MS. Ch. Essex 251

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Language(s): Latin

Chirograph reciting a mandate from Pope Gregory X, 4 Non. Apr. an. 4, to the priors of Merton and Bormundes[e], to hear and determine a suit for spoliation of tithes between the abbot and monks of Bec, and Robert, rector of Wodeham , who decree that the tithes arising from the lordships of the lords of Ferrers shall be farmed by the rector of Wodeham at a rent of 60s. annually. (1275.)

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

Seal: With seal (detached, kept separately) of prior of Merton. [Cast available.] (MS. Ch. Essex 251*)

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], 59 [Google Books]

J. Gilbert Wiblin, Handlist 339e. Seals (including casts and matrices), May 1916 (unpublished handlist, Bodleian Library), p. 42

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