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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/76/57
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/76/57
TitleCharter of Robert Turnour and John Turnour
DescriptionGiving to William Bawgth one acre of arable land lying in Burleyfield (Burleyfele), in length between the land once belonging to John Cade and the messuage called Wylton and [in breadth] between the land of Agnes Smyth [on the north] and that of the said William Bawgth on the south; to be held to William, his heirs and assigns, in perpetuity, of the chief lord of the fee by the services due from it and lawfully accustomed. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: Nicholas Hanley, William Freywyn bailiff, John Freywyn of Fortehey, Richard Lechemer, John Hancocke and others.
Dated at Hanley.

Seal: (on divided tag) (1) red wax, fragment, fleur de lys in bottom segment; (2) red wax, fragment, illegible.

1. The name Wylton may recall a pre-Conquest farm or hamlet (OE ) in the Burleyfield area; there is no family of that name. Other "tuns" include Horton, Bytton Kentun

[Ref. 163 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date25 November 1462
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