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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D77/1/19/1
Former ReferenceD77/1/Jeayes 35
TitleBrother R, Abbot of Garendon]and P[aul] Abbot of St. Mary of Legre Prato [?Leicester Meadow] and Master A of Wilne, commissioned [agents] of the Pope, in the case between William, parson of Seale, and William son of Ralph of Measham and Lucian, son of Robert Desert [Dysart}. William the parson seeks against them [the other 2] in his wood of Overseal right to take timber for building and gather wood for hedging [husbote and haibote], which belongs to the Church of Seale. After many allegations it was finally amicably settled in this way. W[illiam] and L[ucian] above mentioned concede in perpetuity for themselves and their heirs to the mother Church of Seale, 4 wagon [loads] of wood [timber] for burning, 2 each to be gathered by the parsons of the same church annually in the same wood of Overseal in preparation for the birth of the Lord [25 December]; William the parson of Seale remits and in perpetuity quitclaims all complaints which he had against them in the husbote and haibote [building and hedging rights] in wood, decided on the authority of the Lord Pope
Date[1186-1205]
DescriptionWitnesses: Robert priest of Sutton, Richard Hastings, clerk; William son of Peter, chaplain of Seale; William the clerk of Uttoxeter, William of Charnley, Robert the son, of Bramcote; William son of Wakelin of Stretton; Walter his son; Warin of Snibston; William of Winsley; many others.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGresley family of Drakelow
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