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In consideration of £700 paid by James Gunman (of Dover, Kent, esq.) to Arabella Smith (of Dover, widow of Samuel Smith of Coventry, surgeon), and of 5/- paid to each of those parties by John Miller (of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman [lawyer]), all of them entrust Henry Jenkinson Sayer (of Lincoln's Inn, gentleman [lawyer]) with (a) a farmstead with Upper Morelands (17a.), Nether Morelands (18a.), Sheep Pen Close (14a.), the Meadow (10a.), House Close (10a.), the yard and close (5a.), Little Close (2a.), Ellstrop (9a.), First Pasture (9a.), Second Pasture (13a.), Third Pasture (8a.) and Fourth Pasture (8a.), Shilton, Warwickshire, occupied by Joseph Bradford, with tithes from Shilton and Barnacle, Warwickshire; (b) a Shilton cottage with two enclosures each covering 3a. (inhabited by Edward Johnson); (c) a messuage with appurtenances, ten new enclosures and an old one, Burton Hastings alias Little Burton parish, Warwickshire, known as Lammas Close (1a.), Cross Way (6a.), Clover Close (6a.), Barn Furlong (7a.), Second Barn Furlong (3a.), the Meadow (6a.), Meere Slade (4a.), the Holme (2a.), Second Meadow (4.5a.) and the Hassocks (3a.) and Grass Yard (2a.), all formerly occupied by Edward Brookes and Isaac Townsend, now by - Orrell; (d) a Bedworth, Warwickshire farmstead with Satchwells Close (8a.), Mussons Close (5a.), Gorsty Close (8a.), Middle Close (5a.), Broom Field (6a.), the Croft (1a.), the Coxhead (5a.), the Pingle (1a.), Cowhouse Close (3a.), Grove Meadow (5a.) and the Little Meadow (2a.), successively tenanted by John Bayley, Thomas Wilson and now Joseph Farndon; (e) a Fillongley, Warwickshire farmstead with Mogmoor (5a.), Second Mogmoor (4.5a.), Third Mogmoor (5a.), "Copsey" (4a.), Cross Field (3.5a.), Second Cross Field (3.5a.), the Meadow (6.5a.) and the Croft (2a.), successively held by Thomas Goodhead, Joseph Claridge, Richard Hall and now Joseph Corbett; (f) Little Stepping Stone Meadow (2a. 0r. 8p.), Allesley parish, Warwickshire, occupied by William Rosthill [for whom, see PA56/66/16-17; PA56/81/5]; (g) a farm at Ansley, Warwickshire, successively tenanted by Thomas Whiteman, Richard Harrison and now -; (h) 40/- per annum rent from Birdingbury, Warwickshire lands; (i) an Exhall, Coventry farmstead with Upper Close (1a.), Nether Close (3a.), a field (5a.) which was formerly part of Exhall Field, and Longdon Close (4a.), successively occupied by Henry Beckford and now his widow; (j) Fackley Waste (12a. 1r. 28p.), Foleshill parish, Coventry, successively occupied by Henry Beckford and his widow; (k) Chapel Barn, Spon End, St. Michael's parish, Coventry with yard, altogether 1a., lately occupied by - Awson and now by the widow Ann Thomas; (l) a barn, the close it stands on and another close, all near St. John's church, St. Michael's parish [sic], called Smith Leys (one close (3a.) successively formerly occupied by Mr. John Stanton and David Rattray, doctor in physic; the other (2a.) successively formerly by [the maltster] William Daniel and [the grocer] Edward Eagle), now held by Mr. Alderman [John] Clarke [builder]; (m) four pieces of land known as Barkers Butts and Foylies Field, St. Michael's parish, successively occupied by [the parchment-maker] Richard Kevitt, [the carrier] Cleophas Dullison, James Burrows [see BA/A/B/31/7] and now James Potter; (n) Fasey or Feasy Meadow (4a.), St. Michael's parish, successively tenanted by [the currier] Joseph Craner, Alderman [William Leaper] Spell [maltster] and now Henry Lester [see PA56/80/34-35]; (o) a Lammas close called Windmill Field (5a.), once occupied by Elizabeth Bailey but now by [the innholder] John Warner; (p) a messuage on the southern side of High Street, Coventry, successively inhabited by [the cobbler] William Goodwin, - Collins and now [the silkman] John Jordan; (q) another messuage there with two gardens, successively held by [the baker] Thomas Lynes, [the baker] Henry Hunt and now his widow; (r) a small messuage in "St. Michael's parish", formerly occupied by Samuel Reader [woolstapler] but now by Matthew Payne [attorney]; (s) a garden (20p.) in St. Michael's parish, formerly cultivated by John Hitchens, now by Matthew Payne [aforesaid]; (t) a messuage on the southern side of Spon Street, formerly occupied by Elizabeth Jefferies, now by [the leatherdresser] Richard Eaton; (u) a capital messuage, etc. on the southern side of Spon Street, formerly occupied by Mrs. Catherine Ingram, now by Edward Atkins [died on 12 Mar 1793 aged sixty]; (v) a messuage with cowhouses, etc. on the southern side of Spon Street, with the Leys (3a.; Lammas) behind, formerly occupied by Essex Smith [cf. PA56/117/2.I for Essex Gunman], now by [the silkdyer] Thomas Riley; (w) a messuage on the southern side of Spon Street with a garden, formerly held by John Andrewes but now by William Moore; (x) a messuage there with garden, formerly occupied by William Taylor and Abraham Bisacre, now by John Farmer and John Hubbard; (y) another messuage there with its appurtenances, formerly occupied by William Taylor and Widow Clarke, now by her and Widow Reynolds; (z) a further messuage there, once inhabited by William Gilbert, now by his widow; (aa) a messuage with appurtenances lying behind (z), formerly occupied by William Simmons, now by Robert Berry; (ab) a shop there which has been similarly occupied; (ac) a messuage on the northern side of the same street, since divided into the "Windmill" inn (occupied by Joseph Eld, victualler) and four other tenements (inhabited by Jonathan Bidford, William Tidman, Joseph Sneath and John Watts); (ad) a garden behind the "Windmill", tilled by Joseph Eld [aforesaid]; (ae) a messuage with appurtenances on the eastern side of Vicar Lane in St. Michael's parish, formerly occupied by James Birch, esq. [attorney], now by John Orton; (af) a messuage on the southern side of High Street, formerly occupied by John Hands, now by Widow Hands; (ag) another messuage there with a small garden, occupied by William Gandy; (ah)-(am) as PA56/117/2.I (e)-(j); (an) First Stepping Stone Meadow (3a. 3r. 18p.), Second Stepping Stone Meadow (5a. 3r. 2p.), Watery Meadow (3a. 2r. 30p.) and Barn Close (2a. 2r. 3p.), St. Michael's parish, successively occupied by [the innkeeper] Richard Cooper, [the aforesaid] Cleophas Dullison and now [the baker] George Townsend; (ao) First "Gupwell" [Guphill] Ford or Oliver's Close (6a. 1r. 0p.), Second Gupwell Ford (5a. 0r. 24p.), First Barn Field or Gupwell Ford Close (4a. 3r. 4p.), Second Barn Field (4a. 2r. 30p.) and part of the Stripe (1a. 2r. 0p.), all in St. Michael's parish, of which First Gupwell Ford Close, First Barn Field and part of the Stripe were formerly occupied by Widow Weeks, the rest by - Adderley, but the whole thereafter by Samuel Rew and now by [the aforesaid] William Rosthill; (ap) First Pit Field (5a. 0r. 11p.), Second Pit Field (6a. 0r. 19p.), Fenney or "Fearney" Field (subdivided but totalling 2a. 2r. 26p.), Causeway Head Close (8a. 2r. 10p.), First Green or High Field (6a. 3r. 30p.), Second High Field (10a. 1r. 14p.), First Marl Field (3a. 2r. 20p.), Second Marl Field (5a. 2r. 2p.), Third Marl Field (9a. 1r. 8p.), and the Stripes (3a. 1r. 8p.), all in St. Michael's parish, of which Second Green or High Field has been successively occupied by William Arnold senior, his namesake son and, with all the rest, now by Ann Thomas, widow [aforesaid]; (aq) Little Stripes close (2a. 0r. 36p.), St. Michael's parish, successively occupied by the aforesaid Arnolds and now [the mercer] Jeremiah Wall; (ar) a capital messuage with appurtenances on the eastern side of Little Park Street, formerly occupied by Samuel Reader, now by Matthew Payne [both aforesaid]; (as) a capital messuage on the southern side of High Street known as the "Black Bull" inn, with three gardens and a close behind and the road to Greyfriars' Green, all successively occupied by Widow Sawyer, Edward Terry [a St. Michael's churchwarden, 1746] and now [the cabinetmaker] William Ball and William Heywood or their undertenants; (at) another messuage there, formerly occupied by the widowed Martha Kennington but now by William Ball aforesaid, William Meek, Robert Gray and [the dyer] Nathaniel Hill; (au) a messuage behind (at), successively occupied by [the silkweaver] Philip Haddon, John Carpenter, - Hands and now Thomas Cooke and - Gould; (av) tithes from Coundon [in] Coventry and Warwickshire [Coundon principally lay within Allesley parish, then in Warwickshire, but the district close to Coventry, known as Coundon-in-Urchenfield, was within the county of the city]; (aw) the six Crampers Fields in Holy Trinity parish, successively occupied by (1) Richard Cooper [aforesaid] and Patience Stafford, (2) James Burrows [aforesaid] and now (3) -; and (ax) a rickyard, etc. (1r.) in Holy Trinity parish, lately tenanted by Elizabeth Bailey, now by [the aforesaid] John Warner: all so that a common recovery might be suffered before the end of the present Trinity or during next Michaelmas term.