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