Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821), to Swithnoth, comes
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants one sulung (aratrum) near Chart Sutton, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Swithnoth, comes; dated 814 (Sawyer, no. 173). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ be cert Suiðnoðes boec.’; and in a later hand, ‘tunes boec’.
Will of Wulfgeat of Donington, Shropshire, including bequests of land at Tardebigge, Worcestershire, as burial-fee (possibly to Donington church); also land at Kilsall, in Shropshire, Evenlode in Gloucestershire, and at Roden, Shropshire, to his wife; land at Donington and Thornbury, Herefordshi...
The community at Worcester leases, for three years, land at Luddington, Warwickshire, to Fulder, in return for the three pounds that he had lent; probably from the first half of the 11th century (Sawyer, no. 1421). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Ludinton’.
Grant by Avicia, once the wife of Robert Blund, and Robert, their son, to Herent of Eresia, of land in Southwark
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Grant by Avicia, once the wife of Robert Blund, and Robert, their son, to Herent of Eresia, of part of the land in the territory of the bishop of Winchester in the marsh of Southwark. The land lies next to the Thames and between the land of Stefan to the east and that of Roger the crossbowman to...
Grant by Tecent, widow of Maurice de Kelham, to Rufford Abbey, of land at Buggewant and elsewhere
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Grant by Tecent, widow of Maurice de Kelham, giving to Rufford Abbey (Nottinghamshire), for her soul and those of her husband, their children, and all their ancestors, an acre of land in the southern field at Buggewant, half an acre of land in Cressington, and all the newly broken land in Lingwa...
Contents: The Westminster Tournament Challenge, an invitation to the Westminster Tournament, the joust held in honour of the birth of a son, Prince Henry, to Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485, d. 1536) on New Year's Day, 1511. The document concludes with the signatur...
Chirograph between Biddlesden Abbey and William son of Gregory, concerning the rent of a mill and land pledged to Belasez of Oxford
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Chirograph between Biddlesden Abbey (Buckinghamshire) and William son of Gregory, in which William concedes to the abbey the rent of a mill and land in his manor of Finmere (Oxfordshire), which he had pledged to Belasez of Oxford, Jew, for £32, on the condition that the abbey pay £4 annual inter...
Quitclaim by Margery daughter of Isabel, daughter of Alulf of Merch, to Biddlesden Abbey, of land at Whitfield
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Confirmation and quitclaim by Margery daughter of Isabel, daughter of Alulf of Merch, to Biddlesden Abbey (Buckinghamshire), of the donations made to the abbey by Thomas of Armentières and R. Barry of land in Whitfield (Northamptonshire), in the fee of the earl of Leicester. Endorsed: in four 1...
Grant by Lucy de Cokefield to Biddlesden Abbey of all her land in Charwelton
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Quitclaim by Lucy de Cokefield, with the assent of Adam, her son, to Biddlesden Abbey, of all her land in Charwelton (Northamptonshire), which lands she received in the court of the king at Westminster in a case against Ralph de Cheinduit. In return, the abbey will pay her a rent of 3 marks four...
Grant by Petronilla, daughter of Alfred the Little, to William Cocaine, of 2 acres of land in Berkhamsted
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Grant by Petronilla, daughter of Alfred the Little, to William Cocaine, for his homage and service, of 2 acres of land in the manor (halimoto) of Berkhamsted. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Halimoto’. Affixed with a fine seal of Petronilla, lozenge, green, with a full-length image of a wom...
