Lease: land in Alveston and Tiddington, Warwickshire

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Lease from Thomas Higgins of Tiddington, yeoman, to William Higgins and Edmund Townsend of Stratford-upon-Avon, yeomen, for £36 paid by them on behalf of the said Thomas Higgins to sundry debtors, of a yardland, an acre of meadow in Alveston Meadow, alias Mill Mead, and two parcels of land called Home Close and The Lott, all lying in Alveston and Tiddington in the tenure of Thomas Lord; to hold for 21 years after the death of John Higgins, father of the said William, at a peppercorn rent, in order to receive an annual rent charge of £13 from the said premises by which they might be reimbursed for the £36 which they had paid out on the lessor's behalf. Agreement that the said Thomas Higgins should remain in occupation of the said premises if he could offer sufficient securities for the said £36, and that the lease should be void when this sum had been repaid.