In consideration of 'unum sp[er]uar[iu]m sor'', William Wardeven and Hawis his wife, deforceants, have acknowledged a messuage and 63 acres of land in Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, to be the right of Nicholas son of Nicholas le Chaundeler, plaintiff, as that which he has as a gift of the deforceants. To be held of the deforceants, reserving annual rent of one gillyflower for all services. Endorsed in a later hand: 'Whaddon'.
Fine, Whaddon, Cambridgeshire
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- Reference
- GB 12 MS Doc.4057
- Dates of Creation
- 1262 (Octave of Trinity, 46 Henry III [1262])
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 item(s) vellum vellum
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Acquisition Information
Purchased at Sotheby's, Lot 190 (Phillipps MS 41022), 13 April 1981
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