A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

10 (a). Universis presentes literas inspecturis vel audi|turis, Willelmus de Hopton salutem in domino; noueritis me teneri, et per presentes literas fideliter obligari, Thome Waryn de Cryssyngham in centum libris bonorum et legalium sterlingorum, pro bonis vivis mihi venditis et liberatis in villa de Noramptun, die confescionis presencium, vnde sum bene contentus, quasquidem centum libras sterlingorum predictas teneor et bona fide promitto solvere et deliberare eidem Thome vel suo certo attornato presentes literas ostendentes apud Lincolniam, infra proximos octo dies post quam presentes literas fuerunt vise et ostense sine vlteriori dilacione; et ad istam solucionem sic fideliter faciendam obligo me, heredes et executores meos; et ad maiorem hujus rei securitatem faciendam tales inueni fidejuscores subscritos, videlicet, Johannem de Snoryngs, Thoma de Rokelond, qui sigilla sua vnacum sigillo meo alternatim presentibus apposuerunt. His testibus, &c. Date apud Norampton die omnium sanctorum, anno regni regis E. tercii post conquestum tercio.

10 (b). To all pepyll [that] thys present letter behold or see, William of Hopton sent gretyng in owre lord. Know ȝe me to be hold and be thys presont letter feyth|fully to be bownd to Thomas W. of Cryssyngham in a cli. of good and lawfull mony, for qweke [folio 75b] goodes to me sold and delyueryd in the Town of Norampton, on þe day of thys present letter makynge, wer-of I am wyll content; of the wyche cli. of the forseyd

starlynges I am bownd, and be my good feyth permettyd to pay and delyuer to þe same Thomas or to hys sorteyn attornyys, thys letter schoynge, at Lyncoll with-in þe nexth viij day after the wych presont letter mad byn syn and schowyd, with-owt ony ferder delay; and on to thys payment so feythfully to be don I bynd me, my eyres and my executores. And on to the more suerte of thys thyng to be don I haue fownd thys suertys vnder wryttyn, that ys to sey, John of Snorynges, Thomas of Rockelond; the wych hyr selys to-geder hau put with my sell, alternatly, to thys present letter hau put to; be thys wetnessys, A., &c. ȝowyn at Norampton on Hallownesse day, the ȝere of the reyn of kynge E. þe iij after conquest, iij ȝere.