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Chirograph indented witnessing that John Receyvour of Leicester has demised to William...

Catalogue reference: C 146/6485

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This record is about the Chirograph indented witnessing that John Receyvour of Leicester has demised to William... dating from 1357-1358 in the series Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
C 146/6485
Date
1357-1358
Description

Chirograph indented witnessing that John Receyvour of Leicester has demised to William son of John in the Lane, of Radclif, and Elizabeth his wife, for their life, a messuage and a yardland, with meadow adjoining, in Bildeston, which Robert son of Ralph Noreys, of Twycross, and Rose his wife held; rent 10s., with suit at his mill and court at Bildeston, and the best beast as a heriot on the death of either tenant. Provision against alienation or waste, or felling of trees without his consent. Thursday after Michaelmas, 31 Edward III.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5890944/

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C 146

Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C

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