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Writings at Thornbury belonging to Stafford Duke of Buckingham
Title
Writings at Thornbury belonging to Stafford Duke of Buckingham, [circa 1520].
Physical Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 40 cm. x 26 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Annotations on verso in a 17th century hand; 6p. of annotations concerning the genealogy of English noble families in the same hand attached to the inventory.
Accompanied by typed transcript.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Arthur Freeman on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2004.
Summary
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing a brief box-level inventory of muniments stored at Thornbury Castle by the third Duke of Buckingham. Items listed include a box "with my lordys pedygrese;" two boxes "with evidence concerynynge a Chauntrie in Newport;" a box of indulgences, pardons and licences; a box of writings concerning a voyage to France made by the first Duke of Buckingham in 1437; boxes of documents relating to the marriages of the Duke's son and daughter; and a variety of boxes of land grants, charters, and deeds.
Title added to document in another contemporary hand (possibly after the execution of the Duke in 1521?).
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 14, 2010
References
Writings at Thornbury Belonging to Stafford Duke of Buckingham. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Writings at Thornbury Belonging to Stafford Duke of Buckingham. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Inventories.
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