Western Michigan University, WMU MS 134

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6410

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 134

Title:

Mortgage, 1686 August 25, of land in Essex to Dorothy Collard of Barnstone

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

1686

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

eng

English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, 446 x 790 mm. +

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. document.
Indenture (mortgage) between John and Elizabeth Raymond of Holstead, Essex and Dorothy Collard of Barnstone, Essex for ₤350 to John and Elizabeth Raymond for conveyance of capital messuage, Chelmeshoes house and barns, stables, dove house [etc.] and lands in great Maplest[de?] and Deetingthorp [?], Essex. Containing 66 acres. Name of John Richardson mentioned.
Parchment, single sheet, indented along top, with plica. 446 x 790 mm. Two red-wax, impressed seals (design not visible), each stamped on tags. Written in a clear mixed hand (secretary and italic conflations); opening words and later, emphasized words in larger bastard anglicana script. Pricking in both margins. 5-line flourished initial "T" opens the text. Document folded six times.
Written in England, county of Essex and dated 25 August 2 James II. Signed by John Raymond and Elizabeth Raymond on the plica next to the slits for the tags. Three inscriptions on dorse: at top center in a contemporary hand, "Sealed and delivered in the presence of ...[four signatures follow including William Collard, and John, John, and Sam (all three last names illegible)]."; at middle...

Keyword:

Deeds

documentary scripts

Manuscripts, English

Leases

England--Essex

Seals (Numismatics)

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21346750900002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222606~160314/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University