Gift of land, Wimpole and Kingston, Cambridgeshire

William le Ward of Wynpol [Wimpole, Cambridgeshire] confirms his gift to Walter de Coulyng' and to Walter's heirs and assigns, three selions arable land lying in the fields of Wimpole. One selion is a headland [forera] in the field of Kynguston [Kingston, Cambridgeshire], next to land of Master War[in] de Bassi[n]gb[ourn] abutting on the highway to Kingston at one end and on land of Robert le Chauf at the other. The other two selions lie against 'le Morh' between land of Adam in le morh and land which John Makeles holds in fee from Warin de Bassingbourn, abutting on Wynpol Wey. At Wimpole, deed poll, witnessed by Lawrence de Wratteworth, Geoffrey de Coulynge, Walter de Benewelle, John de Wendlesor, Robert le Chauf, and others. Tag, seal wanting. Endorsed in two sixteenth- or seventeenth-century hands: 'xviii E 3 / pro terris in Wimple'.

Doc 4042-4051 were formerly fastened together

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Purchased at Sotheby's, Lot 19 (Phillipps MS 40784), 13 April 1981

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Stained and faded