13 Oct. 1501 Mortgage to secure £140. From Thomas Ward of Amersham, co. Bucks., clothier, to Alexander Courthope of Cranbrook. co. Kent, John Davy and William Spencer of Cranbrook. 1 messuage, garden and 6 pieces of land (35a.) in Cranbrook, co. Kent in the tenure of the Abbot and Convent of Battle, of which the messuage, garden and 5 pieces (25a.) lie next to the lands of the Abbot and Convent called Angele to the E., W. and N., to the lands of John Godard and the lands of Robert Ward, chaplain, and the highway to the S., and the other piece of land called Bettenham field (10a.) abuts the highway to the S. and N., the lands of John Godard to the W., and the lands of Walter Robarth, esq. and of Gervase Hendle to the E. [1]
[1] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, DAN/1566, East Sussex Record Office, [UKNationalArchives].