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Assignment from Edmund Hawes of Retherfield, Sussex, gentleman to Sir Simon Archer of Tanworth knight of a lease [no.1772] of Heathfield and Codborrow croft in Tanworth and Solihull to hold for 200 years; to hold for the remainder of the said term. Signed Edmund Hawes. Dated 26 March 6 Charles I. Witnesses, endorsed: Towneshend Hereford, Cassibilan Burton, George Brocke, William Atwoode scribe. Circular seal of red wax on tag, 3/4 in., on a shield a chevron between three leopards' heads. English, parchment, 20.75 x 9.5 ins., indented.