daughter of William de Kayton, to Hugh de Collum of land in Cowlam, Yorkshire (East Riding), charter in Latin on parchment [Yorkshire, East Riding, late thirteenth or very early fourteenth century] Single-sheet charter, 12 long lines of a thin and precise secretarial hand with wide-nibbed ascenders, seal (in pieces in contemporary white linen cloth bag) attached by parchment tags recovered from another document, some small spots, else excellent condition, 115+25 by 186mm. This is one of the earliest known records of the deserted village of Cowlam, north east of York, and contains the name of the earliest known priest of the community. The estates there were granted as the dowry of Isabella, to her husband-to-be, Henry, the serf of Gerard. Henry was then to pay an annual rent of one penny a year for religious services in the church of St. Andrew’s at Cowlam. It is witnessed by John the priest of Cowlam, Stephen his chaplain and a number of local men. The village of Cowlam dwindled in the post-medieval period and was deserted by the eighteenth century.
daughter of William de Kayton, to Hugh de Collum of land in Cowlam, Yorkshire (East Riding), charter in Latin on parchment [Yorkshire, East Riding, late thirteenth or very early fourteenth century] Single-sheet charter, 12 long lines of a thin and precise secretarial hand with wide-nibbed ascenders, seal (in pieces in contemporary white linen cloth bag) attached by parchment tags recovered from another document, some small spots, else excellent condition, 115+25 by 186mm. This is one of the earliest known records of the deserted village of Cowlam, north east of York, and contains the name of the earliest known priest of the community. The estates there were granted as the dowry of Isabella, to her husband-to-be, Henry, the serf of Gerard. Henry was then to pay an annual rent of one penny a year for religious services in the church of St. Andrew’s at Cowlam. It is witnessed by John the priest of Cowlam, Stephen his chaplain and a number of local men. The village of Cowlam dwindled in the post-medieval period and was deserted by the eighteenth century.
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