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Hugh, son of Apsolon, to his cousin Aldusa 6 acres of his land for her homage and services: 1) 1 acre in Binnebroc between land of Baldwin Blancgernon and the land of Lady (Domina) Leca Phelipes; 2) 1 acre next the High Street where Lady Amabel holds the nearest third part, and for the 1/3, which Amabel holds, he assigns to her 1 rood, which abuts on the same road, next the land of St Radegund. 3) In the same field 1 acre between land of the Prior of Barnwell and that of Lady Amabel, abutting on the land of Warin, son of Anketill. 4) 1/2 acre in Buldemere field between the land of Walter, son of Master (Magister) Geoffrey, and land of the Prior of Barnwell. 5) In the same field 1/2 acre called Petiteshalvaker, between the land of Nunancurt and St Radegund's land. 6) In Estenhale field 1 acre next the land of Geoffrey Melk, where Lady Amabel has a 1/3 part, and instead of this 1/3 he assigns to her 1 rood next the land of the Prior of Barnwell abutting on the water. 7) 1/2 acre next land of William Hospice and over Netherexsoces, the 1/2 acre nearest to the town and next the land of the Prior of Barnwell. Rent: 6d. Witnesses: Baldwin Blancgernon, Robert Seman, Hervey, son of Eustace, Everard de (Winepol?), Andrew de Winepol, Richard de Winepol, Eustace de Winepole, Geoffrey Potekin, Robert, clerk, John, (his brother?), (et multis) aliis.

John de Fordham to William de Paris and Alice, his wife, a messuage and croft in Barnwell, lying between land formerly of John Selyman and a messuage formerly of John de Malchon, abutting on the highway and on Grenecroft, dimensions 1/2 acre. Rent: to the donor a rose; to the heirs of Robert Cook a peppercorn; to the heirs of Agnes le Hattere 1/2d; to Leonius Dunning 5d; to William le Nunnecurt 6d. Consideration: Donee to give 3 1/2 marks on the death of the donor for masses for his soul, as he shall hereafter direct. Witnesses: John But, mayor of Cambridge, John Gerund, William Seman, Richard Hockele, Richard Bateman, bailiffs, Gilbert Bernard, Richard Pede, Richard de Wilberton, Hugh Mainer, Nicholas de Infirmatia, Nicholas P[r]at, Thomas Clerk, et aliis.

Brother Osbert, Prior of the Chapel of St Edmund, Cambridge, of the order of Simplingham (that is of St Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Order of Gilbertines, d. 1189), and of the convent there, to John Mayner any right he may have by a demise of William le Nonacurt in 1/2 acre land which a place adjacent to it in Barnwell, which land John's father had by feoffment of Gilbert Bernard. Rent: 2 capons. Witnesses: John Golding, mayor of Cambridge, Roger le Hafetere, John Wombe, Andrew de Hicche, bailiffs, Thomas Stebbing of Barnwell, Hugh Smith (Faber), Laurence Dixi et aliis.