Incredibly early circa 1350 land grant from the reign of King Edward III, penned in Latin on an 8.5 x 3.75 parchment, which reads, in part: “Know men present and future that I Thomas de Dodyntone have conveyed granted and by this my present writing confirmed unto Richard Wyot of Farlowe one messuage lying in the village of Farlowe over against the chapel of Farlowe and two acres of land lying in a certain field called Doune between the land of the lord of Cleotone on both sides and extending up to the land of Richard…for the term of of the joint lives of him and Agnes his wife…Dated at Farlowe the THursday next before the feast of the Nativity of our lord in the…year of the reign of KIng Edward the third after the conquest.” The lower seal is missing and the reverse is endorsed in Olde English: “A messuage against the Caheppell of Farelowe and ij acres in Downe meadow.” In very good condition, with soiling, staining, and scattered tiny holes.
