County: Sussex
Code: D0602
Reference: Chichester, West Sussex Record Office: CHICITY/AY/87
Function: Attestation
Be it knowe to alle men~ that schalle See and Rede thys wretyng~ That we yeffe you in knoweleche That John Balman And
Elyzabethe hys wyffe late of Chychester . chapman~ hathe [sic] . ij Feldys . And a gore at the tone Ende of on~ of ye Feldys lyyng~ in ∧ the tethynge of
Fyscheborn~ . And in the lorde-schype of Bosham holdyng~ of Mayster Aspeley . The whyche . ij . Feldys And þe gore There
was neuer man~ toke possescon~ nor~ state ther~-yn . But þat the Seyd Balman~ and Elyzabethe dyed Sole sesyd . And
we knowe it non~ othyrwyse . But Balman~-ys landys . And to hys heyers For it hathe holde of þe Balman~ ys owte
of ony Mannys mynde . Jn wittenesse wher~-of we Sette to our~ Sealle the xxiiij daye of Novemberr the yere of
oure lorde god A Mle-iiijc-lxxix . And þe xix yer~ of kyng~ Ed . þe . iiijte ~~~ Rycharde . more . othyr~-wysse . callyd Edward
Richarde walter~ . John Broker~ . John walter~ . wheler~ . willm~ Stasye . Ric~ Broker~ . John prymere . / dewllyng~ [sic] at Fyschborn~
in the Seyd Tethyng husbondemen~ / Edwarde lane Myller~ . And John kellysby . husbondman~ . all we of Ewelle
next Fyschborn~ . alle . we wytnessythe That thys afore-seyd . wretyn~ of Balma~ ys trewe . And we sette to our~ Sealle þe
daye And yere a-fore-wretyn~ ⸫