Stratford-upon-Avon: Guild of the Holy Cross: Deed

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Grant, indented, from the Master and Proctors of the Gild to master John Harrys, `scolemayster' and chaplain, of certain lands and annual rents arising from divers lands and tenements in Stratford in le Bruggestrete, le Shepustrete, Myddulrewe `opposite the High Cross' le Churchstrete, le Deddelone, le Grenehulstrete and le Merestrete, to hold for a term of 90 years, rendering yearly a red rose at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Witnesses: [Thomas] Mayel, `capitalis ballivus', John Weoley and Richard Compton, `sub-ballivi', John Leeke, John --- and others Dated, Sunday on the morrow of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary, [2] Henry VI Seal lost In a partly obliterated endorsement there is a mention of the house of the Blessed Mary in Myddulrewe, and the rent of the "Clokehows viz. vjs.viijd"