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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/76/82
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/76/82
TitleLease, remise and quitclaim by Alice Baron and Joan Lechemer,heirs of William Wihyttemer, for themselves and their heirs in perpetuity
DescriptionTo Richard Churchehey and Margaret his wife of all possible right and claim in their whole tenement in Southend (Le Southende) with all appurtenances in the lordship of Hanley, in length between the land of Richard Baron on the north and the king's highway (viam regiam) on the south, and in breadth between the land of William Gerarde on the west and the king's highway on the east; for the lives of the said Richard and Margaret, with remainder after their deaths to Roger Churchehey, son of the said Richard, and the legitimate heirs of his body, in perpetuity; and if Roger dies without legitimate issue, remainder to John Churchehey, son of the said Richard, and the legitimate heirs of his body, in perpetuity; and if John dies without issue, remainder to Ellen Churchehey, daughter of the said Richard, and the legitimate heirs of her body, in perpetuity; and if Ellen dies without issue the property is to be sold and disposed of for the souls of the ancestors of the lessors. Clause excluding future claims. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: Nicholas Hanley, William Fyssher, William Freywyn bailiff, William Seerde, William Hanley and others.
Dated at Hanley.

Seal: red wax (1) device of letter M; (2) device of a letter M, surmounted by a crown.

1. Joan was the wife of Richard Lechmere, whom she had married in 1459, and Alice Baron was her sister; see note on .
2. The term via regiahere is used for two different roads, namely the Upton-Worcester road on the east of the tenement, and either Shaw Lane or (more probably) Roberts End Street on the south; if the latter, Southend was spreading into the Boothall area, a reminder that boundaries of the settlements within the manor were not precise.

[Ref. 191 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date6 November 1473
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