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extent of the castle and manor of Oakham and shrievalty of Rutland carried out for Edward III, to whom the reversion belonged after the death of Hugh de Audley,
pro prisonariis i camera pro janitore unus pons tractatinus / cum catenis ferri et continet castrum infra muros duas acras terre per consuetam estimationem Et dicunt
quod predicte domus nihil / valent per annum autem aysiamenti et ultra consuetam reprisam et dicunt quod eedem domus scilicet vocantur manerium de Okham /
Item dicunt quod est apud Okham quoddam castrum bene muratum et in castro illo sunt i aula iiij camera / i capella i coquina ij stabule i grangia pro feno i domus
John Barber refers to an Inquisition of 1340. This was an inquiry, held at ‘Bradecroft’ (near Stamford, although the exact location remains uncertain), into the
Dicunt coque [?] quod est ibidem extra castrum unum gardinium quod valet per annum cum fructu et herbagio viij s Est ibidem unum / vivarium sub castro cum
earl of Gloucester, and his wife Margaret. The king had promised this property, amongst others, to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, and his heirs. The
original document is at The National Archives, reference TNA C145/139/20, and is summarised in Cal Inq Misc 1307-49, pp418-20, no 1703.

The Oakham Castle extract from the original document of 1340 (by permission of The national Archives)

Appendix E – The Inquisition of 1340

Transcript of the original document with expanded abbreviations

fossato quod valet per annum iij s iiij [d].

Translation into English Item they say that there is in Oakham a certain castle well walled and in the said castle are one hall four chambers / one chapel one kitchen two stables one grange for hay one house for prisoners one room for the janitor one drawbridge / with iron chains and the castle contains within the walls two acres of land by customary estimation. And they say that

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