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John Shorte

· active 1376-05-16 – 1391-04-20 · Shorte family →

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Shorte, John pp. 268
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  1. 1376-05-16 date: inferred auto-linked

    Whereas Peter de Bruges lately demised to one John Shorte the life estate which he had of the king's gift in a plot and a carucate of land in Southorp, co. Gloucester, at a rent of 10 marks yearly, and afterwards the kin…

  2. 1391-04-20 date: inferred auto-linked

    Pardon, for one mark paid to the king, to John Shorte for acquiring in fee simple from William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, and entering on, without licence, one messuage and half a virgate of land in Bourhenton wi…

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