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- "circa 1248.— I, Nicholas Ward of Givingdale, have granted to God and the Nuns of St. Leonard of Essold, for the safety to my soul and those to my ancestors, together with my body there to be buried, a certain toft in the territory of Heukeswrd [Hawksworth], called Northcroft, inclosed all round with a ditch; to be held in free alms, quit of all service and of everything pertaining to the land, so that the said nuns may do therewith whatsoever they will: Witnesses: Helias, then Bailiff of Ottelay, Benedictde Yauun, Walter de Heukeswrd, Thomas le Russot Heukeswrd, Thomas son to Pagan de Giselay. These al, which appears to have been an antique gem, mounted as they often were, seems to represent ac ow or bull, with the legend: + SIGNED NICOLAI WARD."He appears to have died without issue somewhere about 1250.
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