LXVI. 15 June 1441

Know all present and future that I, John Begging, of the Parish of Merden, have given, granted, and by, this my present charter, have contirmed to William Meller, John Denis, of Merden aforesaid, and John Oxe, of Coutherst, a messuage with a garden and seven pieces of land with all its appurtenances severally, lying in the Parish of Merden aforesaid in the Dennes of Hier Field and Ferthing *Gabir, to wit, next the land of Thomas Bodiham to the east, next the King's highway to the south, to the west next the land of John Joop, and to the north next the land of the Prior and Convent of Leeds, as the metes and bounds divide and show : to have and to hold the aforesaid messuage, with the garden and seven pieces of land with all their appurtenances, to the aforesaid William, John, and John, their heirs and assigns, for ever, from the capital lords of that fee, for the services thence due and by right accustomed : and I, the aforesaid John Begging, and my heirs, will warrant all the aforesaid messuage, with the garden and seven pieces of land with all their appurtenances, to the aforesaid William Meller, John Denis, and John Oxe, their heirs and assigns, against all men for ever. 

In witness whereof I have set my seal to this my present charter. 

Given at Merden on the Thursday next after the Feast of S. Barnabas the Apostle aforesaid, in the nineteenth year of the reign of King Henry, the sixth of England after the conquest. 

Witnesses : Richard Levershotte ; Richard Counsell ; John Mayhew ; John Chapman ; Richard Joop : and many others. 

* Cf. Ge bur scrip, a neighbouring town. Farthing me<ins a certain quantity of land. Far ding deal a quarter of an acre.