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Folio: 56v. Leicestershire. Quitclaim. First party: Henry, earl of Lancaster and...

Catalogue reference: DL 42/2/3/48

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This record is about the Folio: 56v. Leicestershire. Quitclaim. First party: Henry, earl of Lancaster and... dating from 1340 Feb 23 in the series Duchy of Lancaster: Cartularies, Enrolments, Surveys and other Miscellaneous Books. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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DL 42/2/3/48
Date
1340 Feb 23
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Folio: 56v. Leicestershire. Quitclaim.

First party: Henry, earl of Lancaster and Leicester, steward of England.

Second party: John de Forstebury.

Place or subject: Whereas John de Forsteby, the earl's huntsman, has purchased one plot of land in the town of Leicester outside the south gate lying between the tenements of Thomas Task on the one side and Alice atte Hawe on the other side, the earl has quitclaimed to him and his heirs all manner of rents and services due from that plot, except for 12d of rent a year, at the usual terms for all other services.

County: [Leicestershire].

Additional people: Witnesses: William de Walkinton; Ralph de Beston; John de Blount; Geoffrey de Walcote; and Simon Pakemon, steward of Leicester.

Dated at the castle of Kenilworth.

23 Feb 14 Edw III.

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For the original charter see: DL 25/2255

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