<County: Lancashire>
<Code: L0308>
<MS reference: London, BL Add. Charter 52290>
<Text: Award>


To all the faithefull men of Crist to the queche this presentes letres commen Laurence of Saludassh swyer Steward to william lord louell & of holand & sendendes gretyng in our~ lord euer
lastyng . For as muche as hit is meritorie to bere wittenes in trewth & specially ther as any wrong shuld be putte or don@ to any personn and in as muche as ther was certeyns variaunce &
desbates mouet & had bytwen william Jrlond opon@ yt on partie And william laghok opon@ that other partie astonihyng certeyns bondes & Meers of certeyns londes & tennt3 cald hale
Snape & the Thornyheued be-syde ye douse in ye ton@ of halewode And also of a certeyn parcell of lond cald the Curtulage liyng at the Thoxnyheued bytwen the feld & the Orcherd
place of ye said william laghok of ye queche variaunce & desbates the said parties werne putte in the ordenaunce dome & arbiterement of me the said laurence wherof J herd by gode
deliberacon@ all man~ chalanges vnswares ryghts & claymes & evidence of bothe the said parties and also J toke evidence & enformacon@ by the Assent & agrement of ye said parties of
xvj of ye eldest & most indifferent tenaunt3 of ye said lorde wt-Jn ye said ton@ of halewode the queche werne Sworne opon@ a+boke to make trew enformacon@ therof And ther hit
was enfourmet me faithefulle by the eldest of ye said tenaunt3 als thai shuld vnsware to god & by the othes yt thai hadden ouade that the Meers & the boundes bytwene the lond of ye
said parties was fro the way of the portway into the water of Rompsbroke And fro the+then streght in-to ye heghway & so in-to a feld cald Hale Maynes & so suyng the arday lond
of a feld cald the iij acre in-to Cuntlache And so suyng Cuntlache in-to ye way of ye portway the queche is the furst diuise And also that all the dyches & the holych & the coppe of
all the dyches & yt all the pyttes also of all the londes & tennt3 of ye said william laghok enjoynand to any londes & tent3 of ye said william Jrlond arne of ye londes & free
hold of ye said william laghok and also yt the said Curtulage as of ye lond & heritage of ye said william laghok And at quat tyme J the said laurence herd the eldest of ye said tenaunt3
take so grete charge opon@ thai@ J tretet bytwen the said parties & ordeignet by thair assent that the said william Jrlond shuld haue the said Curtulage be-cause hit legh so
muche in his eise And that the said william laghok shuld haue als muche lond in his eise in ˆ [ye] est end of ye feld of ye said william Jrlond ˆ [&] to als muche valewe And that by way
of eschaunge & on non@ other maner And be-cause ther was no counsell negh in cuntre to make vp myn awarde ˆ [&] the sewrtes bytwen the said parties therfore the said parties werne
agreet & ensewret to stond stylle in myn ordenaunce & do me vn-to suche tyme as ˆ [t] J myght take counsell to make end ther-of before queche tyme the said william Jrlond deet
And thus was this mater rewlet & gouernet Jn wittenes of the queche thyng to this present3 letres J haue sette my seall Gyffen at Standissh the xij day of Septembre
Jn the 3ere of the renyng of kyng harre the sext aftur the conquest the fyfetenet the fyftenet <the first 'the fyfetenet' is left under the cut for the seal binding, and is probably therefore rewritten>