mesuagium nuper habuimus ex dono et feoffamento Iohannis Sadelere de Walden |
messuage [indeed] we had lately by the gift and feoffment of John Sadler of Walden |
habendi et tenendi predicta mesuagium et curtilagium cum omnibus pertinenciis suis |
to have and to hold the aforesaid messuage and courtyard with all its appurtenances |
predictis Willelmo Roberto Iohanni Hunte Rogero Iohanni Howlot nicholao et Johanni Ade heredibus |
to the aforesaid William, Robert, John Hunt, Roger, John Howlot, Nicholas, and John Adam, their heirs |
et eorum assignatis De Capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita et de |
and their assigns, of the chief lords of that fee by the services thence owed and by |
iure consueta In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti carte sigilla nostra apposuimus |
right accustomed. In witness *whereof we have affixed our seals to this present charter *['of which thing'] |
Hiis testibus Johanne Sutton Willelmo Prentys Simone Adam |
these being witnesses: John Sutton, William Prentice, Simon Adam, |
Simone Pepyr Johanne Saman et aliis Data apud Walden nono die Aprilis |
Simon Pepper, John Saman, and others. Given at Walden on the ninth day of April |
Anno regni Regis Henrici quarta post conquestum secundo -- |
in the second year of the reign of King Henry, the Fourth after the Conquest. |
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