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MICHELHAM. Marriage settlement between Thomas, duke of Norfolk and Henry, earl of Arundel on the proposed marriage of Thomas Howard, earl of Surrey, cousin and heir apparent of the said duke, to Mary, one of the daughters of the said earl, in which the earl undertakes to convey the manors of Michelham Parkgate (Mychelham, Parkgate), Sternfeld, Downash (Downask )and others in the county of Sussex. 6 April 1 Q. Mary.

Roll containing rents, services, &c. due from Teletune and Otteham.

Robert Frendesbury, abbot of Beghame , and the convent of the same grant to farm to Henry Bakere of .... and John Drew of Otham , their manor of Otham for 20 years, paying to the abbot and convent of Begham five marks sterling, and to the prior and convent of Michelham 25 marks annually. Dated at Beghame on the Annunciation of the B.V. M., 6 Hen. IV.

Indenture made 12 October, 9 Hen. VIII, by which the abbot and convent of Begham demise to John Ebody of Kent, yeoman, all their wood in Oteham, also their wood in Begham called Chapell woode, for . . years, at an annual rent of .... [Mutilated and in part effaced.] .

Indenture witnessing that Richard, the abbot, and convent of Begham demise to John Awod and Joan his wife, of the parish of Jenyngton , a piece of land in Otham in co. Sussex, called Grete Otham, for 40 years, at an annual rent of 10s. Dated at Beigham, 20 October, 19 Hen. VII.