MS. Ch. Cambs. 55

Display:: Cambs. (Cambridgeshire)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

TEVERSHAM. Hugh, of the manor ('de manerio'), grants in frankalmoigne for himself and his wife Berta to the prior and monks of Ely 12d. annual rent payable by his son William arising out of six acres of land and a messuage in Theversham for maintenance of a light at the altar of St Mary. [c. 1230-40]

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

Seal:Hugh of the Manor (detached, kept separately) lion Legend: ‘Sigill. Hugonis del manerio’ (MS. Ch. Cambs. 55*)

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], 39-40 [Google Books]

J. Gilbert Wiblin, Handlist 339e. Seals (including casts and matrices), May 1916 (unpublished handlist, Bodleian Library), p. 22

Availability

The seal(s) from this charter have been detached and are now stored separately. To request consultation please email specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

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Last Substantive Revision

2020-10: First online publication