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Extract from auditor’s report, sale of Crown lands at Bulmershe, Berkshire (detail). 17 June 1544. Cat ref: E 318/11/507. Crown copyright

Detail from auditor’s report

Document 6: Part of the particulars for the sale of the manor of Bulmershe, near Reading in Berkshire, dated 17 June 1554.

(Catalogue reference: E 318/11/507)

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This document, dated 17 June 1554, forms part of the particulars for the sale of the manor of Bulmershe, near Reading in Berkshire.

ParticularsLinks to glossary - opens in a new window for the sale of property which came to the Crown at the Dissolution of the MonasteriesLinks to glossary - opens in a new window were produced by the auditors of the Court of Augmentations of the King's RevenueLinks to glossary - opens in a new window, created in 1536.

The particulars would be produced in response to a warrant from the commissioners for the sale of Crown lands. A prospective purchaser of Crown land would return with the auditor'sLinks to glossary - opens in a new window signed particular and have it rated by the commissioners. The details of the rated particular would form the basis for the warrant authorising the purchase. Particulars were usually prepared for the actual purchaser of the land. They described the nature of the land, its value, the purchase price and any restrictions on the sale.

In 1544 William GreyLinks to glossary - opens in a new window made a request for the purchase of the farm of the manor of BulmersheLinks to glossary - opens in a new window in Berkshire, which had formerly belonged to Reading AbbeyLinks to glossary - opens in a new window and was now in the hands of Henry VIIILinks to glossary - opens in a new window. He also applied to purchase all the monastery's former lands in SonningLinks to glossary - opens in a new window, Berkshire. This document is the auditor's report on the farm of the manor of Bulmershe.

This document is written in a legal hand, one of the variants used in the Exchequer.

 

 

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