MS. Ch. Kent. 214

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Language(s): Latin

ELHAM. An agreement reciting that whereas certain lands, tenements, rents, &c., in Elham, were granted to Henry, formerly the abbot, and convent of St. Radegund's, near Dover, by William, the prior, and convent of St. Andrew's, Rochester, for an annual payment of 10 marks, this chirograph witnesses that, in consequence of the said lands not being worth the said rent, the prior and convent agree to fix the annual rent at 8 marks, 6s. 8d. for the future. Dated 5 August, 1293.

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

Seal: With seal (detached, kept separately) of the abbey of St. Radegund, perfect, in a silk bag. [Cast available.] (MS. Ch. Kent. 214*)

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], 96 [Google Books]

J. Gilbert Wiblin, Handlist 339e. Seals (including casts and matrices), May 1916 (unpublished handlist, Bodleian Library), p. 71

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