IX.
Charter in the custody of the Town Clerk. 20 February 1400.
Henricus dei gracia Rex Anglie & ffrancie & dominus Hibernie
Omnibus ad quos presentes litere peruenerint salutem Inspeximus
cartam domini Edwardi nuper Regis Anglie Aui nostri factam in
hec verba [Hic sequitur prout in carta originali.] Nos autem
concessionem & confirmacionem predictas ratas habentes et gratas
eas pro nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est acceptamus
approbamus ac nunc Burgensibus & hominibus dicte ville de Kerdyf &
eorum successoribus concedimus & confirmamus sicut carte predicte
racionabiliter testantur & prout ipsi & eorum antecessores libertatibus
& quietanciis illis hactenus racionabiliter vsi sunt & gauisi In cuius
rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes Teste me
ipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo die ffebruarij anno regni nostri
secundo.
Pro duabs marcis solut. in hanap'io. Waker.
Exe p. Johem. Wakeryng & Johem. ffrank cl'icos.
Endorsed:—"Confirmac'o Henrici Rgs.'
Note.—Seal missing. Cords of green and crimson silk. This Charter is in
good condition.
[Translation.]
Henry, by the grace of God King of England and France, and
Lord of Ireland, unto all to whom the present letters shall come,
greeting. We have inspected the Charter of the Lord Edward,
formerly King of England, Our grandfather, made in these words:
[Here follows as in the original Charter.] Now We, ratifying and
allowing the grant and confirmation aforesaid, do for Us and Our
heirs, as much as in Us lies, accept and approve and now do grant
and confirm them unto the Burgesses and men of the said Vill of
Kerdyf and their successors, as the aforesaid Charters reasonably
testify, and as they and their predecessors have heretofore reasonably
used and enjoyed those liberties and quittances. In witness whereof
We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Witness
Myself at Westminster, on the twentieth day of February in the
second year of Our reign [1400.]