| Description | From: Roger of St Alphege, prior of Canterbury Cathedral Priory; the chapter of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
To: John of Elverton son of William; Alice, wife of John of Elverton son of William, daughter of John? Beaugrant?
[Document badly damaged. Large area of text lost or illegible. Sense unclear.] The priory grants John and Alice an annual payment of 10 marks?, payable as specified in the priory's treasury at Canterbury, and 10 cartloads from the priory's wood for the terms of their lives. Mentions the priory's houses of Colton outside the Northgate of the city of Canterbury. Property description includes a reference to the ditch ('fossatus') of the hospital of ... [St John, Northgate?]. Possible condition relating to repairs. Made at the priory's court of Colton. Dated Jul 1262 by reference to St Thomas's day [exact date lost]. |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, indented at top, remains of slits for seal tag, fragmentary, badly stained, large areas of text lost or illegible, in very poor condition, stuck down onto paper backing but has continued to crumble |