Rowington and Baddesley Clinton

Description

Bargain sale and feoffment from Richard Hodgkins of Rowington husbandman and Eleanor his wife to Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton esq. of a messuage in Rowington with two orchards, one garden and two closes of pasture lying at the back of the said messuage and adjoining a pasture of the said Edward Ferrers called Birchee field in Baddesley Clinton, also one other close in Rowington on which the said Richard had built a cottage now in the tenure of Richard Hodgkins his son and a close of pasture called Little Greene field in Baddesley Clinton adjoining a field belonging to the said Edward Ferrers called Great Greene field together with all appurtenances and the deeds relating to the same. To hold the said property for ever. Consideration: £123. 17 January 1636/7 [Old style 1637] Signed: the marks of Richard Hodgkins and Eleanor Hodgkins. Seals: 1. Tag and seal cut away. 2. Circular seal of red wax on tag. 1/2 in. Device obscure. Witnesses to signing and livery of seisin endorsed: John Hunt; William Saunders; Tho: Harper; Richard Saunderes; William Collins; the mark of William Grissold. Endorsed: [In the hand of Edward Ferrers c.1637] Richard Hodgkines his bargaine sale of his landes in Rowington and Baddesly 17 Janary: 1636 12mo Car: regis To Mr Edward Ferrers: [296a]