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ECR 15 011

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ECR 15 011

Title

Long Compton, Warwickshire: Indenture of lease of rectory

Level

Item

Date

9 October 1627

Content description

Indenture of lease upon surrender of a lease to William Brent, esquire, by the Provost and College to Nathaniel Brent, doctor of civil law and warden of Merton college, Oxford, of the rectory of Compton. From Michaelmas last for 21 years. Rent 12 quarters of wheat and 5 quarters 5 bushels of malt, or their money equivalent, and £10 16s and one boar to be delivered a fortnight before Christmas or 26s 8d for the same. Witnesses: Thomas Hochinson, Thomas Wilcoxon.
Signature of lessee.
Seal, oval, 18mm, red wax, on doubled tag. Armorial, an eagle.
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