Melchbourn
County: Bedfordshire. 2 entries. Search all entries for this place →
Coordinates: matched against the Ordnance Survey gazetteer. Provenance is recorded for every geocode; coordinates are an aid, verify before relying on them.
Spellings in the source
- “Melchbourn” ×1
- “Melchebourne” ×1
Possibly the same place (suggestions, not merged)
Similarly-spelled place-names (e.g. Notingham → Nottingham). Kept separate until a human confirms.
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Where the court travelled (to and from Melchbourn)
Arrived from
- Northampton · 1 time · 28 km
Departed to
- Northampton · 1 time · 28 km
A “move” links two consecutive dated entries whose places differ and fall within 60 days of each other — a coarse proxy for the great seal's journeys, not an itinerary of every step. Distances are straight-line, so real road journeys were longer.
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Entries
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1290-08-18 date: inferred
Order to the same to take into the king's hand the lands late of de Costantin, deceased, tenant in chief.…
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