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Grant by Arnold Bucel to Elstan, son of Edric de Novo Castello, of 6 acres of land and 3 perches in the fields of Jesmond; rent 7s. 1d, namely half a mark twice a year to the said Arnold, 3d. to the hospital of St Mary in Westgate [Newcastle], and a wax candle or 2d. to St Mathew's chapel 'que e...
Grant from John de Derby, master or warden of the House of God of Berwick upon Tweed, by the assent of the mayor and commonality of that town, to Sir Richard Tempest, knight, of a tenement with waste lying within the said town in 'vico suteorum' (the street of tailors), on the eastern side of t...
Grant by Robert [Neville] bishop of Durham, for the love and affection he has towards his cousin, Thomas Lomley, knight, and for 20s. in his chamber, of a licence to the said Sir Thomas to enclose with ditches his wood at Stanley within the bounds of the bishop's forest of Weardale, together wit...
Letters Patent from Edward I to Richard de Acton of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Maud his wife, to enfeoff John de Stanyngton, chaplain, with one-third of two parts of the manor of Jesmond, co. Northumberland, and to grant the same one-third of the third part which William de Plumpton and Christiana...
Grant from John, son of Ralph Savage of Lockington, to Henry Norreys of the same of a virgate of land in the territory of Lockington. Dated at Lockington, co. Leic. Dated as: All Souls' Day, 30 Edward III
Release from Robert de Wodecote, Alice his wife, Margery de Stocton and Emma de Stocton, all of Lockington, to Thomas le Noreys of the same, of all claims in lands lying in the fields of Lockington, namely one rood in le Witemer next to the land of Ralph le Savage, one rood abutting on le Rodewy...
Grant by John de Spondon, chaplain, to Simon le Savage of Lockington, of a messuage in the vill of Lockington lying between a lane of the abbot of Leicester and a tenement onetime Simon de Gurmendesleye, and one virgate of land with reversion of the dower of Emma le Savage in the fields of Locki...
Grant by Henry de Cranford of Lockington to Maud, widow of Fulk le Noreis of Lockington, of 2 roods of arable land in the fields of Lockington, of which one rood lies at le Burgey between land which Thomas Cut once held, and land William le Chanceler once held, and abutting onto le Dic; and one ...
Lease, for term of life and a year more, by Thomas, son of Robert son of Robert son of Ralph of Lockington, to Henry de Petisso, living in Lockington, Alducia le Flag, his wife, and Richard their son, of a half toft in the same vill, extending and fixed from his toft on the north side lying nex...
Release by Stephen Clerk of Kenilworth to Henry Symson of the same, of all actions relating to a messuage and garden in Kenilworth, which he held at farm from John Tyler, son of Thomas Tyler of Kenilworth. Dated as: Thursday before Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 3 Henry V