County: Kent
Code: D2149
Reference: London, British Library: Add. Charter 36527
Function: Attestation




Knowen be hit to alle Cristen that y Geffrey Busshe beynge of the age of . iij . skore wynter and . x . haue goode knowynge and memorie
and bere wittenesse as y wil answere before gode ; that y was dwellynge xxxti wynter in the landes and tenementes that were
[...] walteres of Elmehirst ; as y that had weddid Agnes the wyffe sumtyme of walter of Elmehirste ; doghter and heire of
Edmund waryn ; and y the forsaide Gefferey didde my sewte and seruice to sir Thomas Colpeper to his Courte of Benecrouche
and paied my rent for the same landis and tenementes ; as that . that is hoole withe-inne the Fee & lordeship of sir Thomas
to his Courte of Benecrouche ; and herof y haue goode mynde that y and Agnes and my wyffe paiden for owre parcelle viij d
wiche was parcelle of the rente of þe . x . s ; that sir Thomas and his tenantis paieden~ on Midlentonn Sonundaye to the Bysshe-
op of Rouchestre ; and other vj d was paied be Johne doghter of walter of Elmehirst ; for the landis that fel hire for hire
purparte wiche vj . d were tributorie to þe same x s ; And also ij s j d was borne owte of alle þe hole tennt atte Ester and
Michelmesse to sir Thomas Colpeper to his Court of Benecrouche ; And as y that never knewe ne herde telle but þat hit
was his lordeship and Fee ; thes poyntes y wittenesse be myne halydome vp the holy evangelistis . Jn the wittenesse
of thes poyntes y haue sette to my seale ; And y John Michelle of Benecrouche bere wittenesse of thes poyntes ; as y
that haue dwellid vp the same lordeship this iiij skore wynter and gedered the same rent longe tyme ; And that y
never knewe other lordship ne Fee So helpe me gode and halidome And also in the wittenesse of thes poyntes y
haue sette to my seale . writen the viij . daye of Juylle the ȝere of the regne of Henr~ the . v . iiijt
[dorse]This is the testimoine
of Geffrey Busshe of
the rent of walter de
Elmehirstes