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Grant by John Bunse. of Letcombe Regis, and Thomas Scherd to William Essex, knight,...
Catalogue reference: C 146/1549
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This record is about the Grant by John Bunse. of Letcombe Regis, and Thomas Scherd to William Essex, knight,... dating from 1535 Oct 4 in the series Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Grant by John Bunse. of Letcombe Regis, and Thomas Scherd to William Essex, knight, Anthony Hungerford, knight, Thomas Yorck, esquire, Bartholomew Hussey, esquire, Thomas Essex, esquire, Thomas Rydley, and Arthur Redfern, of lands, etc., in Godyngflod, Kyntbury, Inckpen, and Hamfyld, to the use of Alice Darell, late the wife of Edward Darell, knight, deceased, for her life, with remainders over. 4 October, 27 Henry VIII. Endorsed: Memorandum of livery of seisin. Berkshire
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Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C
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