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Lease from John Higford of Hynwood esquire to Thomas Bisshop of Berkeswell yeoman for £5 of a messuage and lands in Berkeswell called Whirrettes tenement; to hold from Lady Day next for 21 years, rendering annually £4 [2 terms] and 2 capons at Christmas; the said Thomas to make all repairs necessary to the said messuage; the said John retaining all timber rights and the said Thomas to pay to the said John 20s. scutage in lieu of military service. Dated, 4 and 5 Philip and Mary Tag for seal with fragment of red wax Endorsed: [Contemp] that Byssoppe pd the half yere rent at his entry and must paye the laste half yre at his departure English, parchment, 151/4 x 111/2 in., indented