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Transcript of letters patent granting a windmill in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to (1)...
Catalogue reference: LR 15/255
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This record is about the Transcript of letters patent granting a windmill in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to (1)... dating from 1609 May 19 in the series Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series EE. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1609 May 19
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Transcript of letters patent granting a windmill in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to (1) Edward Ferrers, of London, mercer, and Francis Phelippes, of London, gent.
Grant [inter alia] of a windmill, with toll of grain belonging thereto, in Portsmouth, for 53s 4d, (late of the Hospital of St. Nicholas in Portesmouth, called Goddeshowse [God's House, Portsmouth]).
Paper, 5ff.
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- Farming
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Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series EE
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