MS.D. D. Ch. Ch. M. 128

Leeds.. Alan the clerk of Thornton, vicar of the church of Adel , is bound to the prior of Holy Trinity, York, in 10 marks a year, and if any controversy is moved against them by A. fitz- Hugh de Wit ’, or by Hugh himself, by reason of a charter which the prior &c. asserts they sought (‘inpetraverunt’) from them in the lifetime of A. the archdeacon and rector of Adel, to have the church on the rector’s death, Alan will undertake the action at his own cost. Witnesses: H. treasurer of York , master W. archdeacon of Nottingham , master G. canon of York , master Alan de Claxton , master Martin de Semar , master John de Hamerton , Hugh de Botend ’, John fitz-Wido , Henry Bustard , Robert de Essai , Herbert the janitor , Peter de Ardene , Henry de Tikil , William Fit ’. ⟨1204–14.⟩