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Radford in the Countie of the said Citty of Coventrie now in the tenure of William Wheate contayning by estimation three Acres be the same more or lesse as by the said Recited Indenture to weh Relation be had more fully may appeare. And the said Henry Sewall by another Indenture beareing date wth these presents hath for the Consideration therein mentioned Granted bargained sould aliened & confirmed unto the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood & theire heires, all & singular other his Messuages Cottages Tofts Dovecoates gardens lands tenements & hereditaments scituat lying & being in the said Citty of Coventrie & County of the said Citty of Coventrie & Countie of Warwicke or either or any of them or also wheresoever in this Realme of Eng- land, And one Annuity or Yearly Rent of Eleven pounds & eight shillings of lawfull moneies of England issueing out of certaine lands wch were heretofore the Lands of one Alex- ander Culpeper in the said County of Warwicke & in the County of Leicester as in & by the said last recited Inden- ture to wch Relation be had more fully & at large may ap-
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peare, Now witnesseth this present indenture & and it is hereby granted & declared by & betweene the said parties to these presents, for them and theire heires respectively, That the said severall grantes & conveyances & all & every fine & fynes had or to be had & levied of the premises or any part thereof by the said Henry Sewall to the said George ffoxcroft and John Atwood and the heirs of them or of either of them now are & at the time & times of the making & leavieing thereof were and hereafter shalbe intended & meant to bee & inure to the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood & theire heires & Assignes in Trust & Confidence only, that they the said Georg. ffoxcroft & John Atwood & the Survivor of them & the heires & assignes of the Survivor of them, shall sell away the same & every part & parts thereof to such person & persons & his or theire heires and Assignes for ever as shall or will buy the same & shall dispose of the Rents issues & profitts thereof to be received before the sale thereof & of the money that shalbe raised by the sale thereof to such persons or purposes and uses as the said Henry Sewall shall from time to time direct or appoint by any writeing by him to be subscribed in his life time, And in Default thereof to such person & persons & in such man- ner & forme as he shall by his last will or Testament name appoint or sett downe: And it is agreed by & betweene the said parties to these presents that all such costs charges damages & losses as the said George ffoxcroft & John At- wood or either of them, or theire or either of theire heires executors or administrators shall susteine by Cause Reason or Colour of the said Lands & premisses or of any part or parts thereof or of the trust or confidence concerning the same reposed in them as aforesaid, or by reason cause or colour of any suite or suites or controversie or other matter whatsoever in any wise touching or concerning the said Lands & premisses or any part thereof or the said trust & confidence, shalbe borne defrayed payd & satisfyed out of the said rents issues profitts and moneys to be received had & raised as aforesaid So as the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood theire heires executors and administrators shall not receive any prejudice or damage whatsoever for
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or by reason of the said Trust reposed in them. In witnes whereof the parties abovesaid have to these present In- dentures interchangably sett theire hands and seales the day & yeare first above written. Anno Domini 1634
subscr: George ffoxcroft & a seale John Atwood & a seale.
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Indorsed. Signed sealed & Delivered in the presence of Samuel Atkins. Robert Wiles.
This indenture made the three & twentieth day of June in the tenth yeare of the Reigne of oe Soveraine Lord Charles by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Defendor of the ffaith &c. Betweene Henry Sewall als Shewall of the Citty of Coventry gent sonne & heire of Henry Sewall als Shewall late of the same Citty Alderman deceased on the one part And George ffox- croft of London Merchant & John Atwood of London afore- said Lether seller of the other part, witnesseth, that the said Henry Sewall als Shewall for & in consideration of a Com- potent summe of lawfull money of England to him in hand payd before thensealeing & Delivery thereof the Receipt whereof he the said Henry Sewall als Shewall doth hereby acknowledge Hath granted bargained sould aliened & con- firmed & doth by these presents for him his heires executors & Administrators grant bargaine sell alien & confirme unto the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood theire heires & Assignes All that Messuage & tenement wth thappur- tenances scituate lyeinge being in Coventrie aforesaid in a street or lane there called Baylie Lane wherein the said Henry Sewall deceased lately dwelt all these Eleven Mes- suages & Tenements wth thappurtenances thereunto belong- inge scituate lyeing & being in the said Citty of Coventrie in the aforesaid streete there called Bailie Lane now or late in the severall Tenures or Occupations of Richard Barret Margaret Bedford spinster Niclin widdowe Tadley William Knibb Joyner Miller George Baggett Tomlinson Knibb Carrier Bissaker widdowe
Randall Butcher &
Aldersey widdowe And all that shopp wth thappurtenances scituate lyeing & being in Baily lane aforesaid neere the Drapery doore there lately in the Occupation of the said Henre Sewall als Shewall deceased, And all that shopp wth thappurtenances thereof scituat lyeing & being in Baylie Lane aforesaid now or late in the tenure or Occupation of Mekin Joyner, And all thesd foure Messuages wth the shopps gardens & appurtenances thereunto belonging scituate lyeing & being in the Citty of Coventry aforesaid in or neere a place called Jorden well in a streete there called
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Jorden=well=streete now or late in the severall Tenures or
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Occupations of Richard Heyes Turner, William Wiggins blacksmith Cooke & Roger Clarke brewer, & all that Messuage & Tenement in Much=Parke street in Coventrie aforesaid now or late in the tenure of Milburne wid-
dowe or her Assignes or Undertenants And all that Mes- suage & Tenement wth thappurtenances scituate lyeinge & being in Coventrie aforesaid in a place there called Darbie Lane sometimes in the tenure of John Wootton deceased & now in the occupation of the said Henry Sewall partie to these presents or his Undertenants And all that Garden wth thappurtenances thereof scituate lyeing & being neere the Earls streete in Coventrie aforesaid late in the Occupation of Richard Clerk Draper or his Assignes or Undertenants And all that Messuage Tenement & garden wth thappur- tenances scituate lyeing and being in Coventrie aforesaid in a place there called Gray fryer lane now in the tenure of Thomas Basnet Mercer or his Assignes or Undertenants And all that Messange & tenement wth thappurtenances scituate lyeing & being in the said Citty of Coventrie in a place there called Hey lane now or late in the tenure or Occupation of Brian Coningsgrave or his As- signes or Undertenants And all that Messuage & Tene- ments wth thappurtenances wch was sometimes heretofore a Garden in Coventrie aforesaid adjoyneing to a place some- times the Priorie comonly called or Knowne by the name of Copstons Chauntrie & late in the tenure of John Hamond & sithence in the tenure or occupation of Randall Cleaver or his Assignes or undertenants And all those two tenements in Coventrie aforesaid wth thappurtences . lyeing & being in a place there called well streete now or late in the severall tenures or occupation of Peter Baxter clothier & Henry Wootton Brewer And all those foure tenements wth thappurtenances & a garden in Coventrie aforesaid
lyeing & being in a place there called Cookestreete now or late in the severall Tenures or occupatious of Turner Shooemaker Richard ffalkner labourer William Langton Tailor, Hart shoomaker Kunbertie Carpenter
theire Assignes or undertenants And all these foure Messuages & tenenenents wth thappurtenances scituate lyeing & being in a streete called little Parke streete in Coventrie aforesaid now or late in the severall tenures or occupations of Newby Cloth worker Tatum West widdowe Thorneton widdowe theire Assignes or Undertenants And all that Messuage & tenement wth thappurtenances together wth a garden & orchyard & a Close of ground or Croft thereunto adjoyneinge scituate lyeinge &
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being in the suburbes of the said Citty in a streete there called Gosford streete wthout Gosford Gate now or late in the tenure or Occupation of John Lap his Assignes or Undertenants And all that Barne & orchyard scituate lyeing & being wthout Gosford gate aforesaid betweene the said Gosford gate & the
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lane there leading downe to the Mills in the tenure or occu- pation of John Lape his Assignes or Undertenants And all that Messuage & tenement wth thappurtenances scituate lyeing & being in Corley in the County of warwick wth the crofts & wind mill fields thereunto belonging Containing by estimation Nine acres & twenty perches be the same more or lesse late in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Hynde / And one close of pasture comonly called or knowne by the name of Goldilands in Corley aforesaid containeing by estimation Seven Acres two Roodes seven & twenty perches be the same more or lesse late in the tenure or occupation of Richard Sewall his Assignes or Undertenants And all those three Crofts closes of Meddowe pasture & wood ground scituate lyeing & being in Corley aforesaid commonly called or known by the severall names of Wilke- field Haytley meddow als Haytly lane & Sisers grove late in the tenure of Thomas Everat & and now in the tenure of Brinclowe wch said three Crofts or Closes containe by estimation twelve Acres be the same more or lesse And all that Close of pasture ground wth thappurtenances thereof called Barnes field late in the tenure or occupation of John Potter and William Assborne & now in the tenure or occupation of Abraham Randall his Assignes or Un- dertenants scituate & being wthout the said Newgate wthin the liberties of the said Citty of Coventrie betweene the high-way called London way on the East and a little lane there on the West And all those three closes of pasture ground wth thappurtenances late in the tenure or occupation of Edward Eyre & Thomas Piwall & now in the tenure or occupation of the said Thomas Piwall, William Piwall, & William Jesson, theire Assignes or Undertenants scituate wth out the said Newgate wth in the liberties of the said Citty of Coventrie neere the late dissolved house called the Charter house in Coventrie aforesaid be- tweene the aforesayd way called London way on the East & the water of Sherborne on the west And all that Messuage & tenement wth thappurtenances in Coventry aforesaid in the said streete there called Baylie lane streete on the north
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part of that streete betweene the lands belonging to the Major Bailiffe and Cominaltie of the said Citty of Coventrie & the lands late belonging to Henry Kilbie late of the said Citty Mercer deceased late in the tenure or occupation of John Hill and now in the tenure or occupation of Abraham Randall And all that Garden & Orchard wth thappurte- nances scituate & being in Coventry aforesaid in a streete there called new streete on the North side of the said streete betweene the lands of John Nethermill gent & the lands belonging to the Bishop of Coventrie & Litchfield called the Pallace ground late in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Bannaster & now in the tenure or occupation of the said
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Henry Sewall partie to these presents his Assignes or Undertenants And all that messuage & tenement wth thappurtenances & a garden thereunto belonging scituate lying & being in the parish of St Michael in the said Citty of Coventrie sometime in the tenure or occupation of Nicholas Illedge clothier & sithence in the tenure or occu- pation of John Wright & now in the tenure or occupation of Richard Clarke & William Lillie theire Assignes or undertenants And all that piece of ground called Rowley hill in Morefield in Stoke in the County of the said Citty of Coventrie & a little meddowe there unto adjoyne- ing scituate & being betweene the River there on the one side & the said Moreffield on the other side wth all Commons thereunto belonging late in the Tenure or occupation of Chr: Warren of Stoke aforesaid gent and now in the tenure or occupation of Abraham Randall his Assignes or Under- tenants And all that Messuage & tenement wth thappur- tenances scituate & beinge in Coventry aforesaid in a streete there called Darby lane sometimes in the tenure or occupa- tion of William Tonks & sithence in the tenure or occupation of John Wootton deceased & now in the tenure or occupation of the said Henry Sewall partie to these pres- ents or his undertenants And all -that Messuage & tene- ment wth thappurtenances scituat & being in Coventrie aforesaid in the said streete called Darbie Lane late in the tenure or occupation of Elizabeth Pitt widdowe & sithence in the tenure or occupation of Abraham Randall his Assignes or undertenants, And all those three stables wth thappurtenances in Coventrie aforesaid scituate & being neere the Church yard of the Church of St Michael in the said Citty of Coventrie betweene the lands sometime
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belonging to Richard Redman skinner and the lands of the said Henry Sewall partie to these presents late in the severall tenures or occupations of John Oxenbridge Richard Dudley Daniell Dobsone theire Assignes or undertenants And also all & singular the Messuages Cottages Tofts Dovecoates gardens lands tenements meddowes pastures woods under- woods moores marshes & hereditaments whatsoever of the said Henry Sewall partie to these presents scituate lyeing & being in the said Citty of Coventrie Countie of the said Citty of Coventrie & Countie of Warwicke or either of them or else wheresoever in this Realme of England And the Reversion & Reversions Remainder & Remainders of all & singular the premisses & of every part & parcell thereof And all the right title estate interest use trust Challeng claime & Demand of the said Henry Sewall party to these presents of in & to the same & of in and to every part & parcell thereof & all deeds writeings & evidences touching & concerneings the same Messuages lands & premisses, And the said Henry Sewall doth further for the consideration aforesaid grant bargaine sell alien assigne & sett over unto the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood theire heires & assignes forever, All that Annuity & yearly Rent of Eleven pounds & eight shillings of lawfull money of England issue- ing & goeing out of the lands tenements & hereditaments in Witherley Anesley als Ansteley in the County of Warwicke wch late were the lands of Alexander Culpeper & out of Rat- cliffe grounds lyeing in the County of Leicester or of any of them, To have & to hould the said Messuages lands Tene- ments Annuity
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& yearly Rent of Eleven pounds eight shillings & heredi- taments whatsoever wth thappurtenances & every part & parcell thereof to the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood theire heires & assignes for ever To the only proper & absolute use & behoofe of the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood theire heires & assignes forever- more. In witnes whereof the parties aforesaid to these present Indentures interchangably have sett theire hands and seales the day & yeare first above written./
subscr: George ffoxcroft & a seale.
John Atwood & a seale.
Indorsed Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of Samuel Atkins. Robert Wiles.
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This Indenture made the thirteenth day of June in the tenth yeare of the Reigne of oe Soveraigne Lord Charls by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Defendr of the ffaith &c: Betweenc Henry Sewell als Shewall of the Citty of Coventrie gent sonne & heire of Henry Sewal als Shewall late of the said Citty Alderman deceased on the one partie & George ffoxcroft of London Mercht & John Atwood of London aforesaid Lether seller on the other partie Witnesseth that the said Henry Sewall als Shewall for & in Consideration of a Compotent summe of lawfull money of England to him in hand payd before thensealing & delivery hereof the Receipt whereof he the said Henry Sewall als Shewall doth hereby acknowl- edge hath granted bargained sould & confirmed & by these pntes doth for him his heires executors & Administrators grant bargaine sell & confirme unto the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood theire heires & Assignes All that Croft & close & a barne or Cow house thereunto be- longing wth thappurtenances sometimes fyve Cottages & foure Gardens with a little Croft late in the tenure or Occu- pation of Joane Brownell widdowe & sithence in the tenure or Occupation of ffrancis Robinson & now in the Tenure or Occupation of John Herbert scituate lyeing & being wthout the Gate called Newgate belonging to the said Citty of Coventrie And all that close of pasture wth the appurten- ances thereof called Quarrell field late in the occupation of the said Joane Brownell widdow & sithence in the tenure or Occupation of John Brownell scituate lyeing & being wth out the said Gate called Newgate wth in the liberties of the said Citty of Coventree & abutting uppon a certaine Close called Barnsffield on the South And all that Close or Croft lyeing & being over against the Churchyard sometime be- longing to the Demoleshed Church of St Nicholas in Rad- ford in the County of the said Citty of Coventrie late in the Tenure of John Potter & now in the Tenure of William Wheate his Assignes or Undertenants Containeing by esti- mation three Acres bee the same more or lesse & the Rever- sion Reversions Remainder & Remainders of all & singular the premisses & of every part and parcell thereof And all the estate Right title interest use trust challeng Claime & Demand of the said Henry Sewall of in & to the same & of in & to every part & parcell thereof & all deeds evidences & writeings touching & concerning the same Lands & pmeisses & every part & parcell thereof
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To Have & to hould the said Lands & premisses & every
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part and parcell thereof unto the said Georg ffoxcroft & John Atwood theire heires & assignes for ever to the only proper and absolute use & behoofe of the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood theire heires and Assignes forever- more.
In witnes whereof the parties above named interchanga- bly to these presents have put theire hands & seales the day & yeare first above written.
subscr: George ffoxcroft & a scale. & a seale.
Indorsed
John Atwood
Signed sealed & Delivered
in the presence of Samuel Atkins
Robert Wiles
This Inden' made the thirtieth day of November in the two & twentieth yeare of the reigne of or Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Defender of the ffaith &c: Betweene Henry Sewall als Shewall senior late of the Citty of Coven- try gent & now of Newberry in the County of Essex in New England in the pts of America on the one pt, & Steven Dummer of Newbury in the said pts & County gent on the other part, Whereas the said Henry Sewall als Shew- all by his Indentr made the three and twentieth day of June in the tenth yeare of the Reigne of or Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Dfendr of the ffaith &c Betweene Henry Sewall als Shewall of the Citty of Coventry gent, son & heire of Henry Sewall als Shewall late of the said Citty Al- derman deceased on the one part, & Georg ffoxcroft of Lon- don Merchant & John Atwood Citizen and Letherseller of London on the other part; Whereas the said Henry Sewall by his Indenture beareing date the thirteenth day of June last past ; hath for the Consideration therein expressed granted bargained sould aliened & confirmed unto the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood & theirc heires All that Croft & Close & a barne & Cow howse thereunto belonging ivth the appurtenances sometimes fyve cottages & foure gar- dens, wth a little Croft late in the tenure or occupation of Joan Brownell widdowe & sithence in the Tenure or occu- pation of John Herbert scituate wthout the gate called New- gate belonging to the said Citty of Coventrie, And all that close of pasture wth the appurtenances thereof called Quarrell field late in the occupation of the said Joan Brownell wid- dow scituat wthout the said gate called Newgate wthin the
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Liberties of the said Citty of Coventrie, And all that Close or Croft lyeing or being over against the Churchyard some- times belonging to the Church of St Nicholas in Radford in the Countie of the said Citty of Coventrie then in the tenure of William Wheate containing by estimation three Acres be the same more or lesse, or by the said recited Indentur to Tych Relation be had more fully may appeare. And the said Henry Sewall by another Indenture beareing date beareing date [sic] the said three & twentieth day of June hath for the consideration therein mentioned granted bargained sould aliened & confirmed to the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood & theire heires, All & singular other his Messuages cottages tofts dovecotes gardens lands
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tenements & hereditaments scituat lyeing & being in the said Citty of Coventry & County of the said Citty of Coven- try & County of Warwicke or eitlier or any of them or else- where in the Realme of England & one Annuity or yearely Rent of Eleven pounds & eight shillings of lawfull money of England issueing out of certaine lands wch were heretofore the lands of one Alexander Culpepper in the said County of Warwicke & in the County of Leicester, as in & by the said last Recited Indenture to wch Relation be had more fully & at large may appeare, And also by the said last written In- denture it was granted & declared by & betweene the said parties to the said Indenture for them & theire heires respec- tively, that the said severall grants & conveyances & all & every fine & fines had or to be had & levied of the prem- isses or any part thereof by the said Henry Sewall to the said George ffoxcroft & John Atwood and the heires of them or either of them, then were at the time & times of the make- ing & levieing thereof, and hereafter should be intended & meant to be & inure to the said Georg ffoxeroft & John Atwood & theire heires & assignes in trust & confidence only, That they the said Georg ffoxcroft & John Atwood & the Survivoe of them, and the heires & assignes of the survivor of them, shall sell away the same & every part and parts thereof to such person or persons, & his or theire heires & assignes for ever as shall or will buy the same, And should dispose of the Rents issues & pfitts thereof to be received before the sale thereof, & of the money that should be raised by the sale thereof to such persons & pur- poses & uses as the said Henry Sewall should from time to time direct or appoint by any writeing by him to be sub- scribed in his lifetime, & in default thereof to such pson &
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persons & in such manner & forme as he should by his last will or testament name appoint or sett downe, as in & by the said recited Indenture to wch Relation be had more fully & at large may appeare. Now witnesseth this present Indente, & it is hereby granted & declared by the said Henry Sewall als Shewall senior that the said Severall grants & Conveyances & all & every fyne & fynes had or to be had & levyed of the pemisses or any part thereof by the said Henry Sewall als Shewall senior to the said Georg ffoxcroft & John Atwood, theire heires & Assignes, & all estates lim- ited to theire use or uses or in trust wth them, & all theire power to sell away the same or any part thereof to any pson or persons his or theire heires or assignes whatsoever, & all the power they have to receive & dispose of the issues & the rents & pfitts thereof shall hereby be determined disanulled & revoked. And it is further covenanted concluded de- clared and fully agreed by these presents betweene the said Henry Sewall senior, and the said Steven Dummer for & in consideration of a Marriage already had, betweene Henry Sewall Junior son & heire of the said Henry Sewall senior & Jane the daughter of the said Steven Dumer & for their maintenance & advancement, That the said Henry Sewall senior his heires & assignes shall hereafter stand & be seized of & in all the said Messuages Cottages Tofts Dovecoates gardens lands tenements & hereditaments wth the appurte- nances Annuity & premisses in all the forerecited Inden- tures to the only use & uses hereafter expressed, that is to say, to the use of the said Henry Sewall senior for his life, the remainder
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