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St. Lawrence's Church, Towcester - Benefaction Board 1437
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Archdeacon William Sponne
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"13th January. 29th H 6.th 1437
Wm. Sponn [sic] sometime Archdeacon of Norfolk and Rector of Towcester gave a Mefsuage Close and Lands in Towcester to certain Feoffees their Heirs and Afsignes and declared the Uses thereof to be in Trust to releive [sic] the Inhabitants from a Tax to be granted by Parliament then called a fifteenth on the Goods amounting to ten Marks as one fifteenth. if [sic] none granted then at the sound discretion of the said Feoffees to be applied as well in repairing the said Mefsuage and the Pavement of the said Town as by distribution among the Poor residing in the Parish of Towcester." |
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This page is from the Towcester and District Local History Society website.Acknowledgements and a full list of sources and references can be found [here].
The section was last updated on 13th April 2007
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