County: Nottinghamshire
Code: D4396
Reference: Nottingham, Nottingham UL: Mi D 493
Function: Attestation




To alle trewe cristien~ Peple that this present writyng sees or heres J Johanne late the wyff of John Oxton~ in gud and hole mynd sendis gretyng in god euerelastyng And for als muche as J the said Johanne am nowe of grete Age
and in the last yers of my lyf here it is to me to saie the trewthe in euere case that J knowe treuly And for so muche as there has bene and yit is mater of wariaunce by-tven on maister Robert yong and me for certeyn landes
and tenementes in Gourton~ Blesby and Gippesmere in Not~-Shire the whiche the said Maister Robert nowe claymes to haue of my gyft to hym and to his heirs . J will that it be opponly knowen the comonyng And bergayn~ by-tven
hym and me of the saides landes and tenntes and what astate he had of me The tenour and the circumstaunce yer-off felowes as J wille an-swere to god yer-fore the said Robert oft and diuerse tymes labored to me and desirid to haue
the saides landes tenntes in ferme and promised to me that he suld nevere faile me and what rent he and J agre of J suld be truly yer-of content and J trustyng his fair speche and promyse a-bout the xiiij yere of ye regn~ of kyng . H sixt
lete theym to hym yeldyng to me yerly yer-for . vj marces and for . defaute of paiement that J suld entre in the saides landes & tenntes where thei~ were letyn alway before for vij mark by cause he suld haue bene to me gud and trewe
and socourd me in alle my Maters withe his labour and conseile accordyng to his fair promyse And J put me alle to his reule and deliuered alle myn Euidence to kepe to hym and he entred in the saides landes and tenntes by vertu of ye said
lees and paied me yerly duryng . v . yers the rent welle and truly and xx d he send to me by John Roos Esquier and more J had neuer of hym and late J send to hym for my rent and the arrerage yer-off and he said he wold
noon pay for he said yt he was infeffed by me as is aboue-rehersid to hym and to his heirs wt-out condicon~ where in trouthe ther was neuer speche yer-of by-tven ye said Maister Robert and me nor of noon other Bergayn~ then
as is abouesaid and that J wille make gud opon a boke or appon~ the blissid sacrament or in any other-wise that can or may be thoght of my part to proue the trouthe yer-Jnn And for that ; þt as ye said Maister Robert wold nott
paie me my rent and the arrerage yer-off nor wold not socur me in my grete nede and specially in lake of sustinance And had no thyng to lyff appon bot the said rent and had not bene that J hadd relevyng of ye said
John Roos yer-Jnn lik to haue perissht wherfor J entred in alle ye said landes and tenntes appon~ the said Maister Robert and has made astat yer-of vnto in fee symple to the said John Roos to perfourme myn intent declared to hym~
wher-for J beseche alle thoo that sees or hers this my declaracon~ and writyng to gyff faithe credence and gud wille yer-to For as J will answer to god at the day of Dome it is trewe and declares it opponly
and other astat bergayn~ nor comonyng yer-of was neuer by-tven the said Maister Robert and me And hertely J beseche and pray alle maner men to support susteyn~ and to hold wt ye said John Roos and me in this
trewe mater if it salle happyn~ any quarelle to be made yer-to by the said Maister Robert or any other by his said vntrewe and Fayned claym And for witnes that this is my writyng wille and declaracion~
J haue called and specially labourd Maister John lathum prebendere of ye prebend of paleshalle of Northwelle Richard wyllughby Esquier Sheryff of ye Shirs of Not~ and Derby sir Rogger vicare of the Chirche of laxton~ sir John
Peche vicare and confessour . to me the said Johanne of the chirche of Northwelle Thomas Scot of the same gentilman Richard legerard of ye sam Ric~ Bayly of Eykeryng william Bellmaker of Newerk william legerard of the
[...] of knesall and many other called yer-to to bere wyttnes yer-off Jn witness weroff als welle J the said Johanne as the saides Maister John Richard sir Rogger sir John Thomas Richard Richard william william and Rogger wygan
[...] day of Nouembr~ ye regn~ of kyng herry sext aftur the conquest xxix