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Signed Segrave Gregory, William Godfrey (by mark), Stephen Crosse (by mark), Thomas Payne (by mark). Ratified on 31 November 1652 by George Earle, mayor [of Coventry] and Thomas Basnet. Two sheets. Attached is an order, dated 31 December 1652, from George Earle, mayor, and Thomas Basnet, two justices of the peace for the city of Coventry, to Thomas Payne and William Godfrey, churchwardens of Stivichall, empowering them to make distraint upon those (seven persons named with twenty-nine others added later) who have not paid the sums due from them by virtue of the levy of 8 November 1651. Seal applied and signed. Endorsed with two receipts, dated 10 and 21 January 1652/3, from Humphrey Webb to Thomas Payne.