MS. Ch. Suffolk 22

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Quitclaim; Wortham; c. 1190-1200

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Language(s): Latin

Wortham. John, son of Robert de Wurtham, quit-claims in full court, to Samson, the abbot of St. Edmund, and his successors, William and Wimer, sons of Elfwin de Wurtham, their chattels and service and with all that belongs to them, for 11 marks which Robert de Bosco gave to him in order that said Robert might hold them from the abbot; and for this quit-claim the abbot releases from an annual payment of 2d. (c. 1190-1200) [Sampson, abbot, 1182-1211.]

Physical Description

Form: sheet
Support: parchment

Record Sources

W. H. Turner and H. O. Coxe, Calendar of charters and rolls preserved in the Bodleian library (Oxford, 1878) [annotated copy, Bodleian Library R.Ref.741], 542 [Google Books]

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Bibliography

    The Kalendar of Abbot Samson of Bury St Edmunds and Related Documents, ed. R. H. C Davis, Camden Society 3rd ser. 84 (1954), no. 123 (pp. 147-8)
    Rodney M. Thomson, The Archives of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Records Society 21 (1980), no. 57

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