Roger Bigod deed : manuscript, ca. 1201-1205.

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Roger Bigod deed : manuscript, ca. 1201-1205.

Record of 3 grants of land in Suffolk by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, to the sons of magister William de Risinges (Walter, Simon, Eustace, and Peter), for which Bigod received a riding horse, a windmill with a rood of land (possibly the earliest mention of a windmill in Suffolk), and an annual fee. Written in 17 long lines, in a chancery script, with the central part of a wax seal still remaining on a parchment tag. The remnant of the seal shows part of an equestrian figure on one side and a heraldic lion on the other.

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 111 x 167 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7041250

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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