Boston Public Library, MS pb Med.212

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DS ID:

DS3413

Shelfmark:

MS pb Med.212

Title:

Letters patent, 1548 May 24, granting to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury, the office of warden, chief justice, and justice itinerant of all forests, parks, chases, and warrens beyond Trent with a yearly salary of £100 : in Latin].

Author:

England and Wales. Sovereign (1547-1553 : Edward VI)

Edward VI of England WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

1548.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 sheet : parchment ; 370 x 490 mm +

Former Owner(s):

Winifred A. Myers (Autographs) Ltd

Winifred A. Myers Autographs Ltd WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. document.
In Latin.
Title devised by cataloger; bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Adam Rutledge.
Script: Written in a gothic cursive hand.
With pendant seal (great seal of Edward VI) partially intact.
On dorse: Two inscriptions, the second, dated 24 May, 2 E 6 (i.e., 1548): "A patent to Ffrancis Earle of Shrewsbury justice of Eyre of all the Parkes and chases."
Origin: Written in Wanstead, England, on May 24th, 1548.
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Winifred C. Myers in 1957.
Former call number: MS pb Med.195.
Call number: MS pb Med.212.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Legal instruments

Seals

Digital images

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444749

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07mj382/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library