Lease, Elsfield, Oxfordshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3919
  • Dates of Creation
    • 29 Sep. 1439 (Michaelmas Day 18 Henry VI [29 Sep 1439])
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Gilbert Hore esq of Ellesfeld [Elsfield], Oxfordshire, and his wife Margery, lease a watermill called Southscotesmulle in Elsfield, with the associated properties and rights as in Doc 3912, to John and Joan Bell and to the Bells' son John, for their three lives at an annual rent of 66s 8d. Indenture, no witness. Three small pendant red round seals, on tags cut from near-contemporary deeds. Sixteenth-century identifying endorsements. In pencil at top-right: '19'.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Lord Fairhaven, 9 April 1949

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Damaged by damp, and badly torn along LH edge