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Gift of a virgate of land in Seale

Unknown1207/1240

Derbyshire Record Office

Derbyshire Record Office
Matlock, United Kingdom

This deed gifts a virgate of land in Seale, South Derbyshire, from Walter of Ridware to Robert Mellor. A virgate is the amount of land that a team of two oxen could plough within a single season, and is roughly equivalent to thirty acres. It is written in Latin, as were almost all deeds created before 1752.

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  • Title: Gift of a virgate of land in Seale
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1207/1240
  • Provenance: Gresley family of Drakelow (D77/1/23/58)
  • Subject Keywords: Land, Deeds, Medieval, Handwriting
Derbyshire Record Office

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