MS. Ch. Yorks. 161a

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Language(s): Latin

HOWGRAVE. John de Londoniis grants to Robert de Coyngners all lands and tenements which he holds by right of dowry of Joan his wife, formerly wife of Robert de Melmorby , in the village of Hougrave, and his wife resigns her right in case of survival by oath sworn upon the Holy Gospels in the church of B. Wilfrid of Rypon. Dated at Rypon the Friday next before the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, 1339. Witness, John de Clotherom, bailiff of the liberty of Rypon , etc.

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

Seal: With seal (detached, kept separately) (indistinct). (MS. Ch. Yorks. 161a*)

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], 611 [Google Books]

J. Gilbert Wiblin, Handlist 339e. Seals (including casts and matrices), May 1916 (unpublished handlist, Bodleian Library), p. 206v

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