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park_n cressy_n ob_fw-la 1659._o ..._o fill_v ...._o smith_n de_fw-fr east_n recford_n ux_fw-fr 1._o sussana_n fill_n joh._n gaynsford_n de_fw-fr crowhurst_n in_o sur._n ux_fw-la 1_o gervas_n cressy_n will._n greaves_n de_fw-fr nott._n anna_n 2_o hugo_n johannes_n cressy_n aet_fw-la 27._o 1662._o 2_o hugo_n 3_o nicol._n 4_o robert_n 5_o petrus_n 2_o hugo_n 1_o robert_n cressy_n de_fw-fr wilford_n 1575._o robertus_fw-la rogerus_fw-la 2._o king_n henry_n the_o second_o command_v hugh_n de_fw-fr cressy_n that_o his_o canon_n of_o radeford_n shall_v hold_v well_o and_o in_o peace_n and_o right_o the_o three_o bovat_v in_o hermodeston_n which_o avicia_n the_o daughter_n of_o william_n de_fw-fr taney_n and_o william_n de_fw-fr clerfay_n give_v else_o the_o steward_n of_o tikehill_n shall_v see_v right_o do_v in_o the_o time_n of_o roger_n archbishop_n of_o york_n which_o be_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o roger_n the_o creisi_n confirm_v the_o gift_n of_o the_o say_v three_o 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ux_fw-fr 1_o katherine_n fill_v ric._n smith_n de_fw-fr walkringham_n jana_n ..._o hublethorne_n maria_n fill_n leon._n shalcrosse_n de_fw-fr shalcrosse_n c._n derb._n 1_o will._n cressy_n de_fw-fr oulcotes_n 1614_o rogerus_fw-la cressy_n fill_n &_o haer_fw-mi elizab_n fill_v ....._o elcock_n rectoris_fw-la de_fw-fr barlunbury_n 2_o will._n 3_o leonardus_n ..._o relict_n tandem_fw-la haer_fw-mi ...._o staple-aet_a 24._o 1614_o tun_n fr._n hen._n joh._n hug._n mari._n eliz._n kath._n jan._n bridget_n goodyere_n susan_n carol_n wilson_n 2_o hugo_n eliz._n these_o hamlet_n belong_v to_o hodsak_n as_o it_o also_o be_v be_v in_o the_o great_a parish_n of_o blyth_n viz._n costhorp_n flyxthorp_n hermeston_n woodhouse_n holme_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v now_o only_o one_o fair_a old_a house_n with_o a_o private_a chapel_n to_o it_o in_o hodsak_n to_o which_o there_o be_v a_o fair_a park_n and_o other_o goodly_a wood_n and_o demesne_n the_o rentale_n of_o hodsok_n 6_o e._n 3._o show_n that_o 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