County: Berkshire
Code: D0461
Reference: Reading, Berkshire RO: D/Q1/T3
Function: Lease




Thís ındenture made the Fırst Day of Septembre Jn the Reygne of kyng Harry the Sevyntħ the vıııth yere betwene
Joħn Jsbury esquyer Lor of grauntsūȝ, o that o part / And Wyllyam Mundy Smytħ of Albor o that other
part Wıtnessytħ that the seyde ȷoħn hatħ graunte and to Ferme lete to the seıde wıllıam hıs eyres and ~~~
Assıgnes a plotte of voyde grounde counteynyng xxıııȷ fote ın lengthe by fore the kyngꝭ hye wey ın Chepyng ~~~
Lamborn afore seynt Antony crosse To haue and to hold that forseıde voyde ground to bylde and make there
a newe Mancíon Wt a smythys forge set þo Wellx and suffıcıētly at hys owne ꝓper costꝭ / Holdyng fro the fest
of Myghelmas next com̄yng after the Da of thıs ꝑsent Wrytyng vnto thende and terme of ıııȷxx yere and xıx
ımedıatly folowyng to be fulfylly / yeldyng euy yere to the seıde Joħn hıs eıres or Assygnes Duryng the tme
of xí the fyrst yeres euy yere vȷ  And for euy yere after þe seıde terme of xıȷ yeres tha he to pay xvȷ  a yere
for hıs chıffe rent of the seıde Mancıo and forge aboveseıde at euy terme of Mıghelmas yerly to be content
And yf the seıde Chıfferent aboueseyde be not payed by the space of a monetħ after the seıde terme of ~~~
Mıghelmas aforseıde / that tha yt shalbe lefuỻ vnto the seıde Joħn hıs eyres or assıgnes to reenter ín to þe
Forseıde Mancío and grounde as ın to hıs fyrst state / And the forseıde Wıllıam hys eıres and assygnes shaỻ
stonde to alman reꝑacíons and charges at hıs owne ꝓper costꝭ and so suffıcıētly Maynt and kepe / And the ~~~
Forseıde Joħn hıs eíres and assıgnes to aỻ the grᷓuntꝭ and comnantꝭ vnder forme afore reherse vnto þe seıde
Wıllıam hıs eıres and Assıgnes Ayenst alme shaỻ waran and defen / Thıs índenture notwtstondyng
Jn wıtnes wherof to thıse ındenturıs changeably they have setto theıre seales Thıs Wıtnes Thomᷓs Garret
Robard hode Wıllıam perrot Thomas bocher robar Goodvere  many oþ / Da at Lambor þe Day  yere aforseı