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DocRefNoDRB0044/68
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TitleAbstract of title to 4 acres of land in the Common Close at Barwell, co. Leicester, of the churchwardens and overseers of Polesworth
Date1714-1719
Description Pps. 670-671 of the Charity Commissioners' Reports for 1826-75, states that the land at Barwell was let for an annual rent, part of which was used to buy Bibles and prayer books; the rest was used as a bread charity. The purchase sum came principally from the charities of William Beck, John Weston, Mary Tubuge, Thomas Bardet, William Wragge, and Walter Moseley.
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NA606/Polesworth/Warwickshire/England
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