MS. Ch. Yorks. 5

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Language(s): Latin

Ralph, the abbot, and the convent of Kyrkestall confirm to Reiner de Pontefr[act] and his heirs their messuage in Pontefract which sir Robt. de Laci gave them for an inn ("pro hospicio habendo"), paying annually one stone of wax at the Assumption B. M. V., the light at the altar of the church; reserving the use of the house for their "hospicium" when they visit the place. (c. 1182-1190.) .

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Archive of Kirkstall Abbey

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], 615 [Google Books]

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Last Substantive Revision

2020-10: First online publication