Counterpart of feoffment by Edward Clere, of Blickling, esquire, lord of the manor...

Counterpart of feoffment by Edward Clere, of Blickling, esquire, lord of the manor of Pedham Hall, in Ormesbie, in consideration of 7l. to John Merston, of Ormesbie, 'yoman,' of a messuage, or house, ealled 'a guyldhouse' in Ormesbie St. Margaret, with a small garden whereon the same is built, between the highway on the south, land of William Grene on the north, the churchyard on the east and William Grene's house on the west; which messuage, by the name of a cottage in ruins, he had by the bargain and grant of John Parker and Richard Churche, by indenture dated 10 May, 12 Elizabeth, and they by the bargain and grant of Hugh Counsell and Robert Pistor, gentlemen, by indenture, enrolled in the Chancery, dated 5 February, 12 Elizabeth, and they by the gift and grant of Queen Elizabeth, by letters patent under the great seal, 4 February, in the 12th year of her reign; rent, to the lords of the manor of Pedham, 2¾d., the like for a relief, and suit of all courts; attorney to deliver seisin, William Grene, of Ormesbie. Norfolk. Ormesbie, 4 January, 13 Elizabeth. Signed, by me John Marston.