Indenture, dated the Invention of the Holy Cross, 1517, between Master Richard Pace,...

Indenture, dated the Invention of the Holy Cross, 1517, between Master Richard Pace, prebendary of Sallow alias Salley, of the one part, and Edward Edmundson, of the same, yeoman, and Sir Ralph Edmundson, clerk, of the other part, witnessing that Master Richard has demised to the said Edward, for one year, unless he shall sooner resign or die, his church and parsonage of Sallow with the profits thereof, including a horse-mill and 'the soke soken of the same to the seid parsonage perteyning,' his manor with its courts, and the profits of two yearly spiritual courts of visitation; rent, 100 marks; the tenant to pay 26s. 8d. to the sacristan of Lichfild and all other charges except the dimes of the parsonage, to leave the premises in as good repair as he found them, except as regards tile, slate, timber, and plaster, and not to expel any tenant 'of good bearing' or officer. English. Signatures of witnesses. Endorsed with a note extending the term to three years, signed by the said Richard.