Land grant by Thomas of Hayen to Walter Foray, Worthing, West Sussex, England, written in Latin, 1373
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Latin on vellum. Documents the granting of land by Thomas of Hayen to Walter Foray "one acre of arable land... in the Parish of Bradewatere [Broadwater] lying in the furlong called Shorteland between the land of William Brygthrich on the one part & the land formerly Thomas Bernard's on the other." The Parish of Broadwater is located in Worthing in the county of West Sussex. The date of July 24, 1373 was determined from the phrase "Sunday next after the Feast of St. Margeret the Virgin, forty-seventh year of the reign of Edward III." Dates to the reign of Edward III, King of England (r.1327-1377). Includes separate nineteenth century note.
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