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Certificate by Michiel le Poulletrer, keeper of the seal of bonds of the viscounty of Rouen , of a declaration made before John Gonel, notary, that John Wyth, an English esquire, was prisoner in the castle of Tremamsamme in Britany of a knight ... Mons. Morisse de Plusquollbare(?), where the deponent saw and spoke with him about three years before, and that he died a year and a half since, and that many knights and squires were present at his burial. Signed by ...(?) Dated Sunday, 9 Dec., 1436.

A petition from the towns of Wygenhale, Ilsyngton, Tilneye, Clenchwarton, Watlyngton, Roungton Holme, Secchith, and Westwynch, suffering from great floods against an act of parliament designed to be procured by the town of Lenn respecting the ditches for draining; Temp. Hen. VI.

Description of the ancient boundaries of the city of Oxford, written in French. Temp. Hen. VI, viz : "These are the boundaries and extent of the liberty of the town of Oxford, commencing at the pile bridge (pount tretable, draw bridge) above Petypount, and following by the course of the river Charwell as far as to a ditch called 'Creddelak,' otherwise ' Mountagueslake,' running between the meadow of St. Frideswide, which meadow is within the said liberty, and the meadow called Mountaguesmede, which ditch separates the counties of Oxford and Berks, and the said ditch runs as far as the Thames at 'Grauntpount,' running under an arch called 'Dencheworthesabowe,' and thus along the Thames, between the friars preachers who are within the said town, and a meadow called 'Erlicheseyt' and the meadow of the abbey of Abingdon, which meadows are without the said liberty, and the meadow called Kingesmede which is within the said liberty, and thus as far as to the ferry to Henxseie, and from thence as far as to a ditch called 'Soundreseyes lake,' and beyond as far as to the mills of Botele, and from thence as far as to 'Wowelake' and from thence and from the isles of Wyke, Bunsey, Midley, Cropley, and Portmanseyt, which isles are all within the said liberty, and thus as far as to the bridge of Godstowe. And the said liberty descends from the said bridge to Wolgarcote, and from thence as far as to a ditch called la Grenediche, and beyond this to Charewell, which runs from Halywell and the hospital of St. John, as far as to the said pile bridge above Petypount, the which Halywell and hospital are within the said liberty." .

Gerard Usflete , husband of lady Eliz., duchess of Norfolk, and sister and heir of the late Thomas earl of Arundel, and Joane Beauchamp, lady Bergavenny, appoint Roger Fforester of Wellington keeper of their enclosure ('haye') in the forest of Wreken called 'Welyngton Haye.' Dated at London, 16 November, 4 Hen. V.

William Jourdan and Thomas Prowte grant to Maud atte Denne, who was the wife of Geoffrey Huwet of Horle , an annual rent of 3s. 4d. from lands and tenements called Maschales in the borough of Horsham. Dated at Horsham, 20 March, 6 Hen. IV.

Indenture of agreement between sir Ralph de Eure, kt., of the one part, and William Colynson of Langnewton of the other part, witnesseth that the latter acknowledges that he holds two burgages in Stokesley by an annual rent of 8s. which burgages the former grants to him and his wife Anneys. Dated at Stokesley Thursday after Hillary 3 Henry IV .

FILBY. Three 3 membranes sewn together, viz.: (a) Plea concerning the bequest by Robert de Fyleby of land and advowson of the church of Filby, to his bastard son at the instigation of Wauter de Fyleby , to the disinheritance of the right heirs of the said Robert. [c. 1333] Noted by Le Neve 'Posted'

(b) Memorandum of the claim and descent of a moiety of the manor of Easthall in Rameseye, through Joan de Philby , one of the daughters of R.(?) de Philby to Olbech [Holbech] and John de Berkyng . [c. 1400?]

(c) Memorandum of the sale of the lands and tenements of John de Berkyng in Wanlysworde near London, by Clement de Brethenam , for £40, of which the said John has received 26 marks.