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Lease and Release: High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Indentures of Lease and Release, the Release dated the 20th. September 1692 by Henry Kempston of Goldicott, Worcs., gentleman and Mary, his wife and Sabian Coles of Langley to Joseph Smith of Stratford-upon-Avon, saddler, of a messuage and garden in High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon theretofore in the possession of Lawrence Harwood, mercer and then divided into two parts, one being occupied by Joseph Smith the other by Nicholas Smith, glazier. Signed: Henry Kempston, Mary Kempston and Sabian Coles. Seals of red wax. Witnesses: Joseph Hunt, John Smith the elder and N. Mason. Lease for one year by Henry Kempston and Sabian Coles to Joseph Smith of the same premises. Signed: by Henry Kempston and Sabian Coles. Witnesses: Joseph Hunt and N. Mason.