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The following websites were used for research: 

https://www.historicpages.com/texts/velhist.htm

https://www.herbalhistory.org/home/deciphering-seventeenth-century-handwritten-recipes-a-brief-introduction-to-palaeography/

https://dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/writing.html

https://thelawdictionary.org/copyhold/

https://legaldictionary.lawin.org/court-baron/

https://thelawdictionary.org/heriot/

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/manor

https://yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.uk/words/messuage

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/steward

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/pence

https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/peppercorn-rent

https://bcarchives1.commons.gc.cuny.edu/inside-the-archives/historical-english-indentures-wills-death-certificates/

https://www.gbps.org.uk/displays/revenue-stamps/

https://www.si.edu/object/stamp-stamp-act-1765%3Anpm_0.022044.2

https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/tale-three-contracts

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