*KNOWEN@ BE HIT TO ALL MEN@ THAT FOR AS MECHE AS ONE *JOHN@ *ROPPE OFF CHESTR~-*SHIR~ GENTELMAN@ PRETENDITH TO HAUE A RYGHT TYTLE AND ASTATE BY *JOHN@ MEUerELL OFF WOLUerNEHAMPTON@ *SQUYER~ OF ParCELL OFF THE *MANer OF *STAPLEY IN THE SAID *COUNTEE . OF *CHESTR~ WHERFORE WE WILLaM LEUESON~ AND *JAMES LEUESON@ *SQUYERS WILLaM *SALFORD AND *NICHOLAS LEUESON~ *GENTILMEN@ *ROBerT LYNE AND *THOM@ *PYM~ PRESTes *RAYNALD *TOLLE *NICHUS *VNDERHYLL *JOHN~ *FYSSHER~ *JOHN~ *NEWPORT WILLaM *COOK *JOHN~ *CLERK *JOHN~ *SKRYVEN~ WILLaM *TAYLOur *HENR~ *GRASSELEY AND WILLM~ LORETTes SAY EXPRESSELY AS THE SAID *JOHN@ MEUerELL SAYD IN HIS LAST DAYES AND ^AT ALL TYMES SAID IN HIS LYUE THAT HE NEUer ENFEFFED NE RELESSCHED NE SEALLED NO MANER~ OF WRYTING~ TO THE SAYD *JOHN~ *ROOPE . OFF NO ParCELL OF THE SAID *MANerE OF *STAPELEY . SAFF ONELY AN~ *JNDENTUR~ OFF THE WHICH THE SAID *JOHN~ *ROOPE TOKE ParCELL OF THE SAID *JOHN~ *MEUerELL ParTE OF THE SAID *MANer OF *STAPELEY . TO TERME OF YERES AS HIT APERETH BY THE *JNDENTUR~ *AND THE SAID *JOHN~ *MEUerELL SAID HE WAS NEUer HOLDON~ TO HYM~ ALL YFF THEY WERE *COSYNS *FOR HIS LYUELOD OFF THE SAID *STAPELEY WES SORE DISTRESSED WASTED AND ANEYNTISED BY THE MENES OF THE SAID *JOHN~ *ROOPE AND HIS EVILL WILL / *JNTO THE WYTNES OF THIS OUR~ RECORD TESTYMONYALL WE HAUE PUT TO OUR~ SEALLES WRYTON~ AT WOLLUerNEHAMPTON~ ON~ *FRYDAY NEXT AFTur THE *FEST OF THE *NATI%UITE OF OUR~ LADY . THE YERE OF OUR~ SOUerAYNE LORD THE KYNG~ HENR~ THE SEXT AFTur THE CONQUEST . XXV .