This Indenture made the eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two Between William Smith of Howl Hill in the parish of Walford in the county of Hereford labourer of the one part and John Harris the younger of Howl Hill aforesaid labourer of the other part Witnesseth that the said William Smith for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful British money to him in hand paid by the said John Harris at or immediately before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents Doth grant bargain and sell unto the said John Harris his executors administrators and assigns All that close or parcel of tillage land or ground called the Upper Patch situate upon Howl Hill in the parish of Walford aforesaid containing about one statute acre and a quarter (be the same more or less) having a road or way leading from Lidbrooke towards the Warren on the East land of James Whiting on the West, land of John Whiting on the South and a road or way leading towards Whitings Barn and Walford Mill on the North And which said close or parcel of ground was enclosed by the said William Smith about thirty years since out of a certain waste called Bishops Wood Together with all ways waters watercourses timber and other trees hedges ditches mounds bounds fences commons common of pasture profits privileges advantages emoluments rights members and appurtenances whatsoever to the said close or parcel of land or ground belonging or in any wise appertaining And the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof To have and to hold the said close or parcel of land or ground hereditaments and premises hereinbefore mentioned and described and intended to be hereby granted bargained and sold with their appurtenances unto the said John Harris his executors administrators and assigns from the day next before the day of the date of these presents unto the end and for and during the full term of one whole year thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and paying therefore unto the said William Smith his heirs or assigns the rent of one peppercorn upon the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel now next ensuing if lawfully demanded To the intent and purpose nevertheless that by virtue of these presents and by force of the statute made and provided for transferring of uses into possession he the said John Harris may be in the actual possession of the said close or parcel of land or ground hereditaments and premises and be thereby enabled to accept and take a grant and release of the reversion and inheritance thereof to him and his heirs for ever To and for such use and uses as in and by such grant and release shall be limited expressed and declared and to for or upon no other use trust end 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 one red seal

Signed                    X The Mark of William Smith

Signed sealed and delivered by the within named William Smith (being first duly stamped) in the presence of

Signed                    Edw M Davis

                             Jo^s Gardner