COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms130_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 130
Title:
Conveyance, 1635 April 18, of Lands to Thomas Jackson
Alternative Title:
MS 130
Incipit:
This Indenture made the eighteenth
Origin Date:
1635
Origin Location:
England
Description:
Indenture document of Samuel Ladd of Chartham, Kent, England to Thomas Jackson of the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral for 400 pounds and messuage, including cottage, two gardens, two orchards, and three acres of land in Chartham. Seal still attached: ball-shaped and made of red wax (30 mm diameter), pendant on parchment tag (170 mm) bearing a device (1.5 mm diameter): a winged heart.
Provenance:
Written in England and dated 8 April, 11 Charles I (1635). Four inscriptions on the dorse: two in an English secretary hand similar to the main text and two in a later cursive hand; the name of Elizabeth Ladd is mentioned along with the names Edward Nordey (sp?) and Godfrey Pyard (sp?). Formerly Phillipps no. 31801; the number 31801 located in center of dorse. Gift of the Department of History, Western Michigan University to WMU Special Collections in 1999.
Extent:
1 sheet with plica
Subject:
Manuscripts, English--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Conveyancing--England--17th century
Subject:
Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714--Sources
Subject:
Seals (Numismatics)--Great Britain
Subject:
Deeds
Subject:
Documentary scripts
Language:
eng
Dimensions:
573 x 640 mm
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Document was folded five times and severaly worn with several holes along folds.
Decoration Description:
First initial T enlarged and flourished.
Description of Hands:
Written in English secretary script (cursiva libraria). Black ink flaking and nearly illegible in many places.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 130, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Is Referenced By:
Phillipps, Thomas. The Phillips Manuscripts: Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt., IMpressum Typis Medio-Montanis, 1837-1871. London: Holland Press, 1968.
Is Referenced By:
C. W. Sutton, "Jackson, Thomas (1570/71-1646)", rev. Margaret Sparks, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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.