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[Essex ?] |
C. 1501. Demise by John Marny, knight, to Thomas Collys, clerk, of
messuages, lands, &c., in Borlerowe. 15 May, 10 Edward IV. Fragment
of seal. |
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Essex. |
C. 1502. Grant by Henry archbishop of Canterbury, Henry bishop
of Winchester, Thomas bishop of Durham, Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland,
Henry Fitz Hugh, knight, Walter Hungerford, knight, John Wodehouse,
and John de Leventhorp, esquires, to Isabel de Gloucestria, abbess of the
house of the Nuns Minoresses without Algate, London, and the convent
of the same, of a yearly rent of 26 marcs issuing out of the manor of
Wetheresfeld for the life of the said abbess. [15th century.] Copy. |
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Essex. |
C. 1503. Demisehy John Broun, of Suthanigfeld (South Haningfield),
to Adam Forester, of Rammesden Bellous, and William and Robert his sons,
for 60 years from Christmas, 3 Edward III., of a piece of land called
'Foresteresland,' in Ramsden Belhouse, adjoining the highway leading from
Chelmsford to Ramsden Belhouse. Christmas Day, 3 Edward III. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1504. Grant by John son of Ralph de Seuwelle to Nicholas
Clerk, of Wotthone, of a plot of land in 'le Hallewich' of Dunstable.
[13th century.] Seal. |
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C. 1505. Grant and release by Cecilia de Brom, widow, to Hugh her
son, of her land, and all her right of succession to Richard de Massy her
brother, in Morton. Witnesses:—Sir Hamo de Massy, Sir Richard de
Massy, Sir Richard de Tokeport, Sir William Lanselin, Sir Philip de
Bamvile and Roger de Calday. [13 th century.] Seal. |
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[Oxford.] |
C. 1506. Grant by John le Vyn, of Monks Risemberges, to William
Queynterel, of the same place, of land in Ascote, in exchange for a
messuage and five ridges of land lying without Ascote, adjoining the land
of Sir Henry le Vyn. Witnesses:—Sir William de Sauntersdone, Sir
Walter de Uptone, knights, and others (named). Thursday, the feast of
St. Edward the King, 28 Edward I. |
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[Notts.] |
C. 1507. Award of Anthony Coope and Edmund Hesilwodd, esquires,
arbitrators between John Byron, knight, and Nicholas Strelley, knight, and
also between the said Nicholas Strelley and Richard Grenchill, servant to
the said Sir John Byron. Sir Nicholas is to pay 53s. 4d. to Richard
Grenehill in satisfaction for the 'hurts and mayme' to him given by Sir
Nicholas and his servants at Nottingham. Sir John and Sir Nicholas arc
to stay at each other's houses twice yearly during the next three years
to 'hunt and passe the tyme togeder famylyerly, and to declare and open
theyre myndes ayther to oder,' to avoid future variances, &c. 16 September,
29 Henry VIII. English. Signed. Two seals. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1508. Release by Margaret de Wotton, late the wife of John ate
Hyde, of Stodham, to William Baker (Pistori), of Dunstable, of all her
right in two pieces of land lying together in the lane called 'le Pochenlane.'
Dunstable, Christmas Eve, 15 Edward II. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1509. Bond of John Aungewyn, of Dunstable, to William
Wylshamsted for 10l. sterling. Dunstable, Saturday before the Annunciation, 27 Edward III. Damaged. Fragment of seal. |
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[Worc.] |
C. 1510. Grant by Robert Dauncer, vicar of Yerdeley, John Sheldon,
of Bermyngham, and Thomas Jurdon, of Allerwich, to John, son of John
Smyth, of Sticheford, of a messuage in Sticheford, adjoining the road
leading from Eryngton to Yardley church. Also of a toft at the same
place. Yardley, Sunday after St. Edmund the Bishop, 11 Henry IV.
Two seals and fragment of seal. |
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C. 1511. Indenture between Roger Coton, knight, and Thomas Styward,
gentleman, by which the said Roger undertakes to sue and recover all such
'livelihood' and goods as have been wrongfully withholden from the said
Thomas, the latter undertaking to convey the same, when so recovered,
to the said Roger for the considerations mentioned. 14 November,
5 Henry VII. English. Signed. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1512. Grant by Richard Bateman and John Skynner to John
Blancpayn and Simon Sure of a barn with the soil adjacent, in Pochonlane,
Dunstable. 10 January, 8 Henry VI. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1513. Grant by John Blancpayn and Simon Sare to Laurence
Pycot and John Skynner of a barn with the soil adjacent in Pochonlane,
Dunstable. 31 January, 8 Henry VI. Fragment of seal. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1514. Grant by William Smyth, of Dunstable, butcher, to Richard
Bateman and John Skynner of a barn with the soil adjacent in Pochonlane,
Dunstable. 27 February, 5 Henry VI. Fragment of seal. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1515. Release by William, son and heir of Roger Pylling, of
Dunstable, to John de Dagenhal of all his right in a piece of land inclosed
with a wall in Pochonlane, Dunstable, which formerly belonged to Agnes
his mother. Witnesses:—Richard de Eversholt, bailiff of the liberty, and
others (named). 5 March, 16 Edward II. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1516. Letters of attorney from William Smyth, of Dunstable,
butcher, to Thomas Ringeshole, to deliver seisin to Richard Bateman and
John Skynner of a barn with the soil adjacent in Pochonlane, Dunstable.
27 February, 5 Henry VI. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1517. Grant by Simon Goseblod, of Dunslable, to William de
Wylshamsted, of the same place, of a void plot of land in South Street,
in Pochenlane. Sunday after St. Peter and St. Paul, 33 Edward III. |
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[Oxford.] |
C. 1518. Indenture by which John Sundy, Clarice his wife, and
Thomas their son, agree to indemnify Master Thomas de Esthalle against
all actions brought by Ralph Loveday, lord of Mongewell, with respect
to the services, &c., due on account of a certain yearly rent issuing out of
a tenement called 'la Grey hone' in Mongewell. The said Ralph had
granted the said rent to John Sundy, and had afterwards assigned the said
tenement to Master Thomas de Esthall, brother of Robert de Esthall the
tenant, reserving the homage, &c., for a certain period. Doubts had arisen
as to the services due from the said Master Thomas to the said John
Sundy, such services being dependent upon the homage. 'La Greyhone,'
Sunday after the Close of Easter, 16 Edward II. French. |
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Essex. |
C. 1519. Grant by Alexander de Walden, knight, to the reverend
Sir Walter Fitzwaiter, lord of Wodeham, Roger de Wylasham, Thomas
Tyrell, knights, Richard Upston, parson of the church of Schymplyngges,
and Nicholas, perpetual vicar of Henham, of his manor of Riclyngge
and all his lands, &c., in Uggelee, Berden, and the hamlet of Bolton, co.
Essex, and his manor of Macchyngge, in the same county. Witnesses:—
Walter Fitzwalter, Walter atte Lee, Thomas Morwell, William Wauton,
knights, and others (named). Ricklicg, 8 June, 51 Edward III. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1520. Defeasance to a bond of John Child, of Ebyndon, to Laurence
Pycot, of Dunstable, for 10 marcs. The bond is to be void on payment
by the said John of certain sums during 6½ years. Dunstable, 3 February,
12 Henry IV. |
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[Wilts.] |
C. 1521. Defeasance to a bond of John de Helme to William Bernfold,
for 10l. sterling. The bond is to be void if the said John allows the said
William, &c., to remain in peaceable possession of a piece of arable land
which he has bought from the said John. Chilton by Hungerford, Sunday
after St. Andrew the Apostle, 30 Edward III. |
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[Wore] |
C. 1522. Grant by Richard de Brochurst, chaplain, to Edith, daughter
of William le Ferur, of Stichford, of three ridges of land in the field of
Yerdeleye, part adjoining the stream called 'le Hulbroc.' Stichford, Friday
before Michaelmas, 11 Edward II. |
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[Norf.] |
C. 1523. Release by Geoffrey de Leem to Sir Geoffrey Wyth, Nicholas
de . . . . .ate, of Dilham, and John his son, of all his right in lands, &c,
in Dilham, which he purchased of Roger Norman, of Beston. Smallburgh,
Monday after St. Faith the Virgin, 2 Edward II. Damaged. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1524. Grant by Walter ate Strafe, of Flamsted, and Joan his wife,
to William le Baxtere, of Dunstable, and Christina his wife, of a plot of
land in 'le Hallewyke,' abutting on Pochynlane. Sunday after the Purification, 10 Edward II. Fragment of seal. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1525. Grant by John ate Hyde, of Stodham, and Margery his wife,
to William le Baxstere, of Dunstable, and Cristina his wife, of a plot of
laud in 'le Hallewyke,' Dunstable. Monday before the Purification,
10 Edward [I.]. |
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Dorset. Somers. |
C. 1526. Grant by Ralph Manston to John Belman and John
Cadebury, chaplains, of all his lands, &c., in Clyfton Mabanke, Huwysshe,
Trylle, and Yatemystre, co. Dorset, also of lands, &c., held by the grantor in
free burgage in Yeovil, Kyngeston by Yeovil, and Estcoker, co. Somerset.
Yeovil, Friday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 25 Henry VI. |
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[Norf.] |
C. 1527. Receipt from Adam de Withingham, chaplain, to Thomas
le Throwere, of Smallburgh, for 3l. sterling. Smallburgh, Saturday before
St. Martin, 10 Edward III. |
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[Warw.] |
C. 1528. Bond of John Hoore, of Stonythorp, co. Warwick, gentleman,
to William Medley, of Whitnasshe, in the same county, gentleman, for
100 marcs sterling. 12 October, 21 Henry VII.
Defeasance below. The bond is to be void upon conveyance of lands
in the lordship of Stonythorp, to the yearly value of 10 marcs, by the said
John Hoore to the use of Alice his wife for her life. English. Signed. |
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C. 1529. Deed poll by which John Methelay, apprentice at law and
of the counsel of Sir John Cheyne, knight, witnesses that he hath been
present and seen all the seisins, estates, &c., executed for the marriage
between William Cheyne, son and heir of the said Sir John, and Isabel,
daughter of Geoffrey Boleyn. 26 July, 4 Edward IV. English.
Fragment of seal. |
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[Dorset.] |
C. 1530. Letters of attorney from Alice Barbour, widow, daughter
of Eichard Barbour, of Weymouth, to John Montfort, the younger, of
Dertemouth, and John Brond, of Weymouth, to deliver seisin to John Corp,
of Dertemouth, and Ralph Parys, chaplain, of all her lands, &c., in
Weymouth, with the reversion of a croft after the death of Elizabeth, the
said Alice's mother. Feast of St. Sulpicius the Bishop, 13 Richard II.
Seal. |
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Essex. |
C. 1531. Receipt from Master Thomas Smyth, clerk and chancellor
of the cathedral church of St. Paul, London, to Richard Batell, gentleman,
and John Holwey, citizen and cordwainer of London, for 16l., being the
farm of the rectory of Borham for one year. Morrow of St. John the
Baptist, 20 Edward IV Signed. Seal. |
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[Heref.] |
C. 1532. Certificate of the admission and induction of Sir William
de Ayremynne, by William de Thunneyk, clerk, his proctor, into the
prebend of Welynton in the cathedral church of Hereford, by virtue of a
mandate from Adam, bishop of Hereford. Chapter House, Hereford,
12 August, A.D. 1320. |
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C. 1533. Demise by John de Stanore, knight, to William de
Yngaldesby, Agnes his wife, and John their son, for their lives, of a
cottage in ruins, which Thomas de Ingelton formerly held, with a croft
and land in the territory of Ryngesdon. Sunday before Whitsunday,
33 Edward III. |
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Berks. Middx. |
C. 1534. Grant by John Yorke, of Hanney, to his servant Walter
Helder, of Chesewyke, co. Middlesex, of a yearly rent of 13s. 4d. issuing out
of all his lands in Berks and Middlesex. Hanney, 21 April, 9 Henry VI. |
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[Staff.] |
C. 1535. Release by Margery late the wife of Richard de Ochul, to
John son of Alan de Hauekestan, of all her right in houses, lands, &c.,
which descended to her after the death of Nicholas Cotyn, her brother, in
the fee of Madeley and Wryme. Madeley under Lime, 6 Edward III. |
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Kent. |
C. 1536. Demise by Thomas Fenys, knight, Lord Dacre, to Richard
Ferraunt, of Down, co. Kent, husbandman, of the site of his manor called
Cudham Court, in Cudham, &c., together with three fields called 'Northden,' 'Southden,' and 'Mydelden,' and the Lorde's field, a croft called
'Wallanshyll,' a field called 'the Grete Meede,' with 'the Lytylmeede,' a
field called 'Thornefeld,' &c., with the pasture in Cudham Frith; also land
called 'the Buschy Close,' for 21 years from Michaelmas next. 3 December,
22 Henry VII. English. |
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[Oxford.] |
C. 1537. Demise by Master William Symond, rector of the church of
Stanlake, to Robert Browne, butcher, of the same place, of a messuage,
curtilage and croft adjoining in Stanlake, between a messuage of the said
William called 'Stevenys Place,' and the messuage of John Walker. 31 May,
16 Henry VI. Fragment of seal. |
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[Suff.] |
C. 1538. Release by Gilbert de Waldiggefeld Parva, chaplain, rector
of the church of Peccham, and John Saumsoun, of Kersey, to Sir John de
Boteler, of all their right in lands, &c., which formerly belonged to Henry
de Todenham in Leyham. Aketone, Saturday after St. Luke the Evangelist,
5 Edward III. Fragment of seal. |
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[Corn.] |
C. 1539. Release by Roger, son and heir of Robert de la Roche,
knight, to the King, of his court and cognisance of suit in a plea of right
between Osbert Hamalt and William Coulyng and Alice his wife, concerning
seven messuages, land, meadow and 6s. 1d. yearly rent in Tregeneu by
Pennans, Treveythinec by Carthu Fontevyen, Logodek, Maeskeuammok,
Langergala, Treriek, Trencruk by Helwyn, Trewartharap by Trevulgous.
Hurtelond, 10 April, 8 Edward II. Seal. |
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[Herts.] |
C. 1540. Grant by John de Sewelle, of Dunstable, to John de Ree de,
painter, of the same place, of land, well sown with corn, in the field of
Kcnesworth at Depecombe. Dunstable, Saturday after St. Hilary the
Bishop, 6 Edward III. |
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Berks. |
C. 1541. Grant by John Hampden, of Hampden, co. Bucks, esquire,
kinsman and heir of Edmund Hampden, knight, being a son of John
Hampden, brother of the said Edmund, to William Stonore, knight, of the
reversion of the manor of Dudcote, together with the advowson of the
church of the same manor, of which Joan Stonore, late the wife of Thomas
Stonore, esquire, was tenant for life. 7 April, 21 Edward IV. |
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[Warw.] |
C. 1542. Grant by Stephen de Alsope to Roger Messore, of Herdewike, of land in the field of South and West Clifton, part at' le Hogate,'
adjoining lands of the monks of Warden, and of the nuns of Chiksond, and
abutting on Balagewey and on 'le Heygforlong,' part above Scrobedeneforlong, abutting on the road called 'Schurchewey,' between Hardewyk and
Clifton. [13th century.] |
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[Kent] |
C. 1543. Grant by John Hoke, of Hallynge, John Michel, of Bobbynge, John Goos. of Mallynge, and James Danyel, of Newynton, to
Geoffrey Kirkeby, of Horton by Dernthe, and Joan his wife, of lands, &c.,
in the parish of Horton, which they had by the feoffment of the said
Geoffrey. Horton by Darenth, Thursday the morrow of the Translation
of St. Thomas the Martyr, 1 Henry IV. |
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[Dorset.] |
C. 1544. Release by John Kyng, the younger, to John Rogier, of all
his right in a messuage with curtilage in East Street, Bridport, and in two
pieces of land, one adjoining Goudmaneslane and the other in Pounchesford, called ' Maudyt.' Witnesses:—William Huddesfeld, Gilbert Draper,
bailiffs of Bridport, and others (named). Friday before St. Nicholas the
Bishop, 12 Henry IV. |
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[Herts.] |
C. 1545. Release by Peter de Marinis, to Thomas de Leukenore, of all
his right in land in Westmell in a garden called the Island (Insula).
[13th century.] |
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[Suff.] |
C. 1546. Grant by Alice de Capravilla, of Reydon, late the wife of
William de Capravilla, to Robert de Reydon, and Ralph his son, of a piece
of land at Reydon in the field called 'Bachusfeld,' adjoining a pasture
called 'le Toneere,' and abutting on an alder bed called 'le Hope'; also a
piece of land in Reydon, in the field called 'Homfeld,' adjoining the highway leading from Reydon church towards Machunesbregge; also the pasture
called 'le Tonehere' in Reydon. Witnesses:—Sir Fulk de Vallibus,
Sir Hugh Talemache, and others (named). Sunday before St. Philip and
St. James, 19 Edward I. |
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[Linc.] |
C. 1547. Grant by William, son and heir of Peter Croppe, of Uselby,
to William de Uselby, of Riby, chapman, of a ridge of land in the west field
of Uselby adjoining the land of the prior of Elsham, abutting upon Holongate and 'le More.' [13th century.] |
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[Devon.] |
C. 1548. Deed poll by which Roger de Punchardun witnesses that he
has done homage to Hugh Peverel, of Ermintun, for half a knight's fee
in Combe, by the grant of Eoger de Boclond, of whom he formerly
held the land. [13th century.] |
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Berks. |
C. 1549. Grant by John Bunse. of Letcombe Regis, and Thomas
Scherd to William Essex, knight, Anthony Hungerford, knight, Thomas
Yorck, esquire, Bartholomew Hussey, esquire, Thomas Essex, esquire,
Thomas Rydley, and Arthur Redfern, of lands, &c., in Godyngflod,
Kyntbury, Inckpen, and Hamfyld, to the use of Alice Darell, late the wife
of Edward Darell, knight, deceased, for her life, with remainders over.
4 October, 27 Henry VIII.
Endorsed: Memorandum of livery of seisin. |
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C. 1550. Receipt from Thomas, Earl of Ormond, to Thomas Hobart
for 114l. 4 July, 17 Henry VII. English. |
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Staff. |
C. 1551. Release by Alexander Williamson, of Hylderstonc, to John
Wryghte, of Warrelaye, of all right, &c., in a pasture called 'le Rosehey,'
within the fee of Hylderstone. Fulford, 20 November, 2 Edward IV. |
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Berks. |
C. 1552. Demise by Thomas Helme, of Hungerford, Berks, to Thomas
Faulor, alias Towker, of Levyrton, of his pasture called 'Frythdoune' alias
'Sandonysdoune,' belonging to the lordship of Helme. Witnesses:—John
Tukhill, Richard Long, bailiffs of Hungerford, and others (named).
24 March, 36 Henry VI., A.D. 1457. |
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[Berks.] |
C. 1553. Grant by Thomas Fawlere to Ellen Drew, late the wife of
John Drew, of West Schyfford, and Thomas Drew her son, of all his estate,
with conditions as to payments of purchase money, &c. Hungerford,
6 January, 1 Edward IV. English. |
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Somers. |
C. 1554. Grant by Edmund Bray, knight, Lord Bray, to John
Cornyshe, clerk, and William Melsham, of the manor of Estham, with
lands, &c., in the county of Somerset. Appointment of Cuthbert Lumley
attorney to deliver seisin. 20 August, 22 Henry VIII. Signed. |
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[Berks.] |
C. 1555. Grant by William Maurdyn, of New Windsor, to King
Edward III., of a ditch and hedge in a place called 'Maurdyn Rudyngg,'
by the King's new park of Windsor, and another ditch and hedge in a place
called 'le Rudyngg atte Logge' by the new park, also 14 feet of land
adjoining the premises. Witnesses:—John de Wysham, steward of the
King's Household, Gilbert de Talebot, chamberlain of the King, Simon de
Bereford, escheator of the King on the south of the Trent, Roger de Insula,
coustable of Windsor Castle, John de Sancto Philiberto, John de la Hoese,
and Richard Cifrewast, knights. Gloucester, 20 December, 2 Edward III.
Fragment of seal.
Endorsed: Memorandum of enrolment in the King's Chancery, on the
Close Roll, February, 3 Edward III. |
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Middx. |
C. 1556. Grant by John Brokere, chaplain, and William Brytteby to
Robert Thurbarn and Alice his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, of all
the grantor's lands, &c., in Middlesex, which they had by the feoffment
of the said Robert. Monday before the feast of St. Mary, . . . . .
. . . . . |
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C. 1557. Agreement between John de Gouyz, son and heir of Henry
do Gouyz, and Nicholas de Langelonde, by which the said John undertakes
to appear before the King's Justices in Banc at Westminster in the
quinzaine of Hilary, and there make acknowledgment of the right of the
said Nicholas to lands, &c., in Brentemarreys, and to levy a fine in favour
of the said Nicholas. And the said John enters into a bond for 40l. that
he will carry out his said undertaking. And Ingram Berenger, the stakeholder of the said 40l., enters into a like bond with the said Nicholas.
Christmas Day, 33 Edward I. |
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[Worc.] |
C. 1558. Grant by Robert Smyth, of Persbore, to Roger Katour, of the
same place, of a croft in the field of Wyke, called 'Pattelake.' Pershore,
Monday after St. Peter and St. Paul, 9 Henry IV. Fragment of seal. |
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[Somers ?] |
C. 1559. Grant by Henry Ligari to Adam de la Calne, clerk, of land
in Welinton, lying by the land which belonged to Sir Richard de Bagindene
in Pikelmers. [13th century.] |
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Cornw. |
C. 1560. Grant by William Hywys, to Thomas, son of William Tregos,
and Emeline Hywys, the grantor's sister, and the heirs of their bodies, of a
yearly rent of 20l. issuing out of his manors and lands in the county of
Cornwall, with right of distress on the grantor's lands in Devon as well as
Cornwall. Witnesses:—William Botryaux, Richard Cergeaux, knights,
and others (named). Truro, Thursday before Michaelmas, 48 Edward III. |
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[Cornw.] |
C. 1561. Grant by William Hywys to Thomas, son of William Tregos,
and Emeline, the grantor's sister, in free marriage, of all his messuages,
lands, &c., in Treburgyhane, Fontenwoyri (?), Landesara, Hethe, Tremaba,
and Trebros, with rents and services of tenants (named) holding messuages
and lands in Pennans, Bodnel, Trewilmena, Brunboyth, Rosnannau,
Tympellov, Treyer, Trewythelan, and Lanlo, and all his lands within the
manor of Lyskyrrys. Witnesses:—Sir Richard de Cergeaux, knight, and
others (named). Truro, Wednesday the vigil of St. Matthew, 48 Edward III. |
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Bucks. |
C. 1562. Indenture of apprenticeship binding Richard Thorneton, son
of John Thorneton, late of the town of Calais, gentleman, to Thomas
Wixton, of Wycombe, co. Bucks, surgeon, for nine years, to learn the
business of a barber and surgeon. Witnesses:—William Stonore, knight,
and others (named). Wycombe, 9 July, 18 Edward IV. |
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[Linc.] |
C. 1563. Grant by John Bakere, of Graby, to Alice his daughter,
of land in the south field of Graby. Thursday before Michaelmas,
22 Edward III. Fragment of seal. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1564. Grant by William Boswate and John de Geytyngton, chaplains,
to William Parkere, of Byrchemore, and Joan his wife, and the heirs of
their bodies of all the lands and tenements which they had by the feoffment
of Joan Crawle, late the wife of the said William le Parkere, in the town
of Dunstable and the fields of Dunstable, Cadyngdon, and Kennesworthe.
Wednesday the feast of St. Fremund King and Martyr, 36 Edward III. |
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[Dorset.] |
C. 1565. Demise by Sir Stephen Russell and Sir John Russell,
chaplains of the house and chapel of the chantry of St. Michael, Bridport,
to Elias Payer, Joan his wife, and Robert their son, of a tenement in Earl
Street, Bridport. Witnesses:—John Crips, John Hylle, bailiffs of Bridport,
and others (named). Monday after St. John the Baptist's Day, 2 Edward IV. |
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[Worc.] |
C. 1566. Grant by John Couper, of Wyke by Pershore, to John
Shipston, of Worcester, John Thornedon, of Pershore, Nicholas Fysshere,
and Richard Balke, of Wyke, of all his lands and tenements in Wyke
by Pershore. Friday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr,
3 Henry VI. Seal. |
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Heref. |
C. 1567. Defeasance to a statute merchant for 4l. from Mussias, son
of Sir Roger Chandos, knight, of co. Hereford, to Peter de Coteshale, of
Welynton. The bond is to be void if the said Peter is allowed to hold
peaceably three acres of land, of which he had been enfeoffed by the said
Massias and Eva his wife. Hereford, 16 November, 38 Edward III.
Seal. |
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[Warw.] |
C. 1568. Surrender by John Frauncey, of Solihull, and Alice his
wife, to Richard atte Birches, of the same place, and Robert Castell of
three crofts of land, two called 'Derneford' and one called 'le Acre,' and
a meadow called 'Malwelmedewe,' in Solihull, which the said Richard had
granted to them for their lives. 16 May, 1 Henry V. |
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[Linc.] |
C. 1569. Grant by Adam, son of Robert the Miller (Molendinar'), of
Oselby, to Alan the Merchant, of the same place, of two headlands of
ridges (capita sellionum) in the east field of Oselby, on the south side of
a stream by the headlands of Richard le Ward. [13th century.] |
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[Middx.] |
C. 1570. Indenture by which William Addescompe, of Croydon,
Surrey, carpenter, agrees with John Coventre, John Carpenter, and William
Grove, citizens of London, executors of Richard Whityngton, to build two
new houses upon their void ground in Bassyngeshawo, London, before
Michaelmas, A.D. 1426, the said executors finding all the materials, &c.,
the said William Addescompe only the handiwork of carpentry. Eor these
houses Addescompe shall receive 94 marcs, to be paid "parcelmele as the
werkes ben sped." London, 24 August, 3 Henry VI.
Endorsed: Memorandum of payments made on account of the said houses;
and a memorandum that at the Husting of Pleas of land, John Neel, master
of the House of St. Thomas the Martyr of Acon, London, recovered seisin
of two messuages in London in the parish of St. Michael Bassyngeshaw
against John Beaugraunt, Richard Osbarn, and Thomas Bataill. Monday
after St. Barnabas the Apostle, 6 Henry VI. |
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[Norf.] |
C. 1571. Grant by John, son of Thomas de Briggate, and Matilda his
wife, to Sir Oliver Wyth, knight, of two pieces of land in the west field
of Dilham, one called 'Colnstoft. Thursday after the Purification,
15 Edward III. |
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[Warw.] |
C. 1572. Grant by Thomas, son of Henry and Sibilla, to Henry le
Hore and Margery his wife, of all his land in Elmedon, together with the
service and escheats of Ingram Clement. [13th century.] Seal. |
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[Warw.] |
C. 1573. Release by John, son of William atte Birches, of Solihull, to
Richard, son of William atte Birches, his brother, of all his right in all
the lands, &c., which the said Richard had by the demise of William atte
Birches, his father, in Solihull, for his life. Tuesday the feast of the Holy
Cross, 25 Edward III. |
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[N'hamp.] |
C. 1574. Demise by Richard Bollesore, master of the house of Holy
Trinity by Kyngesthorpe, and the brethren of the same, to Thomas Maget,
of Westhaddon, and Agnes his wife, John, Matilda, Alice, Joan, Dionisia,
and Juliana their children, of a toft with a garden and half a virgate of
land, which Alexander Supplet formerly held in West Haddon, for their
lives. Friday after St. Bartholomew the Apostle, 16 Richard II. |
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[York.] |
C. 1575. Grant by Robert de Hoderod to Baldwin del Hill, of
Thurleston, of one assart in the territory of Thurleston, by the path
leading to Peningeston church from the house of Thomas del Rode, and
two ridges in the same territory in Hustedis. Witnesses:—Adam Achard,
William de Sayvil, and others (named). [13th century.] |
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Bedf. Herts. |
C. 1576. Grant by John Reygner, of Dunstable, to Peter de Poole,
Thomas Chalton, and Thomas Jakes of all his lands, goods and chattels
in Dunstable, Kensworth, and Sadington, and in the counties of Bedford
and Herts. Feast of the Annunciation, 7 Henry V. |
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[Norf.] |
C. 1577. Release by Alan de Lexham, parson of the church of Yelverton, and William de Andebiri le Maczoun (?), to Geoffrey de Wyth, of
all their right in the manor of Stalham, which belonged to his father, Sir
Oliver Wyth, knight. 31 March, 41 Edward III. |
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[Worc. ?] |
C. 1578. Grant by William de Sancto Martino, knight, to Thomas
son of Martin of the mill of Knytteton, of a messuage and curtilage
at the head of the bridge of Knytteton, by the water, and land in the field
of Knytteton, in Stikesforlang and Wyteway. Witnesses:—Sir Godfrey de
Scudemor, Sir Geoffrey de Scamill, Sir Thomas le Tabler, knights, and
others (named). [13th century.] Fragment of seal. |
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[Warw.] |
C. 1579. Release by Joan, late the wife of Sir William Breton, knight,
executrix of his will, to Thomas Hore, of Elmedon, of all actions. The
said Thomas was bound by a statute staple to John de Catesby and Thomas
Purefey for 40l., entered into at Warwick in the presence of Master de
Balshale, John de Catesby, William Barewell, and John Burnell, the
said Joan's counsel, and Nicholas, vicar of the church of Wolricheston,
Henry Sydenhale, William Hopkins, Richard Catermayn, co-executors of
the said will. Joan directs that Catesby and Purefey shall deliver up the
said bond to the said Thomas Hore. Thursday after St. James, 2 Richard II. |
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Dorset. |
C. 1580. Bond of John Alcok, alias Hobbis, of Lym Regis, Dorset,
mariner, and John Hilbrond, of Bridport, in the same county, husbandman,
to John Burges, of Bridport, for 9l. 5s. Monday before Michaelmas,
14 Henry VI. Seal and fragment of seal. |
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[Bedf.] |
C. 1581. Grant by Sir John Baxtere, chaplain, of Dunstable, to
William de Ahsrigge, of the same place, of land in the south field of
Dunstable. Palm Sunday, 16 Edward III. Fragment of seal. |
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[Dorset.] |
C. 1582. Grant by William Mounfort, of Dertemouth, and Alice his
wife, to John Mounfort, the elder, of the same place, Ralph Sechevyle,
and Ralph Parys, chaplain, of three tenements in Weymouth, one on 'la
Keye,' and a toft in the same place, a tenement in Melcombe Regis, and the
reversion to a tenement on 'la Keye,' Melcombe Regis, the reversion to a
croft in the same place, also a house in Smalemouth with land in Wyke,
and a moiety of a ferry in Smalemouth and Wyke. Weymouth, Monday
after Whitsunday, 14 Richard II. Seal and fragment of seal. |
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[Heref.] |
C. 1583. Grant by John le Bakere, of Hereford, Sibylla his wife, and
Robert their son, to David the Shoemaker (Sutori) of Welynton, and Alice
his wife, of land in Wellington in 'le Noryefeld,' adjoining the land of
Sir Roger de Chandos, and extending to 'le Heywey.' Hereford, Tuesday
the morrow of St. Matthew the Apostle, 15 Edward II. Fragments of
three seals. |
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[N'hamp.] |
C. 1584. Grant by John son of Walter de Buketon to the Master of
the Hospital of Holy Trinity without Northampton, and the brethren of
the same, of a virgate of land with a messuage and toft and croft, which
Waller the Miller of Buketon held by the gift of Robert the Chaplain of
St. Edmund's, Northampton; and release of the homage due for the same.
Witnesses:—Sir Philip son of Robert de Pettiford, Sir Roger de Haelynton,
John de Oxyndon, Master of the Hospital of St. John, Northampton, and
others (named). [13th century.] Fragment of seal. |
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[N'hamp.] |
C. 1585. Demise by John, son of Hugh Pecke, of Thorp, to the
Master and brethren of the House of the Holy Trinity without Northampton, of a rood of land in the field of Thorp, adjoining the garden of the said
house. Michaelmas, 5 Edward II. |
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[Bedf.] [Herts.] |
C. 1586. Release by William Nicholas, of Dunstable, to Laurence, son
and heir of Bartholomew Nicholas, of all his right in a dovecot and
cartroad in Dunstable, and in land in Kenesworthe, which were lately
mortgaged to the said Bartholomew. Witnesses:—John Fisher (Piscatore),
William Fisher, Richard de Everesholt, bailiff of Dunstable, and others
(named). Monday before St. Alban the Martyr, 5 Edward II. Fragment
of seal. |
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[N'hamp.] |
C. 1587. Bond of the brethren of the Hospital of the Holy Trinity
without Northampton to Robert de Cattewyrch, Master of the same, for
6 marcs. In the audit of the accounts of the said Master it appeared that
the payments made by him between A.D. 1318 and A.D. 1320 had
exceeded his receipts by 8l. 8s. 2d. The said Master remits the same,
except G marcs, for which the said brethren give the present bond.
Invention of the Holy Cross, A.D. 1320. Fragment of seal. |
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[Dorset.] |
C. 1588. Release by Adam, son and heir of Henry Bere, of Bemynstre,
to John Benefeld, of all his righ in a messuage and curtilage in Stakelane, Bridport, adjoining a ditch called 'le Wydich.' Witnesses:—Richard
Suaward, Richard Pokeswill, bailiffs of Bridport, and others (named).
Friday before Whitsunday, 1 Richard II. Fragment of seal. |
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[Heref.] |
C. 1589. Grant by Thomas Loveday, of 'la Ovurmore,' within the
parish of Bodenham, to Jo a Balle, of Bradeffeld, the elder, of land in
Bodenham, in a field called 'le Uppeffeeld,' part in a place called ' Brokrugge,' and part called 'Lucelacre,' beyond the common way called 'Morehammeswey.' Tuesday in Whitsuntide, 6 Henry VI. Seal. |
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Herts. |
C. 1590. Bond of John, abbot of the monastery of St. Mary de
Graciis by the Tower of London, and the convent of the same, to Robert
Clyfford, knight, for 40l. English money. Chapter House of the abbey,
30 March, 3 Henry VII.
Defeasance to the above bond. The bond is to be void when the said
Robert Clyfford shall have recovered to the use of the abbot and convent an
annuity of 40s. out of the manor of Gatesbery, Herts, and another annuity
of 29s. out of lands and tenements called 'Maisters,' in the same county,
and the said abbot shall have granted thereout an annuity of 34s. 6d. to
the said Sir Robert for his life, &c. English. |
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[Wilts.] |
C. 1591. Grant by Walter Stevenes son of Joan Parson of Remesbury,
(fil' Johanne Parson' de Remesbur') to Robert Townyshynd, of the same
place, and Katherine his wife, of two burgage tenements in Oxenfordstret.
Rams bury, feast of St. Denys, 6 Henry V. Fragment of seal. |
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[Middx.] |
C. 1592. Bond of Edmund Redeknape and William Redeknapc,
citizens and mercers of London, to Thomas Feldyng and Richard Feldyng
for 100l. sterling, for merchandise bought of them in the staple of Westminster. Staple of Westminster, 29 August, 5 Edward IV. Seal and
fragments of two seals. |
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[Warw.] |
C. 1593. Release by William, son of Elias Obyn, of Solihull, to
Thomas de Brochurst, of the same place, clerk, of all his right in n
messuage within the borough of Solihull, by Teyntoresgrene, adjoining the
highway called 'le Horstret,' leading from Birmingham to Warwick.
Sunday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 42 Edward III. Fragment
of seal. |
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[N'hamp.] |
C. 1594. Release by Ralph, son of Matthew Pucel, of Northampton,
to Richard, son of Walter Chambard, of Hangende Houghton, of all his
right in a certain tenement in St. Sepulchre's Street, Northampton. The
said Ralph had begun a suit against the said Richard with regard to the
premises, and a compromise had been effected by the intervention of common
friends. Witnesses:—Alexander de Naylesworth, mayor of Northampton,
John de Stannford and Robert de Houghton, bailiffs, and others (named).
Monday before St. Mark the Evangelist, 35 Edward I. |
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[Herts. ?] Oxon |
C. 1595. Grant by Isabella de Crocuslye, to Robert de Harpeden, of
4s. which Sir Ralph Pipard used to pay for land which Matilda Buche
held in Lachebroc. Witnesses:—John, rector of the church of Harpeden,
and others (named). [13th century.] Fragment of seal. |
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[York.] |
C. 1596. Grant by John, son of Thomas Milner, of Cotheworth, to
William Hepworth, clerk, and William de Roston, chaplain, of all his lands
and tenements in Cotworth (Cudworth). Morrow of the Epiphany,
A.D. 1409. Fragment of seal. |
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[Dorset.] |
C. 1597. Demise by John Dorsete, of Lyme, and Joan his wife, to
John Baker, of Whitefford, and Joan his wife, for 12 years, of a tenement
called 'Beawffrount,' in the borough of Lyme, with a curtilage and solar:
also a tenement at Estwathe called 'Schirewald,' a tenement at Heigh
called 'Ailward,' land in the fields of Lyme, a close at Heigh aforesaid
called 'Newparke' and 'Marlebourghislond,' near the highway to Uplyme,
a tenement at Heigh called 'Oseberneristenement,' &c. Witnesses:—Sir
William Baron, vicar of the church of Lyme, Ralph Stikelane, mayor of
Lyme, and others (named). Monday after All Saints, 19 Richard II. |
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C. 1598. Indenture of settlement by which Roger Alyenson provides
that a messuage and land which he had granted to John Andrew, chaplain,
and Roger Jonson, shall be reconveyed by them, if Alyenson dies without
making any further disposition of the premises, to his sons John, Nicholas,
Robert, Thomas, and William successively in tail. Wednesday after the
Assumption, 7 Henry V. Fragment of seal. |
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Essex. |
C. 1599. Receipt from Thomas Ormond, knight, to William Scot for
42s. 2½d. of his annuity of 4l. 4s. 5d. issuing out of the manors of
Wolhampton and Margarete Gyng. 9 December, 1 Richard III. English.
Fragment of seal. |
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[Berks ?] |
C. 1600. Defeasance to a bond of Robert de Tresilian to Sir Hugh
de Segrave, knight, for 200l. The bond is to be void on payment of 100l.
by the said Robert to Sir Hugh. Burghefeld manor, Tuesday in Whitsuntide, 49 Edward III. French. |
