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Grant, 1469, June 8. 9 Edward IV. 1 item : parchment ; 15 x 25 cm.
SUMMARY: Grant by John Champernon, esq., and Elizabeth his wife and James Durneford to Walter Amadas, Joan his wife, and the heirs of the body of Walter of all their messuages, lands, etc., in Clyfton Dertmouth (Devon), that is between the tenement of Nicholas Stybbyng and William Foster to the north, the holding of the heirs of Margaret Melhewysh to the south, the garden of the aforesaid Nicholas Stybbyng to the west, and the King's Highway to the east, to hold the premises for the community of the vill of Derymouth aforesaid de communible ville de Dertmouth for an annual rent of 4s.; paying also 4s. yearly to the grantors; with liberty to the grantors to re-enter if their rent is a year in arrear; in default of heirs of the body of Walter, reversion, on his death, to John and Elizabeth and James, their heirs and assigns forever. Given on 8 June, 9 Edward IV. Signed: "Peperell".
WITNESSES: Richard Lambell, then mayor of Dertmouth, William Herry and John Perche, then bailiff there, Thomas Gale, John Longemede, John Fyssher, William Apole, Alan Holand, Richard Cade, William Grysbyn. With 3 seals (1.2, 1.8 & 1.5 cm.) of red wax, all broken and in portions only; the first seal, a fragment only; the second seal, bearing a device; the third seal, bearing a device: an animal (dog?) and legend (illegible).
NAMES: I. Peperell. II. Champernon, John. III. Champernon, Elizabeth. IV. Damford, James. V. Amadas, Walter. VI. Amadas, Jean. VII. Perche, John. VIII. Longemede, John. IX. Apole, William. X. Grysbyn, William. XI. Stybbyng, Nicholas. XII. Foster, William. XIII. Melhewysh, Margaret. XIV. Stybbyng, Nicholas. XV. Lambell, Richard. XVI. Hervy, William. XVII. Gale, Thomas. XVIII. Fisher, John. XIX. Holand, Alan. XX. Cade, Richard.
SUBJECTS: 1. Deeds--England--Devon. 2. Deeds--England--Dartmouth. 3. Devon (England)--Charters, grants, privileges. 4. Dartmouth (England)--Charters, grants, privileges.
HOLLIS number: -AQD0616