A bond concerning the hunting of rabbits, in English and Latin; dated 9 October 1499

single-sheet document, 60x270mm, vellum, 4 lines on each side, tongue with red wax seal impressed with a fleur-de-lys

 



 

A bond between Robert Pollard of Odiham and Robert Whyte of South Warnborough, Hampshire; one side in English, the other in Latin: ‘The condycion of the obligacion is sache that yf the within namyd Robard Pollard fro thys day foreward be / of good abering agenst the within namyd Robard Whtye & fro hensforth nether hurts ne harme the / game of conye of the sayd Robard Whyte by hys koney huntyng ney by procuryng & styrryng of other(?) / fowys that then this obligacion be had for nowgth & ells to stand in hys full strenke & vertu’; and ‘Noverint universi per presentes me Robertum Pollard de Odyham … per presente sigillum meum apposui. Dat. nono die mensis Octobris Anno regni Henrici septimi post conquestum Anglie, quintodecimo’.