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ECR 39 179

Reference code

ECR 39 179

Title

Royal Patents: Grant of priory of Monk Sherbourne

Level

Item

Date

23 March 1473

Content description

Grant by Edward IV of the Priory of Shirborne alias Westshirborne Monachorum, co. Southampton [Monk Sherborne, Hampshire]; plot of land in Eton, formerly the property of Oliver de Burdeux with a capital messuage, containing one acre and three roods, worth 2s 11d p.a.; a cottage formerly Walter Clare's worth 2s p.a.; 10 acres of land within the precincts of the College worth 15s p.a.; alien priory of Endeston, Somerset; a messuage, a carucate, 26 acres of land, 7 acres of wood and 8 marks rent in Endeston, with the reversion of the hospital of St John, Dorchester, Dorset, commonly called St John's House, next time it falls into the King's hands. The messuage, lands, wood and rent in Endeston are given to the College from Michaelmas 1467. The grant is made for his sincere devotion to the Blessed Virgin and so that the members of the College shall pray for him and his consort Elizabeth while they live and for their souls when dead, and for the souls of his father Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge and Anne his wife and all his ancestors. Given at Westminster, by the Privy Seal with the authority of Parliament.

The Great Seal, green wax, on purple, gold and white cords. In two pieces, more than half missing

Associated material

See ECR 39/67, ECR 39/108; ECR 63/123-134

Publication note

CPR 1467-1477 p.394
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