County: Norfolk
Code: D0593
Reference: London, British Library Add. Charter 19861
Function: Affidavit
To alle that thıs wrytyng shal here or se Maut wyf of Joħn Bakon Esquyre dought of Sír Thomas Bedyngfel knyght sende duwe reuence and gretyng Syn ít ís merítorye to recorde and
certıfye the truthe ı savyng of ryght and wrongꝭ to be esshuwíd and voydíd wherfore ı as meche as J am for the truthe ı goddıs ꝑt duwely requíríd to wıtnesse and notífye that
J have herd seíd and reportíd for truthe as of the íssu of Sír Ríchard Moundevyle sūtyme of Okynhíll the yíngere knyght wheche weddíd dam Maut Bedyngfeld modír to
myn Ayel of wheche trul J have pleynl herd reporte of truwe and credíble ꝑsones for certeyn that the same dam Maut had b the seíd Ríchar be for the espousel
betwíxe hem ıȷ dought ı bast but as of ony ıssu melery had betwíxe hem aftír espouseles truly and ı good feíth J neuere knewe ne herd speke of for truthe as J dar
take charge be for god And to wítnesse of thís to thís psent wrytyng J haue pít my seaꝉ The da at Norwycħ the xe day of Septemb the yer of the regne of ou souayn
Lord kyng herry the síxte aft the conquest the xxvııȷe