102 THE RHYMED CHRONICLE OF JOHN HARESTAFFE. 



The Lane so term'd, y e Ridd, & y' they call 

 Longe Close at Derby Lane to theim befall : 

 And for all these he did appoint y l they 

 One shillinge yearly for their rent should pay. 



John Parkes. 

 John Parkes y e Bayliffe of his husbandrie 

 Who serv'd him longe and lived thriftlie. 

 Two Tenements in Waldley did possesse, 

 But for what terme I cannot well expresse : 

 Which he inlarged then to foure-score yeares, 

 Reservinge but th' old rent unto the heires. 



Thomas Stoke. 

 Olde Thomas Stoke of Hylton as befell, 

 This tyme of sicknes did attend him well, 

 And well it hapt for him he there attended, 

 Whereby ere long his state was well amended. 

 For by y e declaration it appeares 

 That for three lyves or one and twentie yeares 

 His Tenem 1 in Hylton he should have, 

 And for lyke terme to him he also gave 

 A Close in Essington, Bursnaps by name 

 Yealdinge y e auncient rents due for y e same. 



Michaell Heape. John Sault. Vernon Turton. 



Four poundes a yeare to Michaell Heape he gave : 



And will'd John Sault fyve marks should yearly have. 



To Vernon Turton who his name did beare, 



He fourtie shillings did appoint by yeare : 



And will'd these pensions be to theim made sure, 



That for their sev r all lyves they might endure. 



Divers Servants. 



He will'd there should be paid within a yeare, 

 To div r s servants as enseweth here : 



