County: Sussex
Code: D0501
Reference: Brighton, East Sussex Record Office: ASH 4500/77
Function: Lease
Thys Endentu made þe mondaye next afft the fes off the annūcıaco of ou lady seynt marye yn the ‸ xȷtħ ye of the reygne off ou Souayne lor
kyn Edwar the ıııȷth Be twe Joħn Bateȝ o þt o ꝑtye · And Thomas Newm · Glouer o þt oþ ꝑtye wyttnessytħ that the say Joħn hatħ
leffte to ferme to þe Sayde thomas A · watmyỻ J callyd holyngue myỻ lyen yn the ꝑyssħ of Bryghtlyn an londeȝ · J callyd myllondeȝ lyen
wt yn the ꝑyssħ o Batayỻ Be twe the say myỻ the reu Derfol for tme of xxȷ ye nex folowyn aft the date
of thys psen wrytyn payen yerlye to the say Joħn to hys heyreȝ or to hys assygneȝ · xxvııȷ ıııȷ Be euy porcōns at euy tme
that ys for to saye at euy of the ıııȷ · pncypaỻ And vsuaỻ tmeȝ ví ȷ An the say Thomas newm ‸ shaỻ kepe pay the myỻ
suffycyantly and the wat worke off the Same · and aỻ þt eu belongetħ to the myỻ kepe the þe closu of the lon An Skow
kepe þe reu ‸ clene play so · that the wat re not ou o þe londeȝ of the say Joħn lyen to the Same reu so that y yt Be
yn de of ꝑaco oþ of closu oþ of kepyn off the reu at o tme to be amendyth be the next tme · An yff the say
Thomas be yn defaut of payme tmely or of pay or of kepyn of the closu or of the reu as yt ys a boue hersytħ tha
yt shaỻ lawfuỻ to the sayd Joh hys heyreȝ assygneȝ to dystreyne yn the myỻ And lond · abouesey for the money beyn
behyn to put owt the sayd thomas · foreumo And the say Joh shaỻ ‸ haue the · Fysshyn of the wat an the sayd thomas shaỻ
leue wat suffycyaunt to · Susteyne kepe the Fyssħ yn the pon And the say Joħn and hys heyreȝ shaỻ haue they
corne grown at the sayd myỻ wt out eny tolle payen for the same and the sayd Joh shaỻ not Stoppe the · say thomas
off the wey to þe myỻ as yt hatħ be vsyd be fo tyme · so þt he kepe afft oo trakke þt he take no hurt Be þe same
And þe say Joħn shaỻ fynde þe say Thomas tymber suffycyan to þe ꝑaco abouesey ther as he or hs assygneȝ shaỻ assygne
hȳ to feỻ y An þe say Thomas shaỻ kepe þe ıııȷ croftꝭ of þe lon arabyỻ so leue them at þe tmeȝ en An the
mane of the londeȝ þe say Thomas shaỻ Skow feỻ make play past᷑e lon so leue yt An þe say Joħn shaỻ
aqte þe say Thomas off ‸ aỻ rentꝭ suısys belongȳg to þe myỻ lon abouesay Jn wytnesse whe of þe ꝑtyeȝ abouesey haue
put to they sealeȝ