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Conveyance by lease and release (lease missing) from Christopher Blackett, citizen and grocer of London, to Mary Skynner of Eltham, Kent, widow of Closes called the Home Meadow, the Orchard Close, the Fallow Close, the Pease Close, the Porters Knapp, the Long Close, the Farther Ground, the Dry Ground, the Dry Ground [sic], Sandy Hill, Sandy Piece, Clay Close, Barne Close, Lyng Close, Little Lyng and Kineton Close, all which contain 79 acres, in the tenure of Thomas Holioakes, and Closes called the House Close, the Pinkerells, Little Hill, Great Hill, Upper Tumbrills, Lower Tumbrills, Great Ground, Barnemore Close, Hadland, Kings and Ruty Such, all which contain 83 acres, in the tenure of William Findon, a messuage with land called Ravens Marsh and Ossett Old containing 4 acres in Yarmingall Hill, in the tenure of Thomas Findon Mason, all which property lies in Clarden alias Claverdon; to hold for a year at a peppercorn rent. Dated, 12 George I Witnesses, endorsed: Edward Gilbert, Thomas Savage English, parchment, 221/2 x 171/2 in., indented Document dated 9 Jan 1725 (Old Style)