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(i) Sir William Palmer of Hill, knight
(ii) William. Palmer of Ladbrooke, Warwickshire, esquire
(recites that manor of Hill and certain copyhold lands in Warden are conveyed in deed [of] even date)
-- the manor of Holme and capital messuage, dovehouse, etc., late in the occupation of William & Thomas Plomer, 240 acres land, 40 acres meadow, 40 acres pasture, lately purchased of Thomas & Robert Easton & wife Anne
-- a messuage in Holme, 140 acres land, 20 acres meadow and pasture, late in the occupation of Thomas Cotton
-- a messuage in Holme, 80 acres land, 30 acres meadow and pasture, and a cottage and close; late in the occupaton of Katherine Finch, widow
-- a messuage and 80 acres land, 20 acres meadow and pasture, in Holme, in the occupation of Thomas Godgin
-- 4 closes of pasture (Hawke closes) in Holme, in the occupation of Edward Bray; 2 closes in the occupation of John Kercher; close called
Binghams in the occupation of Lewis Hale
-- cottages in the occupations of Richard Browne, Widow Spencer, Robert Middleton, John Harrison, John Chamberlain
all lately purchased of Thomas Smith by William Plomer
-- a farm in Holme in the occupation of Richard Petts, late purchased by William Plomer of Robert Robinson
-- a messuage with dovehouse etc., in the occupation of Nicholas Retchford, 100 acres land, 17 acres pasture, 2 1/2 acres meadow and wood, purchased by William & Thomas Plomer of Robert & Thomas Easton & wife Anne *, Thomas Smith, Robert Robinson & John Retchford; with appurtenances in Biggleswade, Stratton & Langford
except: a messuage etc., purchased from Henry Piggott by William Plomer
the manor etc., in Holme to indemnify the manor of Hill for charges placed upon it by William Plomer
Witnesses. Thomas Penson, Robert Tempest, Gilbert Mabbott, John Savill, Robert Filbrigg 1 April 1642
recites:- 1 June 1627: William Plomer to Robert Palmer, late father of Sir William Palmer, then merchant of London: jointure of Dame Margaret, wife of Sir William Plomer (father of William Plomer, esquire)
1 March 1625: Sir William Plomer to Thomas Godfrey, Humphrey Fish, and Thomas Plomer (one of his sons) for 15 years to strengthen his will; (£200 annuity to wife and bequests to younger children)
1 July 1635: William & Thomas Plomer to (Sir) William Palmer, eldest son & heir of Robert Palmer; £9,850 paid by Robert Palmer (manor of Holme) for 1000 years
1 April 1642: Sir William Palmer to William Palmer (manor of Hill)
* mentions Thomas and Robert and wife Anne earlier