ECR 31 428
Reference code
ECR 31 428
Title
Eton, Buckinghamshire: Grant of land, tenements and rents
Level
Item
Date
19 April 1479
Content description
Grant by Thomas Barker, clerk, Robert Galon, chaplain, Thomas Swan, of Eton, gentleman, and Alice, his wife, Thomas Wexham and Alexander Chamberleyn to Nicholas Mede of all the lands, tenements, and rents etc in the parish of Eton which they had, together with master William Westbury, late Provost of the College there, and John Wight, now deceased, of the gift of John Water, of Eton, except a messuage, a toft, 9½ acres of arable and 3½ acres of pasture in Eton which John Scotte of Dorney, co. Bucks, gentleman, recovered in the Common Pleas against Thomas Loveden and Alice, his wife, and John Grove. To hold from the chief lords of the fee for the services due. And appointment of Henry Dowsun as their attorney to enter and deliver seisin.
Witnesses: John Water, Nicholas Roche, William Stileman. Eton.
Six seals, red wax, on doubled tags.
(1) Oval, about 18 x 13mm, ?B. (Barker).
(2) Oval, 16 x 13mm. Virgin and child; beneath, within a gothic arch, the upper half of a praying figure. A legend (Galon).
(3) Round, 13mm. A swan (Swan, T).
(4) Oval, 10 x 8mm, W beneath a crown. (Swan, A).
(5) No impressions (Wexham).
(6) Round, 11mm, W beneath a crown (Chamberleyn).
Witnesses: John Water, Nicholas Roche, William Stileman. Eton.
Six seals, red wax, on doubled tags.
(1) Oval, about 18 x 13mm, ?B. (Barker).
(2) Oval, 16 x 13mm. Virgin and child; beneath, within a gothic arch, the upper half of a praying figure. A legend (Galon).
(3) Round, 13mm. A swan (Swan, T).
(4) Oval, 10 x 8mm, W beneath a crown. (Swan, A).
(5) No impressions (Wexham).
(6) Round, 11mm, W beneath a crown (Chamberleyn).
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