Lot 2038 , Grant of 4 acres of arable land and grazing-rights for 35 sheep at East Cholderton in Amport near Andover, Hampshire; 1369

Grant of 4 acres of arable land and grazing-rights for 35 sheep at East Cholderton in Amport near Andover, Hampshire; 1369

Grant of 4 acres of arable land and grazing-rights for 35 sheep at East Cholderton in Amport near Andover, Hampshire; 1369 John Lekford of East Cholderton (Cholwartone) and his wife Margery to William Lammays and his wife Cassandra, and to William’s heirs, 18 Feb 1369

The land, with the names of the adjoining owners, is described acre by acre; the list of five witnesses is headed by Peter de Brugge, who became custodian of the manor of Cholderton on the death of its owner, doubtless from plague, in 1349, and bought it in 1363. At the time of the grant, Peter de Brugge was at the end of his service as sheriff of Hampshire.
VCH Hampshire 4, 337-44.

Grant; 18 February 1369
John Lekford of East Cholderton (Cholwartone) and his wife Margery to William Lammays and his wife Cassandra, and to William’s heirs
4 acres of arable land in the fields of East Cholderton, of which:
1 2 acres together in the East Field in a furlong called Middelforlang (S: land of Peter de Brugge; N: land of Roger de Spinee; heading E and W: land of Peter de Brugge and Roger de Spinee)
2 1 acre in the East Field between two furlongs called Middelfurlanges, and there is a foreland on either side
3 1 acre in the West Field, in a furlong called Wysshulle (S: land of William Lammays; N: land of John Lekford; heading W: the furlong called Dychfurlang)
Pasture for 35 sheep in all the places of common pasture in East Cholderton, and also in the pasture called Fryemannegroten
Witnesses: Peter de Brugge, Ralph de Clatford, Thomas Kerdyf, Robert Foghelere, John le Clerk; at East Cholderton
Two seal-tags, seals perished
£200-300

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