Inspeximus, Elsfield, Oxfordshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3910
  • Dates of Creation
      7 Feb. 1379 (2 Richard II)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Inspeximus of a charter of Edward III, dated 24 Feb 1327 (Doc 3901), granting Gilbert de Ellesfeld liberty of warren in his manor of Ellesfeld [Elsfield], Oxfordshire. Sealed with green Great Seal (damaged) on bi-coloured silk cords. Witnesses to the Edwardian charter: W[alter Reynolds] archbishop of Canterbury, J[ohn Stratford] bishop of Winchester, W[illiam Ayermine] bishop of Norwich, Edmund of Woodstock, earl of Kent, Thomas de Wak', William la Zouch of Assheby, John de Roos seneschal, and others. Endorsed in a fifteenth-century court hand: 'Liberta Warenna in manerio / de Elsfelde iuxta Oxon' / in Com' Oxonie'. In pencil at top-right: '10'.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Lord Fairhaven, 9 April 1949

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