COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms136_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 136
Title:
Will and Probate, 1626-1634, of Richard Lake [Leaks?]
Alternative Title:
MS 136
Incipit:
In the name of God Amen. The thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord god one thousand six hundred and five on the first year of the reigne of our soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of god
Origin Date:
1626-1634
Origin Location:
Essex (England)
Description:
Will of Richard Lake of Theydon Garnon, Essex, yeoman and probate grown. Signed and delievered in the presence of the clerk Nicholas Wright, Thomas Lake, and John Windfrey. The Probate, dated 1634, in Latin, attached as an additional sheet and signed by notary Williams Whetston.
Provenance:
Written in Essex, England, and dated 30 December 1 Charles I (1626) and 1634. Inscriptions in an near-contemporary hand on lower middle portion of dorse: 30 Dec 1625 Richard Leaks Will Essex___5. Gift of Western Michigan University Department of History to Special Collections in 1999.
Explicit:
Memorandum. That in this month April Anno domini 1634
Secundo Folio:
Tenore praesentium nos Samuel Harvey
Extent:
1 sheet with tag
Subject:
Manuscripts, English--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Probate records--England--17th century
Subject:
Essex (England)--History--17th century--Sources
Subject:
Wills
Subject:
Documentary scripts
Language:
eng
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
294 x 452 mm with 125 x 150 mm addendum
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Folded five times. Additional parchment sheet attached by parchment tag, missing seal.
Description of Hands:
Written in a light English secretary script. The additional sheet written in a hurried secretary script in darker ink. Inscriptions in a near-contemporary hand on lower middle portion of dorse: 30 Dec 1625 Richard Leaks Will Essex___5; followed by Essex | II in pencil.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 136, 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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