<County: Yorkshire West Riding>
<Code: L1245>
<MS reference: Bradford Central Library, WPB 5/18>
<Text: Lease>


Thys indentur indentyd ye x day of ye Moyn februar~ in ye 3er~ of ye reng of kyng~ har~ vij after þe conquest ye xij be-twyx
Mergret latte ye wyfe of Ric~ haryson & will hyr~ son~ of ye on party & Ric Brathwayt of ye kerhows of
ye oder parte wyttnessys~ yat ye sayd Mergret & will hase granted & latyn to ferme to ye sayd Ric~ thar~ tenament
in menston~ wt al ye appertynens wt-in ye townschyp of menston~ except~ on percele cald ye
heghe heed-yng<?> to hald & to ocupy vnto ye tym be yat ytt plese ye sayd mergret or will to go
tyll hytt yam-selfe queder so pleses~ payng~ 3erly to ye sayd Mergret or Will or yar assenys xiij s~ iiij d
of lawful Mone at ij tyms~ of ye 3er at Mertynmese & pent~ by euen porcons also ye sayd Ric~
Brathwayt grantes to mak ye howses~ tenand-abyll & so to lefe yam at ye hend of hys terme & yf
so be yat ye sayd Mergret or Will plese to go tyll hytt to dwell then~ yai to gyf to ye sayd Ric
on~ hole 3er~ warnyng & then~ hee to voyd peesably thes~ conandes to be fulfyld ye pertys~ aforsayd
enterchayngeably hase put yar seales to ye pertes of yes indenturs~