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OXFORD. An indenture made the 27th of Nov., 1518, witnessing that John, the prior of Ellsyngspittell in London , had received of Richard, the prior of Tonbryge , the sum of £18 in part towards the building of St. Maries College in Oxford, according to the schedule from my lord Cardinal; in the handwriting of, and signed by, John the prior. [English]

Indenture between Richard Thomlyne, prior, and the convent of Tunbregge of the one part, and Henry Everard of Denarstone, Suffolk , of the other part, witnessing that the prior and convent demise to the said Henry their parsonage of Denarstone for 28 years at an annual rent of four pounds, payable in the church porch of Bodkesham, co. Cambridge. Dated 18 May, 12 Hen. VIII. (English)

Indenture dated 24th day of May, 16 Hen. VIII, between Richard Thomlyn, the prior, and convent of Tunbridge of the one part, and Thomas Cook of Plaskestoll, Wrotham the other, witnessing that the prior and convent have sold to the said Thomas all their wood and underwood lying and growyng in two parcels of land in Sheborn, called the Hook and Capelbooth, for the sum of £5 13s. 4d. [English]

Indenture made 10 ... in the .. Hen. VIII, between Richard Thomlyn, prior, and the monastery of Tunbridge, of the one part, and William Cook of Estegreuewych , leasing to him their parsonage of ..., within the county of Kent ... [Mutilated and partly effaced.] [English]

List of lands of the manor of Petts out of which Hewe at Hatche hath sold a yearly rent of 3 to Stephen Draner of Cranbroke , 8 Hen. VIII. [English]

Indenture made 22nd day of May, 8 Hen. VIII, by which Hewe at Hatche of Charyng co. Kent, gent., and others charge certain lands in the co. of Kent with an annual payment of £3 to Stephen Draner of Cranbroke . [English]

Indenture made 8 March, 9 Henry VIII, by which Hewe at Hatche of Charryng , in consideration of the receipt of £80, sells to Stephen Draner of Cranbroke one yearly rent of £4 to be paid in the churchyard of Cranebroke issuing out of the manor called Pettesplace, and six score acres of land in the parishes of Charryng, Pette and Westwell. [English]

Indenture made 15 March, 16 Hen. VIII, by which Stephen Draner of Crainbrook sells to the lord archbishop of Canterbury for £90 all his messuages, lands and tenements, called Pett or Pett-place, in the parishes of Charyng, Pett and Westwell. [English]

Indenture made 2 March, 25 Hen. VIII, by which John Lauraunce of Charryng, husbandman, sells to Thomas Cherrell, citizen and haberdasher of London , two pieces of land in the parish of Charryng for £12 16s. 8d. [English]

Indenture made 10 July, 24 Hen. VIII, by which John Carpinter of Egerton sells to Stephen Draver for five marks a piece of land called the wood in the said parish of Egerton. [English]

ICKHAM and WICKHAM. Indenture made 12 July, 19 Elizabeth, between Richard Rogers, suffragan bishop of Dover, and executor of the last will of Edward Isaak (who signs the dead), late of Canterbury, esq., of the one part, and Henry Palmer of the said city, John Jermy of Ipswich , and Thomas Apelton of Waldingfeld, of the other part, witnesseth that a grant is made to the said second parties to this indenture of a messuage or tenement with appurtenances in Ickham and Wickham, co. Kent, for ever. [English]

LODENHAM, OWRE, and FEVERSHAM. Indenture by which the abbot and convent of Lesnes demise to sir John Norton, kt., for 12 years, 83 acres of marsh ground in the parishes of Lodenham, Owre, and Feversham, co. Kent, paying yearly five marks. Dated 31 Jan., 12 Hen. VIII. [English]

ROMNEY MARSH. Indenture made 21 Sept., 12 Hen. VIII, by which John Honywode of Newenton , in consideration of the receipt of £19, sells to Thomas Pulton of Bataile, Sussex , a parcel of laud in the parish of St. Mary church in Romeney Mersshe. [English]

ISELHAM (Deanery of). Letter of William [de Bottlesham], bishop of Rochester , to the dean of Iselham, for the collection of a subsidy of 4d. in the pound in the said deanery for the archbishop of Canterbury [William Bourteney] on mandate from Thomas [Fitz-Alan], archbishop of York in accordance with bulls [here recited] from Bonaface IX). Dated at Trottesclyve, 31 Oct., 1395. On the back of the document is an early English poem entitled 'Hec est carta Dei.' [Metrical verses representing the grant of heaven to men by Christ; drawn up in form of legal grant of land. Printed in Notes & Queries, Ser. IX, vol. viii, p. 240, a version of its charter of Christ.] English and Latin

CASTHORP. Deed by which the testimony of Wm. Bretan and 26 others is perpetuated concerning the descent of the manor of Casthorp of which Richard Low, esq. is rightful heir, and concerning the destruction of evidences by fire and water. Dated in the said manor of Casthorp upon St. John, evangelist, in Cristenmasse weke, 1470. [English]

INGELBY (North). Indenture witnessing that sir John Gra, kt., and Thomasyn his wife, have let to farm to sir Gerveis Clyfton, knight, their manor of North Ingelby in the county of Lincoln, with a close called the park, also the gardens, orchards, houses, &c., courts, rents, and services, for 13 years, at an annual rent of £10. Dated at North Ingelby the 21st day of March, 32 Hen. VI. [English]

BACTON. A deposition of Waryn Kyng and 10 others made "the nexst day after the Assencion of our Lorde God, 19 Ed. IV, that they with many other, at the instauns and request of Henry Waryns of Paston , aperyd at the manere of Huntyngfeld in Bakton, and there and than Symon de Gunore , be fors of a dede with a letter of attornye to him made as he seid by Agnes Paston , and there shewed, delyvered seizin of and in the halfpele of the foresaid manor of Huntyngfeld otherwyse called Seweresby only, and of no other manors, lands, nor tenements in the foresaid shire, to William Paston, swyer, and other wyth hym named in the seyd dede be fors of letter of attornye made to us the foresaid William Barker and John Boule (2 of the 10) be ye seid William Paston and other named in the dede." .

A petition to the earl of Oxford [ John de Vere ] in the time of Hen. VII by the tenants of the manor of 'Maydeston' in Fretenham concerning the exactions to which they have been subjected, in consequence of the seizure of the lands of Giles Seyntlo, esq., into the King's hands, he being attainted, and the number of claimants.

Confirmation by Edmund Knyvett, esq., and Jane his wife, daughter of sir John Bourgchier, kt., lord Barners, of a lease granted by the said lord Barners to Edmond Whyte of the manor of Gateley, co. Norfolk, for 40 years at an annual rent of £12 3s. 4d. Dated 11 Sept., 24 Hen. VIII.

Indenture made 28 April, 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, by which Roger Julian of Tompston, husbandman, and Ann his wife sell to Robert Browne of Gryston 6 acres of land lying in Gryston and half an acre in 'Martongate' furlong in the said parish.

STOKE. Receipt given by Nicholas, the abbot of Langley , to Bartholomew White, esq., for the payment of 3s. 4d. for a farm in Stoke. Dated Monday after Palm Sunday, 18 Ed. IV.

An indenture by which Bartholomew White, esq., agrees to assist Henry Stathum of Morley in recovering the manor of Meyton, which had been given to sir John Howand, knight, because Gyles Seyntlowe had been attainted of treason. Dated at Norwich, 9 June, 8 Ed. IV.