Gift of land, Madingley, Cambridgeshire

William Halsteyn, senior, of Maddingle [Madingley] confirms his gift (with warranty) to John Drayton' of the same place, of one selion arable land in the field of Madingley, in Stamlond [?Stainlond], between land of the prior of Bernewelle and land of William ?Brunne, abutting upon land of the aforesaid John at one head and a foreland of one William ad le Schrine at the other. Deed poll, witnessed by John ?Wendover, William Tylemyn, Henry Colyn, John Phippewrye, John Faber, and others. Seal wanting. No endorsement.

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Presented by Mrs R G Harrison, The Little House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, 13 May 1941

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