County: Hampshire
Code: D4271
Reference: Southampton, Southampton Archives: SC 4/2/333
Function: Grant




to aỻ xp̄e people to who thıs psent wrıtyng shaỻ co Joh Flemyng off the Towne of Suthampto Esquye sendıtħ gretyng y oure lor god eulastyng · 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 eumore the say hed and spryng beyng ın lobery meede an alsoo the say wate
course wıtħ Free goyng ín / And free goyng owte / wıth almane 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 eumore ageynst aỻ / me shaỻ / warraunte and defende by thıes psentꝭ · 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 pmysses · 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 Souyg 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 Souayg lıege lor kyng henry the eıgħt ⸫
[signed: Joh Flemyn [Monogram]]