Reference
LJeayes15
Title
Copy of Marriage Settlement
i) the Rt. Hon. Lord Rich., Earl of Kent
ii) Chas. Somersett, knt., Lord Herbert & of Gower
recites:
Lady Anne Grey, sis. of i) to marry Hen., son of ii) before 31 May
next
now:
i) covenants to give Lady Anne 'all manner of apparell and all other
thinges to her appteyning and convenient for the daie of the same
Mariage'
ii) to give Henry 'all his Apparaill and all other thinges to hym
Covenent for the same Mariage'
ii) to make cause before the next Feast of Pentecost to Sir Dav.
Owen,knt., Sir Geo. Maners, knt., Chris. Baynbrigge, clk., dean of
Windsor, St John Fisher, knt., one of King's Justices of Common
Pleas, Sir Edm. Luce, knt., Wm Gascoigne & Jn Newdegate, gent.,
' a good Sufficent and Lawfull Astate in the Lawe of and in Manours
Lands Tenements and hereditaments to the yerely Value of oon hundred
Marks' & these gents. to hold sd. estate in trust for Hen. & Lady
Anne
ii) covenants to leave to Hen. after ii)'s death & death of his w.,
Lady Eliz., 'all Castellis Lordshipps Mannors Lands Tenements and
other hereditaments which to them descended'
i) to go before above gents. and give estate to value of 240 'in
Consideracion that the said Lord Herbert and of Gower might have
great preferment and Advancement of his said heire apparant if hee
wold marie hym with other....' to above gents. as feoffees for Hen.
&Lady Anne & if they die then as feoffees of sd. estates to value
of 80p.a. to ii) & his heirs
i) covenants that issues of above manors shall be paid in following way:
80p.a. to ii) until Hen. Somersett reaches 21
140 not to be taken by ii) or Hen. Somersett & Anne during life
of i) but after his death providing that if i) has any male issue
by his wife, Lady Elizabeth, then ii) & Hen. shall forbear receiving
as much of estate valued at 240 as amounts to 80p.a. during life
as such male issue
i) to deliver to ii) & Hen. Somerset & Lady Anne all evidence of
estate of value 240p.a.
ii) to have rule of Hen. Somersett & Lady Anne till Hen. reaches 21
& to keep them 'aftur theire degree'
If Hen. dies before 'and before Carnall Knowledge had bitwene hym
and the said Lady Anne his wife' then feoffees to be feoffees to use
of ii) & his heirs
ii) to have setting & letting of sd. property of yearly value of 100 marks
& 240 till Hen. 21
i) to be bound to ii) by Recognizance in Chancery dated 4 Dec 22 Hen VII
(1506) in 2000
on 4 Dec 1506 i) came before King in his Chancellry & recognised sd.
indenture
dated: 4 Dec 22HenVII (1506)
end: 'Mem this Marrage took no effect
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Date free text
4 Dec 1506
Production date
From: 1506 To: 1506
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