County: Buckinghamshire
Code: D5005
Reference: Aylesbury, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies: D108/2/2
Function: Lease




This endenture made atte wendouer in the Counte of Buk the xix day of þe Monethe of July in the yere reigne of
kyng Edward the iiijthe aftour the conquest of Jnglond the xxti be-twene John langley Smythe John Welhed
Thomas Forest and John kyppyng the elder feoffores of Thomas Godfrey of huchynden̕ of alle his londes &
tenementis lesues & pastures withe allle ther appurtenances in the foren̕ of wendouer̕ atte Smalendene on̕ the
toon̕ party and Randolfe ascheton̕ of wendouer on̕ the tothir party witnessethe that the seid Feoffores
haue take graunted and to ferme lete vnto þe seid Randolfe alle ther̕ [...] seid londes tenementis
lesues and pastures withe alle ther̕ appurtenanceȝ To haue holde and occupy alle þe seid londes &
tenentes lesues & pastur̕ vnto þe seid Randolfe his execut̕ and assign̕ from þe dat̕ of this endentur̕ vnto
the ende and terme of vij yeres nexte comyng aftour þe dat̕ of this endentur̕ payng therfor yerely vnto þe
seid Feffores at þe fest of þe Natyuite of seynt John þe Baptiste a rede Rose yef hit be axid and the seid
Randolfe and his assignes the seid feffores ayenst þe kyng & other̕ what-som̕-ever̕ they been̕ of alle seruic̕
customes & other accions or demand of þe londes & tenem̕ a-boue seid goyng ought they schalle discharge &
acquyte durante þe terme a-boue-seid sufficiantly thei schalle repeire susteyne & maynteyne withe ther owne
propur costis cargis [sic] & expensis / settyng afyre of other men and soden̕ tempest alle-wey except / and in þe ende of þe
seid terme the seid Randolfe & his assign̕ to be recompensid and a-louwid like as þe seid iiij feoffores or ij of them
schalle a-Juge the Reparacions withe-in the seid terme be them made resonable and also hit is a couenantid and
a-greid be-twixt þe seid Thomas Godfrey on̕ the ton̕ party / and Randolfe ascheton̕ a-boue-seid on̕ the
tothir party on̕ this wise foloughyng that is to sey and yef the seid Thomas Godfrey and his assign̕ pay
not vnto þe seid Randolfe his executeres and assign̕ in the fest of þe Natyuite of seynt John the Baptiste
the whiche schal be in the yere of oure lord god a Mle-CCCClxxxvij nor withe-in or a this halfe þe seid fest of
þe Natyuite of seynt John þe Baptist x marc̕ of good and lawfulle money of Jnglond that then̕ the seid
Thomas Godfrey willethe and grauntithe be this present endentur that his seid Feoffores of trust a-boue
namyd make and do to be made a sure and a sufficiant astate as can be thouoght in the lawe vnto þe seid
Randolfe and his assignes as they now haue Withe-in þe foren̕ of wendouer afore-seid in fee for-ever̕-
more þe premisses a-fore-rehersed welle and truly to be performed on̕ alle parties thei bynde them-selfe euery to
other be these present endentures Jn witnesse wherof as wele the sealles of þe seid feoffores as the sealle of þe seid
Thomas Godfrey ayenst the seid Randolfe remaynyng they haue set to þe day yere and place a-boue-seid