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grace of God &". To all men whome these prs'ts shall 

 come greeting. Whereas wee by o'' ^res patents vnder o"" 

 great Seale of England bearing date at Westm the eight and 

 twentith day of Aprill in the sixth yeare of o"" raigne of England 

 France and Ireland and of Scotland the one and Fortith for 

 the considerations in the said iJ'res patents expressed did giue 

 and graunt vnto o'' Servaunt Richard Hamerton the Custody 

 and keeping of o'' house at Newmarket in the County of 

 Suffolk. And him the said Richard Hamerton keeper of o'' 

 said house we did make order and appointe by o"" said £x&s 

 patents To haue hold and enioy the said Custody and keepnig 

 of o'" said house to the said Richard Hamerton for and during 

 the time of his naturall life together w^^ all proffits and como- 

 dities to the same belonging or in any wise apperteyning. 

 And further of o"" more ample grace certayne knowledge and 

 meere mocon wee did giue and graunt to the said Richard 

 Hamerton for the keeping of the said house the wage and fee 

 of eight pence of lawful money of England by the day To 

 haue hold receive and enioy the said wages and fee of eight 

 pence by the day to the said Richard Hamerton and his 

 assignes from the Feast of the Annunciacon of the blessed 

 Virgin Mary then last past before the date of the same ^res 

 patents for and during the naturall life of the said Richard 

 Hamerton out of the treasure of us o^" heyres and Successo''s 

 at the receipt of the Excheq' of us o"" heyres and Successor's 

 by the handes of the Tres. and Undertres''^ of vs o"" heyres 

 and Successor's there for the time being at the fowre usuall 

 termes of the yeare that is to say at the Feasts of the Nativity 

 of St. John Baptist St. Michael the Archangell the birth of 

 o"" Lord God and the Annunciacon of the Virgin Mary 

 quartly by even porcons to be paid as by the said ^res patents 

 more plainly and at large as doth and may appeare w*^'' said 

 Richard Hamerton is yet lining as we are credibly informed. 

 And whereas also by other o"" i^res patents bearing date at 

 Westm the sixteenth day of December in the third yeare of 

 o"' raigne of England France and Ireland and of Scotland the 

 and thirtieth wee did giue and graunt to o'' Loving 

 subject John Banckes the custody and keeping of o'' new 

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