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    proffitts comodities & appurtenances to the sd pmisses or any pte Liber E
    or pcell thereof belonginge or in any wise apperteyninge To have &
    to hold the aforesd land & all & Singular the premisses before
    granted bargained & Sold with their & evy of their Rights members
    & appurtencs whatsoev unto the sd William Ratcliffe his heires &
    ass forever from him the sd Edward Price his heires executrs &
    admrs And the sd Edward Price doth for himselfe his heires executrs
    & admrs Covenante pmise & grante to & with the sd William Ratcliffe
    his heires executrs admrs & ass that the premisses now are & for
    ever hereafter shall be & continue free & cleare & freely & clearely
    acquitted exonerated & discharged of & from all & singular former
    & other bargaines Sales guifts grantes leases Rentes, arrearages of
    Rentes, rentcharges mortgages Joyntures, dowers claymes, demands
    & incumbrances whatsoev by him them or any of them formerly
    had done or comitted or to be had done or comitted And the sd
    Edward Price for himselfe his heires executrs & admrs the aforesd
    pcell of land & all & Singular other the pmisses before granted bar-
    gained & sold with the appurtenances unto the sd William Ratcliffe
    his heires & ass for ever agst him the sd Edward Price his heires
    executors & admrs & against all & evy of them lawfully claymeinge
    from by or under him them or any of them shall & will warrant &
    forever defend by theis pntes And the sd Edward Price for himselfe
    his heires executrs & admrs doth Covenant pmise & grante to & with
    the sd William Ratcliff his heires & ass by theise pntes that he the
    sd William Ratcliffe his heires & ass & evy of them shall & may by
    force & virtue of theis pntes lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold
    occupy possess & enjoy the sd Land & all & singulr the pmisses before
    granted bargained & sold with their & evy of their Rights members
    & appurtenances & have receive & take the Rentes issues & proffitts
    thereof to his & their owne propper use & behoofe, without any
    manner of lett trouble eviction or interrupcon of or by the sd Price
    his heires executrs admrs or ass or any of them (The Rentes &
    Services which from henceforth from tyme to tyme & att all tymes
    forever hereafter shall grow due & payable to the Cheife Lord or
    Lords of the Fee or Fees thereof for or in respect of their Seignorie
    or Seignories only excepted & foreprized) In witnes my hand & seale
    I have hereunto putt.        Edward Price (loc
    Signed Sealed & delivd                  sigil)
      in the pnce of us  Edward Minge
         Christopher Warner  Richd R Midgleys
                           mke

      In a cause depending between Josias Fendall plaintf and Ambrose
    Bayly Deft, the Plaintiff in his pp pson, declares agt the Deft for
    the Sume of one thousand pounds of tob due by a bill beareing date
    the 5th of August 1672 the Plaint proves in Court by the oathes of
    Jno Baulch and Thomas Jeckrell tht it's the act & deed of the sd
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