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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 Alice [Alesia], who was wife of Thomas late Earl of Lancaster, and daughter...
Catalogue reference: E 40/198
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This record is about the Grant by Alice [Alesia], who was wife of Thomas late Earl of Lancaster, and daughter... dating from 1322 Jul 27 in the series Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 40/198
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1322 Jul 27
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Grant by Alice [Alesia], who was wife of Thomas late Earl of Lancaster, and daughter and heir of Henry de Lascy, late Earl of Lincoln, to her kinsman Hugh le Despenser, the younger, of the reaminder of the manors of Congelton, Wyteleye, Ronkore, and of the constabulary of Chester, with all advowsons, and other their appurtenances in c. Chester (which Joan, who was wife of the aforesaid Henry, holds in dower, of Alice's [Alesia's] inheritance, to revert to her on Joan's decease) from and after the death of the said Joan. Witnesses:- John de Britannia, Earl of Richmond, Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, Edmund, Earl of Arundel, Ralph Basset, of Drayton, William de Beauchamp, John de Barton, of Fryton, and Roger Beler. Cheshire. Barlingges, 27 July, 16 Edward II
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E 40
Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A
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