Acknowledgement of debt, no place

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3781
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15 July 1234 (19 Henry III)
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Peter de Bendeng' acknowledges a debt of 44s to Mossekin c'sp' [Crespin?] son of J[acob?], for which he pays 2d in the pound per week (?) interest, upon the security of his lands. Endorsement in Hebrew, identifying debt. Further endorsed: 'No 7', and in pencil: '138', and '2'.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Mr. J.E.T. Pollard Esq, 17 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, 16 January 1948 (through Heitland Fund)

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Slightly torn

Bibliography

The Deeds and Starrs, Doc 3780-92, together with other relevant documents, are fully transcribed by L[ambert] B L[arking] in Archaeologia Cantiana, VI (1866), pp 305-21. They once formed part of Sir Edward Dering's muniment collection, and were bought by a Mr Waller at the Puttick and Simpson sale of 4-7 Feb 1863 (Lot 1125). Some are further transcribed, with notes, in Starrs and Jewish Charters Preserved in the British Museum (London, 1930-33), ii, 306-17 (Herbert Loewe's notes to BL 1205, another in the series)

Additional Information

Latin and Hebrew