Alveston deeds: Hiron of Alveston

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Settlement on the marriage of Thomas Hiron of Alveston, gentleman, to Mary Townsend of Alveston, spinster, being a conveyance by lease and release from the said Thomas Hiron to Thomas Townsend of Alveston, gentleman, and John Ward of Oxhill, gentleman, for £1000 to which the said Mary Townsend is entitled upon her marriage, of a messuage in Alveston with 3 3/4 yardlands, a meadow called Little Ham and an acre of meadow in Tiddington Meadow, all in the tenure of the said Thomas Hiron; also a piece of meadow called the Ham in the tenure of William Parry lying between Tiddington and Stratford-upon-Avon; to hold the same to the use of the said Thomas Hiron for life with remainder to his widow, Mary Townsend for life, and then to their issue. In addition the said Thomas Hiron assigns to the said trustees three leases now vested in him, [see nos. 61-62] of land in Alveston, to hold for the residue of the several terms of years to the same uses.