the_o custom_n of_o the_o manor_n of_o paynswicke_n take_v out_o of_o the_o decree_n in_o chancery_n and_o careful_o examine_v for_o the_o benfit_a of_o the_o tenant_n or_o other_o that_o may_v be_v concern_v by_o thomas_n loveday_n in_o the_o year_n 1687._o london_n print_v in_o the_o year_n 1688._o jacobus_n dei_fw-la grac._n angliae_fw-la scotiae_fw-la francia_fw-la et_fw-la hibern_n rex_fw-la fidei_fw-la defensor_fw-la etc._n etc._n omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la present_n litt._n per_fw-la veniunt_fw-la salut_fw-la in_o videmus_fw-la jus_o prox_n irrotula_fw-la mentum_fw-la ejusdam_fw-la decreti_fw-la sive_fw-la judicij_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o cancellar_n nostra_fw-la inter._n johan_n hamond_n alias_o jorden_n et_fw-la aliis_fw-la tenand_n manerij_fw-la de_fw-la paynswicke_n in_o com._n glouc._n queren_n et_fw-fr henr._n jernegan_n armiger_n et_fw-la aliis_fw-la defence_n nuper_fw-la fac_fw-la et_fw-la redit_fw-la in_o rotulis_fw-la cum_fw-la cancellar_n nost_n 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