Ralph de Coggeshalle confirms his gift to God, the Virgin Mary, and to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem at Chypenham [Chippenham, Cambridgeshire], of seven acres and half a rod of land lying in the fields of Asseleye and Seluerleye [Ashley and Silverley, Cambridgeshire] to support 'unum capellum infirmarie de Chipenham'. Warranty clause against Christians and Jews. Deed poll, witnessed by Thomas de Lavenham, Nicholas le M'ueylus (?), Richard his brother, ?Robert Balistar', John le Peyteniy, Alexander Arsik, Hugh de Senegeye?, clerk, and many others. Tagged pendant white round seal of Ralph de Coggeshalle, with flower device. Endorsed in a fifteeenth-century hand: 'Carta Radulphi Coggesale de vij acris terre et unum rodum'. Further endorsed with ?hospital device, and in pencil: '4'.
Gift of land, Ashley and Silverley, Cambridgeshire
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- Dates of Creation1280 (Circa, undated)
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description1 item(s) vellum vellum
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Purchased at Sotheby's, Lot 19 (Phillipps MS 40239), 13 April 1981
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