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W38
Title
Demise: for 69 years;
John Aspilon master of the hospital of St. John Baptist, Bedford
and his brethren,
to Alan de Kyrketon
The estate which they had by the grant of Wm. Chibbele of
Schitlyngdone, chaplain, in a mess. and adjacent croft at
Biddenham; the mess. betwn. John Blauncoste and John
in the Lane , the croft betwn. John Wydeuille lord of
Biddenham and John Blauncoste.
wtns.: John Braam senr., Hen. Aspele, John Blauncoste, Wm.
Whityng, John Dalton, Ric. Whityng, John Eliot, Ric. Davy,
Simon Frettere.
At Biddenham, 11 June 1375.
seal on tag: black wax, oval, about 2 3/4 x 1 3/4; edges mainly broken
off;
marginal legend: (BAPT)ISTE ---(BEDF)OR(D).
device: figure of a bearded saint, naked, except for the
'camel-hair', with rough locks and a border thrown over his
right shoulder; carrying a scroll which may perhaps be
read as TUPVERPRO (PHETA) ALTE (i.e. Atxtissimi vocaberis)
form the Vulgate of Luke i, 76.
tag slit and passed through, but the seal appears to have slipped
as it is now clear of and below the slit.
This seal does not seem to have been recorded.
(Note: the tenements conveyed by this lease were probably part
of the gift by Wm. Chibbele to the Hospital in 1354 to secure
masses for the soul of dom. John Carpenter of Shitlyndon, late
chaplain of Herne chapel, cf. TW. 163).
Date free text
11 Jun 1375
Production date
From: 1375 To: 1375
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