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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/76/63
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/76/63
TitleCharter of Richard Freywyn senior and John Hyckemann
DescriptionGiving to John Carpynter junior of Northend four selions of arable land lying in Northfield (Le Northfeld), between the land of the said John Carpynter on the south and that recently belonging to John Lechemer on the north, [and] between the land of William Seerde on the east and the messuage of Nicholas Hanley called Le Dryverson the west; to be held to the said John, his heirs and assigns, in perpetuity, of the chief lord of the fee, by the services due from the land and lawfully accustomed. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: Thomas Wyeth, vicar of Hanley, Richard Lachemer, William Hanley, Richard Freywyn senior, John Pecocke and many others.
Dated at Hanley.

Seal: (1) red wax, fragment; (2) lost.

1. It is unusual and inappropriate for a party to a charter to be also a witness. These may be scribal errors.

[Ref. 170 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date27 May 1469
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