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Indented memoranda of mortuaries answered for by John de Grypthorp', chaplain, of...
Catalogue reference: E 135/4/40
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- E 135/4/40
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1311
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Description (What the record is about)
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Indented memoranda of mortuaries answered for by John de Grypthorp', chaplain, of the church of Howden (Yorkshire, East Riding) from Pentecost [30 May] to Martinmas [11 November] 1311 by the account of William Maddy, chaplain.
- 13s. 4d., the value of an ox, for the mortuary of Alice [?Duot] of Skelton (Yorkshire, East Riding);
- 3s. 6d., the value of an over-tunic, for the mortuary of William Po[..]e of Howden;
- 5s. 3d., the value of an over-tunic, for the mortuary of Hawise, wife of Philip Belle of Howden;
- 13s. 4d., the value of a horse, for the mortuary of Thomas de B[e...]ll' in West Holm';
- 13s. 4d., the value of the same horse, for the mortuary of Agnes, wife of [...];
- 1s., the mortuary of Alice, daughter of Thomas de B[e...]ll';
- 6s. 8d., the value of an over-tunic, for the mortuary of the wife of [...] of Knedlington (Yorkshire, East Riding);
- 9s., the value of a cow, for the mortuary of Cecilia, wife of Thomas [...] of Knedlington;
- 10s., the value of a cow, for the mortuary of Gilbert Hekeler of Howden;
- 6s., the value of an over-tunic, for the mortuary of John del [...]le;
- 10s., the value of a cow, for the mortuary of Matilda, wife of Benedict of Howden;
- 13s. 4d., the value of a cow, for the mortuary of Thomas Heberd of Balkholme (Yorkshire, East Riding);
- 12d., the value of a cow, for the mortuary of Matilda, a pauper;
- 10s., the value of a cow, for the mortuary of a woman of del Gayre;
- 2s., the value of an over-tunic, for the mortuary of John de Midelham, mason;
- 30s., the value of a horse, for the mortuary of John son of Roger of Barmby on the Marsh (Yorkshire, East Riding);
- 2s., the value of an over-tunic, for the mortuary of Thomas Symer of Howden;
- 6s. 8d., the mortuary of [..]ll' [...ard] of Laxton (Yorkshire, East Riding);
- 12d., the value of an over-tunic, for the mortuary of Alice the tanner;
- 14d., the value of an over-tunic, for the mortuary of Gilbert del Fall' of Howden;
- 6s., the value of a mare, for the mortuary of Adam son of Sill' of Cotenesse [Cotness, Yorkshire, East Riding].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also E 135/5/23.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- 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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- parchment membranes
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 1 m.
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3408344/
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Exchequer: Miscellaneous Ecclesiastical Documents
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