PR/DU/3
Reference code
PR/DU/3
Level of description
File
Title
Agreement to Build a House Between Simon Membury and Thomas Hopkins
Date
24 Jan 1418
Quantity & Format
1 indenture
Description
Indenture between Simon Membury canon of Salisbury Cathedral and prebendary of the prebend of Durneford [Durnford] on the one part and Thomas Hopkyns husbandman on the other part. The said Thomas would build a house with two terraces or chambers on the tenement which the said Thomas holds of the rectory of Durnford. And the house would be 50 feet long and 18 feet wide, and the said tenement lies in Great Durnford next to the rectory of Durnford in the east part. The house would be well-built before the Feast of All Saints 1420. And if Thomas fails to do this then he will give Simon, his heirs and executors 20 marks sterling. And Thomas also binds himself by 20 marks sterling. Thomas' seal is attached.
Language
Latin
Physical Characteristics
Material: parchment
Keywords
Membury, Simon
Hopkins Thomas, Husbandman
Durnford
Hopkins Thomas, Husbandman
Durnford