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and his heirs or his assigns freely quietly well and in peace of the 

 chief lords of that fee by the services thence due and accustomed 

 for ever And I the aforesaid Radulph and my heirs the aforesaid 

 tenements with all their appurtenances to the aforesaid Ranulph 

 son of Henry and his heirs or his assigns against all nations will 

 warrant for ever In testimony whereof to this my present charter 

 my seal I have affixed These being witnesses Ranulph son of 

 Ranulph de Alsop Henry son of Robert de Alsop Henry Parfey 

 de Fennibentileye [Fenny Bentley] Henry son of Radulph de 

 Eyton Robert le Mareschal of the same and others Given at 

 Alsop on Sunday next before the feast of the Invention of the 

 Holy Cross In the sixth year of the reign of King Edward son of 

 King Edward. 



Inscription on seal : Seal of Radulph de Alsop. 



Endorsements : Concerning the third part of one messuage two 

 acres and one half [acre] and one rood of land. Alsop Allsopp. 



NOTES. 



Size of membrane, 5 inches deep, 9^2 wide. 



Round seal of dark green wax, perfect, on a label. Device a lion dormant. 

 Inscription, perfectly legible : S. Radulphi de Alsop. 



Launde. — Probably Launde in Leicestershire. 



Oldeofene. — Ofen, Anglo-Saxon for oven. A public oven was part of the 

 feudal system in manors. The lord monopolised the privilege of baking his 

 tenants' bread at the common oven, which was a source of revenue. 



Parfey. — Qy Purefey, v. Burton's Leicestershire, Dugdale's Warwickshire. 



Eyton. — Eaton, a member of Alsop-en-le-Dale. The township is now called 

 Eaton and Alsop. 



Le Mareschal v. Camden's Brit, (confer Index.) 



The Invention of the Cross is 3rd May. Date 1313. 



No. 17. Hec indent'a fta die lune px post festu sci hillaranno r r 

 Rici scdi post conquestu XV° int Willm de Kynardesey ex una pte 

 t Willm de Dethek milit ex alta pte testat qd pdts Wills de 

 Kynardesey dedit ccessit t hac psent carta sua cofirmavit pdcto 

 Willo de Dethek hedibs t assignats suis manu suu de le lee cu oibs 

 ptin t appendiciis suis t cu oibs aliis tris ten rdditibs svits que het 

 vel huit i Schokthorn Wetecroft Plastowe Wakebrug t Holewaus 



