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Folios: 56-56v. Leicestershire. Quitclaim. First party: William, abbot of Leicester,...

Catalogue reference: DL 42/2/3/46

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DL 42/2/3/46
Date
1311
Description

Folios: 56-56v. Leicestershire. Quitclaim.

First party: William, abbot of Leicester, and the convent of the same place.

Second party: Thomas, earl of Lancaster and Leicester, steward of England.

Place or subject: All their right in a certain close which is called le Thorneclos in the vill of Thornton with appurtenances, just as it is enclosed by a ditch and hedge. Which close the abbot and convent had of the gift and feoffment of Anthony, bishop of Durham [Anthony Bek]. Saving to the earl his right of tithes there belonging to his church of Thornton.

County: [Leicestershire].

Additional people: Witnesses: Robert de Holand; Robert de Stapilton; Richard de Shulton; Robert de Herle; and Ralph de Turville.

Dated in the abbey of Leicester.

Saturday next after the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary 1311 (4 Edw II).

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For the original charter see: DL 25/311

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