Benedict and Jacob Crespin acknowledge that they have quitclaimed to the prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, Canterbury, their right in the land called Chart leased to them by Peter de Bending. Endorsed: 'No 9', and in pencil: '140', and '9'.
Starr (quitclaim), Little Chart, Kent
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Doc.3789
- Dates of Creation
- 1237 (Circa, undated)
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 item(s) vellum vellum
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Purchased from Mr. J.E.T. Pollard Esq, 17 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, 16 January 1948 (through Heitland Fund)
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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Slightly torn
Bibliography
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)