Bond for John Illesley
[extract John Illesley 5]
Nov(er)int univ(er)si p(er) p(rese)ntes nos Joh(ann)em Illesley de Aldermaston in com(itatu) Berks gener(osum) et Jacobu(m) Spyer
eodem in com(itatu) p(re)d(icto) Tanner teneri et firmiter obligari venerabili viro Edwardo W(...)te in l(egum) bacchal(aureato)
Archinatus Berks officiali l(egi)time constitut(o) in Ducent(is) libris bone et legalis monetæ Anglie
solvend(is) eidem Edwardo aut suo certo attornato Executoribus successoribus suis Assignat(is) suis
Ad qua(m) quidem soluc(i)o(n)em bene et fidel(ite)r faciend(am) obligamus nos et utrumq(ue) n(ost)rum p(er) se p(ro) toto et insolido
heredes Executores et Administratores n(ost)ros firmiter p(er) p(rese)ntes Sigillis n(ost)ris Sigillat(um) Dat(um)
decimo die me(n)sis Novembris Anno Regni D(omi)ne n(ost)re Elizabethe Dei gr(ati)a Anglie Franncie
et Hibernie Regine fidei Defensoris &c. Tricesimo secundo Annoq(ue) D(omi)ni 1590
[translation]
May all men know by these presents that we, John Illesley of Aldermaston in the county of Berks, gentleman, and James Spyer of the same place in the aforesaid county, tanner, are held and firmly bound to the Worshipful Edward W(...)te, Bachelor of Laws, the lawfully constituted official of the Archdeaconry of Berks, in (the sum of) two hundred pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid to the same Edward or to his certain attorney, his executors, successors or assigns; for this very payment to be well and faithfully made we bind ourselves, and each one of us for himself, for the whole and undivided amount, (and we bind) our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents; sealed with our seals; given the tenth day of the month of November in the thirty-second year of the reign of our Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith etc., and in the year of the Lord 1590
<signed> John I(...)lye James Spyer
Sealed and delivered in the
p(re)sence of John Smythe
Richard mills
Martin (?)
[extract John Illesley 4]
The condic(i)on of this obligac(i)on is suche that whereas the Administrac(i)on of all & sing(u)ler the good(es)
Credits(?) and Debt(es) of John Illesley of Aldermaston late deceased intestate is by the w(i)thin
named officiall granted to Elizabeth Illesley the late wyffe of the sayde deceased
Yf therefore the sayde Elizabeth do well and trewly Administer in and (upon?) the sayde good(es)
& paye his debt(es) and legacies yf any do appeare so farr as the sayde good(es) will extende &
(...)her and make a trewe and p(er)fect accompte of and upon her sayde Administrac(i)on and
dischardge her selffe sufficiently thereof before tharchedeacon of Berks or his officiall
and deliv(er) unto the naturall and lawfull children of the sayde deceased yf he hath
any such parte and portion of the good(es) of theyre sayde father deceased or a te(...)e
thereof suche some or somes in pounds of moneye as thadm(ini)stratrix(?) for the tyme beinge shall com(m)itt and
alott unto them and at suche tyme or tymes as he shall appoynte And fynallie do defend
dischardge save and keepe harmeles the w(i)thin named officiall his officers and ministers agaynst
all manner of p(er)sons alwayes and at all tymes for granntinge & com(m)ittinge this Administrac(i)on
of the sayde good(es) unto her Then this obligac(i)on to be voyde frustrate & of none
effecte or els to stande and be in his full power force strength effecte & vertue
h(ab)et ad exhibend(um) Inventariu(m) citra festu(m) Annunciacionis prox(imum)
= must submit an inventory before the next Feast of the Annunciation