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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/I/127
TitleLicence
PreviousNumbersClviii (15th c); 31 (late medieval); C (15th c); G 198 (Norris); I 126 (late 19th c); Seal 19 (Sheppard)
Date14 Mar 1394
DescriptionFrom: the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
To: John Denys; William Pyk, chaplain of the chantry of Ickham

The priory gives John licence to grant 5 tenements, 34 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow, a payment of 4s and a payment of 4 quarters of palm-barley in Ickham, which he holds of its manor of Ickham, to William and his successors. It also gives William licence to receive the lands, the statute of mortmain notwithstanding. Whenever the chantry becomes vacant, the new chaplain shall pay the priory 6s 1¼d as a relief. Right of distraint if relief in arrears. Priory's part of indenture.
Given at the chapter house of Canterbury Cathedral Priory.

Endorsed with description and note of registration in late 14th cent hands.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, indented at top, 2 seals, slightly dirty
LanguageLatin
AccessStatusOpen
Open
Related MaterialRegistered version: CCA-DCc-Register/C, f102r, and CCA-DCc-Register/S, ff13(3)r-13(3)v
Publication NoteTranslated in Rev T Shipdem Frampton, 'The chantry of John Denys in Ickham church', (Archaeologia Cantiana XXV, 1902), pp215-216

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