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1218, Dec. 14. Suit by which Eustace son of Ralph established his rights over a mes|suage and two acres, held of Denyse Scorchebef by quit-rent of 10½d. Purchase|money, 10s.
THIS ['Hensinton' in marginal note.] Is the ffinall acorde i-made In þe Courte of owr lorde [MS. 'londe,' by a slip.] Kyng at Oxonforde, In the ȝere of þe reyne of Kyng Henry the
Sone of Kyng John the iij., in the morowe of Seynte lucie virgen, afore Richard, Bisshop of Salesburye, mathewe ffiȝt Hereberte, Raph Hareng, Water ffolioth, James of Poterne, Water de ripariis, Morice Tureville, John Wykenolte, Justices iorneying, and oþer true men of owr lorde þe Kyng þere then beyng present, betwene Eustache ffiȝt Raph, axar, and Deenys Escorchebefe, tenaunt, of j. mese and ij. acris of londe with þe pertinences In Hensynton Whereoff 'assisa of the deth of aunceturs' whas i-sumned bitwene them In the forsaide Courte: that is to say, þat þe forsaide [Deenys [Added from the Latin.] acknowledged the said mese and the said two acres of land, with the pertinences, to be the right of said Eustache: to be hold and to be had, to the same Eustache and his heirs, of the forsaid Deenys and her heirs, by the service of ten pence halfpenny to be paid yearly. And for this acknowledgement and fine and accord the foresaid Eustache gave to the foresaid Deenys x. s. of sterlings.