Indenture of demise by William Moggeridge, of Bunes Courte, near Salisbury, gentleman,...

Indenture of demise by William Moggeridge, of Bunes Courte, near Salisbury, gentleman, reciting that John, late bishop of Salisbury, by deed dated 10 September, 36 Henry VIII, demised to William Barton, yeoman, for seventy years, closes of 'pasture and meade callyd Horsleas, Marshe Crofte, Longe Meade, with the Doles, and certeyn enable ground then in the occupacion of Syslye Lyne, wydowe,' 'a close callyd Barnye alias Barnye Haye in the occupacion of Julyan Harper, a close now in the occupation of John Mayo, called 'Parsonage Close,' a parcell of pasture and arable nigh to Pottern Wood called 'Wood Breach,' a grove called 'Parsonage Grove,' two closes now in the occupation of John Flower the elder, and one tenement and one 'yeard land' in the occupation of John Dussocke, being all parcel of 'the lordes demaynes called horde land or overland,' within the lordship of Pottern within the 'tythings and homages of Whystly Preband and Worton,' the term to commence on the death or surrender of the said tenants, at a rent to the bishop, or the 'reve' of the said manor of Pottern, of 4l. 13s. 4d., viz. 25s. for 'Horsleas,' 6s. 8d. for 'Barnye Haye,' 20s. for 'Parsonage Close,' 3s. 4d. for 'Wood Breache,' 2s. for 'Parsones Grove,' 14s. for two closes in the occupation of John Flower the elder, 17s. 2d. for Dussocke's tenement and 'yeard' land, and 6s. for Dussocke's 'borde' land; which lease the said William Barton, by deed dated 24 April, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, assigned to him, the said William Moggridge; now, in consideration of 100 marks, he demises to John Markes, of Worton, in the parish of Pottern, gentleman, the reversion of the two closes of pasture in the occupation of the said John Flower on the determination by death or otherwise of Flower's estate therein, for sixty years, at 14s. 2d. rent. Wiltshire. 20 May, 25 Elizabeth. Signed by me Wyllya' Moggrydge. Witnesses: Thomas Longe, John Moggrydge, William Whytt.