| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/C/693 |
| Title | Licence |
| PreviousNumbers | xli (15th c); N 74 (Norris); C 678 (late 19th c) |
| Date | 10 May 1339 |
| Description | From: Edward III, king of England
To: the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
On 18 Sep 1334 the king granted the priory licence to acquire lands to the value of 10 marks in mortmain. Mgr Richard de Haute has left the priory a messuage held of the king in Mercery Lane ('le mercerie') in [St Andrew's parish] in the city of Canterbury. The priory asks to be able to receive the messuage in part satisfaction of the lands to the value of 10 marks.
The lands are worth 6s 8d a year, as established by an inquisition held by William Trussel, the king's escheator on this side of the Trent, and are valued at 8s in part satisfaction of the 10 marks. The king grants the priory licence to hold the lands. Sent patent. The clerk is Scarle.
Given at Berkhamstead [Hertfordshire].
Witness: Edward of Woodstock, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, son of King Edward III |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, seal tongue torn away, badly damp stained, several small holes, small areas of text lost
and others obliterated |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Related Material | Registered version: CCA-DCc-Register/A, ff420r-420v
Enrolled version (calendar entry): Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1338-1340, p249 |