County: Kent
Code: D2149
Reference: London, British Library: Add. Charter 36527
Function: Attestation
Knowen be hıt to aỻ Crısten that y Geffrey Bussħ beynge of the age of · ııȷ · skore wynter and · x · haue goode knowynge an memoríe
and bere wıttenesse as y wıl answere before gode that y was dwellynge xxxtı wynter ın the landes an tenementes that were
[...] walteres of Elmehırst as y that ha weddı Agnes the wyffe sumtyme of walt of Elmehırste doghter an heıre of
Edmund waryn an y the forsaıde Gefferey dıdde my sewte an uıce to Thomᷓs Colpeper to hıs Courte of Benecrouche
an paıed my rent for the same landıs an tenementes as that · that ıs hoole wıtħ ínne the Fee lordeshıp̄ of Thomᷓs
to hıs Courte of Benecroucħ an herof y haue goode mynde that y an Agnes an my wyffe paıden for owre ꝑceỻ vııȷ
wıche was ꝑceỻ of the rente of þe · x · s that Thomᷓs an hıs tenᷓntıs paıede on Mıdlenton̄ Sonūdaye to the Byssħ
op̄ of Rouchestre an other vȷ was paıe be Joħne doghter of walt of Elmehırst for the landıs that fel hıre for hıre
purparte wıche vȷ · were trıbutorıe to þe same x s An also ıȷ ȷ was borne owte of aỻ þe hole ten̄t atte Ester and
Mıchelmesse to Thomᷓs Colpeper to hıs Court of Benecrouche An as y that never knewe ne herde teỻ but þat hıt
was hıs lordeshıp̄ an Fee thes poyntes y wıttenesse be myne halydome vp the holy evangelıstıs · Jn the wıttenesse
of thes poyntes y haue sette to my seale And y Joħn Mıcheỻ of Benecrouche bere wıttenesse of thes poyntes as y
that haue dwellı vp the same lordeshıp̄ thıs ıııȷ skore wynter an gedere the same rent longe tyme An that y
never knewe other lordshıp̄ ne Fee So helpe me gode an halıdome An also ın the wıttenesse of thes poyntes y
haue sette to my seale · wrıten the vııȷ · daye of Juyỻ the ȝere of the regne of Hen the · v · ıııȷt
[dorse]Thıs ıs the testímoıne
of Geffrey Bussħ of
the rent of walt de
Elmehırstꝭ