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Document Number:0804027
Title:Lease for a Year
Date:29 April 1813
For Sale:£45.00
Condition:
Very good for its age
Description:
Parchment : 1 sheet 52cm x 66cm with 2 wax seals, 2 signatures and revenue stamps
Summary of contents:
PARTIES
Edward WARD of Shifnal, Shropshire. Blacksmith.
Frances PERRY of Wrockwardine, Shropshire. Widow.
John Stanley SMART of Red Lion Square, Middlesex. Gentleman.

SUBJECT
This is the first part of a contract of sale by Lease and Release in which John Smart is buying property in Shifnal, Shropshire, from the other two parties.

The property consists of two dwellinghouses, one of which has a carpenter's shop attached, and also a malthouse with a stable. All are in the North or North East side of the road leading from the market place to the parish church in Shifnal.

There is mention that Edward Ward also owns one of the neighbouring properties in the right of his wife Anne.
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