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=1568= October 24th, in the 10th year of Elizabeth. =Grant= (Engl) made between Vincent Munday of Marketon in the county of Derby esquire and Edward Mundy (_sic_) gentleman, son and heir apparent of the said Vincent, of the one part and John Weston of Mackworth in the county aforesaid gentlemen of the other part; whereby the aforesaid Vincent and Edward, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred pounds paid to the said Vincent and Edward by the said John Weston, delivered gave granted sold bargained released and confirmed to the said John Weston and his heirs executors and administrators, all that messuage or tenement, with the appurtenances, situate lying and being in The Highe Frith within the parish of Alstonefield in the county of Stafford and being part parcel and member of the manor of Alstonefield aforesaid and thereafter named; following and more at large expressed; to wit all that messuage farm or tenement called Hawkesyarde or otherwise Hawkesearthe, then in the tenure or occupation of Raphe Bradburye and Maud his wife: then follows a full description of the outbuildings lands etc, with extracts from the deed of covenant of the 15th May 1399 hereinbefore abstracted and a full copy of which grant is given in the appendix hereto. =Witnesses=: John Walker, Thomas Mundye gent, Thomas Brunt, John Oakes yeoman and Thomas Mundy. =Vellum=: one skin 16 A-- 12, two round seals of yellow wax, each 1A1/2 inches in diameter and bearing a cross flory, probably not armorial. =Notes=: photographic reproductions of this deed and the two seals are given in the appendix. There is a memorandum endorsed recording the giving of possession on the 24th November in the 10th year of Elizabeth in the presence of the same witnesses, except John Walker.

=Genealogy deduced.=

VINCENT MUNDAY = ......
of Marketon a",
co Derby a",
esquire a",
a",
EDWARD
s & h ap gent
both living 24 Oct 1568

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