County: Hampshire
Code: D4271
Reference: Southampton, Southampton Archives: SC 4/2/333
Function: Grant
to aỻ xp̄e people to who thıs psent wrıtyng shaỻ co Joh Flemyng off the Towne of Suthampto Esquye sendıtħ gretyng y oure lor god eulastyng · where ·
hıtt ıs soo that the meyre bayllıffꝭ and burgeses of the Towne of Suthampto haue a conveyaunce for water otherwıse calle a water course made wıtħ stone vnder the grounde ·
Fro a hedde off a waterspryng beyng ın certey grounde of my calle Lobery meede vnto a Coundytt hed off the saı Maıres baıllıffꝭ and burgesys beyng ın Gossewellane · knowe ·
ye me the say Joh Flemyng to haue gevy and graunte and by thıs my present dede to haue confırme vnto wıllıa Chalke Meyre off the Forsay towne · Roƀt Mıllıs And Roƀt
Raynol baıllıf of the same towne And to the burgeses off the same And to theyre successours for eumore the say hed and spryng beyng ın lobery meede an alsoo the say wate
course wıtħ Free goyng ín / And free goyng owte / wıth almane off carrıage necessarye for repayryng mayntenyng or amendyng off the say hedde and wate course · And alsoo free
lıbertıe to dygge And caste the grounde for [...] off the say water werke as ofte as nede requyrıtħ · Asweỻ ın the say lobery meede as ın aỻ other placꝭ off my grounde .
lyıng And beyng bytwıxt the say hed And spryng ın lobery meede · And the saı hed ın gossewellane as the say water ledytħ ronnytħ wıthout contradıccıo lett or ·
ympedyment off me the say Joh Flemyng or my heyrꝭ · And wıthowte any thynge for the same to me or my heyrꝭ hereafte to be pay · And y the say Joh Flemyng
an my heyrꝭ the Forsay hed and Spryng ın lobery meede wıtħ the say watercourse ledyng And ronnyng y and throwe aỻ my grounde lyíng and beyng asweỻ · bytwıxt
the say twoo heddꝭ as y other placꝭ · wıtħ free goyng y · And free goyng owte · wıth aỻ maner of carrıage for the maynteynyng off the say waterwerke pıpes
off lede · And alsoo free dyggyng and castyng off my grounde for serchyng and amendyng off the same waterwerke and pıpes of lede as ofte as nede requyrytħ ·
to the say Maıre baıllıffꝭ and burgessys and theıre successours for eumore ageynst aỻ / me shaỻ / warraunte and defende by thıes psentꝭ · Jn wıtnesse whero
y the say Joh Flemyng to thıs my present dede haue putto the Seale of my Armes And for be cause that the seale off my Armes to meny me ıs vnknowe
therfore the Sıgne of the notarye publıque vnderwrıtte hereunto ıs putt y true an feıthfuỻ testymonyeỻ off aỻ and syngle the pmysses · thıes me beyng
present and beryng recorde the rıgħt honoraƀle and prudente me Joh Dawtrey Esquye and Rıchar Palshy Collectours off the Custumes and Subsıdıes due vnto
oure Souyg lor the kyng wıthın the Towne an porte of Suthampto aforesay · Nıcolas Cowarte · Rıchar hyỻ · and Joh husee Gentılme wıtħ
many othe wrıtte att the say towne of Suthampto the Fırst daye o the monethe of June y the sevynthe yere of the Reı̄gne off oure most
redowte Souayg lıege lor kyng henry the eıgħt ⸫
[signed: Joh Flemyn [Monogram]]