Indenture between Henry VII and William and Isabel Plompton

65 12 July 1505

Indenture between Henry VII and William and Isabel Plompton,
witnessing that the king agreed to grant special livery of all the lordships,
manors, lands, tenements and other hereditaments to which they were
entitled by virtue of Isabel’s inheritance from Dame Isabel Hastings,
deceased. Nevertheless to the end that the king may be apprised of the
true value of all the premises, a parchment roll containing a valor,
dated as above, and certified as accurate by William by oath upon the
Holy Evangelist before the king’s council, is attached to this indenture.

     For his part William grants that the king’s auditor shall be given full
facility, at his expense, to inspect the estates, to adjust any which may
have been undervalued or concealed and to charge William with any
surcharge. In case of concealment William shall pay double the yearly
value of the property or properties concerned.¹ Signed Dudley.

[Latin]

[CB, 445]

     ¹ The following extent may have been appended, giving the annual value of the estates
in question: manor of Babthorpe, 10m; vill of Brackenholme, 8m; manor of Sacombe,
£20; vill of Hemingborough, 33s 4d; vill of Selby, 20s; vill of Estoft, 33s 4d. Total, £36
6s 8d. Included also may have been 2 properties in which Thomas, younger brother of
Sir Ralph Babthorpe, had a life interest: vill of Wistow, 40s; vills of Hundesby and
Middleton-on-the-Wolds, £5, WYASYAS,MS 599 (unpaginated). See the licence for
entry into these lands without proof of age, 12 Nov. 1505, CPR, 1494–1509, 481.