Starr (quitclaim), Little Chart, Kent

Ysaac the son of Benedict, and Jacob the son of Ysaac, acknowledge that they have quitclaimed to the prior and monks of the Holy Trinity, Canterbury, their right in the land called Parva Cherth which they purchased from Peter de Bending. Endorsed: 'No 8', and in pencil: '139', and '10'.

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

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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)

Hebrew and Latin