Quitclaim, Great and Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3661
  • Dates of Creation
    • 11 Sep. 1427 (At Great Eversden, Thursday after the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 6 Henry VI [11 Sep 1427])
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

John Prysot of Haselyngfeld, and John Payn of Wympoll, quitclaim to Thomas Adam of Great Eversden, John Fithyon of Little Eversden, Thomas Skampayn of Orwell, and Henry Wake of Great Eversden all their right and claim in lands in the vills and fields of Great and Little Eversden, which, together with Richard Adam of Orwell, they enjoyed by the gift of Gilbert West of Great Eversden. See also Doc 3659. Deed poll, witnessed by William Baron', John Bocher, Henry Bocher, and others. Two tags cut from fourteenth-century deeds, one imperfect brown round seal: 'H with stars' motif. No endorsement.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs R G Harrison, The Little House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, 13 May 1941

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