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Gift with warranty from Thomas Elyot, son and heir of William Elyot of Alvescote to William Bysshopesdon', knight, and Richard Bois, clerk, of all lands, tenements, rents, reversions and services which the said Thomas inherited on the death of his father the said William Elyot in the vill and fields of Thoneworth' and elsewhere in the same parish; to hold for ever from the chief lords of the fee for due and customary service. Dated at Lappeworth', Monday after the feast of St Gregory the Pope. 12 Henry IV. Witnesses: Richard Persones, John atte Welle, Thomas Ascheby, Walter Sly, Thomas Spense and others. Octagonal seal of brown wax on tag, 1/2 in., the letters E E contained within two intertwined hearts and surmounted by a crown. Latin, parchment, 11.25 x 3.75 ins.