Bradeburn (in Derbyshire).
O. Xti fidelibus hoc p' scriptum visuris vel audituris' Henricus, filius
Roberti de Tydiswell salutem in Domino, "Noverit universitas vestra me
cartam domini prioris et conventus de Trentham de terra suâ de Bradeburn
sub hac formâ ab eis in me et heredibus meis recepisse," universis S. matris
ecclesie filiis ad quos p' scriptum pervenerit' Frater Rogerus dictus Prior de
Trentham et ejusdem loci humilis conventus sal' in Domino' Noverit univ'
vestra nos dedisse, &c., Henrico filio Roberti de Tytewell (sic) pro homagio
et servicio suo totam terram nostram de Bradeburn, (fn. 1) cum omnibus
pertinentiis et libertatibus et aziamentis, &c., infra villam et extra illam
scilicet terram quam Jhordanus de Thoc nobis dedit. Habend' et tenend
sibi et heredibus suis de nobis et successoribus nostris in perpetuum
reddendo ille et heredes sui nobis et successoribus nostris viginti solidos
argenti per annum. Apud Trentham, videlicet ad festum S. Michaelis
decem solidos, et ad festum, &c. [power to distrain, if the rent was not paid,
being reserved, warranty and seal]. Hiis testibus, Henrico de Esseburne
domino de Bradeburn, Stephano de Yrton, Henrico de Mapilton, Symone de
Clifton, Roberto de Caldewell, Galfrido de Coknage, Willielmo de Lylleshull,
Ricardo Dymer, et aliis. [The seal is oval, a bird in the centre, surrounded
by the inscription "Henri de Tidiswell."]
Grant from Nicholas, miller of Trentham, to John his eldest son, of a
messuage with curtilage and buildings in Trentham, which he had of the
gift of Richard Cope of Newcastle-under-Lyne, lying, in width, between the
mill-waye on one side, and the holding that was William de Lalfull's on
the other, and stretching, in length, from the high road to the place of the
grange of William de Lalfull; to hold of the chief lords of the fee freely, &c.
[warranty and seal]. H. T. William de Chetwynd, Ralph Burgullon, Simon
Griffin, Thomas le Demur, John de Aston, Robert the Baker. At Trentham,
the Thursday next after the Feast of the Purification. 12 Ed. II. (1319
A. D.)
Tenore presentium nos prior et conventus domûs sive monasterii B Marie
et om' sanctorum de Trentham in Coven' et Lichf' Dioc', ordinis Sancti
Augustini, collectores secunde medietatis subsidii domino regi in ultimo
prelatum et cleric' convocatione concessi, prebendam de Codesall', propter
non solucionem subsidii hujus, ecclesiastico supponimus interdicto Inhibentes
ne quis in eâdem prebendâ divina quoque modo celebrare presumat sub penâ
juris, donec et quousque subsidium, &c., plenarie fuerit satisfactum. Datum
sub sigillo quo in hac parte fungimus, primo die mensis Junii. A. D.
milessimo quingent quinto. (1505 A.D.) (fn. 2)
An agreement between Robert, Prior of Trentham and convent, and
William Whitehurst of Toftes, done at the Chapter House of Trentham on
the 10th day of November, 1526. [The seal is about 3½ inches long, oval,
and bearing, apparently, a figure seated on a stool. The head has unluckily
been broken off. B.V.M.]