Conveyance, 1659, of Land in Great Dunmow to Richard Phillips

Notes:

Document folded six times. An additional parchment sheet (135 x 260 mm) is attached by the tag behind the plica., Text indented along the top line. Four-line intial “T” opens the text. Intial and following opening words bolded and with elaborate, calligraphic pen flourishes., Indenture chirograph document (conveyance) of Penelope Warde of Great Dunmow, Essex, widow to Richard Phillips, who was a wheelwright, for ₤10 15s + ₤8 to be paid to her 10s each quarter day with grants of parcels of land in Great Dunmow towards Chelmsford. Robert Remington also mentioned. Remnants of a red wax seal appended to the parchment tag., Written in late English secretary hand with exagerated loops on ascenders. A 6-line inscription on the dorse in a contemporary hand similar to the main text, “Sealed and... in the presence of...” three signatures follow (illegible except for two “Johns”). A 13-line addendum (codicil?) in a hand contemporary with the main document attached., and Written in England, county of Essex and dated 1 December 1659 in document. Signed, “The mark of Penelope Warde” beside the slits for the parchment tag on the plica. Gift of Western Michigan University Department of History to WMU Special Collections in 1999.

Date Created:

1659-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Manuscripts, English, Great Britain--History--17th century--Sources, Essex (England)--History--17th century--Sources, Indentures--England--17th century, Documentary scripts, seals (artifacts), Decorated initials, and Penwork initials

Language:

eng

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