Grant by Joan, prioress of Langeley, to Nicholas de Waretoft, of a corrody, to bo...

Grant by Joan, prioress of Langeley, to Nicholas de Waretoft, of a corrody, to bo received by him from the abbey of Langeley, for the term of his life, viz. each week seven loaves of bastard bread and seven of black, each day three quarts of beer mixed of the best, and of the second so long as he could work, and when he could not work a potel (pottle) each day, and every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday victuals such as the porter and carter should receive, and a chamber suitable for him; for which the said Nicholas covenants to serve the said prioress and her successors in the office of granger, or porter, or forester, or serjeant at Dyseworth, at their will so long as he can work, and to account for the receipts of the grange and for his livery by tally twice a year, viz. at Michaelmas and Easter. Friday after St. Valentine, 9 Edward III. French.