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Combe conveyance (William and John Combe to William Shakespeare): land in Old Stratford

Description

Please note: This document is closed, due to its fragility. A photographic reproduction and full transcription with commentary are available (see Related Materials). Digital images of the original document are available via Discover Shakespeare.

Feoffment from William Combe of Warrwicke, esquire, and John Combe of Old Stretford, gentleman, to William Shakespere of Stretford uppon Avon, gentleman, for £320, of 4 yardland of arable land in the parish fields or town of Old Stratford containing 107 acres, and also common pasture in the fields of Old Stratford belonging to the said 4 yardland, in the tenure of Thomas Hiccoxe and Lewes Hiccoxe.

  • Finding No

    ER27/1

  • Date

    01/05/1602

  • Extent

    1 item

  • Status

    closed

  • Level

    item

  • Associated place

    United Kingdom - England - Warwickshire - Stratford-upon-Avon - Old Stratford,

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Related material

A photographic reproduction and transcription of this document, together with a commentary on it are included as Document 162 in 'The Shakespeare Documents' Volume II by B. Roland Lewis (1941). See 25.2 LEW (Reading Room Oversize), accession number 83426891.

Please note: DR232/1 is an unexecuted counterpart to this document, but it is closed due to fragility. Digital images are available via Discover Shakespeare.

Admin History

ER27/1, the 'Combe Conveyance' is designated as one of the 'Shakespeare Documents'. Collectively, these are considered to have universal cultural and historical value and they are inscribed in the UNESCO International Memory of the World Register.

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