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Bonds and receipts: Cookes family of Tardebigge

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Bond from Richard Smyth and William Smythe of Stoke, Worcs., husbandmen, to John Meys in the penal sum of £ 20 to abide by the arbitration of William Paytweyne, Harry Gobe, Harry Knyght and Richard Colard in a dispute between the said Richard Smyth and William Smythe and their wives and John Meys, William Crystefer the elder and William Crystefer the younger concerning pathways to the church, hurting of corn and grass and disturbances, among other matters or, if these arbitrators cannot agree, to abide by the award of Gilbert Talbott knight and William Neweport. Dated 28 July 29 Henry VIII. Fragments of seal of red wax on tongue.