And after the forsaid vj. yere fully complete, fro thens-forth, euery yere folowyng, yeldyng yerely to the forsaid Anneys and to her successours x. marke of siluer, that is to sey, at the fest of seynt Mighell the archaungell and the Annunciacioun of oure lady by even porcions; And do, for the forsaid Anneys and her successours, thurgh all the terme abouesaid, to the chief lordis of that fee, all seruyce dew therof and I-wonyd of right, and all other ordenary burdons and extra-ordinarie longyng to the said mese and lond in ony maner wise, out-take homages, and truly to be done whan they happen. And, yf the forsaid rent were behynd at ony tyme I-sette by ij. monthes, then-forth hit shold be lawfull to the forsaid Anneys and to her successours to entre in the forsaid tenementis and to reteyne tho tenementis in full and pesible possession, without agayn-saiyng of the forsaid sir william [his] heires or his executours or ony other who-so-ever they be. And the forsaid sir william [his] heires and his executours shold susteyne wele and competently all the houses of the said mese, as in coveryng and tymbre, duryng the terme abouesaid, with his owne costis, and shold surrendure them in al so good a state as they resceived hem or better. And hit shold not be lawfull to the same sir william [his] heires or to his executours to cast downe ony treys, noþere to make wast, sellyng or dis|troiyng, with-in the terme abouesaid, but for housebote. And the forsaid Anneys and her successours shold warantiȝe and defende the forsaid mese and lond, with all and everich ther pertynentis, as hit is aboue I-put, to the forsaid sir william, vnto the ende of the terme of the forsaid xl. yere fully and holy I-completid, ayenst all peple. In-to witnesse of the whiche, they put there seales to ther parties of ther endentures, & cetera. The date at Godestowe, the wedensday in the morne of holy rode day I-called the Exaltacion, the xxiiijti yere of the reigne of kyng Edward the thirde after the conquest and the xj. yere of his reigne of Fraunce.
1350, Sept. 15. Inventory of the subjects in|cluded in the pre|ceding lease: description of the buildings of the messuage; list of free tenants, holding their land by quit|rents, and suit to court; list of serfs, holding their land by rent, aid, custom|ary works and gifts; list of the meadows.
THIS endenture, I-made at Godestowe, the wedensday in the morow of the Exaltacion of the holy crosse, the xxiiij. yere of
