MS. Ch. Norfolk 37

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Language(s): Latin

BONEWELLE and MERTON MANORS. Sir Robert Clyfton, kt., recites that the custody of William Grey , son of Fulk Grey , deceased, is in his hands, together with the custody of the manors of Bonewelle and Merton, and by this present charter, in consideration of the sum of £100, grants him a licence to marry whom and when it shall please him, as also the profits and issues of the manor of Bonewell from the feast of St. Michael the archangel last past, reserving to himself for a time the issues, &c. of the manor of Merton. Dated 1 June, 1 Hen. VI.

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

Seal:(detached, kept separately) With seal of arms. (Clifton) (MS. Ch. Norfolk 37*)

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], 171 [Google Books]

J. Gilbert Wiblin, Handlist 339e. Seals (including casts and matrices), May 1916 (unpublished handlist, Bodleian Library), p. 96

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