Lot 22
Yorkshire, Hetton. Charter, grant by Edith Withand to her younger son William of four...
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Yorkshire, Hetton. Charter, grant by Edith Withand to her younger son William of four bovates of land in "Hetona" [probably Hetton], in fee and hereditarily for his homage and service, witnesses, including three members of the Flamse family, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 10 lines, slightly stained without affecting legibility, slightly creased and yellowed, without seal, 85 x 190mm., [late 12th century].
*** For two other charters by Edith "Whitaud", c. 1195 - 1210, one being to Fountains Abbey, see C.T. Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, III, nos. 1700-1.