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 mane 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 psent 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 lıue 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 lyuee 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 delıued hem fully seysyn afore aỻ men of the forsaıd casteỻ / lordshıp̄ and
manes 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 ~~~