The University of Toronto DEEDS (Documents of Early England Data Set) Research Project was founded in 1975 by Michael Gervers, professor of History of the University of Toronto, to create a database of information culled from medieval property exchange documents which would be of interest to social and economic historians.

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    Toronto, October 9, 2025 An international and multilingual digital humanities initiative has officially launched: the pilot project “Semantic AI for Networked Saints” (SANS). This collaboration brings together three leading research projects across two countries: the Documents of Early English Data Sets (DEEDS) and the Baptisteria Sacra Index (BSI), both based at the University of Toronto,…

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Charter - 05730101

Year: 1202

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Hec est finalis concordia facta in curia domini Regis Apud Westmonasterium in octabis Sancti Martini anno regni Regis Johannis quarto Coram G filio Petri Ricardo de Herierd Osberto filio Heruei Jordano de Turri Justiciariis et aliis fidelibus domini Regis tunc ibidem presentibus Inter Robertum et Jacobum et Henricum filios Ade petentes per Henricum predictum positum loco predictorum Roberti et Jacobi ad lucrandum vel perdendum et Petrum clericum de Derenteford tenentem De sex acris terre cum pertinentiis in Derenteford Unde recognicio de morte antecessoris summonita fuit inter eos in prefata Curia scilicet quod predictus Petrus recognovit totam predictam terram cum pertinenciis esse jus et hereditatem predictorum Roberti et Jacobi et Henrici et eam remisit et quietam clamavit de se et heredibus suis predictis Roberto Jacobo et Henrico et heredibus eorum in perpetuum Et pro hac recognicione et quieta clamancia et fine et Concordia predicti Robertus et Jacobus et Henricus dederunt eidem Petro unum bisancium