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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/K/3
TitleLetter
PreviousNumbersK 5 (late 19th c); DCc-ChChLet/I/100 (late 19th c)
Date[1483x1485]
DescriptionFrom: [Richard III, king of England]
To: [William Sellyng, I, prior of Canterbury Cathedral Priory]

The king asks the prior to deliver to Sir Ralph Asshetton, knight of the body, the evidences Sir John Fogge left with him concerning lands (unspecified) belonging to Sir Ralph's wife. Sign manual of Richard III. Signet letter. Dated 9 Dec, no year. [Date: Richard III's dates. Neither the king nor the prior is actually named.]
Given at London.

Endorsed with contemporary address.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionPaper, 1p, slits for sealing close, remains of seal on reverse, dirty, creased, 2 pieces torn away at top, formerly stuck into a scrapbook
LanguageEnglish
AccessStatusOpen
Open
Publication NoteTranscribed and discussed in J B Sheppard (ed), Christ Church Letters (Camden Society new series XIX, 1877), p47 as noXLIII and note p100

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