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Indenture dated 29 April, 7 Charles I, between Ralph Cowper of Slinfold, esq., executor of the will of Edward Cowper , deceased, and Judith Naldrett of Radgwicke , executrix of the will of John Naldrett, deceased, gent., of one part, and George Hussey of Boughton Mun..chelston, Kent, esquire, and Anthony Hussey of ...combe, Kent, gent., of the other part, concerning lands in Slinfold sold to the latter or £240.

Indenture made 18 Jan., 1644, by which George Husee of Egerton, co. Kent, esq., undertakes to levy a fine 'sur cognizance de droit come ceo,' &c., unto Anthony Husee of Harrietsham , of and all singular the lands &c. in Warnham, Slynfold, and Horsham.

LITTLETON (North). Indenture made 29 September, 13 Elizabeth, being a lease from the dean and chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, to Agnes Savage of Much Litleton , co. Worcester, of their tithe hay in North Litleton, for the residue of a lease formerly granted to William Sponer and others, for 56 years, at an annual rent Of 11s. [.] .

MARRICK Nunnery. 'The forme of takyng the fownder'; i.e. the form of receiving descendants of the founder, of the family of Acke , husnand and wife, into the fellowship of the convent, for participation in prayers and commemorations. [Temp. Hen. VII. (c. 1500)] .

Indenture made 13 Feb., 30 Hen. VIII, between Robert, the prior, and the convent of St. Oswald of the Nostell of the one part, and Roger Malet, gentleman, of the other part, witnesseth that the said prior and convent have let to the said Roger all their tithes of corn and hay within the town of Wrangbrokeve for 31 years, paying annually for the same £6 10s.

WYLBERFOSSE (Priory of). Indenture dated 2 May, 25 Hen. VIII, by which Elizabeth Lord, prioress, and the convent of Our Lady of Wylberfosse demise to Jorge Adayll,husbandman, their ferm in Semer, with 3 cottages, 4 oxgayngs ofarable land, &c., for 31 years, at a yearly rent of 41s.

ARDISLAWE (West). Indenture made 25 March, 12 Charles I, by which Robert Grenewood, of Westerton, gent., in consideration of a sum of £10 in hand paid, bargains and sells to Robert Casson of Thorpe in the Hill, yeoman, the remainder of a lease granted by John, lord Savile , of certain lands called Mooredoles in West Ardislawe, co. York.

BATLEY. The answer of Thomas Smalwood of Topliffe, late minister of Batley, co. York, to the information of sir Jefferie Palmer, kt., attorney-general, denying his having ever acted under the late authorities, but acknowledging that in 1656 he received three sums of money for augmentation of his maintenance as minister of Batley. Sworn at Leeds, 9 Dec. 1662.

BARMBY upon DUN. Inventory of all the goods of William Rydlyngton of Bramwith in the parish of Barnbe upon Doune , 'praised' after his death, by four honest men, 7 November, 1540.

BOLTON. Indenture dated 8 May, 22 Hen. VIII, by which William Golthropp of Schepley, gent. and Thomas Golthropp his cousin and heir and Alys his wife demise to Roger Hanson of Derfelde, yeoman a close with two leys, 9 acres of arable land and one acre of meadow in Bolton, for 14 years, paying annually 14s.

Marriage settlement by which Robert Clowdisley of Leeds, co. York, in consideration of a marriage between his son Timothy and Mary Negus, daugther of Thomas Negus of Higham Ferrers , grants a half burgage or tenement in Briggate, Leeds. Dated 25 May, 1652.

Indenture dated ... January, 12 Charles I (reciting a previous grant of the manor of Leeds, Yorkshire, from King James), witnessing that Robert Rownthwait of Leeds, clothier, in consideration of the receipt of £11, sells and confirms to Philip Dilworth of the same place, chapman, a parcel of land, with 2 tenements, in the west part of Leeds bridge within the manor of Leeds, paying to the king the usual and accustomed services.

An indenture made the l0th of April, 25th year of Q. Elizabeth, between the rt. hon. William lord Eure of the one part, and Richard Medd , Robert Bell , and Christabell White , of the second part, witnesseth that lord Eure has demised to Richard Medd , Robert Bell , and Christabell White two closes called Potter's and White's closes, with a cottage, for 21 years, or during the life of Ralph Eure, son and heir of lord Eure.

FENWICK. Indenture of lease by Isabell of Crofte, prioress of Wallingwellez (Notts.) to George Hastynges, esq. lord of Fenwyk , of all the tithes etc. of the manor and town of Fenwyk, for the term of their joint lives at an annual rent of £3. 30 June, 23 Henry VII. Attested by William Foxholes, notary. [Printed in the Monasticon.]

ROSSE. Indenture made 7 March, 6 James I, by which sir William Cecill, lord Burghley , grants to sir Robert Dormer , sir John Dormer , and sir William Dormer , an annual rent-charge of £240 issuing out of the manor of Rosse in the county of York, for 10 years, or during the lives of sir John Hobart , Barbara his wife, and John their son.

BURTON. Condition of a bond by which John Staynton is bound in £100 to Laurence Kay that if he do not pay a sum of 18 marks at the feast of St. John the Baptist next, then he shall make a feoffment of all the lands which were William Perot 's in Thornby in the parish of Byrton for 24 marks. Dated 11 March, 12 Henry VI.

ROTHWELL. Indenture between William Calverley , John Burton , Richard Pek , Water Baildon , and Thomas Gargrave , esqs., feoffees of William Watson , of one part, and George Box, esq., of the other part, witnesseth that the said feoffees have demised to George Box a close and 100 acres of land in Lofthouse near Rothwell for six years, paying 6 marks yearly. Dated 24 November, 10 Hen. VII.

YARM. Agreement between Henry Bentley , on one part and Robert Bowes and Jane his wife on the other, respecting a burgage in Yarom let to Nicholas Pearcson ; 27 Sept. 1622. (Slightly mutilated and in small part effaced) .

Indenture made 12 Jan., 1603, by which Mathew ⟨Hutton⟩ , archbishop of York , leases to Edward Croft of the city of York a messuage or tenement in the flesh shambles in the city of York, for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 13/4d.

Award by Dr Hugh Weston, Dr William Cliff, and Mr William Grinestede, in arbitration between the dean and chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, and John Thorneton, vicar of Leeds, concerning £10 annual pension from the church of Leeds, parcel of the possessions of the dissolved priory of Holy Trinity, York, granted by Henry VIII to Christ Church on 11 Dec. 1546. John to pay the pension from henceforth with arrears of £16. Dated 24 Nov. 1 Mary [1553].

Will of Elizabeth Smith of Selby, Yorkshire, 29 Jan 1681 [N.S.], proved 29 Jul 1681, with seal of the Official of Prerogative Court of York

Indenture between Thomas Root, silkweaver of Selby, and his wife Margaret, 25 Jan 1693, concerning a messuage or tenement in Cruce parish [St. Crux], Great Shambles, York, with personal seals attached.

Cold-Ashby. Thomas, prior of D⟨aventry⟩ , leases to Thomas abbot of Pipewell the rectory of Coldeashby for 90 years at £8 a year. On the death of the present vicar, Sir William Simond , they shall also have the vicarage for a further £10 a year. D⟨aventry⟩ may distrain for either of these rents, and if they are not paid within 10 weeks of the due time D⟨aventry⟩ shall receive a fine of 20/-. For every Sunday on which the prior and convent of D⟨aventry⟩ are not ’rehersed and praied for’ in the Church, they shall receive a fine of 12d. 20 March 1492.

Fawsley. John Clerk, mayor of Northampton , William Austyn, gentleman man, Thomas Hunt, draper, William Heyrope , and William May late mayor, recite an affidavit of Thomas Arnold of D⟨aventry⟩ , scrivener, then 4 score years and more, that when 23 years or more he knew one William Tewe of Falwesle living in the lordship of the prior of D⟨aventry⟩ , in F⟨alwesle⟩, which lordship he had at farm. There was then a piece of land ‘called Wynetpece now baynt’ in the Park abutting against Wynnethill and Rynehill, with a meadow at the south end called Wynnet Mede, broadening out from a rood on the west to a headland on the east. William also had a piece of his farm between Tarbard’s way sometime of John Badby . There had never been more than one farm in the prior’s lordship, of which Robert Young , John Frynde , and William Sroyft were tenants, having ‘meses’ and parts of the ‘ledes’ with the roods lying next to those of the prior. Also John Jones and John Curteys held 2 cottages and certain acres of the prior, but all these tenancies reached back to a date before Richard took the lordship to farm. There was no ‘several ground’ nor pasture in F⟨alwesle⟩, before Richard’s farm, except a piece called Holywell and another called Sewell, which were several from Candlemas to Michaelmas. 26 Sept. ⟨1483.⟩

Ilbury [Oxon.]. Indenture by which John lord Zouche sells to John Bustard his lands in Ilbury, for £48. 9 January ⟨1529.⟩