COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms132_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 132
Title:
Conveyance, 1659, of Land in Great Dunmow to Richard Phillips
Alternative Title:
MS 132
Incipit:
This Indenture made the first daie of december in the year of the Lord god according to the computation of the Church of England one thousand six hundred fiftie nine
Origin Date:
1659
Origin Location:
Essex (England)
Description:
Indenture chirograph document (conveyance) of Penelope Warde of Great Dunmow, Essex, widow to Richard Phillips, who was a wheelwright, for ₤10 15s + ₤8 to be paid to her 10s each quarter day with grants of parcels of land in Great Dunmow towards Chelmsford. Robert Remington also mentioned. Remnants of a red wax seal appended to the parchment tag.
Provenance:
Written in England, county of Essex and dated 1 December 1659 in document. Signed, "The mark of Penelope Warde" beside the slits for the parchment tag on the plica. Gift of Western Michigan University Department of History to WMU Special Collections in 1999.
Secundo Folio:
[text on attached sheet] In the aforesaid summe
Extent:
1 sheet
Subject:
Manuscripts, English--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Conveyancing--England--17th century
Subject:
Essex (England)--History--17th century--Sources
Subject:
Deeds
Subject:
Documentary scripts
Language:
eng
Dimensions:
340 x 560 mm with addendum of 135 x 260 mm
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Document folded six times. An additional parchment sheet (135 x 260 mm) is attached by the tag behind the plica.
Decoration Description:
Text indented along the top line. Four-line initial T opens the text. Initial and following opening words bolded and with elaborate, calligraphic pen flourishes.
Description of Hands:
Written in late English secretary hand with exagerated loops on ascenders. A 6-line inscription on the dorse in a contemporary hand similar to the main text, "Sealed and... in the presence". Three signatures follow (illegible except for two Johns). A 13-line addendum (codicil?) in a hand contemporary with the main document attached.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 132, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Access Rights:
This book is in the public domain. Western Michigan University holds the right to the image and reproduction. The images that are provided here are for non-profit, educational use only. For all other uses please contact Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
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