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Grant by M[atilda] the empress, daughter of King Henry, and lady of the English,...

Catalogue reference: E 40/6688

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This record is about the Grant by M[atilda] the empress, daughter of King Henry, and lady of the English,... dating from [1141] in the series Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 40/6688
Date
[1141]
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Grant by M[atilda] the empress, daughter of King Henry, and lady of the English, to the canons of Christchurch, London, in frank almoin, for the souls of her father and mother, and for the welfare of her own soul, of the land which Picot Empastorator gave them in Bekaham, and land to the value of 7s. yearly which Picot bought from the men of that town, and Æstmund's land, to the value of 8s. yearly, and the land of Claiherste, together with pasture for ten oxen among the grantor's oxen, and ten hogs without pannage. Witness:-Robert, earl of Glo[ucester], the chancellor. Kent. [1141]

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