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Bargain and sale from Sir Simon Archer of Warwick knight to Thomas Archer of Tanworth esquire, his son and heir, to raise marriage portions for his four daughters, Anne, Mary, Elizabeth and Frances, of all the timber on his manors of Tanworth, Solihull, Monkespath, Umberslade and Fulwood and on all farms of the said Sir Simon and Thomas in Tanworth, Solihull, Nuthurst, Hampton in Arden, Bewdesert, Ullenhall, Henley in Arden and Wotton Wawen, excepting timber for repair and the erection of houses and coppice woods, to hold for ever. Signed: Simon Archer. Dated 9 December 1659. Circular seal of red wax on tag, 1/2 in., on a shield 3 barbed arrows pointing downwards. English, parchment, 17.5 x 12 ins., indented.