MS. Ch. Suffolk 553

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Grant; Coddenham, etc.; 1352

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Language(s): Latin

Ralph Spake and 3 others grant to John Parmenter of Stowmarket (Stowemarcat) and 2 others all the lands and tenements acquired of Alice and Joan Spake in the villages of Coddenham, Creeting All Saints, and Creeting St Mary (Creeting St. Mary), with the reversion of the land held as dowry by Mariota, wife of the late John Spake. Dated at Coddenham, 8 April, 26 Ed. III (1352).

Physical Description

Form: sheet
Support: parchment

With 3 seals (detached, kept separately).

Seal: Armorial: Flour (Walter) (MS. Ch. Suffolk 553*a)
Seal: Fragment (MS. Ch. Suffolk 553*b)
Seal: Legend: ‘S EA......A ORA PRO ME’ (MS. Ch. Suffolk 553*c)

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], 456 [Google Books]
J. Gilbert Wiblin, Handlist 339e. Seals (including casts and matrices), May 1916 (unpublished handlist, Bodleian Library), p. 171v

This record is based on a calendar prepared in 1878 and some information may be incorrect. References to more recent editions, if available, are provided in the bibliography. Please send any additional corrections to specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or generalsecretary@suffolkinstitute.org.uk.

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2020-10: First online publication

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