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Sabati vnio die Junii Anno Regni
Regine Elyzabethe xix^o Inter [Balh]
Burgienses et Com... [Ville] Magni .
Iernemuthe [] et Clementem Paston
et William Paston [ar...] defendentes

Uppon the [] of the cause in controversie betwene the
said parties [[by] the right]honorable Si^r Nicholas Bacon
knight Lord [[keeper] of the] great Seale of England whiche
[was c?nded ? ? ?] by the Righte honorable the
Lorde [? and others of her M^sties moste] honorable pryvye counsel
[for ?uge ?] disposicion and vsage of all & singuler
the [f? ? Elesettes ? in the Rulers] or
[scr? ? descendinge vnto the ? ? ?the]
ffrom one bridge called wenbridge. And from an other bridge
called S^t Olyves bridge. And from the third[place [calle]]d
Hardoley Crosse vnto whi^ch severall [place? the Libertie ? ?] the
said towne do extende vppon the said Ryvers [It is ?]
ordered that the [....ves] of the said towne for the tyme being
shall yerelie have [.......ce] assignment disposicion and
distribucion of all and singular the said settes wi^thoute
interrupcion in such manner and forme [that] they [have]
vsed the same by the space of thirtie yeres laste paste
And accordinge to the trewe meanynge of an order ^lately made
by Si^r Christofer Heydon Knight and Rafe Shelton [?]
esquyer concerynge the said Elesettes And further
that the said defendauntes or any of them or any other
person or persons by their or any of their consente meanes
or procuremente shall not take any Eles or other thinge
whatsoever for pitchinge the seates called mierpooles
at any of the said settes untill such further matter
be shewed proved and allowed before the Comyssion

[Right margin:]
Bacon, Nicholas, Sir, 1509-1579. Misc MS 29

Sabati [unst] die Junii Anno Regni
Regine Elyzabethe xix^o Inter [Balh]
Burgienses et [Com] [Ville] magni .
fernemuthe [?] et Clementem Paston
et Willm Paston [?] defendentes

Uppon the [?] of the cause in controversie bitwene the
said [parties [by] the right ho]norable S^r Nicholas Bacon
[knight Lord [keeper] of the great] Seale of England whiche
[was c?nded ? ? ?] by the Righte honorable the
[Lordes ? and others of her M^sties moste] honorable pryvye counsel
[for ?uge ? disposition and ? of all & singuler]
[tht f? ? Elesettes ? in ? ] ? ? 16 or
[scr? ? descendinge ? the ? ? ?the]
ffrom [one bridge called wenbridge. And from an other bri]dge
called S^t [Olyves br]idge. And from [that thirde place [calle]]d
[L?dolen Crosse] unto wh. severall [place?] the [Libertie ? ?] the
said towne do extende uppon the said [Ryvers]. [? ?]
ordered that the [?] of the said towne for the tyme being
shall [verelie] have [the free] assignment disposicion and
distribucion of all and singular the said [settes withoute]
interrupcion in such manner and forme [tht] they [had]
[used] the same by the space of thirtie yeres laste paste
And accordinge to the trewe meanynge of an order [lateley] made
by S^r Christofer Licydon Knight and Rafe Shelton [?]
[esquyer] concerynge the said Elesettes And further
that the said defendannt[es] or any of them or any other
person or persons by their or any of their consente meanes
or procuremente shall not take any [Eles] or other thinge
whatsoever for pitchinge the [seates] called mierpooles
at any of the said settes untill such further matter
be shewed proved and allowed before this Comyssion