Archer miscellanea: Archer of Tanworth

Description

Letters patent from Richard, Duke of York,, Earl of Ulster, Lord [Mortimer] of Wigmore and Clare [Protector of the realm] that Richard Castleford, cousin and heir of Richard Castleford, clerk has sworn in his presence that release made of manor of `Mew Gyngjoyberdlaundry' [modern Buttsbury], Essex to Edward Gray, Lord Ferrers, for the settling of a jointure on the son of Lord Ferrers and the daughter of Lord Rivers [later Queen to Edward IV], is to be disavowed if found to be to the prejudice of Edward Ferrers of Tamworth. Seal on tongue cut off