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Counterpart of lease to Joan, the widow of Andrerw de Cottenham, and Helen her daughter of a messuage for the life of the longer liver at an annual rent of 40s., 1368

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC09/11/55

Scope and Contents

The messuage lies between a tenement of John Morice (N) and a tenement leased by the lessors to John Colvile, skinner (S) and comprises, next to the high street two little cellars and a gateway with a thatched solar above; a hall with a chamber behind it with a solar above; a kitchen and a little courtyard and a granary under one roof and three stables with one solar above them; and on the other side a brewhouse and a 'yilhous' with a solar above, and an empty space between the brewhouse and the 'yilhous'.
Witnesses: Richard Fouke, mayor; John Morice; Daniel de Felsted; John Maskerel; Thomas de Barton.

Dates

  • Creation: 1368

Biographical / Historical

viz. William de Horwode and Richard de Arderne

Extent

1 membrane(s) : vellum

Language of Materials

Latin

Former / Other Reference

XII 55

General

Seals: 1 and 2: round, shield of arms in a border, legend, The arms are the same in both, a chevon between two mullets (?) above and a bird below, but 2 is larger than 1.

Date information

FromDayMonth: 2 or 9 Feb.. ToDayMonth: 2 or 9 Feb.. DateText: Cambridge, Wednesday after the Purification [2 Feb., a Wednesday], 41 Edward III.

Originator(s)

Master Thomas de Eltisley senior and others

Finding aid date

2005-05-10 11:52:50+00:00

Genre / Form

Repository Details

Part of the Corpus Christi College Archives Repository

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