Catalogue description Clopton Charters

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Details of ER 3/401
Reference: ER 3/401
Title: Clopton Charters
Description:

Lease for a year and release by Edward Clopton of Clopton, esq., to John Middleton of Montham, co. Sussex, esq., and Nathaniel Mason of Stratford-upon-Avon, gent., of messuages and lands in Clopton in the tenures of Simon Ball (rent £37) Richard Salmon (rent £80) and Nathaniel Arnold (rent £46), a messuage called the Shoulder of Mutton and land called Harrington's Leys in Bridgetown in the tenure of George Hyron (rent £30) and two small inclosed grounds in Bridgetown in the tenure of [dow. of The Middleton Thomas Woolmer (rent £8) in trust for a jointure to Martha Clopton his wife, with remainder to his right heirs.

 

Witnesses: Thomas Mason, Richard Thomas.

Date: 1 and 2 September 1729
Held by: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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