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Feoffment with warranty from Mary Lea of Lea Greene in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, widow, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Richard Hunt of Solihull yeoman deceased to Thomas Archer of Tanworth esquire for £134 of a messuage in Tanworth and Anstons meadow containing 3 acres in Tanworth between the highway on the south and west and the land of Edmund Chambers on the north and east, in the tenure of Thomas Couper; to hold for ever from the chief lords of the fee for due and customary rents and services. Appointment of John Yardley of Warwick gentleman as attorney to deliver seisin. Signed: Mary Lea. Dated 29 September 24 Charles II. Witnesses to signing and livery of seisin, endorsed: William Walters, Richard Gilbert, John Dickins. Applied circular seal of red wax on tag, 1/2 in., a stag passant. Endorsed: [contemp] Deed of sale from Mary Lea to Tho Archer esq. English, parchment, 27.25 x 21.25 ins., indented.