May 17, Inquisition

Writ date: uncertain Edward III · Inquisitions Miscellaneous

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Dated in source: “May 17” · Place: Inquisition

Writ to William de Northho, sheriff and escheator of Surrey. 12 July 17 Edward III. [1343.] By writ of p.s. Inquisition : Kyngeston-on-Thames. 23 July. It is to the yearly damage of the king and the town of Kyngeston of 10s. he grants to William Veirdire, yeoman of the chamber of Queen Philippa, life a tenement called Leholdespetel in Kyngeston, where was a house of in the king's hand, the lepers having totally relinquished it and pulled the buildings ; the place contains 20 acres of land ; the house of lepers founded by divers men of Kyngeston and not by the king or his ancestors. C. Ing. Misc. File 149. (37.) 1860.

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