COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
mediaCollectionId
WMUwmu~77~77
Medieval Document Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
exwsms133_bk
resource_identifier
exwsms133_bk
Identifier
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Manuscript Identifier:
MS 133
manuscript_identifier
MS 133
Manuscript Identifier
false
Title:
Lease, 1625, of Land in Great Abington to Thomas Warde
title
Lease, 1625, of Land in Great Abington to Thomas Warde
Title
false
Alternative Title:
MS 133
alternate_title
MS 133
Alternative Title
false
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
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
Incipit
false
Origin Date:
1625
date_original
1625
Origin Date
false
Origin Location:
Great Abington (England)
location__creation_site_
Great Abington (England)
Origin Location
false
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.
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.
Description
false
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.
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.
Provenance
false
Extent:
1 sheet with plica
extent
1 sheet with plica
Extent
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, English
subject
Manuscripts, English
Subject
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History--17th century--Sources
subject
Great Britain--History--17th century--Sources
Subject
false
Subject:
Indentures--England--17th century
subject
Indentures--England--17th century
Subject
false
Subject:
leases
subject
leases
Subject
false
Subject:
Documentary scripts
subject
Documentary scripts
Subject
false
Subject:
seals (artifacts)
subject
seals (artifacts)
Subject
false
Subject:
Decorated initials
subject
Decorated initials
Subject
false
Subject:
Penwork initials
subject
Penwork initials
Subject
false
Language:
eng
language
eng
Language
false
Dimensions:
475 x 722 mm
section_title_english
475 x 722 mm
Dimensions
false
Material:
parchment
book_type
parchment
Material
false
Binding:
Document folded five times. Five parchment tags, all seals missing.
binding
Document folded five times. Five parchment tags, all seals missing.
Binding
false
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.
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.
Description of Hands
false
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
original_manuscript
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 133, Western Michigan University Special Collections
original_manuscript
Manuscript 133, 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:
Thomas. The Phillipps Manuscripts: Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillips, Bt., Impressum Typis Medio-Montanis, 1837-1871. London: Holland Press, 1968.
bibliography
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
false
Is Referenced By:
Ian Atherton, “Pye, Sir Walter (bap. 1571, d. 1635)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, September 2004.
bibliography
Ian Atherton, “Pye, Sir Walter (bap. 1571, d. 1635)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, September 2004.
Is Referenced By
false
Is Referenced By:
Martyn, Bennett, “Compton, Spencer, second earl of Northampton (1601-1643)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004.
bibliography
Martyn, Bennett, “Compton, Spencer, second earl of Northampton (1601-1643)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 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