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Return by Ralph [Baldock], bishop of London of an inquisition taken by writ (attached)...
Catalogue reference: E 135/4/20
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This record is about the Return by Ralph [Baldock], bishop of London of an inquisition taken by writ (attached)... dating from 1310 June 27 in the series Exchequer: Miscellaneous Ecclesiastical Documents. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 135/4/20
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1310 June 27
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Return by Ralph [Baldock], bishop of London of an inquisition taken by writ (attached) of King Edward II [20 February 1310] concerning ordinances for the vicarage of Chingford (Essex), which the Knights Templar recognised as having been put to their own uses, to the effect that by the authority of Richard of Gravesend, formerly bishop of London, and with the will and consent of the Templars and the vicar at that time, the vicarage was divided into portions, which would henceforth remain to the vicarage, and that these had been in the peaceful possession of Reginald, the present vicar for some time:
- the manse pertaining to the rectory, with the hall, chambers and other dwellings and a small croft of half an acre with gardens;
- [...] over the Lea (Leye) in Longelonde formerly of the rectory [...] Brandeshakelmerch';
- nine acres of arable land with appurtenances in two [...];
- an annual rent of 11d. from the tenement of John of Kent;
- a [...]before the gate of the manse;
- four quarters of wheat and four quarters of oats, to be rendered in equal portions at Michaelmas and Easter.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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- parchment membranes
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- 2 mm.
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- Fragment of a seal attached.
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3408324/
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E 135
Exchequer: Miscellaneous Ecclesiastical Documents
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