Grant of Land - William Balle to William Hyckes and Thomas Hore of Charlton Kings - 23 June 1477

Sciant p[re]sentes et futuri
Q[uo]d Ego Will[ielmu]s Balle de Chorlton Regis filius et heres Joh[ann]is Balle de eadem dedi concessi et hac p[re]senti carta mea confirmavi
Will[iel]mo Hyckes et Thome Hore
Unu[m] mesuagiu[m] et unam Carucata[m] t[er]re cu[m] suis p[er]tin[entiis] in Chorlton p[re]dict[o] situat[a] int[er] terra[m] Johanne Cole et t[er]ram Joh[ann]is Gorle
H[ab]end[um] et tenend[um] p[re]d[i]c[tu]m mesuagiu[m] et Carucat[am] t[er]re cum suis p[er]tin[entiis] p[re]fatis Will[ielm]o Hyckes et Thome hered[ibus] et assignat[is] suis de capitalib[us] d[omi]nis feod[orum] ill[orum] p[er] s[er]vicia inde debita et de iure consuet[a] imp[er]petuu[m]
Et ego vero p[re]d[i]c[t]us Will[ielmu]s Balle et hered[es] mei p[re]d[i]c[tu]m mes[uagium] et Carucatam t[er]re cu[m] suis p[er]tin[entiis] p[re]fatis Will[ielm]o Hyckes et Thome hered[ibus] et assign[atis] suis cont[ra] om[n]es gent[es] warantizabimus et defendemus imp[er]petuu[m]
In cuius rei testi[m]oni[um] huic p[re]senti Carte mee Sigillu[m] meu[m] apposui
Hiis testib[us] Walt[er]o Goderych Thoma More Walt[er]o Grevell Will[ielm]o Danger et aliis
Dat[a] apud Chorlton p[re]dict[um] die lune p[ro]x[imo] ante festu[m] Nativitatis s[an]c[t]i Joh[ann]is Bap[tis]te Anno regni Regis Edwardi quarti post conquestu[um] Septodecimo

[May all men, present and future, know,
That I, William Balle of Charlton Kings, son and heir of John Balle of the same, have given, granted, and by this my present deed confirmed,
Unto William Hyckes and Thomas Hore,
One messuage and one carucate of land, with their appurtenances, in Charlton aforesaid, situated between the land of Joan Cole and the land of John Gorle,
To have and to hold the aforesaid messuage and carucate of land, with their appurtenances, to the aforenamed William Hyckes and Thomas, their heirs and assigns, of the Chief Lords of the Fees of those places, by the service due in respect thereof and by right accustomed, for ever.
And indeed I, the aforesaid William Balle, and my heirs, will warrant and defend the aforesaid messuage and carucate of land, with their appurtenances, for the aforenamed William Hyckes and Thomas, their heirs and assigns, against all men, forever.
In witness whereof I have affixed my seal to this my present deed.
These being witnesses, Walter Goderych, Thomas More, Walter Grevell, William Danger, and others.
Given at Charlton aforesaid on the Monday next before the Feast of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist, in the seventeenth year of the reign of the fourth King Edward after the conquest.]

* Please note that the original document is held at Gloucester Record Office ref: Document 1876 1-7

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