem W.H. cum oibus ꝓficuis, commoditatibus & praeheminentijs quibuscunque eisdem suis officijs seu eorum alteri de antiquo spectant sive pertinent, in tam amplis modis & formis, put aliquis alius, vel aliqui alij officio pndicto, seu eorum alteri ante haec tempora usus fuit, aut gavisi fuerunt. Et ulterius sciatis me pref. C. dedisse, & hoc pnsenti scripto meo concessisse pref. W.H. pro executione & occupatione officiorum pndictorum, quendam annualem redditum xl. marcarum sterlingorum, exeunt de oimbus pndictis manerijs, terris, tenntis, etc. Habendum, leuandum, & percipiend' eundem annualem redditum xl. marcarum pfato W. pro termino vitae suae naturalis, per manus suas ꝓprias, de exitibus & ꝓficuis manner, terr', etc. ad duos anni terminos, viz. ad festa etc. per equales porciones. Et si contingat ꝑdictum annualem redditum quadraginta marcarum aretro fore etc. ¶ A grant of the keeping of a Manor, Park, and Lodge. I.W. Earl of O. Lord S. To all Christian people to whom this present writing cometh, greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Whereas I. late Earl of O. mine ancestor, whose cousin and heir I am, by his letters patents dated &c. gave and granted unto I. W. the office and keeping of the Park of L. within the County of S. and of the Lodge within the same, and also by his said letters Patents made, constituted, and ordained the said I. W. to be his officer and keeper of the said Park and Lodge. To have, occupy and enjoy the said office of keeper and lodge to the foresaid I.W. and to his assigns for term of his life, by himself or his sufficint deputy or deputies, with all manner of fees, wages, profits, and commodities to the said office due or appertaining, in as large & ample manner, as any person or persons before that time had, occupied, enjoyed or perceived in the same. Know you that I I. W. now Earl of O for divers considerations me moving, have given, granted, & by this present writing do give & grant to my well-beloved friend T.P. gentleman, servant to the reverend father in God etc. the keeping of the manor of L. and of the said park of the dear now therein, or that hereafter at any time shall be, immedately after the death of the said I. W. and as soon as the said office which the above named I. W. doth now enjoy, shall happen to be void by the surrender of the said I.W. or by any other lawful ways, or means. And the same T.P. ordain, make, and constitute by these presents, to be keeper of the same manor, park, lodge, and dear, whensoever it shall first happen no be void, as is afore rehearsed. And furthermore know ye, that I the aforesaid R. S. Earl of O. do give & grant unto the foresaid T P. for the exercising and occuping of the said office the yearly fee and wages of iiij. d. a day, immediately after the death of the said I. W. with all profits, fees, wages, rewards, advantages, and commodities to the same office in any wise due & appertaining, in as ample manner & form, as the said I. W. or any other having or occupying the same office had or ever used and enjoyed. And also the herbage and pannage of the said park of L. immediately after the death of the foresaid I. W. and as soon as the said office shall happen to be void, by surrender of the above named I. W. or by any other lawful ways or means. To have, hold, occupy, and enjoy the same office of keeping of the said manor, park, lodge, and dear, immediately after the death of the said I. W. and as soon as the same office shall happen to be void, to the said T P. for term of his life, by himself, or his sufficient deputy or deputies. And to have and to hold the said wages and yearly fee of iiii. d. a day, and the said herbage and pannage, together with all other commodities, profits, and advantages appertaining to the same immediately after the death of the said I. W. in as large and ample manner, as the said I.W. or any other persons heretofore had or occupied, for the term of life of the said T. P. the same yearly fee or wages of iiij. d. a day, to be paid by the hands of the Bailie of the town of L. for the time being of the issues, profits, & revenues of the same manor of L. at two feasts in the year, that is to say, at the feast of S. Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of our blessed Lady saint Mary the Virgin by even portions. The first payment thereof according to the rate, to begin at the first feast of the said two feasts next after the death of the said I. W. And if it happen the said yearly fee or wages of iiij. d. a day to be behind, and not paid by the space of one month next after any of the feasts afore rehearsed, at which it ought to be paid: that then it shall be lawful to the said I.S. in the foresaid manor of L. etc. to enter & distrain, and the distresses there found, to drive, carry, and bear away, and with him to hold, keep, and retain, till such time as all the portion of the said yearly fee or wages of iiij d. a day so due & behind hand be fully contented and paid with the arrerazes if any there be. In witness whereof &c. ¶ A Letter patent of yearly annuity, with divers other clauses of fees. REx etc. omnibus ad quos hoc praesens scriptum pervenerit, Salutem. Sciatis quod nos in consideratione bon & fidelis seruitij per dilectum nobis in Christo N. ante haec tempora impensi, dedimus, concessimus, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus eidem N. quandam annuitatem sive annualem redditum 50. li. sterlingorum annuatim: Habendum, percipiendum, gaudendum, & recipiendum de exitibur, reventionibus, & proficuis hanaperij nostri praedicti, per manus clerici vel custodis eiusdem hanaperij nostri pro tempore existentis. Habendum, & annuatim percipiendum praedictam annuitatem sive aunualem redditum 50. li. praefato N. pro termino vitae suae naturalis de exitibus, reventionibus, & proficuis eiusdem hanaperij, per manus clerici, vel custodis dicti hanaperij ꝓ tempore existent, ad festa Annunciationis beatae Mariae virginis, & Sancti Michaelis archangeli, aequis porcionibus, super sola demonstratione harum literarum nostrarum patentium, seu earum irrotulament in dicto hanaperio nostro fact', vel alibi praefato custodi pro tempore existent ostens. absque aliquo brevi vel aliquibus brevibus sive mandatis extra cancellariam nostram super easdem literas nostras patentes prosequend', ac praefato clerico aut custodi aliquatenus dirigend'. Dedimus etiam & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus eidem M. pro termino vitae suae, unum dolium vini Vastonien̄ annuatim percipiendum durant vita sua, per manus Pincernae nostrae Angliae, pro tempore existent deliberandum, de illo vino quod idem pincerna noster pro tempore existens habebit & recipiet ad usum nostrum ratione officij sui pndicti. Necnon damus & concedimus eidem N. pro termino vitae suae annuatim tantum serici, Anglicae velvet, de serico nostro de garderoba nostra, & tantum penulam de cadem garderoba nostra annuatim percipiend' & deliberand' per manus Magistri garderobae nostrae predict' pro tempore existentis, quantum satis erit & seruiet ad faciendum praedictam unam togam de serico, Anglicae velvet, & penulatam annuatim pro termino vitae suae de illis sericis, Anglicae velvet, & penulis de quibus idem Magister de garderoba nostra pro tempore existens annuatim recipiet, & habebit ratione officij sui praedicti: Ac etiam damus & concedimus eidem N. annuatim durant vita sua, duas damas idoneas, videlicet, unam Anglice a Buck of season in aestate, & aliam Anglice a Do of season in hieme, in magno parco nostro de W. in comitatu nostro de S. annuatim capiend. Habend' tam per seipsum quam per aliquem alium, sive aliquos alios per ipsum assignand' per custodes in parco nostro pro tempore existent eidem N. deliberand'. Et volumus et concedimus, quod bene liceat & licebit praefato M. & assignatis suis, durant vita sua praedicta annuatim, venari & fugare in eodem parco nostro pro praedictis duabus damis capiend' et interficiend', & eas abinde cariand', asportand', & habend', ubicunque placuerit ad voluntatem suam, sine impedimento nostri & heredun nostrorum, forestariorum, parcariorum, & aliorum officiariorum & ministror quoruncunque durant vita sua. Et ulterius damus & concedimus eidem N. centum lib. sterlingorum, de dono & regardo nostro de exitibus reventionibus & proficuis hanaperij nostri praedicti prouenient sive crescent, per manus praedicti clerici eiusdem hanaperij pro tempore existentis: Soluend' & deliberand' indilate post ostentionem sibi harum literarum nostrarum patentium absque compoto sive aliquo alio inde nobis vel heredibus nostris reddendo seu soluendo pro praemissis, seu aliquo praemissorum. Et volumus & concedimus, quod praedictus clericus de hanaperio nostro protempore existent, & praedictus Magister de garderoba nostra pndicta pro tempore existent, habeat plenam allocationem coram quibuscunque Auditoribus & judicibus nostris, in quibuscunque curijs & locis super specialibus compotis suis faciend', de exitibus, reventionibus, & proficuis seperalibus, ratione officiorum svorum nobis emergentibus sive crescentibus, videlicet dictus clericus hanaperij nostri protempore existent, tam pro anwali solutione praed' annuitatis sive annualis redditus L. li. quam pro dictis centum libris de regardo nostro pfato M. ut premittitur, per nos concess. Et praedictus Magister garderobae nostrae praedictae pro deliberatione dicti annualis serici sive velvet, & penularum annuatim ad faciend' praefat N. unam togam penulatam: Eo quod expressa mentio de veto annuo valore, aut aliqua alia certitudine praemissorum, seu eorum alicuius, aut de alijs donis, sive concessionibus per nos, aut aliquem progenitorum nostrorum praefat N. ante haec tempora fact' in praesentibus minime facta existit, aliquo statuto, ordinatione, actu, restrictione, prohibitione, siue prouisione, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque in aliquo non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ A letter Patent of the King or a Lord, concerning the gift of a Stewardship and Constable etc. REx etc. omnibus ad quos etc. salutem. Sciatis quod nos considerantes fidelitatem & industriam praedilecti & fidelis consanguinei nostri G. Ex gratia nostra speciali, & ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris concessimus praefat G. officia Seneschalli sive Seneschalsie honoris nostr' de N. in comitat Derb. & Suff. Necnon castri, ville, dominij, & manerij nostri Novicastri super Tinam, dniorum & maneriorum de W. & A. ac omnium aliorum castrorum, dominiorum, maneriorum, terrar̄, & tenementorum nostrorum in eisdem comitat cum pertin', parcell' Ducatus nostri Lancast. ac eundem G. Seneschall' omnium officiorum pndictorum per presentes ordinamus, facimus & constituimus: Ac etiam concessimus eidem G. officium Constabularij castrorum nostrorum de T.M. & P. magistr̄ forestarum chaceae nostrae de R. ac balliwm noue libertatis nostre in comitatu praedict': Necnon magistrum de ductis ferarum omnium forestarum, chacearum, parcorum, boscorum, & wanrtennorum, in comitatu predicto: Ac etiam concessimus eidem G. plenariam authoritatem & potestatem ad faciendum, nominandum, & assignandum de tempore in tempus, omnes & omnimodos forestarios & custodes dictatum forestarum, feratum, chacearum, parcorum, & warrennorum: Ac insuper dedimus et concessimus eidem G officium magistri capitalis Seneschall' honoris predict', ac ceterorum praemissorum omnium cum pertinentijs. Habend', occupand' et exercend' omnia praedicta Officia, & eorum quodlibet, una cum authoritate & potestate predict' prefat G. per se, vel per suos sufficientes deputatos, aut deputatum suum, pro termino vite ipsius G. Percipiend' annuatim, in & pro officijs predictis, & eorum quolibet C. li. sterlingorum, una cum feod' & vadio, ab antiquo debito & consueto, tam eisdem officijs, & eorum cuilibet, quam omnibus alijs officijs occupand' per offic●rios fiendis & nominand' per perfatum G. authorirate & potestate supradict', & de exitibus, proficuis, & reventionibus honoris predicti, & ceterorum premissorum & eorum cuiuslibet prouenient sive crescent', per manus firmariorum, tenentium, receptorum, seu aliorum officiariorum & occupatorum eiusdem pro tempore existentium, ad terminos sancti Michaelis archangeli & Paschae, aequis portionibus, una cum omnibus & omnimodis aijs feodis proficuis, commoditatibus & libertatibus, & emolumentis quibuscunque officijs praedict', & eorum cuilibet qualitercunque pertinentijs, in tam amplis modis et formis, prout aliqui alij, sive aliquis alius officia praedicta, seu eorum aliquo ante hec tempora habuerunt sive habuit, occuparunt vel occupavit, ac in eisdem & in eorum quolibet perciperunt sive percipere debuerunt vel debuit: Eo quod expressa mentio de vero annuo valour etc. As ye see in the other. ¶ A letter Patent for keeping of a natural Idecit or Lunatic. REx omnibus ad quos etc. Salutem. Sciatis quod cum T. filius & heres H.P. nuper de E. in comitatu E. fatuu● & ideota existit a nativitate sua, et ea ratione sui ipsius, et regimine terrarum, tenementorum, bonorum, et catallorum suorum omnino vacat et caret, prout coram nobis per testim fide dignorum probat existit. Nos vero de gratia nostra speciali, ac certa scientia et mero motu nostris, volentes eidem I. de vite necessarijs et corporis sui custodia secure providere, Dedimus & concessimus, ac per presentes damus & concedimus dilecto nobis in Christo H. I. Militi pro corpore nostro, custodiam ipsius T. ac omnium terrarum et tenementorum, reddituum, et seruitiorum cum pertinentijs, que nuper fuerunt praedicto H.P. & que tam per finem post mortem eiusdem H quam ratione fatuitatis & Ideotatis dicti T. ad manus nostras devenerunt, seu devenire debuerint aut debent. Habend', gaudend', tenend', & occupand' custodiam corporis dicti T. ac omnium maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum, & aliorum premissorum etc. prefato H.I. heredibus & assignatis suis, pro termino vite naturalis dicti 〈◊〉. B. absque aliquo compoto seu aliquo alio nobis vel heredibus nostris inde reddendo vel faciendo. proviso semper quod dictus H.I. heredes & assignati sui de exitibus maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum, & ceterorum premissorum, inveniat praedicto T victualia, & omnia vite sue necessaria, prout decet in tali casu, & quod tetr̄ & tenementa &c. praedicta manuteneantur sine vasto vel destructione, Eo quod expressa mentio de vero annuo valore etc. ¶ A letter of a safe conduct for a certain of years. TO all Christian people, to whom this present writing shall come, A. B. of D. and C. F. citizens of London, send greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Whereas one George Hollong Citizen of London, in divers sums of money to us severally is in debted, which sums of money the said G. H. is not, ne by likelihood shallbe of ability to pay and content, unless we give & grant unto him our favour and respite in payment of the same Therefore know ye, that we the said Creditors all above named, and every of us moved with pity in consideration of the premises, and of the good will and desire which the said G.H. hath to the contentation of the said duty, have given and granted, & by these presents give and grant unto the same G. H or by whatsoever name or addition that he be named or called, & so to all them which for the said G. H. to us, or to any of us, standen or standeth bound or charged, our sure, free, and whole licence, liberty, & safe-conducts, as much as is in us: so alway that the said G. H. and all they which for him or with him to us stand bounden or charged. And over that the servants and assigns of the said G. H. with all the goods, cattles, merchandises, debts, duties, and other things of the same G. and in all manner of places, freely, quietly, well, & peaceably, at their large and liberty, may & shall by day and night, go, come, abide, return, & dwell, pass, and repass, into, or from any city, town, village, or other place or places within this Realm of England, or else without. And all the same goods, wares, merchandises, and all other things as been above rehearsed, to dispose as it shall like and please the same G. And all those person or persons, that with, or for him to us, or any of us stand bound and charged at all times and seasons from the day of making hereof, unto the end and term of five years, than next and immediately ensuing, after the day and days of payment, specified in the specialty or specialties, wherein the said G. or any other person or persons for the same G. in any wise standeth bound and charged unto us. And that we, or any of us, shall in no wise pursue, arrest, attach, hurt, withhold, let, or grieve, nor any other person or persons for us, or any of us, or in the names of us, or any of us, by the authority, assent, will, or agreement of us, or any of us, the said G. or those person or persons, nor any of them, which for the same G. to us, or any of us, in any wise standeth bound or charged by their bodies as fugitives, nor otherwise, nor by their goods, cattles, merchandises, or any other things of theirs, or any of them, for payment to be made to us, or any of us, of our said duties, or any part or parcel of them, or for to find to us, or any of us, any other or better surety or sureties for contentation & payment of the same our duty, other than we and every of us now have and hath for the same payment of our said duties, or any otherwise, during the term aforesaid, by reason or occasion of any deed, account, deceit, trespass, buying, selling, contract, or of any other thing, matter, or cause, or ground of cause, whatsoever it be, before the date of these presents between us or any of us, and the said G. & those persons which with or for the same G. to us or any of us standen bounden, charged or chargeable, had, made, moving, or depending. And if it happen within the said term, any money or goods to be attached, or arrested in the name of us, or any of us, by any other person or persons, in the hands of the said G or of them, or any of them, which for him to us, or any of us standeth bound, or charged or chargeable by force of any bill or bills, plaint or plaints, against them or any of them to be levied or attained That then we, he, or they of us, in the name of whom any such bill or bills, plaint or plaints, shall be made or affirmed, shall put in surety to the said bill or bills, plaint or plaints, & so utterly dissolve and discharge the said attachment and attachments, when and as soon as we, they, or he of us, in the name of whom the said attachment or attachments shallbe made or affirmed, shall thereto duly be required by the said G. or by them, or any of them, which for him to us, or any of us stand bound or charged. And every of them thereof, we, and every of us shall clearly discharge, as often as any such occasion or cause shall happen to fall, during the term aforesaid. And moreover, we all the creditors above specified will and grant, and every of us for his own part willeth and granteth to the said G. by these presents, that if it happen the said G. or them, or any of them which for him to us, or any of us stand bound or charged, in their own persons, or in the person of them, or any of them, or in, or by the goods, cattles, or merchandise of them, at any time within the term aforesaid, by us, or by any of us, or by any other person or persons, by the commandment, will, procuring, authority, consent, or knowledge of us, or any of us, against the tenor, form, or effect of these our present letters of safeconduct in any wise to be arrested, sued, impleaded, hurt, grieved, attempted, vexed, or hindered, and thereof after the form abovesaid, be not relieved nor defended, that then the said G. and those which for him to us, or any of us, stand bound or charged, & their heirs and executors by these presents, shall be for evermore quite and discharged against him or them of us, by whom the said G. and those persons which for him to us, or any of us, stand bound or charged, shall so against the form, tenor, and effect of these our letters patents of safe conduct be attempted, vexed, or hindered, or any of them be attempted etc. and thereof not released, dissolved, and defended, according to the form abovesaid, of all manner, actions, suits, quarrels, challenges, recognizances, executions, & demands whatsoever they be, from the beginning of the world unto the date of such attempting, vexation, grief, or hindering. In witness etc. ¶ A brief Commission of a Steward etc. OMnibus Christi fidelibus etc. A. B. Salutem. Noveritis me pfatum A. B. concessisse, et perpuntes confirmasse G. H. gen. officia Seneschal. superuisoris, & gubernatoris manner, terrarum & tenementorum, reddituum & seruitiorum meorum cum pertinentijs in G. H. I. K etc. cum suis membris & partibus universis: Eundemque G. H. Seneschallum, superuisorem, et gubernatorem omnium & singulorum premissorum, & quorumcunque ea tangent ordinasse, constituisse, & deputasse per presents. Dand' & per praesentes concedend' praefato G. H plenam tenore praesentium potestatem & authoritatem vice et nomine meo, omnes curias letas, & dies etc. prout aliquis alius unquam habuit, aut habere consuevit etc. After the manner of other grants. ¶ A patent of annuity or yearly fee given by a gentleman to his servant, for promotion of a marriage. CHristianis universis presens scriptum inspecturis sive audituris R. M. armiger, salutem in authore salutis. Cum nonnulla spes matrimonij inter I. A. famulum meum. et A. H (annuente deo) futut affulget. Seitote me eundem R. ut qui commodum & utilitatem dicti famuli mei ꝓpter obsequium mihi familatu suo ingenue & diligenter prestitum plurimum auctam velim, quo commodius inter eos viveret, dedisse praef. I. A. quandam annuitatem sive annualem redditum decem librar bonae & legalis monetae Angliae, exeunt de manio meo de M. cum pertinentijs in comitatu Wigorn̄. Habendum, gaudendum, & percipiendum dictam annuitatem sive annualem redditum x. li. eidem I A. & A. & eorum utrique diutius viventi & assignatis suis, durant vita mei pfati I. & ad festa Sancti Michaelis archangeli, & Annunciation̄ beatae Mariae virginis equis portionibus singulis annis soluend'. Et si ac quotiens contingat dictam annuitatem five annualem reddit x. li. aretro fore in part vel in toto post aliqd' festum festorum predictorum quo ut pfertur solui debeat, Tunc & toties bene licebit pfatis I. A. & A. et eorum utrique & assignatis suis in predict' manium cum pertinent & in quamlibet inde parcellam intrare & distringere, districtionesque sic ibm' captas licite abinde fugare, abducere, asportare, et penes se detinere, quousque eis de eodem redditu sic aretro existent plenary fuerit satisfactum et persolutum, una cum damnis et expensis suis in ea part sustinendis. Proviso semper ꝙ si dictae nuptiae non successerint, nec consummate fuerint, aut si ijdem I A et A. per me, aut mea causa aliquo modo promoti fuerint, sive obtinuerint, aut ꝓmoveri, sive obtineri possint aut eorum alter potest aliquam annuitatem, seu annualem redditum, terras, tenementa, seu hereditamenta, aut aliam certitudinem victus, habend' eye durant dicta vita mea annui valoris decem libr', aut maioris, qd' extunc presens scriptum penitus irritum erit, pmmissis non obstantibus. In cuius rei testimonium huic pnnti scripto meo, ego praefatus I. M. sigillum meum apposui. Datum etc. ¶ Here followeth divers and sundry kinds of Supplications, Bills of complaint, Answers and other Petitions for any matter in the King's Courts. ¶ To the King our most dread Sovereign Lord. MOst lamentably complaineth unto your highness, your poor, faithful and obedient subject T. V of H. in the county of K. uncle and heir unto I. V late of the city 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 seized of his demean as of fee, of and in two messages, thirty. acres of land errable, wood, and pasture severally set, lying and being in the parishes of L. M. in the said county. And so he being seized thereof died seized, so that the said two messages and other the premises descended and of right aught to descend unto your poor subject, as uncle and heir to the said I V So it is most gracious sovereign Lord, that certain writings evidences, escripts and miniments concerning the premises which your said poor and faithful subject should prove his true title by, unto the premises, be come into the hands and possession of T. V and V W. aforesaid, by the having whereof the said W. and V have conveyed divers and sundry crafty estates unto themselves, and thereby have obtained the possession of the premises, and the same, & the profits thereof by the space of xx years wrongfully have withholden & yet do, contrary to all right & good conscience. In consideration whereof and for so much as your said poor subject is in extreme misery & need, & not having wherewith to live, but driven by necessity unto his daily labour, which he cannot intermit without the utter undoing of him and all his children, and so of no manner of ability to sue for the premises by your laws. It may therefore please your highness of your most abundant grace and pity, to grant your most charitable & favourable letters, or commission to be directed unto such honourable men as your highness shall name thereunto, commanding them by the same to examine the premises, & further to set such direction and final end therein, as justice and truth would, and that as they will answer before the judgement of almighty God, unto whom your said poor subject will according to his bounden duty, pray for the preservation of your royal estate, etc. ¶ A petition to the King for a poor Scholar. ¶ To the King our Sovereign etc. PLeaseth it your highness of your most noble & abundant grace, in the way of charity, for and towards the exhibition of your daily Orator and poor suppliant T.M. master of Art, and student in your university of O. being minded to continue in his study & learning there, which he shall not be able to do, unless your most gracious favour be showed him in this behalf, to give and grant unto your said Orator, the pension going out of the College or fellowship of N. being of your most noble foundation, which pension was lately paid to A.B. master of art, who for that the said college was lately void of a dean & mast, is by your grace to the same preferred & called. And that your said Orator may upon this bill signed with your most gracious hand, have and obtain such and as many your necessary writings, as in this behalf shall he to him expedient. And your said orator shall daily pray to God for the preservation of your royal estate long to continue in felicity. ¶ A bill of complaint upon certain gifts, requiring a writ of Cerciorare. IN most lamentable wise showeth unto your good Lordship, your daily poor orator I.W. of London, that were one A.H. of L. aforesaid merchant tailor borrowed of your said orator xii. li sterling to be paid to the said I. at a certain day between them agreed, which day was expired, and the said sum of money not paid, wherefore the said A. for that he had not ready money, desired your suppliant to take a certain white broad cloth in pawn, containing xl. yards cut in pieces, for the said xii. li. which cloth was sold & delivered to your said Orator by a bill of sale, wherein the said A.H. standeth bound with condition in the same bill 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 only use of your said Orator for contentation & whole payment of the said xii. li. Since the which time the said A. counseled your said Orator to put forth the said cloth to one L. M of London shereman, for to be died of several colours for his most profit, by the means whereof the said I.W. was contented to take the said broad cloth for the payment of his said money, & afterward the said cloth was delivered to the said L.M. & within six days after the delivery of the said cloth to the said L. one R. N. Spaniard, affirmed a plaint of debt against the said A and according to the custom of the said city of London, hath caused attachment to be made of the said broad cloth as the debt due by the said A. unto the said R. where the said cloth is your said Orators. Notwithstanding, by reason of the said Attatchment, your said orator retained Counsel in the Guild hall of London, where the matter was, being at issue, whereupon the jury was panelled, since the which time for the space of three Court days, your said orator did give attendance there to have the said matter heard, and the said plaintiff & counsel would not suffer the said jury to appear, so long as your said suppliant did apply and pursue his cause in effect herein. And for that the said R. his counsel would not proceed in the said action, your said orator supposed that it should no more be called upon, by occasion whereof your said Orator being about his business in the Country, in the mean time the said L. M with his counsel having knowledge that your said Orator was out of the city, & in the country, instantly laboured the jury to appear in the absence of your said Orator, & by their subtlety and craft the said jury did appear & passed against your said Orator, contrary to all right, law, and good conscience, which shall be to the great impoverishment & undoing of your said orator for ever, unless your good Lordship's lawful favour & succour be to him showed in this behalf. In consideration whereof, might it therefore please your good Lordship to grant the kings writ of Cerciorare, to be directed to the Mayor & Sheriffs of the city of L. commanding them & every of them by virtue of the same to certify before your good Lordship in the kings most Honourable Court of the Chancery, at a certain day by your Lordship to be limited, 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 therein, as shall stand with right, equity, & good conscience. And your said orator shall pray to God for the preservation of your good Lordship long to continue. ¶ A Bill of complaint for the right of lands, where a state was made by deceit, and to require a Subpena upon the same. MOst humbly showing unto your Lordship your daily orator W.L. of W. in the county of M. That where one W.L. late of S. in the county of K. by his lifetime was lawfully seized in his demean as of fee, of, and in one mesuage and seven acres of land, set, lying & being in the Town and field of S. aforesaid, to the yearly value of xx. s. sterling. And he so seized of the premises had issue one I.L. his son, and died, after whose death the said I. was distract and of no whole memory, and so died without issue of his body lawfully begotten After whose death the said mesuage and other the premises descended and came unto one I L●as br●ther and heir unto the said W.L. which I hath issue one T.R. his son. And so it is my good ●●rd that aswell the said I. the father, as also the said This son hath by their deed of release, released all their right, title, & interest, of and in the said mesuage and other the premises to your said Orator and his heirs, as by their said deed of release doth appear: All that notwithstanding good Lord, certain evidences, deeds, charters, writings, and muniments concerning the premises, be come to the hands and possession of one W. S who by reason of having of the same evidences, hath conveyed Indentures of a bargain and sale of the premises from the said W.T. being a distract man & of no wit, unto the said S. which S. by force of the same, & by having the evidence in his custody, hath conveyed divers secret estates to the use of the said, S. & his heirs, by the supportation, counsel, & maintenance of one W. N and I.T. against all law, right, and good conscience, and by the confederacy and supportation of the said W. and T. the said S. W. with his extort power doth wrongfully detain and keep the possession in the premises from your said orator against all right & good justice. In tender consideration whereof, it may please your Lordship to give thereupon the kings writ of Subpena to be directed to the before named S.W.W. & I.T. commanding them & every of them by the same, personally to appear before your Lo. in the K. court of Chancery at a certain day to them limited, & under a certain pain, there to make answer to the premises. And furthermore to stand to, & obey all such order & direction in the premises, as by your Lo. shall be thought most reasonable, according to right & good justice. And your Orator shall daily pray for the preservation of your good Lo. long to endure. ¶ A bill of Subpena for a title of lands entailed. IN most humble wise showeth and complaineth unto your good Lordship, your daily Orator I.I. husbandman, That where one W. I. late of S. in the county of W. husbandman, grandfather of your said orator was lawfully seized in his demean as of fee, by due course of inheritance unto him lawfully descended from his ancestors and other lawful conveyance in the law, of and in one mesuage, and CCC. acres of land, meadows, wood, & pasture with their appurtenances in S. aforesaid. And the said W.I. so being of the premises seized about lviij. years now past, It was condescended, granted, & agreed between the said W. I. & one I. E. late of Hamptoncurlew in the said county deceased, that A. I. then son and heir apparent of the said W.I. before a certain 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 advanced and preferred in goods and substance by that marriage of the said A. would immediately after the said marriage had and solemnized, convey & make unto the said A. and Agnes, a good, sufficient, and lawful estate in the law, of, and in the said mesuage, lands, tenements, and other the premises: To have and to hold unto the laid A. and Agnes, and to their heirs males of their bodies lawfully begotten. And afterward the said A. according to the said agreement did marry and take to wife the said A. E. immediately after which marriage had and solemnized, the said W. I according to his said promise and agreement did lawfully enfeoff, of, and in the said mesuage, lands, tenements, and other the premises the said A. I. and A. then his wife, to have and to hold unto the same A. and A. and to his heirs maies of their two bodies lawfully begotten, by force whereof the said A. and A. were seized, of, and in the premises in their demean as of see tail special, and they so being thereof seized, 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 reversion in fee simple of the premises descended unto the said A. as son & heir unto him: And afterward the said A. & Agnes died, after whose death the said messsage, lands, tenements, & other the premises descended & came, and of right aught to descend and come unto the said I.I. as son & heir male of the body of the said A. & A. lawfully begotten: by force whereof the said I I. entered into the said mesuage, lands, tenements, & other the premises, & was thereof seized in his demesne as of fee rail special, And he so being thereof seized, the said I I. about 4. years now past, of the said mesuage & other the premises died seized without any issue male of his body lawfully begotten, by force whereof the said mesuage & other the premises descended & came, and of right aught to descend & come unto your said poor orator, as brother & heir male to the said I.I. by the virtue of the gift aforesaid. So is it my singular good Lord, that aswell the deed of entail made of & in the premises by the said W.I. the grandfather unto the said A.I. & Agnes, & to the heirs males of their bodies lawfully begotten, as is aforesaid, as divers other charters, evidences, deeds, writings, & muniments, concerning the premises, proving the said interest & title of your said orator, in & to the premises 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 have conveyed and put them, & by colour of having of the said evidences, deeds, writings, and muniments in their hands & possession, the same I.W. & E. have now of late wrongfully entered into the said mesuage, and other the premises, And the possession thereof do so yet wrongfully detain & keep from your said Orator, and also the rents, issues, and profits thereof have wrongfully received, perceived, and taken to their own use, by the space of four years past, & so yet do contrary to all right & good conscience, And albeit that your said orator hath often & sundry times required, and instantly desired the said I. W.E. G. W. and T. S as well to deliver unto your said orator the said evidences, deeds, writings, and miniments, concerning the premises, as also to avoid the possession of the premises, & peaceably & quietly to permit and suffer your said orator & his assigns to have and enjoy the same, and to receive and take the rents & profits thereof to his own use, according to his said interest, and the title therein, which to do they at all times have refused & denied, and yet do, contrary to all right & good conscience. And for as much as your said orator knoweth not the number, contents ne other certainties of the said evidences, deeds, writings, and miniments, nor wherein they be contained. And also for that the said john W. E. G.W. & T. S. be of great substance & riches, and also greatly friended & borne in the said county of Warwick. And your said orator being but a poor man, and having but few friends in the said county, the same your said orator is & shallbe therefore without remedy concerning the premises, by the due course & order of the common law, & otherwise, unless your good Lordship's aid & favour be unto him showed in this behalf. In consideration whereof it may please your good Lordship (the premises tenderly considered) to grant unto your said orator the kings most gracious several writs of Subpena, to be directed unto the said I.W.E.G.W. and T.S. commanding them and every of them by the same, personally to appear before the K. in his most honourable court of Chancery, at a certain day, & upon a certain pain by your good Lordship to be limited therein, and there to make answer to the premises, and further to be ordered therein, as shall accord with right and good conscience. And your said Orator shall daily pray etc. ¶ The answer of I.W. to the bill of complain of john I husbandman. THe said defendant saith, that the said Bill of complaint is uncertain and insufficient in the law to be answered unto, and the matter therein contained untrue, and principally imagined & pursued by the unlawful procurement, bearing & supportation of one W.C. Esquire, to the intent to put the said defendant to trouble, costs & expenses, intending thereby so to unquiet & impoverish the said defend. as they should be feign to leave their right, title, & interest, of, & in the premises, 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 unto the said I.W. now defendant to buy his title & interest of, & in the premises & threatened him to have the same, & that if he would not let him have it with his good will, that then he would have it against his will, whosoever took 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 honourable court, whereunto the said defendant prayeth to be released. And nevertheless, the advantage of the premises unto this defendant at all times saved, for further answer unto the said bill, & declaration of the truth of the contents of the said bill, the said defendants say, and every 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 premises, for that the said W. I. was therefore enfeoffed, T. I. of P.T.S. of S. and T.W. of E. were thereof seized in their demeans as of see, & so being thereof seized, by their writing indented ready to be showed, the same mesuage and other the premises contained in the said bill of complaint amongst other things, gave, demised, delivered, and by their said writing indented, confirmed unto the said W. I. mentioned in the said bill of complaint, and unto Agnes his wife: To have & to hold the said mesuage & other the premises unto the said W. & A. for term of their lives, & the life of the longer liver of them, & after their decease, the said T.T. & T. willed & declared in the said writing indented, that the said mesuage, & all other the premises, should remain unto the said A. mentioned in the said bill of complaint, & unto A. his wife, & unto the heirs and assigns of the said A. for ever, without that, that the said W.I. did enfeoff, of & in the said mesuage, lands, tenements, & other the premises, the said A. & Agnes, to have to them & to their heirs males of their two bodies lawfully begotten, or that the said A. & Agnes were seized of, & in the premises in their demeans as of fee tail especial, as in the said bill of complaint is surmised, & without that, that after the death of the said W. that the remainder of the premises in fee simple descended unto the said A. as son & heir unto him, or that after the death of the said A. & Agnes, the said mesuage & other the premises descended, & of right aught to descend or come unto the said I.I. in the tail especial, as son & heir male of the body of the said A. & Agnes lawfully begotten, either of any other descent of inheritance therein of a mere fee simple, or that the said I. by his entry into the said mesuage, & other the pmmisses, after the death of his father & mother, was than seized of, & in his demean as of fee tail especial, or of any such estate died seized, or that after the death of the said I. that the said mesuage & other the premises, or any part or parcel thereof descended & came, or of right aught to descend and come to the said compl. as brother & heir male to the said I.I. by virtue of any gift or otherwise, as in the bill of complaint is untruly surmised: But the said defendants do aver, & are, & shallbe at all times ready to prove, as this honourable Court shall award, that the said mesuage & all other the premises, by and immediately after the death of the said I.I. descended, & of right ought to descend & come unto one A. daughter & heir of the said I. lawfully begotten on the body of the said E. one of the def. the which A. is yet in plain life, & in the ward & custody of her said mother, and without that, that any deed of tail made of, & in the bill by the said W.R. the grandfather, or any other evidence, deeds, writings, or muniments concerning the premises, proving the said interest & title of the said complainant, of & in the premises, & every part or parcel thereof be comen into the hands & possession of the said I.W. & E. his wife, or either of them, or to the custody or possessions of any other by their delivery, conveyance, or appointment: but truth it is that the said def. have in their custody one writing indented, ready to be showed, whereby the remainder of the premises is conveyed unto the said A. & Agnes his wife, & to the heirs & assigns of the said A. for ever, as is aforesaid, & divers other evidences & writings, proving & concerning the conveyance of the fee simple of the said mesuage, & other the premises, unto the said A. & other his ancestors, the which charters, evidences & writings, the said def. do still with them detain & keep, as good and lawful is for them to do, aswell for the proof and preservation of their right, title and interest unto the third part of the premises, for the dowry of the said E. as for the said A. daughter and heir to the said I of, & in the said mesuage & other the premises, & without that, that the said def. have at any time wrongfully entered into the mesuage and other the premises, or into any part thereof, or the profits thereof do wrongfully detain and keep from the said complainants, or the rents, issues, and profits thereof have wrongfully restrained, received and taken to their own use, as in the same bill is also untruly surmised etc. ¶ A Bill of complaint in the Chancery for a debt without a specialty. IN most humble wise showeth and complaineth unto your good Lordship, your daily Orator and poor beadman, I, G. of H. in the county of D. that where the said I. G. by way of priest at the feast of Pentecost, in the xxiv year of the reign of our sovereign Lord the king that now is, did deliver unto one W.L. late of H. in the County of D. the sum of xviij. li. of lawful money of England, to be paid unto him at the feast of S. A. then next ensuing, 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 own proper goods (all his debts paid) to the sum 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 never utterly 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 son her executor and died, and left to him sufficient of the goods of the said W. for the contentation and payment of the same xviij pound, and after died, sithen whose death the said complainant daily, sundry, and many times required the said I. S. to content and pay unto him the said sum of xviij. pound, which to do he hath at all times refused and yet doth, contrary to right and good conscience, to the utter undoing of your poor Orator for ever. And for because your Orator hath no specialty, whereby he should charge the executor of the executrix of the said W.L. he is therefore without remedy by the order of the common law of this Realm, and is like utterly to lose the said xviij. pound, unless your gracious favour be to him showed in this behalf. In tender consideration whereof, it may therefore please your good Lordship, (the premises considered) to grant the Kings writ of Subpena, to be directed to the said I. S. commanding him by the same personally to appear before your good L. in the kings etc. ¶ The answer to the same bill. THe said I.S. by protestation not knowing that the said complainant did deliver the said W. L. in the said bill named, the sum of xviij l. or any part thereof by way of priest, as in the said bill is furmised, he further saith, that the bill of complaint is uncertain and unsufficient in the law to be answered unto, and much of the matter therein contained is feigned and imagined for vexation and trouble of the said I.S. the advantage thereof to him at all times saved. The said I.S. for further answer unto the said bill saith, that long time before the laid E.L. was constitute & made executrix unto the said W.L. she was married unto one I.S. father of this defendant by the space of xx. years and more, which said I. S. by his last will and testament constituted, ordained, and made the said E. and the said I.S. his executors and died, and left to the order and disposition of his said executors goods and cattles of his own proper to the value of 200. pounds sterling and above: All which the said goods and cattles, 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 marriage had between him & the said E. did misspend, waist, and consume of the said goods & cattles, late of the said I.S. to the value of 140. l. sterling, and above: And afterward the said W.L. by his last will and testament ordained & made the said E. executrix thereof, and died a very poor man, having no manner goods nor cattles at the time of his death of his own proper to the value of xx. s. sterling. And afterward the said E. by her last will ordained this def. exechtor thereof and died, since 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 unto the said E. of his own proper goods, to the sum of an C. l. over his debts paid, or yet the sum of xx. s. sterling, or that the said E. after the death of the said W.L. did ever consent, or agree to pay the said xviij l. unto the said complainant, or did require him to respite the payment thereof, or that the said E. at the time of her death left unto the debtee, sufficient of the goods of the said W. L. for the contentation & payment of the said xviij. l. as in the said bill of complaint untruly is surmised, and without that, that any other thing comprised in the said feigned bill of the foresaid I. S. which is material to be answered unto, & in this answer not confessed, avoided, or traversed is true. All which matters the said I. S. is ready to aver, as this honourable Court shall award, and prayeth to be dismissed with his reasonable costs and charges in this behalf sustained etc. ¶ Another form of a bill for a Subpena. IN most humble wise showeth and complaineth unto your good Lordship, your poor and daily Orator I. A. of R. in the county of N. that where one W. H. late of London Draper, was seized in his demean as of fee, of and in one mesuage, and xx. acres of land, wood, and pasture, set, lying, and being in the town & fields of R. and the said W. so being seized of the premises at L. aforesaid by protestation thereof died seized, after whose death the premises descended, and of right aught to descend unto your said Orator, as to the uncle & next heir of the said W. H. deceased, that is to say, brother of W. H. father of the said W. deceased: So it is right honourable Lord, that since the death of the said W. divers and sundry evidences, deeds, charters, writings, and other muniments concerning the premises, be comen to the hands and possessions of R. H. etc. who by the colour of having of the said evidences, have unlawfully entered into the premises, and thereof have taken the profits to their own uses, by the space of seven. years last past, without having any just colour of title so to do. And albeit that your said Orator hath divers times since the death of the said W. required the delivery of all the said evidences of the said R. H. and every of them: that notwithstanding, they and every of them the same to deliver, have always denied, and yet do deny, contrary to all laws, equity, & good conscience: It may please therefore your good Lordship (the premises considered) forasmuch as your said Orator for thobtaining of those evidences hath no remedy by course of the common Laws of this Realm, for that he knoweth not the certain number of the said evidences wherein they be contained, to grant unto your orator the kings most gracious writ of Subpena to be directed to the foresaid R H. etc. commanding them and every of them by the same personally to appear etc. ¶ A bill of complaint where a Quest hath passed in a matter wrongfully alleged. IN most humble wise showeth and complaineth unto your most honourable good Lordship, your poor suppliant and continual Orator P W of the city of London Broker, That whereas one A M. of the said city Merchant stranger, within the said city was possessed of and in certain linen clothes, to the value of xxij. l. x. s. sterling, and to your poor suppliants knowledge, then as yet, of his own mere proper goods and cattles, and so thereof being possessed, the same within the said city delivered to your poor orator being a broker, safely to keep & to sell and merchandise, by the discretion of your poor suppliant, to the use of the said A. by force whereof your orator made sale thereof to certain persons within the same city, and the money, goods, and merchandise therefore received and taken, delivered unto the said A. And so it is, right honourable Lord, that after and since the sale thereof made, one I. S. Merchant stranger, pretending a property in the foresaid linen clothes, hath commenced an action upon the case against your poor suppliant in the Guild hall, set and being within the foresaid city before the Sheriffs, therefore and thereupon hath declared that the said I. should have lost those goods, and that they came to the hands and possession of your poor suppliant within the said City by way of trover. And furthermore that your orator was sundry times required to make deliverance thereof to the said I. and that refused, and the same afterward sold, and the money thereof received, converted to your orators use: to which matter one I. O. your poor suppliants Attorney rashly without advisement or counsel therein taken, said that your said Orator did not sell the said clothes, nor any part thereof, and upon the same matter whether any sale thereof was made by your suppliant or not, an issue was taken and the jury tried, sworn, and charged, found a sale made by your poor orator of the said clothes (as the truth was) nothing regarding in whom the property of the goods was at the time of the sale thereof made, because by the plea so unadvisedly pleaded, it was confessed in point of judgement, the property thereof to be to the said I. S. and so it is right honourable Lord, that the said Attorney might have taken an issue, that your orator sold no clothes of the said I. because of truth the clothes were the proper clothes of the said A. and not the clothes of the said I. and so the jury should have tried in whom the property was, and because the property was not put in issue, the jury had no warranty to inquire thereof. And in case they had been the clothes of the said I. as they were not indeed, your poor orator ought not by the order of the law to have been charged, because they were delivered to your orator by the hands of the foresaid A. to sell, and your orator did accordingly, and the money, goods, and merchandises thereof received, delivered to the said A. and so if any trespass or wrong was done to the said I. it was done by the said A. and not by your poor Orator against whom the said A. may take his action: for your poor orator at the time of the said action commenced, neither had the said goods in his possession ne any other thing in am or considerance of the same goods. And also there is a custom within the said city, that if any upholster or broker, sell any goods within the same city, to any person or people within the same city, upon the delivery of any person, for, or at the request of him, having witness of the delivery thereof to him made or bring out the party who delivered them unto him, not being himself particeps criminis, should be discharged and not damnyfied, for his office doing in making sale thereof. And also by the order of the common Law of this Realm a man coming immediately to the possession of goods not being party to the first wrong, shall not be charged in action of trespass, which matters or any of them, if they had been pleaded, had been a sufficient matter of bar, and because they were not pleaded, your poor suppliant could not be received to give them in evidence to the jury, and so your poor orator is like to pay unto the said I. the value of the said clothes, the said I having no proper right ne title to the same, unless your most honourable good Lordship's favour be showed herein. In consideration whereof, it may please your most honourable good Lordship (the premises tenderly considered) to grant the K. most gracious writ of Cerciorare to be directed to the sheriffs of the said city, commanding them & every of them to certify before your good Lo. the whole record of the premises depending before them, or either of them in the R. most gracious court of Chancery at a certain day by your good Lordship to be limited and therein further to proceed, and further to grant the Kings most gracious and speedy writs of Subpena to be directed to the said I. commanding him personally to appear before your good Lordship in the Kings said Court of Chancery at certain day, and under a certain pain by your good Lordship to be limited therein to stand to the premises, & further to take such direction, order & decree therein, as may stand with equity, justice, & good conscience, & your poor Orator shall daily pray to almighty God for the prseruation of your most honourable good Lordship's estate long to endure. ¶ A warrant for a sum of money. TO our right trusty and well-beloved G.L. our receiver in our Lordship of C. and G. or to any other our receivers there for the time being, greeting. We will and charge you that of the profits & revenues of our livelihood, in your receipt of the feast of Easter next coming &c. without any longer delay, ye content and pay unto our well-beloved W. N. merchant x. li. which we own unto him for certain stuff to our use of him bought & received, & for payment of the said sum ye take for us sufficient acquittance, which with these our letters shall be therefore to you sufficient warrant & discharge at your accounts, than next to be given afore our Auditors there, for the time being, whom we will & charge to make you due allowance in this behalf by these our letters. Given &c. tali die etc. ¶ A Warrant dormant. BE it known to all men by these presents, that we Sir T. S. Earl of D. and Lord S. have given and granted, and by these presents give and grant unto our well-beloved sir I.H. knight & M. his wife, otherwise called dame M. D. one stag & two bucks in Summer, & one hind and ij. does in Winter, yearly to be taken in the two parks of our isle of A. or in the chase belonging to the same, of our gift yearly during their lives, and the longer liver of them. And we licence and give authority and power to the said sir I. and dame M. and either of them during their lives & the longer liver of them, and their sufficient deputy yearly in the time of season, & convenient to go into the said parks or chase, calling the keeper or keepers thereof with them there, to hunt & kill the same Dear. And them to carry away at their liberty & pleasure, with such convenient number of persons as shall like them, 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. yearly sometimes will not come themselves, nor either of them for the same, Then I will that my keepers of the same parks or chase for the time being, upon a bill signed with the hand of the said sir I. or dame M. concerning the same, shall kill & deliver from year to year, to the bringer of the same letters, the said summer dear & winter dear without any restraint or gainsaying, by them, or any of them, in any wise to be made or done. In witness whereof &c. ¶ A warrant for a Buck. WE will & charge you, that unto I. S citizen of the City of London, or to the bringer hereof, ye deliver, or cause to be delivered, one Buck of season, to be taken of our gift within our park of S. any restraint or other commandment heretofore made to the contrary notwithstanding. And these letters shall be unto you sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalf. Given under our signet, at etc. ¶ A deed upon lands gotten by fine and recovery. SCiant praesents &c. quod nos H.D. & T.H. add instant & specialem requisitionem W. H. & A. vxor' eius, dimisimus, tradidimus, liberammus & hac presenti charta nostra confirmavimus praefatis W.H. & A. illud mesuagium etc. in E. in comitatu B. etc. quod nos praefat H. & T. per finem in curia domini regis apud Westmonasterium a die Paschae in 3. septimanas anno regni Henrici 8 etc. coram I E R.G.L.P. & I.M. justiciarijs & alijs domini regis fidelibus tunc ibidem praesentibus inter nos praefat H. & T. querent & prefat W. P. & A. uxorem eius deforc' inde levatum habuimus nobis praefato T. H. & haeredi mei praedict' H. imperpetuum, prout per recordum inde plenius liquet. Habendum & tenendum mesuagium praedict' &c. cum pertinent praef. W. & A. heredibus & assignatis suis, ad usum eorund' W. & A. hered' & assignat suorum imperpetuum, ac insuper cum litera atturnat etc. In cuius etc. ¶ An other. SCiant etc. quod nos T.L. Miles, R. W. etc. dimisimus etc. C. T.W.B. etc. manerium de S. ac mesuagium etc. quae habuimuss nobis & hered' dict' R. W. per finem inter nos querent & W. Militem, & B. uxorem eius deforc' in curia dni reg termino Pa chae anno regni dni Reg. nunc etc. coram R. B. milite & socijs suis justiciarijs dicti domini Reg. de communi Banco, prout per finem plene liquet, qui quidem finis fuit ad usum mei dicti T.L. & hered' meorum. Habend' & tenend pndict manerium, ac omnia & singula caetera praemissa cum pertinent praefat C.T. & W.B. & haered' meis, & add perimplend ultimam voluntatem mei dicti T.L. fact seu fiend' de capitalibus dnis, ac insuper cum litera at●●rnat'. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A deed of letting over a Ward. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, M.G. gen salutem in dno sempiternam. Sciatis me praef. M. pro certa pecuniae summa mihi prae manibus solut dedisse, concess. & hoc praesenti scripto meo confirmasse dilecto mihi E. E civi & aurisabro civitatis L. custodian omnium terr', tenntorum, redd', reuerc' cum perrin quae nuper fuerunt T.P. nuper de L. defunct'. Et quae per sive per mortem ipsius T. ad manus H. ducis I. cum L. & N. devener seu devenire debuer ratione minoris aetatis A.P. filiae & haered' pndict T. ac custod' & maritag. ipsius A. absque disparag. ac etiam omnia illa terras & tenement, quae discendere & venire dignoscuntur predict' E. ut consanguineo & hered' A. W. quam custod' omnium pndict terrarum & tenementor, accustod' & maritag. pnd' A. absque disparag. nuper habui mihi ex dono, concess. & scripti confirmat' pref. ducis. Ac totum ius, titulum, interest & demand' mea quae unque habui, habeo, seu quovismodo in futuin habere potero, de & in eisd' Habend' & tenend' custod' pnd' pf E. et assign' suis, à die confect' pnsentisi, usque ad plenam & legitimam aetatem pnd' hered', una cum maritagio eiusdem haered' absque disparagatione, ut praedictum est, simul cum omnibus exitibus, ꝓficuis, & reventionibus inde medio tempore ꝓuenient' siue crescent', absque aliquo mihi inde reddend' seu compot' faciend'. In cuius rei etc. ¶ The form of letters Testimonials. ¶ A letter of Testimony for an Obligation confessed in the Court. universis & singulis Christi fidelibus ad quos etc. H. H. Maior & Alderman̄ Civitatis Lond' salutem etc. Quia de commiss nobis officij debit veritatis testimonium tenemur subvenire, & ea quae coram nobis acta sunt, prout judicis incumbunt officio, fideliter testificari. Hinc est quod universitati vestr̄ tenore praesentium innotescimus per praesentes, quod die confectionis eorundem accessit ad pnsentiam nostram dilectus concivis noster G. R. Pannarius, & coram nobis exhibuit quoddam scriptum relaxat cera rubea impress. sigillatum in haec verba. Noverint etc. quod quidem scriptum, ut praefatus G R. coram nobis asseruit & affirmavit, supradictus W.S. in curia dni Regis in loco nostr' iudiciali, videlicet, in camera Guildhald' civitatis pndictae, in praesentia dilecti nostri I.H. adtunc unius atturnat sive ꝓcurat in eadem curia sigillavit, ac eidem G. liberavit, qui vero I.H. die confectionis praesentis ad instantiam dicti G. R. coram nobis vocatus, vinculoque juramenti astrictus deposuit, & affirmavit, quod ipse scripsit illud manu propria in pndicto loco nostro iudiciali, & quod idem scriptum in plentia sua sigillat & liberatum fuit forma supermemorata. In quorum omnium & singulorum praemissorum fidem & testimonium, Sigillum officij nostri maioratus & civitatis pnd praesentibus duximus apponendum. Scriptum xii die Maij, Anno dni etc. ¶ An other testimonial in English, for the approving 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 everlasting. Forasmuch as by the duty of our office, appertaineth such things as before us is showed, witnessed and affirmed, to testify and record, if we thereto be required, therefore it is that we certify unto 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. widow, written in paper, and sealed, in these words: This is the last Will etc. Furthermore know ye, that the day of making of these presents, came personally before us I. R Merchant of the staple of Calais, which before us upon the holy Evangelists of God sworn, 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 divers times, that S. F. late Alderman of the said City of London, T. H. gent. and R. T. Mercer, were enfeoffed in all her lands & tenements, & she said that the said R. T. should have, & with them do, like as he would do of his own lands & tenements by him purchased. In witness whereof to these presents, the seal of our office of Mairalty of the said city, we have done to be put to. Written at London the x day of Feb. the year of the reign of our sovereign Lord king Henry the viii. etc. ¶ A good Precedent of a Testament. IN the name of God Amen. The xxj. day of the month of May, the year of our lord God 1589. etc. I R: N. Mercer, citizen of L. being of whole mind, and in good and perfect remembrance, laud and praise be unto almighty God, make and ordain this my present Testament, concerning herein my last Will, in manner & form following: that is to say. First I commend my soul unto almighty God, my maker and Redeemer, and my body to be buried in the parish Church, or Churchyard of S.N. in the city of L. & I bequeath unto the high Altar vj. s. viii. d. Item toward the reparation of the same church xiii. s. iiij. d. Item I will that in all such debts & duties as I own of right or of conscience to any person or persons, be well and truly contented & paid by mine executors hereafter named, or else ordained for to be paid without any delay or contradiction. And after my debts paid, and my funeral expenses performed, I will that all my goods, cattles, & debts, shall be divided into 3. equal parts, whereof I will that Anne my wife shall have one equal part to her own proper use, in manner of her purpart & reasonable part to her of all my said goods, cattles & debts, after the laudable custom of the city of London belonging. And the second equal part of all my said goods, cattles, & debts, I bequeath to E. & M. my daughters, & to the child now being in the womb of my said wife, equally to be divided amongst them, & to be delivered unto them when they shall accomplish & come to their lawful ages of xxi. years, or else be married etc. And if it fortune any of my said children to decease before they accomplish their said ages, and before that time be not married, that then I bequeath her part, or his part, of them so deceasing, to the other of them then surviving, to be delivered unto them when they shall accomplish their said ages, or else be married, & if it fortune all my said children to decease (as God it defend) before they accomplish their said ages, & before that time be not married, than I bequeath aswell all & singular the said part & portion of my said children in my foresaid goods cattles, & debts, as also my legacy to them hereafter bequeathed to & amongst the children lawfully begotten of the body of R. M. of S. in the county of R. to be paid & delivered to them at like ages, & in like manner as is appointed unto my own children, and every child likewise to be others heir thereof. And if it shall fortune all the children of the said R. M. of his body lawfully begotten, to decease (which Go●●efēd) before they come to their lawful ages, & before that time be not married, them I will that all their said parts and portion of my said goods, cattles, and debts, shall wholly be employed & bestowed in amending and repairing of noyous highways, nigh about the city of London, & to the marriage of poor maidens by the discretion of mine executors, and overseers, if they were then living, or else by the discretions of the Lord Maior & his brethren the Aldermen of the city of London. And the third equal part of all my said goods, carels, & debts, I reserve unto mine executors. therewith to perform my legacies and bequests hereafter specified, that is to wit: First I bequeath to my mother in law mistress A. C. a jewel of the value xx. li. Item I bequeath thirty. li. to be distributed shortly after my decease to and amongst the poor householders inhabiting within the said parish of S. N. by the discretion of mine executors & overseers Item I bequeath unto the poor prisoners in all the prisons & gailes of London & S. x. li. sterl. to be equally divided amongst them, by mine executors. Item I bequeath unto R L. x. li. & a gown. Item I bequeath to P F. my servant x, li. in the intent that he shall instruct mine executors faithfully & truly in all my reckonings & business. Iten I bequeath to A. B. a black gown. Iten I bequeath unto the Masters, Wardens, & fellowship of the Mercers 6. li. for a recreation or a dinner amongst them that shall be in their livery at my burial. Item I bequeath unto every one of my servants that shallbe in my house & service at the time of my decease a gown. Item I bequeath unto the said A. my wife 90. li. of my said portion, to the intent and upon condition that she in her widowhood by her deed sufficient in the law shall clearly remit and release all her right, title, and interest that she then shall have or aught to claim or have, by reason of her marriage unto me, to, of, and in all and singular my lands and tenements, & other their appurtenances, set, lying & being within the county of E. a●● elsewhere within the Realm of England. And in case my said wife then refuse so to do, and not so release, that then as now, and now as then, I will that my said legacy so made unto her of the said lxxxx. li. shall be void & of none effect. Item I will that my said wife shall inhabit & have mine house wherein I now dwell, in the said parish of S. N. during her widowhood, and as soon & when as she shall be assured or married to any other man, that then I will that the lease and term of years, of & in the same, shallbe sold to the most price and furtherance that can be to the profit of my said children. The residue of all my goods, cattles, and debts, after my debts paid, my funeral expenses performed, and these my legacies contemned in this my present testament fulfilled, I wholly give and bequeath to my said children, equally to be divided amongst them, and to be delivered unto them according as I have above willed and declared, that their said own portions shall be. Provided always, and it is my very will, mind & intent, that shortly after my decease, all & singular my wares, stuff of household, plate, and all other my goods whatsoever they be, shall be prised by two indifferent persons to be named and sworn by the Lord Mayor of London and his brethren for the time being. And all and singular the portions thereof appertaining to my said children, aswell my second part as my said legacy so to them made & bequeathed of my part, immediately after the apprising to be ordered according to the custom of the orphanage of the city of London by the L. Maior and brethren. Iten I will that the young men being free of the fellowship of Mercers of London, shall have the occupying of all my said children's portions & legacies, during their nonages, they putting in sufficient sureties therefore, according to the said custom of the city of London. And I will, & my mind & intent is, that master H. L. & master R. M. or their assigns shall have the keeping, governance, & bringing up of my said children, during their nonages. And of this my present testament, I make and ordain 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 gown. And of the execution of the same, I make & ordain the said master L. O. overseer. And I utterly revoke and adnull all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies, bequests, executors, and overseers, by me in any wise before this time made, named, willed, and bequeathed: These witnesses etc. ¶ The manner of making a supplication upon breaking of promise, and such like. IN most humble wise showeth unto your mastership, your poor Orator W. V of etc. that where one R. M. etc. faithfully promised to deliver to your said Orator, in marriage with one A. S. his daughter, now the wife of your said beadman, all manner household stuff necessary for household, afore sufficient witness ready to testify the same, to be delivered immediately after the said marriage: Whereupon your said orator married with the said A. sithence which time (right honourable Sir) your said orator hath required the same stuff, which the said W. hath always promised, nevertheless, for the space of xv. years past hath deferred with feigned promises the delivery thereof, to the great unquiet and hindrance of your said orator, which now is compelled to require the charitable help and aid of your good Mastership herein. In consideration whereof it would please your accustomable goodness always to poverty extended, to do call before you the same R. M. and him to cause to recompense & content your said Orator, aswell for the said household stuff, or to deliver the same, as also for his loss of great time and hindrance thereabout expended: Your said Orator should according to his bounden duty etc. ¶ Another upon deceit by a partner. IN most humble wise complaining showeth unto your good Lordship, your daily Orator etc. That whereas upon the imagination of honest & good opinion R. C. Father unto your said orator deceased, had in one T. T. etc. the said R. about Easter last passed, did join in bargain with the said T. T. for the delivery of so much wares, whereof the moiety was to the said R. as amounted to the sum of etc. unto one I. S. of the king's majesties household Esquire, for the which sum of etc. the said S. stood bound by statute of the Staple, unto the said R. C. and T. T. payable at the feast of etc. then next etc. which was in the year of our sovereign L. King Henry the etc. And to the intent that the same K. being a man of such honesty & simplicity, as did neither suspect, nor yet misdoubt the good conscience of the said C. who always towards him had counterfeited such purity of conscience, & so honest behaviour, might the better by the help of the same T. come by his debt at the time to be due, if he so long lived, or else if he died, that the said T. might be a stay & sure means to his executors for the getting in of the same: He the same R. trusted the said T. with the custody of the said statute: Soon after the making of which bargain, & somewhat before the said least of etc. the said R. deceased, & made your orator his executor thereof, by charging him aswell with the gathering in of all such sums of money as were due to the said testator, as also with the paunent of all such debts as the said R. did owe. And so it is most gracious Lord, that although your said beseechour hath divers and sundry times since the decease of his said father, required the said T. to have the moiety of the said &c. due to him by equity & conscience, as executor unto his said testator. The said T. (now declaring him what he is) having no regard either to conscience, common honesty, nor yet to the trust he was put in, minding if he can (with what injury he careth not) utterly to debar your said Orator from the having thereof, and he himself against all reason & conscience, to have the said &c. for nothing: hath not only with many slight and subtle delays, linger and fooded your said Orator of long time from having the same, but also now lately hath plainly answered and affirmed, that your said Orator shall have no part nor penny thereof, which if it should thus pass, should be both great encouraging to such corrupt conscioned persons still to persever in such their lewd demeanour, & in the mean time, turn to the great impoverishing of your said poor orator. Wherefore may it please your honourable L. of your accustomed equity, to enjoin the said T. that he repay unto your said Orator the said &c. moiety of the said etc. if he have received it of the said S. or if he have not, that he be no let to your said Orator to do therein what he can for the obtaining & getting in of the same. And thus shall your said orator have cause continually to pray for the prosperous estate of your good L. long to endure. ¶ A Bill of complaint made for the recovering of evidence made by compulsion. IN most humble wise complaining showeth unto your good Lordship, your daily oratrix I. B. That whereas in the year etc. it chanced the husband of your said oratrix, together with one etc. jointly and severally to be bounden in a Recognisance of the sum of etc. knowledged before your good Lordship in the King's Malesties' court of Chancery for the payment of etc. payable at a certain day now past, unto one etc. for which sum not being paid at the day due, the said etc. hath sued execution against your said poor oratrices' husband, whereupon he was by the Sheriff of etc. arrested about etc. past, and by all the said space, hath remained in the King's majesties prison of marshalsea, to his great pain of body, importable charges, and in a manner undoing both of him, your poor oratrix, & their small children, which piteous estate of his (with himself lamenting) after he had well considered, he then consulted with himself for his best remedy in that behalf, and therewithal calling to his mind, that he had herein etc. a kinsman and cousin called etc. being of etc. unto whom your said or atrices' husband, for the vicinity of blood and ability of substance, was bolder to make his moan for help in this his adversity, than unto any other, but far contrary his expectation, and against all humanity, whence your said oratrices poor husband looked most after succour, thence he received not only lest help, but also most hurt: for the said etc. well perceiving the adverse estate that your Oratrices poor husband was, and is in, which was the greediness of the Merchant for his money, the earnest thought and care of your poor oratrix, and her poor children, and the great desire that her said poor husband had (as any man would) of liberty and discharge of trouble, would by no means promise his help unto her said poor husband herein, unless he would be content to bargain & sell all his lands amounting to the yearly rent of etc. unto him the said &c. for an annuity of xx. l. sterling, to him during his life, and for the sum of etc. whereof &c. to be paid in hand: whereunto your said poor oratrices' husband, through the constraint of his said cause, was compelled to agree, and to enseale such writings, as the said &c. not long after had brought with him, concerning the said bargain, nothing misdoubting of the said etc. being his cousin, but that he should have seized to none other covenants, but only to such as conscience would stand with: at which time the same etc. neither paid nor proffered any penny of the said etc. according to his covenant: Which delay of payment both against his promise and covenant, after her said poor husband had considered and studied upon, and therewithal read over the covenants comprised in the said Indentures of this bargain, which indeed (most honourable Lord) were so partially devised for the behoof of the said etc. and again so sore against your said poor oratrices' husband, as (if the bargain had taken effect) had been to the utter undoing of him & her, with all their heirs for ever, your said poor oratrices' husband taking hold on that point, that the said &c. paid not the foresaid etc. did at their next meeting, renounce and say, that he would not stand to the said covenants & bargain, whereunto the said etc. partly knowing in that he had not paid nor proffered this etc. said before sufficient witness here ready to be sworn, he was contented: howbeit he said that your said oratrices poor husband should pay for the making of the writings: For the payment whereof her said husband as then having no great store of money, was fain to give him a gold ring in pledge to paythe scribe for writing of the same. All this notwithstanding (most honourable Lord) & that your said poor oratrices' husband hath often & sundry times since by many ways and means required the said writings concerning the said bargain of the said etc. he against all natural love & humanity, nothing more coveting than the extreme destruction of her and her said poor husband, and well perceiving how far he is now unable to help himself, hath utterly denied to render the same, and yet doth, contrary to all conscience, equity, law, or right: In consideration whereof, may it like your honourable Lordship of your accustomed pity, to call the said &c. before you together with the husband of your said poor oratrix, and there to will him to deliver the said writings again to the said husband, if it shall seem unto your honour, or else there to show sufficient matter why he should keep the same, & your said oratrix with her poor husband, & their poor children shall pray etc. ¶ A bill of a title of Copyhold lands. Humbly complaining, showeth unto your good Lordship, your daily orator W. S. otherwise named W. T. of L. cofin and heir of I. S. otherwise called I. M. while he lived etc. That whereas your said Orator at your Lordship's last being, at etc. did exhibit unto you a certain bill of complaint, mentioning therein that the foresaid I. S. otherwise called I. T. in his life time was seized of and in certain Customary lands and tenements, that is to say, of and in etc. holding by Copy of Court roll of the manor, of which one T.L. then was and yet is Lord. And that the same I. S. so being seized of the premises afterwards of like estate died thereof by protestation seized, after whose death the said &c. with the appurtenances, and the right, title, use, possession, & inheritance thereof descended and came, and of very right aught to descend and come unto your said Orator, as cofin and next heir of the said I. S. that is to say, the youngest son of I. youngest son and heir to the same I. S. according to the ancient custom of the said manor: And that your said orator had oft and sundry times desired and prayed the said etc. that with lawful warning unto the tenants of the said Lordship, a Court might be holden at the said manor, by whose inquiry the title of your said orator might be presented and found in the premises according as both justice, right, and good conscience doth require: Howbeit most honourable Lord, that notwithstanding, forasmuch as the said &c. hath kept the premises in his own hand these many years past, and the profits and issues thereof coming, hath by the same space to his own proper use received and taken, and yet doth, your said poor orator could never get the same &c. to hold a court there, minding thereby utterly disheriting unto your said poor Orator, of and in the premises: until such time as your said most honourable Lordship, moved with your accustomed love to justice, and pity towards poverty, vouchsafed to grant unto him your benign letters, directed unto the said etc. willing him thereby with lawful warning given unto the tenants of the said Lordship, to summon and keep a Court of the said manor, for the trial of the right of your said Orator in the premises: upon the receipt of which letters, the said &c. summoned and kept a Court at his said Manor of etc. whereat upon the open and plain declaration of your said Orators title, together with the examination of divers witnesses brought in by your said Orator for the said title in the premises, and further upon the showing of much substantial and ancient evidence, maintaining the same, the Homage therewith charged and sworn, did present and find at the said &c. before I. S. Steward of the same Court, that the foresaid I. S. was possessor, and held the premises by Copy of Court roll according to the custom of the said Manor, and that also your said Orator was cofin and heir to the same I. S. according to the custom of the said manor, that is to say, son of I younger son of etc. as by the Copy of the same Court rolls ready to be showed more plainly may appear unto your Lordship. After which presentment at the same Court it was agreed betwixt the said Steward in the name of the said etc. and your said Orator, that if the said etc. should not declare and show unto your said Orator, or to his learned counsel at London, within one term then next ensuing, a better title and interest to the foresaid premises, than your said Orator had then and there already proved: that then your said Orator should have and enjoy the premises to him and to his heirs, according to right, equity and good conscience, & according to the custom of the said manor. But so it is most honourable Lord, that although the said etc. (as he cannot) so hath he not by the said space proved any manner of title, or colour of title to the premises, but only with such & like fraudulent delays, he intendeth to weary your said poor orator from the obtaining of the premises, & if he can disherit him from the same: Wherefore may it please your good Lordship of your accustomable goodness always to poverty extended, to grant unto your said Orator the Kings most gracious writ of Subpena, to be directed to the said etc. commanding him by the same not only to appear personally before your good Lordship in the high court of Chancery at a certain day, and under a certain pain by your good Lordship therein to be limited, but also to permit and suffer your said orator peaceably to have, hold, or occupy, possess, and enjoy the premises aforesaid, and the profits and issues of the same, until such time as the same etc. hath duly approved better title to the premises than he hath hitherto done, and your said poor Orator shall pray etc. ¶ ADDITIONS TO THE book of Instruments. ¶ A grant of a Ward within age. OMnibus Christi etc. Salutem etc. Sciatis me praefat Comitem pro quadam pecuniae summa, mihi per T. M. genero●um p manibus solut, dedisse, & ꝑ present concessisse eidem T. custodiam W. C. filii & heredis I.C. iam defuncti, ac omnium terrarum tenementorum & hereditam morum, quae ad manus meas devenire poterint ratione minoris aetatis eiusdem W. post mortem dicti I qui de me tenuit die quo obijt per seruitium militare, ac maritagium pndicti W. Habendum & tenendum custodiam praedictam, ac maritagium praedicti W. praefato T. & assignatis suis quousque dictus W. ad plenam aetatem viginti unius annorum pervenerit, ac quamdin in manibus meis fore contigerent seu remanere deberent, & si contingit praedictum W. obire antequam ad plenam aetatem viginti unius annorum pervenerit, herede suo infra aetatem existent, tunc sciatis me praefatum comitem pro etc. conce●lisse praefat T. custodiam eiusdem heredis ac omnium terrarum, tenementorum & hereditamentorum praedictorum, una cum maritagio eiusdem heredis, & sic de herede in heredem, quousque unus eorum ad plenam aetatem viginti unius annorum pervenerit. In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti scripto mee sigillum meum apposui. Datum etc. ¶ A warrant for the payment of an Annuity. WIllihelmus D. Miles, omnibus receptoribus ballivis firmarijs prepositis ministris, & occupatoribus quibuscunque dominior̄ & manerior̄ meorum de N. & L. in come E. qui nunc sunt, & qui pro tempore futuro erunt salutem. Cum ego praef. W. nuper per scriptum meum cuius datum est primo die Maij ann etc. ordinauerim, fecerim, & constituerim dilectum mihi in Christo, T. N. armig' senescallum meum omnium predictorum dominiorum & maneriorum meorum. Habendum tenendum & occupandum officium praed' praefato T. per se vel per sufficientem deputatum suum vel sufficientes deputatos suos quam diu se bene gesserit in eodem, percipiendo annuatim pro officio suo praedicto exercendo & occupando, quatuor libras argenti per manus receptorum ballivorum firmariorum seu aliorum officiorum & ministrorum dominiorum & maneriorum meorum praedictorum pro tempore existentium, ad terminos sancti Michaelis archangeli, & Paschae, per equales portiones, prout in scripto praedicto plenius continetur. Vobis igitur omnibus singulis receptoribus ballivis, firmarijs prepositis, seu alijs occupatoribus & ministris dictorum dominiorum & maneriorum meorum quibuscunque pro tempore existentibus & in futurum existent', Et cuilibet vestrum mando, onero & firmiter iniungo quod de tempore in tempus soluatis seu solui faciatis, seu unus vestrum soluat seu solui faciat praef. T. praed' quatuor libras ad terminos supradictos sine delatione ulteriori, juxta formam scripti nostri praedicti sibi inde confecti, recipiendo inde de praef. T. vel de suo in hac part deputato acquietancias singulas solutiones quas sic feceritis testificantes: & per presens mandatum meum volo quod auditores mei, vel auditor meus dominiorum & maneriorum meorum praedictorum qui pro tempore fuerint vel sunt, vobis & cuilibet vestrum in vestris temporibus vel in vestro compoto de tempore in tempus de solutione cuiuslibet inde parcellae faciant sive faciat allocationem. In cuius rei testimonium presentibus sigillum meum apposui. Datum etc. ¶ A grant of a Ward by the King. REx etc. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, dedimus & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus dilecto seruienti nostro A. B. uno gromero Camerae nostrae, wardum & maritagium 1 I. filii & haered' Agnetis I. viduae defunctae. Necnon custodiam & gubernationem tam corporis predict' I. quam omnium terrarum & tenntorum prator, & pascuar, & pastur' suorum quorumcunque iacent' & existent in parochia de B. in come nostro Surrey, una cum redditu & proficuis eorund' modo in dono & dispositione nostris existentibus, ratione minoris aetatis pndicti I. Habendum & tenendum wardum & maritagium predict' I. ac caetera praemissa, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentijs praefato seruienti nostro & assignatis suis durant minori aetate praedicti I. de dono nostro, absque compoto sive aliquo alio nobis vel haeredibus nostris pro praemissis reddendo, soluendo, vel faciendo, eo quod expressa mentio etc. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A Licence to be absent from the Parliament. Trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well, and forasmuch as we be informed that ye by reason of your age, impotency and other sickness, cannot conveniently without your danger, travail or labour to our high Court of Parliament. We therefore in consideration hereof, licence you by these presents to take your ease, and to be absent from our said parliament during the continuance or prorogation of the same, Any act, statute or ordinance heretofore made to the contrary notwithstanding. Given etc. To Sir T. C. Knight of the shire of our County of E. ¶ The incorporation of a Town. HEnricus octaws etc. Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Ducibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Militibus, etc. Salutem. Sciatis qd' nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac de certa scientia, & mero mo●u nostris c●●cessimus, & per presentes concedimus ꝓ nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est, dilectis nobis hominibus & inhabitantibus infra villam de E. in comitatu nostro de H. quod villa illa sit villa sic incorporata de uno Ballivo & inhabitantibus infra villam pndictam imperpetuum, & qd' Balliws & inhabitantes infra eandem villam sint & esse debeant unum corpus incorporat', & una communitas perpetua in re & nomine, ac habiles & capaces in lege, habeantque successionem ꝑpetuam. Et quod una persona deinceps de inhabitantibus infra villam p̄dictam balliws villae pndictae ad regimen eiusdem villae fiat. Ac nos tenore presentium W. H. nostrum fidelem seruientem, ac unum inhabitant' infra villam praedictam, ac assign' suos, pro termino nonaginta annorum immediatè & proximo computand', balliwm ac ballivos villae praedictae nominamus, appunctuamus, & ordinamus, durant termino pndicto. Ac postea de regiae nostrae potestat plenitudine volumus, qd' una persona de inhabitantibus villae praedictae ad regimen eiusdem vill' pro uno anno integro singulis annis in festo sancti I. B. in balliwm villae praedictae per homines ac inhabitantes dictae villae eligatur, ac ordinet imperpe tuum, & quod idem Balliws & inhabitant ꝑ nomen ballivi & inhabitant' infra vill' de E. placitari possint & implacitari in cibus curijs nostris & alijs locis quibuscnuque, habeantque sigill' commune ad negotia villae praedictae agend' & tractand'. Et vlterius ex abundantiori gratia nostra concessimus & licentiam dedimus, ac per pnsentes concedimus & damus ꝓ nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis, quod idem balliws & inhabitantes & successores sui imperpetuum habeant & teneant, ac habere & tenere possint unum Mercatum singulis septimanis apud villam nostram de E. praedicta quolibet die Sabat annuatim tenend', & unam Feriam ibidem per unum diem, videlicet, in festo Assumptionis beatae Mariae virginis singulis annis tenend' duratur, cum curijs pedispuluerizati ibidem tenend' durant eisdem mercatu & feria, una cum exitibus, proficuis, & amerciamentis de huiusmodi mercatu, feria, & curijs prouenient, ac cum omnibus libertatibus, & liberis consuetudinibus proficuis, & emolument ad huiusmodi Mercatum & Feriam pertinent sive spectant'. Quare volumus & firmiter praecipimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris pndictis, quod ijdem Balliws & inhabitantes infra villam de R. praedict' imperpetuum habeant & teneant, ac habere & tenere possint pndictum mercatum & feriam apud dictam villam nostram de E. praedict', in forma praedicta, tenend' cum dicta Curia pedispuluerizati, una cum omnibus exitibus, ꝓficuis, & amerciamentis de hmodi Marcatu, feria, & curijs prouenient, ac cum omnibus libertatibus, & liberis consuetudinibus, proficuis, & emolumentis ad hmodi mercatum & feriam pertinentibus sive spectantibus imperpetuum. His testibus etc. ¶ A grant of a Fair. REx Archiep etc. Sciatis qd' nos ob singularem affectionem & intimam dilectionem quas penes reverendissimum in Christo patrem joh. Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem Cancellarium nostrum gerimus & habemus, de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris concessimus, ac pnnti charta nostra confirmavimus ꝓ nobis & heredibus nostris pfato Archiepo, qd' ipse & successores sui imperpe●uum habeant unam Feriam sive Nundinas, apud villam suamde S. in comitatu K. in quodam loco in communia vill' pndictae vocat le Vine Ecclesiae Christi Cantuariensi pertinent singulis annis per tres dies duratur', videlicet, in vigilia, in die, & in crastino translationis sancti N. viz. nono die Maij, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad hmodi Feriam sive Nundinas pertinent, dum tamen feriae sive nundinae illae non sint ad nocumentum vicinarum feriarum sive nundinarum. Quare volumus & firmiter praecipimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris, quod praedictus Archiepus & successores sui imperpetuum habeant & teneant feriam sive nundinas praedictas apud praedictam villam de S. in praedicto loco in communia illa praedict' vocat le Vine, singulis annis per tres dies duratur, videlicet, in vigilia, in die, & in crastino translationis sancti N. dicto nono die Maij, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad huiusmodi feriam sive nundinas pertinentibus, dum tamen feriae sive nundinae illae non sint ad nocumentum vicinarum feriarum sive nundinarum, sicut praedictum est. His testibus etc. ¶ A grant for a Warren. REx Archiepiscopo etc. Salutem. Sciatis nos de gratia nostra speciali concessisse, & hac pnsenti charta nostra confirmasse dilecto & fideli nostro T.M. Militi, qd' ipse & heredes sui imperpetuum habeant liberam warrennam in oimbus dominicis terris suis de N. in comitatu E. dum tamen terr' illae non sint infra metas forestae nostrae, ita quod nullus inter terras illas ad fugandum in eis, vel aliquid capiendum quod ad warrennam ꝑtineat, sine licentia & voluntate ipsius T. & haeredum suorum, sub forisfactura nostra decem librarum: Quare volumus, & firmiter praecipimus ꝓ nobis et haeredibus nostris, qd' ipse & haeredes sui imperpetuum, habeant liberam warrennam in orbus dnicis terris suis de N. pndicta, dum tamen terrae illae non sint infra metas forestae nostrae. Ita quod nullus inter terras ad fugandum in eis, vel aliquid capiendum qd' ad warrennam pertineat, sine licentia ac voluntate ipsius T. & haeredum svorum, sub forisfactura nobis decern librarum, sicut praedictum est. His testibus etc. ¶ A licence for a man to keep on his Cap. HEnry the eight etc. To all manner our subjects, aswell of spiritual pre-eminence and dignity, as of temporal authority, these our letters hearing or seeing, & to every of them greeting. Forasmuch as we be credibly informed, that our well-beloved T. M. for divers infirmities which he hath in his head, cannot conveniently without his great danger be discovered of the same: We let you wit, with consideration thereof, we have by these presents licensed him to use & wear a Bonnet at all times, aswell in our presence as elsewhere at his liberty. We therefore will and command you, and every of you, to permit and suffer him so to do, without any your challenges or interruption to the contrary, as ye tender our pleasure & will avoid the contrary. Given under our signet at our Palace at Westminister the xx. day of May xxxuj. year of our reign. ¶ A licence for Apparel, and to shoot in Crossbows and Handgunnes. REx omnibus ad quos, salutem. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris concessimus, et licentiam dedimus W. B. armigero, quod ipse durant vita sua ad libitum & voluntatem suam uti exercere, & gaudere quaecunque vestes, apparatus & cathenas. Necnon sagitare in quibuscunque arcubus vocatis crossbows, ac in guns vocatis handguns, & eos custodire tam in domibus & aliter sicut aliquis ligius noster, terras & tenementa habens ad annuum valorem centum librarum ad terminum vitae exercere sagitare, custodire, & gaudere possit, licite & impune valeat & possit absque aliqua forisfactura pena sive deperditio, & absque perturbatione, molestatione, inquietatione, impedimento seu gravamine quocunque, aliquibus statutis provisionibus sive restrictionibus inde factis editis ordinatis sive provisis non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, etc. Per ipsum regem & de data praedicta authoritate Parliamenti. ¶ A placard for a Crossbow. HEnry the 8. to all manner our officers, ministers & subjects, of what estate degree or condition soever they be, these our Letters hearing or seeing, and to every of them greeting. Albeit that by our authority of our high Court of Parliament, it is ordained and enacted, that no manner person upon a certain penalty shall without our special licence, use or occupy any crossbow within this our realm, except he be a Lord, or that he or any other person or persons to his use have lands of freehold, to the yearly value & extent of one C. l. above all charges, as in the said act it is expressed more at large: yet we nevertheless of our grace special for certain causes and considerations us moving, have by these presents licensed our well-beloved I. W. to occupy & exercise his Crossbow at his liberty, without any penalty or forfeiture sustaining in that behalf: the said act or any other acts heretofore made or passed to the contrary not withstanding. Wherefore we will & command you, and every of you, to permit & suffer the same I. to use & enjoy the whole effect of this our licence without any your disturbance or interruption to the contrary. Provided always, that under colour thereof, he in no wise use his Crossbows within our forests, parks, or chases, to the diminishing of our Deer & game within the same, upon the penalty of such statutes in that case provided and ordered. Given etc. ¶ Another placard of a Crossbow. HEnry the viii. ut supra, greeting. We let you wit, that by these presents we have licensed our well-beloved subject john N. not only to occupy & exercise shooting in his crossbow in all places from henceforth at his liberty, but also to have, keep, & retain the same in his house or elsewhere at his liberty & pleasure, without any penalty or forfeiture sustaining in that behalf. Wherefore we will & command you and every of you, to permit and suffer him to enjoy the whole effect of this our licence, without any your disturbance or interruption to the contrary. Provided always, that under colour hereof he in no wise occupy nor shoot in his said crossbow within our forests, parks, or chases, to the diminishing of our Deer & game within the same, without our special licence, upon the penalty of such statutes, as in that case be provided & ordained. Given under our Signet at our manor of Richmond the xx. day of March etc. ¶ A licence to use the game of Clossing. HEnrie the viii. etc. To the Mayor, Sheriffs, & Aldermen of our city of L. that now be, & that hereafter for the time shallbe, and to all other our officers, ministers, and subjects, these our letters hearing or seeing, greeting. We let you wit, that we of our special grace have licensed, & by these presents do licence our well-beloved R. P. and his deputy or assignee to keep in any place within our City of London and the Suburbs of the same, from henceforth from time to time during his life, only for Ale and Beer, and no money, the game of Clossing for the disport and recreation of honest persons resorting thither, all manner apprentices & vagabonds, only except, without any damage, penalty, danger, loss or forfeiture ensuing either to the said R. his said deputy or assign, or to the said persons, or any of them in this behalf: any act, statute or ordinance heretofore had or made to the contrary hereof notwithstanding. Wherefore we will and command you & every of you, to permit and suffer the said R. his said deputy or assign, to use and enjoy the whole effect of this our licence without any your let or interruption, as ye tender our pleasure, and will avoid the contrary. Given etc. ¶ A licence to retain xx men. REx omnibus ad quos praesens etc. Salutem. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris dedimus & concessimus, ac per pnsentes damus & concedimus dilecto & fideli nostro T. C. Militi, uni Iusticiariorum nostrorum de communi banco hanc libertatem, quod ipse durant vita sua ad placitum suum de tempore in tempus, legitime & impune retinere possit viginti homines quoscunque, per aliquod scriptum, sacr̄m, promissionem sive aliquo alio modo quocunque, & eisdem xx. hominibus dare possit viginti liberatas panni lanei, vel signa seu bageas cuicunque, qui de ipso reciper̄ volverit easdem liberatas signa vel bageas, sive aliqua, seu aliquas, ad ipsum seruiendum, licet non sint nec fuerint, nec sit nec fuerit ballivi seu balliws ipsius T. E. Et etiam licet non sint nec fuerint, nec fit nec fuerit cum ipso T. E. retent ad ipsum seruiendum in hospitio suo aut aliter. Et eisdem xx. hominibus concedimus, & eorum cuilibet authoritatem & potestatem recipiend' & vtend' eadem liberatas, signa vel bageas, sive aliquas sive aliquam vtend' ad placitum suum. Habend', tenend', & gaudendum praedictam libertatem & authoritatem pro termino vitae suae, absque impedimento, interruptione, molestatione, inquietatione, actione, vel punitione nostri aut heredum nostrorum, ac ministrorum & subditorum nostrorum quoruncunque & absque aliqua forisfactura sive indempnitate ipsius T. E. ꝓ exercitio, occupation, siue factione p̄missorum: Aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione, ꝓuision̄, siue restriction̄ in contrarium ante haec tempora facto, aedito, sive proviso in aliquo non obstante, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quaeunque non obstante. Eo quod expressa mentio de certitudine praemissorum, aut de alijs donis sive concessionibus per nos praefat T. ante haec tempora factis in praesentibus minime facta exist', aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras etc. Per ipsum Regem & de data praedicta etc. ¶ Non Residens. HEnricus octaws dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Rex, fidei defensor, ac sub Christo in terra Ecclesiae Anglicanae & Hiberniae supremum caput omnibus ad quos praesentes litterae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali dedimus & concessimus, ac per presentes damus & concedimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris dilecto subdito nostro domino W. B. clerico vicario perpetuo vicariae perpetuae, sive ecclesiae parochialis de C. in comitatu nostro E. Londinensis diocesis, ut ipse libere & licite valeat post haec quocunque tempore, & quamdiu sibi placuerit se absentare de dicta vicaria perpetua, seu beneficio suo de C. pndicto, nec teneatur quovismodo in dicto beneficio suo corporalem facere residentiam, aut personaliter residere, quamuis authoritate vel mandato invitus compelli possit vel cogati, & hoc absque perturbatione, vexatione, molestatione, vel contradictione aliqua nostrorum haeredum, officiariorum, seu subditorum nostrorum quorumcunque: statuto de residentione clericorum, de, & super beneficijs suis in Parliamento nostro tennto apud Westmonast. Anno regni nostri xxj. aut aliquo alio statuto, actu, ordinatione, re, causa, vel materia quacumque in contrarium aedit in aliquo non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ A grant of the Reversion of an Office by the king. REx etc. Cum preclarissimus pater noster Henricus nuper Rex Angliae septimus, per literas suas patentes, quorum dat est apud Westm xuj. die Maij, anno regni sui twenty-three. ordinauerit, deputauerit, & constituerit dilectum sibi T. B. ingrossatorem magni rotuli in Scaccario suo, sive Clericum pipe eiusdem Scaccarij, ac etiam T. officium ingrossatoris magni totuli sui, sive Clerici pipe in scaccario suo pndicto, dederit & concesserit. Habendum & occupandum eidem T. B. ꝑ se, vel per sufficientem deputatum suum, sive deputatos suos sufficientes, pro termino vitae suae: percipiend' in & pro officio illo exercend' feodum, vadium, regardum, liberatum, victum, & proficua eidem officio quoquo modo debita, consueta, sive spectantia, in tam amplis modo & forma, prout aliquis alius dictum officium ante haec tempora occupans & exercens habuerit & ꝑceperit, in, & pro eodem officio: Soluend' eidem T. de tempore in tempus annuatim limitand', percipiend' & assignand', ad terminos in dicto Scaccario suo ab antiquo limitat, super sola demonstratione literarum dicti patris nostri, sive earundem irrotulamento in dicto scaccario suo facto & ostenso, absque aliquo brevi, aut brevibus, sive mandato extra Cancellariam dicti patris nostri super eisdem literis prosequend', aut Thesaur & Baron̄ de scaccario suo aliquatenus dirigend', una cum omnibus & omnimodis alijs proficuis, commoditatibus, advantagijs, & emolumentis, dicto officio qualitercunque debit, consuetis, sive spectantibus, prout in eisdem literis plenius continetur. Sciatis quod nos ob certas grandes causas nos & Consilium nostrum moventes, & in consideratione boni & acceptabilis seruitij, tam dicto praeclarissimo patri nostro H. nuper Reg. Ang. septimo, ac domino E. nuper reg. Ang. quarto, avo nostro, quam nobis per dilectum seruientem nostrum W. P. unum clericorum in officio privati sigilli nostri multipliciter impens. & imposterum impendend', de gratia nostra speciali ordinavimus, deputavimus, & constituimus praefatum W. P. ingrossatorem magni rotuli in Scaccario nostro, sive clericum pipe eiusdem Scaccarij, ac eidem W. officium ingrossator magni rotuli nostri, sive clerici pipe in Scaccario nostro praedicto, damus & concedimus per presentes. Habendum & occupandum officium praedictum eidem W. per se, vel per sufficientem deputatum suum, sine deputatos suos sufficientes, pro termino vitae suae, immediate post decessum ipsius T. aut per restitutionem literarum patent dicti patris nostri eidem T. inde factarum, aut per resumptionem, foris facturam, vel private, seu aliquam aliam causam vel materiam quamcunque, idem officium vacare, seu ad manus nostras, aut donationem, dispositionem, seu concessionem nostram, devenire, accidere, seu pertinere contigerit: Percipiend', in, & pro officio illo exercend', feodum, vadium, regardum, liberatum, victum, & ꝓficua eidem officio quoquomodo debit, consuet, sive spectant, in tam amplis modo & forma, ꝓut idem T. B. aut aliquis alius dictum officium praeante occupans habuerit, & percepit, in, & ꝓ exercitio & occupatione eiusdem officij soluend', & eidem W. de tempore in tempus annuatim limitand', percipiend', & assignand', ad terminos in dicto Scaccario nostr' ab antiquo limitat, super sola demonstratione presentium literarum sive earundem irrotulamento in dicto scaccario facto & ostenso, absque aliquo brevi, aut brevibus, seu mandato extra Cancellariam nostram, super eisdem literis nostris prosequend', aut Thesaur' & Baronibus de dicto scaccario nostro aliquatenus dirigend', una cum omnibus & omnimodis alijs ꝓficuis, commoditatibus, advantagijs, & emolumentis dict' officio qualitercunque debit, consuet', sive spectantibus: Eo quod expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, aut aliquo alio valore officij vadiorum, feodorum, proficuorum, commoditatum, & liberat praedictorum, in literis nostris predictis facta minime existit, aut eo quod predict' T. B. adtunc superstes extitit: aut aliquo statuto, actu, usu, consuetudine, ꝓuisione, ordinatione, vel restrictione in contrarium factis, aeditis, habit', prouis. seu ordinat', aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque in aliquo non obstante. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A grant of the office of one of the Auditors of the Exchequer. REx etc. omnibus ad quos etc. salutem. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, & in consideratione boni & fidelis seruitij, qd' dilectus seruiens noster G. D. nobis impendit, & imposterum impendet, dedimus & concessimus, ac per pnsentes damus & concedimus eidem G. officium unius Auditorum Scaccar nostri, quod R. S. nuper habuit & occupavit, & in manibus nostris nunc existit. Habendum & tenendum predictum officium praefat G. quamdiu se bene gesserit in eodem, per se, vel per sufficientem deputatum suum, cum feodis & vadijs eidem officio ab antiquo debitis & consuetis, una cum alijs proficuis, commoditatibus, & advantagijs eidem officio pertinentibus sive spectantibus, in tam amplis modo & forma, prout H. F. aut R. S. sive aliquis alius, sive aliqui alij ante haec tempora habuit, percepit, habuerunt sive perceperunt: Eo qd' expressa mentio etc. ¶ A grant of a Stewardship for term of life. OMnibus etc. ad quos etc. T. B. Miles salutem. Sciatis me praefat' T. dedisse, & per presentes concessisse A. B. officium Seneschalli sive Seneschalsie, omnium & singulorum dominiorum, maneriorum, & hereditamentorum meorum de R. F. et C. in comitatu S. et custodiam sive officium tenend' curiam, let ' vis. franciplegiorum, & singularum cur', vis. francipleg', & letarum, dominiorum & maneriorum pndictorum & eorum cuiuslibet. Ac ipsum A. seneschallum meum generalem curiarum mearum, vis. francipleg', et letarum, infra dominia, man̄ia, et hereditamenta mea pndicta, facio, constituo, & ordino per praesentes. Habendum, tenendum, exercendum, & occupandum officium praedictum cum pertinentijs, una cum omnibus & singulis feod', vad', regardis, proficuis, & advantagijs eidem officio spectant' siue pertinent pfato A. per se vel persufficientem deputatum suum, sive sufficientes deputatos suos, pro termino vitae ipsius A. Et ulterius sciatis me pfatum. T dedisse, concessisse, et hoc pnsenti scripto meo confirmasse pfato A. tam pro officio praedicto exercend' et occupando, quam pro bono consilio suo mihi per eundem A. ante haec tempora impenso & imposterum impendendo, quandam annuitatem sive annualem redditum centum solidorum, exeunt' de et in omnibus pndictis dnijs, manerijs, & hereditamentis meis in R F. et C. praedict', ad festa Paschae & S. Michaelis archangeli per ae●nales porciones, annuatim soluend' per manus receptorum, firmariorum, balliuorum, seu tenentium meorum pmmissorum, durant vita ipsius A. Et si contingat p̄dictam annuitatem sive annualem redditum centum solidorum, sive aliquam inde procellam aretro fore insolutum in part vel in toto ad aliquod festum festorum praedictorum quo ut pfertur solui debeat, quod tunc bene licebit eidem A. & assign' suis in oia praedict' dominia, maneria, et hereditamenta intrare & distringere, & districtiones sic ibidem captas & habit', licite asportare, effugare, & penes se retinere, quousque eidem A. et assignatis suis de annuitate sive annuali redditu praedict', una cum arreragijs eiusdem, si quae fuerint eidem A. & assignatis suis plenary fuerit satisfactum & persolutum. In c●ius rei etc. ¶ A grant of a Stewardship during pleasure. OMnibus etc. H. W. Miles salutem. Sciatis quod ego dedi & concessi dilecto mihi T.B. officium seneschall' omnium dominiorum & mancriotum meorum in comitatibus E. & H. ac ipsum T. seneschallum omnium dniorum & maneriorum meorum pndictorum facio, ordino, & constituo per praesentes. Habend', gaudend', & exercendum officium praedictum pfato T. per se vel per sufficientem deputatum suum, sive sufficientes deputatos suos, a festo Sancti Michaelis archangeli ultimo preterito, durant beneplacito meo, cum vadijs & feod' tresdecim solidorum & quatuor denariorum ꝑ annum, percipiend' annuatim pfato T. de exitibus, ꝓficuis, & reventionibus manerij mei de C. in comitatu E. praedicto, per manus recept mei ibidem pro tempore existent', ad festa Paschae & S. Michaelis archangeli, per aequales porciones. Mandamus insuper universis & singulis firmarijs, tenentibus & occupatoribus meis, & eorum cuilibet ibm', ut prefat T. et deputat suis in hac part de tempore in tempus assistentes sint, obedientes & auxiliantes in omnibus, ꝓut decet. In cuius rei testimonium huic pnnti scripto meo sigillum meum apposui. Datum etc. ¶ A grant of an Vnderstewardship. OMnibus etc. T. P. salutem. Cum W. F. Miles, perscriptum suum gerens datum primo die Maij, ann etc. constituerit & ordinanerit me pfatum T. seneschal●um suum dominiorum & maneriorum svorum de B. & S. in comitatu E. ac omnium cur', vis. francipleg. & jetarum infra dominia & maneria predict': Tenendum, habend', occupandum, & exercendum officium pndictum, per me, vel per sufficientem deputatum meum, sive sufficientes deputatos meos, pro termino vitae meae, cum feod', vad', & regardo, & proficuis eidem officio spectantibus, aut ab antiquo debit vel consuetis, una cum quodam annuali feodo quadraginta solidorum, pro exercitione & occupatione officij praedict', prout in scripto praedicto plenius apparet. Sciatis me pfatum T. fecisse, ordinasse, et per pnsentes, constituisse dilectum mihi R. S. meum deputatum, sive Subseneschallum dominiorum sive maneriorum pndictorum, ac omnium & singularum curiarum, visfrancipleg. & letarum, infra dominia sive maneria praedicta: Tenendum, occupandum, & exercendum idem officium huiusmodi deputat' & subseneschall' eidem R●per se, vel ꝑ sufficientem deputatum suum, sen sufficientes deputatos suos, ad terminum vitae mei praedicti T. Precipiend' annuatim durant termino pndicto, pro officio illo exercend' & occupando, omnia feoda, vad', regard ', & proficua eidem officio spectantia, aut ab antiquo debit' vel consuet', una cum praedict' annuali redditu quadraginta solid', adeo plene & integre, & in tam amplis modo & forma, prout egomet nunc aut praeante habui, percepi, usus fui vel facere consuevi. In cuius etc. ¶ A grant of the office of an Auditor. OMnibus etc. R. S Miles salutem. Sciatis me praefatum R. ordinasse, fecisse, & per pnsentes constituisse dilectum mihi in Christo T. P. meum verum Auditorem, ad audiendum & determinandum oina compota, de omnibus ballivis praepositis, & ministris meis quibuscunque infra comitat Ess. Habendum & occupandum dictum officium, quamdiu mihi placuerit, cum feodo eidem officio consueto & usitato, soluend' annuatim per manus receptorum meorum in comitatu praedicto, qui pro tempore fuerint: Dant' & concedentes eidem T. plenam potestatem & authoritatem ad omnimod' compota de ballivis, praepositis, & ministris meis predict, capiend', audiend' & determinand', et justiciam partibus, ac omnia alia & singula faciend', exequend', & expediend', quae ad officium Auditoris pertinent quovismodo. Ratum & gratum habens & habiturus totum & quicquid praedictus auditor meus fecerit in praemissis: Quapropter omnibus ministris, ballivis, & tenentibus meis firmiter iniungendo praecipio, alios vero deprecor quatenus ad praef. T. praemissa diligenter exequend' intendent' sint obedientes, consulentes, auxiliantes, prout decet. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A grant of Annuity for term of life. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, N W. armiger salutem in dno sempiternam. Sciatis me pfatum N. dedisse, concessisse, & per pnsentes confirmasse T. W. de novo Templo Lond' gen. pro consilio suo impenso & imposterum impendend', quandam annuitatem sive annualem redditum tresdecim solid' & quatuor denar', exeunt de oib' terr', tenntis, & haereditamentis meis in S. in comitatu E. Habendun, tenendum, & percipiendun pndictan annuitatem sive annualem redditum praef. T. ad terminum vitae suae, soluendun annuatim ad festa Pas. & S. Mich. archangeli per equales portiones. Et si contingat predict' annuitatem sive annualem redditum aretrofore in part vel in toto ad aliquod, festum festorum predict' quo (ut praefertur) solui debeat, qd extunc bene licebit p̄fat' T. in dict' terras, tenemnta, & hereditamenta mea in S. predict' intrare & distringere, & districtiones sic ibm' captas, abducere, effugare, asportare, & penes, se retinere, quousque de predict' annuitate sive annuali reddit cum arrerag' eiusdem, si quae fuerint, plenary fuerit persolutum & satisfactum. In cuius rei testim praesentibus sigillum meum apposui. Dat' etc. Nota, If a man will not have his person charged of an Annuity, but only his land: then he shall say (post satisfactum, & ante, In cuius rei etc.) Proviso semper, qd' pnsens scriptum nec aliquid in eo specificat, non aliqualiter se extendat ad onerandum personam meam ꝑ breve annuitatis, seu alio modo quocunque, sed tantummodo ad onerandum terras & tennta mea pndicta de annuali redditu pndicto etc. Then the lands are chargeable, & the person discharged etc. ¶ A grant of an Annuity made by a Parson of a Church, to endure so long as he shall be Parson. OMnibus ad quos etc. I. H. cleric' rector Ecclesiae parochialis de L. in come S. salutem. Sciatis me praefatum I. probono consilio mihi ꝑ R. L. impenso, dedisse, concessisse, & hoc pnsenti scripto meo confirmasse eidem R. quandam annuitat sive annualem redditum viginti solid': Habendun & ꝑcipiend' pndictan annuitatem sive annualem redditum pref. R. quamdiu ego predict' I. rector eccles. predict' extitero, soluend' annuatim ad festa Pas. & S. Mich. archangeli ꝑ equales portiones. Et si cotingat' dictam annuitatem sive annualem redditum aretro fore in part vel in toto ad aliꝙ festum festorum praedictorum quo ut pfertur solui debeat, qd tunc bene licebit praefato R. & assign' suis in oib' terris & tenntis dictae rectoriae meae reintare & distringere, & districtiones sic ibm' captas, abducere, effugare, asportare, et penes se retinere, quousque de pnd' annuitate sive annuali reddit' cum atrerag' eiusdem, si que fuerint, plenary fuerit ꝑsolutum & satisfactum. In cuius rei testimon̄ huic praesenti scripto meo sigillum meum apposui. Dat' etc. ¶ A grant of Annuity for term of life. OMnibus ad quos etc. Salutem. Sciatis me praefatum I. dedisse, concessisse, & hoc praesenti scripto meo confirmasse T. M. pro bono consilio suo, & ingenti auxilio suo mihi in mea necessitate impenso, quandam annuitarem sive annualem redditum viginti solidorum legalis monetae Angliae. Habendum annuatim, percipiendum eidem T. durant vita sua, de exitibus, proficuis, firmis, & emolumentis manerij mei de S. in comitatu E. ad festa Paschae, & S. Michael' archangeli, equis portionibus soluendum, tam per manus suas ꝓprias, quam per manus Ballivorum, receptorum, firmariorum, sive tenentium manerij predict pro tempore existentium. Et si contingat etc. ¶ A grant of Annuity, with a pain for non paying of the same. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit. E. C. gen, consanguineus & haeres H. R. salutem. Sciatis me praef. E. dedisse, concessisse, & hoc pnsenti scripto meo confirmasse M. B. & I. uxori eius, ac nuper uxori pred' H. quandam annuitatem sive annualem redditum viginti sex solidorum, & octo denariorum, annuatim, soluendorum & exeunt' de omnibus terris & tenementis meis vocat' P. in parochia Sancti A. de H. in comitatu A. ad duos anni terminos, videlicet, ad festa Annunciac' beatae Mariae virginis, & sancti Michaelis archang equis porcionibus, soluend' in Ecclesia cathedral' S. Pauli in L. in corpore ecclesiae super fontem ibidem, inter horam decimam, & horam vndecimam ante meridiem eorundem festorum, in plenam satisfactionem et contentationem totius dotis sive iunctur' spectant' dictae I. post mortem pndicti H. de, sive in omnibus terris & tentis predict' vocat' P Habendum et percipiend' pndictam annuitatem sive annualem redditum praefat' M. B. & uxori eius pro tempore vitae ipsorum M. & I. ac alterius eorum diutius viuent'. Et si contingat dictam annuitatem sive annualem reddit' aretro fore non solut' in part vel in toto, ad aliquod festum festorum pndictorum, quo (ut praefertur) solui debeat, quod tunc bene licebit praefat M. & I. seu eorum uni, aut suo certo Atturnato intrare in oibus supradictis terris & tenntis & distringere, & districtiones sic ibidem capt licite effugare & asportar', et penes se retinere, quousque de pnd' annuitate sive annuali reddit, una cum arreragijs eiusdem, si quae fuerint, plenary sibi fuerit satisfactum & persolutum. Et ulterius sciatis me prefat E. concessisse, & hoc pnsenti scripto meo confirmasse praef. M. & I. uxori eius, quod quoriescunque contigerit dictam annuitatem sive annualem reddit' aretro fore non solut' in part vel in toto post aliquod festum festorum predict' quo solui debeat, per spacium sex septimanarum, tunc ego praed' E. & heredes mei forisfaciemus x. solidos nomine poenae praef. M. & I. uxori eius. Et tunc bene licebit praef. M. & I. uxori eius in praedict terras & tenementa, & in quamlibet inde procellam intrare & distringere, tam pro praed' annuali reddit' viginti sex solidorum & octo denat, quam ꝓ predict decem solidos nomine poenae sic forisfact', Et districtiones sic ibidem captas licite effugare & asportare, & penes se retinere, quousque tam de predict annuitate sive annuali reddit viginti & sex solidorum & octo denariorum, quam pro praedictis decem solidis nomine poenae sic forisfact, una cum arreragijs, misis, & expensis, ea occasione habit' plenary fuerit satisfact' & solut. In cuius rei testmonium huic presenti scripto meo sigillum meum apposui. Dat etc. ¶ A grant of Annuity made to a woman to begin after the death of her husband upon condition. OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesens script' indentat' pervenerit, W. R de C. in come E. Draper salutem. Sciatis me praef. W. in complementum quorundam conventionum, concessionum, & agreamentorun, content' & spec' in quibusd' Indent', quor' dat' est ultimo die Maij, Ann regni Reg. H 8. thirty. fact' inter T. P. de C in come pnd' yeoman ex una part, & me praef. W. R. ex altera part, dedisse, concessisse, & ꝑ hoc presens scriptum meum indentatum confirmasse M. uxori dicti T. quandam annuitatem sive annualem redditum quatuor marcarum, exeunt' de & in omnibus illis terris cum pertin' in E. et C. in come praed' voc' T. q nuper perquisivi de praef. T. P. Habendum & percipiend' pndictan annuitatem sive annualem redditum quatuor marcarum praef M. et assignatis suis ꝓ termino vitae dictae N soluend' annuatim ad duos anni terminos, viz. ad festa Annunc' beatae Mariae virgins, & S. Michaelis archangeli, per equales portiones in ecclesia ꝑochial' de S. praedicta. Et si contingat praed' annuitatem sive annualem redd' quatuor marcarum aretro fore in part vel in toto, per octo dies post aliquod festum festorum pndictorum, quo solui debeat, quod tunc bene licebit praedicto M. in omnia predicta terras & tennta cum pertin' vocat M. & in quamlibet inde parcellam intrare & distringere, & districtiones ibidem sic capt asportare, abducere, effugare, & penes se retinere, quousque de annuitate sive annuali reddit pnd' una cum arreragijs eiusdem si quae fuerint, plenary sibi fuerit satisfactum & persolut. Proviso semper qd' ista praed' concessio annuitatis sive annualis redditus quatuor marcarum non capiat aliquem effectum, nec alicuius sit valoris durant vita dicti T. P said immediate post mortem ipsius T. & quod prima inde solutio erit ad primum festum festorum predictorum proxim' acciden post mortem ipsius T. Proviso etiam semper quod si dicta M. aliquo tempore post mortem dicti T. aliquod ius, titulum, clameum, aut demand' nomine dotis sive juncture suae, de & in praed' terris & tenntis, seu in aliqua inde parcella, per seipsam sive per aliquam aliam personam clamaverit, aut vendicauerit quovismodo, quod tunc & extunc solutio pred' annuitat sive annualis redditus quatuor marcarum pnd' & cuiusque inde parcellae cessabit, & ista pndicta concessio eiusdem deinceps cessabit et frustrabitu●, aliqua re sive materia in hoc presenti scripto in contrarium specificata seu expressa non obstante. In cuius rei etc. vel sic: Proviso etiam semper, quod si praedicta M. aliquo tempore post mortem dicti T. pretextu alicuius juris, tituli, clamei aut interest, pro, aut in nomine dotis seu juncture sue placitaverit, clamaverit, sive expulerit quovismodo praed' W. R hered' vel assign' suos, pro, aut de praedict' terris, & tenementis, seu aliqua inde parcella, quod tunc & extunc illa praed' solutio praed' annuitatis sive annualis redditus etc. ut supra. In cuius rei testimonium utrique parti huius praesentis script mei indentati sigilium meum apposui. Dat etc. ¶ A grant of annuity for ministration of God's service. REx etc. omnibus ad quos presentes literae pervenerint. Salutem. Sciatis quod nos intuitu charitatis dedimus & concessimus dilecto subdito nostro T. S capellano pro ministratione divini seruicij infra capellam sancti G. de H infra dominium de W. ad orandum pro nobis & precharissima consort nostra regina, exituque nostro quandam annuitat decem marcarum sterlingorum. Habendum & percipiendum annuatim durant vita sua de feodi firma dominij nostr' vocat N. infra come nostr' E. per manus vicecomitis, firmarij, seu aliorum occupatorum eiusdem pro tempore existent ad festa Sancti Mich. archangeli, & Paschae per aequales porciones: aliquo actu, ordinatione seu statut inde in contrarium facto non obstante. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A grant of Annuity to the use of a woman to begin after the death of her husband. OMnibus etc. F. G. salutem. Noveritis me pfatum F. G. dedisse, concessisse & hoc pnsenti script meo confirmasse D. E. & N. L. quandam annuitat sive annualem redditum quadraginta solidorum exeunt de omnibus terris & tenemntis in S. in come E. Habendum & percipiendum praedictam annuitatem sive annualem redd' prefatis F. & W. & assignais suis pro termino vitae A. C. & ad usum ipsius. C. pro termino vitae suae quam ego pndictus F. propono divina gratia habere in uxorem meam, soluendam annuatim ad festa Paschae & sancti Michaelis archangeli per aequales portiones, primo termin̄ solutionis inde incipien̄ ad illud festum festorum predictorum quod prius acciderit post mortem mei praedicti F. & non antea. Et si contingat predictam annuitatem sive annualem redditum aretro fore non solut in part vel in toto ad aliquod festum festorum praedictorum, quo ut praefertur solui debeat, quod tunc bene licebit praefato D. & E. & assignatis suis in omnia praedicta terras & tenementa mea, & in quamlibet inde parcellam intrare & distringere, & districtiones ibidem sic captas asportare, abducere effugare & penes se retinere, quousque de annuitare sive annuali redditu predicto una cum arreragijs eiusdem sic aretro existent, ad usum dicte Alitiae plenary fuerit satisfactum & ꝑsolutum. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A deed of feoffment made upon a decree in the Chancery. SCiant presents & futuri quod ego F. G. ad instantiam & specialem requisitionem R. P. necnon vigore & auth oritate cuiusdam decreti super petitionem eiusdem R. P. in Cancell' dni Regis, de & super manerium cum pertin' in come Essex versus me habit, tradidi, dimisi, liberavi, & hac pnsenti charta mea confirmavi eidem R. predict' manerium cum pertinent: Habend' & tenend' praedictum manerium cum pertinentijs praefato R. hered' & assignatis suis imperpetuum, ad usum eiusdem I. hered' & assignat suorum, fecundum vim, formam & effectum decreti predict'. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A deed of feoffment of lands given by testament, with a refeoffement. SCiant etc. quod ego I. M. dedi, concessi, & hac pnnti carta mea indentat confirmavi T.P. & W.S. unum mesuagium & duas acras terr' eidem mesuagio adjacent cum suis pertinent vocatum B. scituat, jacent & existent in villa & parochia de S. in come Essex, videlicet etc. Quae quidem mesuagium & duae acrae terr' cum pertinent nuper fuerint N. F. de S. pndict defunct'. Et quae idem N. ꝓ suo testamento & ultima voluntate fact' & declarat in scripto secundum formam statut inde provis. mihi pfat I. & heredibus meis nuper dedit & legavit, ꝓut in testamento & ultim voluntate pndicta, cuius datum est primo die Maij, anno domini millesimo quingentesimo quadragesim quart, & ann regni Hen. octavi dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiber regis, fidei defensoris, & in terr' Ecclesiae Anglicanae & Hiberniae supremi capitis tricesimo sexto, plenius continetur: Habend' & tenendum totum pndictum mesuagium & praedict' duas acras terrae eidem adiacenti cum pertinent praef. T. P. & W. S. ac hered' & assignatis suis imperpetuum, ad opus & usum ipsorum T. P. et W. S. ac hered' & assign' suor de capital' dnis feodi illius ꝑ seruitia inde debita & de iure consueta sub forma & condic' sequenti viz. qd' pnd' T.P. & W.S. vel hered' aut assignati sui cum inde requisite fuerint feoffabunt me pref. I.M. ac quandam Mariam uxorem meam de & in pnd' mesuagio & duabus acris tert cum pertin'. Habend' & tenend' mihi & praef. I. & M. ac hered' & assignat mei praed' I. imperpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium uni parti presentis chartae meae indentatae penes praef. T. & W. remanent', Ego praedictus I. M. sigillum meum apposui, & quia idem sigillum meum quampluribus est incognitum, ideo sigilla honestor viror F.F. F.S. & E. K. testium in testament' & ultima voluntate praedict' F.N. nominat', & specialit' vocat' presentibus apposui & apponi ꝓcuravi, & nos pndicti F.F. & E. ad specialem instantiam & personalem togatum pndicti I.M. praesentibus sigilla nostra apposuimus in fidem & testimonium omnium praemissorum: Alteri vero inde parti penes me praefatum I.M. resident, praedict' T.P. & W.S. sigilla sua apposuerunt. Datum etc. ¶ Nota quod Testes in scripto debent esse dispares, & non pares, quod si pares, videlicet quatuor sint testes, & duo dixerint, quod seisma fuerit liberata, & duo non, tunc inter aequales evidentias lex non poterit habere suum cursum, ideo sint dispares, ut a maiore part lex habeat evidentiam. ¶ A deed of feoffment. SCiant etc. quod nos T. P. & W.S. ad specialem instantiam F.G. dimisimus, tradidimus, feoffavimus, liberavimꝰ, & hac praesenti charta nostra confirmauimus eidem F. & G. uxori eius, totum illud mesuagium, & duas acras terrae eidem mesuagio adjacent cum suis pertin' vocat B. scituatas, jacent & existent in villa & parochia de S. in comitatu Essex, viz. etc. Quod quidem mesuagium cum predict' duabus acris terrae cum pertinent nos praenominati T.P. & W.S. nuper coniunctim habuimus nobis & heredibus nostris imperpetuum, ex dono, concessione, feoffamento, & chart confirmatione F. G. ꝓut in quadam charta, cuius datum est primo die Augusti ultimo pnterito, ante dat praesentium inde nobis confect plenius apparet. Habend' & tenend' totum pndictum mesuagium & praedict' duas acras terrae cum pertinent prefat F. G. & Mariae uxori eius ac hered' & assign' ipsius F. imperpetuum de capitalibus etc. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A deed of feoffment made by him that hath lands by descent. SCiant etc. quod ego I. N. de P. in come N. yeoman filius & haeres R. N. nuper de P. praed' defuncti, pro summa xx. li. legalis monetae Ang mihi per W. F. prae manibus solut vendidi, concessi & hac pnsenti carta mea confirmavi eidem W. decem acras terrae cum pertin' jacent & existentes in villa & parochia de B. in come praedicto, viz in't terr' etc. Quae quidem x. acrae terrae cum pertin' nuper fuerint pndicti R. P. patris mei, & quae ꝑ & post mortem ipsius R. mihi praefato I. ut filio & haeredi eiusdem R. iure hereditario discendebant. Habend' & tenendum praedictas decem acras terrae cum pertinent praefato W. haeredibus & assignat suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruitia inde debita, & de iure consueta ad usum praedicti W. haered' & assignat suorum. Et ego vero praedictus I. & haeredes mei praedictas decem acras terrae cum pertinent praefato W. haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imperpetuum per praesentes. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A deed of feoffment upon condition of payment, and nonpayment of money, with a letter of Attorney. SCiant etc. qd' nos W.C. Miles, ac Alderm civitatis Lond' W.W. clericus vicar̄ ecclesiae parochialis de N. in comitatu Essex, & T.C. dimisimus, tradidimus, liberavimus, & hac praesenti carta nostra indentata confirmavimus H. M. I. H. & W. H. omnia illa terras & tenementa, redditus & seruitia cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinent vocat B. scituat jacent & existent in vill' & parochia de C. praedicta, que nos praedicti W. C W W. & T C. nuper coniunctim habuimus nobis, heredibus & assignatis nostris imperpetuum, ad usum mei praedicti W.C. hered' & assignat' meorum, ex dimissione, traditione, liberatione, & cart confirmat' I. H. de B. praedict' Habendum & tenendum omnia pndicta terras & tenementa, reddit & seruitia cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentijs praefat' H.M.Q.F. & N.P. hered' & assignat' suis imperpetuum de capitalibus etc. subforma & conditione sequent: quod si praedctus B. bene & fidelit' soluat aut solui faciat mihi praef. F.C. aut meo certo atturnato seu execut' meis x. libris sterl. forma sequent, videlicet in die confectionis presentium 54 solidos, & 4. denarios, & in festo Penticoste ꝓximo futuro poft datum praesentium tresdecem so idos & quatuor denarios, & in festo Purif. beatae Mariae virginis tunc proximo sequen' decem Marcas, qd' tunc praesens carta nostra indentata & seisina super eandem liberata & habita, in omnibus earum roboribus permaneant & virtutibus imperpetuum. Et si defectus fiat in aliqua solution dictarum trium solutionun in part vel in toto, contra formam praedictam, quod tunc bene licebit nobis praefat F.G.O.P. & N.O. & hered' nostris in omnibus praedictis terris & tenementis cum caeteris praemissis & suis pertinen', & in qualibet inde parcella integrè reintrare, & illas ut in pristino statu nostro rehabere, retinere, et possidere, praesenti charta indentata & seisina super eandem liberata & habita in aliquo non obstante. Ac insuper noveritis nos praefat F.G. & C.C. fecisse ordinasse, & loco nostr' posuisse dilectum nobis in Christo praefatum F.G. nostrum verum & legitimum Atturn̄ ad deliberandum tam vice & nominibus nostris, & pro nobis, quam vice & nomine suo proprio, & pro seipso praefat H.E. F. & N.D. hered' & assign' suis plenam & pacificam possessionem & seisinam, de & in omnibus praedictis terris & tenement, reddit, & seruitijs cum suis pertin', secundum vim, formam, tenorem & effectum praesentis cartae nostrae indentat: Ratum & gratum habent & habitur totum & quicquid dictus Attorn̄ noster, tam nominibus nostris, quam nomine suo ꝓprio fecerit, de & in deliberatione seisine praedictae, prout ibidem praesentes personaliter interessemus. In cuius rei testimonium uni parti pnsentis chart nostr' indentate penes praefat H.I. H. & W.H. remanen nos praed' W. C W.W. & T. C. sigilla nostra apposuimus, alteri vero inde parti penes nos resident praedicti H.I.H. & W.H. sigilla sua apposuerint. Datum etc. ¶ A deed of Fee farm. SCiant etc. quod nos T.P. de S. & F.G. de P. tradidimus, concessimus, & hac praesenti charta nostra indentata ad feodi firmam dimisimus N. W. de S. Mercator Stapulae Cales. unam magnam aulam vocat C. Hall, & unam magnam cameram lapideam eidem aule annex', unum celarium magnum subter dictam cameram, modo in tenura R. W. ac unum gardinun ex utrique part muris lapideis inclusum: Quae quidem aula, camera, celarium, & gardinum jacent in S. pnd', in vico vocat S extendentia in longitudine per viam Regiam usque ad viam regalem ducen' de vico praedict' versus Ecclesiam sancti Cedde Salop' praedict': Habendum & tenend' aulam pndictam secundum demensiones longitudines & latitudines veteris fundationis eiusdem in utroque fine ipsius aulae, ac cameram magnam lapideam, celarium, & gardinum cum pertinent, cum libero ingressu ad eadem & egressu ab eisdem praef. N. haered' & assignat suis imperpetuum: Reddendo inde annuatim nobis prefat T. et F. ac hered' et assign' mei predicti T. tresdecim solidos et quatuor denarios, bone et legalis monete Anglie, ad festa S. Michaelis Archangeli. et Annuntiationis beate Marie virginis per equales porciones. Et si predictus annualis redditus fuerit aretro non solutus in part vel in toto per unum mensem post aliquod festum festorum predictorum quo solui debeat, tunc bene licebit nobis prefat T. et F. ac hered' et assign' mei praedicti T. in predict' aula, camera, celario, et gardino, cum omnibus suis pertinent distringere, et districtiones ibidem sic captas penes nos retinere, donec de redditu sic aretro existent, et arreragijs eiusdem, si que fuerint, nobis plenary fuerit satisfactum. Et si predict annualis redditus fuerit aretro non solutus in part vel in toto per unum annum integrum et unum diem, post aliquod festum dictorum festorum solutionis quo solui debeat, et nulla sufficiens districtio pro redd●tu inde aretro existent in predict' aula, camera celario, et gardino cum suis pertinentijs inventri poterit: vel si predicta aula, camera, et celarium non fuerint bene et competenter reparat', toties quoties opus et necesse fuerint, tunc bene licebit nobis pfatis T. et F. ac hered' mei pndicti T. in pndictam aulam, cameram, celarium, & gardinum, cum omnibus suis pertinent' reintrare, et pristin̄ nostrum statum inde reassumere et imperpetuum retinere, hac presenti charta nostra indentata non obstante. Et ulterius nos predict' T. et F. et hered' mei pndicti T. acquietabimus & exonerabimus pfatum N. heredes et assignatos suos de quibuscunque alijs redditibus et oneribus de dicta aula, camera, celario, et gardino exeuntibus. Et nos vero pndicti T. et F. ac hered' mei pndicti T. predictam aulam, cameram, celarium, et gardinum, cum omnibus pertinent pro redditu pred', modo et forma superius express. prefato N. heredibus, et assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, et imperpetuum defendemus per presentes. In cuius rei testimonium uni parti presentis chart nostre indentate penes praef. N. remanent sigilla nostra apposuimus: Alteri vero inde parti penes nos resident predict' N. sigillum suum apposuit, Datum etc. ¶ A grant of the reversion of certain lands with other lands in possession. OMnibus ad quos etc. O. P. de S. in come Essex, N. seu F.G. tailor, O.P.S.L. et E.W. de E. salutem etc. Cum M. uxor F. Wittonhal nuper uxor F.E. dum vixit de S. predicta, habeat & teneat pro termino vite sue, ex dimissione, & feoffamento nostr', predict N.B.L.D. seu L. D. tailor D.R.F.G. & O.H. de white, diversas terras & tenementa cum suis pertinentijs nuper dicti L.D. viri sui, situate & jacent in villa de S. praedicta, reversione & remaner eorundem terrarum & tenementorum immediate post decessum eiusdem M. nobis & heredibus nostris de iure spectant. Cumque etiam nos predicti N.O.L.D. seu L.D. tailor. N.L.R.S. & L.D. de white, ad presens seisitisumus & possessionatis in dominico nostro ut de feodo, & in diversis alijs terris, tenementis, reddit, & seruitijs, pratis, pascuis, & pasturis cum pertinent, situat' & iacent' in H. in dicto comitatu Essex & alibi, que etiam nuper fuerunt dicti L.D. viri nuper dicte E. & que omnia et singula supradic' terras, tenementa, et cetera permissa in S. et H. predict' ac alibi: Nos predict' F.G. L.D. seu L.D. tailor, F.G.N.O. et L.D. de white, simul cum L.D. civi et Cissore London, filio nuper pred' L.D. qui totum ius suum nobis et heredibs nostris nuper concessit et relaxavit, nuper coniunctim habuimus nobis, heredibus et assignatis nostris imperpetuum, ex dono, concessione, et chartae confirmatione F.G. seu de M. in dicto come Essex. Sciatis nos pref. W. B.I.W. seu F. W. tailor, W. R.I.S. et F. W. de whites, dimisisse, tradidisse, concessisse, liberasse, et hoc presenti scripto nostro confirmasse prefato F. W. filio, ac M.C. filiae nuper I C quam dictus F. W. (Deo dante) ducet in uxorem, tam omnia pred' terras et tenement' cum suis pertinentijs que habemus in villa de H. pred' et alibi, quam etiam reversionem predict' terrarum, tennt, reddit' seruic', ac ceterorum praemissorum in S. pred' videlicet, eadem terras et tennt ' ac cetera premissa in S. predict', immediate cum acciderit, post mortem dict' M. W. Habend' et tenend' omnia predicta terras, tenementa, et cetera premissa in H. predict. una cum reuersione predictarum terrar, tenementorum, et ceterorum premissorum in S. immediate cum acciderit post mortem dicte M. Wittonhall, pref. F. W. filio, et M. C. ac hered' de corporibus eorum inter eos libere procreatis, de capitalibus etc. Et volumus, et per presentes concedimus, quod si contingat dictus F. W. filium et M. C. sine hered' de corporibus corum inter eos libere procreatis obire, adtunc omnia predicta terr' & tenement' ac cetera premissa in H. predicta, una cum reversione pred' terrarum & tennt ', ac ceterorum premissorum in S. praedicta, immediate cum acciderit post mortem dicte M.W. integre remaneant & revertant predicto F.W. filio dict' W.G. & W. R. necnon I. S. & T. T. heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum: Tenendum de capitalibus etc. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A deed of fee farm, and a reentry for the default of payment of the farm, or for suit of court undone. SCiant etc. quod nos I. T. W.T. I.M. clericus G.M. & A.R. dedimus, concessimus, & hac presenti charta nostra indentata ad feodi firmam dimisimus N.H. de W. unum gradinum cum pertinentijs vocatum M. jacent in N. in com●t Essex, videlicet etc. quod quidem gradinum simul cum alijs terris & tenementis nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento T.R. armigeri. Habendum & tenendum totum predictum gardinum cum suis percinentijs praefato N. heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per seruitia inde debita & de iure consuet': Reddendo inde annuatim nobis & hered' & assignat' nostris nomine feodi firm duodecim denarios legalis monete Anglie, ad festa P. & S. Michaelis archangeli equis porcionibus, & faciendo inde sectam ad curiam manerij nostr' de M. in S. bis in anno, videlicet, ad proximam curiam ibidem tenend' post festum S. Michaelis, & proximam curiam ibidem tenendam post festum Paschae, pro omnibus alijs seruitijs, cons. & demand', Et si predict' firma aretro fuerit in part vel in toto per quindecim dies post aliquem terminum solutionis, quo solui debeat: Aut si predicta secta nobis, hered' & assignatis nostris ad aliquam curiam in manerio nostro predict bis in anno tenend', ut prenictum est, substracta fuerit, tunc vult & concedit pref. N. pro se, hered', & assignatis suis per presentes, quod bene liceat nobis pref. I. W. I. G. & A. heredibus & assignatis nostris in toto gardino predicto cum pertinent' intrare, & per omnia bona & catalla in eodem inventa distringere, & districtione sic captas effugare, asportare, & penes se retinere, quousque de predicta firma sic aretro existent & eius arreragijs, si que fuerint, necnon de subtractione sect predict' nobis, heredibus, & assignatis nostris plenary fuerit satisfactum. Et si pndicta firma aretro fuerit in part vel in toto per duos annos post aliquem terminum solutionis eiusdem, aut si predicta secta nobis heredibus, aut assigna t nostris ad aliquam curiam in manerio nostro pndicto bis in anno tenend', ut praedictum est, per duos annos substracta fuerit, quod tunc vult & concedit praefatus N. pro se, heredibus & assignatis suis per presentes, quod bene liceat nobis prefat' I.W.I. H. & A. hered' & assignatis nostris in totum gradinum praedict'cum pertinent reintrare, & illud ut in pristino statu nostro retinere & habere imperpetuum, pnsenti charta nostra indentata non obstante. In cuius rei testimonium uni parti huius chart nostre indentat penes pref. N. remanent' sigilla nostra appos●imus: Alteri vero inde parti penes nos resident predict' N. figillum suum apposuit, etc. ¶ A deed of feoffment made in the fulfilling of the last will of the testator, until a certain sum of money be paid. SCiant etc. quod ego I. V in complementum ultim voluntatis C. dimisi, tradidi, liberavi, & hac presenti etc. H. T. armigero, I. T. generoso, & I C. quandam parcellam terr' meae arabilis cum pertinent, continent sexdecim acras terr', iacentes et existentes in parochia de I. in comitatu Essex, videlicet, inter ter etc. Quam quidem parcellam terre inter alias terras et tenementa ego pred' I.U. simul cum T.C. etc. iam defuncti nuper coniunctim habuimus nobis, hered' et assign' nostris, ad usum dicti T. C. hered' & assign' suorum, & ab inde perimplend' vlt' volunt' ipsius T. ex dimissione, liberatione, et chart confirmatione, I. V filie et hered' I. S. Habendun & tenendum praedictam parcellan terre come pertinent' pref. H.T.I. & I.C. hered' et assign' suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis etc. ad usum eorundem H T.I.T. & I.C. heredum et assignatorum svorum, donec & quousque ijdem H. I et I. hered' et assignat' sui de exitibus, reddit, reventionibus et proficuis provenient de pred' parcella terre cum pertinentijs fideliter & plenary content' fuerint et satisfacti de summa decem marcarum legalis monete Anglie, ultra omnia onera et repris. ea intentione ad dictam summam juxta voluntatem supradicti T. disponend'. Et postquam dicte decem marce sic plenary ꝑcepte fuerint, qd' tunc dicti H. ●. I.T. & I.C. hered. & assign' sui sint et existant feoffati, de et in praedict. parcella terrae cum pertinentijs ad usum Aliciae n●ꝑ uxoris dict. T.C. durant vita ipsius A. et post decessum eiusdem Aliciae, ac postquam pnd' decem marc' sic plenary percepte fuerint, ut praefertur, tunc ad usum W.C. filii praedict. T.C. ac haered, et assignatorum suorum imperpetuum. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A grant of lands, upon condition to find the grantor meat and drink. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum indentat' pervenerit W.P. salutem etc. Noveritis me praef. W. dedisse concessisse, et hoc pnnti script meo indentato confirmasse T. N omnia mea terras et tennta cum pertinen' quae habeo in villa et parochia de S. in come E. Habend' et tenend' oina praedict. terras et ten'ta cum pertinentijs prae●ato T. haered. & assignatis suis imperpetuum, de capitalibus etc. sub forma & conditione sequenti, viz. quod praedict. T. exhibeat seu exhibere faciat mihi praef. W. durant vita mea victum sufficientem, ac statui meo competentem, ꝓut idem T. ad mensam suam habet, seu hēre consuevit, ac quolibet die dominico unum denarium pro meis expensis mihi reddat, necnon quolibet anno erga festum Natalis domini unam togam de Russet, unum par caligarum, duo paria calceorum, duas camisias, & duas brac' statui meo competent annuatim mihi inveniat. Et si contingat me crepitum vel infirmum devenire tunc idem T. inveniat mihi unum seruientem ad me debit' modo, prout decet custodiend' ac etiam quendam locum in alta camera tenement mei praedict. competent' ubi melius potero pervenire, tam in sanitate quam in aegritudine simul cum libero introitu et exitu oimbus teporibus licitis ad eandem, durant vita mea mihi reseruand. Et si praedict. W. in exhibitione mea praedict. seu in aliquo praemissor̄, defecerit, aut ea facere contradixerit quovismodo in futur', quod tunc bene licebit mihi, haeredibus et assignatis meis in omnia praedicta terras et tennta cum pertinen' reintrare, reseisi●e, & ea rehabere et retinere, ut in pristino meo statu, ac dict. T. haered et assignat' suos inde totaliter expellere: praesenti scripto indent, ac seisina inde liberata ullo modo non obstante. In cuius rei restim uni ꝑti huius pnntis script. indentati penes pref. W. remanent' sigill. meum apposui, alteri vero inde parti penes me resid pref. T. sigill suum apposuit. Dat. etc. ¶ A deed of feoffment of lands purchased. SCiant etc. quod ego I.P. ad instantiam & requisitionem W. F. ac in complementum & executionem caeterarum conventionun & concessionum contentarun et specificatarun in quibusdam Indenturis gerent dat quarto die Iul' ultim praeterito ante datum pnntium fact' inter me praef. I. ex una part, et predictum W. ex altera part, dedi, concessi, & hac pnsenti charta mea confirmavi eidem W. totum manerium meum de D. & S. cum pertinent in come E. una cum omnibus terris & tenemntis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis & subboscis, redd', reversionibus, & seruitijs, & omnibus suis pertinent eidem manerio spectantibus sive pertinent, quae ego predict' I. nuper habui mihi, haered' & assignatis meis, ex dono & feoffamento N. K. Habend' & tenend' totum praedict' manium cum pertin', una cum omnibus praedict' terr' & tenement, ac caeteris praemissis & suis pertinent pfato W. haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum, ad usum proprium ipsius W. haeredum & assign' suorum, de capitalibus etc. ¶ A state of lands sold by the Executors. OMnibus etc. W.S. executor testamenti & ultim volunluntatis W. H dum vixit de R salutem. Noveritis m pfarum W.S. in complementum & executionem ultim volunt dicti W.H. ac pro summa viginti librarum sterling ' mihi per G.P. prae manibus solut, dedisse, vendidisse, et hoc praesenti scripto indentat confirmasse eidem G. omnia illa terras & tenementa cum pertinent vocat B. jacent & existent in villa et parochia de K. in come S. quae nuper fuerunt predict W.H. Habend' & tenend' oina predict' terras & ten' a cum suis pertinent praef. G. haeredibus et assignat suis imperpetuum, ad opus & usum ipsius G. haered' et assign' suorum, de capitalibus etc. ut supra. ¶ A deed of feoffment for making of an Obite for term of twenty years. SCiant etc. quod ego I D de P. in come Essex, dedi, concessi, & hac pnsenti charta mea confirmavi W. C.I.S.N.K.E.M T.T. & G.B. omnia illa terras et tenemnta mea cum pertinentijs vocat B. scituat, jacent, et existent in villa & parochia de N. in dicto come Essex, quae nuper ꝑ q sivi de N. in D. de S. Habendum & tenendum omnia predict' terra & tennta cum pertinentijs pfato W.I.N.E.T. & G. haeredibus et assignatis suis imperpetuum, ad usum mei predict' I.D. ꝓ termino vitae meae, absque impetitione vasti, et post meum decessum ad usum et intentionem subscript, videlicet, quod predict' W. I. N.E.T. et G. haered' et assignat sui ant vatim durant termino etc. proximo post meum decessum de exit et ꝓficuijs praedictarum terre et tenemntorum prouenient' faciant celebrari & custodiri obitum mei pndicti K. in ecclesia parochiali de E. in come predict' quolibet die Lune post nonam in prima septimana Quadragesimae etc. Soluendo et disponendo super hmodi obitum et alia onera subscripta annuatim durant termino praedicto decem solidos etc. du●bus Capellanis etc. die illo ce●ebrat' utrique eorum sex denarios, Gardianis dictae ecclesiae pro oblatione duos denarios, clerico pro pulsatione campanarum octo denatios, pro pane, caseo, et seruicia, emend' et pendend' in ecclesia pndicta et tempore obitus pndicti inter ꝑochianos ibidem tunc existenr' septem solidos et duos denarios. Et quod duo feoffator superius nominat' hered' et assignati sui q interfuerint dictis exequijs, habeant et retineant annuatim durant termino predicto penes ●e et int se pro eorum labore circa praemissa exequend' duodecem denarios. Et post terminum predictum finitum, tunc volo et per presentes concedo quod pndicti W. I.N E.T. et G. haered' et assignati sui sint et existant feoffati, de et in omnibus praedictis terris et tenementis cum pertinentijs ad usum haered' mei pndicti I.D. et haered' suorum imperpetuum de capitalibus etc. Et ego vero praedictus I. D. et haeredes mei omnia praedicta tetras et tenementa cum pertinentijs praefato W. I.N.E.T. et G. haeredibus et assignatis sui●, ad usum et intentionem supradictam, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus impertuum per praesentes. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A deed where the Lord granteth that his tenant shall hold his Copyhold by free Charter. OMnibus etc. T. B Miles dominus mamjde W. in comitatu E. salutem in domino sempiternam Cum I. W. clericus ad curiam tentam apud manerium de W. pndicto die Lune ꝓximo post festum sancti H. anno etc. praesens in cur' sursum reddidit in manus domini manner predict duo tenemnta hered tabilia, unde unum est cum domibus ed●ficat, et aliud tenementum non edificatum, ac certa terr' et marisc' eisdem tenement spectant, cum omnibus suis pertinentijs, quondam vocat H●iacen̄ in W. praedict', ad opus V.T. & I. uxoris eius & haered' suorum: quibus dominus per Seneschallum suum concessit inde seisinam: Tenend' eisdem V. & I. uxori eius haeredibus etassign̄ suis per virgam ad voluntatem dni secundum consuetudinem manner, per seruitia & consuetud' inde debita & de iure consueta imperpetuu, ꝓut ꝓ rotulum cur' pndictae latius-patet. Posteaque praedict' I. obijt vivente predict V. viro suo, et idem V legitime possessionat existens, de & in pndictis duobus tenemntis ac caeteris pmmissis ut pndictum est in forma pndicta, eadem duo tennta ac caetera praemissa cum eorum pertinent in manus meas nuper sursum reddidit, ad intentionem quod ego pndicta duo tenementa ac caeter pmmissa cum suis pertin' ꝑ chartam meam sigillat cuidam I.D. dimitterem, traderem, liberar̄, & confirmar̄, Super quo sciatis me pfatum T.B. ꝓ quadam pecuniae summa mihi per prefat I. prae manibus soluta, demisisse, tradidisse, liberasse, & hoc pnsenti scripto meo indentato confirmasse praefato I.D. predict duo tenementa, ac praedictas terras cum maris. eisdem tenntis spectant cum omnibus suis pertinent, quorum quidem duorum tenemntorum unum tenementum cum tribus acris terr' adjacent jacet inter terr' H.D. etc. et unum croftum terrae praedictae continent tres acras terr' jacet inter terr' etc. Et aliud tenementum dictorum duorum tenntorum cum tribus acris terr' eidem tenemento adjacent, jacet inter terr' etc. et unum marisc' dict marisc' continent tres acras, jacet juxta ten̄tum I.P. etc. et quatuor acr' marisc' dict' mari●c' jacent juxta mariscum vocat' P. ex part boreali. Habend' et tenend' pndicta duo tenementa ac terr' et marisc' predict', cum omnibus et singulis eorum pertinentijs pfato I.D. haeredibus & assign●tis suis, libere, quiet, bene, et pacifice per cartam imperpetuum. Reddend' inde annuatim mihi praef. T. B. hered' et assignatis meis dominis manerij predict ꝓ tempore existent x.s. legalis monetae Angl. ad duos anni terminos, viz. ad festa Pas. et S. Mich. archang. ꝑ aequales porciones, & fac' sectam cur' in manerio meo pndicto cum acciderit, Ac etiam ultra hoc reddit ad quamlibet alienationem seu venditionem praedictorum duor' tenntorum ac caeterorum praemissorum praed. mihi et haered. meis dnis maner' praed. pro tempore existent viii. s. legalis monetae Angl. ꝓ oibus red. seruic', et demandis quibuscunque, Ita quod si ac quotiens contingat pnd' annualem red. decem solid. aut predict' redd' viii. s. cum ut pfertur solui debeat aretro fore in part vel in toto post aliquen terminum solutionis inde praelimit' contra formam praed', qd' tunc & totiens bene liceat et licebit mihi praef. T. B. hered' & ass. meis dnis manner pnd' pro tempore existent, in praed. 2. ten̄t' & terr' & marisc' praed' & in qualibet inde parcellem intrare & distringere, districtionesque sic captas ●icite asportare, abducere, effugare, decariare & penes se retinere, quousque de praed' redditu sic aretro existent & omnibus inde arreragijs si quae fuerint nobis plenary fuerit satisfactum & persolutum Ac insuper noveritis me praef. T.B. fecisse, ordinasse, & loco meo posuisse dilectum mihi in Christo N. P coniunctim & divisim ad deliberandum vice & nomine meo etc. ut in alijs ●hartis. ¶ A deed of feoffment of the moiety of a manor recovered by writ of Entry en le post. SCiant etc. quod I.D. pro summa etc. mihi per R.F. arm, prae manibus solut de quibus quidem xl. li. fateor me plenary fore satisfactum et persolutum, dictumque R. hered' executores et administratores suos inde esse acquietos et exonerat per presents, dedi concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi eidem R. medietat manner de S. cum pertin' ac unius mesuagij, unius gardini, viginti acrarum terrae, decem acrarum prati, quadraginta acrar pastur', et xx. solid' reddit' come pertin' in S. et C. in come E. Quam quidem medietatem omnium et singulorum premissorum cum pertin', ego praedictus I.D. in curia domini regis coram I.B. milite & socijs suis Iustic' ipsius domini regis apud West. nuper recuperavi versus N. P. & I. uxorem eius per breve dicti dni regis de ingressu super disseisinam in le post prout inter recorda T. termin S.H. anno regni etc. tricesimo quarto W. C. in Essex plenius apparet. Habend' et tenend' totam pndictam medietatem dictor manerij, terr' e● e●tent ac ceterorum premissorum cum suis pertin' praef. R. haeredibus et assignatis suis imperpetuum, etc. ut in alijs cartis precedent'. A deed of feoffment of lands in ancient demesne recovered there by fine. SCiant etc. quod ego I.D. pro summa etc. mihi nuper per R. F. pre manibus solut' vendidi, dedi, concessi et hac pre●●nti carta mea confirmavi eidem I. illas tres croftas terr' cum pertin' vocat C. prout insimul iacent' apud H. infra parochiam de H in come Essex, videlicet, inter terr' etc. Ac etiam in consideratione praedicta, vendidi, dedi, concessi, et hac presenti charta mea confirmavi eidem R. quendam annualem tedditum trium solidorum. jevandum et percipiendum de tenement' sequent, scilicet de I B. pro uno tenemento & charta terr' in H. vocat' G. duos solidos, et de N.P. pro uno tennto et uno gardino adiacente in H. praedicta vocat' P. 16. d. ad duos anni terminos, viz. ad festa Pas. et S. Michael' archang, per equales portiones annuatim soluend'. Qui quidem tres croft ' terrae cum pertin' una cum annuali redditu predicto ego praed' I. D. nuper habui mihi et heredibus meis per nomen decem acrarum terr', duarum acrarum prati, quatuor acrarum pastur', et trium solidorum reddit' come pertin' in H. et H. et q nuper recuperavi versus T. M. et A. uxorem eius virtut' cuiusdam finalis concordie fact' in curiae dnae Katherinae, Reginae Angliae etc. manerij sui de H. ibidem tenta decimo die F. Anno regni etc. coram A.B.C.D. ballivis ipsius reginae manerij sui predict. ac P.C.R.C.I. W. et E.K. sectatoribus cur' illius, inter me praef. I. D quer' et praed' T.M. et A. iam uxorem eius deforc' prout in fine pnd' liquet manifest. Habend' & tenend' praed. tres croft ' terr' ac omnia cetera premissa cum suis pertin' praef. R. F. hered. et assign' suis imperpetuum etc. ut in alijs chartis. ¶ A deed of feoffment of lands in London. SCiant etc. quod nos C.T. et K.T. cives et mercatores L. dimisimus, feoffavimus W. R filio W. R. nuper civis et mercatoris L.I.W. civi et mercatori, et domino I.D. rector ecclesiae sancti B. juxta B.L. duo tennta nostra cum domibus, celarijs, sollarijs, gardinis, et omnibus alijs suis pertinent scituatis in vico vocat' S. M. in parochia sancti A. super Cornhill L. scilicet inter cemiterium dictae ecclesiae s. A. ex part australi, et ten' Abbatis de B. ex part boreali, ac tenementa quondam T. L. ex part orientali. Quae quidem duo tennta cum domibus, celarijs, sollarijs, gardinis et ceteris suis pertinent, nos praed. I. T. et K. T. nuper habuimus coniunctim ex dimissione et feoffamento praedicti W. C. et filii dicti W. C. et I. C. fratris eius civis et mercatori L. prout in quadam charta per praef. W. C. et I.C. inde nobis con fecta cuius datum est L. secundo die mensis N. Anno regni regis H. quarti post conquestum septimo plenius continetur. Habendum & tenendum predict' duo tenemnta cum domibus, celarijs, sollarijs, gardinis, & ceteris suis pertin' quibuscunque p̄fat' W. C. filio dicti W. C.I.W. & domino 1 W. haered' & assignat' eorum imperpetuum, libere, quiet, been, & in pace, de capitalibus dm̄s feodorum illorum per seruitia inde debita & de iure consueta. In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti chartae nostrae sigilla nostra apposuimus I. W. tunc Maiore Civit L. W. C. & H. C tunc Vicecomitibus eiusdem Civitatis I C. tunc illius wardae Alderm: hijs testibus I.A.B.S. M. & C. etc. & alijs. Datum L. 24. d●e mensis N. An regni etc. ¶ A feoffment made by him which hath an Hundred of the Kings grant with a Letter of Attorney. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit, I.I. Miles salutem in domino. Cum dominus rex nunc tricesimo primo die Maij, anno regni sui etc. per liter̄ suas patentes dederit & concesserit mihi praef. I.I. inter alia Hundredum de B. in come E. cum omnibus iuribus, finibus, amerciamentis, wrecco Maris, & alijs emolumentis & commoditatibus eidem hundredo debit spectant' siue pettinen' quovismodo. Habend' & tenend' hundredum predict' & cetera praemissa cum pertin' mihi praef. I. I haered' & assignat meis de dicto domino Rege & hered' suis per seruitia inde ab antiquo debita & de iure consueta imperpetuum, prout in eisdem literis plenius continetur. Noveritis me pfatum I.I. per presentes, dedisse, concessisse, & confirmasse, virtute & authoritate licenciae mihi ꝑ dictum dominum Regem ꝑ dictas literas suas patenres concessisse reverendo in Christo patri & domino dno I. ꝑmissione divina B. & W. episcopo I.L. Militi, I.B. T. H. civibus & Alderm̄ L. & W.C. seruienti meo, praed' hundredum de B. cum omnibus iuribus, finibus, amerciamentis, wrecco maris, & alijs emolumentis, & commoditaribus eidem hundredo debito spectantibus sive pertin' quovismodo: Habendum & tenend' eidem hundredum ac caetera pmmissa cum pertin' prefato Episcopo I. L.I.B.T. H. & W. C haered' & assignat suis de dicto dno Rege & hered' fuis ꝑ serui●ia inde ab antiquo debita & de iure consuera imperpetuum. Et ego p̄f, I.I. & hered' mei hundredum praedict', ac cetera premissa cum pertin' prefato episcopo I.B.T. et W. haeredibus & assignat suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus & defendemus imperpetuum per praesentes. Et ulterius noveritis me p̄fat' I.I. per presentes, fecisse, constituisse, & in loco meo posuisse dilectos mihi in Christo S. T. & I.I. meos veros & legitimos Atturnatos coniunctim & divisim ad deliberandum pro me & nomine meo prefato Episcopo I.B.T. & W. aut eorum cert atturnat plenam & pacificam possessionem & seisinam, de & in pndicto hundredo ac caeteris praemissis cum pertinent, juxta vim, formam, & effectum praesentis scripti mei eis inde facti: Ratum & gratum habens & habit totum & quic quid dict' Atturnati mei nomine meo fecerint seu eorum alter fecerit in pmmissis ꝑ pnsentes. In cuius rei testimonium huic praesenti scripto meo sigillum meum apposui. Dat etc. ¶ A release where two have recovered lands by fine, and he that had the fee simple releaseth to his fellow. OMnibus etc. T. B. salutem. Sciatis me praef. T. remisisse, relaxasse, & ommno de & pro me & haered' meis imperpetuum per pnsentes quietum clamasse I.P. et W L. in sua plena & pacifica possessione existent', haered' & assignat suis totum ius meum, titulum, clameun, interest, & demand' quae unquam habui, habeo, seu quovismodo in futurum habere potero, de & in oibus illis ●erris & tenemntis cum pertin' in K. in come E. voc' M quae ego pnd' T. ac praed' R. & W. nuper habuimus nobis & hered' mei praed ' T. ꝑ nomen unius mesuagij, unius gardini, xx. acrar terrae, decem acrarum prati, & xx. acrar' pastur' cum pertin' in K. in d●cto come E. per finem leuat' in curia dni Regis coram Iustic' suis apud Westm a die sanct' M. in unum mensem, anno regni etc. 35. inter nos praef. T.R. & W.M. et N.N. & M. uxorem eius deforc', ꝓut inter recorda finis praed' plenius apparet. Ita videlicet quod nec ego predict' T. nec hered' mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquod ius, titulum, clam', interest, seu demand', de & in praedict' terris & tenementis cum pertin', nec in aliqua inde parcella de caetero exigere, clamare, seu vendicare poterimus nec debemus quovismodo in futurum, sed ab omni actione juris, tituli, clamei, et demand' inde totaliter sumus exclufi imperpetuu per pnsaentes. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ A letter of Attorney made by Executors. noverint universi ꝑ pnsentes nos N.I. & M. uxorem meam, nuper uxorem T. S civis dum vixit & groceri London, ac executricem Testamenti eiusdem T. assignasse, fecisse, et loco nostro constituisse dilectos nobis in Christo I.C. & M. uxorem eius nostros fideles & legitimos Atturn, coniunctim & divisim ad petend', leuand', & recipiendum vice & nomine nostro ad eorum ꝓprium usum, tam o●a & singula mobilia & immobilia, hustilmenta & necessaria quae pfatus T. die obitus sui habuit & sibi pertinebant infra mesuagium sive tenementum suum in H. in come E. & quae idem T. per testamentum suum dedit & legavit pfato I. C & M. uxori suae, sorori eiusdem T. omnibus & omnimodis hmodi hustilmentis et bonis eidem mesuagio sive tenemento (clam' & lignifix' omnino exceptis, & eidem mesuagio sive tenement ut appropriate reseruatis) quam omina & singula debita quae dict' T. die eius obitus debeantur infra come E. praedict', & debita quae dictus T. in dicto suo testamento voluit & legavit prefat I.C. & M. uxori eius: Dantes & concedentes pfatis I. & M. attornat nostris, ac utrique eorum plenam & liberam tenore presentium potestatem nostram, ob defectum deliberationis & solutionis in hac part (si necessè fuerit) tam omnes & singulos debitores, detentores, & eorum quemlibet, oium bonorum, hustilmentorum, & necessariorum praedictorum & cuiuslibet eorum parcell', (exceptis & reseruatis preexcept & reseruatis) quam omnes & singulos debitores, detentores deb●torū praedict', ac quemlibet eorum arrestari faciend', imprisonand', & extra prisonam deliberand', necnon implacitandum & ꝓsequendum in quibuscunque curijs, & coram quibuscunque judicibus & Iustic' quorum interest, adeo precisc & integre, sicut lex exi●it & permittit et de receptis in hac pa●te acquietanc' nomine nostro faciendum, sigilland', & deliberand', atturnat quoque unum vel plures sub se constituend', & ꝓ suo libert reuocand', ceteraque omni & singula quae in pmmissis & circa praemiss. necessaria fuerint, seu quomodolibet oportun̄ faciend', exercend', & exequend' adeo integre, prout nosmetipsi facere possumus si presentes ibidem personaliter interessemus: Ratum & gratum habent & habitur totum & quicquid dicti Atturnat nostri nomine nostro ad eorum ꝓprium usum fecerint seu duxerint, aut fecerit vel duxerit fac' eorum alter in premissis. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A letter of Attorney to enter into lands and tenements. noverint universi per pnsentes nos H.C. & H. W. fecisse, ordinasse, & loco nostro posuisse dilectos nobis in Christo W. P. gen & I.H. nostros veros & legitimos Attorn̄, coniunctim & divisim ad intrandun vice & nominibus nostris in manner de B. cum pertinent, ac in quingentas acr terr', vigin●i acras prati, quadraginta acras pasturae, quadraginta acr bosci, & quinque libertatas redditus cum pertin' in B S, & R. in come Ess. quae nos predict' H. C. & H. W. per breve domini Regis de ingressu super disseisinam en ●e post, versus I.K. armig', in cur' dicti dni regis coram Iusticiar' suis apud Westm termino sancti Mich. antedict' &c. etiam recuperauimus ad usum I. S. Milit, & haered' suorum, ac de & super hmndi introitu sic fact', plenam & pacificam possessionem, de & in maner', terr', & tennt praedict' come pertinen' no●bus nostr' capiend' & continuand', ad usum 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 etc. ¶ A letter of Attorney to enter for default of payment. OMnibus Christi fidelibus etc. A. P. salutem in domino sempiternam. Cum ego pfat A nuper dimiserim, feoffaverim, & per quandam chartam meam bipertitam confirmaverim W.C. unum tenementum cum pertinent, scituat in parochia sanct' C. videlicet, inter tenementum etc. Habendun & tenendum praefato W. haered' & assignat suis imperpetuum, sub forma & conditione sequent, videlicet, quod praedictus W. haered' vel assignati sui soluerint, aut solui faciant mihi praefato A. aut executor' meis in Ecclesia sancti C. ad festum Sancti M. archangeli proxim' futur' post datum chart predict' decem libras etc. Et si pndictus W. vel assignati sui defecisset vel defecissent de solutione summae predict', aut in aliqua inde ꝑcella ad festum solutionis superius limitatum, extunc bene liceret mihi pfato A. in predict' tenement cum pertin' 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 predict' fregit: Noveritis me praefatum A. occasione praemiss. atturnasse, & plenam potestatem meam concessisse dilect' mihi in Christo C.M. & I.P. coniunctim & divisim ad reintrand' reclamand', & possidend' pro me & nomine meo in praedict' tenement cum pertinentijs, ut in pristrino statu meo, & pref. W inde expellend' & amouend', dictumque tenementum in manibus ipsorum T. & I. ad opus meum retinend', donec aliter inde duxerim disponend': Ratum & great habent & habitus totum quicquid pfat attornat mei fecerint nomine meo, seu eorum alter fecerit in pmmissis, prout egomet facere possem si personaliter interessem. In cuius rei testimonium etc. ¶ A letter of attorney to receive possession of lands extended by a Statute Merchant. OMnibus Christi fidelibus etc. T. B. civis & Draper L. salutem in domino. Cum I.K. Miles, vicecom̄ commit E. virtute brevis domini Regis sibi inde direct', extendi fecisset unum mesuagium, & viginti acras terrae cumꝑtinentiis in D. in come E. quae fuerint I.K. ad valorem etc. per annum: quod quidem messuagium & viginti acras terrae cum pertinent, dictus vicec', cum ea sic extendi fecisset, seisire fecit in manus domini regis. Noveritis me praefatum T. B. assignasse, fecisse, locoque meo posuisse & constituisse dilectum seruientem meum I. B. meum verum & legitimum in hac part attornat ad recipiend' pro me, & nomine meo, de praefat I.K. vic' come praed', plenam possessionem & seisinam, de, & in praed' mesuagio, & viginti acr terr' cum pertinentijs, quae mihi praefato T. B per dictum vicecom̄, virtute brevis dicti domini regis s●bi inde direct' liberari debent per extent praed': Tenend' mihi & assignatis meis ut liberum tenntum meum, secundum tenorem, vim, formam & effectum eiusdem brevis domini regis eidem vic' (ut praefertur) direct'. Dand' & concedend' pref. attorn̄ meo, plenam & sufficientem tenore present potestatem meam authoritatem & mand' speciale, ad faciend', exercend', & exequend' pro me & nomine meo, de & in praemissis, et in quolibet pmmiss. ea omnia et singula que ego praefatus T.B. fecerim vel facere possem sive deberem, si presens ibidem personaliter interessem: Ratum et gratum habens totum et quicquid praedictus atturnatus meus nomine meo fecerit in praemissis per presents In cuius rei testimonium presentibus sigillum meum apposui. Datum etc. ¶ To receive attorney. REx Balliuis Decani & Capituli Ecclesiae beatae A. de C. vel hundred ' de S. salutem. Quia per commune consilium regni n̄ri Angliae provifum est, quod quilibet liber homo qui sectam debet ad curiam domini sui, libere possit facere atturn̄ suum ad sectamillam pro se faciend'. Vobis precipimus, quod attornat quem I.P. per literas suas patentes loco suo attornare volverit, ad sectam pro se faciend' ad curiam praedictorum Decani & Capituli de C. vel ad hundred ' praed' Decani & Capituli de S. loco ipsius R. sine difficultate ad hoc recipiatis hac vice de gratia nostra speciali. Teste etc. ¶ A letter of attorney to make suit to a Court. PAteat universis per presents, quod ego I.P. attornavi, & in loco meo constitui I. B. meum Attornatum ad sectam nomine meo faciend' add curiam Decani & Capituli Ecclesiae beatae M. Linc' de C. juxta tenorem brevis Regis ballivis pndictorum Decani & Capituli cur', siue hundred ' inde direct': Ratum habitur & gratum quicquid idem I nomine meo fecerit in praemissis, vel in praemissis duxerit faciend'. In cuius rei testimonium pnsentibus sigillum meum apposui etc. Dat etc. ¶ A Bill obligatory. BE it known to all by these presents, that I W. L. of S. in the county etc. yeoman, own unto T. M. gentleman, ten pounds of lawful money of England, to be paid to the same T. his executors or assigns, at the feast of Easter next to come after the date hereof: To the which payment well & truly to be done, I bind me, my heirs & executors by these presents. In witness whereof, to these presents I have set my seal. Given the first day of januarie etc. ¶ Another bill obligatory. BE it known unto all men by these presents, that I W.L. own unto T.M. etc. In witness etc. ¶ An Obligation made to a Sheriff. noverint universi per praesentes me I. L. de C. in comitatu E. husbandman, teneri & firmiter Obligari T. C. Militi Vicecom comitat E. in etc. Soluendum eidem vicecom̄ aut suo certo atturnat vel execute suis. Ad quam quid solutionem bene & fidelitèr faciend' obligo me, heredes & execute meos ꝑ presents. Sigillo meo sigillat. Datum etc. ¶ A condition of an Obligation where cattle are delivered by replevin. THe condition of this Obligation is such, that where the within named Sheriff, by virtue of his office, and upon the complaint of the within bounden I. L. hath delivered and replevied to the same I. two horses, & iiij. kine, which one W. P. late took, and wrongfully withholdeth, as the said 1 saith, if the same I. do pursue his action with effect against the said W. for the taking and withholding the said horses and kine, and make return of the same, if the return thereof be adjudged: And the said Sheriff, his heirs and executors, acquit, discharge, and save harmless against our Sovereign Lord the king, & the said W. of, and for all and every thing concerning the premises: That then this obligation shallbe void and of none effect, or else it shall stand in his full strength and virtue. ¶ A condition for appearance in the King's Bench for good abearing. COnditio istius obligationis talis est, quod si interius obligatus I. L. compareat personalitèr in custodia infranominati vicecomitis, veleius deputat', coram domino Rege in octabis sancti H. proximo futur' ubicunque tunc fuerit in Anglia, ad inveniendum tunc coram ipso domino Rege sufficientem securitatem de se bene gerend' erga ipsum dominum Regem & cunctum populum suum, juxta tenorem brevis dicti domini Regis praefat' vicecomit' inde direct' & se bene medio tempore gerat Et dict' vicecom̄, heredes & executores suos erga dominum Regem & cunctum populum suum, de & in omnibus concernent premissa indemnes conseruet, quod tunc praesens obligatio pro nullo habeatur, alioquin in suo robore permaneat & virtute. ¶ A condition for appearance in the King's Bench for the peace. COnditio etc. quod si infraobligatus I. L. compareat personaliter in custodia infranominat vicecomitis etc. coram domino Rege in octabis S. Michaelis proximo futur', ubicunque tunc fuerit in Anglia, ad inveniendum tunc coram ipso dno Rege sufficientem securitatem pacis domini Regis de se bene gerendo erga ipsum dominum Regem & cunctum populum suum, & praecipue erga H.C. juxta tenorem brevis ipsius dicti Regis praefat vicecom̄ inde direct', et medio tempore pacem gerat. Et dictum vicecom̄, heredes & executores suos erga dominum Regem & cunctum populum suum, & praecipue erga praedict' H. de & in omnibus concernent pmmissa indempnes conseruet, quod tunc praesens obligatio etc. ¶ A condition for appearance in the Common place for debt. COnditio istius obligationis etc. quod si interius obligat I. L. compareat personaliter in custodia infranominat Vicecom, vel eius deputat, coram justiciarijs domini Regis apud Westmon a die Paschae in quindecem dies, ad respondendum tunc & ibidem H. B. de placito debiti, vel detentionis, vel compoti, juxta tenorem brevis domini Regis praef. vicecom̄ inde direct'. Et dict' vicecom̄, heredes & executores suos, erga dominum regem & praed' H. de & in omnibus concernent praemiss. indempn conseruet, quod tunc etc. ¶ A condition containing one day of payment. COnditio istius obligationis talis est, quod si infranominatus L. L. hered' vel executores sui soluant aut solui faciant infranominato W. vel executoribus fuis, ad festum Natalis domini proximo futur' post datum infrascriptum, decem libras legalis monetae Angliae, quod tunc praesens obligatio etc. ¶ A condition containing two days of payment. COnditio etc. quod si interius obligatus I. L. heraedes vel executores sui soluant, aut solui faciant infranominat W. vel executoribus suis, decem libras sterlingorum in forma sequent, videlicet, ad festum Paschae proxim futurum post datum infrascriptum quinque libras, & ad festum sancti Michaelis Archangeli tunc proximo sequent quinque libras, quod tunc etc. ¶ A condition containing divers days of payment. COnditio etc. quod si infranominatus I. T. heredes vel executores sui soluant, aut solui faciant infranominato W. vel executoribus suis centum libras in forma subscripta, videlicet, ad festum Paschae infrascriptum quinque libras, ad festum Sancti L. Bap. extunc proximo sequent quinque libras, ad festum sancti Michaelis archangeli extunc proximo sequent quinque libr', ad festum Natalis domini extunc proximo sequent' quinque libras. Et post predictum primum annum sic completum, de anno in annum, unum post alium continue sequent' quolibet anno viginti libras, videlicet, ad quamlibet festorum predictorum quinque libras quousque predicte centum libre plenary persoluantur, quod tunc presens obligatio sit nullius valoris, et si defectus fiat in aliqua solutione predict' in part vel in toto contra formam predictam, quod tunc presens obligatio stet in suo robore & effectu. ¶ An other condition for the same. COnditio etc. quod si interius obligat' I. & R. soluant aut solui faciant aut eorum alter soluat seu solui faciat infranominat' W. vel executoribus suis sex libras sterlingorum forma sequenti, videlicet in festo Natalis domini infrascript', in festo Annunciationis beatae Mariae virginis tunc ꝓximo sequent, in festo Nativit, & in festo sancti M. archangeli tunc proximo sequent, & sic deinceps a festo in festum, quarterio in quarterium, & anno in annum, uno post alium extunc proxime & immediate sequent, videlicet quolibet huiusmodi festo festorum predictorum tres solidos & quatuor denarios, quousque predicte sex libre integre & plenary persoluantur, quod tunc presens obligatio cassetur & pro nullo habeatur. Et si defectus fiat de aut in aliqua solutione solutionum predictar̄ in part vel in toto contra formam predictam, quod extunc presens obligatio in omni suo robore stet & effectu. ¶ A condition to deliver a last of Salmon. THe condition of this Obligation is such, that where the within bounden W. the day of the date within written, hath bargained and sold to the within named H. one last of Salmon, accounting xii. barrels for a last, good, salt, red, sweet & merchantable, to be truly packed in barrels of assize of the great bond, for the which last of Salmon the said W. knowledgeth himself truly to be satisfied, contented and paid: if the said W. his executors or assigns well and truly without any delay deliver or cause to be delivered to the said H. or to his assigns, by the feast of Saint P. within written, the said last of Salmon good, salt, red, sweet and merchantable, frank and free at L. That then etc. ¶ A Condition that the obligor shall not sell his lands to no other person but to the obligee. THe Condition etc. that if the within bounden I. L. at any time hereafter be willing & minded to bargain, alien, sell, or put away his great mesuage with the appurtenances in L. called the Bell in N, then if the said I. bargain and sell unto the within named W. or his heirs the said mesuage with the appurtenances before any other person or persons, he paying for the same as much as any other will do, without covin, fraud, or deceit. That then etc. ¶ A Condition to save a man harmless of an Obligation that he is bound with him to another. THe Condition etc. that if the within bounden I. his heirs & executors discharge, save, and keep harmless the within named W. his heirs and executors against one T. S. and his executors, of and for the sum of twenty pounds sterling, for the which the said john and W. at the instance and request of the said I. & for him by their writing obligatory bearing date the iiij. day of N. in the xxuj. year of etc. jointly & severally standeth bound to the said T. That then etc. ¶ A condition to keep the peace until a certain day, and then to appear before the King's Counsel. THe condition etc. That if the within bounden 1 observe & keep the peace against the King our sovereign Lord, and all his liege people between this and the xv. of Easter next coming, and then do personally appear before the King and his most honourable Counsel in the Star chamber at Westminster, and so from day to day, and not to departed without licence: That then etc. ¶ A condition to discharge and save harmless, of an obligation, bands, writings and promises. THe condition etc. That if the within bounden I. acquit, discharge, and save harmless the within named W. his heirs and executors at all times hereafter against all manner of persons, as well of and for all such sums of money, oblygations, bands, writings, and promises, in and by the which the said W. standeth charged and bound for such stock and goods, as before this time have been partible between the said I. and M. as of & for all manner of expenses of household, and of the rents & farms of the waxehouse, shop, and house, which they both of late held and occupied together, set, lying, and being in C. within the City of L. That then etc. A condition to keep the peace. COnditio istius obligationis talis est, quod si interius obligat' R. de cetero bene & honestè se habeat & pacem dni Regis gerat erga infranominatos I. S. & W. R. & eorum utrunque, & omnes familiares & seruientes suos, ꝓut ordo charitatis & honestatis id requiret, ac erga ipsos I & W seu eorum alterum non transgressus fuerit in verbo nec opere, qd' in ipsorum I. & W. damnum seu lesionem nominis sui sive bonae famae aliqualiter conuert' poterit, ac etiam si dicti I. & W. sive eorum alter per pndictum R. aut per aliquem alium seu aliquos alios eius causa quaerelam facere amore, odio, instigatione seu ꝓcuratione de caetero non prosequant' nec implacitantur pro aliqua causa, qrela, seu materia quacunque, inter dictos I. & W. et p̄fat' R. apart dat' infrascriptum habit' mot ', seu exort ', quod tunc praesens obligatio nulla habeatur: Et si praedict' R. contra praemissa seu eorum aliquid in futurum fecerit, seu ꝓcurauerit, quod tunc praesens obligatio in omni suo robore stet in effectu etc. ¶ A condition of arbitrement, and if the arbitrators cannot agree, to stand to the judgement of an Umpire. COnditio etc. quod si infra obligatus I. Archer steterit, et obedierit arbitrio, ordinationi, et judicio E.C.W.K.I.T. & H.P. arbitratorum tam ex part infrascript' Agnetis, quam ex part dicti Iohis Archer, indifferenter electorum de & super omnibus & omnimodis actionibus tam spiritualibus quam temporalibus, discordijs, variacionibus, debitis, & demandis quibuscunque inter ꝑtes pndictas quovismodo ante datum infrascriptum habitis, factis, inactis, seu perpetratis, & illa arbitrium, ordinationem, et judicium dictorum quatuor arbitratorum de & praemissis fiendum & rendendum, dictus joh. A. ex part sua just & fideliter fecerit, tenuerit, & perimpleverit, Ita quod hmodi arbitrium, ordinatio, & judicium, de & in praemissis, fiant & reddantur citra ultimum diem pnsentis mensis Maij ꝓximo futurum infralimitatum. Et si praedicti quatuor arbitratores de et in praemissis citra diem predict' interse concordare nequeant, si tunc praedictus I. A. steterit & obedierit ordinationi et finali judicio talis umparis qualis dicti quatuor arbitratores inter se citra diem praedictum eligere et nominare volverint, ad judicandum de & super pmmissis, et illam ordinationem & finale judicium dicti umparis sic eligendi & nominandi de & in pmmissis fiendum & reddendum dict' joh. Archer ex part sua just et fideliter fecerit, tenuerit, et perimpleverit, Ita ꝙ hmodi ordinatio et finale judicium dicti umparis sic eligendi et nominandi de et in praemissis fiant et reddantur citra diem Nativitatis S. joh. Bapt extunc ꝓximo sequentis, quod tunc praesens etc. (vel sic:) Et si praedicti quatuor arbitratores de et in praemissis citra diem praedict' inter se concordare nequeant, qd' tunc praedictus Iohis Archer steterit et obedierit ordinationi & finali judicio P. A. umparis inter partes predict' electi & nominati ad judicandum de & super praemissis, & illam ordinationem & finale judicium, dicti umparis de et in praemissis fiendum & reddendum, dictus joh. Archer ex part sua just & fideliter fecerit, tenuerit, et perimplerit, Ita qd' hmodi ordinatio & finale judicium dicti umparis de & in pmmissis fiant & reddantur citra diem Natalis sancti I. Bapt. extunc ꝓoximo sequentis, quod tunc praesens obligatio etc. ¶ A condition that a man shall honestly behave himself, and not to resort to the house of the obligee. THe condition etc. That if the within bounden I. L. from henceforth well & honestly, aswell in words as in deeds, behave and demean himself against the within named William P. and from this time forward, neither to rebuke, mislay threat, menace, face, ne brace the same William, nor him any bodily hurt or harm, do or procure to be done, nor any assault or affray upon him make, or cause to be made: And also do not from henceforth, come, resort, or draw unto the house of the said William, he being absent or present, nor with him, ne any of his be accompanied, eating, drinking, familiar, or conversant, within his said house: That then this present obligation shall be utterly void and of none effect. And if the said john do contrary to the premises, or to any point of them: That then etc. ¶ A condition that the husband shall suffer his wife to make a Will of her goods to the value of xl. pounds. THe condition etc. That if the within bounden R. P. do permit and suffer one Mary Den, which the same R. by God's grace shall take to wife, in her extreme day or days at any time before her death, to declare and make her will, devise, and give at her pleasure xl. pounds sterling to what person or persons, and unto what use or purpose as she will, at her pleasure: And also do permit and suffer her executors to prone, declare, and perform the last will by her made, without vexation or interruption, denying or impediment of the said E. And also if the same R. do perform, fulfil, observe, pay, and content the said xl. pounds so by her assigned, bequeathed, and willed, to such person or persons, and in such manner and use, & at such days, and within such time as by her shall be devised, bequeathed, and willed, without any further delay: That then etc. ¶ A condition that the husband shall leave his wife worth a hundred pounds after his death. THe condition etc. 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 die before the said A. that then if the said I. do leave the said A. worth an hundredth pounds in money and movables, over and above household stuff, by legacy or otherwise, to be delivered by the executors or assigns of the said I. to the said A. her executors or assigns within one month next after the death of the said I. to be employed and disposed to the proper use of the said A. at her will and pleasure etc. ¶ A condition to perform certain covenants, comprised in a pair of Indentures. THe condition etc. That if the within bounden I. L. well and truly perform, observe, and keep all and singular the bargains, covenants, grants, articles, and agreements, contained and specified in a pair of Indentures, of the dace within written, concerning a bargain of certain Malt, made between the within named W. S. on the one party, and the said I. L. on the other party, which on the behalf of the said I. are to be performed, observed and kept after the true meaning of the said Indentures: That then etc. ¶ Another condition of etc. in Latin. COnditio istius obligac' etc. quod si infranominatus I. L. ben & fideliter pro part sua teneat, custodiat, & perimpleat oens & singulas conventiones, condic', concessiones, solue' & appunctuamenta, content & specificatas in quibusdam Indenturis de dat infrascript. Vel sic, omnes & singulas conventiones, conditiones, etc. in quibusdam Indenturis (of sale of wood, or land) de dat infrascript, inter praef. I. L. ex una part & infranominat' W. S. ex altera part inde confecta, quod tunc presens obligatio etc. ¶ A condition concerning the office of a Sheriffs Bailie. THe condition etc. that if the within bounden I. A. well and truly exercise & occupy the office of the bailiwicke of the hundred of C. under the within named E. T. being sheriff of E. be ready and attendant upon the said sheriff and his deputy, at all times when he shall be required in executing his said office of shirifewicke, and discharge and save harmless the said sheriff against our sovereign lord the K. & to all other persons for executing of all manner of process, precepts, warrants and commandments, to be directed, executed & done by the said I. & of all prisoners as shall be in his custody, and well and truly content and pay to the same sheriff, his executors and assigns, all the issues, revenues and profits of the said hundred, whereof the certainties amount to the sum of 4. li. by the confession of the said bailiff, to be paid duly at the feast of Easter, and Saint Michael the archangel next coming, and also levy, content and pay to the sheriff, all such green wax, pipe silver, & issues as the said sheriff shall be charged within the said hundred, and as shallbe estreted out of the said bailie together to be paid to the said shyrife, afore the said feast of S. Michael: That then etc. ¶ Acquittance made by one creditor. OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit I.K. salutem in domino sempiternam. Cum. W. B. teneatur mihi praefato I. ac cuidam H. Long, in decem libris sterling. soluendum nobis aut uni nostrum ad diversos terminos prout in quadam obligatione & defesanc' super eandem nobis inde confect' plenius continetur. Noveritis me praefatum I. recepisse & habuisse die confectionis presentium de prefato W. viginti solidos sterling. in partem solutionis predictar' decem librarum, viz. pro termino Natalis domini prox. futurum, de quibus quidam xx. s. fateor me fore solut' dictumque W. heredes & executores suos inde esse quietum & exoneratum per presentes. In cuius rei etc. ¶ A short quittance for the farm of a benefice. BE it known to all men by these presents, that I T. C. parson of P. in the County of E. have received and had the day of making hereof, of I. L. x. l. sterling for the half year farm of my said parsonage, to me due at the feast of S. Michael th'archangel last passed before the date hereof. In witness whereof to this bill I have set my scale. Given the x. day of October, etc. ¶ Acquittance for the redemption of lands before sold conditionally. BE it known unto all men by these presents, that I I. Long of London gent. have received and had this present day, at the Font stone in the Cathedral Church of saint Paul in L. between the hours of one and four of the clock at afternoon of the same day, of W. G. of S. in the County of Essex yeoman, xl. l. sterling, for the redemption & in full satisfaction of all and singular 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 covenant, bearing date the xuj. day of january in the thirty. year etc. made between the said W. G. on the one part, and me the said I L. on the other part, of, for and concerning the bargain and sale of all and singular the said lands & tenements conditionally, as by the same Indentures thereof made more at large do appear, of the which xl. l. in full payment, and contentation, as is abovesaid received, I the said I. L. knowledge me well and truly contented, satisfied, & paid, and thereof, and of every parcel thereof, I clearly acquit and discharge the said W. G. his heirs and executors by these presents. In witness whereof to these presents, I the said john Long have set to my seal the first day of March, in the thirty year of the etc. ¶ A Defeasance upon a Recognisancee taken by the chief justice of the King's Bench, or Common place. noverint universi 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 Sanctorun, proximo futuro post datum praesentium: Et si defecerimus in solutione praedicti debiti, volumus & concedimus quod tunc currat super nos, & utrumque nostrum, haeredes & executores nostros, poena in statuto Stapulae de debitis & mercand' in eadem empt recuperandis ordinata & provisa, etc. Datum decimo etc. THis Indenture witnesseth, that whereas R. W. of D in the County of Essex yeoman, and I. P. of D. in the County aforesaid yeoman, by a certain Recognisance provided for the recovery of debts taken, recognized, & sealed before Sir E. Mountagne knight, chief justice of the King's bench, bearing date the day of these presents, stand and be jointly & severally bound unto T.L. of T. in the said County of Essex yeoman, in the sum of one hundredth pounds sterling to be paid as in the same recognizance thereof made more plainly doth appear. Nevertheless the said T. for him his heirs and executors, willeth and granteth by these presents, that if the said R. & I. their heirs, executors, or assigns, or any of them, do well and truly content and pay, or cause to be contented & paid unto the foresaid T. his heirs, executors, or assigns, the sum of xl. l. of good and lawful money of England, in manner and form following, that is to say, at the feast of all Saints next coming after the date hereof, v. l. at the dwelling house of the said T. where he now inhabiteth, and the first day of May then next following five pounds at the said house, and so forth from year to year, and half year to half year, at the least of all Saints, and the first day of May next and immediately ensuing another, at the house of the said Thomas, as is aforesaid, five pounds, until the said sum of xl. pounds be fully contented & paid: That then the foresaid Recognisance to be utterly void and of none effect. And if default of payment be made in any of the said payments, in part, or in all, contrary to the form aforesaid, them the said R. and I. willeth and granteth by these presents, that the same Recognisance shall stand in full strength and virtue. In witness whereof the said parties to these Indentures sunderly have set to their Seals. Given the xvij. day of May, etc. ¶ An Indenture upon the resignation of a benefice. THis Indenture made the 3. day of june, in the year of our Lord God 1543. in the 35. year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Henry 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, between Sir Simond B. late Parson of the parish Church, and Parsonage of P. in the County of C. and in the diocese of Exeter on the one party, & sir john B. of P. aforesaid Priest on tother party, witnesseth that where the said sir Simond at the instance of the said sir john hath resigned his said parish church and parsonage into the Ordinaries hands of the same, to the intent that the said Ordinary shall institute and induct the said Sir john, Parson of the said parish Church and Parsonage. Whereupon it is covenanted, concluded and fully agreed between the said parties, & either of them covenanteth and granteth, to and with the other of them by this Indenture in manner and form following, that is to wit, the said Sir john for him and his executors conenanteth and granteth to and with the said sir Simond by these presents, that the same sir john at such time as he 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 lawful bond, as shall be reasonably advised or devised by the said sir Simond, or his learned counsel, for the assurance, surety, and sure payment of an annuable pension of seven. pounds of good & lawful money of England, to be paid to the said sir Simon or his assigns, upon the Font stone in the body of the Cathedral Church of S. Paul in London, at two terms of the year, that is to wit, on the day of All Saints, between the hours of nine & eleven of the clock before noon of the same day, three pounds & ten shillings, and on the day of Pentecost, between nine and eleven of the clock beforenoone of the same day, three pounds and ten shillings, and so from year to year, one after an other, than next and immediately following, during the natural life of the said sir Simond, the first term of payment thereof to begin on the day of All Saints now next coming. And also that the said sir john and his executors at all and every time and times hereafter, shall clearly acquit and discharge and save harmless the said sir Simond and his executors and every of them aswell against the King our Sovereign Lord, as against all and every other person or persons, of and for all manner of dimes, subsidies, taxes, and tallages, and all other charges whatsoever they be, being due to be paid and borne out, for the said benefice. And moreover the said Sir john covenanteth and granteth, to and with the said sir Simond by these presents, that the same Sir john within xiv. days next and immediately after that he shall be so instituted and inducted, shall by his deed sufficient in the law, clearly remit and release unto the said sir Simond, all and all manner actions, suits, quarrels debts, debates, accounts, trespasses, injuries, & demands whatsoever they be, which against the said sir Simond and his executors ever he hath had, or hereafter shall now have, aswell by reason of dilapidations of the said Church & Parsonage, as by any other reason or cause from the beginning of the world, unto the day of the date of the said Letters of acquittance. And furthermore, the said sir john for him and his executors covenanteth and granteth, to and with the said Sir Simond by these presents, that he the same Sir john, or his assigns, before the feast of all Saints now next coming, shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said Sir Simond, or his assigns, a good, sure, sufficient, and a lawful decree under the seal of the said Ordinary, whereby or wherewith the said Parish Church shall stand and be sufficiently charged and bound for the assurance and sure payment of the said yearly pension of seven. l. to be paid to the said Sir S. or his assigns, during the life natural of the said sir S. after the form abovesaid. And also the said sir john covenanteth and granteth by these presents, that in case one Th. H. Esq. one of the Patrons of the said benefit, his heirs or assigns, do not feal the presentation, whereby the said sir john should be presented Patron of the said Parish Church & parsonage, that then the said Sir Simond shall be restored again to his said benefice without any let, gainsaying, or interruption of the said sir john, or any other person or persons by or for him, the foresaid resignation, or any other covenant above specified to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. And the said sir Simond for him & his executors will, and granteth by these presents, that if the said sir john, well and truly perform, observe and keep all and every the covenants, grants, promises, and payments abovesaid, which on his part are to be performed, observed, fulfilled, and kept, in manner and form above rehearsed: That then an obligation of the date of these presents, wherein the said sir john and one William Browne of the parish of saint Dominicke in the said County of Cornwall yeoman, be jointly holden & bounden to the said sir Simond in CC. Marks sterling, shall be void and had for nought, or else it shall stand in full strength and virtue. In witness whereof, the said parties to these Indentures interchangeably have set to their seals. Given the day and year above written. ¶ An Indenture where the executor of the second lease granteth over his estate with a stock. THis Indenture made between Agnes johnson of London widow, late the wife and executrix of the Testament and last will of William I. while he lived, Citizen & Haberdasher of London, on the one party, and William H. Citizen and Haberdasher of London on the other party: Witnesseth that where W. Kellot etc. by his Indenture dated etc. demised, granted, and let to ferme to I. Harison citizen while he lived & Mercer of London, which wise and execurrix one W. T. citizen and Mercer of London hath married, all that his tenement, with shops, sellers, solers, and other the appurtenances, set and being in B. in the parish of saint Martin's next to Ludgate of London, late being two tenements, and the which the said john H. sometime held and occupied: To have and to hold to the said I. his executors and assigns, from the feast of the Nativity of Saint john the Baptist last before the date of the said Indenture, unto the end and term of twenty years then next ensuing, and fully to be complete and fulfilled: Yielding and paying therefore yearly to the said W. his heirs & assigns, six pounds sterling, at four terms in the year, in the City of London, usually by even portions, together with divers other covenants, articles, and clauses, in the said Indenture expressed, as by the same Indenture at large may appear. And where also the said William T. by his Indenture dated the x. day of january, in the twenty-three. year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord king Henry the eight, bargained, granted, and sold, to the said W.I. his executors and assigns, all his estate, interest, and term of years, that then were due, and for to come, to, of, and in the premises, by force whereof the said William I. entered into the said tenements, and other the premises, and was thereof possessed accordingly for the term aforesaid, and so died thereof possessed. It is now bargained, covenanted, condescended, and agreed between the said parties by this Indenture, in manner and form following: that is to wit, The said Agnes I. by the virtue and authority of execution of the Testament and last Will of the said William I. her late husband, hath bargained, granted, and sold, and by these presents clearly bargaineth, granteth, and selleth to the foresaid William H. all that right, interest, estate, and term of years, which be yet due, and for to come, of, and in the said tenement, sometime two tenements, by virtue of the foresaid Indentures, or either of them. And also the said Agnes the day of making of these presents, hath delivered into the hands and custody of the said William H. for a stock in ware & ready money, the sum of forty pounds sterling: To have and to hold, occupy, and enjoy the said tenement with the appurtenances and stock of forty pound, and all the interests, estates, and terms of years that be yet due, and for to come, to, of, and in the said tenement to the said W. H. his executors and assigns, from the day of the date of these presents, unto the feast of the Nativity of S. john Baptist, which shall be in the year of our Lord. M. five hundred forty five, that is to say, to the full end and accomplishment of as many years of the said term, as be yet to come, mentioned in the said former and first Indenture of lease. And for and in consideration of the bargain, grant and sale aforesaid, and for the usage of the said stock: The said William H. covanteth and granteth, to and with the said Agnes by these presents, that he the same William, his executors and assigns, shall yearly during the said years yet to come, well and truly content and pay, and cause to be contented and paid to the said Agnes her executors or assigns twenty Marks starling, at four terms of the year, that is to wit, at the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, the Nativity of our Lord God, the Annunciation of our Lady, and the Nativity of S. john the Bap. or within the month next ensuing every of the said feasts, by even portions. Also the said W.H. covenanteth and granteth to and with the said Agnes by these presents, that he, his executors and assigns, shall at the said feast of the Nativity of S. john the Baptist, which shall be in the year of our Lord God, one thousand five hundred forty six, well & truly repay, or cause to be repaid to the said Agnes, her executors or assigns, the said whole stock of xl. pounds sterling. And the said W. H. covenanteth and granteth by these presents, to and with the said Agnes, that he the same W. his executors or assigns, shall bear and pay the said yearly rent of six pound, and also perform and keep all and every articles, covenants, and charges, which the said john H. by the foresaid former Indenture or lease standeth bounden to perform and keep. And if it fortune any of the said yearly payments of twenty Marks to be behind unpaid in part or in all, over and after any term of payment thereof abovesaid that it ought to be paid by the space of one month, if it be lawfully asked: that then it shall be lawful to the said Agnes, her executors or assigns, in and upon the said tenement and stock wholly to re-enter. And the same as in her former estate to have again, retain and repossess, and the said W.H. his executors and assigns thereof and therefrom utterly to expel, amove, and put out: This Indenture, or any thing in the same contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Furthermore, it is covenanted and agreed between the said parties by these presents, that the said Agnes at all times at her coming to London in her widowhood, shall have her lodging and liberty of the Chamber, with the chimney over 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 assigns, during the foresaid years yet to come. Moreover, the said Agnes covenanteth and granteth to and with the said Willam H. by these presents, that the same William, his executors and assigns, for and under the covenants, grants, charges and payments abovesaid, and in manner and form above expressed, shall peaceably and quietly have, hold, occupy and enjoy the said tenement, and other the premises, without any manner interruption, let, or expulsion of the said Agnes, her executors or assigns, or of any other person or persons. In witness whereof, the said parties to these Indentures interchangeably have set to their seals. Given the twenty day of May etc. ¶ A Supplication for a forfeit to the King our Sovereign Lord. MEekly showeth unto your Highness, your humble servants H. K and P. C. pages of your most honourable Chamber. That whereas I. S. of N. in the County of N. yeoman, and R. C. of the same Town and County yeoman, came before the justices of your peace within your said County, and undertook by Recognusance before them, that one W.M. of N. in the same County yeoman, should not only personally appear before N. N. Knight, and his fellows justices of Peace of your said County, at a general Session than next to be holden at Winchester within your said County, the Thursday next after the feast of the epiphany of our Lord, the xxxviij. year of your most noble Reign, but also that he should in the mean season keep 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. undertook in likewise for him in the sum of twenty Marks, like as in the said Recognisance more plainly appeareth, at which day the said W. M. made default and appeared not, by reason whereof the said I C. and R. W. have lost and forfeited unto your highness either of them the sum of ten pound, and the said W. M. twenty Marks: Wherefore may it please your highness in consideration of the true and faithful service which your said servants daily do unto your highness, and during their lives intent to do, to give and grant unto them all the said forfeiture forfeited, as is abovesaid, and thereupon to have such, and as many of your writings for the levying of the same, as in that case is accustomed. And they shall ever pray to God for the preservation of your most noble grace. ¶ A privy seal to the Treasurer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer for the same. HEnry the eight etc. To the Treasurer and Chamberlain of our Exchequer, greeting. Whereas one I S. of S. in the County of S. yeoman, & R. W. of the said town & county, undertook before our justices of the peace of the same County, that W. Moor of R. in the County aforesaid yeoman, should not only personally appear before R.L. knight, & other his fellows, justices of our peace in our said County, at the general Session of the peace holden at Winchester, the thursday after the feast of the epiphany of our Lord God, in the eight and twenty year of our reign, but also that he should in the mean season keep the peace against all our Itege people, and namely against M.C. widow, either of them in the sum of x. pound: At which day the said W. Moor made default and appeared not, by reason whereof the said William R. and R. W. have lost and forfeited unto us, either of them, the sum of ten pound, and the said W. M. hath also lost for himself, the said sum of twenty Marks. We let you wit, that in consideration of the good service done unto us by our well-beloved servants H. K and P. C. Pages of our Chamber, we have given & granted unto them the said forfeitures, amounting to the sum of xxxiii. li. vi s. viii. d. by way of reward. Wherefore we will and command you, that at the receipt of our said Exchequer, ye levy, or do to be levied, one tail or tails, by due and sufficient form upon the said persons, for the said sum of xxxiij. pound vi. s. viii. d. as unto us is forfeited, in manner and form above rehearsed, and the said tail or tails so levied, ye deliver unto our said servants, to be taken of our reward without any priest or other charge to be set upon them for the same. And these our letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalf. Given under our privy Seal, at our Manor of Richmond, the xx. day of March, the xxxvij. year of our reign. ¶ An other privy seal for a like matter. HEnry etc. To the Treasurer and Chamberlain of our Exchequer, greeting. Whereas one I S. of G. in our county of etc. hath forf. unto us the sum etc. forasmuch as he had not T. G. of L. in the said County Esquire, before O. P. and other his fellow justices of our peace at our City of Excester, the Tuesday next after the feast of S. Swithine, in the tenth year of our reign, as he by Recognisance undertook. And where also I. V of G. in the same County yeoman, hath forfeited unto us, the sum of etc. forasmuch as he appeared not before O. Pollard and other justices of our peace in our said county of D. at Excester, the Tuesday next after the feast of Saint S. in the x. year of our reign, as he by Recognisance before our said justices personally undertook. And where also T. R. of I. in our said county of Devon yeoman, one of the pledges of the said I V hath forfeited unto us the sum of etc. forasmuch as he had not the said I. before our said justices at Excester, the Tuesday next after the said feast of S Swithin, in the x. year of our reign, as he by Recognisance undertook. We let you wit, that of our especial grace, in consideration of the true & faithful service, which our well-beloved servants H. K. and P. C. pages of our Chamber heretofore have done unto us, and during their lives intent to do, we have given and granted unto them by way of our reward, all the said forfeitures and every of them, amounting to the sum of etc. by them the said I. S. I. V. and T. R. in manner and form aforesaid, which are forfeited and lost: Wherefore we will and command you our said Treasorour and Chamberlain, that ye at the receipt of our Exchequer do levy, or cause to be levied one tail or tails upon the said I. S. I. W. and T. R. of the said several sums to us forfeited, as is abovesaid, for our said servants. And the same tail or tails so in due and sufficient form levied, ye deliver, or do to be delivered to our said servants, to be taken of our gift, by way of our reward, without priest or any other charge to be set upon them for the same. And these our letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalf. Given under our privy seal etc. ¶ A privy Seal to the Treasurer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer for the levying of a tail for a forfeit. HEnry etc. to the Treasurer and Chamberlain etc. greeting. 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, Sheriff of our County of L. within our Castle, for lack of sure and safe keeping of the said sir Rob. the first day of April in the thirty and three year of our reign, negligently did escape out of our said Castle and took the privilege of Sanctuary within the minster of L. by reason whereof the said sir Robert hath forfeited unto us 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 faithful service which our well-beloved servants N. Maior, our Saddler, & N. Pirot heretofore have done unto us, and during their lives intent to do, we have given & granted unto them the said forfeiture, by way of our reward. We therefore will and command you, that at the receipt of our Exchequer, ye strike or levy, or do to be stricken or levied one tail or tails, upon the said Sir Robert, containing the said sum of x. pounds: And the said tail or tails, so levied, ye deliver unto our said servants without priest or other charge to be set upon them for the same. And these our letters shall be sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalf. Given under our privy Seal etc. ¶ A supplication for the forfeiture of goods not customed to the King our Sovereign Lord. Meekly etc. Your humble servant john P. one of the yeomen of your most honourable guard. That whereas the 11. day of March, in the xxvii. year of your most noble reign, one Henry Vale, & R. Vale, servants to R. T. Searchers of your Port of L. seized for your gracious use and their said Master upon the Thames, xj. pieces of kersey, ij. pieces of Satin, and ij. pieces of Worsted, amounting in all by estimation to the value xvij. x. vj. s. viii. d. of the goods of certain merchants unknown, for that, that the said goods were shipped and carried forth from your said Port, toward the parts beyond the Sea, by way of Merchandise, and your customs thereof due, & not paid, The moiety of the value whereof being viii. l. iij. s. and iiii. d. rightfully belonging unto your good grace, as your part: Wherefore, may it please your highness, in consideration of the true and faithful service which your said servant daily doth unto your highness, and during his life intendeth to do, to give and grant unto him the said viii. l. iij s. iiij. d. being your part of the said forfeiture, to be taken to him for your gift and reward, and thereupon to have such and as many your writings for the levying of the same, as in that case is accustomed. And he shall daily pray to God for the preservation of your most noble grace. ¶ A privy seal upon issues forfeited in an Attaint. HEnry by etc. To the Treasurer, Barons, and Chamberlain of our Exchequer, greeting. Where divers persons, to the number of xxiv. were lately empaneled within our Counties of S. and D. upon an Attaint, between one T. F. plaintiff in the said Attaint, and one R. C. and W. B. and the petty juries defendants in the same attaints, retornable in the utas of this present Term of S. Hilary, being the xxvij. year of our reign: which grand juries so empaneled upon the lame attaint for their non appearance at the said day of return, have forfeited every of them unto us in issues lost xl. shillings, which amounteth to the sum of xlviij. pounds sterling. We let you wit, that we of our grace special, and for certain considerations us especially moving, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto our well-beloved servants N. N. and B. C. etc. the sum of xxiv. l. parcel of the said xlviij. l. to be taken and had of our gift and reward. Wherefore we will and command you, our said Treasurer, Barons, and Chamberlain, that ye not only upon the sight hereof, do cause due process to be made and estreated out of our Exchequer, according to the due course of the same Exchequer, unto the Sheriffs of the said Counties, for the levying of the said xxiv. l. and every parcel thereof, without priest, loan, or other charge to be taken or assessed upon our said servants, or any of them for the same: But that also ye thereof do make due allowance unto the Sheriffs of the said Counties, and every of them for the time being upon their accounts thereof to be made and given in our said Exchequer. And these our letters etc. FINIS. The Table of this Book of Instruments. ¶ Aduowsons'. AN Aduowson of a Parsonage or Vicarage granted by the King. Fol. 1. An Aduowson of a deanery, Provostship, or Mastership of a College by the king Fol. 1 An Aduowson of a benefice granted by a Baron, Knight, or Esquire etc. Fol. 2 The King's letters to a Dean and Chapter, for an Aduowson. Fol. 2 To a Bishop for a like thing by the King. Fol. 3 An advowson of a Prebend in the King's College in Oxford. Fol. 3 ¶ Presentations. ¶ The form of a presentation to a parsonage by the King. Fol. 4 The form of a presentation, where an archdeacon or other Ecclesiastical person hath jurisdiction ordinary. Fol. 4 The form of a presentation in the marches of Calais, void by attainder. Fol. 5 The form of a presentation made by a knight or Gentleman. Fol. 5 A presentation to a parsonage or vicarage by a Master of an Hospital and his brethren, or by a Dean & Chapter, or such other. Fol. 6 A presentation Sede vacant. Fol. 6 Another form of a presentation Sede vacant. Fol. 6 ¶ Letters missive. ¶ Letters missive to a Bishop for a collation of a benefice by the King. Fol. 7 The form of a letter from one friend to another for like purpose. Fol. 7 A presentation to a chantry by the King. Fol. 7 A presentation to a prebend by the king. Fol. 7 Notes to be diligently observed in making of presentations. Fol. 8 ¶ Patents of gifts donatives. ¶ The gift of a free Chapel by the king. Fol. 8 Another form of a collation by an Esquire, or other common person. Fol. 8 A patent donative of a Prebend, void by the promotion of the last incumbent. Fol. 8 The gift of a Prebend in the king's College in Oxford. 9 A Prebend in Windsor. Fol. 9 A warrant for a fellowship in the King's Hall in Cambridge. Fol. 9 The form of the king's Letters patents of collation of a Prebend made, Causa permutationis. Fol. 10 The form of a presentation, Causa permutationis inter rectores. Fol. 10 Another form of the same. Fol. 10 The form of a warrant for a Congee deslier. Fol. 10 The form of a Letter missive to the Dean and Chapter by the king. Fol. 11 A warrant for a royal assent. Fol. 11 ¶ Letters of significavit. ¶ The patent of a royal assent with a Significavit to the Metropolitan. Fol. 11 The form of a Significavit to the Metropolitan of the province upon a new foundation of a Bishopric. Fol. 12 A warrant for the restitution of the possessions of the Bishopric. Fol. 12 The form of a Charter of fee simple with a letter of Attorney. Fol. 12 A Charter of fee simple to the husband and wife jointly enfeoffed. Fol. 12 The form of a widows gift in her widowhood. Fol. 13 The form of a Charter of fee farm, made by the chief Lord. Fol. 13 The form of a purchase of lands in fee simple of the king to be holden in Capite. Fol. 13 The form of a patent for a benefice of land, given by the King in pure alms. Fol. 14 A charter of fee simple with a condition. Fol. 15 Another form of a deed of see simple with condition to refeoffe the morgageor. Fol. 15 The form of a gift of a Manor with the advowson appendent thereunto by the king, to a man and to his heirs males. Fol. 16 A charter of a fee tail tripartite. Fol. 16 A form of a gift in Frankemariage. Fol. 17 Another form of a gift in the special tail. Fol. 17 Another form of a special tail. Fol. 17 A deed of fee simple made in exchange of two parts of a manor and advowson. Fol. 17 Another form of an exchange. Fol. 18 A Charter for term of life of a mesuage, without impeachment of waist. Fol. 18 A grant for term of life of Manors with the appurtenances to a spiritual person, with a dispensation of the statute made xxj. Henry the viii. Fol. 18 ¶ Leases by Indentures. ¶ The form of a lease by Indenture of a tenement in London or elsewhere. Fol. 19 A copy of a lease made by a Parson of a parish Church, of his parsonage. Fol. 21 The form of a Lease made by a Dean and Chapter of a parsonage appropriate. Fol. 23 The form of a Lease of grain which the farmer ought to pay to his lessor with a clause of defeasans of the whole lease for lack of payment of the rent. Fol. 24 A like form in English. Fol. 24 The form of a very perfect lease of sundry Lordships with divers clauses of covenants. Fol. 25 The form of a Lease of a Brewhouse or such like thing. Fol. 29 Another Lease. Fol. 29 A lease for years of a house. Fol. 30 ¶ releaseth. The form of a release, made to the tenant of the freehold of a Manor. Fol. 32 Another form of the same. Fol. 32 A release made by deed of tenements before purchased, with clause of warrantise. Fol. 32 The form of a release made by the heir which hath right in the tail. Fol. 33 A release made by the feoffees to one of them. Fol. 33 A release made by him which had the land in Mortgage. Fol. 33 A release of dowry made by a widow. Fol. 33 A release made by the tenant for term of years. Fol. 33 ¶ A deed of sale with alienation. A deed of a sale made by the executors by virtue of the testament of their testator. Fol. 34 The form of the same in English. Fol. 34 An alienation of a reversion. Fol. 35 The form of the same in English. Fol. 35 A letter of attorney upon the same alienation. Fol. 35 The form of the same in English. Fol. 36 An alienation of free rent with homage and service. Fol. 36 The form of the same in English. Fol. 36 A grant of annuity of yearly rent with delivery of possession and seisin. Fol. 36 The form of the same in English. Fol. 37 ¶ Of Surrenders. ¶ A Surrender. Fol. 37 The form of the same in English. Fol. 37 A partition between Sisters. Fol. 38 The tenor of the same in English. Fol. 38 Assignment of dowry at the Church door. Fol. 38 The deed aforesaid in English. Fol. 38 How the Copy should be made of lands holden by the yard. Fol. 39 An other form for certain rent for all manner of service. Fol. 39 A recognition of a tenant what he holdeth of the Lord. Fol. 39 The form of a copy in ancient demesne where the proclamation should be had. Fol. 40 The form of a copy in ancient demesne where the wise shall be examined. Fol. 40 An other form for term of life. Fol. 40 An other form upon condition. Fol. 40 An other manner of Surrender which is made unto the Bailie out of the Court. Fol. 41 An other form where the Lord granted a copy of his special grant. Fol. 41 An other manner for term of years, where the Lord shall keep reparations. Fol. 41 An other manner where a man pretendeth a title, and after realeaseth in the Court. Fol. 41 A form of a Copy where the heir is admitted to his lands after the death of his father. Fol. 41 An other form of a Copy, where the lands were made entailed, with a remainder over. Fol. 42 An other manner of Copy for term of life, with divers remainders over. Fol. 42 A Surrender out of the Court, and a remainder with a condition. Fol. 42 A Supplication to be exempt from all manner Inquests and juries within the Lordship. Fol. 42 ¶ Indentures of all sorts. An Indenture of sale with a purchase. Fol. 43 An Indenture of sale of Wood Fol. 45 An Indenture of a bargain of Wheat. Fol. 45 An Indenture of setting over a Lease. Fol. 46 An Indenture for the sale of a Reversion. Fol. 47 An other sale of a reversion in the manner of a deed in latin. Fol. 48 An Indenture defeasance of a former sale of lands. Fol. 48 An Indenture of sale of Copyhold lands. Fol. 49 An Indenture for the farming of a Parsonage. Fol. 50 An Indenture between Partners. Fol. 51 An Indenture for a Apprentice. Fol. 52 An other for the same in English. Fol. 53 An Indenture of Marriage. Fol. 53 A formal Indenture of a plain bargain, which is a good precedent in all common sales of lands. Fol. 55 An Indenture of Partition of land divided among Sisters. Fol. 56 An Indenture of sale of Plate upon a condition' and in default of non repayment, to retain it for ever. Fol. 57 ¶ An Award. Fol. 57 ¶ Obligations. ¶ The form of making all kinds of Obligations. Fol. 58 An Obligation where two are bound to twain. Fol. 58 Where three are bound to one. Fol. 58 An Obligation where two owners of a Ship are bound to two Merchants. Fol. 59 An Obligation where three are bound to the King and others. Fol. 59 An Obligation of divers days of payment, with expressing of a forfeit if default be made. Fol. 59 A sure Obligation in case where the debtor is mistrusted for flying into Sanctuary, or beyond the Sea. Fol. 59 ¶ Conditions of divers sorts. ¶ A Condition for performing of award in a matter of lands. Fol. 60 A condition to deliver Corn at a certain day and place. Fol. 60 A condition to maintain the possession in sale of lands. Fol. 60 An other form upon the same. Fol. 61 A condition for the warranty of woad, or any like thing. Fol. 61 A condition upon an Indenture of a Prenticeship. Fol. 61 A condition where a man hath bought an others right, and hath a letter of Attorney, to sue for the same, binding the seller etc. Fol. 61 A condition for to keep the Peace, and to be of good abearing. Fol. 62 A condition to warrant the sale of a Ship. Fol. 62 A condition to cause a man to seal an Obligation by a certain day. Fol. 62 A condition to deliver oils by a day limited Fol. 62 A condition to make an estate to another by a certain day. Fol. 62 A condition to save a man harmless that is bound for an other man by recognizance. Fol. 63 A condition to pay a rent according to an Indenture of lease. Fol. 63 A condition upon an Indenture of sale to make good the sum. Fol. 63 A condition in a jointure, to give estate in certain lands to the wife, where there is none other Indenture made between the parties. Fol. 63 A condition to perform a pair of Indentures. Fol. 64 A condition to save a man harmless being surety for another in a simple obligation. Fol. 64 A condition of the Peace for the good abearing. Fol. 64 A condition to be a true prisoner. Fol. 64 A condition for the sealing of acquittances, or release of lands. Fol. 64 ¶ acquittances both in Latin and English. ¶ An acquittance of a parcel of a sum Fol. 65 The form of the same in English. Fol. 65 Acquittance of annuity. Fol. 65 Acquittance of the tenths and Subsidy paid to the Collector. Fol. 65 A general quittance. Fol. 65 The form of the same in English. Fol. 65 Acquittance made by a Vicar or Parson, to the Proctors of his Vicarage or Parsonage. Fol. 66 The form of the same in English. Fol. 66 Letters of Manumission for a bondman in Latin and English. Fol. 66 The form of the same letters of Manumission in English. Fol. 67 Another form of Manumission in English. Fol. 67 ¶ Too make divers Letters of Attorney. ¶ A general Letter of Attorney to recover debts. Fol. 68 The form of the same in English. Fol. 68 A letter of attorney for special debt. Fol. 68 A letter of attorney to deliver possession of lands. Fol. 69 A letter of attorney to receive possession of lands. Fol. 69 A letter of attorney general and special in a matter of lands. Fol. 69 A letter of attorney upon a Patent. Fol. 70 A like form of a letter of attorney upon a Patent in English. Fol. 71 A letter of attorney in English. Fol. 71 A letter of substitution where the attorney maketh a deputy under him. Fol. 71 ¶ Too make letters Patents, divers and sundry forms. A Patent of an Office for term of life, with a see assigned to the same. Fol. 72 A grant for the keeping of a Manor, Park, and Lodge. Fol. 72 A letter patent of a yearly annuity, with divers 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 natural Idyot or Lunatic Fol. 75 A letter of Safeconduct for a certain of years. Fol. 75 A brief Commission of a Steward. Fol. 77 A patent of annuity or a yearly fee, given by a gentleman to his servant for promotion of a marriage. Fol. 77 ¶ Too make divers and sundry kinds of Supplications, Bills of complaints, Answers, and other petitions, to be put for any matter in the King's Courts. To the King our most dread Sovereign Lord. Fol. 78 A petition to the King for a poor Scholar. Fol. 78 A bill of complaint upon certain griefs, requiring a Wri● of Certiorare. A bill of complaint for the right of lands, where a state was made by deceit, and to require a Subpena upon the same. Fol. 79 A bill of Subpena for a title of lands entailed. Fol. 80 The answer of I. W. to the Bill of complaint of R. R. husbandman. Fol. 82 A bill of complaint to the Chancery for a debt without a specialty. Fol. 83 The answer to the same bill. Fol. 84 An other form of a bill for a Subpena. Fol. 84 A bill of complaint where a Quest hath passed in a matter wrongfully alleged. Fol. 85 A warrant for a sum of money. Fol. 86 A warrant dormant. Fol. 86 A warrant for a Buck. Fol. 87 A deed upon lands gotten by fine or recovery. Fol. 87 Another. Fol. 87 A deed of setting over of a Ward. Fol. 87 ¶ Too form letters Testimonials. A letter of a testimony for an obligation confessed in a court. Fol. 88 Another testimonial in English for the approving of a testament. Fol. 88 A good precedent of a testament. Fol. 88 The manner to make a Supplication upon breaking of promise, and such like. Fol. 90 Another upon deceit by a partner. Fol. 90 A bill of a complaint made for recovering of evidence made by compulsion. Fol. 91 A bill of a title of Copyhold land. Fol. 92 ¶ Additions to the Book of Instrumnts. A grant of a Ward within age. Fol. 94 A warrant for the payment of a annuity. Fol. 94 A grant of a Ward by the king. Fol. 95 A licence to be absent from the Parliament. Fol. 95 Thincorporation of a Town. Fol. 95 A grant of a Fair. Fol. 96 A grant of a Warren. Fol. 96 A licence for a man to keep on his cap. Fol. 96 A licence for apparel, and to shoot in Crossbows and Handgunnes. Fol. 96 A placard for a Crossbow. Fol. 97 Another placard for a Crossbow. Fol. 97 A licence to use the game of clossing. Fol. 97 A licence to retain xx. men. Fol. 98 Nonresidence. Fol. 98 A grant of the reversion of an Office by the king. Fol. 98 A grant of the office of one of the Auditors of the Exchequer. Fol. 99 A grant of a Stewardship for term of life. Fol. 100 A grant of a Stewardship during pleasure. Fol. 100 A grant of an Vnderstewardship. Fol. 100 A grant of the office of an Auditor. Fol. 101 A grant of a annuity for term of life. Fol. 101 A grant of a annuity made by a Parson of a Church, to endure so long as he shall be Parson. Fol. 101 Another grant of a annuity of term of life. Fol. 102 A grant of a annuity with a pain of nonpayment the same. Fol. 102 A grant of a arnuitie made to a woman, to begin after the death of her husband upon condition. Fol. 102 A grant of a annuity for ministration of God's service. Fol. 103 A grant of a annuity to the use of a woman, to begin after the death of her husband. Fol. 103 A deed of feoffment made upon a decree in the Chancery Fol. 103 A deed of feoffment of lands given by Testament, with a refeoffement. Fol. 104 A deed of feoffment. Fol. 104 A deed of feoffment made by him that hath lands by descent. Fol. 104 A deed of feoffment upon condition of payment or non payment of money, with a Letter of Attorney. Fol. 105 A deed of Fee farm. Fol. 105 A grant of the reversion of certain lands with other lands in possession. Fol. 106 A deed of fee form, and a re-enter for default of payment of the farm, or for suit of court undone. Fol. 107 A deed of feoffment made in the fulfilling of the last will of the testator, until a certain sum of money be paid. Fol. 107 A grant of lands, upon condition to find the grantor meat and drink. Fol. 108 A deed of feoffment of lands purchased. Fol. 108 A state of lands sold by the Executors. Fol. 108 A deed of feoffment for making of an Obite for term of twenty years. Fol. 108 A deed where the Lord granteth that his tenant shall hold his Copyhold by free Charter. Fol. 109 A deed of feoffment of the moiety of a manor recovered by writ of Entre en le post. Fol. 110 A deed of feoffment of lands in ancient demesnerecovered there by fine. Fol. 110 A deed of feoffment of lands in London. Fol. 110 A feoffment made by him which hath an Hundred of the Kings grant with a Letter of attorney. Fol. 111 A release where two have recovered lands by fine, and he that had the fee simple releaseth to his fellow. Fol. 111 A letter of attorney made by Executors. Fol. 112 A letter of attorney to enter into lands & tenements. Fol. 112 A letter of attorney to enter for default of payment. Fol. 112 A letter of attorney to receive possession of lands extended by a Statute merchant. Fol. 113 To receive an attorney. Fol. 113 A letter of attorney to make suit to a Court. Fol. 113 A bill obligatory. Fol. 113 Another bill obligatory. Fol. 113 An obligation made to a Sheriff. Fol. 113 A condition of an obligation where cattle are delivered by a Replevin. Fol. 114 A condition for appearance in the King's Bench, for good abearing. Fol. 114 A condition for appearance in the King's Bench for the peace. Fol. 114 A condition for appearance in the Common place for de●. Fol. 114 A condition containing one day of payment. Fol. 114 A condition concerning ij. days of payment. Fol. 114 A condition concerning divers days of payment. Fol. 115 Another for the same. Fol. 115 A condition to deliver 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 save a man harmless of an obligation that he is bound with him to another. Fol. 115 A condition to keep the peace until a certain day, & then to appear before the king's counsel. Fol. 116 A condition to discharge and save harmless of an obligation, bonds, writings, and promises. Fol. 116 A condition to keep the peace. Fol. 116 A condition of arbitrement, & if the arbitrors cannot agree to stand to the judgement of an umpire. Fol. 116 A condition that a man shall honestly behave himself 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 leave his wife worth a hundredth pounds after his death. Fol. 117 A condition to perform certain covenants comprised in a pair of Indentures. Fol. 117 Another condition of etc. in Latin. Fol. 118 A condition concerning the office of a Sheriffs bailie. Fol. 118 Acquittance made by one creditor. Fol. 118 A short quittance for the farm of a benefice. Fol. 118 Acquittance for the redemption of lands before sold conditionally. Fol. 118 A defesance upon a recognizance taken by the chief justice of the King's Bench or Common place. Fol. 119 An Indenture upon the resignation of a benefice Fol. 119 An Indenture where the executor of the second lessee granteth over his estate with a stock. Fol. 121 A supplication for a forfeit to the King our Sovereign Lord. 123 A privy seal to the Treasurer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer for the same. Fol. 123 Another privy seal for a like matter. Fol. 124 A privy seal to the Treasurer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, for the levying of a tail for a forf. Fol. 124 A supplication for a forfeiture of goods not customed to the King our Sovereign Lord. Fol. 125 A privy seal upon issues forfeited in Attaint. Fol. 125 Finis Tabulae.