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Lease dated 22 May 43 Elizabeth (1601) between Robert Spencer of Oldthroppe, Thomas Spencer of Claredon, and Richard Spencer of Offley, esq., of the one part; and Sir Thomas Leigh of the other part; of the Manor of Ardington. Signed and sealed. Seals 1. Quarterly i. Quarterly ---- and a fret overall on a bend three escallops. ii A fesse ermine between six sea pies heads. iii. On a cross five cinquefoils. iv. Ermine on a chevron ....., a crescent for difference. v. On a bend between two lions, wyvern. vi. Three lions passant. ii as last. iii. Out of a crest coronet a griffin