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be_v account_v a_o for_o 1_o kts._n fee_n i_o find_v it_o rank_v a_o among_o those_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o barony_n of_o stafford_n in_o this_o shire_n but_o how_o or_o when_o it_o pass_v from_o any_o of_o those_o baron_n to_o the_o family_n of_o mountfort_n i_o have_v not_o see_v howbeit_o that_o some_o of_o they_o possess_v it_o it_o be_v clear_a for_o peter_n de_fw-fr montfort_n in_o h._n 3._o time_n grant_v clopton_n it_o to_o james_n de_fw-fr clopton_n and_o his_o heir_n by_o the_o name_n of_o his_o manor_n of_o clopton_n with_o a_o certain_a place_n adjoin_v call_v the_o grove_n except_v only_o out_o of_o this_o conveyance_n 1_o mess._n 8_o yard_n land_n and_o a_o half_a 105_o acre_n of_o land_n and_o 7._o acre_n of_o meadow_n and_o except_v a_o certain_a place_n in_o grove_n with_o pasturage_n for_o ten_o ox_n and_o kine_n and_o 2_o horse_n all_o which_o he_o have_v former_o grant_v to_o isabella_n de_fw-fr norton_n and_o edm._n de_fw-fr norton_n her_o son_n by_o which_o grant_v to_o the_o say_v james_n and_o his_o heir_n he_o reserve_v to_o himself_o and_o his_o heir_n x_o s._n of_o silver_n to_o be_v yearly_o pay_v at_o the_o feast_n of_o s._n mich._n th'archangell_n and_o the_o anuntiation_n of_o our_o lady_n by_o even_a portion_n in_o lieu_n of_o all_o service_n save_v foreign_a and_o 3_o appearance_n in_o the_o year_n at_o his_o court_n of_o beldesert_n rob._n de_fw-fr clopton_n 20._o h._n 3._o joh_n de_fw-fr clopton_n 31_o h._n 3._o amabilla_n postea_fw-la nupta_fw-la henrico_n de_fw-fr pathlow_n jacobus_n de_fw-fr clopton_n margeria_n joh._n de_fw-fr clopton_n 3_o e._n 2._o walt._n de_fw-fr cokfeild_n dictus_fw-la marescallus_fw-la mile_n 33_o e._n 1._o johanna_n walt._n de_fw-fr cokfeild_n 16_o e._n 3._o matilda_n christiana_n filia_fw-la ric._n de_fw-fr bykemersh_n joh._n de_fw-fr cokfeild_n dominus_fw-la de_fw-fr clopton_n 5_o r._n 2._o margareta_n joh._n de_fw-fr clopton_n 21_o e._n 4._o agnes_n huâ—o_o clopton_n major_n civit._fw-la londini_fw-la 7_o h._n 7_o obiit_fw-la caelebs_fw-la 12_o h._n 7._o thomas_n clopton_n be_v 22_o e._n 4._o joh._n clopton_n margareta_n will._n clopton_n aet_fw-la 30_o a_o 6_o h._n 8._o eliz._n will._n clopton_n obiit_fw-la 13_o h._n 8._o eliz._n will._n clopton_n be_v obiit_fw-la 2_o eliz._n stratford_n will._n clopton_n aet_fw-la 22._o ann_n 2_o eliz._n obiit_fw-la 18_o apr._n 34_o eliz._n stratford_n anna_n filia_fw-la georgii_n griffith_n mil._n stratford_n will._n clopton_n ob_fw-la s._n prole_fw-la stratford_n jocosa_fw-la uxor_fw-la georgii_n carew_n comitis_fw-la de_fw-fr toâ—enes_n stratford_n anna_n uxor_fw-la will_n clopton_n de_fw-fr sledwick_n in_o episc._n dunelm_n 1_o will._n clopton_n 2_o joh._n clopton_n 3_o thomas_n clopton_n de_fw-fr clopton_n ex_fw-la concess_n jocosae_fw-la comitissae_fw-la totenesiae_fw-la eglentina_n filia_fw-la joh._n kite_n de_fw-fr eburton_n in_o com._n glouc._n joh._n
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