County: Northamptonshire
Code: D4212
Reference: Northampton, Northamptonshire Archives Services: Fermor Hesketh MTD/D/1/4
Function: Agreement
This endenture made at Toucestr̕ the . xv . day of Julij . the yere of kyng Herry the sixte the xxix . yere be-twix Willia̕ Ekton & Agnes his wif of
Toucestr̕ before-seide on the on partye . And Thomas Ektonn the sonn of the forsaid willia̕ of the same towne on the othir partye . berithe witnesse That
the forsaid Thomas shal haue a Mese wt a gardeyn̕ lying in the nethir ende of Toucestr̕ above-seide . wt . ij . acres of lond in the feldis of Burcote
as it specifiethe in a dede of feffement . to the forseid Thoas his eyris & Assignes for-euermore . & for this entent . That the forsaid Thoas shal fynde the
seide william & Agnes during her lives . that is to sey . mete & drynk competent for her persones . Also yerly a cartfulle of wode . & a . C . of barkers turves .
during the lives before-seide . Also yerly to the forseid willia̕ & Agnes . ij . yerdis of brode wollyn clothe . soche as the seide Thoas werithe hym-
self . to the reparacion of her bodyes . Also the makyng of the same . ij . yerdis . to her vse & plesaunce to be payed be the seide Thoas on his owne costes
Also yerly to the seide willia̕ & Agnes . ij . payre hosyn convenient to her degreis . Also euery . ij . yere during the lif of the seide willia̕ to haue . iij .
payre of lynnen clothes to his were . if it be nedefulle . Also yerly to the seid Agnes during her lif a smok . Also the forseide Thoas shal fynde
the seide willia̕ & Agnes shone competent at her nede to kepe hem drye shode . during the lives before-seide . Also the forseide Thoas shal wyntre
and kepe vj . shepe yerli of the seid willia̕ & Agnes during the lives before-seide . and alle the profites of the seide shepe . that is to sey their̕ owne
bodyes . wt her lambes . to be reserved to the profytes of the seid willia̕ & Agnes . and the wol to be made in clothe to the subsidy of the . ij . yerdis
of clothe aboue-seide . for the forseid wiillia̕ & Agnes . Also in the tyme of folding of the forseid . ij . acres of lond yerly of these same vj . shepe .
the seide Thoas shal haue hem whan he likethe wtout interrupcion to the moking of the seide lond . during the terme aboue seide . . And to these
covenauntes above-seide wele & truly & feithfully to be obserued & kept . J willia̕ Ekton̕ & Agnes my wif geve to the seide Thomas his eyres
& his assigneis the Mese wt the gardeyn̕ & the . ij . acres of lond before-seid for-euermore . And if the forsaide Thoas travarse or go fro ony of
these covenauntes above-seide . that than the forsaide Thoas his eyris or his assigneis shal forfete be covenaunt to the seide willia̕ & Agnes
x . li of laweful money of englond . Jnto whiche wytnes to these present endentures eche of the partyes haue set to her seallys The date
of the day . the yere . and the place above-seide These to wytnesse . william Chacombe . Richard Salford . Robert Gregory . william
Chapman . John warde . John Ekton̕ . Richard Haddonn . and many other . ⸫