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Appendix 1 - Sample contract

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Adrian R. Bell
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Chris Brooks
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Paul R. Dryburgh
Affiliation:
King's College London
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Summary

This appendix details one of the earliest known indentures for an advance sale of wool between Pipewell Abbey and two prominent Londoners. We believe that this contract has not been previously identified or discussed in the literature. We have presented the original contract, photographed at the National Archives, Kew, the Latin transcription and English translation.

LATIN TRANSCRIPTION

Notum sit omnibus Christi fidelibus presentibus et futuris quod hec est convencio facta Anno gracie m° cc° xlij° ad Purificationem beate Marie inter Abbatem et Conventum de Pipewell', ex una parte, et Johannem Tolosanum et Adam de Sorisdich', Cives London', ex altera, scilicet quod predicti Abbas et Conventus vendiderunt pre manibus predictis Johanni et Ade totam Lanam suam venalem anni sequentis, scilicet unumquemque saccum de bona pro quindecim marcis et unumquemque saccum de media pro decem marcis, unde debent predicti Johannes et Adam vel alter eorum sive sui assignati reddere predictis Abbati et Conventui vel suo certo nuncio ad proximas Nundinas sancti Ivonis post istam Convencionem factam infra Octavas clausi Pasce Lx marcas, et infra Octavas exaltacionis sancte Crucis proximo sequentis apud London' Lx marcas sub pena decem marcarum. Et residuum pacamenti reddent ad sequentes nundinas sancti Botulphi quando et ubi Lanam predictam recipient. In cuius Rei testimonium predicti Abbas et Johannes et Adam hoc Cirographum sigillis suis alternatim roboraverunt. Hiis testibus Fratre Ricardo de Norhampton monacho, Fratre Ricardo de Assele monacho et Fratre Roberto Converso et aliis.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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