County: Sussex
Code: D0597
Reference: Chichester, West Sussex Record Office: Add. 2998
Function: Declaration
[nota] To alle Cristen~ peple to whos presense thes lres~ shalle come Margery Erlond doughter & heir~ of Phelip Nalderett sendethe gretyng
in our lord ever-lastyng . where-as y late enfeoffid My lord Audeley John Tanner~ laurence hichecok and other as hit apperithe
in the Dede of feoffament in alle that londe & tenement that sume-tyme was Robert hudyfoldes lyeng in the parisshis of
wyseberghe & kirdeford the whiche oght to falle to me by right of an heritaunce . ye shalle veryly vnderstond that the entent
of the seid feoffament & my wylle atte that tyme was and yet ys that the seid laurence shold labore and pursue in my
name for the seid lond lond and tenement he to take alle the vayle of the same tylle his resonable costys y-set by lernyd
men~ and alle also for his labore be reisyd and afterward the same lond and tenement to remayne to me And to my heires
for-ever~ . And where-as hit is seid by the same laurence that y shold have relesyd alle my titylle in the same londe &
tenement to the forseid laurence beyng in possession~ of the same . y wylle take hit vppon~ my Soule and also swere
vppon~ a boke that y nevyr sealid relese as he surmyttythe nether y sawe non~ . Forthermore hit is not vnknowyn~ that
the . seid laurence hathe hadde the vayle of the same londe x yere or more and also hathe sold the place for grete
money A-yenst my wylle and gave me nevir peny therof nether Accomptes wherfor y enterid vppon~ my feofees
afore-seid as y hadde counseille by lernyd men~ and made a-state therof . to John my sone and heire in fee symple
Jn-to record wherof to this ∧ my present wrytyng y have putt my sealle ~~~ in presence of John Threelle Esquyer~
harry Strodewyke Richard Shudd william loteman~ Richard hamond Richard Cave John Mechewyk John Coker
George kynge harry Jakeman~ And many other~ wryten~ atte lokeswode ∧ the xxti Day of aprille the yere of the reigne of kyng
Edward the fourthe the therde yere ⸫