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Mortgage: Halford
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Mortgage by Lease and Release from Thomas Halford the elder of Halford, gent., and Dorothy his wife, and Thomas Halford the younger of the city of London, chandler (eldest son and heir apparent to the said Thomas Halford the elder and Dorothy his wife), with the consent of their trustee, Elias Webb of Sherborne, gent., to Edward Townsend of Alveston, gent. (for £298 and in consideration of the indemnifying of Edward Townsend from the following sums due from Thomas Halford the elder; namely, to Richard Bromley £200; to Thomas Harris £20; to Hugh Brawn £20; to Widow Burlingham £10; in all amounting to £250, in which sum the said Edward Townsend was jointly bound with Thomas Halford to the said creditors) of a messuage then divided into two parts occupied by Thomas Halford and Francis Horne, two closes called Upper Close and Lower Close adjoining the said messuage, and one yard and a half lands in the common fields of Halford described in a schedule thereto. Witnesses: Hugh Wright, Jane Halford (by her mark) and Nathaniel Mason. See also ER3/2345.