Indented grant by Agnes [de Wyke], abbess of Lacock, and the convent there, to John...

Indented grant by Agnes [de Wyke], abbess of Lacock, and the convent there, to John Walcote, chaplain, and John Bele, semer of Walcote, for their lives, of that house within the abbey which Christina Swayn lately had. Likewise, a grant to John Walcote of a stable sufficient for two horses throughout the year, and for the sustenance of the horses four cartloads of good hay produced by the haul of five horses from the meadows of the manor of Lacock at St Peter ad Vincula, together with a lockable building in which to store the hay, and sufficient litter for the horses and for John's bed, to be renewed twice a year from the grange within the abbey. Further grant to the same John of his costs within the abbey for four weeks every quarter for life in eating and drinking within his house or the hall according to his estate, or should he so choose, receiving over sixteen weeks a year that which a nun customarily receives. Further grant to John of an annual rent of £21 6s. 8d. from the manor of Chitterne in Wiltshire, with provision that if that rent is ever in arrears for fifteen days after any of four terms of the year, or is deficient in any profits at whatever time during his life, it will be permissible for John to enter the manor of Chitterne and distrain whatsoever he will and take, chase and retain the distraint within the county of Wiltshire until he has received full satisfaction, together with damages. After the death of John Bele, John Walcote may take four cartloads of brushwood and six pounds of chandlery annually for life, which John Bele previously had from the abbey for life. The household of John Walcote looking after his horses is also to have food and drink according to their estate throughout John's life. Dated at Lacock on 1 October, 23 Richard II (sic). Seal missing.