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Identifier:
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exwsms136_bk
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Manuscript Identifier:
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MS 136
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Title:
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Will and Probate, 1626-1634, of Richard Lake [Leaks?]
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Alternative Title:
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MS 136
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Incipit:
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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
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Origin Date:
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1626 and 1634
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Origin Location:
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Essex (England)
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Description:
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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.
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Provenance:
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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.
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Explicit:
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Memorandum. That in this month April Anno domini 1634
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Secundo Folio:
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Tenore praesentium nos Samuel Harvey
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Extent:
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1 sheet with tag
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Subject:
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Manuscripts, English
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History--17th century--Sources
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Subject:
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Essex (England)--History--17th century--Sources
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Subject:
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Probate records--England--17th century
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Subject:
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wills
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Subject:
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Documentary scripts
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Language:
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eng
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Language:
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lat
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Dimensions:
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294 x 452 mm; attached parchment sheet: 125 x 150 mm
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Material:
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parchment
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Binding:
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Folded five times. Additional parchment sheet attached by parchment tag, missing seal.
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Description of Hands:
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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.
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Is Part Of:
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Medieval Document Collection
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Is Part Of:
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Manuscript 136, Western Michigan University Special Collections
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Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Date-Issued:
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2019
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Type:
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Text
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Format:
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image/jp2
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Rights:
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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.
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