MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. M. 40

Display:: D. D. Ch. Ch. (Deposited Deeds Christ Church)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Claydon (Bucks. ⟨recte Oxon.⟩). Richard de Grimescote grants to St. Mary and St. Leonard’s, Clattercote, in free alms, a virgate of land and a messuage in Cleydon, which Robert son of Aldewin once held from him. Witnesses: Sir Robert de Wycham , Simon de Cropray , John Cachelen , Hugh de Berford , Anselm de Grimescote . ⟨1260–70.⟩

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

Seal: Pointed oval seal, 1¼ × ⅞”, in brown wax A heron in flight, with something in its mouth Legend: ‘S’ · RICARDI · DE · GRIMESCOTE’

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Archive of St. Leonard’s, Clattercote (Oxon.)

Record Sources

N. Denholm-Young, Cartulary of the Mediaeval Archives of Christ Church, Oxford Historical Society o.s. 92 (1931), p. 156

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-06: First online publication