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CXVII. 24 March 1560

CXVII. 
24 March 1560. 

Know all men by the presents that I, Robert Wesseiulcn, of the parish [of S. John the Baptist, in the Isle of Thajnet in the county of Kent, yeoman, am held and bound to John Sprawlyngc, of the parish of , . . , in the isle and county aforesaid, for ;!^io of legal English money, to be paid to the said John Sprawlynge, or his certain attorney, heirs, execu tors, or administrators, on the feast of Easter next following after the date of the presents, and for the good and lawful payment of the same I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators by the presents, my seal having been sealed. 

Given on the twenty-fourth day of the month of March in the second year of the reign of the Lady Elizabeth, etc. 

By me, Robert Wessenden. 

Witness, John Russell. 

In dorso : 

The condition of this [obligation is such] that if the within-bounden Robert Wessenden, his heirs, executors, or administrators, or one [of them do well and trujiie satisfie, content, and paie, or cause to be [well and trulie satisjried, contented, and paid [unto the within-namjed John Spraw lynge, his executors, administrators, or assigns . . . seven pounds fifteen shill[ings] lawfull money of England at the feast of Pentecost next [and] imediatlie ensuinge the date hereof, without anie further delaie, resistaunce, or contro versie, that then this present obligation to be voide and of none effect otherwise to stand and abyde in full force, strength, and vertue. 
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