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Gift of land, Rillaton, Cornwall

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.4059

Scope and Contents

Alice, daughter and heir of Thomas de Fishide, widow, confirms her gift to her son Richard de Cotes, of all her lands in Cornwall, that is to say, in Rydelatone?, with common pasture and turvary in Faymore, and in messuage three acres and half a ferlingata. At Grymestede,witnessed by Master Roger le Engleys, Andrew de Grymestede, John de Grymestede, Ralph de Boklande, Walter de Wollop, Hugh de Wyly, and others. Tagged pendant black round seal with heraldic device, lettering illegible. Endorsed in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century hands: 'terre de Melkame et Briggedoune? et Lankmorn / Pengelly Opehardone? et K[?] cum ? pastur'', 'cart de Northpaderda iuxta / Lankynhorn', and 'Infra Rylaton'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1 July 1291 (Octave of the nativity of St John Baptist 19 Edward I [1 July 1291])

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

A few small holes

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased at Sotheby's, Lot 190 (Phillipps MS 41041), 13 April 1981

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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