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The Caption of Seisin of the Duchy of Cornwall 1337

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LAUNCEUETON’ CAPCIO SEISINE CASTRI HONORIS ET BURGI DE LAUNCEUETON’ AD OPUS DOMINI EDWARDI DUCIS CORNUBIE PRIMOGENITI FILIJ DOMINI REGIS ANGLIE ILLUSTRISSIMI PER JACOBUM DE WODESTOKE ET WILLELMUM DE MONDEN’ AD PREMISSA FACIENDA PER LITTERAS IPSIUS DUCIS PATENTES ASSIGNATOS DIE LUNE QUINTO DIE MENSIS MAIJ ANNO REGIS EDWARDI TERCIJ A CONQUESTU VNDECIMO.

(LAUNCEUETON’ THE CAPTION OF SEISIN OF THE CASTLE, HONOUR AND BOROUGH OF LAUNCEUETON FOR THE USE OF THE LORD EDWARD, DUKE OF CORNWALL, FIRSTBORN SON OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS THE LORD KING OF ENGLAND, BY JAMES DE WODESTOKE AND WILLIAM DE MONDEN’, ASSIGNED TO MAKE THE SAME BY LETTERS PATENT OF THE SAID DUKE, ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF THE MONTH OF MAY IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KLNG EDWARD THE THIRD FROM THE CONQUEST.)

Castrum (Castle)

Est ibidem quoddam castrum cuius muri sunt ruinosi. Et debent sustentari vt dicitur per tenentes feoda militaria ad honorem eiusdem castri spectancia. Et sunt in eodem castro quedam aula cum duobus celariis que indigent noua coopertura vna coquina sufficiens eidem aule annexa vna parua aula de stage que vocatur camera comitis cum camera et vna parua capella quarum parietes sunt de maheremio et plaustro et maheremium inde fere disiungitur. Et due camere vltra duas portas plumbo cooperte competenter vna parua aula cum camera et celariis veteris et debilibus deseruientur constabulario cum vna parua coquina noua annexa. Est eciam ibidem vna capella competens preter fenestras que sunt debiles due stabule pro x equis competentes vna gaola male et debiliter cooperta cum plumbo et vna alia prisona vocata Larder debilis et fere disruta. Et vna alura tendens de castro vsque ad altam turrim de nouo cooperta cum plumbo tamen gradus eiusdem deficiunt. Et sunt in eadem turri due camere quarum hoscia et fenestre nullius sunt valoris. Et habet predicta turris duas mauntelas de muro lapideo de quibus est vna pars cessa ad terram continens tres perticas per estimacionem. Item sunt in eodem castro vnum ferrum vocatur chisel pro petris frangendis in quarrera precii ijd. J grossum martellum ferreum cum v weggis ferreis pro quarrera precii vjd. J crowe de ferro pro petris leuandis in quarera precii xijd. ij cofre de quercu bene serurate precii xiijs. iiijd. pro rotulis denariis imponendis. J computatorium de quercu cum ij seruris precii vjs. viijd. et vna corda de canabo precii xviijd. que remanere debent domino duci.

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Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 1971

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