County: Nottinghamshire
Code: D4389
Reference: Nottingham, Nottingham University Library: Mi D 50
Function: Agreement
This indentur~ made the xxj dey of the monethe of Octoberr in the xjthe yere of the reign~
of kyng Edward the fourt wyttenessethe that John Preston~ of Baceford Gentilman~
shalle pey or do to be peied to Robert Ferthyng of the same towne ‒ vj s viij d of gode
and lawfulle money of yngland at suche tyme as the seid Robert supposethe thors
thurghe the visitacon~ of oure Lord to departe from~ this vale of mysery as wele
to refresshe hym~ in his liynge . As to brynge hym~ to the Erthe wt parte of the
same Als far as hit wylle strecche Jn wytnesse wher~-of the forseid John
Preston~ by-fore sufficient record to thise presentȝ hase set to hys sealle . Gifvyn
the dey and yere aboue-seid . And yf happyn~ the seid vj s viij d to be ∧ be-hynde
at suche tyme as the seid ∧ Robert wille desire it in his gret necessite and not peyd
by the space of xx deys that then~ hit shal be lefulle to the seid Robert his
heires or assigneȝ to reentre in~-to the state and possession~ of thre acres of
land liynge in Baceford in~ Thorpefeld And theym~ to haue and to hold
to hym~ and his heires wt-outen~ ony interrupcon~ clayme or demaund of the
seid John Preston~ his heires or assigneȝ or any other in theire name any
covenant condicon~ or bargyn~ in~ the contrarye not wythstandyng Moreouer
the seid partieȝ are agreed that John of leicestre of Baceford shalle haue his
termeȝ in the seides thre acreȝ of lande graunted to hym~ by the seid Robert
Ferthyng as it apperethe by a peyre of defanceȝ defesaunceȝ made be-twix
the seid Robert and the seid John of leicestre .