| Description | From: Walter Reynolds, archbishop of Canterbury
To: the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
The manor of Caldecote next Canterbury. The manor is to be held of the king in chief, as freely as the archbishop and his predecessors held them. The grant is made with the licences of Pope John XXII and King Edward III and for the devotion the archbishop has to St Thomas Becket.
Given at Canterbury.
Witnesses: Mgr John de Raddeswelle, archbishop's steward of lands ('Senescallus terrarum nostrarum'); Mgr Robert de Raddeswelle, archbishop's chancellor ('Cancellarius noster'); Mgr Alexander de Neuport, archbishop's auditor of causes ('Curie nostre causarum auditor'); Mgr Robert de Weston', archbishop's auditor of causes ('Curie nostre causarum auditor'); 'Dominus' John de Ryngwode, archbishop's treasurer ('Thesaurius noster'); John de Breysdeston', steward of the archbishop's liberty; Hugh de Bysshopeston', archbishop's notary
Endorsed with description in early 14th cent hand. |