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Order NumberCCA-DCc/RE/4
TitleEstates Custumal & Rentals
PreviousNumbersCupboard under F.1 shelf 2
Date1350x1400
DescriptionA composite volume of Bocking rentals split up, possibly at rebinding, by a custumal for extra Kent manors
(ff3r-4r) Petition from Bocking tenants to Prior Henry of Eastry complaining of harsh treatment by the prior's bailiffs, with the prior's answers. French.
(ff4v-8r) Annotated rental of Bovington, with an attached schedule. Latin.
(ff9r-46v) Custumal for extra Kent manors: Cliffe; Middleton; Southchurch; Lalling; Mersea; Bocking; Borley; Illeigh; Hadleigh; Deopham; Meopham; Orpington; Merstham; Cheam; Charlwood; Horsley; Halton; Risborough; Newington; Brightwell; Walworth; Wootton. With an attached Bocking court extract of 1417. Latin.
(ff47r-48v) Copy of a Bovington rental. Reversed. French.
(ff51v-58v) Haliwell rental. Reversed. Latin.
Retrieved from the guards of the original binding are two halves of C13 folios of the records of a court, in Latin and French.
Physical DescriptionPaper book, 60ff, with 2 attached parchment schedules each of 1m, bound in leather covered boards, with 2mm of parchment, detached
LanguageLatin
French
AccessStatusOpen
Open
CopiesDigitised
Publication Noteff3r-4r printed in Economic History Review 1st series, vol 2 (1929-1930), pp 300-307 by J F Nichols.

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