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John Wakeman was seised of one messuage and divers lands, etc., with appurtenances, in Gotherington, als. Gotherston, to the said messuage, belonging, formerly in the tenure of William (?) Sheild, and now in the tenure of Anne Sheild, his relict; of two closes of arable land and pasture in Conderton, within the parish of Overbury, in the county of Worcester, called "Ie vpper Hollowbrooke" and "Ie ... Hollowbrooke", and of all the lays of meadow and pasture in Conderton in the tenures of the said Edward Wakeman, Nicholas Price, Thomas Addys, William Price, and George Neend. The manor of Beckford, and other premises in Beckford, Bengrove, Grafton, Ashton subter montem, Ashton super Carrant, and Didcot, are held of the King in chief by knight's service by the twentieth part of a knight's fee, and are worth per annum, clear, £10. The premises in Gotherington are held of the King by the [sic] part of a knight's fee, and are worth per annum, clear, 4s. 8d. The premises in Conderton are held of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Worcester, as of their ... of Overbury, in free and common socage by fealty only, and are worth per annum, clear, 10s.