| Description | Charter of John, abbot, and the convent of Egilston' [Egglestone] granting the appointment of a secular chaplain to say matins and vespers in the church of Bolton near Ellerton or in the chapel of Ellerton near Bolton in the wapentake of Gilling and county of Richmond, according to the use of the archdeaconry of Richmond, according to the choice of lord Harsculph de Cleseby and for the souls of lord Harsculph de Cleseby, lord Thomas de Richemond and their ancestors and successors, in consideration of 100 marks paid by Harsculph, for which the abbot and convent bind, for themselves and their successors, the lands, holdings, rents, possessions and goods at Scytheby [Skeeby], Staynwegges, Brunton near Scythby and Stretford, with provision for the payment of 5 marks back to Harsculph or his successors for every half year in which the chantries stop.
Witnesses: William le Scrop', Henry le Scrop', Richard de Berningham, Adam de Nairford, Matthew de Midelton, John de Hertford, Thomas de Apilgard, Henry de Mersk', William de Mersk' and others.
Undated, but version at CR 26/12/L/32 is dated 4 Ides of April 27 Edw.
Endorsed as being a charter of the chantry of Ellerton, with number "23" in ink.
Seal: of the abbot and convent, vesica-shaped, brown, attached by tag. |