Gift: Sir Roger de Somervyl, lord of Burton Annays to his son Sir John de Somervyl, rector of Benton, co. Northumberland for life

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His manor of Burton Annays and all his chattels (cattle?) there. Reserving the site of the manor house: Rendering £100 yearly to Sir R. for life, and thereafter a rose yearly to his heirs. Witn. Sir Thomas de Heslarton, Sir Walter de Heslarton, Sir William de Sancto Quintino, Sir John de Hotham, jnr., John de Karethorpe, Roger de Boynton, William de Bucton, Robert de Heslarton, Simon de Heslarton. Given at Burton Annays, Monday in Epiphany 1336. Fragment of Seal

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