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D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
1 - Title Deeds
54 - Donisthorpe, Leicestershire
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D77/1/54/1
Former Reference
D77/1/Jeayes144
Title
Lease, for 72 years, from Thomas Gilbert of Lullington to Robert le Hunt and his wife Sibil, of one virgate of land with a toft and a croft in Donisthorpe
Date
[1295]
Description
Annual rent from Robert and Sibil to Thomas of 5 shillings at 2 times of the year - at the feast of St. Martin [10-11 Nov] a moiety, and at the feast of the nativity of St. John the Baptist another moiety [24 June] for all secular services. If Thomas or his heir wish to abandon the said land at the end of the term [of the lease] or in fee, Robert and Sibil shall have the said land with a toft and a croft for the true worth: If Robert and Sibil wish to abandon the said land inside the term [of the lease] Thomas shall have the said land for the true worth [heirs are included] Witnesses: Nicholas of Ingleby; William son of Elias of Oakthorpe; Thomas son of Elias of the same; John le Sauvage of the same; Richard of the Chapelhouse of Donisthorpe; others
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Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Gresley family of Drakelow
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