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Gift with warranty from John Clerk of Styvechale to Robert de Ruyton' of Coventre of a messuage, garden and croft with appurtenances in Styvechale lying together in breadth and length between le Hallefeld and the land which Katherine de Shulton' holds and extending next to the highway; to hold for ever of the chief lord of the fee. Witnesses: Henry de Keel, John Moldryche of Coventre, Edmund de Styvechale, John Huwet, Robert Barwe and others. Dated at Styvechale, Monday on the feast of the Annuciation, 5 Richard II. Seal on tag: circular, brown. Standing figure of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling suppliant. Endorsed: i) Carta Johannis Clerk' de Styvechale facta Roberto de Ruyton' de Coventr' de tenemento in Styvechale prout patet inferius etc. [early 16th century] ii) A grant of John Clarke of Stychale to Robert Ruyton of Coventrey of a messuadge a garden a croft with the appurtenances in Stychale. Rich 2, 5

Date: In 1382, the feast of the Annuciation fell on a Tuesday.