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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/77/70
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/77/70
TitleLease by John Knottesford, William Pynnocke esquire, Edward Baughe, Richard Lechmar gentleman, [and] Roger Frewen and Thomas Frewen yeomen
DescriptionTo Humphrey Hadon of Hanley Castle, one of the yeomen of the guard of the king's chamber, of their tenement in Church End in Hanley, with a close adjoining, in which the said Humphrey Hadon now dwells; and also one and a half acres of arable land lying in Westfield (West fyld) under the hedge of the said close, and a parcel of meadow in Severn Meadow against the red clyffe, with all appurtenances; to be held to Humphrey and his assigns from Michaelmas next for 61 years, rendering to the [lessors] or their assigns 14s at the Annunciation and Michaelmas in equal portions. The lessee is to repair during the next four years all houses now built on the tenement, on pain of forfeiture of the lease, and has permission to take loppings of wood on the tenement or on any of the property named above [but] without making any waste. Re-entry is permitted to the lessors and expulsion of the lessee and his assigns if the rent is more than one month overdue. Sealing clause.
Signed : John Knottysford, William Pynnock, Rychard Lechmar (signatures above three of the six seal tags).
Dated at : [no place given].

Seal: six, all lost.
(chirograph) (English)

[Ref. 319 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date18 July 1547
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