42 



^ ileasc of ISrattsljabJ l^aU ${: Hautrs, in 



Itctt ot a 512atU, from SSaaUam Bvatrs!)aU)e 



to j^twx^ Ijis son $i^ Ijciv— 1478, 



By Charles E. B. Bowles. 



{jFrom the original in his possession.) 



|HIS endentur made on y" Tusdey next aftur y* 

 Assuption of owre Lade y^ xvuj zere of y*" reyne 

 of Kyge Eduard y* nij'" betwene Will Bradesha"' 

 of ye Bradesha on ye ton p'tye (one part) 

 & Hare Bradeshaf y'' son of ye sede Will on y" tod"^ 

 (other) p'tye Witnesse y' (that) ye seyde Will has set to 

 ferme to y seyde Hare his place calde ye Bradesha and 

 all y" lade (land) and meydo with y^ apurtenances logyg 

 yerto (belonging thereto) except a Wode calde y^ greyve 

 croftej unto y^ Terme of xxi zere frely to occupy to his 

 moste advanteghc peyng yer for yerly xxs durynge y" terme 

 aforseyde at ij tymes in y® zere yat is to wit at ye fest of 

 Synt John Baptiste and at y" fest of Synt Marten in Wyntur be 

 even porcions or wit in (within) x deys aftur & ye seyde Hare 

 to pey y^ Kyge his dute for y"' whole lyuelode (livelode = 

 income) and also y^ seyde Hare shall fynde & suffyshundely 

 (sufficiently) kepe his mod"' (mother) at things to hyr necessare 



, * William was the son of John de Bradshawe. He died 1483 {Reliquary 

 viii., p. 236). 



t Henry Bradshaw died 1523 (see his will, Reliquary, April, 1S90). 



X " The Greyve Croft " still forms a portion of the Bradshaw Lands in 

 my possession. 



