Wolley Ch v.5

Grant from John de Derby, master or warden of the House of God of Berwick upon Tweed, by the assent of the mayor and commonality of that town, to Sir Richard Tempest, knight, of a tenement with waste lying within the said town in 'vico suteorum' (the street of tailors), on the eastern side of the said street, which tenement Thomas de Benteley once held of the said House of God, between the land once William Haldmarket but now in the tenure of the same Richard on the south, and land which William Warner holds of the same House on the north; and alos one great vacant place which pertains to the said House, lying on the western part of the same street between the land which Richard Bily holds of king on the south and the corner with Walkergate on the north, which extends towards the west to the land which William de Haton, Adam Broun, and Nicholas de Schirburn holds of the said House, rendering to the said Master and his successors for the tenement on the eastern part of the said street, 6s. 8d., and for the place on the western part, 5s.

Dated as: 20 June, 1395

Endorsements: A soke of land in Beriwck to Richard Tempest, knight, 1395.