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- British legal instuments collection (Late Medival to Post-Regency)
British legal instuments collection (Late Medival to Post-Regency)
collection1336-1825RC0495
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- Held by
- — via McMaster University Archives and Research Collections
- Dates
- 1336-1825 (indexed as 1336–1825)
- Level
- collection
- Extent
- 81 items : parchment. Manuscript and printed – Latin, English, Scots.
- Scope & content
- This artificial collection of documents consists of 81 manuscripts, including deeds, charters, instruments of sasine, obligations, letters patent, wills, probate certificates, and manorial court proceedings, placed into 76 separate groupings. Most of the documents are English, concerning Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Essex, Hampshire (including Isle of Wight), Kent, London, Middlesex, Norfolk, Rutland, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Some are Scottish, from Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Clackmannanshire, Edinburgh, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, and West Lothian. One was drawn up in Louth, Ireland while under British rule. Among the notable names occurring in these documents are North of Kirtling, Addington of Harlow, Cotton of Leswade, Primrose of Chester, Paston of Paston, and Shelley of Horsham. Also included, in envelope A, are several pieces of seals which have broken.
- Location
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- Access & use
- There are no access restrictions.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T07:23:54Z · source datestamp n/a · ead