County: Nottinghamshire
Code: D4326
Reference: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Archives: DD/313/16
Function: Marriage articles
Thise indentures of Counauntȝ & agrementes made be-twen~ John Fordam of Dunham opon~ Trent in the County of Not~ gentil-man
on the on partye and John Carston~ of Tuxford the elder~ in the Sayd County yoman~ on the othir~ partye berys wittnes that
John Fordam aforsayd Shalle mary hughe Fordam hys Son~ & hys Ayre by the grace of god wythe Eliȝabethe the Doghter of the
sayd John of Carston~ A-fore the fest of the natiuite of our~ blyssyd lady next foloyng this present date Jn the whilk day of
maryage & Spousage the forsayd John Fordam shalle mak or do mak to the forsayd hughe & Eliȝabethe hys wyffe and to
thar~ Ayres of thair~ bodyes be-twen~ hem laufully begotyn~ . laufulle & Sufficiaunt Astate of of and in Als myche tenementȝ
londeȝ medows & pastur~ wtin the Townes & feldes of Dunham Ragenhille & wympton~ wt thair~ Appurtenance os drawes
ȝerly the valowe of Sex . markes ouer the reprice . The whyche ȝerly Rent of Sex markes Shalle remayne in the hondeȝ of the Sayd John
Fordam~ duryng~ the nounage of the Sayd hughe & Eliȝabethe Except that if it happyn~ the Sayd Eliȝabethe to dye wtin the age
of twelff ȝer~ . then the forsayd John Fordam wylle & grauntȝ by thyse presentes wrytynges that the forsayd ȝerli Rent of Sex markes
Aftyr~ the dethe of the Sayd Eliȝabethe duryng fyve ȝer~ then next foloynges Shalle remayne to the vse & profett of Richard Carston~
and to John Carston~ hys Son~ or to thair~ Assigneȝ / / And the forsayd Richard & John Carston~ Shall pay or do pay to the forsayd
John Fordam or to hys Assign~ for the Sayd Fefment & mariage . Fourti . markes of lawfulle money That es to Say in the day
of the mariage of the Sayd hughe & Eliȝabethe . ten . markes . of laufulle money . At the fest of Pasche then next foloyng this present
date . Fyve markes . At the fest of the Natiuite of Saynt John Baptistes then next foloyng~ . Fyve . marces . At the fest of Sayn
Martyn~ in wynter then next foloyng~ . Fyve . markes . At the fest of Pasche then next foloyng~ Fyve marces . And . ten . markes to
be payd in Catelle Corne & in othyr~ moveabulle gudes wt-in the forsayd Festes in fulle payment of the forsayd . fourti markes
And the Sayd John Fordam Shalle fynde hughe hys Son~ in Alle maner Costage to he be at his full age . And the forsayd John
Carston~ Shalle fynd Eliȝabethe his Doghter in Al maner of Costage to She be at hir~ playne Age in lyk wyse / And for more
Sekyrnes in the kepyng of alle thise Counaunteȝ & agrementes above rehersyd Ayther~ party byndes hem to tothyr~ in fourti .
pound by obligacions beryng the date of thise presentes indentures . Jn wittnes her~-of the partys Aforsayd Alternatly to thise
indentur~ Ayther~ hathe Sett to thar~ Seleys Thise men~ wytnes Laurance hatfeld of Cromwelle ∧ wille herryman~ of Carlton~ John Preston of
Egmanton~ John Broune of Tuxford & othir~ mo / wryten~ the twenti day of Juylle the ȝer~ of the reign~ of kyng~
herry the Sext thretti & two ⸫