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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/76/20
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/76/20
TitleCharter of Richard Edrych chaplain (capellan')
DescriptionGiving to Henry Serd of Hanley (Hanley subtus Malvern') two and a half dayworks of landin the manor of Hanley, of which four selions lie in a certain field called Lechemersfeld, extending in length from the land of Thomas Wyse on the south to that recently belonging to William Whetemer on the north, and in breadth between the land of Nicholas Carpenter on the east and that of the said William on the west; six selions lie in the same field, in breadth between the land recently belonging to the said William on both sides, and extending in length from the land of the said William on the south to the field called Northfield (Le Northfeld) on the north; and the remaining four selions lie in the same place, extending in length from the land of William Bagger called Pubbehullon the south to Northfield on the north, and in breadth between the land recently belonging to the said William Whetemer on each side; to be held with their hedges, ditches and all other appurtenances to the said Henry, his heirs and assigns, freely [etc] in perpetuity, of the chief lord of the fee by the services due from the land and lawfully accustomed. Warranty clause. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: Thomas Hanley esquire, Richard Serd, Richard Trygge, William Gerard, John Serd, Ralph Baron, John Sampson and many others.
Dated at Hanley.

1. A daywork here seems to have been about six selions; by definition it was the area of land which might be cultivated in one day, but it can never be an exact measurement, since the length of selions and the difficulty of land was bound to vary.
2. The selions in this charter apparently run north-south, and their headlands must have abutted the southern boundary of Northfield, called Northfeleheche. It is usually possible from the detail in a charter to decide the direction of the selions.

Seal: red wax, device of letter W.

[Ref. 111 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date14 August 1429
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