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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/77/44
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/77/44
TitleCharter of Thomas Smythe of Hanley Castle county Worcester (Wigorn') husbandman, and Elizabeth his wife, coheir of Richard Carpenter of Hanley Castle
DescriptionGiving to John Lawton of Hanley Castle and Isabel his wife [the reference to Isabel is added above the line] three and a half acres of arable land with all appurtenances lying in the lordship of Hanley Castle, of which two and a half acres lie in a certain field called Lechemersfyldeand the other acre lies in Northfield (Le Northfylde); to be held to John Lawton and Isabel his wife [Isabel added as before], their heirs and assigns, in perpetuity, of the chief lords of the fee by the services due from the land and lawfully accustomed [and] by rendering annually to the said Thomas and Elizabeth, their heirs and assigns, 4d sterling at Michaelmas. Warranty clause. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: William Frewen, John Hanley, Richard Stocke, Richard Malpas, Richard Sherle and Henry Hanley.
Dated at : [no place given].

Seal: red wax (1) device of a swan, legend illegible; (2) device of a lion passant, with a human face.

[Ref. 278 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date1 February 1522
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