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Grant [indenture] for 90 years i) Sir William Chilbele [and Chybele] of Shitlyngdone, chaplain ii) William le Rous, master of the Hospital of St.John the Baptist in Bedford and his co-brethren

St.Barnabas the Apostle 28 Edward III 11 Jun 1354

From: 1354 To: 1354

... all lands and tenements of the gift and feoffment of Hugh le Carpenter of Shittlyngdone in village and fields of Bydenham ... reversion of lands once of Richard le Coupere of Bydenham, which after death of Sybil wife of said Richard should revert to i) and heirs In return for this, ii) covenant to find a priest to celebrate in hospital for 2 years next following date of indentures, (term to begin at feast of St.John Baptist next) for the souls of sir John Carpenter of Shitlyngdon, his father, mother, brothers and all the faithful departed, and that the soul of said John to be a partaker for all time in masses and prayers and all divine service which may be held in future in the hospital Witnesses: John de Sothewyk, John Braham, William Wythyng,Ralf Eliot, Richard Davy, John Daltone, Henry son of Walter. Bydenham seal

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de Chilbele, William,
le Rous, William,
le Carpenter, Hugh,
le Coupere, Richard,
le Coupere, Sybil,
Carpenter, John,
de Sothewyk, John,
Braham, John,
Whythyng, William,
Eliot, Ralf,
Davy, Richard,
Daltone, John

deeds, legal papers, BIDDENHAM, Bedford St John's Hospital, SHILLINGTON