Grant

Reference Number: BC/6/2/1/3/26
Level of Description: Item
Title: Grant
Date: 22 Aug 1438
Extent: Extent: 1 item
Description: 1. Walter Ryche, citizen of Bath
2. William Phelippes and John Westhope, citizen
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All that vacant plot of land by and outside the West Gate, and beneath the walls of the city, which said vacant plot lies on the south side of the said gate in length from the gate aforesaid to the outlet or channel of hot water which comes from the hot bath in the said city, and the breadth of the said plot extends from the walls of the city as far as the outlet or channel of water which runs between the said vacant plot of land and a certain meadow of the Master and Convent of St. John the Baptist called "Seint Jonysmede"; which said vacant plot of land Walter had of the grand of the said Master and Convent in exchange for an annual rent of 2s to be paid to said Master and Convent, which he lately granted to the said Master and Convent in exchange for the aforesaid vacant plot of land.
Witnesses: William Hogekyns; John Drayton; Roger Stanburgh; William Drayton; Thomas Abell.
Dated at Bath, 22 August, 16 Henry VI.

Language: Latin

Former Reference number BC151/3/26