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Lease: Bridgetown

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Lease dated 9 January 1715/6 (Old style) [1716], from Sir John Clopton of Clopton, Knt., to Hugh Clopton of Stratford-upon-Avon, esq., of two closes in the manor of Bridgtowne, adjoining Banbury Lane and containing about 20 acres, now or late in the tenure of Samuell Smith and heretofore in the tenure of Walter Milward, for 21 years at a yearly rent of £10. Heraldic seal of Clopton. Witnesses: John Claridge and John Woolmer.