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Indenture between William Grove, of Shaston, Dorset, esquire, on one part and Thomas...

Catalogue reference: WARD 2/14/50/1

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This record is about the Indenture between William Grove, of Shaston, Dorset, esquire, on one part and Thomas... dating from 1582 June 4 in the series Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
WARD 2/14/50/1
Date
1582 June 4
Description

Indenture between William Grove, of Shaston, Dorset, esquire, on one part and Thomas Hamam, James Hamam, Matthew Ewyns, Robert Freke, Edmond Downinge, John Bulkeley, esquires, Hugh Kete, Walter Grove, John Marvyn, Thomas Awbrey the younger, John Budden and William Swanton, gentlemen, on the other part, by which William Grove grants to Thomas Hamam, James Hamam, Matthew Ewyns, Robert Freke, Edmond Downinge, John Bulkeley, Hugh Kete, Walter Grove, John Marvyn, Thomas Awbrey the younger, John Budden and William Swanton, the manor of Sedgehill, Wiltshire, and messuages, lands, tenements, rents, revenues, and all the premises with appurtenances in Sedgehill and Semley, and his house, messuage and farm in Donhead Andrew, and lands, tenements, rents, revenues, services, woods, under-woods, profits, commodities, hereditaments, with appurtenances in Donhead Andrew, Donhead Mary, Ludwell, Charlton, Melbury Abbas, Compton Abbas, Fontmell, Cann, Shaston and Alyncester, in Wiltshire and Dorset, to be sold by them, in order that he can have money for his daughters' weddings, and on behalf of his other sons.

Witnesses: James Shawack, Thomas Lawrence, Roger Farmer, William Mason and William Bower.

Endorsed: memorandum that on 4 August 1582 William Grove asked Christopher Dodington, esquire, justice of the peace, and Robert Streynsham, clerk of the peacein Wiltshire, to enrol the indenture.

Signatures of Thomas Yarde and John Butler, commissioners in the suit between Jane Grove, plaintiff and Robert Grove, defendant.

Signature and seal of William Grove.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Manors
Marriage and divorce
Farming
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4452366/

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