This Indenture made the twenty third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Between Thomas Smith of the city of Gloucester gentleman and John Packwood of Cheltenham in the county of Gloucester gentleman of the one part and John Smith of Barton Street in the city and Borough of Gloucester grocer of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of Great Britain to the said Thomas Smith and John Packwood in hand well and truly paid by the said John Smith at or immediately before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said Thomas Smith and John Packwood Have and each of them Hath bargained and sold And by these presents Do and each of them Doth bargain and sell unto the said John Smith his executors administrators and assigns All that piece or parcel of land or ground situate lying and being in the Hamlet of Wotton St Mary near the city but in the county of Gloucester containing by admeasurement thirty five perches or thereabouts bounded on the north east by land lately sold by the said Thomas Smith and John Packwood to blank Meadows on the North West by the road leading from Barton Street to Wotton and on all other parts by the remainder of the said piece of land of which the said piece or parcel of land hereinbefore described is part and now in the occupation of the said John Smith Together with all ways waters watercourses hedges ditches trees mounds fences easements profits privileges advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the said piece or parcel of land and hereditaments hereby bargained and sold belonging or appertaining And the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof To have and to hold the said piece or parcel of land and hereditaments hereinbefore expressed to be hereby bargained and sold unto the said John Smith his executors administrators and assigns from the day next before the day of the date hereof for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and paying therefore unto the said Thomas Smith and John Packwood their heirs and assigns the rent of one peppercorn on the last day of the said term (if the same shall be lawfully demanded) To the intent and purpose that by virtue of these presents and by force of the statute made for transferring uses into possession he the said John Smith may be in the actual possession of the said piece or parcel of land and hereditaments and all and singular other the premises hereby bargained and sold and be thereby enabled to accept and take a grant and release of the freehold reversion and inheritance thereof unto him the said John Smith and his heirs To for and upon such uses trusts intents and purposes as are mentioned expressed and declared thereof in and by a certain Indenture of release already prepared and intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date of these presents and made between the said Thomas Smith and John Packwood of the first part the said John Smith of the second part and James Henry Dowling of the third part and to for or upon no other use trust intent or purpose whatsoever In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written

The document has two red seals

Signed                    Tho^s Smith

                             J Packwood

Signed sealed and delivered by the within named Thomas Smith and John Packwood in the presence of

Signed                    Tho Smith Jun^r