whereas mrs Eliz Clifford hath this day purchased of me a cottage or tenement and curtilage or yard thereunto belonging in Earls Colne in the county of Essex which I am entitled unto after the death of my mother Eliz Hatch now I Eliz Rich Hatch do promise and agree at any time hereafter to enter into a bond in the penalty of 50li to the said Eliz Clifford to indemnify any claim or demand the heirs of me the said Rich Hatch or any other person may any ways have or claim to the said premises witness my hand this 26.1.1729 Rich Hatch witness W Cooper