| Description | From: Edward I, king of England
To: the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
The tenements which were of Abbe de Doggestrete, Jew, worth ('extendo') 6s 8d, the tenement which was of Sara la petite, Jewess, worth 3s, the house which was of Cok' Haggyn, Jew, worth 28s 5d, the tenement which was of Molkym the Jew, worth 3d, and the tenement of Sara la Bele, Jewess, worth 5s, all in the city of Canterbury, and the vacant plot of land which was of the Jewish community of the same city, worth 6d, which are in the king's hands as escheats through the expulsion ('exilium') of the Jews from the king's realm. For an annual payment of 2d, payable as specified at the king's exchequer by the hands of the king's bailiffs ('ballivus'). Sent patent. The clerk is Stowe.
Given at Berwick-upon-Tweed [Northumberland].
Endorsed with description, altered to suggest that the document dates from the reign of Edward II, in late 13th and early 14th cent hands. |