AN EGERTON MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT, dated 10. HENRY VI.
We append a copy of the Settlement at length, from the original in the possession of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P. A photographic fac-simile, one-fourth the size of the document itself, appears as an illustration to the pre∣sent Paper.
"Thes endentures, made in the feste of Seint Cutbert, the yere of the regne of Kynge Henry the sext, aftur the conqueste the tente, Witteneseth that Phelip of Egerton, of Egerton, and William his sone and heir on that on party, is agreet and shall take to his Wyfe Margerie the doghter of Rauf of Eggerton of the Wryne on that other party, betwene this and the feste of Whitsontyte next for to folowe the date abowesaide, and the foresaide Phelip and William all the coste of aray touchyng the person of the foresaide William, agaynes the said mariage to be made, shall bere and pay fore. And the foresaide Rauf all the coste of aray, touchyng the person of the foresaide Margerie agaynes the saide mariage to be made, shall bere and pay fore. Also the said Phelip shall enfeffe be dede of a swre and a lawfull astate William Hugynson and Rycharde Hawe∣kyn, prestes, in londes and tenementz in the in the (sic) Wyche Mabank of yerely valu of v marcs ouer all yerely charges and reprises, and the saide William Hugynson and Rycharde of a swre and lawfull astate in londes and tenementz in Chestur and other places of yerely valu of x marcs ouer all yerely charges and reprises, to hafe and to holde to the saide William Hugynson and Rycharde and to her (sic) heires for euer more, wyth the clause of warantee acordyng the wheche prestes so seised shull yeve by her dede all the saide londes in the saide toune of the saide Wyche Mabanke liyng, to the said William
of Eggerton and Margerie, and to the heires of her too bodies lawfully begeton. And for defaut of yssu be twyx the foresaide William of Eggerton and Margerie hadde, the remyndre to the ryght heires of the foresaide Phelip. And also the saide prestes shull yeve be her dede all the said londes in the said toune of Chestre and other places, to the saide William of Eggerton and to the heires male of his body lawfully begeton, and for defaute of yssu male of the body of the saide William of Eggerton lawfully begeton; the remayndre to the ryght heires of the foresaide Phelip. On this the saide Phelip and William of Egger∣ton shull be bounden in her obligacion severaly in c li to the said Rauf, opon condicion that the saide Phelip shall not discontynu no londes ne tenementz, ne the revercion of no londes ner tenementz that the saide Phelip hath or may haue in tyme comyng, ne non other thyng do, by the wheche thoo londes tene∣mentz or revercions vn charget, alient, or discontynuet be his dede aftur his dissese myght not descende to the saide William of Eggerton and to his heires, outetaken for to make demyse to certein persons of londes of his other lyvelode to the valu of vi marcs viijs & vid be yere; the wheche certen persons so seiset shull make astate aftur the dissese of the saide Phelip to Alice, wyfe of the saide Phelip, in alovaunce of hir dowere, the wheche hir oght for to haue in the londes specefyet in the tounes beforesaide; and also opon condicion that the saide William of Eggerton shall make non astate in ne londes beforesaide for terme of lyve, in fee or in fee taile, wyth oute the avice and ascente of the saide Phelip and Rauf. And also opon condicion that yf so be the saide Phelip dee lyving his saide wyfe, Alice that then the saide Alice shall not enplede nor vex the saide William of Eggerton, ne Margerie, ne her heires, by the wheche thay shuld be put to coste for the dowere of the saide Alice in the londes and tene∣mentz in the touns beforesaide. For the wheche marriage, in the fourme before∣saide to be hadde, the said Rauf shall pay to the saide William of Eggerton cc. marcs, that ys to say, the day of the espovseles betwene the saide William of Eggerton and Margerie xx li; and then the saide William of Eggerton shall deliuer a sufficient acquitance of the receyet of c. marcs, and a nother sufficient acquitance of the receyet of the saide xx li; And afore the said espovsoles the saide Rauf shall deliver to the saide Wiiliam of Eggerton a obligacion of xx iiij x (90) marcs for to be payed to the saide William of Eggerton or to his exe∣cuters, that ys to say, in the feste of Seint Martyn nexte for to folowe the date abovesaide x marcs, and in the feste of the Natiuitee of seynt John the Baptiste then next for to folowe other x marcs, and so forth yerely at every saide feste x marcs, tyll the saide summe of xx iiij x marcs be fully performet and truly payed. And to all thes covenauntes on the parte of the foresaide Phelip and William of Eggerton well and truly for to be performet, the foresaide Phelip and William of Eggerton and either of hem bynden home by this present wrytyng to the foresaide Rauf in c li, for to be payed to the foresaide Rauf wyth in a monythe aftur the tyme that one or any of hem perfourme not the covenauntes on her part or any of her party. And to all thes covenauntes of the party of the
saide Raufe well and truly to be performet, the saide Raufe byndethe hym to the said Phelip and William of Eggerton in c li. for to be payed to the saide Phelip and William of Eggerton wyth in a monythe aftur the tyme that the foresaide Rauf performe not the covenaunt or any of the covenaundes beforesaide. In Wittenes of the wheche thyng the foresaide Rauf to the parte of this endenture to the fore∣saide Phelip and William of Eggerton abydyng hath sette his seale. And to ye parte of this endenture to the saide Raufe abydyng, the foresaide Phelip and William of Eggerton haue sette hor seales. Yeven the yere and day abovesaide."