| Description | GRANT by Alice who was wife of John Leeke of Lanforth, esq., to John Savage the young, esq., of the marriage of of John Leeke, son and heir of William Leek, aged 7, to be married at such time as the said John shall ordain, to Elizabeth, his daughter; and the said Alice agrees to grant to the said John Savage, Richard Carlele, Arnald Savage and Thomas Oldfeld, as estate to the annual value of x marks in the town of SONDEACRE, to hold for the life of the said Elizabeth; and the said Agnes agrees that all the manors, lands etc: which she has been seised of in LANFORTH, HEKELYNG, HARSTON, SONDEACRE, KIRKEHALUM, SUTTON in le DALE, DALDERBE and GUNTHORPE, except the lands and tenements purchased by the said John Leeke and Alice in Lanforth Sutton, shall come, after her death, to the said John Leek, son of William, in fee simple, or to the feoffees to his use, and that all the lands and tenements which Thomas Leeke holds for life in CROWENEST and REGIALL in the parish of WYCHENFORD and of St. John of Bedwardyne, shall after his decease come to the said John or the feoffees to his use; and if the said feoffees shall be disturbed in their possession, the said Alice, her executors or administrators will pay them £40. Given, 13. Jan. , 37 Henry VI. Seal: Red, a fleur de lis, fragmentary. Indented cyrograph. Parchment. |