[Middz.]  A.  1742.     Deed  of  sale  by  William  de  Creye,  butcher,  and  Ellas  ie

Barber,  of  Briggestrete,  citizens  of  London,  executors  of  the  will  of  Richard
Scharp,  formerly  citizen  and  butcher  of  Estchep  (which  was  proved  and
enrolled  in  the  Husting  of  London,  Monday  after  the  translation  of
St.  Edward  the  King,  7  Edward  II.),  to  John  Long,  citizen  and  butcher  of
London,  of  the  tenement  that  Scharp  had  by  feoffment  of  WilliAm  le
Melkere  in  the  parish  of  St.  Leonard  Eustcheap,  and  which  by  the  terras
of  the  will  was  to  be  sold,  charged  with  a  yearly  rent  of  13«.  4c/.,  to  support
a  chantry  in  St.  Leonard's  church  ;  power  being  reserved  to  the  executors,
and  after  their  death  to  the  rector  of  St.  Leonard's,  with  six  parishioners,
to  enter  the  tenement  and  distrain  therein  in  case  of  non-payment  of  the
said  rent.  Witnesses  : — John  de  Gisors,  Mayor  of  London,  John  Lambin,
alderman  of  the  ward,  and  others  (named).  Sunday  after  St.  Luke  the
Evangelist,  7  Edward  II.
Endorsed:  Memorandum    of   enrolment    in    the   Husting    of  London,
Monday  before  St.  Edmund  the  King,  7  Edward  II.     Seal.
[Middx.]  A.  1743,     Grant  by  Richard,  the  prior,  and  the  canons  of  Holy  Trinitj*,

London,  to  William  le  Melkere,  of  land  in  the  parish  of  St.  Leonard's
Eastcheap,  paying  therefor  6s,  yearly.  Witnesses :  —  Ralph  Sperling,
alderman,  Reiner  de  Bungey,  and  others  (named).     A.D.  1243.
