County: Northamptonshire
Code: D4226
Reference: Northampton, Northamptonshire Archives Services: Stopford Sackville 788
Function: Lease




This endenture wytenessethe that Jamys Fynaance of stacheden̕ in the conte of bedford hathe granted and lete
to ferme his place at Chirche style wt the crofte and alle Swyche londes medes lassus And pastureȝ heges
and duches longynge vnto the forseid place late called buottes whiche Richard white late hild of þe
forseid James / And ij Acres of londe more therto vnto Michelle kers of the same towne taylour̕ and
Agnes his wyff their̕ assignes for the terme of Seuen̕ yere from̕ the feste of the Anunciasion̕ of
oure lady seint mary the xxx yere of the Reygne of kynge the sext vnto the terme and ende of
the forseid vij yere paynge yerly vnto the forseid Jamys and his assignes xx s at towe termes of
the yere be Egalle porsions that is to sey atte feste of myghelmasse x s and at feste of the Ann̕-
siacion̕ x s and viij d yerly for kynge seruice And doȝen̕ And a day in hervest Called bedrepe wt sutes
of Court / to haue and to hold vnto the seid Mighelle kers and Agnes his wyffe and ther̕ assign̕
the forseid. place and Croft wt londes medes lassus pastures heges and diches wt alle the portenances
and the seid Michelle and Agnes his wyffe shulle repare And kepe the walles hegges and diches durynge
durynge [sic] the terme aforseid And atte terme ente to leue hit in as good state as hit schalle be repared vnto
his hond at his comynge in / And the for-seid James and his assignes shulle alowe yerly vnto the forseid
Michelle and Agnes and their̕ assignes xij d durynge the terme of vij yere aforseid for serteyn̕ reparacionns
be the forseid mychelle don̕ at the begynyng̕ of the forseid terme in the place Aforseid and in witnes
of the forseid couenantes as welle the forseid James as the seid mychelle to this presentes endentur̕
enterchangabely haue sette to their̕ selles the xv day of Januier̕ the yere of the Reygne of kynge
henry the vjte after̕ the conquest xxx / / /