WY650-652

Conveyance. Lease, Release and Bond. £25. (i) William Penn of Worminghurst, Sussex, esquire. (ii) Thomas Banks of Alfriston, Sussex, maltster.

13, 14 Jul 1681

From: 1681 To: 1681

Recites Letters Patent of Charles II, 4 March 1681, granting to William Penn:- a tract or part of land in America, with islands, bounded east by the Delaware River from 12 miles distant northward of Newcastle town to the 43° of northern latitude and extending west 5° in longitude, bounded south by a circle drawn at 12 miles distance from Newcastle northwards and westwards to the beginning of the 40° of northern latitude and then by a straight line westward to the limit of of longitude above mentioned. -- 1,250 acres of land in Pennsylvania. Witnesses: Harbert Springett, Thomas Cox, Isaac Swinton.

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Penn, William,
Banks, Thomas,
Springett, Harbert,
Cox, Thomas,
Swinton, Isaac

Pennsylvania, DEEDS, maltster, Sussex