Admission (copy), Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3674
  • Dates of Creation
      7 Mar. 1474 (Monday before the Feast of St Gregory, 14 Edward IV [7 Mar 1474])
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Certifying that Thomas and Ellen Adlard have come to the court and acknowledged that they hold of the lord of the manor a tenement with nine acres in the manor of Great Grandesden, and that they have been admitted as customary tenants in the same at the annual rent of 8s 4d. Copy of court roll. Lord of the manor is the earl of Arundel. Endorsed in a later hand: 'Gransden', and in pencil: '19'.

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Acquisition Information

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

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