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the said John Parker the younger and the said 
Dyonise, for their lives, remainder to their heirs 
male ; remainder to George Parker, second son of 
said John Parker, the party, and his heirs male; 
remainder to William Parker, third son of the said 
John Parker, and his heirs male; remainder to the 
right heirs of the said John Parker, the son, for ever. 
Residue of said premises to the use of John Parker 
the elder for life; remainder to John Parker the 
younger, and his heirs male; with like remainder to 
< George and William, as before. Portions charged 
q . for daughters. And, if the said John Parker, the 
; son, shall happen to die without issue male, “the 
said Dyonise not being privimt. or grossmt. enseint* 
with one or more son or sons, &c.” Covenant by 
said John Parker the elder, for one year after the 
solemnization of the marriage, to find the said John 
Parker the younger, and Dyonise, and their child 
and children, sufficient meat, drink, and lodging, if 
they will be content to continue in the house with 
the said John Parker the elder, and so on if longer, 
he John Parker the elder having the use and enjoy- 
ment of the third part of the lands. And if the said 
John Parker and Dyonise be minded to depart from the 
house of the said John Parker the elder, and to live in 
house by themselves, then they to have the third part. 
Covenant by the said Thomas Bright, that on the day 
of the solemnization of marriage, he will pay to 
the said John Parket the younger, £20, and at 
the end of one year after other £20, “att or in the 
sowth porch of the parish church of Norton t 
* Closely, or heavily, with child. 
+ The arrangement stated in old deeds for making payments of money in 
church porches, was not one of mere legal form only, but it appears to have 
been in some cases for a real purpose. An instance of this is given in an ac- 
count of some disputes in the family of Shakespeare, of Rowington, Warwick- 
Shire, detailed in Motes and Queries, 3rd S., XII., p. 81, Aug. 3, 1867. There 
