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




to alle cristen~ people to whom~ this present writyng shalle com~ John Flemyng off the Towne off Suthampton~ Esquyer~ sendithe gretyng yn~ oure lord god euerlastyng . where .
hitt is soo that the meyre baylliffes and burgeses off the Towne of Suthampton~ haue a conveyaunce for water otherwise called a water-course made withe stone vnder the grounde .
From~ a hedde off a waterspryng beyng in certeyn~ grounde of myn~ called Lobery meede vnto a Coundytt hedd off the said Maires bailliffes and burgesys beyng in Gossewellane . knowe .
ye me the sayd John Flemyng to haue gevyn~ and graunted and by this my present dede to haue confirmed vnto william~ Chalke Meyre off the Forsayd towne . Robert Millis And Robert
Raynold bailliff off the same towne And to the burgeses off the same And to theyre successours for-euermore the sayd hedd and spryng beyng in lobery meede and alsoo the sayd water~-
course withe Free goyng in / And free goyng owte / with almanere off carriage necessarye for repayryng mayntenyng or amendyng off the sayd hedde and water~-course . And alsoo free
libertie to dygge And caste the grounde for [...] off the sayd water-werke as ofte as nede requyrithe . As welle in the sayd lobery meede as in alle other places off my grounde .
lying And beyng bytwixt the sayd hedd And spryng in lobery meede . And the said hedd in gossewellane as the sayd water ledythe & ronnythe without contradiccion~ lett or .
ympedyment off me the sayd John Flemyng or myn~ heyres . And withowte any thynge for the same to me or myn~ heyres hereafter~ to be payd . And y the sayd John Flemyng
and myn~ heyres the Forsayd hedd and Spryng in lobery meede withe the sayd watercourse ledyng And ronnyng yn~ and throwe alle my grounde lying and beyng as welle . bytwixt
the sayd twoo heddes as yn~ other places . withe free goyng yn~ . And free goyng owte . with alle maner of carriage for the maynteynyng off the sayd waterwerke & pipes
off lede . And alsoo free dyggyng and castyng off my grounde for serchyng and amendyng off the same waterwerke and pipes of lede as ofte as nede requyrythe .
to the sayd Maire bailliffes and burgessys and theire successours for-euermore ageynst alle / men~ shalle / warraunte and defende by thies presentes . Jn witnesse wherof
y the sayd John Flemyng to this my present dede haue putto the Seale of myn~ Armes And for be-cause that the seale off myn~ Armes to meny men~ is vnknowen~
therfore the Signe off the notarye publique vnderwritten~ hereunto is putt yn~ true and feithfulle testymonyelle off alle and syngler~ the premysses . thies men~ beyng
present and beryng recorde the right honoraberle and prudente men~ John Dawtrey Esquyer~ and Richard Palshyd Collectours off the Custumes and Subsidies due vnto
oure Souerygn~ lord the kyng within the Towne and porte off Suthampton~ aforesayd . Nicolas Cowarte . Richard hylle . and John husee Gentilmen~ withe
many other~ written~ att the sayd towne off Suthampton~ the First daye of the monethe of June yn~ the sevynthe yere off the Reingne off oure most
redowted Soueraygn~ liege lord kyng henry the eight βΈ«
[signed: John Flemyng~ [Monogram]]