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OLiver, To the Sheriff greeting; Whereas * 1.1 a certain Fine was levyed in the Court of the Soveraign Lord James late King, &c. tali die & Anno, before A. and his Associates then Justces of the same Soveraign Lord James, of the Bench, between W. plaintiff, & R. Deforcient, of the Manor of T. with the appurtenances whereof plea of Covenant was summoned be∣tween them in the same C. to wit, that the afore∣said R. hath recognized the aforesaid Manor with the appurtenances to be the right of him the said W. as that which the same W. had by the gift of the aforesaid R. and for that recog∣nizance, Fine and Concord, the same W. had granted to the aforesaid R. the aforesaid Ma∣nor, with the appurtenances, to have & to hold to the same R. of the aforesaid W. and his Heirs Males of his body begotten, all the life of him the said R. yeelding therefore by the year, &c. And after the decease of him the said R. the a-aforesaid Manor, with the appurtenances, shall wholly remain unto the aforesaid W. and his Heirs quite from the Heirs of the aforesaid R. to * 1.2 hold of the chief Lords of the Fee by the ser∣vices which unto that Manor should belong for ever, and if it should happen that the aforesaid R. should dye without Heir Male of his body begotten, the aforesaid Manor, with the ap∣purtenances; should wholly remain to T. Bro∣ther of him the said W. and to the Heires Males of his body begotten, to hold of the chief Lords of that Fee, by the services aforesaid, for ever; and now by the insinuation of A. son and Heir of the aforesaid T. we have received that the a∣foresaid