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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 (Ada)m de Reinevil to Matilda [Maud] Bigote [Bigod, Bigote], Countess of...
Catalogue reference: E 40/339
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This record is about the Grant by (Ada)m de Reinevil to Matilda [Maud] Bigote [Bigod, Bigote], Countess of... dating from [1100-1603] in the series Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1100-1603]
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Grant by (Ada)m de Reinevil to Matilda [Maud] Bigote [Bigod, Bigote], Countess of Warenne, of the homage and service of Agnes, daughter of Jordan de la Felede (i. e., 5 solidates of rent per annum), Richard son of Elyas, Humfrey, son of Robert Palmer, William, son of Robert Palmer (i. e., 2 solidates of rent and two sticks of eels per annum), William de Marisco and Constance de Reinevill, for tenements they held of him in Bramwich and Braint hund(des), the services (which are all expressed in solidates and denariates) being due at Whitsunday and the feast of St. Martin, and the eels at Mid-Lent; also all his water called 'Brainthunddesmere' and the right of fishing therein, and all right he has in the water of Don; paying yearly a pair of gloves or 1d. at Easter, and saving to him and his heirs the scutage of the said tenements when it falls due. For this grant the Countess has paid 100s. Witnesses:- Adam de Newmarket, Richard Foliot, Thomas de Polington, William de Mortimer, Adam de Neireford, and others (named). York.
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- Portion of equestrian seal
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E 40
Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A
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