Notarial instrument, drawn up at Chichester by Eichard Awdebye, public notary of...

Notarial instrument, drawn up at Chichester by Eichard Awdebye, public notary of the diocese of York, in his dwelling house, situate in the parish of St. Peter commonly called 'le Subdeanrye,' being a declaration made to Master Ley, of Harting, and others appointed in that behalf, by William Cobdene, William Smyth, John Cobdene, of the parish of Bynderton, Sussex, William Collok, William Aylewyn, William Hall, William Tyll and John Aylewyn, of the parish of West Dene, in the said county, that whereas certain lands, held of the countess of Salisbury, as of the manor of Swaneston, being in the parish of Shalflete, called 'Gervis,' were seized into the countess' hands, as an escheat, for want of an heir to Agnes Butler, William Cobdene, of Bynderton is son and heir of John Cobdene and Agnes, his wife, which Agnes was daughter and heir of John Butler, late of Lurtington, in the said pasture called 'Gervise.' Isle of Wight. Dated 7 October, 1531, 23 Henry VIII.