This collection of English binding fragments was given to NYU by Homer Lewis Bartlett (1858-1940), who graduated in 1884 from NYU with a degree in Science and Civil Engineering; he married Clarice Sherman Noble in 1892; they had five children.
by 1902, he was second vice-president of the Eastern District Savings Bank. De Ricci states that the collection (of 101 fragments with 70 others laid into the album) was given to NYU in 1884 (the same year in which Homer L. Bartlett graduated).
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Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1346. f. 1; reverse is blank: For three other Praecipe documents, see Fragments 015, 021, 022 bis. Explicit, f. 1; reverse is blank: Edward IV, orders Thomas Clyston, and his wife Agnes to give to William Cronkey the messauge or holding in St. Neot's (formerly in Huntingdonshire, now in Cambridgeshire) , and if they do not do so, let them come to the king's court on the date that is one month from the feast of St. Michael (29 September but one month later, on 29 October) to explain their... f. 1; reverse is blank: For three other Praecipe documents, see Fragments 15, 021, 022. Explicit, f. 1; reverse is blank: Edward IV, orders Thomas Clyston, and his wife Agnes to give to Thomas Miles and William (Cronkey ?) the messauge or holding in St. Neot's (formerly in Huntingdonshire, now in Cambridgeshire) , and if they do not do so, let them come to the king's court in one month from the feast of St. Michael (29 September) to explain their delay; issued 22 Edward IV...
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