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Indenture between Thomas Tuddenham and Edward Grimston
Title
Indenture between Thomas Tuddenham and Edward Grimston.
Created
England, 1446 March 1.
Physical Description
1 l. : parchment ; 145 x 325 mm + seal.
Language
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Notes
Indented at head of document with chirographic letters.
Signed: sign manual of Edward Grimston at end of text.
Signed: document signed by the scribe, "Brampton."
Docketed in a later hand.
Seal: red wax seal with the crest of Edward Grimston (damaged).
Layout: Single column of fifteen lines.
Script: anglicana.
In Middle English.
Provenance
Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Indenture, on parchment, containing an agreement by Thomas Tuddenham to sell his lands at Alestaneswyck (possibly Stanwick St. John, North Yorkshire) to Edward Grimston for 400 marks, to be paid over 3 years. The contract also specifies that a manor in Suffolk will be surety for the purchase of these entailed lands.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 17, 2014
References
A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graff, 2010, pp. 421-437.
Indenture Between Thomas Tuddenham and Edward Grimston (Takamiya MS 134). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Indenture Between Thomas Tuddenham and Edward Grimston (Takamiya MS 134). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Indentures - England - 15th century.
Legal documents - England - 15th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 15th century.
Seals (artifacts) - England - 15th century.
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