GRIMALDI, STACEY.

Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de donatione regis in XII comitatibus: Lincolnsire, Norhamtonsire, Bedefordsire, Bukinghamsire, Roteland, Huntedonsire, Norffolk, Sudfolk, Hertfordesire, Essex, Cantebrigesire, Midelsex, de itinere Hugonis de Morewich, Radulfi Murdac, Willelmi Vavassur et magistri Thome de Hessebrun; anno 31 Regis Henrici II 1185.

London: William Pickering, 1830. 4to, pp. v, [1], 54; title printed in red and black; original linen back boards, remnant of printed paper spine label, light dampstain to front board, overall a good, sound copy. Rolls relating to the 12 English counties referred to in the title are reproduced here. The purpose of the rolls was "to ascertain the wardships, reliefs, and other profits due to the King from widows and orphans of his tenants in capite; minutely describing their ages and heirship, their lands, the value of them, the beasts upon them, and the additional quantity necessary to complete the stock." Item #20182

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