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Draft petition from William Vinor of London, gentleman, to John, Bishop of Lincoln, Keeper of the Great Seal, complaining that whereas he purchased of Thomas Lapworth of Ethrope, gentleman, 5 messuages, 1 cottage and certain lands, meadow and pasture in Ethrope, Stretton, Ryton and Bubnell, free of all encumbrances, the said Thomas Lapworth or Thomas Lapworth his father, deceased, had conveyed the said premises to William Lapworth and Moses Lapworth and therefore the said William Vinor requests a hearing in Chancery.