*SIR *JOHN DARCY KNYGHT ENHerITE OF CERTAYN LANDES WITHIN YE BISSHOPRIKE OF DUREM I%N TAILL TO HAUE TO HYM AND TO HE HEIRES OF HIS BODY LAWFULLY GETENn AND OF OTHIR CERTAYN LANDES IN Y\E *COUNTEE OF *LINCOLN IN THE SAME FOURME THE WHILK DIED FEFFET & SESIT & HAD ISSUE OF HIS BODY *ROBERT DARCY AND IIIJ . DOUGHTIRS EFTIR WHAS DECESE THE SAID *ROBerT AS ND HEIR~ STODE POSSESSI%T OF . ALL YA LANDES MANY zERES . *AND SYNE HE ENFEFFIT Sir *ROBerT VMFRAUILLE AND Oyer PerSONES I%N LE I%N ALL yE SAME LANDES ALS+WELE IN yE BISSHOPRIKE AS I%N LINCOLNSCHIR~ TO THAI%M & TO THAIR~ HEIRES & TO THAIR~ T GAYNSTANDYNG yE TAILL BEFORE SAIDE AND HIS ENTENT NOYTHIR SPOKEN EXPreSSIT NOR WRITEN NOR IN ONY MANER LY BETWENE GOD & HYM . *AND FRA yAT DAY FURTHWARD NOGHT GAYNSTANDYNG~ yAT ENFEFFEMENT SO MADE < cropped>YSET ALL yE SAME LANDES TIL HE WAS DEDE & TOKE ALL yE ProFITES & HELDE y\E COURTES & DID yE SerUICE OF THAYME ACUSTUMES . *AND yE MONONDAY BEFOR~ HIS DEDE < cropped>E DIED ON y WEDNESDAY . NEXT WAS A DEUYSE MADE VNDR~ THE SEEL OF HIS *ARMES LYAND I%N HIS PASSIONS OF DEDE EUYLL OF WHILK HE DIED *AND WHEyer IT WAS HIS CONSENT OR NANE IT IS VNKNAWEN BOT ON HIS DEDE BED IT WAS MADE AS HIS WIFE GraUNTES THE WHILK *ROBERT DIED yAN FORTHWITH WITH-OUTEN ISSUE OF HIS BODY WHARFOR~ THE RYGHT & yE HERITAGE OF yE SAIDE LANDES DESCENDIT TO DAME *ELIzABETH PERSHAY SISTer OF yE SAIDE *ROBerT & TO *JOHN OF HEDWORTH HIR SISTerSONn *ROULAND *DARCY HIR OTHIR SISTer SONn & TO *ANNEYS OF *NEUTONn HIR OTHIR SISTer DOUGHTIR . & HEIR~ AS COHEIRES & PerCEUerS DESCENDIT LAWFULLY OF yE BODY OF y\E SAID *Sir *JOHN DARCY / / *NEUerTHELES FORTHWITH EFTer y\E DECESSE OF y\E SAID *ROBerT DARCY *MARGRET DARCY HIS WIFE OCCUPIET y\E LANDES & zIT DOSE SHEWYNG~ THE FORSAIDE DEUYSE OF HIR SAIDE HUSBAND MAKAND MENCI%OUn yAT I%T I%S AND WAS HIS LAST WILL y\T SHO SALL SELL yE LANDES AND DISPONE THAYM FOR HIS SAULE AND HIS DETTES BE yE VerTUE OF THE WHILK DEUYSE SHO ASKES OF yE ENFEFFES TO ENFEFFE HIR . yAT SHO MAY FULFILL yAT DEUYSE . *THE WHILK ENFEFFES WITH# STANDES IT & WILL NOGHT ENFEFFE HIR NOR SELL yE LANDES EFTer yAT DEUYSE BECAUSE y\T yE SAIDE DEUYSE WAS MADE SO LATE < cropped> HIS DEYNG *AND IN HIS PASSIONS OF DEDE EUYLL OF WHILK HE DIED THAY HAUYNG NA KNAWLECHE OF IT BEFORE HE WAS DEDE *CONSIDERIT y\T SHO HADE & zIT HASE y\E SEELE OF HIS ARMES TO MAKE WHAT SHE WALDE / / *AND ALSO CONSIDERIT TO yE VNTROWTH & GRETE MALI%CE OF HIR . y\T SHO FEYNED HIR WITH *CHILDE WITH HIR HUSBAND EFTer HI%S DEDE TIL SHO HAD SELLIT & WASTED y\E WODDE & y\E TREI%S & yerVPON GETE A NOTHIR WOMANS CHILDE & CALLED HIRS & HIR HUSBANDes TIL HAUE DISHERITE THAIM OTHIR-WYSE PLOYNYNG & WITHDRAWYNG THE SAIDE TAILLES SO y\T THAI% HAUE NOGHT y\E TAILLES TO RECOUerE WITH yAIR~ LANDES *AND NOW SHO CLAYMES THE LANDES I%N yE BISSOPRIKE TO BE HIR IOYNT ESTATE GEUEN HIR AT HIR MARI%AGE BE HIR HUSBANDES ENFEFFES LANGE BEFORE THE FEFFEMENT MADE TO Sir *ROBerT VMFRAUILL ALS WELE AS BE THE SAID DEUYSE & ENFEFFEMENT TO Sir *ROBerT VI%NFRANILL & HIS FELOWS NOzT GAYNSTANDYNG y\T THE PRIOUR OF DUREM AND DAME *ELIANORE *TEMPEST *WILLIAM LANCTONn & *NICHOLAS *TURPYN SQUI%ERS HASE SENE y\E TAILLES . *AND ALSO WHO GraUNTES HIR-SELF BEFORE Sir *ROBERT VMFRAUILLE & MANY OTHIR y\T yAI ER TAILLED *AND ANENTz THE SAIDE LANDES IN LINCOLNSCHIR~ SHO CLAYMES TO HAUE THAI%M IN FEE SIMPLE TO SELL THAIM AS IS BEFORE SAIDE EFTer yE SAIDE DEUYSE NOGHT GAYNSTANDYNG~ y\T HIR SAID HUSBAND EFTer y\T ENFEFFEMENT SO MADE TO Sir *ROBerT VM=# FRAUILL RAYSED y\E ProFITz TIL HIS DED DAY AND NA DEUYSE MADE BOT ON HIS DEDE BED HOW yE ENFEFFES SHULDE DO *FIRST IT IS TO WETE OF HIS COUNSELL WHETHIR IT IS TIL PurSEW AD DIEM CLAUSIT EXTREMUm IN LINCOLNSCHIR~ & A NOTHIR I%N yE BISCHOPRIK OF THE LANDES BEFORESAIDE TO yAT ENTENT TIL ProUE THAIM HEIRES & THER-VPON TO HAUE LYUERE BE WRyTTE *OR ELLES AN ASSISE OF *MORTDAUnCESTR~ AND TO CLAYME yAIM AS FEE SIMPLE IN ALS MYKYLL AS *ROBerT DARCY HELDE POSSESSIOUn EFTIR y\E FEFFEMENT FORSAIDE TIL HIS LAST DAY SEN y\E TAILLES MAY NOGHT BE GETENn / / *AND yAT WRYT OF MORTDAUNCESTR~ TO BE PurSEWED AGAYN y\E ENFEFFES FOR yAI MAY MAKE DEFAUTE EFTer DEFAUTE OR ELLES OTHIR FAYNT PLEE WHARTHURGH yAI MAY RECOUER SEISI%NE AGAYNE y\E FEFFES & yerON HAUE LYUerE *AND I%N yAT CAS IT IS TO WETE GIF *MARGRET DARCY MAY OGHT SAUE HIR RYGHT BECAUSE OF y\E DEUI%SE SEN y\T yE STATUT WILL GIF TENaNT OF TERME OF LYFE IN DOWER~ OR BE CURTASY WALDE MAKE DEFAUTE EFTer DEFAUTE OR PLEDE FAYNTLY y\T HE IN THE REUerCIOUn SHAL BE RESSAYUIT TO SAUE HIS RYGHT BEFORE I%UGEMENT GIF HE WILL COmME ITeM IT IS TO WETE GIF IT WER~ ProFITABLE TO PurSEW AGAYN yE ENFEFFES AND HI%R OR BETTer PurSEWE OR AGAYN y\E FEFFES OR AGAYN HI%R BE A WRITTE OF *FOURMEDOUn I%N DESCENDRE . *SEN y\T THAI% ER HEIRES I%N DESCENDR~ LAWFULLY GETENn OF yE BODY OF Sir *JOHN DARCY FORSAYD AND GIF THAI SHALL BE RESSAYUIT TO A VERR~ THAT yE LANDES ER TAILLED TO THAIM / SEN THAI% BENE HEIRES I%N DESCENDR~ NOGHT GAYNSTANDAND y\T THAI HAUE NOGHT THE TAILLES TO SCHEWE ITeM WHETHI%R THE HEI%RES MAY ENTRE VPON HIR & ON yE FEFFES OR NOGHT WITH-OUTE Oyer ProCESSE & yAIR~ ENTREE CONGEALLE BE LAWE OR NOGHT ITeM TO WETE WHEyer *ROULAND MAY PurSEWE I%N HIS NAME & IN ALL HIS PerCEUerS NAME THE WRYTT OR NOGHT WHETHIR y\E REMANaNT OF HI%S PerCEUerS WILL OR NOGHT CONSIDERIT y\T THAI% WILL NOGHT ACCORDE THAYM TO PurSEWE TO GADR~ FOR I%T HASE BENE SENE y\T WHAR~ A PerCEUer HASE ENTRED & HALD POSSESSIOUn FRA HIS OTHIR PerCEUerS *AND THAI% HAUE PurSEWED HIM WHETHIR HE WALD OR NOGHT NAMAND HIM I%N THAIR WRITT BATHE PLAYNTIF WITH THAI%M & DEFENDANT AGAYN THAIM AND HASE RECOUerED THAIR~ ParTES AGAYN HYM ITeM ALL THIS AT IS SAID IN REMEDIE ABOUE IS BOT QUESTIOUn & MOCIOUn IN THIS MATer TO BETTer COUNSAIL FOR HE IS FULL SYMPLE OF KONNYNG TO GEFE COUNSAIL IN THIS CASE y\T WRATE IT / *AND yerFORE IT IS TO SE BE ADUIS OF GUD COUNSAIL & WISE MEN WITHHALDEN I%N yIS MATI%ER GIF ANY OF THIR BE HELPLY & ELLES TO TAKE A BETTer PurSUITE y\T MAY HAUE GUD FI%N FOR 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