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Grantor: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain etc. Grantee: Richard...
Catalogue reference: C 147/152
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Date (When the record was created)
- 26 Eliz I
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Grantor: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain etc. Grantee: Richard Peacocke and Rowland Martyn, citizens and leather-sellers of London, and Thomas Skynner, citizen and clothworker of London. Place or Subject: Manors of Overhall and Netherhall [both in Lavenham], with lands in Lavenham, Thorpe Morieux, Cockfield, Preston, Brent Eleigh (Illeighe), Acton, Long Melford (Milford), Shimpling and Alpheton; Lavenham Park; advowson of Lavenham. Appointment of Richard Forster and Nicholas Scott as attorneys to deliver seisin. County: Suff
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- Topics
- Manors
- Nationality
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C 147
Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series CC
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