<County: Lancashire>
<Code: L0420>
<MS reference: London, Public Record Office DL 25/399>
<Text: Agreement>

*THYS INDENTURE MADE BETWIX WILLaM LORDE OF HARYNGTON@ *A-PON THE TA ParTIE *AND *ROBerT yE *ABBOT & COUENT OF *FOURNEYS APONn
yE TOTHER ParTIE BERES WITNES . y\T WHERE CERTAN VARIAUNCE HASE BENE BE-TWENE yE SAYDE PaRTYES FOR yE CLOSYNG BE-TWENE
yE DEUYSES & yE BOUNDES OF yE LANDES & TENEMENTES OF yE SAIDE *ABBOTT & *COUENT W\TIN yE TOWNE OF *DALTON . *AND yE
LANDE & TENEMENTes OF yE SAYDE LORDES W\TI%N yE TOWNE OF *LESE . THERE yE SAYDE ParTYES ARRE *AGREET IN yE MANERE & FOurME
y\T FOLOWES . y\T IS TO SAY . THAT yE SAIDE *ABBOT & CONUENT FOR THAYME & THAYRE SUCCESSOurS FOR EUerMORE . SALL MAKE *A WALL & *A
DYKE AT THAIRE WILL BE-TWYX ALL yE BOWNDES & yE DEUYSES OF yE SAYDE TOWNES . *ALSO FERRE ALS yE BOUNDES OF THAYRE
SAYDE LANDE & TENEMENTES STRETCHES W\T-OWTYNn ANY CLAYME OF COMENn OF PASTURE . TO BE MADE BE yE SAIDE WILLaM HYS
HEYRES OR ASSIGNES OR BE ANY OTHER IN THAYRE RYGHTes . *AND y\T yE SAIDE *ABBOT & *COUENT AT THAIRE AWNE COSTE SALL BE MADE
ALSO SUER yerOF TO THAYME & yAIRE SUCCESSOurS FOR EUerMORE ALS THAY MAY BE MADE BE LAWE & CONCIENCE BE yE AVYSE OF
THAYRE COUNCELL . *AND ALSO yE SAIDE *ABBOT & COUENT SALL MAKE yE SAIDE LORDE HYS HERES & ASSIGNES ALS SUER OF *A WAY
OUER yE LANDES & TENEMENTES OF yE SAIDE *ABBOTTES & COUENTES FOR ALL MAN~ OF CARIAGES TO BE MADE FRO HYS CASTELL
& MANER OF *ALDYNGHaM TO *HARRAY HEUED & AGAYNE y\T MAY BE NECESSARIE FOR HIS HOUSALDE HIS HEIRES & ASSIGNES FOR
EUerMORE ALS yE SAYDE LORDE MAY BE MADE BE LAWE & CONCIENCE BE yE AVISE OF HYS COUNSELL . *SO y\T HYS TENAUNTES
NOR THE TENAUNTES OF HYS HEIRES NOR ASSIGNES TAKE NON@ AVAYLE yerBY *AND WHAT ACTON@ BE SUET BY AYTHER OF
THE SAIDE ParTYES AGAYNS OTHER & DAMAGE yerBY RECOUERET . yE ParTYE y\T ANY SUCHE DAMAGE RECOUERES SALL RELESE
THAYME . *AND YF yE SAIDE *ABBOT & *COUENT WILL NOGHT CLOSE IN yE FOurME ABOUE REHERCET y\T THAN IT BE LEFULL TO
THE SAIDE LORDE & HYS HEIRES & ASSIGNES TO WALL & DYKE AT THAYRE WILL APONn HYS AWEN GROUNDE & BOUNDES
BE ALL yE DEUYSES ABOUE SAIDE YF THAYME LIKE IF LAWE & CONCIENCE WILL . *ALWAY ProUYDITT y\T IF yer BE ANY MAT~
TOUCHYNG yE MATERS ABOUESAYDE y\T NEDES TO BE ADDIT OR *AMYNUSET AFTER yE TREW ENTENT OF yE CONCLUSION@
BETWYX yE SAYDE ParTYES y\T THANE IT SALL BE REFOurMEDE BE yE AVISE OF HUGH *SAWELDE & *JOHN OF WRSWYKE AS
MEN INDIFERENT CHOSEN BE yE SAIDE ParTYES ALSE THAY SALL FYNDE IN THAYRE CONYNG & CONCIENCE *JN WITNES
OF WHILKE THYNGE . TO yE TO ParTYE OF THYS ENDENTURE yE SAIDE LORDE SETES yE SEALL OF HYS *ARMES *ANDE
TO ye TOTHER ParTYE OF yE SAYME ENDENTURE THE SAIDE *ABBOT & *COUENT HASE SETT yer COMUN SEALL . *GEUEN@
THE VIIJ DAY OF MARCHE yE zERE OF THE *REGNE OF KYNGes HERR~ yE SEXT AFTYR yE CONQUESTes NYENT .