County: Northamptonshire
Code: D4140
Reference: Bedford, Bedfordshire and Luton Archives: R Box 291G/Bun. 2/ no.39
Function: Award
This cedeule made and indentid at Fodringhey the ixte day of Janeuer the xxvj yere of the Regne of kyng herry the Sext declaryng certein
Appointmentȝ made betwex sir willam Oldhalle knyght on the toon partie / And John Browe squier And Eliȝabethe his wife on the tother partie
As for the demenyng of certein lordshippe Manoire londes and tenementȝ wt alle theire Appurtenaunceȝ concernyng and pertenyng vnto Thomas
Seymarke son and heire vnto Thomas Seymarke his Fadre late passid to god vppon the mariage of the said Thomas And Margeret lexham his wyfe
in maner and fourme as hit shewithe aftirward whiche Appointmentȝ to be fully ingrosid and determyned And sufficant euidenceȝ ther-of to be made
after the fourme of lawe be the Avice and discrecion of Poole seriant of lawe And willam Tressam squier Arbitreurs indifferently
chosen be the parties Abovesaid
Furst hit is Appointid that a-state be made inmediatly of the Maner of Thornehawe in the Counttee of Norhamptonn wt alle the Appurtenaunces vnto
the said Thomas Seymarke and Margeret his wyfe Cousin vnto the said sir willam Oldhalle And to ye heires of theire twoo bodys lawfully
begotyn̕ / And for defaute of ysshew of theyme . ye Remayndur to the right heires of the said Thomas in Fee
Jtm̕ hit is Appointid as for the resideu of alle other Maners lordshippes londes and tenementȝ wt alle theire Appurtenaunceȝ . whiche the said
Thomas Seymarke is in ony wise enheritable to . beyng in the possession̕ of the said John Brow and Eliȝabeth his wyfe . or in ony other
Feoffees handdes at this day / that hit shal be lefulle vnto the said Thomas to entre pesabuly or elles to haue A suffisant Astate of
theyme vnto the said Thomas And his heires in Fee / And that soo doon̕ the said Thomas Seymarke to make A graunt and A lees be
deede indentid of alle the said lordeshippes Maners londes and tenementȝ wt theire Appurtenaunces / the Maner of Thornehaw
wt the appurtenaunces Aforesaid except vnto the said John Brow and Eliȝabethe his wife / to haue and to hold terme of bothe
theire lyves in the name of hire dower of all the lordshippes Maners londes and tenementȝ wt theire Appurtenaunces whiche
Thomas Seymarke late hire husband dyed seisid of yeldyng ther-for yerly vn-to the said Thomas Seymarke son̕ and heire vnto
the forsaid Thomas Seymarke his heires or Assigneys be wey of Ferme A Roos . to be paied yerly at the Fest of Midsomer /
And the said John Brow and Elsabethe his wife shalle beer paie and doo all charges Rentes seutes and seruices yerly to the
chief lordes of the Fee mediate and inmediate pertenyng to alle the said lordshippes Maners londes and tenementȝ wt alle
the Appurtenanceȝ duryng the terme aforesaid .
Jtem hit is Appointid that As touchyng alle ther londes and tenementȝ wt theyre appurtenaunces of the whiche the said Thomas is in
ony wise disheretid at this day that hit shalle be leful vnto the said Thomas to entir sewe and recouer alle the said londes and
tenementȝ wt theire Appurortenanceȝ [sic] and euery parcel of theyme immediatly wt-outen ony contradiccon̕ or inpediment to be made
be the said John Brow and Eliȝabethe his wife or Any other in ther name at ony tyme / And he the saied londes and
tenementȝ wt ther Appurtenaunceȝ and euery parcel of theyme soo recouered to haue and to hold to hym and to his heires
in fee wt-owten̕ Any cleym or tytel to be made be the sayd John Brow or Elsabethe his wife in any wyse And as
for alle other londes and tenementȝ that shal falle or discend be any maner of tytle vnto the said Thomas Seymarke / that
the said John Brow ne Elsabethe his wife shal make noo clayme ne pretend no title / vnto the saide londes and tenementȝ
in hurte or dirogacon̕ of the said Thomas but hym shal Assiste and supporte in alle that is in hem
Jtm̕ hit is Appointid that the said John Brow and Elsabethe his wife shalle haue delyuered be the Avice of the Counseile
of bothe parties xl . acres of woode wt-in the said liuelod in suche place As hit may be thought leeste hurte vnto the said
Thomas / And that hit shalle be leful vnto the said John Brow and Elsabethe his wife to felle and cary away the
said wood wt-outen̕ ony contradiccon̕ or impediment of the said Thomas or ony other in his name / And the closur and
the save keping of the spryng of the said woode to be doon̕ at the coste of the said John Brow and Elsabethe his wyfe
Jtm̕ hit is appointid that the said John Brow and Elsabeth his wife shalle deliuer or make to be delyuered immediatly vneto the
said sir willam Oldhalle whenne thay be therto deuly required by hym as in mene hande Alle maner of euidences beyng in theire
possession̕ or ony other mannes be theire deliueree concernyng or touchyng Als welle the Maner of Thornehaw as alle other
lordshippes Maners londes and tenementȝ wt the Appurtenanceȝ wiche the said Thomas Seymarke is or shal be in ony wise
enheritable too whiche said euydences the said sir willam Oldhalle to kepe and delyuer after avice and awarde to be
made be the said Arbitreurs
Jtm̕ hit is appointid that the said sir willam Oldhalle immediately vppon̕ lawfulle possession̕ hadde be the said Thomas Seymarke
or be his Assignes in the Maner Thornehaw wt the Appurtenaunces shalle paie vnto the said John Brow and Elsabethe his
wife . xl . li . of monneye
[signed: Oldhalle]