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MEASHAM. Indenture made 20 Oct., 33 Elizabeth, by which the right honourable Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of a sum of money paid to him by sir George Hastings of Copishill, co. Leicester , grants all the tithes, glebe land, &c. in Messam, co. Derby, belonging to the rectory of Repingdon in the said county.

Indenture dated 1 April, 16 James I, by which the right honourable Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of the good services of Edward Carpenter , servant of the said earl, have granted to him for his life and three years after, a messuage and tenement standing upon part of the parsonage of Mesam, co. Derby, for an annual rent of 20s.

PACKINGTON, co. LEICESTER, and MEASHAM, co. DERBY. Exemplification of a decree between Henry, earl of Huntingdon, plaintiff, and Thomas Pestell, clerk, defendant, concerning the claim to the tythes of the parsonages of Packington on the heath, and Mesam, in the counties of Leicester and Derby. Dated at Westminster, 29 January, 4 Chas. I.