Deed poll by Ralph eldest son of Ralph Shirley, knight; whereas Thomas Chaworth,...

Deed poll by Ralph eldest son of Ralph Shirley, knight; whereas Thomas Chaworth, Thomas Mawreuarde and Nicholas Mountgombry, the younger, knights, by charter indented dated at Radclyff on Soore, 14 May, 7 Henry V, gave to the said Ralph the father and Alice his wife, the manor of Sheldon with its appurtenances, in the counties of Warwick and Worcester, and all other the lands, etc. in the towns of Sheldon, Lyndon, Kyngton, Bekenhull, Merston Cuyly, Colleshull, Castell Bromwyche and Yerdeley in the said counties, which formerly belonged to Ralph Basset of Drayton, knight, and which they had by the gift of William Thirnyng, knight, to hold to the said Ralph and Alice and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder, in default, to the right heirs of Ralph the father; ratification by Ralph the son by the present writing to the said Ralph the father and Alice of their estate in the premises as above. Witnesses: William Mountford, John Cokayn and William Peyto, knights, and others (named). Warwickshire, Worcestershire. 8 July, 9 Henry VI.