Guild of the Holy Cross: Grants and leases

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Grant by Humfrey Huband of Brystowe, gent., and John Praty of Yardley, gent., to Henry Bydyll of Stratford upon Aven, `bowyer' of an annual rent of 3 shillings of a tenement of the Gild of the Holy Cross of Stratford in Hye Strete between land of our lord the King and a tenement of Richard Quyny Witnesses: William Smythe, mercer, Thomas Whatley, Richard Quyny, John Swanwyke, John Atkins, William Clark, Richard Symons and many others Dated at Stratford, 1 January, 30 Hen.VIII Signed: Per me Vmfrey Hubod. Per me Johannem Praty Seals of red wax, circular, broken. (1) A sexfoil within interlaced triangles, with trefoils in the interstices. (2) A heart between the letters X A, all between sprays of conventional foliage. (Engraved in Fisher's Antiquities, nos.127-128)