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The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire

Note 54 — HISTORY OF SIR JOHN ELAND, OF ELAND, AND HIS ANTAGONISTS.

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After the death of sir John Eland, and his son and heir, sir John Savile of Tankersley, purchased, in 1350, the wardship of Isabel Eland, daughter of the said sir John, from the lord of the honour of Pontefract, for 200l. See Comput. Seneschall honoris de Pontfrete, p. 17. After this purchase he married her, and in her right became possessed of the estates belonging to that family.

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