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ECR 18 031

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ECR 18 031

Title

Stratfield Saye, Hampshire: Indenture of lease of croft

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Item

Date

28 October 1332

Content description

Indenture of lease by brother William Valeran, prior of St Leonard of Stratfled Say, and Matilda de Bradeford, tenant for life of the priory, to Roger the smith (fabro) of a croft called Cruchcroft in the vill of Stratfield Saye lying between the land of John Schaldeford and the land of Gilbert Galopin. To hold from the feast of St Simon and St Jude 6 Edward III for thirty five years. Within five years the lessee is to marl the said croft, except for two butts of land which shall have been first marled. And when the time comes, the said Roger shall plough a moiety of the said croft and sow it and harrow, weed and reap it and bind and lead the crop. The lessors will do the same for the other moiety.
Witnesses: Richard le Parmanter, Richard Godard, Ralph Warin, William Nutthach and others.
Seal, pointed oval, originally about 30mm, dark green wax, on doubled tag, chipped at top. A star, a crescent, foliage.
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