Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Metcalfe/2/9/1
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Metcalfe/2/9/1
Title
Chertsey Abbey pension
Date(s)
- 1522 (Creation)
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Item
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1 item, paper
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Name of creator
(c 1474-1539)
Name of creator
(1511-)
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Letter, no year, Randall Hall, London to Nicholas Metcalfe, about default in a jury held probably to consider the corrody at Chertsey abbey belonging to the prioress of Broomhall at Guildford.
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Accruals
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Publication note
- Printed Eagle vol 36 p.7
- Notes Fourth Series vol 36 no. 165 p.107-08
Notes area
Note
An account of Metcalfe's expenditure (D106.13) p 34 makes clear that the date is 1522.
Note
A corrody was a lifetime allowance of food and clothing, and often shelter and care, granted by an abbey, monastery, or other religious house. While rarely granted in the modern era, corrodies were common in the Middle Ages.
Alternative identifier(s)
Former Ref.
D105.168