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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 Martin Elys, parson of St. Faith's in the city of London, to John Blakeney,...
Catalogue reference: E 40/2246
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This record is about the Grant by Martin Elys, parson of St. Faith's in the city of London, to John Blakeney,... dating from 1387-1388 in the series Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 40/2246
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1387-1388
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Description (What the record is about)
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Grant by Martin Elys, parson of St. Faith's in the city of London, to John Blakeney, citizen and fishmonger of London, of two marcs yearly and quit rent which he had by gift of Reginald de Spaldyng, parson of St. Benedict's, Grascherche, and others, Monday after the Apostles Philip and James, 6 Richard II., issuing from a tenement in the parish of St. Katherine within Algate, London. Nicholas Exton, Mayor of London, William Venour and Hugh Falstolf, sheriffs, William Staundon, alderman of the ward. [Middx.]. 20 May, 11 Richard II.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Landed estates
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4940999/
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E 40
Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A
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