[line 1] Nou[er]int uniu[er]si p[er] p[re]sentes nos Will[ielmu]m Babyngton Militem
& Joh[an]em Byron Militem ordinasse & in loco n[ost]ro posuisse dilectos
nobis Thomam Stanhop[e] Armig[er]um & Will[ielmu]m
[line 1] Know all by these presents that we William Babyngton, knight, and John
Byron, knight, have ordained and put in our place our beloved Thomas Stanhope,
esquire, and William
[line 2] Nevell coniunctim & diuisim ad delib[er]and[um] p[ro] nobis & in no[m]i[n]e n[ost]ro Ric[ard]o de Beuercotes Armig[er]o plenam & pacificam sei[sin]am de & in una clausura siue p[ra]to vocat[o] le
[line 2] Nevell, together and separately, to deliver for us and in our name to Richard of Bevercotes, esquire, full and peaceful seizin of and in one close or meadow called le
[line 3] Westparke cu[m] p[er]tin[enciis] in hoghton ac de & in duab[us] p[ar]tib[us]
Man[er]ij de Beuercotes cu[m] p[er]tin[enciis] in Com[itatu] Notyngh[am]ie s[e]c[un]d[u]m
vim formam & effectum cuiusd[a]m scripti n[ost]ri p[re]fat[o] Ric[ard]o
[line 3] Westparke with its appurtenances in Houghton [Haughton] and of and in two parts of the Manor of Bevercotes with its appurtenances in the County of Nottingham according to the force, form and effect of a certain writing of ours made in respect thereof to the aforenamed Richard.
[line 4] inde confecti Ratum & gratu[m] h[ab]iturum quidquid ijdem Attorn[ati] n[ost]ri v[e]l eor[um] alter no[m]i[n]e n[ost]ro fec[er]int v[e]l fec[er]it in p[re]missis v[e]l aliquo p[re]misso[rum] In cuius rei testi[m]oni[um] p[re]sentib[us] sigilla
[line 4] It is ratified and consented that whatsoever our said attornies, or either of them, shall do [in plural and singular forms] in our names, in the premises or in any of the premises [shall be lawful - words implied]. In witness of which thing we have affixed our seal to these presents.
[line 5] n[ost]ra apposuim[us] Dat[um] apud Beuercotes duodecimo die Octobris
Anno regni Regis Henrici sexti post conquestu[m] octauo
[line 5] Dated at Bevercotes on the twelfth day of October in the eighth Year
of the reign of King Henry the sixth after the conquest.