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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/74/1
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/74/1
TitleNotification of the grant and manumission (dedisse, concessisse ac manumisisse) by Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford
DescriptionTo Sir Roger Tyrel, of Robert son of Robert de Grava of Hanley (Hanleye) a serf (nativum) of the earl, with his whole family (sequela) and all their lands and chattels; the earl and his heirs will have no further claim over him or his family, lands and chattels, but he is to be free and quit of all yoke of servitude and serfdom (liber et quietus ab omni iugo servitutis et nayvitatis) along with his family, lands and chattels. Sealing clause. Witnesses: [none given]
Dated at Hanley.

Seal: red wax, device of three chevronels on a shield (arms of Gilbert de Clare); legend illegible.

[Ref. 37 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date2 February 1314
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