Alice, daughter and heir of Thomas de Fishide, widow, confirms her gift to her son Richard de Cotes, of all her lands in Cornwall, that is to say, in Rydelatone?, with common pasture and turvary in Faymore, and in messuage three acres and half a ferlingata. At Grymestede,witnessed by Master Roger le Engleys, Andrew de Grymestede, John de Grymestede, Ralph de Boklande, Walter de Wollop, Hugh de Wyly, and others. Tagged pendant black round seal with heraldic device, lettering illegible. Endorsed in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century hands: 'terre de Melkame et Briggedoune? et Lankmorn / Pengelly Opehardone? et K[?] cum ? pastur'', 'cart de Northpaderda iuxta / Lankynhorn', and 'Infra Rylaton'.
Gift of land, Rillaton, Cornwall
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Doc.4059
- Dates of Creation
- 1 July 1291 (Octave of the nativity of St John Baptist 19 Edward I [1 July 1291])
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 item(s) vellum vellum
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Purchased at Sotheby's, Lot 190 (Phillipps MS 41041), 13 April 1981
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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
A few small holes