Declaration by Edmund Clere, esquire, son of John son of William Clere, esquire,...

Declaration by Edmund Clere, esquire, son of John son of William Clere, esquire, of Ormesby, the elder, of his last will as to the manors of Burgh, called 'Vaushalle' and 'Stalhamhalle,' which he lately had of the demise of Oliver Groos and Nicholas Wychyngham, esquires, and whereof he had enfeoffed William Paston of Paston, and others named, to his own use; viz. the said Paston and his co-feoffees are to permit Elizabeth late the wife of John Rothenhale, knight, his mother, to enjoy the said manors during his absence beyond the seas, and if she die during his absence, the said Paston and his co-feoffees are to take the profits thereof to the said Edmund's use; if Edmund die without issue, in his mother's lifetime, the said feoffees are to make a lease to her of the said manors for her life, and after her death they are to assign them to Robert Clere, Edmund's brother, in fee; the said Robert giving security for the payment of 100 marks to the said Paston etc. within two years after the death of Edmund and his mother, to be distributed in alms etc. for the souls of the said Edmund, Robert Clere the elder, and Alice his wife, who bought the said manors, William Clere their son and Denise his wife, parents of John Clere, father of the said Edmund, and for the souls of his said mother and brother. Norfolk. 26 April, 9 Henry VI.