Receipt, 1401 July 26, of Pierre de Traville from Guillaument le Moine

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Housed in a modern, matted wooden frame (292 x 363 mm) under glass; dealer's prospectus on back. Remnants of a red wax seal appended on a tongue., Fifteenth-century, French acknowledgment by Pierre de Tarville, master of the guard at Neuville-aux-Bois (near Orleans in France) of receipt of the sum of ₤20.15s., from Guillaument le Moine, the Receiver of the Duchy of Orleans. Of this sum, ₤18.5s is for his year's salary (at 2s. A day) and the rest for his dress allowance. See bibliographic file for complete transcription and additional information., French documentary cursive script (gothic cursiva currens), and Produced near Orleans, France and dated 26 July 1401 in the document. Acquired from the Hermann Suchier (1848-1914). Collection by the book-seller Karl W. Hiersemann (1854-1928) of Leipzig; purchased by C. L. Ricketts from Hiersemann (Catalog 502 for 1921, lot 111); purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn, Ohio on May 26, 2002.

Date Created:

1401-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Subject Topic:

Receipts (Acknowledgments)--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, French--France, Orléanais (France)--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc., France--Church history--Sources, and France--History--15th century--Sources

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