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Quitclaim, [Wisbech?], Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.4038

Scope and Contents

In consideration of 4s, Thomas son of Bartholomew quitclaims to Master Hugh Pethe [or Peche] all his right in the homage of William Iric, that is to say, in an annual rent of 4d for a piece of land lying 'apud le Wonhoc'. Deed poll, witnessed by Gilbert de Dudingherste, Robert Iric, Robert de Ponte, Gilbert Iric, Richard Sefare, Thomas le Knit, Nicholas Ordin[s or -g?], Godfrey de Chelveston, William Totus (?), William Winefrey, and others. Tagged pendant white round seal (damaged). Tag (damaged) cut from another deed. Endorsement in contemporary hand: 'Homager [illegible] Wilbyra (?)' and in a sixteenth-century hand: 'For lands etc in Wysbyche'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1300 (Circa, undated)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased at Sotheby's, Lot 19 (Phillipps MS 41002), 13 April 1981

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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