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Receipt from Robert Barker clerk, late vicar of Tanworthe, to John Perkes clerk, now vicar of Tanworthe, for £13. 10s. to extinguish an annual rent of 40s. for which the said Robert for the term of his life, with the consent of Nicholas Bullyngham, late Bishop of Worcester, did assign to the said John Perkes, now vicar there, the vicarage of Tanworthe. Signed: Robert Barker. Dated, 18 Elizabeth. Witnesses, endorsed: Francis Bickerton, William Chamber, Robert Jackeman and others. Circular seal of red wax on tongue, 1/2 in., divided by a sprig of foliage. English, parchment, 141/4 x 83/4 in.