Grant of Land in Charlton Kings - from William Hyckes of Charlton KIngs and Thomas Hore of Leckhampton to William Balle and Elizabeth his wife - 23 Nov 1477

Sciant p[re]sentes et futuri
Q[uo]d nos Will[iel]mus Hyckes de Chorlton Regis et Thomas Hore de Leckeh[a]mpton dedimus concessimus et hac p[re]senti carta n[ost]ra confirmavimus
Will[iel]mo Balle de Chorlton et Elizabeth[e] ux[or]i eius
Unu[m] mesuagiu[m] et unam Carucatam terre cu[m] suis p[er]tin[entiis] in Chorlton p[re]dict[o] situat[a] int[er] t[er]ram Johanne Cole et t[er]ram Joh[ann]is Gorle
Quod quidem mes[uagium] et Carucatam t[er]re nup[er] h[ab]uim[us] ex dono et feoffamento p[re]d[i]c[t]i Will[ielm]i Balle
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]fato Will[ielm]o Balle et Elizabeth[e] ux[or]i eius et hered[ibus] ac assignat[is] eor[um] de capitalib[us] d[omi]nis feod[orum] illorum p[er] s[er]vicia inde debita et de iure consuet[a] imp[er]petuu[m]
Et nos vero p[re]d[i]c[t]i Will[ielm]us Hyckes et Thomas Hore et Hered[es] n[ost]ri p[re]d[i]c[tu]m mesuagiu[m] et Carucata[m] t[er]re cu[m] suis p[er]tin[entiis] p[re]fat[o] Will[ielm]o
Balle et Elizabethe ux[or]i eius hered[ibus] et assign[atis] suis cont[ra] om[n]es gent[es] warantizabimus et defendemus imp[er]petuu[m]
In cuius rei testimoniu[m] huic p[re]senti carte n[ost]re Sigilla n[ost]ra apposuimus
Hiis testibus 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 d[omi]nica in festo s[an]c[t]i Clementis anno regni regis Edwardi quarti post conquestuum septodecimo

[May all men, present and future, know,
That we, William Hyckes of Charlton Kings, and Thomas Hore of Leckhampton, have given, granted, and by this our present deed confirmed,
Unto William Balle of Charlton and Elizabeth his wife,
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,
Which certain messuage and carucate of land we lately had of the gift and feoffment of the aforesaid William Balle,
To have and to hold the aforesaid messuage and carucate of land, with their appurtenances, to the aforenamed William Balle and Elizabeth his wife, and 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 we, the aforesaid William Hyckes and Thomas Hore and our heirs, will warrant and defend the aforesaid messuage and carucate of land, with their appurtenances, for the aforenamed William Balle and Elizabeth his wife, their heirs and assigns, against all men, forever.
In witness whereof we have affixed our seals to this our present deed.
These being witnesses, Walter Goderych, Thomas More, Walter Grevell, William Danger, and others.
Given at Charlton aforesaid on Sunday, the Feast of Saint Clement, in the seventeenth year of the reign of the fourth King Edward after the conquest.]