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Fine by which George Nevyle, kt., lord of Bergevenny, grants to Rouland Hylle , Richard Wylsone , Thomas Lee , William Cotton , and William Hylle , John Gratewood , and Thomas Dyremayne , a rent of £29 in Wyggyntone, Hoppas Cotton, Cumberford, and Tamworth. For this they gave him £600. (Both halves of the indenture are preserved.) ⟨27 Jan.⟩ 1534.

Letters patent of Humfraye Cumberforthe, gentleman, son and heir of the late Thomas C⟨umberforthe⟩ , gentleman, Whereas Roland Hill granted to Sir Thomas Pope the rent of £29 arising out of the manors of W⟨igginton⟩ &c., 24 messuages, a water-mill, 1000 acres of land, 120 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 5 acres of woode, 160 acres of ‘Furres and Hethe’, and £16 rent for fishing rights in the water of Tame, in W⟨igginton⟩ , Hoppas, C⟨umberford⟩ , Cotton, and Tamworth, of which rents H. C. is now owner, H. C. now confirms them to Sir Thomas Pope. 31 May ⟨1541.⟩