Manors of Buckland Filleigh and Weare Gifford, Devon: Court rolls and other financial papers
Scope and Contents
Court rolls of Buckland Filleigh for: 1334, 1346-7, 1350-3, 1397-8, 1408, 1446-53, 1455-8, 1473-9, 1500-11, 1514-17, 1521-2, 1524-7, 1529-30, 1534-5, 1538-9, 1542-51, 1554-7 (an admission, 1548), 1559-62, 1564-5; court roll of Ford manor, probably in Milton Abbot, 1566-7; estreats of fines for Buckland Filleigh for: 1517-18, 1551-2, 1558-9, 1562-3, 1583-5, imperfect, late 16th cent., with notes of fines, 16th cent.; accounts of William Robyn, reeve of Weare Gifford, and of Richard Gylle, reeve of Buckland Filleigh, 1449-50; audited accounts for Weare Gifford and for Buckland Filleigh, 1471; accounts of Richard Peke, reeve of Buckland Filleigh, 1499-1500. With the above are 2mm. estreats of fines at Middlesex sessions assigned to the liberty of the dean and chapter of Westminster, 1846, used as wrappers for CUL MS Add. 3298 and 3299.
Dates
- Creation: 1334-1585
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
3 archive box(es) (3 Boxes paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased of Hereward T. Wake, 10 Oct. 1894.
Bibliography
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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