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Counterpart of lease for 2 years from John Archer esquire to Richard Yelschaw and Thomas Waryng' of the herbage of a pasture called Wodelonde and the profit of the wood then growing in a grove called Woodlondes grove; to hold the same for the term of 2 years paying £11. 16s for the same, to be paid in the following manner: 59s. at the feast of All Hallows [1 November], 59s. at the feast of SS. Peter and James following and 59s. at the feast of All Hallows; the said Richard and Thomas to leave in the said grove 400 sufficient ground branches of oak and ash, and if there were not sufficient ground branches in the said grove 'that the remnaunt to be suffycyent of other vndur a dowbulraftur pes', and the said Richard and Thomas to leave all the timber and the wood that was left standing at the last felling and to enclose the said grove to preserve the undergrowth of the said grove against cattle during the said terms of 2 years and 3 years next after the last felling; the said Richard and Thomas not to fell any wood in the unlawful season, i.e. from the feast of St. Dunstan the Archbishop [19 May] to the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross [14 September] but to preserve the said undergrowth for their own use during the said term, the said Richard and Thomas binding themselves and their heirs to pay the said £11. 16s to the said John Archer' and his heirs. Dated, 17 Henry VII. Fragment and traces of red wax on tag. English, parchment, 10 x 61/4 in., indented.