APPENDIX I.
Transcript of a copy of a Deed and a Memorandum relating to Cheney's Charity, entered at the end of the first volume of the Chesham Parish Register.
The Copie of a Deed past from Mr Thomas
Cheney to Mr John Cheney for a rente of vl̵i
by the yere as Fallowing it may appere, as
allso another copie of the true vse, intent,
& meaning of the same Deed.
To all Christian people to whome this P͛sent writing shall come,
Thomas Cheney of Brͣmblehanger in the ꝑish of Luton in the County
of Bedf̃ Esq. sendeth greeting in ouͬ Lord God everlasting knowe
ye yͭ I the sayd Thomas Chenye at the request of myne vncle John
Cheney of Chesham Boyse in the County of Buck. Esq., & in
Consciderac̃on of one hundreth poundꝭ of good & Lawfull money of
England to me payd at thensealing of this p̃ntꝭ writing by the sayd
John Cheney & for the better relefe of the pore people inhabiting &
Dwelling wthin the townes of Chesham Agmondisham & Draiton
Bauchampe in the said County of Buck; haue geven granted & by
theis pͬsentꝭ Do give & graunte vnto Myles Sandꝭ nicholas West
Esquiers Francis Cheney Henry Chenye Thomas Ashefeild gentlemen
Robert Caloner pson of Agmondishim in the County of Buck. clerc.
& John Lawton pson of Drayton Beuchamp in the sayd County of
Buck: clerc. & their heirs one yerely rente of Fyve poundꝭ of good
& Lawfull money of England going out of a Tenemͭ called the mose
& out of a garden & Orchard therto adioyning & out of two meadowes
conteyning thre acers & a half & out of theese ꝑcellꝭ of ground hereafter named: a wood called the owt wood conteyning by estemac̃on
fower acers & a road, & a wood called the mose grove conteyning by
estemac̃on Fower akers & an half, a close next outward called little
wottage conteyning by estemac̃on fyve akers & a road, a close ioyning
to yt called Broad close conteyning by estemacõn Tenne ackers &
an half: a close ioỹing to it called barne feild conteyning by estemacō
xj acrꝭ & a half: and a close ioyning to it called Bakers cont. by
