Starr (release and quitclaim), Little Chart, Kent

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3792
  • Dates of Creation
      25 Dec. 1237 (22 Henry III)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Bonamicus and Cresselinus release Peter de Bending from all debts to them, and quitclaim to the prior and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury, the vill of Parva Cherth, all rights they have therein arising from debts owed them by the said Peter. Endorsed in a contemporary hand: 'starrum cresselini et boniamici iudeorum / de parva chert'. Further endorsed: 'No 13', and in pencil: '145'.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Mr. J.E.T. Pollard Esq, 17 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, 16 January 1948 (through Heitland Fund)

Other Finding Aids

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Bibliography

The Deeds and Starrs, Doc 3780-92, together with other relevant documents, are fully transcribed by L[ambert] B L[arking] in Archaeologia Cantiana, VI (1866), pp 305-21. They once formed part of Sir Edward Dering's muniment collection, and were bought by a Mr Waller at the Puttick and Simpson sale of 4-7 Feb 1863 (Lot 1125). Some are further transcribed, with notes, in Starrs and Jewish Charters Preserved in the British Museum (London, 1930-33), ii, 306-17 (Herbert Loewe's notes to BL 1205, another in the series)

Additional Information

Hebrew and Latin