County: Middlesex
Code: D4198#1
Reference: London, London Metropolitan Archives: CLA/024/01/02/040, membr. 16r, item 1
Function: Affidavit




[Latin: Nono dıe Julıȷ Anno regní Regıs henrıcí quartí post conq septímo~] [Latin: ] J Joh Osbar know
lecħ here by for yow and fully bere wytnesse as J wıỻ answere a for god and mon on aỻ mane ꝑıỻ that
may befalle to body or to sowle / that y the same Joħn Osbar ín the age of Syxtene wynter beyng wt
my fader Joh Osbarne that tyme Conestable of the Casteỻ of Dunsterre and Stywar of the same
lordshıp̄ and beyng a chyld att scole seygħ and herde / and was ther psent whan Sıre Joh the lor
Mohun enfeffed wıllıam Fordehᷓm and Maude of Burto of the same casteỻ and lordshıp of Dunsterre
and other maners lygyng ther too ín fee symple and here vpon was a lıue of Seysyn y made to the same
wıllıam and Maude by Roƀt Parnecote and wıllıam howthorp̄ by vertue of a ꝉre of attorne ther
opynly ı redde att whıch tyme the same lord Mohun was atte Tychefeld and my lady hıs wyf
atte Beneham a towne of the Abbotes of Olyue And att the same tyme of lyuee ther were twey chıldren
ín the same Casteỻ and weren bore oute and brogħt to Beneham a forsayd to her moder that was
the Contesse of Salesbury that now ıs and here suster that Meneresse aftır that And wıth ín a four⸗
tenygħt or thre wekes after that / the forsayd wıllıam and Maude comen ın ꝓpıre ꝑsone to Dunsterre and
made a dede of feffement to the same lor Mohun and Joħne hıs wyf / and to the heırs of here twey
bodıes frely bygetyn / And delıued hem fully seysyn afore aỻ men of the forsaıd casteỻ / lordshıp̄ and
manes att whıcħ tyme alle men that there were / were glad that the chıldren shuld been enherıted
And that aỻ thıs ıs sotħ J wıỻ do to sothe vpon what book or relık that ye wıỻ do come afor
me and also sette herto my sele of myn armes / Jn wıtnessyng of verray trowthe and ín more opyn
ꝓue herto ı haue sett my sele a forsayd / J wryten att londo ín the parıssh a forsayde the ıx day of
Juyỻ the yeer of the regnyng of kyng harry the fourthe after the conquest seuenethe ~~~