Chapter acts: 1533-4

Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells: Volume 2. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1914.

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'Chapter acts: 1533-4', in Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells: Volume 2, (London, 1914) pp. 243. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/wells-mss/vol2/p243 [accessed 25 April 2024]

1533–1534.

1533, Oct. 18.—Manumission by the bishop [John Clerk] of the family of Goodriche, natives of Banwell, ab omni jugo servitutis villenagii. Dated at Banwell. Confirmed by the chapters of Bath and Wells. (fn. 1)ƒo. 7.

1533–4, Jan. 20.—Grant by the bishop to his brother, Thomas Clerke, esq., of Wokey, and Thomas Horner of Melles, gent., of the next presentation to the parish church of Laverton, when vacant. Dated at Wells.

Confirmed by the chapter, Jan. 8, 31 Hen. VIII, 1539–40.—ƒo. 45.

Footnotes

  • 1. This is the first extract from the volume lettered "D." The documents are entered very irregularly as regards date, and are here re-arranged in chronological order. The volume is not an act book, but a ledger or register.