COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms133_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 133
Title:
Lease, 1625 November 17, of Land in Great Abington to Thomas Warde
Alternative Title:
MS 133
Incipit:
This Identure made in the seventeenth daye of November in the year of the rauyne of our Soverraiyne Lord James by the grace of god King of England
Origin Date:
1625
Origin Location:
Great Abington (England)
Description:
Indenture document (lease) between Sir William Compton, Sir Thomas Compton brother of Lord Compton, Augustine Nicolls of Kent, Walter Pye of the Meend, Herets, esquire, Robert Pye of Middle Temple, Thomas Warde of Great Abington, Combs gentlemen, servant to Lord Compton recites lease by Lord Compton. Parcels of meadow arable and pasture pertaining to capital messuage of mansion dwelling house of Lord Compton at Great Abington and all buildings of said house. To hold from the Annunciation of the Virgin for six years at 36 pounds 3 shillings and 3 pence. Document later canceled as evidence by the slashes in the body of text.
Provenance:
Written in England and dated 7 November (?) James I. Dated of 1625 on the dorse in a near contemporary hand. Signatures of William Compton, Thomas Compton, Robert Pye and two others on the plica alongside parchment tags. Signature of Richard occurs twice; one post-contemporary, two line inscription on the dorse, towards the center (possibily in the hand of Phillipps). Formerly Phillipps no. 30177; the number 30177 located on the center of dorse. Gift of Western Michigan University Department of History to WMU Special Collections in 1999.
Extent:
1 sheet
Subject:
Leases--England--17th century
Subject:
Great Abington (England)--History--17th century--Sources
Subject:
Manuscripts, English--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Deeds
Subject:
Documentary scripts
Language:
eng
Dimensions:
475 x 722 mm
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Document folded five times. Five parchment tags, all seals missing.
Description of Hands:
Written in English secretary script. Opening words and later, emphasized in larger bastard anglicana script. Text opens with an 11 line, flourished initial T. Pricking in both margins.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 133, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Is Referenced By:
Thomas. The Phillipps Manuscripts: Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillips, Bt., Impressum Typis Medio-Montanis, 1837-1871. London: Holland Press, 1968.
Is Referenced By:
Ian Atherton, "Pye, Sir Walter (bap. 1571, d. 1635)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, September 2004.
Is Referenced By:
Martyn, Bennett, "Compton, Spencer, second earl of Northampton (1601-1643)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004.
Access Rights:
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