Gift of land, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.4051
  • Dates of Creation
    • 23 Jan. 1373 (Sunday in feast of St Vincentius the martyr 47 Edward III [23 Jan 1373])
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Thomas Walche of Wynpol [Wimpole, Cambridgeshire] confirms his gift to John Sadeler and to Baldwin Attemade, also of Wimpole, of all his lands and tenements in the vill and fields of Wimpole. At Wimpole, deed poll, witnessed by Walter Coulyng [jnr?], Robert Flatbury, William Brunsale, William Bonde, Thomas Spark of Wimpole, and others. Tag cut from fourteenth-century deed, with trace of red seal. Endorsed: '47 E 3' and 'Wimple'.

Arrangement

Doc 4042-4051 were formerly fastened together

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Acquisition Information

Purchased at Sotheby's, Lot 19 (Phillipps MS 40784), 13 April 1981

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Worn at folds