Manuscript document signed "William ffindall" with crude seal, "Printer in the University of Oxford.

Manuscript document, c. 9 x 8", chip from one corner not affecting text, discreet repair to long tear through signature, some soiling and fold marks, text clear as follows: "Bee it knowne unto all men by these presente that William Fyndall Printer in the University of Oxford, in consideration of the summe of five and thirty shillings of lawfull moneys of England to him in hand paid by Wright Croke of the Inner Temple London Esqre. Hath granted Bargaind & Sold, And by those presents doth grante Bargaine and Sell unto the said Wright Croke his heires and Assigns all that pasture or meadow lying in Gosley conteining four Poles in length and Breadth and also all the Mounds, Trees, and Hedgerowes whatsoever of him the said William Fyndall, growing or which shall or may grow, in In witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale on this Ninteenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord 1695." Signed by Fyndall [ffindall] and winessed by Anthony [??][signature] and John Miles [mark]. Note: I. Findall is mentioned in Harry Carter's magisterial history of the Oxford University Press, vol.I, pp.193-4, as having an estate at Marston and a daughter who married a don. Ref. Hearne. Carter indexes him as a compositor. On p.194 Carter mentions a "John Croke", compositor, possibly related to Wright Croke (above and below). 2. "Anthony Wood records in his diary that that the daughter of John Croney of St Michael's parish (possibly Mary, born 1655) was the servant of Wright Croke (son of Sir Richard Croke and later a barrister of the Inner Temple), who was living at Marston, and that they were married at the end of August 1684." (Google "Wright Croke")