/1353
grant of land next to the church of st martin ludgate by bernard abbot and the convent of st mary of s[tra]tford to mark carpenter nd [late 12th cent]
seal edge defective [of abbor bernard?]
predates /1355
[[[[ecsp 208. Grant in fee by the abbot and convent of Stratford Langthorne [Essex], to Mark, the carpenter, of a property near to the church of St. Martin, Ludgate, to hold of them for the yearly payment of half a silver mark.
Date : previous to No. 209 below.
MSS. : A. 15/1353 (original) ; Liber A, fo. 21b.
Sciant presentes 7 futuri . quod Bernardus abbas 7 conuentus sancte Marie de Stratford . concesserant terram suam que iacet. iuxta ecclesiam sancti Martini de Hludgate.1 Marco carpentario. 7 heredibus suis . in feudo 7 hereditate finabiliter . reddendo eis annuatim dimidiam marcam argenti ad quatuor terminos . scilicet ad festum sancti Michaelis XX. denarios . ad natale domini totidem . ad pascha f totidem . ad festum sancti Iohannis Baptiste f totidem. Et pro hac concessione dedit Marcus monachis in gersumma unum bSisancium. Testibus. Roberto capellano. Laurentio sacerdote. Michaele filio Iohannis. Ricardo Albo genere eius. Rogero Albo. Willelmo de Wicebi. Roberto calchier. Augusto filio Roberti. Willelmo calchier. Hereberto fabro. Osberto cementario. Reignaldo filio Osberti. Edred tinctore. Ricardo Pinchard. Rogero carpentario. Randulfo carpentario Arnaldo Singlere. Willelmo carpentario de Stratford'.
1 Liber A : Ludgate.
Endorsed : Ludgate [i4th century]. .lii.
Size : 6 ½ X 3". A strip has been cut from lower edge and then a fold made. A leather tag bears the seal of the abbot.