ECR 64 654
Reference code
ECR 64 654
Title
Goldcliff, Coldra, Nash and Christchurch, Monmouthshire: Inquisition on right to gout or gutter
Level
Item
Date
28 January [1474]
Extent & medium
1 item
Content description
Inquisition taken 28 January 13 Edward IV [1474] before Morgan ap Jankyn ap Phelipp', then steward of Goldcliff and Coldrey [Coldra], to enquire whether William Walsshe, lord of Lanwaren [Llanwern] had a right to a gout or gutter (gutta sive guttura) two foot square under the watercourse of Develes [Dulais] or Monkedich' belonging to the lordship of Goldcliff; and whether any gout or gutter was made there at any time in the past, such as the said William Walsshe claims to hold by certain evidences granted to him in the time of the French monks, shown by licence of the aforesaid steward, to drain water from his land of Llanwern as far as the land of the lord of Goldcliff next to le Brodelees there.
Marginal annotations in later hand: Walda Sinoglositorium
Endorsed: Goldeclyff pro Gutta Willelmi Welshe generosi
Endorsed in early 18th century angular hand: 13 Edw: 4. That Walsh has no right to his guttura of 2 feet square through Denelees or Monksditch & the the steward stoppt it up.
Marginal annotations in later hand: Walda Sinoglositorium
Endorsed: Goldeclyff pro Gutta Willelmi Welshe generosi
Endorsed in early 18th century angular hand: 13 Edw: 4. That Walsh has no right to his guttura of 2 feet square through Denelees or Monksditch & the the steward stoppt it up.
Physical characteristics
Five seal tags out of seven remain: the 1st formerly has the steward's seal, with the juror's seals, two to a tag, on the other six. The names remain legible on the tags.
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