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481. Thomas de Clare has acknowledged that he has given to Stephen de Cornhull all that messuage which he had in the parish of St. Mary Bothaw by his charter in these words: 'We Thomas de Clare knight have given to Stephen de Cornhull citizen and draper of London all that messuage with all buildings, rents, liberties and appurtenances in the parish of St. Mary Bothawe which we had of the grant of Edmund of Almain (Alemanni), earl of Cornwall, our brother, to have and hold by him and his heirs or anyone to whom he shall give, bequeath, sell or assign it in perpetuity, rendering yearly at Michaelmas one penny and the service due to the chief lords of the fee; and we undertake to warrant the same to him, his heirs and assigns against all men in perpetuity. Witnesses: Gregory de Rokesle then mayor of the city of London and alderman of the ward [of Dowgate], Ralph le Blund and John Horn then sheriffs of London, Richard de Affron, Henry de Cokington, Nicholas Cyphywast, knights, Henry le Waleys, John Adrian, William de Durham, Nicholas de Winchester, Reginald de Suffolk, Philip le Tayllour, Richard de Wilehale, Henry de Hereford, William de Rokeslee, Peter Cosin, Simon de Gaunt, William de Bosco, Anketin de Botevil, Robert de Linton, William Bigod clerk, and others [1275-6].
(London. Carta Stephani de Cornhell per Thomam de [Clare] militem.) |