COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
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WMUwmu~77~77
Medieval Document Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
exwsms154_bk
resource_identifier
exwsms154_bk
Identifier
false
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 154
manuscript_identifier
MS 154
Manuscript Identifier
false
Title:
Grant, 1427 October 1, for the Transfer of Land in Barwell
title
Grant, 1427 October 1, for the Transfer of Land in Barwell
Title
false
Incipit:
Sciant presentes et futuri quod nos William Babyngton
incipit
Sciant presentes et futuri quod nos William Babyngton
Incipit
false
Origin Date:
1427
date_original
1427
Origin Date
false
Origin Location:
England
location__creation_site_
England
Origin Location
false
Description:
A chirograph dated 1 October, 1427, for the transfer of land in Barwell (near Hinkley, Leicestershire), by Sir William Babington (Babyngton) to John Howes and his wife Matilda. Bottom half folded with four seal tags attached, the last appears to be from a fragment of an early Middle English text, which must predate 1427, and with the words “men to persue your laws with other w…” still visible. A red wax seal is attached to the last tag.
description
A chirograph dated 1 October, 1427, for the transfer of land in Barwell (near Hinkley, Leicestershire), by Sir William Babington (Babyngton) to John Howes and his wife Matilda. Bottom half folded with four seal tags attached, the last appears to be from a fragment of an early Middle English text, which must predate 1427, and with the words “men to persue your laws with other w…” still visible. A red wax seal is attached to the last tag.
Description
false
Provenance:
England, the date 1 October 1427 appears at the end of the text. Sir William Babington (c.1370–1454), justice, Order of the Bath, was born into an ancient Northumberland family and pursued a highly successful legal career that allowed him to greatly extend his family’s landholdings, which included estates in Leicestershire on the border of Nottinghamshire (Payling). Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library, from the Mackus Company, Springfield, Illinois (D6309).
provenance
England, the date 1 October 1427 appears at the end of the text. Sir William Babington (c.1370–1454), justice, Order of the Bath, was born into an ancient Northumberland family and pursued a highly successful legal career that allowed him to greatly extend his family’s landholdings, which included estates in Leicestershire on the border of Nottinghamshire (Payling). Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library, from the Mackus Company, Springfield, Illinois (D6309).
Provenance
false
Extent:
1 sheet with plica
extent
1 sheet with plica
Extent
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
subject
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--England
subject
Manuscripts, Medieval--England
Subject
false
Subject:
Charters
subject
Charters
Subject
false
Subject:
Documentary scripts
subject
Documentary scripts
Subject
false
Language:
lat
language
lat
Language
false
Dimensions:
250 x 165mm (written space: 230 x 115mm)
section_title_english
250 x 165mm (written space: 230 x 115mm)
Dimensions
false
Material:
parchment
book_type
parchment
Material
false
Foliation:
f. 1r-v
features
f. 1r-v
Foliation
false
Binding:
Leaf includes plica; folded approximately three times.
binding
Leaf includes plica; folded approximately three times.
Binding
false
Decoration Description:
Enlarged first initial "S" in first line.
decoration
Enlarged first initial "S" in first line.
Decoration Description
false
Description of Hands:
1 column of 15 lines, ruled in dry point in early Middle English text documentary script. The text fading at folds.
description_of_hands
1 column of 15 lines, ruled in dry point in early Middle English text documentary script. The text fading at folds.
Description of Hands
false
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
original_manuscript
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 154, Western Michigan University Special Collections
original_manuscript
Manuscript 154, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
contributing_institution
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Date-Issued:
2019
date_digital
2019
Date-Issued
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
Format:
image/jp2
format
image/jp2
Format
false
Is Referenced By:
Payling, S. J. “Babington, Sir William (c. 1370–1454),” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004.
bibliography
Payling, S. J. “Babington, Sir William (c. 1370–1454),” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004.
Is Referenced By
false
Rights:
Copyright 2019 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
rights_management
Copyright 2019 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
Rights
false