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Agreement between Philip de Aillesbury and Anneys his wife and Richard de Mountsfort and Rose his wife as to the division of the manor of Lapworth' which the said Agnes and Rose inherited upon the death of Hugh de Braundeston' their father, with the consent of the worthy men of the said vill, to be done in the following manner: The said Philip and Agnes and their heirs were to have the hall complete with all the rooms below the same and the kitchen of the said manor and a piece of land between the said hall and kitchen as it was divided, with one fence and half the fountain, which fence the said Philip and Agnes were to repair and maintain, that is the half near the hall; also the door and all the rooms between the door and the new courtyard, the said Philip and Agnes to maintain half the said courtyard, that is the half near one 'waiour' (horsepond) as it is divided by a stone; also half the dovecote, to maintain the same, with free entry and exit to the same through a door which was to be made at the cost of the said Philip and Agnes from the top of the old chapel, and as soon as the doves had been taken as agreed between the said Philip and Agnes and the said Richard and Rose that then the said door should be shut with 2 locks and 2 keys, one to belong to the said Philip and Agnes and one to the said Richard and Rose, and that the said door should remain closed at all times except when the doves were to be taken as described; the said Philip and Agnes to have the garden next to their grange covered with tiles and another garden near their kitchen called Studyard and one parcel of land in the great orchard as it was divided by a hedge; also all lands, meadows, groves and hedges from one hedge of Snelleslane as far as the hedge of Bratiosfeld'; also the hedge of Snelleslane and the charge of repairing the same and one parcel of land called Kenelhull' as it is divided by a hedge; also the crofts called Edrychescroftes, one parcel of Conynger as it is divided by a hedge and Brodecroft and Greynescroft with hedges, meadows and groves; also half of Blakemanhull' with hedges and one parrock thus called lying next to the park as it is divided by certain bounds and one croft called Potter'sfeld' next to Roger atte Grene; also half of a field called Hockelowe; as regards wood and water the said Philip and Agnes were to have their share of the great park towards Bishopwod' together with all game in the said wood as it is divided with ditches and hedges; the said Philip and Agnes to maintain and enclose the said half of the great park, that is the half next to the old gate of the said park as it is divided; the said Philip and Agnes were also to hold in several all road and lanes between their part of Conynger and the crofts called Edrychescroftes except that the said Richard and Rose were to have the rights of passage for their animals and beasts but not for pasture and the said Philip and Agnes were to enclose and maintain the hedge dividing le Conynger and the hedge dividing the great orchard; also the said Philip and Agnes were to have all lands, tenements, rents and services of Walter de Ferby, Walter atte Welle, Richard de la Barr' the younger, Richard de la Barr the elder, John de Topesford', John Martyn, William le Roo and John Kewe; also all manner of services and profits from Richard de Topesford' for the tenement in which he dwells, all the rents, services and profits from John Hardyng' excepting the tenements of Shepherdes, all the rents and services from Roger atte Grene for the tenement called Soppesplace and from the land of Kannville and from Potter's, all the rents and services from Thomas Dawe for a cottage which Beset formerly held, all the rents and services from one meadow called Hamesham which William Scheperd holds, all rents and services from William Prat the younger from lands which he holds in Oldefeld', all the rents and services from Hugh Persones and all the rents and services from Prymmyngesplace; also the said Philip and Agnes might go to the mill of the manor of Lapworth', being the property of the said Richard and Rose, whenever and at whatever hour they wished to take their corn and malt for their household use from the same without giving up any of it; the said Philip and Agnes were not to claim henceforward any road or right of way in the field called Conyngereshull'; the said Richard and Rose and their heirs were to have la Stonenechambr' above the hall, the chapel with the chapel room, the warderobe, the brewhouse and the stable, with part of the lane between the hall and the new fence and half the fountain as it is divided, and to maintain half the said fence, that is the half near the stable; also half the dovecote which was to be repaired and maintained at their cost; also all the rooms lying between the new courtyard and Kenelhull' and Conyngereshull', a garden lying at the back of the stable, all the land between the new courtyard and the great grange and the great orchard with le Grescroft as it is enclosed and divided by hedges; also a field called Braciesfeld' with meadows, hedges and ditches, a field called Waytefeld' and Sparhaukesfeld', Vmfreyscroftes, Gallecroftes and Potteresfeld' and half of Blakemanhull' as it is divided by metes and bounds, also le Conyngereshull' with all the meadows lying within all the said fields, all groves, hedges, ditches and profits pertaining to them, half of a field called Hockelowe, half of Conynger as it is divided with a hedge, and all other roads and lanes with their hedges and ditches from the said hedge dividing le Conynger as far as Snellesbrok' and Euesbrok'; the said Richard and Rose to hold the said roads in several, except that the said Philip and Agnes were to have rights of passage for their animals and beasts but not for pasture; as regards wood and water, the said Richard and Rose were to have their share of the great park towards Liuerycheshull' with one fish pond within the same as it is divided by hedges and ditches; the said Richard and Rose to enclose and maintain the said half near la Cokesplace; the said Richard and Rose to have a grove called the little park with hedges and ditches and also the entire mill as their own, with the reservoir for fish called Mulnepol together with the watercourse called le Wyntmulnefeld' with marshes, hedges and ditches; also all lands, tenements, rents and services which belonged to Lettice, sister of Hugh de Braundeston' in Lapworth' and the rent of the tenement of Stake during the lifetime of Sybil, widow of the said Hugh, after this partition, and on the death of the said Sybil the said lands, tenements, rents and services were to be divided equally between the said Philip and Agnes and the said Richard and Rose; the said Richard and Rose were also to have all lands, tenements rents and services of Robert Wilkyns, Thomas Persones, Reginald atte Forth', Theobald atte Forde, William Smyth', Ralph Gamel, William Doune, Thomas Webbe, John Anketyl, Adam Welleford', William Prat the elder, and from Duncroft, John Huwet and from Roger atte Grene for a parcel of land, and from Walter Bette, all the rents and services from Hetheplace, Sh...eplace and from Anote Cokes place and from Erualdplace, and from Souteresplace and from one cottage which William Prat the elder held lying next to le Cokesplace; the said Richard and Rose henceforward were to have no right of way to their room called le Stonechambr nor to the fountain through the said hall: The said Philip and Agnes and the said Richard and Rose were each to pay annually half of the rent also half of the services due to the chief lords of the fee for the manor of Lapworth'. Dated at Lapworth' county Warrewyk, Monday after Whitsun 43 Edward III. 1. Circular seal of red wax on tag, 3/4 in., within a carved Gothic panel, St. Catherine and her wheel with a kneeling figure. 2. Circular seal of red wax on tag, 3/4 in., on a shield bendy of ten, a bordure within a carved panel of 8 points. 3. Legend: Sigillu...... monte forti Endorsed: [Early 16th cent.] Particio Manerii de Lapworth' facta inter Agnetem at Roesiam filias at heredes Hugonis de Brandeston'. Anglo-Norman, parchment, 16 x 20 in., indented.