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ECR 21 016

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ECR 21 016

Title

Sporle, Norfolk: Decree in a suit concerning tithes

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Item

Date

26 October 1314

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Decree of the official of the bishop of Norwich in a suit between the prior of Sporle, plaintiff, and Thomas Martyn of Pykenham or of Cotys [Cotes] and the rector of Northpykenham [North Pickenham], defendants, concerning tithes claimed by the prior upon the animals of the said Thomas pasturing upon the pasture of Cotys called Cotyngmor within the parish of Sporle, to the value of 6d that the said tithes are due to the prior. The case was heard on an appeal from the court of the official of the archdeacon of Norfolk. Norwich.
Seal, pointed oval, 37mm, reddish brown wax, on tongue. A good impression. On a church roof, and beneath a Gothic canopy, our Lord, half length, lifting up the right hand in benediction, in the left hand a cross. In base, a figure half length, in prayer, kneeling to the right, under a trefoiled arch.

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