Ely Street, Stratford-upon-Avon

Description

Copy feoffment from Alice Smith of Stratford-upon-Avon, widow, Thomas Smith of the same, yeoman, and Richard Smith of the same, yeoman, to Richard Hatheway of the same, baker, for £15, of a toft, curtilage or piece of ground in or near Wood Street and Eelie Street, Stratford-upon-Avon between the tenement of Stratford Corporation in the tenure of Humphrey Wheeler, the tenement of Thomas Knight, the land of the said Richard Hatheway and the street called Eelie Street; with the further quitclaim of the piece of ground adjoining this toft in the tenure of the said Richard Hatheway, which he lately purchased from John Smith, ironmonger, deceased, husband of the said Alice Smith and father of the said Richard and Thomas.

Dated: 10 March 17 James I.
Witnesses:
Michael Olney,
William Smith,
John Samuell,
William Higgins (by mark),
John Wheeler,
William Chandler,
William Harrison,
Alexander Prise,
John Nason,
Anthony Collins,
Dorothy Samford (by mark).

Copy made and attested by William Smithe on 21 June 1656, from the original deed in the possession of Edward Cowper and Alice his wife, who purchased the house in Wood Street.