Charter (1444) dealing with land
located in Good Easter and Mashbury
Original text (with abbreviations
written out in full in parentheses following the abbreviated
words):
Sciant psentes (presentes) & (et) futuri
qd
(quod) nos Iohes (Iohannes) Bysshop Iohes (Iohannes) Euard (Euerard)
Sen (Senior) Iohes (Iohannes) Armurer Willms (Willelmus) Heyward &
(et) Ricus (Ricardus) Bysshop dimisum (dimisumus) libauim (liberauimus)
& (et) hac psenti (presenti) carta nra (nostra) confirmauim
(confirmauimus) Iohi (Iohanni) Bourghcher Iohi (Iohanni) Maltby rectori
eccie (ecclesie) de Spryngefeld Willmo (Willelmo) Deonys Iohi
(Iohanni) Gybeloun & (et) Rico (Ricardo) Osbern omia (omnia) ill
(illas) tras (terras) & (et) ten (tenementa) redd (redditus) &
(et) suicia (seruicia) cu (cum) omib (omnibus) suis ptin
(pertinentibus) in vill (villis) de Goodichestre & (et) Masshebury
que nup (nuper) fuer (fuerunt) Rici (Ricardi) Yynge cu (cum) al (aliis)
feoffat (feoffatis) hend (habenda) & (et) tenend (tenenda) omia
(omnia) pdta (predicta) tr (terras) & (et) ten (tenementa) redd
(redditus) & (et) suicia (seruicia) cu (cum) omib (omnibus) suis
ptin (pertinentibus) pfat (prefatis) Iohi (Iohanni) Bourghcher Iohi
(Iohanni) Maltby Willmo (Willelmo) Deonys Iohi (Iohanni) Gybeloun &
(et) Rico (Ricardo) Osbern her (heredibus) & (et) assign
(assignatis) suis de capitalib (capitalibus) dnis (dominis) ill
(illius) feod (feodi) p (per) suicia (seruicia) inde debita & (et)
de iiiid consuet (consuetis) in ppm (perpetuum). In cui (cuius) rei
testimoniu (testimonium) huic psenti (presenti) carte nre (nostre)
sigill (sigilla) nra (nostra) appesuim (appesuimus) Hiis testib
(testibus) Willmo (Willelmo) Glacecok Iohe (Iohanne) Euard (Euerard)
Iun (Iunior) Willmo (Willelmo) Elbode Iohe (Iohanne) Alworth Nicho
(Nicholo) Love & (et) aliis Dat (Datum) apud Goodich estre pdtam
(predictam) sexto decimo die Mens (Mensis) Aprill (Aprillis) anno regni
Regis Henrici sexti post conqm (conquestum) vicesimo scdo (secundo)
Translation: Let
it be known in the present and future that we, John Bysshop, John
Everard Senior, John Armurer, William Heyward and Richard Byshhop have
demised, delivered and by this our present charter have confirmed
to John Bourghcher, John Maltby rector of the church of Springfield,
William Deonys, John Gybeloun and Richard Osbern all these lands and
tenements, rents and services with all their appurtenances in the
villages of Good Easter and Mashbury which formerly were held by
Richard Yyng with other foeffees, to have and to hold all the
aforesaid lands and tenements, rents and services with all their
appurtenances to the aforesaid John Bourghcher, John Maltby, William
Deonys, John Gybeloun and Richard Osbern, their heirs and assigns
from the chief lords of that fee by the services due from them and for
the accustomed fourpence in perpetuity. In testimony of which we attach
to this our present charter our seals. These being the witnesses:
William Glacecok, John Everard Junior, William Elbode, John Alworth,
Nicholas Love and others. Given at the aforesaid Good Easter on the
16th day of the month of April in the 22nd year of the reign of King
Henry the sixth after the conquest. (=1444)
Source: Item sold on Ebay in December, 2004