1345-03-10, Westminster

The like to all the sheriffs of England and to the following, to wit : The mayor and bailiffs of Berwick upon Tweed. The keeper of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne. The mayor and bailiffs of Hertelpole. The bailiffs of Jarm. The bailiffs of Whitby. The bailiffs of Scardeburgh. The bailiffs of Ravenesere. The mayor and bailiffs of Kyngeston upon Hull. The bailiffs of Barton. The bailiffs of Grymesby. The mayor and bailiffs of Boston. The bailiffs of Lenne. The bailiffs of Blakeneye. The bailiffs of Norwich. The bailiffs of Great Yarmouth. The bailiffs of Little Yarmouth. The bailiffs of Orford. The bailiffs of Baudeseye. The bailiffs of Harwich. The bailiffs of Colcestre. 3058 2 The bailiffs of Ipswich. The bailiffs of Dunwich. The mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich. The mayor and bailiffs of Dover. The mayor and bailiffs of Wynchelse. The bailiffs of Rye. The bailiffs of Hethe. The mayor and bailiffs of Hastyng. The bailiffs of Romeneye. The bailiffs of Faversham. The bailiffs of Portesmuth. The bailiffs of Seford. The bailiffs of Shorham. The bailiffs of Chichester. The mayor and bailiffs of Southampton. The bailiffs of Meleombe. The bailiffs of Weymuth. The bailiffs of Warram. The mayor and bailiffs of Exeter. The bailiffs of Fowy. The bailiffs of Dertemuth. The bailiffs of Plummuth. The bailiffs of Barnestaple. The bailiffs of Patrikstowe. The bailiffs of Bodmyn. The bailiffs of Lostwithiel. The bailiffs of Penryn. The bailiffs of Liverpol. The mayor and bailiffs of Bristoll. Edward prince of Wales. The bishop of Durham. Enrolment of indenture testifying that on Sunday after Michaelmas in the 18th year of the reign Dame Eleanor late the wife of Sir Guy Ferre granted to Sir William de Cheyny, knight, a third part of the manor of Totel which she holds in dower in co. Lincoln to hold for her life, rendering to her in the church of St. Paul, London, 25/. yearly for her life, and if she die before the completion of any of the terms of payment, William shall pay to her executors the amount of the ferm for the time when she lived, and William released to her all manner of action for trespass or waste that he might have against her by reason of the said tenements for all the time that the said third part remains in his hands, and if he fail in payment of the said ferm at any of the said terms Eleanor may re-enter the said third part. Witnesses: John de Bray, John de Hungerford, Walter de Evere, John de Somercotes, John de Anesty, William de Cherleton, John Foliot, John de Nieuport. Dated at London as aforesaid. French. Enrolment of indenture testifying that whereas Eleanor late the wife of Sir Guy Ferre has released to Sir William de Cheyny, knight, a third part of the manor of Totel, co. Lincoln, in the form aforesaid, and the better to assure the rent of 25. William has bound himself to her in 2000. by a . Parr 1. 5AT made in chancery, to be paid at Michaelmas next in St Paul's London, Eleanor grants that if William pay the said rent of 25/. her according to the terms of the indenture thereupon, then the recogshall be null and void. [Witnesses as above. Dated at London 9 March 19, Edward III. French.