Grant

"John, Ironmonger of London, Grant to Thomas Shypton, currier, his fellow citizen of London, in Latin, for £100 paid last Michaelmas "at the font of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, between two and four in the afternoon", for land at Eversholt, Bedfordshire, comprising 13 acres lately held by Roger Barnewell, a total of 9 acres in several parcels lately held by Ambrose Gregory, previously by John Arnold alias Cowper, and a dwelling with garden and small piece of land at Church End, and two enclosures at Potters End, formerly of the late John Ponter, vellum, attractive penned initial, all in a clear hand, grantor's seal bearing a helmeted head, 19" x 13", 13th May 1561 seal rather worn. The present indenture is "according to the tenor of a certain tri-partite indenture of 30th May last past" between John Style, Edmund Ponter, citizen and girdlemaker of London, and Thomas Shypton. Subscribed with autograph note of examination by John Gybon, Master in Chancery, [ref: 17634]"