1441-02-12, Westminster

Commitment to William Garth and William Hoton esquire, by mainprise of John Swynburn of London, gentilman, and William Laweson of London, gentilman, of the keeping of a third part of the town of Edlyngeham, a third part of a third part of the town of Lameton, a third part of 2s. of the free farm of William Bedenham issuing from his lands in Lameton, a third part of a free farm of 13d. issuing from the lands of John Whelpdale in Lameton, a third part of 2s. 6d. of free farm in the town of Bolton, a third part of a third part of the town of Neweton, a third part of a tenement in the town of Thirston, a third part of the manor of Nafirton Halle, and a third part of the town of Nafirton Halle, co. Northumberland ; to hold the same from the time of the death of John Hastynges, knight, tenant in chief of the king, until the feast of All Saints next, according to the form . 185 the statute published in the Parliament held at Westminster Henry VI, in order that it may be decided in the mean time the said third parts ought of right to belong to the king to the said William Garth and William Hoton ; provided that answer at the Exchequer for the issues taken therefrom, if shall be adjudged to the king, and keep the said third parts the mean time without waste and destruction.