by Jill Blackwell Hughes, BA Thesis submitted to the University of ...

and his successors 8s. of silver at the usual four
terms' in his manor of Longdon (Longedon) for all
secular service exacted and claimed. The bp. and
his successors will warrant forever. In witness of
which the bp. 's seal is attached to these
presents. Witnesses, Thomas, lord of Pipe (Pype),
John de Hesmerebrock, John de la Bourie, Nicholas
de Ambriton, clerk, John de Pype in Lichfield,
Richard Cardon of the same, William le Taverner
and others.
786 4 August 1307, Selby (Soleby). 2 Know all
present and future that Walter bp. of Coventry and
Lichfield gives, grants and by this his present
(charter) confirms to Henry in le Mor of Lichfield
ten acres of land from his waste in Cannock (le
Canck) lying in length from the road which is
called Rydewar Wey at 'le Nunnebrigge' next to the
land of M. Luke de Ely just as it has been divided
by the metes and bounds. To have and to hold the
said ten acres of land with its appurtenances to
the said Henry and his lawfully begotten heirs or
those to be begotten and their heirs freely,
quietly, well and in peace forever, rendering
1. Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter and Trinity,
Handbook of Dates for Students of English History,
ed. C. R. Cheney (London, 1978), pp. 65-8.
2. This letter and no. 787 are both dated Friday
after the feast of St Peter ad vincula, 4 August
1307, no. 786 at Selby and no. 787 at Lichfield;
one must thus be erroneous.
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