COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms135_folded
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 135
Title:
English Court Rolls, folded
Alternative Title:
MS 135, folded
Origin Date:
between 1600 and 1625
Origin Location:
Essex (England)
Description:
Eight parchment court rolls, folded, relating to West Hanningfield, Essex, all of which are contemporary with one another and are joined together by a single parchment tie. Extensive damage to the membranes of several rolls with significant loss of text.
Provenance:
Written in England, probably in West Hanningfield between 1603 and 1611 (each document has a different date). On the first item, dorse: the number 59 in pencil. On item 2, dorse: 843 in pencil. Gift of Western Michigan University Department of History to WMU Special Collections in 1999.
Secundo Folio:
Et verterius ad hanc curium compertum
Extent:
1 roll (8 sheets)
Subject:
Manuscripts, English--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Court records--England--17th century
Subject:
Essex (England)--History--17th century--Sources
Subject:
Court records--England--17th century
Subject:
Documentary scripts
Language:
eng
Dimensions:
300 x 430 to 170 x 240 mm (item 1 originally 430 x 600 mm)
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
Modern foliation: 1-8
Binding:
Eight sheets joined by parchment tie in upper left corner.
Description of Hands:
Written in English secretary script, likely all by the same hand. Ink bleeding through the parchment. Item 1 is written in slightly larger and darker hand with opening words in bastard anglicana.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 135, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
119,858,296 bytes
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
English Court Rolls, folded
