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Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
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Grant by William Trussel, knight, of Cublesdon, to Edward King of England and France,...
Catalogue reference: E 40/153
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This record is about the Grant by William Trussel, knight, of Cublesdon, to Edward King of England and France,... dating from 1349 Jan 2 in the series Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 40/153
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1349 Jan 2
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Grant by William Trussel, knight, of Cublesdon, to Edward King of England and France, of his lands and tenements of "Fobye Johan, Hirecmere and Wicchemere," assarted from the soil of the forest of Windsor, and his possessions in Old WIndsor, New Windsor, Wynkefeld, and Ascot, which are parcel of the castle and manor of Windsor, and which Oliver de Burdeux held by grant from Edward, father of the present King; also of the lands which the said Oliver had in Eton by Windsor, and which William de Stratton, knight, holds for the term of Oliver's life, after whose death they ought to remain to Trussel, but such remainder he transfers tot he King. This is in exchange for the manor of Eton Hastyngs, co. Berks, and the advowson of the church of the same manor, which the King has granted Trussel by his charter. Witnesses:- William bishop of Winchester, John bishop fo Rochester, Richard, Earl of Arundel, and Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March, Geoffrey de Say, John de Gray, of Retherfeld, Richard la Vache, and John Brocas. Berks. New Windsor, 2 Jan 1349, 32 Edward III
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E 40
Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A
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