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Copy of an inquisition taken at Berkhamsted, 27 or 28 October 1300 (Friday, the eve...

Catalogue reference: WARD 2/61/241/33

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This record is about the Copy of an inquisition taken at Berkhamsted, 27 or 28 October 1300 (Friday, the eve... dating from 1300 Oct; 1608 July 20 in the series Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WARD 2/61/241/33
Date
1300 Oct; 1608 July 20
Description

Copy of an inquisition taken at Berkhamsted, 27 or 28 October 1300 (Friday, the eve of Simon and Jude, 28 Edw. I), concerning knights' fees held of Edmund, earl of Cornwall, and detailing the military tenures of the manors of Norcott [in Northchurch], Wigginton, Betlow, Little Gaddesden [all Hertfordshire, ], Weedon, Amersham, Swanbourne [all Buckinghamshire], of fees in Althorp [Northamptonshire], and messuages etc. in Woughton [Buckinghamshire], and serjeanty tenures in Gubblecote [Hertfordshire]. Postcript: Examined by H. Elsynge 20 July 1608. Agrees with the record: Robert Bowyere. Headed: From the bundle of escheats, 28 Edward I.

Note
The original inquisition has been missing since 1912 and the only other record of its contents is the 1806 Calendarium Inquisitionum
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, I, p 474
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4457918/

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