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witnesseth that I
Edw de Veer
earl of Oxford lord great chamberlain of England do acknowledge myself to have received and had of
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of Staple Inn Middx gentleman the full sum of 190li of lawful money of England in part of payment of a more sum due to me for the purchase of the site and demesnes of the late dissolved priory or monastery of blessed mary the virgin and st jn the evangelist of Colne Comitis alias Earls Colne and also for the purchase of the manor or lordship of Colne Priory together with other things mentioned in a pair of indentures of bargain and sale betwixt me the said earl and the said
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bearing date
7.2.last
in witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day and year above written
Edw Oxford
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