County: Leicestershire
Code: D4688
Reference: Leicester, Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland: BRii/8a/253
Function: Lease




Thıs ındenture berıtħ wyttnes that wyllıam wygston Mayre of the towne of leycest Roger wygsto Joħn Robarde
Chamburlayns and the Comons of the same towne hath graunted and to ferme haue laten vnto Rıchar
Burges of leycest Merce a wyndow set on the west end of the Est gate of leycest conteyníng on lenthe v ·
fote and half and on brede ıııȷ fote by the Standar of the kyngꝭ to haue and to hold the seyd wyndow to the
forsayd Rıchard and to hıs assıgnes from the fest of seynt Mıchaeỻ tharchaungeỻ next to come aftır the date
of thes ındenturs vnto the end of the terme of xl yeres thanne next folwyng and trewly to be ꝑformed
yeldyng and payng therfor yerely to the mayre Chamburlayns  Comons of the towne of leycest for
the tyme beyng ıııȷ  sterlyngꝭ at ııȷ tmes of the yere ın the towne of leycest vsed by euen porcıons
And ıf ıt so happın that the rent forsayd of ıııȷ d yerely to be byhınd not pay by xx dayes after that any hole yere
be goıne that thanne ıt shalbe lefuỻ to the maıre Chamburlayns  Comons for the tyme beyng on the sayd
wyndow to dıstrayne and the dıstressıs so taken to be borne a way and wytholdı vnto the tyme that the
rent forsayd wıth the arreragıs ıf therbe any be fully satısfyed and payd and ıf no suffıcıaunt dıstres on the
sayd wyndow con be foun that tha ıt shalbe lefuỻ to the sayd Mayre Chamburlaíns  Comons for the
tyme beıng to reentre on the seyd wyndow and on the fırst state to ston thes ındenturs not wıthstondıng
And also the forsayd Maıre Chamburlayns  Comons the forsaıd wyndow wıth apportenaunce to the forsaıd
Rıchar and to hıs assıgnes a gayne aỻ man of me shaỻ warant  defen durıng the terme abouesaı
Jn wıttnes of wıche the seyd Rıchard Burges to the ꝑte of thıs ındentu hath setto hıs seaỻ Geue
at leycest the xxıȷ day of Septemƀr the yere of the regne of kyng henrı the sext aftır the conquest
of Englon xxxıx