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 þo 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 euy yere to the seıde Joħn hıs eıres or Assygnes Duryng the tme
of xí the fyrst yeres euy yere vȷ And for euy 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 euy 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