Gift of land, Great and Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3659
  • Dates of Creation
      7 Sep. 1427 (At Great Eversden, Sunday before the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 6 Henry VI, [7 Sep 1427])
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Richard Adam of Orwell confirms his gift (with warranty) to Thomas Adam of Great Eversden, John Fithyon of Little Eversden, Thomas Scampayn of Orwell, and Henry Wake of Great Eversden, of all his lands held by the gift and feoffment of Gilbert West of Great Eversden in the vills and fields of Great and Little Eversden. Deed poll, witnessed by William Baron', John Bocher, Henry Bocher, William Hereward, John Dyke, and others. Red round seal. Endorsed in pencil: '45'.

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Acquisition Information

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

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