1. MS. D. D. Brocas 50 Date Range: 1399 - 1399 Preview: Lease. Sparsholt (Berkshire). 22 Ric. II. April 21, 1399. Lease by Sir Thomas de la Mear to his son Robert, of Spersold [recte Sperfold?: Sparsholt] for twenty years at £30 a year.