Deed of Gift

Scope and Content

Parties: (1) John Basset de Cheadle, Staffordshire, knight; (2) John de Bradshawe the elder; Thomas de Wombewell; Robert Coygne and John Galpyn.

Details: Grant by (1) to (2) of £20, lands and rents in Cheadle, plus lands and tenements in the manor of Park Hall, except the rents, services and profits of the tenements held of him by Richard Thornbury. Dated at Cheadle, Sunday next after the feast of the Purification [2 February], 3 Richard II [6 Feb 1379/80].

Witnesses: John de Draycote; Peter de Careswalle [Cresswell]; Philip de Okonere [Oakamoor?], Nicholas de Stafford, knights; Thomas de Stafford; Richard de Thornbury; and others.