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Feoffment from Thomas Field of Tanworth yeoman and Cicely his wife, Richard Waringe of the same and Anne his wife and Thomas Normonshill of the same and Ursula his wife to Edward Collett of Tanworth yeoman for £20 of 15 sellions of land in Tanworth, in a field called Hemefield lying between the land of Hugh Wagstaffe on the one hand and the land of Andrew Archer on the other, 3 lying between land being part of the glebe land of the vicarage of Tanworth on the one hand and the land of Andrew Archer on the other and 5 more lying together between the land of the said Thomas Collett on the one hand and the land of the said Andrew Archer on the other also towards the land called Blackmore, all these lands being in the tenures of the said grantors; to hold for ever from the lord of the manor of Tanworth. Signed: Thomas Feeld', Richard waringe, Thomas Normansell. Dated 23 October 11 James I. Witnesses to signing and livery of seisin, endorsed: Thomas Addams, Syd___ Smith, Richard Chamber. Circular seal of red wax on tag, 1/2 in., the letters T F Memorandum endorsed that the said Thomas Field was to pay rent for these conveyed lands and other lands to the lord of the manor of Tanworth, 6s.1d. annually, and Richard Waring 22s.6d. to the same. English, parchment, 18.5 x 12 ins.