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(Draft of) indentured demise, by John Lumley, knight, Lord Lumley, to Robert Gavell...
Catalogue reference: WARD 2/61/241/37
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This record is about the (Draft of) indentured demise, by John Lumley, knight, Lord Lumley, to Robert Gavell... dating from 1580 Apr 16 in the series Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1580 Apr 16
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(Draft of) indentured demise, by John Lumley, knight, Lord Lumley, to Robert Gavell of Cobham in Surrey, gentleman, and Roger Marshall of Nonsuch, Surrey, gentleman, of the great park of Nonsuch with (specified) exceptions, for the term of 21 years from Michaelmas next, paying £160 yearly.
Signed: John Williamson. Postscript: I thank you good mr. Gavell for my billets, but as yet I never saw but one thousand of them, and they all burned for heresy.
[Endorsed] To mr. Robert Gavell deliver these.
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WARD 2
Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences
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(Draft of) indentured demise, by John Lumley, knight, Lord Lumley, to Robert Gavell...
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