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Devon deed

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Conveyance from the Guardians of the Poor of South Molton Union and the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Knowstone [named] to Sir Robert Throckmorton of Buckland, Berks. bart. of the site of 4 cottages adjoining the churchyard in Knowstone, recently destroyed by fire, which cottages were the property of the parish of Knowstone and used for the reception of the poor there.

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See also 380-1, 701