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Grant by Roger de Somery, to John de Englefeud, of licence to sport on the water...
Catalogue reference: E 210/307
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This record is about the Grant by Roger de Somery, to John de Englefeud, of licence to sport on the water... dating from [1100-1500] in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Ancient Deeds, Series D. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1100-1500]
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Grant by Roger de Somery, to John de Englefeud, of licence to sport on the water (licenciam reperiandi riperiam) of Pangeburne, with release of all suits of court which John's ancestors owed at the grantor's court of Duddelegh for a tenement in Humeleye, so that the grantor may not be able to distrain in the said tenement for any services due for a tenement which John holds of the grantor in Englefeud and Craumford. Witnesses: - As above: [Berkshire]
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Conveyancing
- Sports
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Ancient Deeds, Series D
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