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Tanworth
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Feoffment with warranty from William Mountfort of Bescote, Staffordshire, and Sir Edward Mountfort knight, his son and heir, to Thomas Brockhurste of Tanworth yoeman for £30 of a close in Tanworth lying between [the land of] the said Thomas Brockhurst and the lanes there, then in the tenure of the said Thomas; to hold for ever. Signed: William Mountfort, Edward Mountfort. Dated 4 September 6 James I. Witnesses, endorsed: Edward [newman], Edward Banbury, Thomas Warner, Francis Palmer. 2 circular seals of red wax on tags. Endorsed: [contemp] Codborrow noste. A release from Mumford to Th Brakhurst or mortgage. English, parchment, 22.75 x 19.25 ins.