iiij. markes vndur þe names of þe foresaide William and diey whereof [Read 'whereof the other part is in the record-office of deeds at London, as it is alleged:' 'unde altera pars est in arch[ivis] cir[ographorum] Lond[inii], ut dicitur.'] þe oþer partie in the which of the charter of london as he saith.
The foresaide Abbot By his atturney comyth and Saith that hit is not his dede and axith day to þengyng [i.e. 'thinking,' 'diem premeditandi.'] afore, and hath in-to þe viij. daye off seynte miȝghell, et cetera. To ['ad quem diem.'] the which daye, þe fforesaide Abbot by his atturneye cometh and Saieth that he is not i-holde of þe saide dette to answere, in-asmoch as hee whas i-ffeffid of the londys and tenementes the which he holdeth þe which [were] of þe foresaide William or ['Or' = before: 'antequam.'] þe fforesaide William to ['dicto Iudeo.'] the foresaide Juye by his charter in the saide dette bounde hym-selfe: and of that he puttith hym-selfe vppon the cuntre. And the fforesaide ['predicta Iudea.'] Juee by her atturney also. And hit was i-commaundid to the schreve þat he schulde make come coram, et cetera. In the morowe of Seynte martyne xij. [[probos homines] etc.] , et cetera. By the which, et cetera. qui nullam, et cetera. at þe returne quibus daye and yere to þe which daye þe Inquisicion come not, noþer the schreve returned not [Read 'the writ': 'breve.'] . And hit was i-commaundid [i.e. to the sheriff, i.e. to hold inquiry.] , as in the oþer tyme, ffro þe daye of Seynt Hillarie In-to xv. daies; as [For 'as,' read 'and.'] þe fforesaide Abbot and Jues [Jewess: 'Iudea.'] , by there atturneys, haue þe same daye, but [unless: 'nisi.'] Robert lodeham interim, et cetera. withinne ['Infra': i.e. before.] þe which daye, afore the same Robert of lodeham, whas i-take þe Inquisicion of þe londys and tenementes aforesaide, by þe othe of Reynalde Waltham, Nicoll off Gardyn, and oþer, as it is i-schewed amonge þe Inquisicions of the terme off Seynte Hillarie returnyd, þe which sayen that þe foresaide Abbot whas i-ffeffyd of þe londys and tenementes aforesaide xl. yere and more; And ffor-asmuch as it is opyn by the Date of þe charter of iiij. markes In the which þe foresaide William to þe saide Jue whas i-holde, of þe which charter actum is 'the twesdaye nexte after þe ffest of Seynte Bartholomew in the yere of the regni regis Edwarde iijo.', That þe fforesaide Abbot whas i-ffeffyd of the londys and tenementes abovesaide or ['Or' = before: 'antequam.'] þe saide William lee blunde In the saide dette
