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Conveyance between Roger Sadler and William Cecil, Lord Burghley, 1586/1587 January 27 : manuscript
Title
Conveyance between Roger Sadler and William Cecil, Lord Burghley, 1586/1587 January 27 : manuscript.
Production
England, 1586/1587 January 27.
Physical Description
1 item (1 sheet) ; 25 x 44 cm
Language
Latin
Notes
Dated at the end of the main text: "vicesimo septimo die Januarii Anno regni d[omi]na n[ost]r[a] Elizabeth...vicesimo nono."
Docketed on verso in two later hands, partially effaced.
Signatures and/or marks of eight witnesses on verso, including the signature of Barnard Dewhurst.
In Latin.
Provenance
Purchased from Samuel Gedge Ltd. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2019.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) was an English statesman who was Queen Elizabeth I's chief advisor for much of her reign, serving first as Secretary of State (1558-1572) and then as Lord High Treasurer until his death in 1598.
Summary
Manuscript indenture, on parchment, in a professional secretary hand, containing a conveyance from Roger Sadler, gentleman, to William Cecil, Lord Burghley of the messuage of Fullers in Edmonton, Middlesex and of Drabbes Croft, also in Edmonton. With signature and attached red wax seal of Roger Sadler. Attached with red wax seal of Lord Burghley: a manuscript letter of attorney, on parchment, in Latin, in an unidentified secretary hand, signed "W. Burghley," from Burghley to his estate manager Barnard Dewhurst, instructing him to accept seisin of the lands on his behalf, 1586/1587 January 28. Also attached by the same seal: manuscript document, on paper, in English, in an unidentified secretary hand, headed "A note taken of some evidence remayninge in the custody of Roger Sadler touchinge landes in Edmonton ...". 1586/1587 February 17.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
May 16, 2019
References
Conveyance between Roger Sadler and William Cecil, Lord Burghley. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Conveyance between Roger Sadler and William Cecil, Lord Burghley. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Conveyances - England - 16th century.
Indentures - England - 16th century.
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