Gift of land, Madingley, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3648
  • Dates of Creation
    • 4 May 1365 (At Madingley, Sunday after the Feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 39 Edward III, [4 May 1365])
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

William Halsteyn, senior, of Maddingle [Madingley] confirms his gift (with warranty) to John Drayton' of the same place, of one selion arable land in the field of Madingley, in Stamlond [?Stainlond], between land of the prior of Bernewelle and land of William ?Brunne, abutting upon land of the aforesaid John at one head and a foreland of one William ad le Schrine at the other. Deed poll, witnessed by John ?Wendover, William Tylemyn, Henry Colyn, John Phippewrye, John Faber, and others. Seal wanting. No endorsement.

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Acquisition Information

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

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Stained in places, small hole at centre fold